tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761342.post3221110080292038910..comments2023-11-09T00:37:40.824-08:00Comments on Fosco Lives!: What A Mess Is Texas!FOSCOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238391886095765453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761342.post-3543047084385606222009-03-19T07:11:00.000-07:002009-03-19T07:11:00.000-07:00I like you muy mucho Fosco! Your dad sounds like ...I like you muy mucho Fosco! Your dad sounds like my she-bitch grandmother.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171054999389018364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761342.post-30177501739595756122009-03-18T18:35:00.000-07:002009-03-18T18:35:00.000-07:00I didn't mean for this to turn into an anti-Texas ...I didn't mean for this to turn into an anti-Texas rag-a-thon... I was just interested in the ways in which Texas has been simultaneously attracting and repulsing me lately. It's a really complex state that I have, in the past, responded to in very simplistic ways. <BR/><BR/>Like I said, there are some fabulous people in Texas (Jill, por ejemplo). And Jill is indeed right: parts of California are hell on earth (most of the Central Valley, actually). So far, California remains livable because the troglodytes are mostly outnumbered (except when it comes to Prop 8--which makes Jill's point perfectly). <BR/><BR/>There is a long and proud tradition of semi-serious state vs. state chauvinism in this country and I think Texas attracts a lot of negative attention because its residents are often so loud and proud. However, Texas isn't alone: Californians love to remind the rest of the country how nice their climate is (among other things). And when I engage in this kind of chauvinism, I try to keep in mind that most of it is based on exaggeration and stereotype. <BR/><BR/>It's actually funny how living in a geographical/social unit can produce inflated loyalty toward that unit (and I'm not just talking Texas here). I think the majority of people in this country probably consider the rest of the US population to be complete morons because they have chosen to live in other places. This goes for cosmopolitan liberals like me, as well as for anti-social racists like my dad (who can't understand why anyone would live anywhere near Jews, Blacks, or Mexicans). <BR/><BR/>My California chauvinism can get a bit silly sometimes, but I'd like to suggest that it's partly ironic. After all, Fosco has lived in some very bad places in his life (like Indiana!). Not to mention that, based on the academic job market, a future life in a red state like Texas is a very real possibility for me. I can only hope that, in whatever state I end up, I meet some people like Jill, etc. <BR/><BR/>So my apologies to Jill (and my other favorite Texas readers: JM and AEJ). Cool people can live anywhere and almost anyplace (even Texas!) has its cool spots.FOSCOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238391886095765453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761342.post-7190229789599478942009-03-18T16:33:00.000-07:002009-03-18T16:33:00.000-07:00It doesn't suck...some places and some people in T...It doesn't suck...some places and some people in Texas fucking suck...but not all of it. Just like there are places in California and I'm sure Iceland that suckingly fuckingly suck as well. This is coming from a cursing, pagan, Bush bashing, 4th Generation Texan though. On another note...have you seen Bill Mauher's (sp?) Religulous?Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171054999389018364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761342.post-84626097106626512222009-03-18T15:30:00.000-07:002009-03-18T15:30:00.000-07:00Oz has lived there for a short period and can say,...Oz has lived there for a short period and can say, it sucks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761342.post-28929145988521214622009-03-18T13:22:00.000-07:002009-03-18T13:22:00.000-07:00All I can say is:Don't mess with Texas!(It's not n...All I can say is:<BR/><B>Don't mess with Texas!</B><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>(It's not nice to pick on retards)toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207291112965899246noreply@blogger.com