Prepoceros

In the Houston Museum of Natural Science gift shop, a man and his teenage son fiddle with mythological action figures associated with theImperial Rome exhibit.

Dad: Hey look, it’s Jupiter!
Son: That’s Zeus.
Dad: They’re the same guy, silly. Zeus is the Greek name, and Jupiter’s the Roman.
Son: No, it’s the other way around. Zeus is Roman.
Me: Actually, Jupiter’s the Roman name.
Dad: Ha-HA! Told you!
*Dad high-fives me*
Dad, to son: And you’re even in Latin!

There’s a conference in Austin this week—South by Southwest. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. It’s huge.

The conference/festival is really three conventions in one: Film, Music, and Interactive. I first heard about SXSW Interactive last year, when a few high-profile bloggers came home and blogged about how much fun they’d had there. (I could’ve sworn I posted something about this last year, but apparently I didn’t.) I thought it sounded super-spiffy and vaguely resolved to go in 2007 because Austin is only three hours away and how could I miss out on that?

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Since I haven’t been writing anything lately, I might as well shamelessly steal and repost content from my YouTube channel. No, I haven’t made another Holland video yet, I’m sorry to say (it’s the next one on my list, I swear!), but I did dance around like the nerdy white girl I am.

Do you release stress by dancing? I do. Should I put “dancing” in quotes when I use it to describe the uncoordinated flailing-about that appears in this video? I should.

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