I haven't even officially moved into my house as of yet but I have started thinking about the idea of becoming an actual citizen of this state. I like "thinking about the idea" of things, it's a nice of saying I doing nothing. Anyway I'm not sure of the actual process of becoming a citizen of Texas so I've been brushing up on my Texas history in case there is a quiz. You wouldn't think there would be a quiz, like the one to become an American, but the people here talk like Texas is its own country, so who knows? Recently I found myself in a local library where I noticed 95% of the material would give me much needed "Texas" information. I'm not sure Texans know this, but there are books without "Texas" in the title. That being said checking out a book at a library involves bring back said book...which seems like a lot of work. So instead I took to the Internet to supply me Texas history.
My first stop was wikipedia. Wikipedia gets a bad rap, but I think a lot of it is from people who were dumb enough to pay hundred of dollars for a printed encyclopedia, when they can get the same info online for free. That being said I have come across bad info. For instance, consider the following:
As of the 2006 US Census estimates, the racial and ethnic distribution in Texas are as follows:
48.9% White non-Hispanic
German (10.9%)
English (7.2%)
Scots-Irish (7.2%)
11.6% African American
3.3% Asian American
0.6% American Indian
13% other racial groups
35.7 total Hispanic or Latino[5]
White Hispanic 21.0%
Mexican (25.3%)
Let me save you the math. That adds up to 113.1 percent. Apparently everything is bigger in Texas.
After reading that I soon learned that the Texas State Fair is going on right this very minute, and being easily distracted I instantly started looking up the Sate Fair giving up quest of Texan knowledge. I justified this by asking myself, "What better way to learn about Texas, then a celebration of Texas?" Also I am a sucker for a fair...I don't know why really. I think the Minnesota State Fair is pretty awesome, but the only reason I can come up with is that I like the food there. I apparently can recreate the best parts of the fair with a deep fryer and random edible items to insert into it. Like a twinkie, banana, anything chocolate, or the usual like french fries.
Anyway I went to the Texas State Fair web page to learn about it. It is apparently in Dallas, which is only about 4 hours from here. The first thing I did was check out to see what was part of the entertainment package at the fair. With everything being bigger and Texas, and Austin being the live music capital of the world, I expected the fair to have a large music offering...boy was I wrong. On the list of "entertainers" the most recognizable was Bell Biv Devo, which they describe as the super group that came from New Edition...The rest are presumably struggling country singers...and an Elvis impersonator! Oh wait!! I take it all back...Jessica Simpson is going to be there!
My first stop was wikipedia. Wikipedia gets a bad rap, but I think a lot of it is from people who were dumb enough to pay hundred of dollars for a printed encyclopedia, when they can get the same info online for free. That being said I have come across bad info. For instance, consider the following:
As of the 2006 US Census estimates, the racial and ethnic distribution in Texas are as follows:
48.9% White non-Hispanic
German (10.9%)
English (7.2%)
Scots-Irish (7.2%)
11.6% African American
3.3% Asian American
0.6% American Indian
13% other racial groups
35.7 total Hispanic or Latino[5]
White Hispanic 21.0%
Mexican (25.3%)
Let me save you the math. That adds up to 113.1 percent. Apparently everything is bigger in Texas.
After reading that I soon learned that the Texas State Fair is going on right this very minute, and being easily distracted I instantly started looking up the Sate Fair giving up quest of Texan knowledge. I justified this by asking myself, "What better way to learn about Texas, then a celebration of Texas?" Also I am a sucker for a fair...I don't know why really. I think the Minnesota State Fair is pretty awesome, but the only reason I can come up with is that I like the food there. I apparently can recreate the best parts of the fair with a deep fryer and random edible items to insert into it. Like a twinkie, banana, anything chocolate, or the usual like french fries.
Anyway I went to the Texas State Fair web page to learn about it. It is apparently in Dallas, which is only about 4 hours from here. The first thing I did was check out to see what was part of the entertainment package at the fair. With everything being bigger and Texas, and Austin being the live music capital of the world, I expected the fair to have a large music offering...boy was I wrong. On the list of "entertainers" the most recognizable was Bell Biv Devo, which they describe as the super group that came from New Edition...The rest are presumably struggling country singers...and an Elvis impersonator! Oh wait!! I take it all back...Jessica Simpson is going to be there!
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