International: Like a House of Pancakes

Spent a bit of the day down at the Bowling Green International Festival. The yearly opportunity for Bowling Grenians to get out and celebrate the ethnicity of their wardrobes. "No Earl, you wear that Hawai-een shirt, I'm a gonna wear that there african-print skirt I done bought at the Mall. You know, in that store that always smells funny"

All snideness aside it's good to see Bowling Green at least make an attempt at culture besides the Longhorn Steakhouse. Again, I spent a month in Indiana where culture was non-existent, grew up in a place where culture was non-existent. If it is not a truly "authentic" international festival who cares? the damn thing was filled with people who were being exposed to cultures they would have never given a second thought to otherwise. Maybe the old adage is true about 'leading a horse to water', but at least someone is trying to lead the horse to water, and like the Special Olympics it's not important that they be successful but that they be "brave in the attempt".

Still, given the number of Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Bosnian cultures represented, there sure seemed to be an awful lot of talk about Jesus.