Cresting 71W at Del Valle at 91mph, Austin an Emerald City on the bright horizon… “my flight’s delayed!” -- “meet you there!”… rolling into the SFA yet again… HELLO, DRISKILL… finally meeting up with Salvador… “love you man”… “BRETT— THAT WAS SHANE BLACK YOU JUST HUGGED! HE WROTE LETHAL WEAPON!” “Yeah. I know.”… beer thirty… when the bartender recognizes you from the last 15 years… “Wait— your name is Talon?” Bill! Alvaro! “BRETT— THAT WAS ASHLEY MILLER YOU JUST HUGGED! HE WROTE THOR!” “Yeah. I know.”… mmmm pork belly tacos… “how do you pick which toy to play with?” “Oh, it’s a challenge. Speaking of which—”
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“Yes yes yes a thousand times yes”… Dawn of the Dirty Goose... missing Shawna… “You brought tequila? Should we have a night cap?” “Why do you think I brought the tequila?”… I only came here to touch Sean’s hair… John Z! “I’ll talk to you in a few, John…” … those were some panels, Walter… shut the fuck up… Return of the Dirty Goose… “wait— you’re THE Brett?” WTF… “You’re not what I expected— and in a good way.” WTF… beer thirty… “did everyone ELSE advance this year? SHIT!”… “where’s the aviator helmet?”… Nadia, the cool chick from 9-1-1 … Vivi!… Beck & Woods...“Brett, we are out of tequila.” “So pick a different bottle.” “Hmmm… bourbon for a nightcap?” “Sure why not.”… Ashley and Palomas and Branagh oh my… “Did I ever tell you about…?”… beer thirty… “This band is great and I’d pay them to go away”…The Gorgeous Girl With The Green Eyes (sigh)… “I’ve not been drunk on a school bus since fourth grade”… “You’re THAT Brett?” “What— are you writing a book?”… Jason! Nick! David! Stacey!“What the hell is an “ethnographer’ anyway?”… The Gorgeous Girl With The Green Eyes (sigh)… “Looks like we’re walkin” … Dirty Sixth… street pizza sans Muay Thai… “I think we just lost Jason”… “OK, so the way this works is…”
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“Do we care for a nightcap?” “Oh, I think we do.”… “We are! We ARE good looking guys!”… Velvet Taco… Charles!… The Shane Black Experience Pt1… Missing Julie… “You look like you were fired out of a cannon. In a good way.” WTF … Javi! “BRETT— THAT WAS JAVIER GRILLO-MARXUACH YOU JUST FIST BUMPED! HE WROTE LOST!” “Yeah. I know.” Revenge of the Dirty Goose… “you’re like, ‘how do I kill the bunny?’ And you have these claws…” beer thirty… mmmm, tacos… John Z! “Can’t talk right now, John— I’ll find you…”… “Hi— I’m here for my free booze, please…” Aggies curbstomp Carolina… The Gorgeous Girl With The Green Eyes (sigh)…“Are you alive? Please confirm.”… Heidi!… ASTROS GOIN TO THE SERIES, BAYBEE… “I’M DRUNKER THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE AND I DO NOT KNOW WHERE I AM!” “Read the coaster to me, bro”… F1 Women wear tight pants… The Rescue At Aloft… “If HE likes you, that’s good enough. Send ME something.” “Same here. Send me something.”
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“You brought more than one bottle of bourbon?” “Of course. Always be prepared.” “Nightcap?”… Salvador leaves in the night… misty morning march to hair of the dog… mmmm, tacos… Kim!… “Wait— are you… Aggiebrett? I overheard a comment and it sounds like something Aggiebrett would post...” WTF … “Do you have any more Sean stickers?” The Shane Black Experience Pt 2… How many Melissas ARE there? … Dulce!… Dirty Goose: The Final Insult … “Are we alive?”… “I got so drunk I think I drank myself sober. It’s a little startling.”… beer thirty... “Big fan. For a long time. Still am. But very no.”Lauren and David and Bosley and oysters oh my… “You have my contact info?” … “my flight’s delayed-- I shoulda hung around”… mmmm, tacos… The Gorgeous Girl With The Green Eyes (sigh)… “Oh, we’re gonna talk.”
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“You should sell t-shirts. I’d buy one”… “As a writer, I think ‘bidding war’ are the sexiest words I know”… Kim and Heidi and Kristen on the wind down…” blackberry old fashioned… The Gorgeous Girl With The Green Eyes (sigh)… one more street slice still sans Muay Thai… beer thirty… “this band is also nice and I’d still pay them to go away” … “my flight’s delayed-- I shoulda hung around” … the final crossing… final nightcap alone as I stare out the window and jot down impressions and sort through notes in the Moleskine… wake up, pack it in, haul it down, head on out… just as “Find Your Way Back” cranks on the random playlist.
Well played, Universe.
Windows down. Volume up.
MOBILE. AGILE. HOSTILE.
You stand warned, #AFF29.
