Message-ID: <12382365.1075846820916.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 00:00:00 -0800 (PST) From: susan.scott@enron.com To: gary.stadler@enron.com, tobin.carlson@enron.com, chris.abel@enron.com, daniel.falcone@enron.com Subject: Fw: You Know You're In Austin, TX When... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Susan M Scott X-To: Gary Stadler, Tobin Carlson, Chris Abel, Daniel Falcone X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Susan_Scott_Dec2000_June2001_2\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: SCOTT-S X-FileName: sscott5.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Susan M Scott/HOU/ECT on 02/24/2000 07:54 AM --------------------------- Enron Capital & Trade Resources Corp. From: "C. Scott" 02/24/2000 06:15 AM Please respond to "C. Scott" To: "Wilbur & Betty Williams" , "Travis Kelley" , "Susan Margaret Scott" , "Pat and Paige Lentz" , "Mike Oldham" , "Kana, Kristi M." , "Charlee Marshall Williamson" cc: Subject: Fw: You Know You're In Austin, TX When... -----Original Message----- From: Whitley, Stacie To: 'cscott@ala.net' Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 9:37 AM Subject: FW: You Know You're In Austin, TX When... >Know you can relate to this one! > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kevin P. Kellar [SMTP:kkellar@m3designinc.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:25 AM >> To: SWhitley@tiaa-cref.org; Mark & Stacie Whitley; Agnes Whitley >> Subject: FW: You Know You're In Austin, TX When... >> >> >> YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN AUSTIN WHEN... >> >> Your co-worker tells you they have 8 body piercings, but none are visible. >> >> You make over $100,000 and still can't afford a house. >> >> You never bother looking at the Captial Metro schedule because you know >> the >> drivers have never seen it. >> >> You've been to more than one baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm >> donor. >> >> You have a very strong opinion where your coffee beans are grown and can >> taste the difference between Samatran and Ethiopian. >> >> A really great parking space can bring you to tears. >> >> You know that anyone wearing pants in November is just visiting from Ohio. >> >> Your child's 3rd grade teacher has two pierced ears, a nose ring and is >> named "Breeze." And, after telling that to a friend, they still need to >> ask if the teacher is male or female. >> >> You are thinking of taking an adult education class but you can't decide >> between Yoga, Aromatherapy, Conversational Mandarin or one on building >> your >> own website. >> >> You haven't been to Hippie Hollow since the first month you moved to >> Austin. >> >> A man walks on The Drag in full leather regalia and crotchless chaps..... >> You don't notice. >> >> A woman walks on The Drag with live poultry.....You don't notice. >> >> You think any guy with a George Clooney haircut must be visiting from the >> Midwest. >> >> You know that any woman with a George Clooney haircut is not a tourist. >> >> You keep a list of compaies to boycott. >> >> Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, the man who delivers >> your mail is straight, and your Mary Kay Lady is a guy in drag. >> >> You occasionally see a guy on a unicycle whiz buy you while you're in your >> car and you say to yourself, "Oh yeah, it's that guy again...." >> >> You start to worry when you don't see the cross-dressing, bearded guy >> in-a-tutu-and-bikini-top-who-has-made-a-statement-with-his-grocery-cart- >> and-cardboard-box-art/shelter on your way to work in the morning. >> >> You'll make dinner or bar plans around who's got the best margaritas. >> >> You have a tough time deciding on one of Austin's six 24-hour eating >> options (IHOP, Denny's, Katz', Kerby, Stars, or Magnolia Cafe) >> >> You complain about their prices but still shop at Central Market for the >> scene. >> >> You don't even think about getting good seats to the Longhorn's football >> games. >> >> You know the exact locations of three towing yards. >> >> Your summer shoes are your Birks and your winter shoes are your Birks with >> socks. >> >> Your entire wardrobe consists of: a black tank-top, a GAP white T-shirt, >> second hand Levi's, second hand cut-off Levi's, overalls, Longhorn sweats, >> anything polyester from the 70s, a bikini, Tevas, Birks, and running >> shoes. >> >> Dressing up to go out for a woman means throwing a tank top on over the >> sports bra you've had on all day because it's so DAMN HOT! >> >> You often find yourself wondering why magazine editors insist that >> swimsuit season starts on Memorial Day when it's really the end of >> February or at the latest, the beginning of March. >> >> You consider chips, salsa, Kerby Queso, and Shiner Bock Beer a >> well-balanced meal. >> >> You find yourself making beaded necklaces to give as Christmas gifts. >> >> 100 degrees for three straight months isn't unreasonalble, 110 degrees is. >> (And 90 degrees anywhere between May and September seems a bit chilly) >> >> You figure skin cancer is inevitable beacuse it is so hot that even your >> sunscreen won't stay on. >> >> When you go out, you make sure you've grabbed you waterbottle before >> checking to see if you've got your wallet and keys. >> >> You don't mind parking a mile away as long as it's in the shade. >> >> You spend so much time at MoJo's Coffee House you finally start bringing >> in >> your own CD's for the staff to play. >> >> Your professor decides in the middle of the Government lecture that now's >> as good of time as ever to tell his class of 500 he's gay. Like you >> didn't >> know. Like you even care. >> >> (Gals) You ask yourself constantly if that's a cute guy or a butch girl. >> >> And you don't really care either way because it's fun to wonder. >> >> You'd rather ride your bike than get in a car without air conditioning. >> At least on your bike, you're guaranteed a breeze regardless of traffic. >> >> You see more Texas flags flying than American flags. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >