And so it begins. Many moons ago, I decided to rank my TOP 100 college memories from my time in Lexington (August 2005 to May 2010). Like many of my ambitious projects, it seemed that this one would fall prey to the demands of my busy and hectic life…well not really, I’m just lazy. But lo and behold, we have ourselves the completion of this project. What I didn’t know is that coming up with just 100 memories was indeed impossible. In fact, I came up with 134 and I had to include them all. There were many more memories that were bypassed, and perhaps I will share those later in the countdown. The fact is that I LOVED my five years in Lexington, and I get so much joy reminiscing through the most random of memories. And there are certainly many to go around for quite some time. But for now we must begin the Countdown, which will surely take us some time to complete, but hopefully that’s more entertainment and positive reminiscing for you, my friends. And so we begin.
135 — Twilight at Midnight (Fall 2008)
I have never read the Twilight “books” (and I use the term loosely), but for some reason I knew I needed to go see the first Twilight movie at its midnight premiere with several of my friends and every adolescent girl in Lexington. And so it happened: Edward sparkled, Bella brooded, and Jacob rocked his skinny arms and long hair like a champ. I have seen probably 15 movies at their midnight premiere, but none were as ridiculous at the Twilight experience.
134 — Economics Grad School Class (July 2009)
My first experience with the MIC program came with an economics class in the Summer of 2009, a three week class which effectively kept me in Lexington for the entire summer. To say, however, that the class was worth the stay would be an understatement. Never has there been an easier class, and with field trips to the JIF Factory, Old Kentucky Chocolates, the Herald-Leader, and a McDonalds, it was quite enjoyable too.
133 — Ice Storm from Hell (January 2009)
UK is not one to cancel classes, but when a ice storm from hell comes and introduces itself to Lexington, pretty much everything shuts down. And so it was in late January 2009. I distinctly remember walking to Subway on Woodland with Kyle from the JJJK in the time when TNT had already been canceled, and it took about an hour to get there and back. Then Kentucky went and lost to Ole Miss, Billy Clyde called it a bad question, and I walked home wet and frozen to the YAK. Horrible, but memorable.
132 — Getting Lost in Michigan (August 2009)
I like Rob Bell, and I wanted to see his church in action in Grand Rapids, Michigan. So one weekend, me, Robert, Kelly, Ashlyn, and Mueller took a trip to see what was up, and unfortunately my usually dependable navigation skills failed miserably on this day. In the midst of our despair, somebody filmed a video of the madness. You can check out the carnage here. But we found Grand Rapids and heard an epic sermon and then came back to Kentucky.
131 — Stacked Small Group at Focus 2008 (September 2008)
Oh BCM Fall Focus. The state BCM conference went from being a terror at Crestwood Baptist near Louisville to being a two-day camp spectacular at Jonathan Creek, and for the last year, my small group was incredibly, and I mean incredibly, stacked. My friend Forrest from Cumberland, several Acts 1:8 vets, and the incomparable Kyle Craft Jenkins made our group very interesting and exciting during discussion times. Apparently it was really bad for others, but a good weekend, no an excellent weekend, for us.
130 — Gettysburg (July 2006/April 2009)
My American history desires were satisfied to a trip to Gettysburg during the summer after my freshman year. Of course, Gettysburg is also known for that one Sunday afternoon when me, Robert, Gabe, and Chris Hughes (perhaps there were others too) which settled down for the four-hour viewing of the movie. Chris slept through 3/4 of it, but he led the laughs during the officer’s salute — “YESSIR. YAWWWWWWW!” The YAW was when the officer slapped his horse, ps.
129 — The Rake and Roll (November 2005)
Once again, we go back in time for this selection from my first semester in college. The BCM (BSU at the time) used to do this missions thing where they went out to the community and raked yards of elderly people. The house we went to was on Versailles Road and we had a good old time on a crisp Saturday morning. Then we went to Cici’s and watched UK’s football team get drilled by Georgia. Also, the house we helped at was demolished this spring. So much for my memory.
128 — Appalachia: “Connection” to the Land (Spring 2008)
During my junior year, I got a wild hair and took Introduction to Appalachian Studies, and it was a wonderful experience. Ally Smith, Zach Salchi, Sarah Scott, and I bonded over our TA Lori, the epicness of Ron Eller, and the overall joy that comes from Appalachia and the “connection to the Land” that we felt from the class. I went on to take Appalachian History the next year, another wonderful class but it lacked the fun that my friends provided it a year earlier.
127 — Winning a UK Basketball at Cedar Point (May 2008)
I have always been a decent shooter of the basketball, and I put my skills to the test during our second visit to Cedar Point. At a basketball shooting game, my skills came through in the clutch and I won myself a pretty UK basketball. Matt Scoggins also won the prize, but Robert’s attempt didn’t do as well…check it out here.
126 — B’Dubs after Cedar Point (May 2007, 2008)
Well one of our great traditions in Sandusky became a trip to B’Dubs after a day of glory and glee. I enjoyed my boneless wings with mild sauce and ranch dressing while guzzling my lemonade and showing everyone else up at trivia. Sadly, the next year when we took 325643 people, a trip to B’Dubs was impossible due to a Cavaliers playoff game going on, and the fact that we brought 325643 people. Applebee’s was good though.
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Well that’s all for now. I believe I will briefly include a great HONORABLE MENTION every time I run through the countdown. And tonight’s…
–Kyle Craft Jenkins does a ridiculous impression of a well-known worship leader at a well-known Baptist church in Lexington, and Chris Hughes nearly dies from laughter. Perhaps the most comedic duo from my time in Lexington was the KCJ + Pooh Bear combo.
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Previews from the next segment: Golf in both Scottsville and Eastern Kentucky, a random encounter at Tolly Ho, and another classic Chris Hughes moment.
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