Caterpillar: Who are YOU?
Alice: This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.
~Alice in Wonderland~

My new regime since school started is as follows:
1. Get up, stumble about.
2. Fix the boy-child some mornin’ vittles.
3. Drive the freakin’ 20-minutes it takes to get the kid to his learnin’ place.
4. Gym. Good LORD I’ve let myself go, and I’m payin’ for it too.
5. Either work, or house-cleanin’ or what I’ve come to call “Forget the Alamo.”

Now don’t you hardcore Texans getcher spurs in a wad, I’m not dissin’ the Alamo. It’s just that up until about 8 months ago, the only thing I knew about San Antonio was that, growing up, it was our stop (the Alamo tour, year after year after year) on the way to Port Aransas. That’s all I knew.

Since I’m “among the 1/5th of Americans who can’t locate the U.S. on a world map,” you can imagine my difficulty in trying to locate where 281 and 1604 meet here in San Antonio…or do they? So I just get in my car and point it in a direction and drive. I learn by doing. So I do.

Today I headed South and found an urge to exit on the St. Mary’s/Mulberry exit. I sort of remembered that the boy-child’s new favorite live music hang is on St. Mary’s, so what the heck, let’s see what all the fuss is about. I’m so glad I did. What a cool little area, sort of a toss-up mix of Deep Ellum and Lower Greenville. Almost immediately I felt a sense of peace overcome my being just driving around the area. Kinda like I was home.

I found the White Rabbit (my destination next month for Reverend Horton Heat and The Rentals), I found the Limelight (my destination next month for Buttercup, Marcus Rubio, Spoonfed Tribe). I found Krazy Kat Records, recommended to me previously by the fantabulous John Dufilho. I found the area in which I’ll plant my ass a lot in the future.

Upon arrival back home, I noticed a MySpace bulletin from that very White Rabbit, and thought some of you artsy types might take an interest:

We are looking for a logo for the new “White Rabbit Pizzeria” (next door to the WR).

We know y’all are creative – so have fun, think outside the box. Win $250.

We want a logo with PERSONALITY.

Follow this link to find out what we are looking for, contest rules, and to submit entries: http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/contest/3062

P.S. Please pass this info on – the contest ends on 9/5/07

Dang I wish I had that artsy gene…

“Say What” by Spoonfed Tribe