I'm so busy and buried with homework that I've resorted to posting lists of mildly amusing things to assure you all that I am still alive. The fifth-graders haven't drained me of (quite) all my energy yet, so long as I can paste a list. - E.
...have no idea where this came from... but so true. Feel free to add some if you think of them.
You Know You're From Grand Junction When:
-You never use a compass. Mountain ranges tell you which directions you're headed
-Although your city has an airport, you always drive to Salt Lake or Denver for flights
-The term "Devil's Kitchen" doesn't intimidate you
-You've ever cruised North Avenue on a Friday night
-You know why Clifton Village South is not somewhere you want to live
-You travel out of town just to go to a decent movie theater (not anymore- thank you, Regal Cinemas!)
-You miss the cow on 12th Street.
-You spend every summer evening at Canyon View Park.
-You've driven all the way up to Glade Park to watch a movie projected on the side of a building and eat $2 hamburgers that were grilled on the back of a fire engine.
-You've actually climbed the face of a mountain merely to touch a flag pole.
-Floating down the river is a favorite past time.
-There are more churches per capita than anything else!
-The best day of your life was the day Krispy Kreme opened.
-You know which Wal-Mart is the "good one" and which is the "bad one"
-The name Gay Johnson doesn't offend you or cause you to blush
-No one knows what a yellow light means much less a yellow arrow
-You drive around all night looking for a corn maze that may or may not exist
-Your kids have gone trick-or-treating as skiers because it's so cold they need a coat
-You've actually cut down your own Christmas tree before out of a real forest
-You know the difference between Powderhorn and Old Powderhorn.
-Color Sunday is something you look forward to every year.
-No U-turns allowed. Anywhere.
-You have ever worked at Star Tek. And quit when you found out it has nothing to do with astronomy.
-You've ever timed your trips around railroad crossings to see if you made time avoiding the coal trains.
-Driving "all the way" across town only takes 20 minutes
-There's only one mall, and it's only one story, and you can stand in the middle and see each end
-You wonder where Jamba Juice went. And wonder what Jamba means.
-All major roads have two names.
-It's not weird to you that a road name can have a letter and a fraction.
-You call the state line the "Utah border" because you really think of Utah as another country instead of a state.
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HAHAH! Those are great Erin! And yes,the tiny person on the right in the pictures is me! I hope you're ready for another week! Miss you!
Funnt stuff! Good to see you haven't been swallowed by children!
First of all, I am heartbroken!!! They took down the 'brown cow' on 12th Street?! That is so sad, a childhood memory. We used to think that was a fancy place; you could even make your own ice cream cones. Sniff, sniff...
Don't forget that you can also navigate anywhere you want to go in the Valley if you can count to about 30 and know your ABC's. Just follow the grid! (Most of the time, anyway)
Yeah, Prime Cut has been long gone. They painted it green and fluorescent school bus yellow and now it's a mediocre brewpub. You know who bought the old cow? The artist Lyle Nichols (the one who did the Mike the Headless Chicken sculpture). He said he was going to hollow it out and make it into a guest room or something.
Ah GJ....I love that cow! I remember the day it fell over or something and they had to stand it back up. Classic GJ.
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