ranch rodeo clown

last weekend i went to a ranch rodeo in fort worth with jeremy and his friend jason. doesn't it seem like i go to a lot of rodeos? don't think i've changed completely, i still read, write, take pilates and make lists compulsively.

ranch rodeos are different because the people competing are actual working cowboys. also, the events are different. the ones i remember seeing that night included team branding, wild cow milking, team sorting. this year, the fort worth rodeo used jason's cows, so he was kind of routing against the cowboys.

singing the national anthem (i definitely am the only evidence at these events that asian people live on planet earth. so when people collectively sing the national anthem or play "proud to be an american" over the speakers, i feel extra yellow and have flashes of people running out into the arena wearing white sheets..)
team branding (a cow is roped from both ends, wrangled to the ground and then someone has to run over and "brand" the cow. ease up, maf, it's flour and water.)
was really fun, except a guy got hurt really bad. as in, after he fell, he stopped moving. unfortunately, the "expert medical team" all had mullets and i'm pretty sure they were passing around a drinking jar with an "xxx" written on it.