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September 26, 2009

Let the Eagles Soar

This morning Aimee and I went over to Junction City to measure a building that the JC Little Theater bought for some extra space. Get this - the place started off as a mortuary, and most recently was some creepy-ass church that God was probably not even gonna claim. So after hearing nothing but bad things about this building, imagine my surprise when I walked into the main room and felt nothing but inspiration.

John Ashcroft would be so proud!

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December 13, 2008

So long Macon, see ya never…

Well I just got back from Macon, and the worst restaurant ever.

Hang on I made a list-

1. We were lured in by the plethora of those lit up beer signs on the wall. Unbelievably though, when we tried to order some of them, despite having a full bar of liquor, they only had about half of the beers that they had signs for.

Which leads to 2. The ones they did have were astronomically expensive, which we didn’t find out till the check came.

3. I practically had to go through a maze to find the restroom, and when I finally got there, it was like a bomb went off inside it. Paper towel dispensers were broken on the floor, soap dispensers were broken, lights flickering, it was even worse than the state park bathroom I was at earlier in the day.

4. Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, 98 Degrees and the like were on the radio singing Christmas songs. Even some random rap version of Carol of the Bells. Everyone who knows me knows I can’t stand Christmas music, but when I heard #2 on my list of hated Christmas music come on the radio there, I about lost my shit.

5. All the other customers were staring at us with their shifty-ass eyes.

6. Their sandwiches were insane and over the top. I had a turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce sandwich, and my boy SJ had an enormous meatloaf sandwich. Good in theory, but in practice it leaves a lot to be desired.

7. Our waitress couldn’t even figure out what we meant by “split the check”.

Food was a little contrived, but at least the potato chips were good, if they were hot.

So don’t go to Market City Cafe in Macon, Georgia, if you don’t have to.

Bleh!

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July 6, 2008

Knoxville comes through again

I really believe that Knoxville, Tennessee might be one of the coolest places on earth. With every trip there, I’ve experienced something radically different and even more awesome than the time before. This time Ben took us to a magical place called Sassy Ann’s, where they have lots of wood paneling, play 80’s music and just generally rock. And look, we all posed accordingly.

The next day we went to an old quarry, which according to local legend, they dug and dug, until they hit a natural spring, and the whole quarry filled up with water. I’d love to find out more about it, basically because I think Ben talks straight out of his ass a whole lot of the time. (Ben if you’re reading this, you know it’s true.) It was the most beautiful setting I’ve been in for a long time. The way the rocks dove straight down into that incredibly blue water is stunning. And another thing - the water is so clear that you see can literally see almost 50 feet under the water. I’ve never seen anything like it. I couldn’t get my head around the concept of water that deep; just jumping in was daunting. We all took turns sinking down under the water, and while I was under I opened up my eyes, and there was just no end to the depth of it. I could see my friends who were 30 feet away, and all the fish that were swimming all around me, but no bottom to that old quarry.