The ever so famous Greg Young.
As he is the one that will guide you
through this convoluted mess.
Joke or Stupid Thought of the Day
Pictures From Various Locations
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The ever so famous Greg Young. As he is the one that will guide you through this convoluted mess. Joke or Stupid Thought of the Day Pictures From Various Locations |
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Spencer-Belshe
Racing - The actual circuit itself was not influential, so neither
Chris nor AJ should get his hopes up. This event was significant
because it was really the first time I actually hung out with just
Chris
and AJ. I used my camera for the first time outside my house, and
it made me realize the many uses the camera could have. Later on,
the camera became a very handy item, and maybe even a most prized
possession.
the only reason this is not higher is because it was a transitional and
supporting event. The occurrences that sprung out from this event
were better defined in other instances.
Picture
Night With Gregbo - It took me a while to decide that this event
would
top number ninety. The reason I placed this ahead was because it
was the only time I ever "chilled" with Gregbo outside of school and
without
this, I probably would not have really started to talk to him. He
was a mere acquaintance, and because of this event, I became friends
with
him. Later, we had Rubik competitions and I improved my time
drastically.
If I never had competition, I would not have speed cubed like I
did.
Speed cubing took me a long way when taking my free time into
consideration.
The
Michael Haussman Soap Opera - This event, spanning from the end of
summer to October or something, was the absolute downfall of my
self-esteem
for a long time. Apparently, someone had been using my email
address
to send vulgar emails to Vinay's friend (name mentioned above) and I
was
constantly blamed for it. No matter what I did, no matter how
hard
I even tried, I was blamed and given nasty remarks quotidian.
Because
I knew that I did not do anything, and there was no way to convince
them,
it brought me down so much that I even lost interest to the Internet
completely
for a few months, and it added to despair I was experiencing through
Mislededness.
This really was first semester for me, but it did not contribute to
anything
the next semester, as it just seemed to fall off the face of the
earth.
I still sit here wondering what really happened, and who really did all
that nonsense, because as far as I know, it ended abruptly and with no
answer.
Los
Dos Molinos Getaway - In a newspaper I collected, I noticed an
article
on Los Dos Molinos describing their departure for Manhattan. Los
Dos Molinos was a restaurant John Cloud and Greg Pohlmeier always
talked
about, and I always wanted to go there. Once I read that the
restaurant
is going to close its location in Phoenix and move it to New York, I
showed
the article to Johnny before school and we made the decision to leave
for
the place after school ended. So Johnny, Greg, Kyle, and I made
it
to the South Phoenix location and ate their very spicy food. I am
very glad I tasted their food, because the place is the only Mexican
food
I tend to like. But that was not what it triggered. By
doing
what we did that day, we solidified the belief of spontaneity.
This
practice seems to find itself everywhere in life today.
The
TGI Friday's Escapade - Once Vinay and I had rehearsals for a
musical
performance, my mother and brother took us out to eat lunch.
There
we discussed future plans in our music-making. My brother
suggested
we learn a song we could sing and play, and the first song that came to
mind was Dammit, because Vinay would repeatedly play that and sing
along.
I told them that I probably could just improvise because punk is not
hard.
From there, we got the idea of getting a female singer and making it
really
cool sounding. And we did just that. Dammit is one of the
most
popular songs to play in my song bank, and on top of that, Dammit
was the first song I improvised, which I was to do later with many
other
songs.
New
Places to Sit During Lunch - Throughout Sophomore year, I found
myself
in many different lunch areas eating with many different people.
This was one of the ways I made new friends, and one of the ways I lost
those friends. I started out eating lunch with John Cloud and
Kyle,
then John left so it was just Kyle and I. Later, a bunch more
skaters
sat with us and I migrated to sit with some random Seniors in my
Calculus
class. From there, I met up with Sophomore male acquaintances,
who
found their way to sit with Sophomore female acquaintances. At
the
very end of the school year, I ended up sitting with two Chelseas and
Julia.
As seen, there were many different areas I sat in, and many different
people
I talked to. If I never really jumped around, I would not have
known
all these people the way I know them now. They would probably all
be mere people I knew at school.
Breaking
Into Johnny's House - On a half day in October, Greg, Kyle, and I
found
ourselves breaking into John Cloud's house and stealing stupid, random
things that he did not care about. This was the first and last
time
I was to hang out with Kyle and Greg by myself, and it was quite fun
doing
the antics we conjured up. It was also times like these that
continued
the knitted friendship we had, and prolonged the time I sat with Kyle
at
lunch. If we never had these after school hangouts, we might not
have completed Can Mountain, which was one of the most famous
accomplishments
of the year. This event took place close to the end of an era;
the
participants used that day to further issue what they thought of the
past
months, and it was a great falling action to a storybook theme.
Dillinger
Four - This Minneapolis based band was discovered by myself last
summer,
but really was explored in September. Their innovative styles of
pop-punk and old school punk voice clashed with some politics makes
them
a one-of-a-kind form of music. What exactly can a band
trigger?
Well, for one, it was because of these guys I kept sanity through the
Mislededness
period. From their music, I started to listen to a lot of punk,
which
I still fiend for now. Greg and Kyle were both punk fans, and
this
CD tamed them while they had their excursions to my house.
Really,
this band had such a passive influence on my life, and that's why it
cannot
be written down so easily. Styles changed from them, as well as
casual
listening to music. The best part of this band is that they carry
a whole past in them. Listening to certain songs can bring back
memories.
LAN
Party #1 (Only One, I Suppose) - I have always been a computer
freak,
but never so much a computer gaming nerd. Even then, I was
invited
to a Local Area Network party where I would play computer games all
night.
Everyone at the party were either friends of mine or
acquaintances.
One specific soldier was Christopher Dean, who would later become a
great
friend. Because my computer could not handle the LAN, it was used
for the Internet, and I was chatting with friends over AIM for a lot of
the night. Chris kept using my list to put some person's name on
my list to talk to. Soon, I found myself talking to her, and
finding
out I have connections to her myself. She was some person who is
dating a long lost friend of mine. Through this, I was reunited
with
my friend. Other than that, the night was one crazy sleepover.
The
Birth of Roofing - A simple, yet very entertaining concept was
born
earlier this year when we started to go on top of Darren's roof.
The first sessions of roofing consisted entirely of talking about
things
that were bothering us in life, or making it better. The original
roofers were Chris, Darren and I, but since then, the original three
have
not been up there by themselves. Roofing became popular and the
crew
of roofers expanded, but later decreased. Now, roofing has almost
died, even though I would love to do it again. From roofing came
a closer unity between the Nerd Club Co-Pilots. In fact, we were
much more open with our feelings than we would have expected. And
essentially, roofing took some stress off of me, and lightened the load
I faced during Sophomore year.