well, it never rains in southern california

good song...i have no idea who does it though. of course, when you hear it and your not from southern california you think "wow...can't be true." i did anyway. well...i still have never been there but after today i definitely believe it. and if anyone else thought the same thing i did when hearing that song they would all be believers that it never does rain in southern california. but, only if they watched the rose parade on hgtv. my God...those announcers talked about the rain like every minute. it was like the equivalent of someone seeing a holy statue cry for the first time...which i never saw either but i think you get my point. it was like a phenomenon for them. at one point...some high school band was doing the santana song "evil ways" and they did it really good. but, one of the announcers goes "santana song. you've got to change your evil ways. they must be talking about the rain." i swear...that's what he said...word for word. it was really getting to the point that i wanted to change channels but they really have the best coverage and no commercials. they commented on everything from the flowers staying nice and beautiful to some ladys' hair and how it was staying its shape with the rain. it was just annoying and noone else seem to be bothered by the "evil" rain. not the people in the stands...who had those plastic ponchos on but giant smiles and cheering and just enjoying every minute. nor the people in the parade, not the wavers or the band members or the cheerleaders. they all had giant smiles and seemed to really care less about the rain...just enjoying themselves. the thing that was most annoying is at the end of the parade when they go in on the announcers, they were perfectly dry and their hair and make-up was perfect also, not runny or weathered down like most of the people. then they left the cameras on them for a bit and the first thing they said was about the friggin' rain...just ridiculous. all in all though...it was a really nice parade. it's just amazing how they make the colors on the floats from flowers and spices. they had one float from some city in california...can't remember where, but it had a water fountain and on the base of the fountain they had these paintings around it and they really looked like oil paintings and it was done with spices...absolutely amazing. those people do such a great job on them. i already can't wait to next year...i just hope it doesn't rain. ciao!!