Compliments to my sneakers: 2 (1 pair each)

Ricola consumed: 10+

Twitter followers gained: 8

Lunches successfully arranged via texting: 3

Lunches successfully arranged via Twitter: 0

Tex Mex meals: 4

Delicious home-cooked meals by Singer Songwriter Sara: 3

Bands seen: 18 (the closed studio performance by She & Him doesn't count)

iPhone low battery warnings: 7

Austin bars that serve real ginger ale and not Sprite with a dash of Coke: 0

Free ice cream from the ice cream man: 2

Fin.

Hipsters and sculpture waiting to hear Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, 2010

mixed media

Broken Social Scene's guitars. Maybe it's because they switch up
instruments so much that they nickname them "Original
Gangsta," "Shred Atkins," etc.

Anything can be a music venue during SXSW.

Like me, Surfer Blood is from Palm Beach County, although I'm pretty
sure they were born after I left. I totally would have had a crush on
this kid in high school.

The Tex Offenders play a house party.

Broken Bells play a pop-up show in a parking garage.

Last day of Interactive. It's cold and rainy in Austin. Dr. Webstein
remarks that it's kind of like the last day of camp.

ACL, Band of Skulls.

pbs.org/video

ACL.

Breakfast with the Guptas. Their UGC project, www.kahanimovement.com
is an inspiration to gather the stories of family and friends. I kind of want to ask them how to draw family history from The Decider. And how to treat this nagging cough.

Packed keynote. danah boyd on online privacy. She might not capitalize
her name, but she confidently wears arm warmers.

As the nerds shake off their Day 1 hangovers and prep themselves for
more @replies, foursquare check-ins, hashtags, and QR scans, 6th
street is oddly peaceful.

Mr. and Mrs. Decider are out of the country, on a cruise. Worried because I hadn't heard from them since before they left, I sent a somewhat pleading email to them for information. The response?

Cabin nice Seas 10- 15 ft Gust upto 45 mph Patch Holding.

LBC and I had a chuckle over The Decider's typing skills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, knowing his iPhone typing isn't all that great when he's rushing. But then,

Swells now 20",cancelled tom.stop looking at 4 days at sea, and it's a little tough totype

Is it time to worry? We keep our eyes glued to the ship's computer lab webcam, in hopes that we catch a reassuring glimpse of our elusive parents in their natural cruising environment: