The First Blog

I have to be honest, it never occurred to me to ever blog,  I didn't even keep a diary as a kid. I have spent the last 15 years in the finance industry, so while overly familiar with numbers and equations, I am less so with words. That and you really can't have someone "proof" your blog - something I do whenever I have to actually write anything over one paragraph. But after being laid off in July of 2009 I became addicted to Facebook. At first it was just to keep track of my friends who had jobs - and lives -  and then family. But soon I realized it could do much more. I friended business I frequented, bands I liked and other local organizations - and I got REWARDED for it. Imagine that. I found out about free events and discounts available to Facebook users only. It was like crack. But it also got me out of the house. And then I found out - I had FOLLOWERS - no really - I had friends who deliberately went to my post because I was doing interesting things! In third grade the teacher had to tell the kids to play with me and now I had followers. Several friends thought I should write a blog about the free and cheap stuff to do in Austin - so this is it  - sort of. Because there is more to me than being cheap. I hope.