Autumn in Austin

The first time it rained in what felt like a month, back in early October. I was strangely thrilled by it and took a picture on my way into work.

This is the lizard who lives in my room. I call him Alfred the Gecko. He's a classy fellow, keeps to himself, very respectful. Sometimes I catch him napping on the floorboard or on my umbrella, but mostly he hides himself away.

I must have made a big enough deal out of missing New Jersey/North Eastern Autumn because in rapid succession my mom sent me a beautiful stained glass leaf and Joanna sent me an amazing collection of pressed leaves, nestled in the pages of the book American Heritage: Men of Charlie Russell's World. It was quite the page turner.

Also, yes: I have an Avatar poster. It was a present from Kathleen, and even if it weren't, I would still not apologize for it. I don't care how dumb you thought that movie was, it was still fucking awesome.

This didn't have any serious bearing upon my Autumn, except for immediately making me want to cry then vomit.

Parade on Halloween for los muertos.

Local bar, the depot, which actually is part train. It's nifty.

We had a pumkin carving contest at work. My group did the guillotine in the last picture. The black pumpkin was probably my favorite though, it was the Pumpkin Ba-Bomb. The box is hiding the bottle of Jaeger, and yes, people did start doing Jaeger Ba-bombs at the first office party I ever attended. It's an interesting workplace.

Window display during October at the El Interior, a store across the street from my house.

Dear Netflix: Really? Are you sure that's how you want to categorize that?

Some new posters! Also, beer.

Canoeing with Kathleen on Lake Austin. It was gorgeous.

Austin Botanical/Dinosaur Garden.

My new headphones! With houndstooth. I plan to ONLY wear them while drinking tea, listening to Beethoven, and wearing my monocle, of course.

Thanksgiving feast. Since Kathleen is a vegetarian I made myself an adorable Cornish Game Hen, and we had a veggie casserole, brussel sprouts, mashed potatoes, cheese and bread, carrots, pistachios, salty roasted red peppers, and hummus. We got cappuccino goat milk and Ben Jerry's PB Cup ice cream for desert. It was the best Thanksgiving meal I've ever prepared, partly because it is the only Thanksgiving meal I've ever prepared and partly because as you can see from my blurry, shitty phone photography, it was quite the spread.

That's it for now.