January 20, 2012

Ten Random Moments Involving High School Friends That Make Me Smile (in no particular order):

1. Ditching college classes with Mike McCullough and Daniel Forte by heading off to the San Francisco Hard Rock Cafe.

2. Joshua Hess allowing me to borrow his brother's cassette copy of Van Halen's 1984, thus introducing me to the greatness that is Eddie Van Halen.

3. Heading over to Cafe Borrone's after Saint Francis football games to play cards, drink coffee and smoke cloves with Paul Somoff, Vincent Jørgensen and Nino Skilj. Man, those were the days.

4. Playing paintball at The Action Zone with Eric Ericson. Seriously, I would give just about anything to get a group together and do that again.

5. Stepping inside of Robert Holcomb's red Camaro for the first time at Cafe Quinn in Cupertino - inspiring me to get my own red sportscar which certainly got me into plenty of trouble as a twentysomething.

6. Going to senior prom with Vicky Troyan at the Decathalon Club in Santa Clara. Seriously, I had a blast at both proms. I just wish I had gone to that Tom Petty concert with you guys the next day!

7. Even though Alice in Chains didn't make the show, my first ever concert featuring Metallica as the headliner has to be on this list. But seriously - why did Candlebox make the cut as the replacement for Alice in Chains?

8. Going to Ashland, Oregon for the Shakespeare Festival. Nothing like being in Ashland for an entire week instead of being in school!

9. To Mr. McCullough and Mr. Forte, I have three words: Chinese Fire Drill.

10. Jeff Bishop, were it not for you I would never have known the greatness that is The Hunt For Red October. Bishop, some things in here don't react well to bullets.