Impact Fusion

I really enjoyed San Antonio, but my new boyfriend not so much. Mutual friends of ours forewarned us of the uniqueness of Texas, such as how you need a passport (kidding) to get past the boarders and how there are border guards in the middle of the state (not kidding), just to make sure you aren’t an illegal foreigner. But they failed to tell us how Texan women have big hair, long red nails to accent the tons of jewelry they wear and how Texan men wear big cowboy hats, big silver belt buckles and cowboy boots. When we were at the Rivercenter Mall, a woman approached me who wanted to help me make my hair as big as hers, I politely reclined. Then my boyfriend was laughed at by a cowboy standing outside one of the luxury hotels. San Antonio should’ve been, we thought, a little more progressive than the rest of Texas, but I guess there will always be Texans’ no matter where you go in Texas.

My boyfriend and I visited the Alamo, a historical site of epic proportions, well at least according to San Antonio. I was really surprised that my boyfriend didn’t know much about the American War of Independence, or really for that matter, any other American war. So, I gave him a history lesson. I informed him that the general belief about the Battle of the Alamo and the the subsequent executions at Goliad led to Americans victory at San Jacinto, which resulted in the Texan Revolution. Basically, the Battle of the Alamo led Texas to join the Union. Also, the Mexican-American war led to New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and California to join too. The consequence of this ultimately led to a shift in balance between the Confederates and the Yankees during the Civil War.

My boyfriend was impressed about the many webs that made-up America’s history. He connected the fact that the Battle of the Alamo helped end slavery in the United States. I gave him an ‘A’ for the day, but told him to do more research about American Wars and their significance in the events of the world. He just looked at me like I was some kind of fool. Ah, when will I find a history buff just like myself?