Comments | walkertxkitty: LJ Idol Season 5 Week 15 - Riding Shotgun for the Texas Rangers

walkertxkitty

LJ Idol Season 5 Week 15 - Riding Shotgun for the Texas Rangers

Jan 08, 2009 22:05

o/` "I shoulda been a cowboy
I shoulda learned to rope and ride
Wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony, on a cattle drive
Stealing young girl's hearts
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs
Oh, I should've been a cowboy" o/`

----- "Should've Been a Cowboy" performed by Toby Keith ( Read more... )

autobiography, nostalgia, humor

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jenandbronze January 9 2009, 21:02:19 UTC

This was hilarious! I was in therapuetic riding in preschool, and the only thing I remember is riding the horse backwards?! I have no clue, but that's what I remember! Not sure what that was all about though. Great entry!

walkertxkitty January 11 2009, 23:56:23 UTC

Sometimes, with the smaller children, they will put them on backwards so that the horse's head doesn't intimidate them. I've also seen some carrying devices for children who have poor muscle control who will ride backwards. It's possibly your horse was outfitted as such.

brightflashes January 9 2009, 23:42:35 UTC

Great work as always. : )

Imagining a rider yelling at a horse's ass is hysterical!

walkertxkitty January 11 2009, 23:57:19 UTC

I still to this day don't understand why the horse didn't buck him off. The horse had obviously been abused and wasn't broken to saddle well...and my dad had some of the tail in his hands thinking it was the reins.

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walkertxkitty January 11 2009, 23:58:29 UTC

Yes, he does. It's one of my favorites because of the various references to an old favorite television show, my favorite classic country singers, and my beloved Texas Rangers. In this case, it sums my dad's life perfectly. He really wished he was cowboy and he tried hard, but you can't take the New York out of a city boy, I guess.

lilmissmagic71 January 10 2009, 02:38:21 UTC

Oh this was a great story! I loved it... even though I bitched about horses in my entry this week.. LOL

well done!

walkertxkitty January 11 2009, 23:59:17 UTC

They really ARE out to get you, you know ;)

Thanks for reading.

theafaye January 10 2009, 03:02:25 UTC

That's just so sweet!

walkertxkitty January 12 2009, 00:00:03 UTC

He later ended up being a fine rider. My dad had a gift for abused and abandoned animals which he used to his advantage. Comanche never would be ridden by anyone else but he behaved like a lamb for my father.