Celebrating My White Trash Heritage

[catelin]

I had a yard sale today. Nothing peculiar about that; they're fairly common around these parts. The peculiar part is that my tooth chipped yesterday while eating at Dairy Queen. It was nothing related to the food---it had to do with an old tooth trying to hang on to an equally old and sizeable filling. So here I was...sitting in my lawn chair in a pair of cutoffs, a wife beater that accentuates the fact I nursed one too many kids, my old sweaty cowboy hat, boots and a pair of cheap sunglasses. I had the radio blaring, a cold Shiner in hand, and a big wad of dollar bills in my pocket. I sat there worrying the missing back tooth with my tongue, thinking how perfect it all was. All the speed freaks here at the lake would have been so proud.

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[ex-friedrich47.livejournal.com]

Yeee hawww!

[catelin.livejournal.com]

See? You'd fit in down here too! ; )

[cobaltika.livejournal.com]

if i had clicked that radio link and Texas Rebel Radio (or even Hot Tejano Hits) woulda come on, i woulda FLIPPED right out...

...homesick i think.

[catelin.livejournal.com]

I listen to Texas Rebel Radio as well. Isn't it out of Kerrville? Or somewhere nearby? I like the New Braunfels station because it's more local to me and comes in better. They'll often broadcast live from Gruene Hall.

[missprune.livejournal.com]

I admit I'm out of the american culture loop, but what the heck is a wife beater?

[catelin.livejournal.com]

They're the old style ribbed tank undershirts our grandpas used to wear. When I was a kid we called them "cholo" tees (an equally politically incorrect term) because all the cute lowrider boys wore them.

[mindme.livejournal.com]

Real white trash would have kept her float in her tube top! :)

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Hahaha!! So true! Show off! ; )

[jourdannex.livejournal.com]

My Grandmother used to tell me about "Lola the little white trash girl" on their street when I was a child. I finally asked what made this girl Lola white trash. Apparently, there were three things. Yard sales, heels and tube tops...all going on at the same time.

WERE YOU WEARING HEELS WITH THE CUT OFFS CATELIN?

[leon-thecleaner.livejournal.com]

Donna and I agreed that you probably don't look as bad in a wifebeater as you think you do....the massive tattoo only being one thing that would set you apart from the tailor court queens...

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Heh! Well, a bra would definitely help things but that's sacrilege 'round these parts. I actually looked kinda cool, in a scary sort of way. ; )

You made my day! :)

[chachachana.livejournal.com]

OOOOOOOOOH! I MISS HOME! I had the urge the other day -- that is still with me, I admit -- to go strutting through the airports in a straw Stetson and the whole get-up! I so miss my culture that way sometimes! I'll be in OK in 3 weeks and I can't wait to don the duds and go two-steppin'! Thanks so much for the visual! Made my day! :)

[raindog.livejournal.com]

I've been sleeping in a muscle-t this week. It's been reminding me of a girlfriend's suggestion for how I could anatomically integrate a tatoo. Fortunately, I didn't actually get those ski jumpers etched on the downhill slope of my 34-B-longs...

[nandan.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Keep up the good work.