Texas survey--I couldn't help myself

1. First of all, where in Texas do (did) you live?
Tyler and Houston for a summer

2. What's your favorite place to chill in Texas?
Home or the lake at night

3. Have you ever been on a boat in Lake Travis?
yes--and a tube

4. Do you go camping?
I haven't been in awhile, but yes, I do...and I love it.

5. Do you ever use the word "ya'll"?
I despise this word so much that I almost removed this question so that that word wouldn't have to be on my blog.

6. Have you ever owned a truck?
no--but I had a pretty sweet 4-runner that pulled a truck out of the mud once--ahh, memories

7. Have you ever had heat exhaustion?
no

8. How many Texas snows have you witnessed?
umm, maybe 5 or 6--but they weren't all in Tyler

9. Have you ever ice skated indoors?
is there anywhere else do it?

10. Have you ever squirted one of your parents with a water gun?
yes, and they loved it.

11. Do you prefer the Rockets, Spurs or the Mavs?
Dirk Nowitzki is my hero.

12. Do you like the city or the country?
country

13. Have you ever been sprayed by a skunk?
no

14. Have you ever run over an armadillo?
probably

15. Have you ever been to a Cowboys game?
just once, because I had free tickets

16. Have you ever been to a Stars, Icebats or Aeros game?
yeah, a Stars game with Jim Jackson and the gang

17. Have you ever attended the State Fair of Texas?
nope--only the East Texas State Fair :-)

18. What's your favorite Mexican food restaurant?
Don Juan's

19. Have you ever drank Shiner beer?
of course

21. Have you ever ridden a horse?
yes, but I hated it

22. Were you in 4-H or FFA?
no

23. Which place in Texas has the best scenery/view?
Hard to say, but I've heard West Texas sunsets are the best...that's only hearsay though. Maybe I'll get to see one someday

24. Which grocery store do you shop at?
When I lived in Texas? I prefer Albertson's

25. Have you ever partied in a barn?
no

26. Have you ever partied in a pasture?
not yet...

27. Do you like keg beer?
depends what beer is in the keg

28. Are you Baptist?
no

29. Have you ever been swimming in a river or creek?
yes--those were the days

30. How many presidents do you know lived in Texas?
Eisenhower, LBJ, George H. Bush and George W. Bush

31. Have you ever been on the Comal River?
I don't think so

32. Is your school big?
I don't think so...less than 200 in my graduating class

33. How many times have you been to Houston?
too many to count--and yes, I do like Houston better than Dallas, but Austin beats them both.

34. Who is your favorite Texas country artist?
Patty Griffin

35. Have you ever ridden a mechanical bull?
umm, no

36. Have you ever been to the rodeo?
yeah, and I actually knew a guy that was riding a bull in it

37. Do you own a cowboy hat?
yes, but I only got it to bring to Japan so I could keep up the persona that everyone from Texas owns a cowboy hat

38. Have you ever been to one of Willie's 4th of July picnics?
no, but I bet it'd be pretty sweet

39. Finally, what's your favorite thing about Texas?
Most of the people that I care about are there.