CMA's

What can I say? I may be a Big City girl, but I will always be a country girl at heart (grew up in the sticks). I will always LOVE me some country music. Yes, I watched the CMA's tonight. So loving that George Strait was winning the awards! Love, love, LOVE George Strait!
I do have a question for the cowboy hat wearing crowd. I was noticing the hats on the men. Now, this would have gone right past me had I not done an illustration project for a couple women who explained to me in my work that the cowboy hats were all wrong and that a real cowgirl would know. Now I am all confused about the hats and the brims.My man George has a brim that spreads way out...Alan Jackson's brim has more of a crease to it...Brad Paisley is sporting more of a rounded brim that kind of wraps back towards the hat...This is the hat I like best, smaller brim, really tight...

So my question, is this just a style preference? Does it show where you are from? Does someone from Texas wear a different hat than someone from Nashville? I am not making a joke here, I just want to know the story, so bring it on my cowgirls (and boys) what's the deal?

I also gotta say I was not feeling the outfits...The women are really cute, but the dresses...kind of misses:( Instead of torturing you with all of the dresses I wasn't feeling, I will just plead my case with two women who really should have done better...This is cutie Julianne Huff (Dancing With the Stars). I do think this is a lovely color on her, but it looks like she is being attacked by an eel. I am not feeling this AT ALL. Cute girl, hot bod...could have done so much better.I love Reese Witherspoon. The girl is usually spot on in the style arena. Am I the only one thinking she looks like Elvira? I think this has a goth prom queen appeal to it. What gives? Cute girl, scary dress...I just don't get it?

Am I the only one who watched? What did you think?

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I Like Dreamin'

Did anyone catch the CMA's (Country Music Awards) Wed. night? I love country music...Oh, I feel it's time to share another little known fact about the Nap Warden...I don't know if you know, I was born and raised in the boondocks. I grew up goin' down to the crick to catch crawdads, having dirt clod fights, and throwing cow pies. Yep, this city chick is also a hick. Not to be confused with a hillbilly, I am definitely a hick. I can't explain why, but in growing up country, I have always loved country music. I remember going to county fairs where Alabama was playing, or Conway Twitty, or The Oakridge Boys (Dad took bro & sis to see the show, I was to young...pllllt!). Now, the bro hates country music...I don't know why, it didn't stick with him.
I spent a good twelve years of my life in the city trading stocks. If I wasn't trading, I was playing my guitar. There has always been a little piece of me that wanted to be a country singer. Watching the CMA's last night reminded me of that. I suppose being a country singer is one of those pipe dreams that was based nowhere in reality, kinda like every little boy wanting to be a baseball player...The problem with my little dream is that while I love singing and playing my guitar, I hated performing...ack! I did a few open mic's around the city, whew...talk about nerves! Definitely not me. There was always a part of me that thought I might just retire from trading, pack the guitar, move to Vail (hi Janet), and be an apres ski singer in a bar...That's more my speed. I loves me country music, I loves me George Straight, and for now I'll put my little CMA singer dreams right here with some Photoshop of course, on my little blog...and enjoy my imaginary moment on the CMA's...What about you all...any pipe dreams out there? Or am I alone in my insanity;)

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