a detective without a case

First: Hotel Manners

First off, do they still exist? I am trying to figure out if they do or not. As a child I was told to be quiet in hotels. You do not run the TV loudly, you do not SCREAM in the hallway. You do not carry on loud conversations at two am in the hallways. You do not run in the hallway, no matter the time of day. In hotels, at all times of the day, someone somewhere is trying to sleep, so you always use a quiet voice.

This must have died in recent years. Or at least in the last year. The last hotel experience I had in Austin was terrible. Besides being over charged for parking and more than likely the room, I was awoke the two nights I was there at least THREE TIMES due to LOUD CONVERSATIONS AND SCREAMING at the wee hours of the morning. A few times these conversions were clearly caused by alcohol, but still. The Fancy Downtown Hotel is not a dorm room. If you wanted to stay in a dorm room, I have a feeling if you waked six blocks the other way, the University of Texas would have happily put you up. I remember nights like the ones I had this past weekend when I was in college. It annoyed me then, but it was weekends on a college campus, I couldn't expect any less. (Of course when people would stand outside my window and rap at two am on a Wednesday morning when I had to be up at eight for class, that pissed me off.)

So, in the future, please remain quiet when staying in hotels. They are not party dorms. Some people are trying to sleep so they don't look like the waking dead the next morning.

Second:

I bought the new Franz Ferdiand album. Before I bought it, I read some reviews. I had been unaware that the last album, You Could Do So Much Better, basically tanked. I was unaware of this. I guess it did not tank at Beloit College, as I heard it everywhere not just my own room. I really liked that album. Especially the songs "Walk Away" and "That Boy." Adored those two out of all the FF songs I know. Anyways, I bought the new album and enjoy it.

Third:

Is it bad I want Britney Spears to stop failing at life? I want her to succeed for some odd reason. I am not sure why. Usually, I do not care.