World Record: Longest Guitar Solo

On May 14th I had the pleasure of watching David Didonato break the world record for World's Longest Guitar solo. He started on May 13th and played throughout the night, for a total of 24 hours and 55 minutes, breaking the previous record of 24 hours and 17 minutes. Sadly, some people wanted to argue that it didn't count because he was allotted a 5 minute break an hour, and because the guitar solo didn't always sound pretty. Well, if I'm up for even 18 hours, and all i'm doing is laying in bed, pigging out on chocolate, watching a Bones marathon, I get loopy. I can't imagine what I'd be like after 24 hours of exerting energy. Go David. Let the naysayers give it a shot and see how well they do.

Didonato, throwing his pick.

Friends and fans

Modok is the band Didonato is currently in.

Happy birthday, nerdo

Recently the wife of a friend set up a surprise party for his birthday. Where? Comic book shop. What kind of party? Magic the Gathering. I've never played Magic, and I certainly didn't there, but I drank some beer and hung out with other non-Magic playing friends. Aside from the booze and friends, my favorite thing was the food setup. Not being familiar with Magic, I probably don't know how clever the following cards are, but I do recognize how Magic cards are supposed to look. She had some friends make a small buffet based on, what I'm assuming, were some Magic-relevant recipes, or something. Either way, I had roughly 15 helpings of the Pumpkin Curry Soup. DELICIOUS.

The whole set up was adorable, and appropriate for them.

Seriously. I probably had half of the pot, if not more, of this stuff. I really need to make some... the woman who prepared it emailed me the recipe. 

Just looking around town

The majority of my free time is spent enjoying music, and nightlife, but occasionally I can get out and see the small things Austin has to offer... like an enormous backyard slide. This thing looks like a blast.

I'm not entirely sure what *exactly* this is, but it's not out of the ordinary to see something like this in Austin.