PT: Austin

Austin came and went. I flew down to Austin last Thursday morning after staying up all Wednesday night (it's my normal practice for flying. I'd rather sleep on the flight and enjoy my time on the ground). After stopping over in Memphis for a layover, I found Cedric Phillips and we some chats about decks. I am an absolute zombie at that point but I muddle my way through a conversation before we finally board the plane. I sit down, buckle up, and promptly pass out against a window. Next thing I know, people are standing up and pulling hir bags out of he overhead compartments. Me and my bloodshot eyes stand up and stumble out of the plane with my bags. Cedric gets off the plane and we decide to head to the Hampton Inn to meet up with Osyp, PNaps, and his brother Chris. My 2 minutes of googling paid off as we boarded the $0.75 bus to downtown from the airport. We arrive over on 6th avenue and it is blisteringly hot and humid. I'd say it's roughly equivalent to a Miami summer in the middle of the Everglades, but Wizards has yet to have a GP or a Pro Tour in Miami yet so most people wouldn't know what I'm talking about (no seiously Wizards, we need a tournament there. Winter time is great in he fall. How awesome would Worlds in Miami be? 70 degrees in December must be tempting for a company that freezes it's ass off in the cold, cold Seatle). So we walk over past the Convention Center and we pass a block with a Fogo de Chao and I just start laughing. Cedric had never been and now he had no way to weasel out of going when Zach Efland brings it up (Cedric always managed to get out of going by saying, "oh, 30 minutes away from the site? That's too far away"). We make our way into the hotel and low and behold, there are over a dozen people I know all playing in he lobby.

Gonna have to continue this in a bit. I'll add more throughout the day.