Cloud Tree
Will Miss Some but Not All of Austin
RECEIVED Sun., May 25, 2008
Dear Editor,
After 14 years in Austin, I'm moving. I lost my job after 11 years at a Fortune 500 semiconductor equipment company. I basically got canned for not wanting to work any more 13-hour night shifts (after eight years).
That's OK; it's a blessing in disguise. I'm an outdoor recreation major who has worked in a building with no windows for a quarter of my life.
Venuewise, I will miss Liberty Lunch and the Electric Lounge the most. The South by Southwest wristbands were $30 in '95. Emo's will live on! The noise complaints about Stubb's outdoor shows are insane. That place was there before all the complainers moved in around Red River.
The litter in this town is out of control. My last trip to the green belt was sad. Broken glass, diapers, beer cans, plastic, dog crap, etc. Who leaves a diaper on the green belt? Who brings glass bottles to hang out on the rocks along a creek?
I'll also miss KGSR, Enchanted Rock, McKinney Falls, Zilker Park, the Chronicle, and all of the great friends I met here.
After 14 years in Austin, I'm moving. I lost my job after 11 years at a Fortune 500 semiconductor equipment company. I basically got canned for not wanting to work any more 13-hour night shifts (after eight years).
That's OK; it's a blessing in disguise. I'm an outdoor recreation major who has worked in a building with no windows for a quarter of my life.
Venuewise, I will miss Liberty Lunch and the Electric Lounge the most. The South by Southwest wristbands were $30 in '95. Emo's will live on! The noise complaints about Stubb's outdoor shows are insane. That place was there before all the complainers moved in around Red River.
The litter in this town is out of control. My last trip to the green belt was sad. Broken glass, diapers, beer cans, plastic, dog crap, etc. Who leaves a diaper on the green belt? Who brings glass bottles to hang out on the rocks along a creek?
I'll also miss KGSR, Enchanted Rock, McKinney Falls, Zilker Park, the Chronicle, and all of the great friends I met here.
Brian Gleason
South Austin
South Austin
