Today in the parking lot I saw a huge black truck with a small yellow sticker on the bumper. At first I thought it was a parking pass, but when I got closer, I saw that it said "Hunting License" on it. Hmm, that's strange, I've never seen one of those on a car before, though this did look like the kind of truck you would take hunting. I stepped in for a closer look, and that was when I saw what it really was.
It said "Terrorist Hunting Permit." And under that, it said "Holder may hunt day or night, with or without dogs."
At first I was just shocked. After it sank in, I became angry. I wanted to slash the huge tires on this truck, something to show them that bad things happen to bad people. It really made me mad. Then I realized that this was the first time since I had gotten here that I had become angry just by being in Texas, or around Texans. Up to this point, it had just seemed like a novelty. Even when I heard about what Emily saw in a store around the corner from our apartment, a little ceramic orange traffic cone to be used as a paperweight or something to put on one's desk, which read "If we outlaw all the guns, what will we use to shoot all the liberals?" Or something along those lines. Even then I wasn't mad, just kind of amused at the absurdity of it. But this bumper sticker, for some reason, had the opposite effect.
If you're reading this, terrorist hunter, I despise you. You're the reason nobody wants to live in Texas.
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Ah yes, the culture shock finally sets in. hate to say i told you so, but.... i did. so there.
also, all the instructions on this web page are in spanish for me. right now, estoy haciendo mi comentario. after that, voy a elegir una identidad and then verificar la palabra. right.
So where's the bigger culture shock: Spain or Texas? Which place requires a greater knowledge of Spanish? Who has better beans?
You Burnses are so worldly.
Hey, send me an email when you get a chance. Question about validating people who leave comments.
-Matt
Culture shock..an interesting experience...it does broaden one's perspective...yes that is right...experiencing the "other" side even when it's unpleasant will get you out of the "boston" or oberlin mindset.....not that there's anything wrong with that mindset....but the world is a much more complex place...as I am sure you know....go to places that you don't like...that's not my idea...that Joseph Campbell..tell Jill that Buenos Aires is in Argentina..not Spain....and Texans probably have been beans.
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