Today marks the 25th anniversary of moving to Austin on July 28, 2000. Twenty-Five years. A quarter century. That thumbheaded kid who pulled into town on a bleary, humid Friday morning with a job and a carload of hope is still somehow here. But he’s not a hopeful kid anymore — he’s grizzled. The dotcom …
Tag Archives: anniversary
Twenty Five and Life
Always amazed at my tenacity to keep this domain name, now for 25 years. At a quarter century, and almost half my life, it’s become part of my identity. May as well get the logo tattooed on my arm. I’m certain that if I ever let this domain go, it’ll be snatched up by porn …
Expanding
Oh yeah. Yesterday was my 24th anniversary in Austin. 24 years ago I blah blah blah. This ain’t the town I moved to. But, also, I ain’t the same kid who moved here. Hooray growth?
Twenty (Ph)our
user@host:~$ whois phaysis.com Domain Name: PHAYSIS.COM Updated Date: 2024-02-26T04:32:19Z Creation Date: 2000-04-14T14:49:59Z Registry Expiry Date: 2025-04-14T14:49:59Z 24 years is a good long haul, longer than my time in Austin. It’s little anniversaries like this that make me feel my age. They make me look back across the timeline for visions, sounds, emotions, vignettes of events, …
Austinversary 22
July 28, today, is my 22nd anniversary since moving to Austin. Twenty. Two. At the dumb, hopeful, stupid age of 28 I drove my broke ass to this town to sleep on a futon and have dreams. Now at 50 I sit my fat ass on my futon and wonder where my dreams got off …