Good ol' high school days

I was going through all my old photos and found a few from back in high school. It's weird... high school doesn't seem like that long ago, but next month it will have been 11 years! I guess the time since then has just flown by.

This one is from senior year during one of the varsity basketball games. I'm not sure which German high school we are playing, but I do know we never had a home court at Black Forest Academy until the year after I graduated because the "new" gym wasn't completed until just after my final basketball season. To inaugurate the court, the school did put on a 3 on 3 tournament which was probably the most fun tourney I've ever played in. It came down to my team and David's team (the 6' 8" center for our varsity team). I remember David and I playing each other very hard and making impossible shots over each other. In the end... guess you'll have to ask me if you want to find out who won.

This shot is from the summer between my junior and senior year. The four of us are laying down in the center of Moscow, Russia. Yes, silly American tourists. Always getting into trouble! Actually, the large metal emblem that our heads are lying on represents the exact middle of the city. But if you happen to be in Moscow, don't use this as your meeting point. Instead, have everyone meet back at the big McDonald's. You know, the one that used to be the largest McDonald's in the world... that is until China had to do one better. See, if you meet up there, you get some really tasty food and you get to meet the classy hot girls of Russia. Seriously, the grub at McDonald's in Moscow is WAY better than in the States, and only the classy girls can afford it. But don't tell anyone you heard it from me... it's an insider secret.

Last but not least, we have the big event of the year... the junior/senior banquet. The American equivalent of prom... but without all the dancing, drinking and... well, you know. Pretty much without all the stuff that ruins high school and most relationships. Anyway, this is me and my roommate, Chris. Were in front of a gorgeous BMW that one of our RA's (resident assistant) had rented to bring his date in. I don't remember much about that night but I know I did have a lot of fun. Behind us is Haus Bad Riedlingen (aka HBR) which is the dorm I lived in while I attended BFA. Oh, in case you were wondering, BFA is a missionary school in Kandern, Germany.

Hope you enjoyed this short trip into my past. Remember that each person we meet in life will affect us in some way or another. But those who we let in our lives will change us forever. The people in these photos certainly did just that.