ScottSullivan
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That's what exactly what I started in down here. Waiting tables.
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Central Texas Community Thread of Heat, BBQ, Heat, Hail, Heat, and Heat
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lordfroakie
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Someone mind getting me a job in Austin. Corpus is pretty boring...
Etrian Oddity
Member
Sub there are like a billion restaurant opportunities here, Austin is quickly becoming a gastro capital of the country. Check Craigslist, Poached, and other sites.
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In other news, damn I love Kome. So amazing....
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In other news, damn I love Kome. So amazing....
DaRabidDuckie
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For those interested in Skullgirls, I do a weekly gathering Tuesday nights at either Arcade UFO or Epoch Coffee. Starts at 8! This week it's at Epoch, and next week it'll be at UFO.
Here's a FB event page for it: https://www.facebook.com/events/594063780634000/?ref=14
There's also KoF casuals on Fridays, again at either Epoch or UFO. This week is also at Epoch.
Here's a FB event page for it: https://www.facebook.com/events/594063780634000/?ref=14
There's also KoF casuals on Fridays, again at either Epoch or UFO. This week is also at Epoch.
Etrian Oddity
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So who else is in awe of this cool morning/nighttime weather? Unreal.
Zoe
Member
I came to Austin with 4k and no car and dicked around for 3 months without even looking for a job. I only paid $250 on rent though, so it depends if you have roommates to split expenses with. Btw that did not work out well for me, had to get a job at PetSmart just to hold me over to a real job.
I have lived in San Antonio the last 3 months though, because my girfriend lives there, her old roommate ditched her, and she needed help with rent. Which is fine but I don't think she's gonna let me go back now that she's had a taste of the non-long-distance life.
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This is actually normal! The summers over the last several years have been 10-15 degrees above long term averages.
Zoe
Member
Tell me about it. My rent just got raised for the second year in a row after five years of no increases
The houses in the neighborhood next to me keep going up and up and up... I'm nowhere near the center of town either.
Tell me about it. My rent just got raised for the second year in a row after five years of no increases
The houses in the neighborhood next to me keep going up and up and up... I'm nowhere near the center of town either.
Yeah, it's nuts. I'm saving up 300k via stock ETFs over the next 10 years. If the housing market gets completely irrational, ie today's 250k houses are 500k, I'm just going to move somewhere where 300k is still 300k and get a different job.
Whoever owns those quarries in the north needs to sell and build houses for cheap. Direct access to Mopac would be nice. Otherwise I'll probably do Cedar Park to 45 to Mopac.
ExitPlanetDust
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Yeah, the cloud cover is giving my apartment AC a much needed rest.
Etrian Oddity
Member
So Austin's first authentic izakaya has opened up at 183 and Burnet Rd., where old Tokyo Steakhouse used to be.
Check it out, the soft opening is under way. No sushi, but the miso ramen is terrific -- it's a much lighter broth than the typical Austinite tonkotsu. The other dishes are great too, particularly the hasami age, kimchee fried rice, and seapaccio. The sake bar is nothing to slouch at, either.
The Dojo is open real late, too, and in fact caters to the after-work crowd. I hope a few gaffers here check it out.
This gaffer may or may not work there.
Check it out, the soft opening is under way. No sushi, but the miso ramen is terrific -- it's a much lighter broth than the typical Austinite tonkotsu. The other dishes are great too, particularly the hasami age, kimchee fried rice, and seapaccio. The sake bar is nothing to slouch at, either.
The Dojo is open real late, too, and in fact caters to the after-work crowd. I hope a few gaffers here check it out.
https://www.facebook.com/events/381941178594791/
For those in here that are part of Dota-GAF, there's a pubstomp during the International 2013 (August 7-11) at Game Republik. I'll probably be making my way to Austin for it.
For those in here that are part of Dota-GAF, there's a pubstomp during the International 2013 (August 7-11) at Game Republik. I'll probably be making my way to Austin for it.
Zoe
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We were there on Thursday. bf was a little disappointed at the prices, but you get what you pay for.
He was also disappointed at the lack of chicken nonkotsu, but I have no problem with that
Count Dookkake
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I vote for just before, or just after, Fantastic Fest.
ExitPlanetDust
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Is the Austin Fry's Electronics closing?
My wife and I were in the store tonight and there were empty shelves in every department. This didn't look like remodeling or rearranging, it was like they just weren't restocking anything.
My wife and I were in the store tonight and there were empty shelves in every department. This didn't look like remodeling or rearranging, it was like they just weren't restocking anything.
Zoe
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More so than usual? It would be huge if they are.
TheDiabolical
I didn't read my own avatar and now everyone knows I'm not too bright. :(
Austin Park and Pizza.... Let's do this!
If not.... Uhhh Dreamers of I35?
If not.... Uhhh Dreamers of I35?
ExitPlanetDust
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This belongs on craigslist but I'm sure GAFfers are cooler than random people on there so I'll try here first
I'm moving back to Austin next month, but I may be in a situation where I need a temporary place to stay as I wait for my roommates to get an apartment set. Beginning August 20 or so it would be a few days up to two weeks, it's too soon to say at the moment, I'm just looking for options in advance. I would of course pay a portion of the rent for my time. Also I would have most of my possessions stored elsewhere, it would mainly just be me, my computer and some clothes. I work from home so I would be there a lot, but I am very busy on artwork commissions, so I wouldn't be bustling about much. So if you're at all interested in getting a little bit of help on the rent next month, shoot me a PM.
