From the class Dad 2007

They said write a letter and I did and it sucked

so I sat back down pushed pen on the paper

and the bleeding began as I looked back at the year

and this class that I fathered (cuz dadded ain’t a word)

You 2 brung it all year in Forensics and Debate

I heard you next door

Kids with helmets and caps bringing home mo’ metal from State

Andres cult scored a perfect 1

And the musical? How do you get that done?

Tonelli’s talent show proved he ain’t no Holla Back girl

it’s like Columbine Idol but way more vital

cuz we voted to school kids in a beautiful way

And what can I say about the Curious Savage?

There was money in a bear some violin and piano

crazy people who were smarter than average

(If I don’t mention Schwartz, she’s on me like Tony Soprano)

The list of our teams that went to the playoffs

is proof of the payoffs

of what it means to work like a Rebel

No teams in Jeffco can touch our skills and get offs!

Where else do I start?

In medias res?

I know one thing for sure my flow is suburbanI ain’t no Digress!

It’s from the top of my heart. This is pure love

Not a cliché (like the bottom they say)

I needed to say it in a way you don’t hear everyday

This class of Oh! Seven has brought a paternity

Suit against me to bless me and

They say I am dad-likebut without the maturity

It’s awkward for me

cuz I know there are more

Deserving than me

like Friesen, Webb, Pruett and Coach Ivory “We Are” Moore

Nonetheless I’m grateful to win the Tom Tonelli Award

And before him it was Chuck Herring who answered to Dad

Heck, I couldn’t even carry his history book bag

Chuck was a man who taught teachers some lessons

Bout gambling and love and 9/10th is possession

Chuck made “shut up” sound beautiful and just beneath mad

Thank you Chuck, for laughter from jokes that were…well…

bad

If Chuck Herring was a class dad

Then I’m nothing but a baby

In the tracks made deep for me

By a man synonymous with integrity

Peace out Oh! Seven

My flow is getting slowLike Travis DuffyRunnin the 4-0

But my love for you is huge as Hughes

And bigger than Ryan Miller shoes

And higher than Veronica Selzer’s class ranking

And sweeter than a cookie from McKee

Like a graduation speech from Samantha Murray

Like Lloyd Dobbler and his boom box

I gave you my heart…

Thanks for throwing

Yours back to me



-LloydDobbler

Goals for my life

(These goals are in no particular order, just to be completed before I die. The ones in Bright Blue are the only I already finished! (List created by Amber and Hannah during Adv. Video Class 2007))

1.Travel to every continent
2.Learn to skateboard
3.See the seven wonders of the world
4.Mountian climbing
5.Bungee Jumping
6.Ride in a hot air balloon
7.Meet the prophet of the Mormon Church
8.Meet the president
9.Skydive
10.Scuba diving
11.Snorkelling
12.Speak Spanish Fluently
13.Speak Portugese Fluently
14.Go on a cruise
15.Retire some day
16.Graduate High School
17.Grow a butterfly garden
18.Grow a normal garden
19.Make a Scrapbook of my life (Thanks MOM!)
20.Visit a theatre on broadway
21.Have a food fight
22.Sponser a Charity
23.Christmas in New York
24.Go Shopping in Paris
25.Parachute Jump
26.Sleep under the stars
27.Go Shopping in New York
28.Visit the Pyramids
29.Go to Las Vegas
30.Whale Watching
31.See the Northern Lights
32.Canyoning
33.Survival Weekend!
34.Bull Riding
35.Dog Sledging
36.Kayaking
37.Paintballing
38.REAL Rockclimbing
39.Snowboarding
40.Drive a Monster truck
41.Experience Zero Gravity
42.Fly in a helicoptor
43.Go Off-Roading
44.Have my Portrait Painted
45.Go on a city Shopping Spree
46.Drive along route 66 USA
47.Plan an unplanned stops Road trip
48.Float in the dead sea
49.See the Eiffel Tower
50.See the Grand Canyon
51.See the Great Wall of China
52.See Niagara Falls
53.See the Aztec Ruins
54.See the statue of Christo Redentor
55.See the Statue of Liberty
56.Stay in a walmart over night
57.Stay in a Taco Bell over night
58.Visit the Panthenon
59.Visit The Colosseum In Rome
60.Visit The Great Barrier Reef
61.Visit The Tower Of Pisa
62.Visit The Sydney Opera House And Harbour Bridge
63.Run Across The San Fransisco Bridge
64. Visit Taj Mahal
65.Visit The Tower Of London
66.Visit Versailles
67.Visit The Four Corners
68.Participate In An Auction
69.Trace My Family Tree On Both Sides
(all the way back into the 1500’s baby!)
71.Hold A Big Spider
72.Ride A Horse Along The Beach
73.Swim In The Ocean
74.Swim With Dolphins
75.Learn Basic Phrases In At Least 5 Languages
76.Read A Book A Month For A Year
77.Sit In Diapers And Have A Lord Of The Rings Marathon
78.Sit In Diapers And Have A Star Wars Marathon
79.Learn Ballroom Dancing
80.Dye My Hair Pink
81.Be Kissed Mid-Sentence
82.Take A Walk In Central Park, New York
83.Fall In Love
84.Milk A Cow
85.Attempt Homelessness
86.Be Kissed In The Rain
87.Watch Every Disney Movie Ever Made
88.Backpack Europe
89.Visit Germany
90.Share The Lord With Auditorium of people (EFY Director baby)
91.Visit The Mesa Verde

