I’m not sure if I’ve ever confessed my magazine fetish on this particular website or not. I’ve got it bad, I can tell you that. When I approach the magazine section of a store, it’s like… well… did you see Pineapple Express? When a junkie would approach their dealer (James Franco’s character).
Yeah, that’s me. Rubbing my hands together – looking frantically from one issue to the next. “Should I grab the new Taste of Home and Psychology Today on this trip or the Kentucky Monthly and People? Wait. Wait. The husband’s not looking… all 4 it is.”
I go back for the rest over a span of several days. I don’t like to overwhelm the cashiers.
One magazine I never, ever cease to buy is Kentucky Monthly. Talk about hitting you where you live. This magazine is written for us’ins, you know?
The cover of this month’s issue is especially beautiful. It features our own Miss Kentucky, Emily Cox, from Campbellsville. Her smile was so pretty and warm that I found myself smiling back at her as I placed her in my cart (along with Paula Dean’s magazine, Prevention, and Mental Floss – hubby wasn’t even in the store!).
In their interview with Emily, Kentucky Monthly asked her, “If you had to bring the judges of the Miss America competition to Kentucky for a tour of your home state, what places would you highlight?” I thought Emily’s answer created a beautiful and realistic image of the place we all call home:
“I am so immensely proud of my Kentucky home. Our state has a traditional, small-town feel while at the same time being on the cutting edge of modernization and technology. I am most proud of the people of Kentucky—who are some of the nicest, most friendly people you would find anywhere. I would take anyone visiting our state to Churchill Downs, which represents so much of our rich horse-racing tradition. I would also take them to our hospitals at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, which are continuing to make great advances in research and medicine. Finally, I would take visitors to the farm in Campbellsville where I grew up. It’s a special place to me because I spent many summers wading in the creeks catching tadpoles, tearing down fences with four-wheelers, and bottle-feeding baby calves. I believe it is an excellent example of the beautiful landscape that we enjoy here in Kentucky.” – Emily Cox
The entire interview can actually be read online, HERE, but if you buy the magazine, you’ll also get to see (and try!) Emily’s grandmother’s Jam Cake recipe. It calls for buttermilk – which all cooks know makes everything better, so I’m on board.
Emily Cox will compete in the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas in January. If brains and beauty count for anything, she’s sitting pretty.
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Seth Rogen’s character in Pineapple Express is not a junkie, he just smokes pot. The word ‘junkie’ refers exclusively to heroin addicts.
I was using the word from the stand point of the dictionary definition:
JUNKIE – 1. a drug addict, esp. one addicted to heroin.
2. a person with an insatiable craving for something: a chocolate junkie.
3. an enthusiastic follower; fan; devotee: a baseball junkie
I was aiming for the first part of #1, #2, and #3 – someone with an insatiable appetite for something. I had that context in mind. Dale Denton loved himself some Pineapple Express… I love myself some magazines.
I certainly would never want to offend anyone – ever. My drug knowledge is simply limited to Tylenol, that’s all.