This is my 501st post. Totally snuck up on me.

In lieu of actually describing what happened to me over the weekend, I'll use some keywords and phrases:

- drive to Austin
- flowers, a card and a Suze Orman book for my friend Laura's 29th birthday
- sushi
- a trip downtown
- a pitcher of mojitos
- a trip to the Library for old times' sake
- me putting $2 down a young lady's pants
- a tequila shot, sans lime
- saying, "I can rub two sticks together!" when asked by another young lady if I had a lighter
- hanging out with said woman, her cousin, and a tall black fellow for an hour in the streets and alleys of downtown Austin
- coming thisclose to seeing two people be intimate in a Mitsubishi
- overhearing my friend get into an argument with her "boyfriend" about me staying over
- being awakened at 8 the next morning by my friend in order to avoid a confrontation with her "boyfriend" (who happens to have a key to her place)
- groggily driving to her brother's house
- sleeping on another couch
- watching "Office Space"
- a trip to a small town for some great barbecue
- a trip down memory lane
- driving back home