End of Days

A couple of quotes from Perez Hilton's website today:

(regarding a prop arm from the 1984 movie Terminator) "It's from the private collection of Shay Austin of Los Angeles who was an assistant art director on the movie, and she's kept it for over a quarter-century. No one was saving props for their future value as memorabilia in those days, and that's why original items from this classic film are so hard to find."

"Though most people know Steven Martin as an actor,best known for his role opposite Queen Latifah in Bringing Down The House, he actually is also a musician with a band called Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers."

Granted, the first quote was not from Perez himself, but what kind of world am I living in where Terminator is considered a classic film and Steve Martin's most famous for Bringing Down the House?! Is this a life even worth living?!

Mike

Anyone in Lexington, or at least any woman, should have heard of "Mike". His phone number is posted in restrooms all over town. I decided some time ago to create a map of locations in Lexington in which I have seen Mike's number. This will be accompanied by pictures as well. I have been really slacking on doing this, because my friend Meagan and I actually decided to do this back at the beginning of the year when we were having coffee after a snowstorm. But here is the beginning of it now, and hopefully this weekend I'll be able to add a few more sites to the map and get some pictures posted as well. The pictures will either be on this blog or a separate one. I'll decide that later on. But anyway...


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Texas

Hi loyal readers! How are you doing? I am just fine myself, thank you. Do you want to know why I'm just fine? I just recently returned from vacation. Wheeeeee!!!!

I've been on a few little weekend trips to Chicago, but this is only my second actual vacation. And this one was both the longest I've been away from home and the farthest! I flew to Texas with my grandparents for my cousin's high school graduation. The vacation being with my grandparents made it a little less adventurous than I would have liked, but I had a really nice time and most of all just enjoyed being away from EVERYTHING. We left on May 28th and returned on June 4th, and I was off from work for ten days. It was awesome.

We flew into San Antonio from Nashville, and had to make an hour and a half trip from SAT to where my aunt and her family live, a tiny town in the middle of nowhere in South Texas. We visited a ranch where one of my cousins used to work, spent a day in San Antonio, spent an afternoon in Corpus Christi, and played lots of Rook. South Texas is really hot, but it's not humid like Kentucky, so I didn't mind the heat at all. I even got a little sun in San Antonio. This trip held a lot of firsts for me: first time west of the Mississippi River, first time in Texas, first time on a plane, first time on a four-wheeler, first time seeing an ocean, first time eating venison, first time eating crème brûlée (not in the same meal). I also got to meet my uncle's family, who have all lived in Texas since he was a teenager, and they were really nice. I saw lots of wildlife. I never got to see a coyote or a snake, but I'm not complaining. I was sad to leave, but very glad to be back home. That is, until my allergies started attacking again. :( But you never know how much you'll miss the hills of Kentucky until you go somewhere as low-lying and flat as Texas. Hopefully someday I'll be able to go back again, and next time maybe I'll be able to completely enjoy flying without being nervous at all.