You Know You Are in Texas...
Sunday May 13, 2007 | 4 comments
I think the fact that we are now living in a whole different state, read universe, is finally catching up with me. It usually takes a while, but once you realize you are not in Kansas anymore, man, it can really hit hard. I mean, it’s little things that add up and finally form one huge pile, impossible to ignore. It jolts you into the reality of your geographical location, social stratosphere, and cultural diversity.
This afternoon, as I was making my usual mail run, a couple of those little things finally added up and made me go, “Wow, this place is different.” Here is my list of all the things I’ve found to be unique about living here, so far:
1. Regular programming is hijacked by a local station for an endless weather update to track in much detail the number of raindrops about to fall a hundred thousand miles away. A few minutes in, the weatherman is telling me that he is not sure what else to say, but they are supposed to stay on the air and so he is going to repeat himself again. And again. And I want so badly to reach inside my TV and tell him it’s ok to stop and let us all go back to watching the rest of American Idol.
2. There is no such thing as an illegal U-turn here. What about those road signs, you say? Well, they are here for decoration, primarily, no need to mind them.
3. When dispersing directions, people here tell you to go east or west, north or south, not left or right. Now, if you know me, you know I am directionally challenged. On any given day I am lucky if I can tell my right arm from my left, so how am I supposed to navigate through town using the eastwestsouthnorth directions?
4. When you hear what you assume is an ice-cream truck tune, you expect to see an actual ice-cream truck, right? Well, not here. Here the tune belongs to an ice-cream, get ready now, bicycle. That was definitely a first for me—to walk outside and see an ice-cream bicycle circling the courtyard. That’s when it finally sinks in and you realize you live in Texas. Gotta love it.
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Oh yes, and there are old beat up vans CONVERTED into ice cream trucks that try to sell you stuff…totally not to code I’m sure!!! I’ll be on thee beltway or the freeway and I hear something and pulling up beside me is a ghetto truck with it’s merry tune’s a playin’.
What about all the spanish channels? Everytime we turn off the VCR and channel 3 is on there are half-clothed women dancing around and a big old guy playing a guitar, banjoy, or drums. Yes, everytime…I am so not joking!
I do love Texas!!!!!
Niki: Yeah, I totally forgot about all the Spanish channels. Some of them are a bit different. It’s all good though.
Hey, your girl Natasha is in the final 3…what is going to happen??!!!!
Niki: Well, I am not quite sure. I have been stressing over this a bit (because I have nothing else to stress about). Rene is looking strong and Jaslene is slacking with the same face in every shoot. I am afraid Natasha will have to go home next round because she absolutely stank at her last shoot. We’ll see what happens, but I can tell you this for sure, if Rene ends up winning, I will be calling you up for some counseling!