Jim – Jimmer-Jammer, auditing chemistry, Gone in 60 Seconds, your little brother, soccer, dolphins
Brandon A.— Amish bread, pi, melungeons on the backpacking trips, my harmonica, sand fleas, the parking spot at the Ferguson’s, Becca (whom you would not know were it not for me), sitting in your car for hours, Technology classes for three years (capital punishment, your flash monster, and Imagine Radio), the band, introducing me to the tough side of rock, “Did I just set off your alarm?” Cooking Fajitas (Fu-Jye-tus), Slappety-pop, piece, “Props to da poops,” “Man, that shit’s blastin’. Throw it down!” Boys’ State, all the other great things we did, and a great high school experience
Isam – prom, the best sweeper ever, Brown lightning, sorry for all the racial, religious, and nationalist jokes, Allie McMeal
Brett—the hike, my first invitation to a party at UH (for prom night), LDB in Chinese, “I play dat shit.”
Erin—English class 2 years, Bo Twitty and the McGowans, good luck in life
Garrett—Soccer, U.S. History, probably one of the only guys at school who has always been friendly towards me
Jonas – The ledger, Samuel Gompers, “We’re going to modify the potato cannon?”, English class 10th grade, 10th grade English reprise II in the library, hanging out playin’ Nintendo, “throwin’ up props and crops and stuff…”, “one in a row!”, Sugar Hill Gang, RBF, TMBG, we need to beat up Laptop boy, GNU and the GPL, “hot girls and Linux”, don’t touch my girlfriend, O & M, my goose…ness, Matt McGuyver the Boombox Driver, your strange Uncles (maybe it’s F*ckin’ Monday…), Bailey, my liberal buddy, the only goblin I know who is hung like a troll, “Can you bring my Launch CDs?”, “Man, that shit’s blastin’. Throw it down!” so many more inside jokes, and Becca Smith
Cora—World geography (my South America sketch, my poster, cheating off of me), English 11 (lectures everyday, not having to do a term paper, really hard tests, those really bad books), soccer, senior wills, you were the first girl I was attracted to at UH, thanks for never dating me (bitch)
Tyrone – 9th grade (“Shit and Bricks,” Humphreys, Modeesta, many notes to a certain someone), raw jackeroo chops, Trivial Pursuit: GENUS edition, “Are We Wearing Pants?”, the band that never took off, F.A.G. , O & M
Rob – “That’s a good one!”, the cow on your lawn, Willow
Zach—the hiking trip (“Gin and Juice”, The Pied Piper, great talks, Prodigy, Flint Mountain), soccer, Mrs. Bevan, “A little bit of *wh*wh*”
CQ—Many girls you went nowhere with, chillin’ in da ghetto before soccer games, your Mormon yamaca, “Dolphins are the only other species besides humans that have sex for pleasure”, diesel, the Outback
Travis—Mutton comes from sheep, playing soccer, you’re a great guy Bones
Jack France—Thanks for dancing with Rambo, RBF4LIFE, your Bare Naked Ladies CD, my Reel Big Fish CD, 10th grade English, thanks for trying to hook me up with Mary
Bryce – your prom party, Idawhore, the ledger, bloody nose, Chick-fil-A, The Manhatten Project (J. Alpet Alpenheimer), and the hardest damn AP test I’ll ever take (good thing we were prepared)
Hillary Ginther: The Poo people, the raped finger man (and the radioactive one), sorry I didn’t get to go to your party, I’m glad you decided to come to UH
Bobbie—Truth or Dare at your birthday party, 2 years of English, I used to play over at Ben’s house when I was little, A.P. Biology
Jennifer G.—“Aguantar!”, Joanna Perlman, Jonas, you are the most insane
Matt G. – The website, Republican propaganda, the digital camera that captured our images with Mortimer, transformers, “Stay kink to da pink.”
Victor—Dropping backpacks on my head, fire alarms, all of Mrs. Bearfield’s belongings
Brandon M.—the troll, Commander Keen, the Mongol Empire (around the campfire at Josh’s)
Josh—“That’s a good one!”, my first friend at WCA, Gaybriel, “Hey! Ima Talkin’ to you!”, “Are We wearing Pants?” Many a summer day at your house, “Billy—Kill!” sitting on the bench with me two years in a row, “you’re not earning any Brownie points,” our long haired hippie days, and more…
Sara P. – 8th grade (Asking me to date Chandra, telling me Nina doesn’t want to go out with me anymore, Fishback’s class, we got the only check ++’s), and A.P. Biology
Nina – “dating” in 8th grade and 9th grade, Man of La Mancha, Les Miserables, I still remember your phone number, WCA, calling your house from Josh Erb’s, band, Nick Shipley (the first time in my life I felt jealousy), my first crush, President’s Ball ( not the one you took both me and Erb to. I tried to forget that), and all the times we had
Candra—Our pact, the Savage Cabbage, Star Wars for NOFX, Mrs. Bevan, the hike, The Manhatten Project (J. Alpet Alpenheimer), “What the beep!”, and “Beastie!” You never danced with Kevin.
Paige – 10th grade lunch, taking your place at the honor’s banquet, being Amish, the hiking trip
Sutter – “Are you refusing to do the assignment?” T-berry’s striptease, pencils in U.S. history in exchange for calculus answers, seductive dress
John Tillman – Cream, lil’ Till, what’s on your chin? Louie Armstrong, my girlfriend will always only be your baby sitter
Ben W.—Piña coladas, Doogie Howser, exchanging insults everyday
William Arthur Wiley IV – my conservative legacy, don’t use a joke like an old whore, go to Old Navy and get yourself some comfortable clothing, “Remember friction?”
Mary W. – Talking till 4 A.M. online while you were in FL, sitting at your table in Ms. Elswick’s English class, challenge English, all those hallway conversations
TWP—Many a shindig at my place, the beach shack, Mortimer, a lost webpage, and great times
Soccer team— My impressions (Cheesy Poofs, the troll, Louie Armstrong, and my trumpet), three great years of benching, and my wonderful skills
Burying the Needle—1999 (need I say more?)
LDB – 12-4-2, ΛΔΒ, maybe someday I’ll come out to the lake (to dive, of course)
Seniors – “Sarcasm is intended to hurt,” “Sure. Sure. Sure.” Our 4-term paper, thanks for electing me president (I did so much!), and our trip to the Bahamas rocked (wasn’t my fault it was $700 a piece), hope that these senior wills make up for everything
Sarah – Governor’s School (“Spaceballs,” fortune cookie crumbs, down by the river), “Austin Powers II”, the camping trip, Halloween, 4 proms, coming to your house for the heck of it, doing my U.S. history homework for me, Hilton Head after Christmas, Awdeh (that bastard), whipped cream (nothing dirty, everyone; she hates whipped cream), “Fergie” (I always cringed at the sound of that), “Sefy”, “Army of Darkness”, you getting mad at me for no reason, me being mad at you because you were mad at me, your mother, all your sister’s food, the rose at Alta Cucina, my tennis shoes, Old Navy discounts (1/2 my clothes are from there), me being cheap, you being even cheaper but it not mattering because you are not supposed to pay, taking you everywhere, trying to do many things and having our plans foiled by your mother, singing in my ear while watching a movie, our many similarities, our few differences that drive me up the wall, good times, great times, the best times of my life. You will always have a place in my heart, and you will forever be my best friend.