Sarah M Vasquez
Oh let me share the hilarity that occurred with these two stories. I was originally assigned to write the tattoo story at the story meeting and did the interview early. Score one for me. I was ready to write it Sunday night when I got an email asking all the writers for an extra story to fill a page.
I knew I should have said no. I knew I would be cutting it close. But in true Sarah fashion, I pitched an idea and got the story only because I knew I could do it quickly. The problem was that I already had a long to-do list to deal with. But I had the interview and photos done after my Monday class (which I luckily got out early that day) and went home to pump them out as well as take my History quiz that had to be done by 11 p.m.
Well on the ride home from school, I noticed my computer was making loud whirring noises. It freaked me out so I turned off my computer. When I got home, I turned it back on and all seemed well until it started making that noise again. It sounded like it was going to explode at any moment. I mean this was really loud and not a pleasant sound you want your computer to make, especially when you’re on deadline. Great.
As much as I would have loved to see my Macbook explode, because I’m curious to see how they fit all those parts in that tiny frame and it would be another funny chapter in Sarah’s Awkward Life, there are things on my hard drive I would like to keep. So I couldn’t finish my articles on my computer. My mom let me borrow hers. The problem is that she’s not very tech savvy so her laptop wasn’t working as well as I would have liked which delayed the quiz and my articles.
Needless to say, I turned in my last article around 3:30 a.m. Sigh.
Tinkering and drinking
Gamers hang out at Red 7’s Vita Hill Social Club
Originally published on Feb. 22, 2012Red 7 has a new look. Unless you haven’t been to the music venue on 7th Street in the past month or so, it’s pretty hard to miss the new paint job of the inside lounge full of couches and TV screens, especially if you’ve used the bathrooms.
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Bringing out the worst
Worst Tattoo contest back for another year
Originally published on Feb. 22, 2012The phrase “worst tattoo” may bring up images of tramp stamps, barbwire wrapped around a bicep or even the face of that one ex you thought would last forever right next to your heart, but for the Second Annual Worst Tattoo in Austin contest, that’s not exactly what event organizer Devon Tincknell has in mind.
“It’s about celebrating the other side of tattooing,” said Tincknell. “This is about the other end of the spectrum where you have your tattoos that you got when you were blacked out at a friend’s house in their living room or your tattoos where you just purposely thought out, talked to an artist and had them draw up something really strange.”
