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scrawls

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1.3.04

we went to san antonio to see people from college. went to the alamo. (which was ... ahh, maybe i'm too worldly, but even less exciting than the eiffel tower.) the grand canyon, now that was something to see. 'cuz in, you know, hyped-up monuments and things, size matters. and not many things are bigger than the grand canyon.

the alamo was very small. and that front part with the silhouette? wasn't even part of the original (which didn't have a roof) - they put that on long after the war, when it was a foundry, or something. and there was this big fakey souvenier shop right next to it with shot glasses and key chains and t shirts. very cheap. and it's entirely legend - they did surrender eventually. happens when you're shelled into submission - you submit.

though i suppose it was free to get into the thing. nice of them. but then i didn't pay for the louvre either (though that was a complete accident and i'm sure i couldn't have pulled it off deliberately if i'd tried).

i may have gotten fairly silly at the piano bar afterwards. never heard bohemian rhapsody like that before :) very cool. but somebody requested pianoman. it doesn't seem fair to request billy joel at a piano bar (probably not elton john, either, or alicia keys, though i doubt that happens often anyway). not challenging enough - and hardly as groundbreaking as pink floyd.

Labels: texas

scrawled @ 16:21