Austin Outsider is written and edited by me, Cody Dzurisin! I am a Junior Marketing Student at St. Edward's University, located right on the heart of Austin's favorite tourist trap, South Congress Avenue. Immediately after the book closed on my high school years, I started writing new chapters to a brand new story of my …
A Reflection of Social Media
This is a must read prologue to this post. The content that you are about to read is a reflection of all of the rebranding work that I have been doing this semester, in attempts to liven up my online presence. Who Am I Online? To begin this episode of Extreme Makeover: Social Media Edition,it …
Eats
The famous line waiting just outside one of the most renowned barbecue joints in Austin, TX. I must admit, Yelp is fantastic, but how accurate are those reviews? You only get on there to write a detailed review if you had the worst experience that human could ever experience or you truly thought you died …
Academia
What lies here is not for the faint of heart. Alas, it is my academic work. You may notice that this page is empty. Well, fine reader, that is because I do not in-fact do my school work. KIDDING! This page is being constructed currently with content that includes social rebranding, marketing plans, reflections, and …
Who Says We Have to Grow Up?
Listen, no matter how serious we have to be as adults, we can all remember the time we scraped our knee falling off of a bike or thinking hopping a fence was the most rebellious thing you can do. We may have grown up, but that doesn't mean that our imagination has to diminish. I …
Adjusting to the “Austinite” Way of Life
States and Countries from all over the world have a certain set of norms that their residents fall into and Austin surely falls into that assumption. What is an Austinite? In the most scientific terms, an Austinite is a subgroup of the human species who enjoys coffee shops, Zilker Park, and claiming they are making …
WOAH! What is SXSW?
If you're reading this right now, you are just like the rest of Austin; overwhelmed by the monstrosity that is South By Southwest. I am going to be completely honest, I have not mastered it myself. There are so many moving parts to this convention. My one and only bit of SXSW advice is to …
The “512” Will Eventually Feel Like Home
You are clearly reading this because you have fell into the moving blues, also known as home sickness. You are one of the many thousands of people experiencing this right now and all cases are the most unique in the most similar of ways. I am writing this piece of advice two years later and …
Moving Out and Moving On: How To Say “Goodbye”.
I was born and raised a yankee. For those of you who don't know what a yankee is, it is the term used for anybody who doesn't use the term "y'all" religiously. We have all taken things for granted in our life, and I am no exception. Knowing no other culture, it is easy to …
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