Friday, August 22, 2008

Burleson, Texas y'all

I love my parents and I've even grown to love Texas (in a certain way...it's still all about the left coast!) But every time I visit them in Burleson (just SW of Fort Worth) the Texan culture never ceases to put a sarcastic smile on my face and an "I know i just didn't see that" chuckle in my belly. So rightfully so...the secondary name of this entry is: "I know i just didn't see that."
Sight #1: A sticker on the back of a car window which read something to the effect of, "The Ultimate Body Piercing" next to a very large sticker of a hand with with a nail through it. Kind of the "my boss is a Jewish carpenter" type of thang.I didn't even need the large word JESUS taking up 1/4 of the window to figure it out! I'm a smart one. Right then I knew I was in Texas.
Sight #2: In the same car trip, I look over to the right and see a Golden Coral restaurant with a boat load of seniors coming out. Then the road side sign caught my eye because it read: "Seniors buffet $6.99." The next line read, "Mon-Fri 2-4." Sure enough it was 3:20pm. But the third line is the kicker: "God Bless America" (and its seniors.) That's when you REALLY know your in Texas. It's as common as saying goodbye to someone.
Sight #3: I was in Borders with my mother picking up a b-day present for my pops and a travel book about Turkey when I saw the Religion section of the store. Anyone that knows my interests knows that I can't pass by that section with out taking a look. So I did. I thought to myself "I wonder how many of these will be about Christianity." The first wall (that's right I said wall) was Bibles. The second wall was books about the Bible. The third wall was books about how to live the Bible. These were followed by about 200 Christian lifestyle books and then-just as I was about to give up- one wall dedicated to the rest of the world...and I own most of them. Ah Texas...Where diversity of religion lies between Catholic and Evangelical.
I'm sorry I'm so harsh and truly believe that anyone has the right to believe in anything, but man this is just toooo stereotypical!

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