Saturday, October 29, 2011

Minnesotan or Texan?

Over the past few weeks i have noticed several things about myself:
1. i find i say "y'all" a whole lot more than i say "ya sure"
2. i stayed awake until way past my normal bed time on a work day to watch the Rangers lose the world series...and i dont even know the name of anyone who plays for the Twins except for Joe Mauer.
3. i heard the vikes dropped mcnabb...who is the qb now? but i do know that matt schaub, andre johnson and joel dressen play for the texans.
4. i can navigate central and north austin without even thinking, but when home in mn i have to consciously plan out my route.
5. tex-mex and tea have become staples in my diet. casseroles have become a rariety.
6. instead of tricking people by asking them how to pronounce "ely" or "bemidji" i ask them to pronounce "nacogdoches" or "nueces"
7. i hear mn accents and can differentiate between texas accents
8. i havent watched a hockey game in i dont know how long.
9. i understand what it means when people say, "oh they must be from oklahoma or arkansas." and "oh bless their heart" (neither are complements, just an fyi)
10. i have taught my sons how to "hook em horns" and i am not even sure if the gophers do some sort of hand  gesture.
11. i know most of the texas fight song, and not a word of the gopher fight song.
12. "going up north" now implies that you are visiting dallas/ft worth for the weekend, not going to lake superior


do these things mean i am more texan than minnesotan?

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