buzz

when the simpsons movie came out there were a ton of cool movie tie ins at 7-eleven, among them was a six pack of buzz cola. i didn't open them up when i got them to see what it tasted like, i was hoping to hold on to them as a collectors item. unfortunately, one of the cans had a different idea. one of the cans sprung a leak or something, because all the stuff that it had been sitting on were now sticky. in the trash with you, buzz cola!

pack man

i got this when i was pretty little from a flea market. i am not really sure why i got it, but its probably just because it has pac-man on it. its a small toy backpack (about three inches tall). i used to love filling it with stuff and then strapping it on to my big action figures and pretending they were going on a hike.

drumsticks

i always love to go to concerts, and i've been to quite a few. for some reason i often seem to leave with one memento of the event: a drum stick. i don't intend to get one from a show, but they always seem to come my way. one of them is from a newsboys show my friends and i went to back in high school, another is from the band stavesacre when my cousins and i went to see them at an old club in grand rapids that used to be called 'the underground'. i got a third one when i went to see mxpx in minnisota when i was in college. i cant remember where the fourth one came from, but i'm sure it was thrown in my direction during one of the other shows i've been to. its almost like i'm a drumstick magnet or something...

africa

in college i was in charge of a dorm building. one of the RAs who i worked with was a guy named OT. he was from kenya originally. one time during the year his mom and sister came to visit him, it was the first time they had ever come to america. they came and checked out the campus and really loved it. they also brought gifts for some of his friends. they gave me this wall hanging of traditional african art.

driver license

ah, my first license! what a chubby looking kid, huh? if you are wondering, thats why i choose to have facial hair...
i remember the day i turned 16. my cousin jeff and i made a promise months before: when we each turn 16 we would go out to eat at damon's together (damon's isn't around anymore, but it was like a bw3 with really great ribs). so when i turned 16 we hopped in my cutlass sierra and hit the road! we had the blackhawk cd blasting (we were both into country music at the time, for some reason i can't recall). we drove out from sandy pines to damon's and had our first night out driving without any parents! good times. jeff, staying true to his word, picked me up about 8 months later when he got his license and we feasted again.