I'm moving back to Austin next month, but I may be in a situation where I need a temporary place to stay as I wait for my roommates to get an apartment set. Beginning August 20 or so it would be a few days up to two weeks, it's too soon to say at the moment, I'm just looking for options in advance. I would of course pay a portion of the rent for my time. Also I would have most of my possessions stored elsewhere, it would mainly just be me, my computer and some clothes. I work from home so I would be there a lot, but I am very busy on artwork commissions, so I wouldn't be bustling about much. So if you're at all interested in getting a little bit of help on the rent next month, shoot me a PM.
lunchtoast
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Anyone here works at Samsung or knows people that do? I currently work in a Fab on the east coast and wouldn't mind moving there once I have more skill, as I have some family there.
ExitPlanetDust
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Show of hands. Who would be interested in dropping by if I set up some shmups at Game Over Videogames's North Lamar location on say, a Sunday? Not this Sunday, but in the near future. I have enough titles on the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast to keep people busy for a few hours.
I used to hold meet ups there regularly but I haven't done so in a while. A few friends have been asking me when or if I am going to do it again.
I used to hold meet ups there regularly but I haven't done so in a while. A few friends have been asking me when or if I am going to do it again.
DaRabidDuckie
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Frank asked me about this the other day. I'd be down.
Etrian Oddity
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I'll be interested but can't make any promises of course. It would be fun to get in on a meetup though.
Cameron122
Member
Once I get my associate's degree, thinking about moving to Austin. In the Dallas area right now.
BoosterDuck
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I'm in if anyone else is in
ExitPlanetDust
Member
That sounds good. Or even just a migration down the street when we're done at Game Over. I've done this with past meets and it worked out well.Exitplanetdust, lets get something going. Maybe we can do pinballz as well? I can talk to owner and see if he can do a group special for a site that gets a lot of word out
GO usually has a TV or two they let people use and I picked up a 13" PVM I can bring with me (anyone good at calibrating these things?). My iCade will be here sometime next week... IOS shmups, why not.
I will send the owner of Game Over an email this weekend to get a feel for things.
Troubled Bat
Member
I'm definitely interested in meeting some GAFfers. Would be a pretty nice little experience, although I am a shy person. :x
Christoff Yurievich
Member
I'm going to be in Austin next week for training. Other than going to the Drafthouse for the Cornetto Trilogy on the 22nd, what else should I do? And what's the best way to get to the Drafthouse? I'm going to the 5:30 show at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline and I'm staying at the Courtyard Austin Airport hotel, roughly 24 miles apart. Do I take a taxi, or one of those fancy new ride-share programs like Uber?
Count Dookkake
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Come to Fantastic Fest!
Zoe
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That's really far for a taxi... Around 25 miles one way, and taxis aren't cheap around here.
If you drive yourself it's just a straight shoot up 183.
Christoff Yurievich
Member
I don't have the travel funds for a rental car and it seems silly to rent a car for one day.
I don't have the travel funds for a rental car and it seems silly to rent a car for one day.
There really isn't much of a choice.. a taxi would honestly set you back an insane price -- probably more than you'd spend on a rental car for a day. There IS a bus system though and it looks like you could take it from your hotel there for only $3.75 but it'd take about 2 hours each way. There's a Drafthouse on Slaughter Lane that would be a much more manageable distance but I haven't seen what they're doing about the Cornetto Trilogy to be honest. The South Lamar temporary closure really fucked things up.
Zoe
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There really isn't much of a choice.. a taxi would honestly set you back an insane price -- probably more than you'd spend on a rental car for a day. There IS a bus system though and it looks like you could take it from your hotel there for only $3.75 but it'd take about 2 hours each way. There's a Drafthouse on Slaughter Lane that would be a much more manageable distance but I haven't seen what they're doing about the Cornetto Trilogy to be honest. The South Lamar temporary closure really fucked things up.
The showing would end too late to take advantage of the bus. Renting a car really is the only way to go unless he hitches a ride.
Christoff Yurievich
Member
ExitPlanetDust
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OK, an update for the "shmup" meet.
I got a reply back from the owner of Game Over. He says just about any Sunday in September should be fine.
Unfortunately, my job has entered a crunch period and I will be working 6 day weeks from now until mid September, taking away my free Sundays.
The other issue I run into is that I'm moving in October. From mid September until I move, I probably won't have any free time.
All of this puts me at early or mid November to set something up at Game Over as originally planned.
Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?
I got a reply back from the owner of Game Over. He says just about any Sunday in September should be fine.
Unfortunately, my job has entered a crunch period and I will be working 6 day weeks from now until mid September, taking away my free Sundays.
The other issue I run into is that I'm moving in October. From mid September until I move, I probably won't have any free time.
All of this puts me at early or mid November to set something up at Game Over as originally planned.
Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?
Mr_Antimatter
Member
Won a psvita at pinballz today. Gaf represent
Wow, nice! Love that place, need to hit it up again. Been too busy with wedding planning as of late.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Whoa. Congrats!
Won a psvita at pinballz today. Gaf represent
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Sounds good. Lets pick a day of the week and I will update the op.
I'm free any night after 6 unless my job hits me with more surprises.
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