Animals Are Dying

Animals Are Dying.

I wrote and sang and played on guitar the song Animals Are Dying during the 2nd or so week of April 2009 after spending around 10 days with Lincoln Hawk in Long Beach, California USA.

I wrote this song for the Fur Protesters who march and shout and chant and yell with signs in front of a fur shop in Portland, Oregon USA, just blocks from my apartment.

Months later, one of those guys allegedly sets himself on fire in protest, to get publicity towards the awareness that animals are skinned alive.

2nd week of April 2009
24 years old
On the streets of Portland, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal

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