Cows!
So, I fell off the face of the planet from Friday till Monday night. Apparently, when you fall off the face of the planet you end up in Texas. I spent 4 days with my friend Ben, who I met at LRF this past year. He was the uber cool demon fellow. We volunteered at the Texas Ren Fest site, we took a walk all around his cattle ranch and the forests on it, did some serious garage-saling, and he cooked me some absolutely awesome food. I got there at about 11:30pm on Friday and he had cooked me a filet mignon. It was really really fun. And I'm sorry to those I had made prior plans with, but I needed to get out of the city. I would have gone a tad bonkers if I had stayed. What can I say, I was getting stir-crazy. That was the best 700+ mile drive I've ever driven...granted, it's the only 700+ mile drive I've ever done on my own, but still. It rocked my socks. I got to sleep well! That was so cool, I love it when I can actually sleep without having nightmares or waking up every hour. Got woken up once because the ranch manager was driving a herd of cattle across the front yard, but other than that, lots of sleeping to go around. Ben is a real sweetheart for having me out there, and I'm sure he was glad to have the company. I'd like to go see him again the next time I've got a long weekend or something. That'd be nice. Myabe I'll force his ass to come out to New Orleans. That'll be funny considering he hates Louisiana more than I hate Texas. It's fantastic!