Ryan Joy (atxryan)

@crit that is crazy, especially considering the non-hyperbolic source. # anyone know if there are still iphone shortages at AT&T stores in Austin, or if I can walk out with one today? # @jcsalterego I tried twice and got the ‘our associates are currently assisting other customers’ message. Thought I’d ask the lazyweb it’ … [...]

flight from Atlanta to Austin is carrying a lot of folks from FEMA. # it’s too bad @lllevesque tripped my desk defenses. i’m certain they would’ve kept would-be pranksters at bay. # At Miami airport watching CNN coverage of hurricane Ike, plunging $$ markets, and 9/11 memorials. I can haz vacation back, plz? # is [...]

Arrived in the U.S. Will probably have to stay in Miami tonight. can’t wait to be home in Austin though. #

@jaded_ninja just ignore Twitter on Sundays… and Mondays… and the occasional Thursday and Saturday. That’s it really. # Abject poverty and M-16s http://is.gd/2ku3 – Guns not shown because photographing of that sort of thing was frowned upon. Majorly. # Bad design in Maracanã Stadium – http://www.flickr.com/photos/atxryan/2836367874 # @briannab I’ll give you the lowdown on Rio [...]

Read this comment and smiled wryly: “Please remember, Jesus was a Community Organizer and Pontius Pilate was a Governor.” Re: Palin speech # I love this… please share: http://tinyurl.com/6grcyx # checking out of Che Lagarto hostel and heading to Copacabana beach for our morning swim. afterwards we checkin to a ‘cama e café’ in Ipanema [...]

@catcallen I just read the exciting news! Congrats from Brazil! # Monkeys!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/atxryan/2828280921/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/atxryan/2829120982/ #

A cachaça hangover is a horrible thing. # Austin, you’re pretty and all, but I have to admit I’m having an affair with another city. http://www.flickr.com/photos/atxryan/2825460653/ #

Well, we’ve been in Rio for three full days now and have not been mugged or had anything stolen. Yay! We left Natal on a true red eye flight at 2:40am and arrived in Rio around 6am. Seriously.  We took a cab from the airport to Copacabana and got to see some of the favelas [...]

Made it to Rio. Haggling with the guy working the desk at hostel over the listed price versus my reservation price. # @traumanursejade and I at an all-you-can-eat churrasco de pesces (fish bbq). then we’ll see where we can get ourselves in trouble tonight. #