Wake up and run into a man wearing a parrot suit. It can only go downhill from here.

Attend a free brunch at the Lambert’s for Innovation Policy Day. This is what a bouncer for brunch events looks like.

Deviled eggs, tomato mozzarella, pulled pork, and falafel burgers.

Relaxing with my raspberry mojito.

We decide to go to Whole Foods to pick up SXSW guest passes. We walk by this thing on the way.

Got the guest passes. Stoked.

All right! CHEVY was caught! Would you like to give CHEVY a nickname? No, but where the iPhone charger?

Grabbed a beer and a ginger whiskey at the French Tech Hub. Met the awesome Parisians representing Reed Midem. Talked about the transformation of the music industry from digital to subscription and how snobby Parisians are.

Charging our phones at Austin Convention Center before the next venue.

Apparently the volunteers there thought I was actually homeless and gave my friends a volunteer meal voucher so I don’t starve. I guess there’s still hope for this generation.

Here’s a shot of four people splitting one chicken pot pie and two bags of Doritos. We grabbed that girl off the street. Apparently she had an hour to kill and eating a quarter of a pot pie was the best way to spend it.

On the way out the convention we run into my friends Jonathan and Alicia, who gave us some VIP code to a concert at Cedar Street Courtyard. Apparently one pot pie wasn’t enough so we head back to Lambert’s for more free food.

No I didn’t just use the same photo with adjusted brightness settings.

After Lambert’s I’m at Cedar Street Courtyard with Praful, John from Next.io, Saeed, and Peter from BU.

BIG MISTAKE OF THE NIGHT #1: Accidentally getting a beer after the open bar ends. The $6 was almost 15% of my remaining cash supply. I leave with two $20 bills.

The gang follows John to a secret Kurt Vile concert a mile away across the highway.

BIG MISTAKE OF THE NIGHT #2: $8 for this amount of tacos, or 20% of my remaining cash supply.

John took pity on me or his own body and gave me his extra slice of pizza. I need all the calories to fuel for my hike to Zilker park.

I saw a guy puking.

I saw another guy getting arrested.

Unrelated woman selling bratwurst.

And the boring stretch over the bridge.

Beat up and almost out of batteries, I make it to Zilker Park. At one point I almost caved and got a pedicab for $15. But since Interactive ended, I’ll probably need all of my remaining money just to eat and drink water.

Probably one of the scratchier parts of the whole park.

I try to take a photo from inside the pillow.

Ten minutes in. I hear footsteps. Some guy’s walking by carrying a large bucket. The hour or so after that was me paranoid getting up every five minutes because of leaves rustling. The drawback of being in a giant cotton face helmet is that everything sounds like someone running towards you to kick your face like a football.

Hit the opt out button. Texted my friend Jonathan and he responds.

Unfortunately his place was another 1.2 miles away. My phone had 2% battery and the laptop that I was using as a backup battery went from 33% to 0% inexplicably.

Suddenly a wild cab drives up in front of me and lets off the passenger. With only $32 left I decided to walk away. Some dust flew in my eyes there.

The phone dies.

I manage to remember the door number. After half an hour of walking to every single house and trying to read the door number by moonlight - I open the door to this dramatic reenactment.

His owners call him Cielo. Eventually he calmed down and passed out next to my face. Cielo was a good dog but had major b.o. (Here’s a reenactment)

Wake up to pancakes, tea, and a hot shower.

Conclusion: Park - 0, Shelter - 1

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Health: 65 / 100

Morale: 70 / 100

Cash: $32 ($7 in tips, $6 for a Corona, and $8 for a taco)

Encumberance: 95%