Rodeo update (and other random thoughts)

Hello again, blogfans!

Well, we went to the rodeo again yesterday. My step-daughter Casey bought tickets, but the friends she invited could not attend, so she asked if we would like to go. We said "Yes!", of course!

Yesterday was Brad Paisley. As I've said before, I'm not much of a country music fan, but I'm getting the impression that, while I wasn't paying attention, someone told the country music hierarchy that "stomping on cats" wasn't selling records and they decided to go more "rock-n-roll," because, quite frankly, if the band wasn't wearing cowboy hats, I'd have thought I was at a rock concert circa 1980-85! Paisley is an excellent musician and the lyrics were funny for the most part, which was entertaining! We've got MDGD this weekend (My Darling Grand-Daughter), so we took her through the livestock show so she could see the steers and pigs (I guess all of the other livestock was hiding; back in the day, you could wander through the AstroArena and see EVERYTHING; cows, horses, pigs, goats/sheep, chickens, rabbits, emus, donkeys, mules, etc. I mean, there was even a buffalo or two, and that was thirty years ago! MDB said that they show them in stages now, so they'll move all of the cows and pigs out of the way and then bring in the other stuff later. Too bad; Lexie would have enjoyed the bunny rabbits, I'm sure. I tried to convince MDB that rabbits are not only cute, but very tasty. She said that anything that tastes like chicken may as well BE chicken, 'cause she's not having any of anything else! LOL!

Yesterday was not a good day if you don't like crowds. I'm getting ambivalent. I LOVE being with MDB and I really do like the rodeo, but I really dislike big crowds. Maybe it's not the crowd so much as it is the attitude of most PEOPLE in big crowds; the pushing and shoving, the "me first" attitude you have to deal with. Personally, I'd rather let someone else have the spot and get there a second or two later than have to live with pushing someone else aside. Apparently I'm in a minority of one! I think back to what Jesus said - "He who would be first will be last, and he who's last will be first. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." If I don't like being pushed aside or trampled by someone who's generally thoughtless about anyone other than himself, why would I treat someone else that way? Anyway, that's what you get in a big crowd and I really don't like them (big crowds) very much.

People "in uniform" make me laugh! You see all kinds of uniforms at all sorts of events. People going to the Astros game dress up in all of their Astros regalia; people going to church events dress up in their "Jesus gear." People going to the rodeo dress up in cowboy gear! How the WOMEN dress really crack me up! Apparently "cowboy chic" this year is a cotton "baby-doll" style dress (REALLY short!) with cowboy boots. If the dress reveals A LOT of cleavage, so much the better! Wow! I try to think about it like this; would I wear that to a birthday party at my momma's house? Would I wear that to church? Uhh....I don't think so! I wore a pair of shorts and an oxford shirt with tennis shoes. Last time, I wore blue jeans and a button-up shirt and a pair of cowboy boots. Would I wear them any other time? Well, I've got 5 or 6 pairs of boots in the closet and I wear them all the time to almost anything; church, parties, whatever, so I didn't "dress up" just for the rodeo. I didn't wear them yesterday because yesterday it was hot and it didn't fit the weather! Anyway, I guess if it makes them happy and doesn't cause anyone else any discomfort, it's okay; it just makes me laugh, that's all.

ALL inconsiderate, boorish, idiotic people drive GM cars. That's not to say that all people who drive GM products are idiotic, inconsiderate, or boorish, but everyone who fits that description drive either a GMC truck or a Chevrolet. I'm not sure why that is, but it's just as sure as the sun rising in the east, the wetness of water or the blue hue of the sky! Yesterday we stopped at Target to buy a stroller for MDGD. I parked in a space that was one space from one of those island with a tree deals. When I parked, there was no one in the one next to the island with a tree. When we came out, a mentally-challenged motor vehicle operator had parked his Denali about two inches from my driver's side door such that I literally could not physically squeeze in to my truck. Now, if I'd been all the way to the left in my space, I would've taken partial blame, but I was dead square in the middle of my space! The idiot in the GMC had parked diagonally across his space so he didn't have to contend with that horrible curb around the tree, nevermind that he very nearly hit our truck and made it impossible for us to enter our vehicle! Inconsiderate boob! I had to enter on the passenger side and crawl across the front seat and then back out so I could open the doors and put Lexie in the back! Then, back on the road to the rodeo, a guy in a Chevy truck, going about 20 mph faster than everyone else, weaved in and out of traffic and almost ran a couple of other cars off of the road! Now, I'm sure his destination was MUCH more important than everyone else's, but does he really have to kill a bunch of people to get there? Oh...I know; there are idiots of every stripe driving every sort of vehicle made, but I've just noticed over the years that many if not most of them drive GM cars/trucks.

Well...more later. I've got to watch MDGD while MDB's in the shower! Woo-hoo! - Dan