Friday, December 1, 2006

West Virginia

For my Christmas Break of the year 2006, when I was 21 years old, I lived with a family in West Virginia, miles from my 2nd and current college at that time, which was the Appalachian Bible College.

I watched movies and had discussions with the family members, especially with the father who was encouraging me to be more flexible in my life. He would suggest that I am not as picky when I eat. I should eat whatever people give me instead of asking too many questions that may hurt the feelings of others.

Friday, November 24, 2006

South Carolina

South Carolina.

After attending my first college in New York, I ventured to my second college in West Virginia. For the Thanksgiving break, which is around 7 to 10 days long, I went with a friend to his house in South Carolina (SC). That was my only time, so far, that I have ever been to SC. I am writing this on a Thursday: the 25th of July 2013. We will see what the future holds.

There are like red fire ants down here. This is the most south that I have ever been. My friend's name is like Jared or something. I like the way his father talked. The dad would tell me that while hunting deer that you say that "I'm 'bout da bust one" or something like that. I like their church. i watched the Matrix with the subtitles on at their house. Most of the time, I was just watching movies during my break. I was not wasting my time. I recorded notes on the computer and safe it to like my email or to a thumb drive or something. I studied films, since I am an actor and producer and a jack of many trades.

November 2006
21 years old
Friend's House: South Carolina
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Appalachian Bible College

Appalachian Bible College

I started attending the Appalachian Bible College (ABC) in Bradley, West Virginia, United States, in August 2006 when I was 21 years old. I met many inspirational friends like Sawyer Frye and Jen Moore and others. I loved my classes. I major in Pastoral Greek. I worked in the cafeteria, in food-prep, server, dishwasher,& maintenance. I worried about the money, the finances. I took out my one and only student Stafford loan in November or December of 2006 and I am still paying that back in the year 2013 still. It was my only loan so far. I started getting bad grades, due to increasing accelerating distractions. I started thinking about my mother as well, since my dad was leaving her and my mom needed help and I wanted to help her.

August 2006
21 years old
Bradley, West Virginia, United States
Joey Arnold

Friday, June 2, 2006

2nd Summer As A Ranch Counselor

2nd Summer As A Ranch Counselor.

What was different about my second summer working at the Ranch, from the first summer, was the special snack bar thing that they had for the counselors. On a certain day, each week, at night, you would go to a building to fellowship with other counselors, worship God, have snacks, drinks, and somebody usually gave an inspirational sermon to keep the counselors focused.

June - August 2006
21 years old
Word Of Life's Camp: The Ranch: Pottersville, New York, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal