09/27/2023
Hey Logs. Are they missing anything?
You Know You're from Eureka When....
1. You don't know who the mayor of Eureka is, but you're pretty sure it's still Nancy Flemming.
2. You remember when "The Great Razooly" was just a magician.
3. You've driven to McKinleyville just to see a film at Mill Creek.
4. You know the band Mr. Bungle came from here.
5. You use Buhne st to get wherever you need to go.
6. You pronounce Buhne st in some weird way, which may include but is not limited to: "Booner," "Boonie," "Boonah" or "Boon."
7. Your high school gym had a pool that didn't work then, does work now, and is Now slated for demolition.
8. You went to Lundbar Hills to trick or treat.
9. You remember when the Eureka Mall was a real mall you could walk through.
10. You remember Daly's, and have fond memories of the elevator.
11. You went to the jazz festival as a kid...and hated it.
12. You preferred Sequoia Park when its slides were much higher, and it had a train and a merry-go-round.
13. You refer to the area South of WinCo, West of Henderson Center, and North of the cemeteries as "the Ghetto."
14. You remember when WinCo was Waremart. And when Target was Montgomery Wards
15. You played either soccer or basketball at Jacobs.
16. You've walked into a pizza parlor and seen your Tee-Ball picture on the wall.
17. When you were younger you were really "weirded out" by anyone from Arcata.
18. You can name at least three major motion pictures that feature Humboldt County scenery.
19. All your return mail is addressed to Eureka, CA, even though you live in either Myrtletown, Cutten, Pine Hill, Elk River, or Humboldt Hill--areas that are secretly not part of Eureka.
20. You've taken at least one class at CR.
21. You have a drug house in your neighborhood.
22. You remember when the pepper spray case began, but can't for the life of you state whether or not it's over.
23. You bought your food at Food Mart.
24. You refer to the Stop & Shop Market on Wabash as the Stop & Rob.
25. You drive over all 3 bridges on the bay but still refer to it as just "the Samoa Bridge."
26. Visitors have a tough time trying to figure out how 4th street, 5th street, Broadway and 101 are all the same, you can't see what their problem is.
27. You're at a loss for why seemingly normal teenagers from Southern California continue to come to Humboldt State to smoke pot, grow their hair out, live in trees, and never really graduate...or leave.
28. A good 90% of your friends have and most likely still smoke w**d.
29. You've probably had or know one of the following teachers: Mr. Cahill, Mr. Carol, Mr. Chapman, Mrs. Mckenzie, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Lovfald or Mr. Rosco.
30. You refer to san francisco as "the city."
31. You know that there's a multi-million dollar library but probably haven't been in it more than once if at all.
32. You remember when the Gazebo used to have water and benches.
33. You know who the Arkley's are.
34. You find all these things funny and pass it on to all your Eureka friends.
35. You remember hanging out at Tomaso's and Vance Log Cabin.
36. You know what Old Town Bar and Grill and Lazio's were.
37. You remember which horse was Barney of the Horse and Buggy ride in Old Town.
38. You can identify the smells of the tallow works, the pulp mill, and the bay being dredged.
39. You remember Oscar from old town, Rag-Man Pete from Arcata and that screaming German Lady.
40. You played video games at Sharkeys.
41. You or someone you know has been in a fight with "Cutten Block"
42. You know exactly where "the T" "the power lines" are.
43. You've been on top of the Eureka Theater.
44. You used to see new releases there.
45. You believe that som**hing Satanic, besides graffiti, happens behind the mall.
46. You know what LP and PL stand for.
47. On weekends you take "the Samoa Way" or "Old Arcata" to avoid police.
48. You know at least one person who scours the dunes after the first rains.
49. You learned to swim at the CR pool.
50. You worship the Garbage Pail Kids.
51. You've remember Hefe's.
52. You can identify a m**h house or grow scene by the smell.
53. You associate college cove with naked hippies.
54. You can name more than a dozen great beers from Humboldt, and you freak out when you see them down south.
55. You use the term "down south" for everything south of Mendo.
56. You get irritated when people from Sonoma claim Nor-Cal.
57. You know the locations of the Flatmo Murals.
58. You can pronounce the name of his mural painting crew.
59. You went to the library when it was beneath the jail.
60. Bill the monkey use to fling poo
61. The Cruz on Friday and Saturday nights
