Winter Youth Celebration

Winter Youth Celebration.

I attended the Winter Youth Celebration (WYC) alongside of my youth group of the Hillsboro First Baptist Church (in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA) during a weekend in December of the years 2001 and 2002 or 2002 and 2003. We raised the money for the cost of this event by making wreaths that we later sold to our church friends and members at church. It was interesting and the WYC was exciting. I even met a girl that I liked there. I ended up calling her long-distance, after the event, since she lived in California, and I lived in Oregon. My mom asked me if I knew about the long-distance charge. I told her no. I did not want to tell her. WYC consists of interesting keynote speakers, worship, fellowship, snacks, and epic memories. We had to write about each other in our group. I was shocked to see the interesting things that my youth group friends wrote about me, especially Naomi and April who I liked.

A weekend in December of 2001 and 2002 or 2002 and 2003
I turned 17 years old in 2002
Portland, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold

Rediscovering Tiffany

Rediscovering Tiffany.

In 2001, when I was 16 years old, me and Bill Bailey decided to look for our childhood friend, Tiffany Cumbo. I first met her in 1990. We have not seen her since she and her family moved some years back. We looked in the yellow pages which has last names, addresses, and phone numbers. It may have taken a few days but we found her during the 2nd or so week of August 2001 I think.

I had my camcorder. I recorded our time that day, since it was an interesting reunion that I will not forget. It was the last time I caught her on my camcorder, but it turned out that the video was not working, and so you cannot see her or anyone on those VHS video-cassette tapes from 2001, since the camcorder had a broken video door. I would use duct tape to keep it close.

I was 16 years old when I found her again.

She was 16 when I lost her again, that is when she died in 2003.


August 2001
16 years
Cornelius, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold, the Original Oatmeal

Gangster Run.

Me & my brother made the film Gangster Run in the summer of the year of 2001, which is about a fictional New York based Dexter-like serial-killing Mafia-like  gangster named the Big Red Dog, AKA Mickey Morehead, played by me, Joey Arnold, and it is about the police detective, Big Gum, played by my brother, Rick Arnold.

This hour-long drama shows the search and redemption of Red Dog as he breaks down and even finds God at the end who is even bigger than Big Dog.

Cat's Life

I filmed the TV series called "The Cat's Life" which is a documentary fantasy home-video series that star our kittens as they go on a quest to find their mother, like a reverse of Finding Nemo and Saving Private Ryan.

Freshmen Project

When I was 16 years old in the year 2001, for the end of my first public Forest Grove High School (FGHS) year of 2000 - 2001, us freshmen students were required to partake in the Freshmen Project, which mirrors the Senior Year (which I completed in 2004).

My project was about testing different batteries. I illustrated a poster board with my founding. The board was displayed one day along with the boards and projects of the other Freshmen students of the class of 2004. I remember Salena Willner and Marci looking and smiling brightly at my board.

I did not actually finish testing different batteries. After a while, I begin making up numbers for how long the different batteries last for powering up a walk-man or something.