{ tiny Elvis }

If Elvis was alive he’d be 75 years old today. It might seem weird for someone my age to like Elvis, but I actually have quite an affinity for the King. In high school I used to watch the late night TNT Elvis movie marathons  in our basement and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them all. I think my two favorites were Blue Hawaii and Spinout. They were all terrible, but I still loved watching them.  I ended up going to college in Memphis where it’s all Elvis all the time, especially on his birthday and the anniversary of his death. Although I’ve never toured Graceland itself, I’ve been there and gone to the place across the street with the Lisa Marie jet and the car museum. A lot of my classmates had internships and summer jobs at Graceland, but mine was at another museum so there would be no spending my days watching women weep over his grave and taking pictures of the Jungle Room. At my museum I dealt with history and war buffs, but that’s a story for another day.

Here is my little bendy Elvis that I bought years ago in the Memphis airport – he stays perched on my desk at home but I figured today was a good day to take him out of the mail caddy and let him have the spotlight.  Happy Birthday Elvis!