Workin Woman

I worked at Party City as a cashier for about 7 months, and ended up quitting about a month ago. And over the past month my suddenly limited amount of money has been disappearing faster than I would like to admit. I decided it was time for me to get a new job, So I went around a applied to several different places, and waited. Went back into the stores to make sure they had a chance to look over my application, and filled out more applications. It seemed like NOBODY wanted to hire me!!! AHH!!!! A couple weeks ago my mom told me that she thought that if I paid my tithing I would find a job a lot faster, and I know she was right, but I didn’t have much money left, so I decided to just remember how much I had, and then pay tithing on ALL of it once I got a new job. A week went by. Still 100% unemployed. Over the past couple months I have been getting worse and worse at reading my scriptures every morning and night, so on Thursday I decided to try and read every day. That morning I read. That night our family went to see the musical Wicked (the BEST musical EVER! I’ve seen in twice and am pretty much in LOVE with it!!). During intermission I turned my phone on to check my messages. One of my friends had called to tell me that there was a job available where she worked and her manager wanted to hire me!!! At first I wasn’t really all that excited, because it’s a job at Taco Bell, and lets just face it, that’s probably one of the LAST places that I want to work at…ever… but then she said that I wouldn’t be just a regular worker. They wanted me to be a manager!! After Wicked I went home, read my scriptures and went to bed. The next day Chris (the general manager) called me and asked me to come down there with my SS card and license, because I was hired!!! I was SO excited!! He told me that he was going to train me as fast as possible, so the next day I started learning all about what I needed to do. Within the next week I will be done with training and be an official manager!! YAY!!!! Every time I read my scriptures, sometimes good happens! Sometimes it takes a while; sometimes it happens that same day, but I’m always blessed!! I’m happy to be manager, even if it is at Taco Bell. And I’m excited to be TOTALLY done with school on Friday!!! AH!! Its SO crazy!! But even more exciting!! I wonder what will happen after I graduate……

who do i look like?

http://www.myheritage.com

sometimes you have to flush the toilet yourself

When I was almost 4 years old I went to Disney World for the first time. It was a magical place. A place where cartoons were alive, everyone was happy, and the toilets flushed all by themselves. To most kids that go to Disney world the rides are their favorite thing. But they weren’t mine. Don’t get me wrong, the rides were fun and everything, but for me the main attraction in Disney world were the magical flushing toilets. When I was 4, these things were amazing! I would walk into the bathroom, sit down, and sing "it’s a small world" for as long as my mom would let me. If you think I’m kidding ask anyone in my family. I'm not. I had never seen anything like this before! Here I was, in one of the most magical places in the world, a place were people from all over the world would come to visit, and all I wanted to do was sit on a toilet and sing. As I got older, I realized that the cartoon characters were really just people, sometimes the rides broke down, and most of the time, you have to flush the toilet all by yourself.