Cory Jenks:International Celebrity
So by now I am sure you all know that I am pretty much a national celebrity. What, with my appearance on ESPN and numerous USC mailers that have gone out to prospective students, I am practically a household name and face by now. All of that fame is nice, it really is, but what about INTERnational fame? Am I known from countries across Europe and down through the Middle East. As a matter of fact, I am! Allow me to let you in on those details!
In case I have let it slip and not told you, I am from a faraway state known as “Arizona” where there is no grass, the green on trees is found on their trunk (google “Palo Verde tree”), and the rivers contain no water. Despite my efforts, it appears I have left some sort of mark on the folks back there because they seem to remember me a little bit for some reason. Anyways, I realized my international celebrity status this summer when my well-traveled friend Jenna was spending her time abroad in Spain. I had just arrived home from work when I saw a message on my phone. I picked it up and proceeded to hear the most interesting/exciting message in the history…of the world!
Apparently, my current awesome USC friend Jenna had met a couple of girls in Spain at a restaurant. Nothing spectacular right? Well, as the conversation continues and Jenna learns that Jodi and Melanie are students at Arizona State University. Jenna says, “How weird, I have a friend at USC from Arizona, but he was from Tucson and he played baseball in high school etc. (and by etc I am sure much more glowing facts about her AWSOME friend Cory). Jodi and Melanie look at each other and proceed to explain that THEY had a friend in high school back in Tucson who also played baseball and went to USC. They then asked, and I am not even kidding, “Are you friends with Cory Jenks!?”
Needless to say the following scene was pretty exciting indeed. I mean what are the odds: two people whom I went to high school with…in Arizona running into my friend from here in South Carolina. Oh ya, and said meeting to place in SPAIN! I will tell you what the odds are: pretty high when you consider what a national and INTERnational celebrity I truly am. I can only assume that the next several minutes were full of more glowing praise for yours truly.
Unfortunately I was at work and was not able to take Jenna’s phone call, and had to hear about this afterwards via Jenna. Despite getting the play by play at a later date, it doesn’t take away from my INTERnational fame if you ask me. As amazing as this meeting of Cory’s friend was, it was not the only time it happened during the summer. That story deserves another blog for another day, so you will just have to wait in anticipation for my next tale of INTERnational fame! Adios and take care!