Ashback # 4 – Bump, Volley…Spike!

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Yup, those were the days!!!

Afterschool practices and weekend tournaments were my only focus during this chapter of my life. Back when I hadn’t quite grown into my ears yet. Oh, how I miss the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. The clean-shaven, beer shirt wearing, non-look at the camera bunch of guys you see above were once my comrades in arms. For all of high school, I had the awesome opportunity to be a part of a team with these fine lads. Volleyball, basketball, hockey, you name it. We were good too, I’m not just saying that. It was just great chemistry I think, most likely because we all got along so well. Best of all, we got to share a bunch of really cool experiences together, being on the road was one of my favourite parts. It was a great time in my life for sure. When I look at the newspaper clipping now, I wonder what everybody is up to. It’s been forever since I have seen or spoken to most. I think this was 1994.

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Ashback # 1 – Weezer

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It was one of the hottest days that summer. We hung outside the apartment all afternoon drinking London Dock mixed with Lemonade. You kept singing the sweater song by Weezer at the top of your lungs. Both of us…not a care in the world.

Cheers Best Friend!!! #1999

 

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?

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Hey everybody,
For several months now, I’ve had access to what I consider to be my own personal DeLorean…my barbershop!

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Journal Entry # 67 – Have a Heart…

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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.  – Charles Dickens

Journal Entry # 58 – To Worry!

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“Worry
 does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”

Journal Entry # 56 – Define Your Path!

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We must take time to define our own path. Too quickly we can find the world defining it for us.

Journal Entry # 50 – Trust

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Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar.

Journal Entry # 49 – Keep Trying!

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When nothing goes right, go left.

Journal Entry # 41 – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Cousin

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Cousins are friends that will love you forever. Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the cousins together. In my cousin, I find a second self. A cousin is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. – some Google search

Journal Entry # 40 – Easier Made Than Kept

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“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.” – Samuel Butler