So today there was quite a bit of discussion about the rose bowl parade – was it on, did we miss it? christine said it wasn’t going to be on till tomorrow, jim said he thought it was yesterday, then i believe he said he’d heard on CNN this morning that it was today, but i can’t exactly recall what he said because i was so sleepy, pre-nap.
so i just looked it up online, and it is, indeed tomorrow. i’m happy about this because I LOVE PARADES. here’s what i found on the web site, which i thought was kind of interesting:
“The Tournament of Roses is a tradition full of traditions, one of which is our “Never on Sunday” policy. In 1893, officials decided to move the parade to Monday, January 2 to avoid frightening horses tethered outside local churches and thus interfering with worship services. As a result of this reverent gesture, speculation abounds as to the rare instances of rainfall on New Year’s Day (only nine times in Rose Parade history), prompting some to ask the Tournament about its special pact with a “friend upstairs.” Also as a result of this tradition, other collegiate bowl organizations have instituted similar procedures. The upcoming Rose Parade is on Monday, January 2, 2006 in observance of the Never on Sunday tradition.”
so there you have it. i like that phrase, “a tradition full of traditions.” anyway, i’m going to be watching. that’s one thing i regret, never going to the parade when i lived in LA. i was actually there on new year’s a few years, and i don’t know exactly why i didn’t go. i guess i never found anybody as enthusiastic as me about going. it just seems it would be so beautiful and the floats would smell so great.
one year i did convince a boyfriend to go the the place where they lined up the floats the day after the parade, but when we got there the place was a crazy crazy mob scene and we’d have had to wait for hours to see them, and he was not happy AT ALL about going to see them anyway, so i missed my chance.
oh well.
someday, i’ll see that parade.
just like i’m going to go back to macy’s thanksgiving parade, which i came really close to doing this year with thad. next year? or not really, it would actually be THIS year.
maybe.
you just never know.
ok, NOW i go do the very important and critical very long fake hair washing.
grace