(view of the stadium from an 8th floor suite--very high up!)
ahhh, what an AMAZING time this internship has been! i have met some of the most amazing people and seen some of the best rodeo action. today is the first if 5 days i have left before reality hits and i return to college station for class...but let's not think about that now.
so far, i have met Rascal Flatts and Blake Shelton, watched Hootie (aka Darius Rucker), Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and Lady Antebellum in concert, and learned so many new and exciting things about how the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo works--overall, i give my time here an A++!
if i HAD to complain about one thing (which is hard to do) it would be the walking around in boots ALL day. don't get me wrong, i love my boots, i just have a hard time keeping up with socks, and thick socks at that. let me just say, thin, ankle socks do NOT go well with worn in boots...you end up with toe socks by the end of the day.
there are a lot more things to be done and people to meet over the next 5 days and i when i get back home, and can sit down and really write, i will fully document (with photos) my two weeks at the Show. for now just a small little update to let you know i am still alive and kickin'!
oh, i forgot to mention! a WONDERFUL contact i made at the Austin American-Statesman, Sue Whaley (an old Aggie journalism major), has done a wonderful thing to try to help me find a job, more contacts and what not. check out the blog post she did about me, my time at Texas Monthly this past summer and more: Aggie senior goes from Texas Monthly to rodeo writing
'til we meet again, i will leave you with this: i thought, since i am enjoying two weeks filled with death-defying rodeo events i'd try to find a little humor in one of them. i found this video:
BULL FOOTBALL
Nice stadium.
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