Derek Bannasch and I used to do student announcements over the PA in the morning.  We were very eccentric and dramatic with our announcements.  We aspired to achieve the fame of last year's announcing team of Jim Territo and Brandon Williams.

Once, at the closing of the announcements, they signed off by saying "These announcements have been brought to you by Rudy's Meat Market: nobody beats our meat".  Unfortunately for them, they were no longer allowed to give the announcements.

So one morning we closed our announcements by saying "These announcements have been brought to you by Rudy's Meat Market" and that was it.  When I turned around I saw that one of the staff was frowning and they scolded us.

Just to prove that I am the dorkiest user on the site, I have scanned official documents to back up my story ;)

This one time, my brother and Scott V and I all went up to Sam's party store to have someone else buy us beer.

It was mostly Scott and Dans idea and I was just along for the ride.

We found some dude that was willing to buy for us and we headed back to the waterford house to drink it.

This was my first encounter with beer and my conception of alcohol was that it was always good when you mix it with kool aid.

I think I learned that through some of the derelicts that we used to hang out with.

Anyway, I knew it might taste funny, but I still thought it might be a decent combination.

As it turns out I was wrong and the beer kool aid was a complete disaster.

It wasnt until later up until my Junior year in High School (partying with Alpha Chi Rhoe) that I drank another beer again.

Yummy! EVERYONE HAS TO SEE BEER FEST. WHAT A GREAT MOVIE!

My first kiss was just about the weirdest thing on the planet.

Obviously its supposed to be that way, but my brother made it worse.  He and Scott V both were in middle school now and they found it funny to have Nick and I.  Kiss our current girlfriends in front of the sandbox after school.

Nick had to kiss Liz Grant and I had to kiss the girl I was "dating" Jennifer Snowden.

We basically were pressured there in front of everyone with no privacy.  It was wierd and yet I was really wanting to try it out.

I remember being so nervous standing there for about 15 minutes before the event happened. 

When the kiss occured I swear I remember sticking out my tounge or something, but I am not sure.  If I did, it might have been just a little before she pulled away.

Classic memory of mine.....

After my parents divorce, they got back together after about a year and were basically a little bit of a cute joke within the extended family cause they would always say "Oh yeah and bring the boyfriend."  So eventually my parents plan this huge trip out to Vegas to get remarried on what would have been their 25th anniversary had they stayed together.  We brought a ton of our family from both my Dad's side and my Mom's side and everyone who wanted to go was invited.  This is the one trip that I can honestly say that my parents went all out in.  I love family trips and hope to have a big one overseas someday.

I remember waking up butt early because my mom had to get to the airport 3 hours early before our flight.  I remember Dan and I playing a couple of classic old school games on his laptop in the airport.

Once we arrived in Vegas we checked in and wandered around for a few hours.  We had lunch at a . . . Read More..

In my senior year in high school, I was the section leader for our trumpet section. It was pretty big. I think we had like 35 members or something. I was pretty outgoing. I would jump around and swivel my hips and say "can you feel it?" like Ace Ventura. At our Band-O-Rama event awards were given out based on student votes. I received the "Spark Plug" award nearly unanimously.

At our state competition, we did a great performance and it was now the time when the awards were announced. They got all the way to 4th place and we got nervous. In 1995 we had received 4th place. In 1993 we got 7th and we got 8th in 1994. Finally, they announced that we got 3rd place. It was so exciting, being my senior year and getting the best placing we ever received. (In Michigan you can't really get first place because Plymouth Canton does every year because they spend tons of money and do totally untraditional things - but that's a different story).

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