Rose Parade

Kay's parents were in town this past week. We went to the Rose parade, and had great seats. We then came home to watch USC crush Illinois. Ouch! What Pierre and I found to be very interesting was that as soon as the police brought up the end of the parade, some Christians thought it would be a good idea to hold large signs in the street saying:

"Ask me why you are going to hell"
"God hates sin"
"Warning All: fornicators, adulterers, sodomites, witches, abortionist, murderers, drunkards, liars, atheists, hypocrites(you get the point) hell awaits you."
"God throws sin and the sinner into hell."



The Illinois fans in front of us laughed when they saw the "God hates sin" and then one gentleman looked at us and translated the sign into saying "Jesus hates you." I cringed.

The other depressing thing that we saw following the parade was the trash that was all over the streets. I was baffled that people would think that the beautiful Pasadena streets were their trash can. Ugh.




But, all was not lost, because it was an enjoyable time to be able to see something up close, first-hand, with the parents and Pierre that I have watched on TV my whole life. Some of my favorites, were the bands from Japan, who rocked, and the cute little Zurich Police band who wore their dull grey uniforms and played very Swiss-German music followed by the Oktoberfest float.