Basketball Counselor
I was a counselor coach for children, ages 7 - 13 years old, in April & May of the year 2011 when I was 26 years old. We would meet at the Salvation Army's Moore Street Corps church in Portland, Oregon USA Friday nights for about 2 hours and each Saturday from around 8 - 10 AM, or so.
I guided my dozen or so of kids to the different activities. There were basketball drills, games. We had snack time, games, and other activities.
2011
26 years old
Portland, OR USA
Joey Arnold
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Friday, April 1, 2011
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub
On Wednesday, the 1st of October 2008, I started working as a dishwasher at the Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub in Portland, Oregon, United States, when I was 23 years old.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The Cook At Camp Kuratli
The Cook At Camp Kuratli.
He was actually an assistant cook, or a substitute cook. He said that he knew Lincoln Hawk. This man was around 27 years old in the year 2008. This was my second time working at Camp Kuratli. I also worked there in 2007. Before that, I worked at other camps during the years of 2005, 2006, and 2010.
He said that him and Lincoln go back to like 5th grade or something. This cook was only a few years old than me. in 2008, I turned 23 years old. I do not know how old this cook was but he was taller and bigger than me which makes me think he was older.
He was fun to talk to. He was enthusiastic and full of energy. I have never seen him since, that is after camp that year of 2008. He was staying in a room across the hall from me. During the weekdays, I was a Wilderness Counselor with my co-counselors out under tarps with campers in the woods but we had weekends off, and we were given rooms to sleep in during weekends.
This cook told me I could go in his room and play on his Nintendo Game Cube (video-game machine console). I spent all day every Saturday and Sunday usually playing the Game Cube version of Paper Mario (video-game). I think I got close to the end of the game but then it was the end of the summer.
The second summer here was missing Jeff Walters, Blake Webb, my sister Crystal, Seth, and possibly others that are dear to me, but there were things about 2008 that were unique and special that I will never forget, including the climbing wall that I think was not there in 2007 yet.
June 2008
23 years old
Camp Kuratli: Boring, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal
He was actually an assistant cook, or a substitute cook. He said that he knew Lincoln Hawk. This man was around 27 years old in the year 2008. This was my second time working at Camp Kuratli. I also worked there in 2007. Before that, I worked at other camps during the years of 2005, 2006, and 2010.
He said that him and Lincoln go back to like 5th grade or something. This cook was only a few years old than me. in 2008, I turned 23 years old. I do not know how old this cook was but he was taller and bigger than me which makes me think he was older.
He was fun to talk to. He was enthusiastic and full of energy. I have never seen him since, that is after camp that year of 2008. He was staying in a room across the hall from me. During the weekdays, I was a Wilderness Counselor with my co-counselors out under tarps with campers in the woods but we had weekends off, and we were given rooms to sleep in during weekends.
This cook told me I could go in his room and play on his Nintendo Game Cube (video-game machine console). I spent all day every Saturday and Sunday usually playing the Game Cube version of Paper Mario (video-game). I think I got close to the end of the game but then it was the end of the summer.
The second summer here was missing Jeff Walters, Blake Webb, my sister Crystal, Seth, and possibly others that are dear to me, but there were things about 2008 that were unique and special that I will never forget, including the climbing wall that I think was not there in 2007 yet.
June 2008
23 years old
Camp Kuratli: Boring, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Wilderness Counselor
My sister inspired me to apply at Camp Kuratli of Trestle Glen in Boring, Oregon. The application landed in the lap of Michael Kurtz in 2007, and he became one of my best friends to this day.
He liked how I drew myself in the application, since one of his questions is about drawing yourself, and he allowed me to be a wilderness counselor during the summers of the years of 2007 and 2008 at The Salvation Army's Camp Kuratli.
One of my favorite summers were those 2 years.
My camp name was Oatmeal in 2007.
In 2008, my nick name was the Ice Breaker.
Mike called me Ice Man, because he was Maverick from the film Top Gun.
He called me his right-winged man.
He liked how I drew myself in the application, since one of his questions is about drawing yourself, and he allowed me to be a wilderness counselor during the summers of the years of 2007 and 2008 at The Salvation Army's Camp Kuratli.
One of my favorite summers were those 2 years.
My camp name was Oatmeal in 2007.
In 2008, my nick name was the Ice Breaker.
Mike called me Ice Man, because he was Maverick from the film Top Gun.
He called me his right-winged man.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Donald Kamese
Donald Kamese told me that if you are dating a girl, take her to "Bull-fighting" because she will think it is so romantic. This Donald Duck was born in Africa, lived in Europe, and even went on to be a missionary in Mexico.
I met him during my first year working as a wilderness counselor at the Salvation Army's Camp Kuratli of Trestle Glen in Boring, Oregon, United States.
He went on to write a book called Mission Possible.
I met him during my first year working as a wilderness counselor at the Salvation Army's Camp Kuratli of Trestle Glen in Boring, Oregon, United States.
He went on to write a book called Mission Possible.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Free Geek
Free Geek.
My mom may have called Free Geek back in the year 2000 or so. Back in that year or around that time, a van came to our trailer in Forest Grove. They picked up some of our electronics, so that they could recycle our junk. Some of the people were children around 8 to 16 years old and there may have been a woman and other adults. It may have been a family. They may have been volunteers of Free Geek or another organization.
After flying from my second college in West Virginia to my home in Oregon in early May 2007, I think my mother insisted that I hop on a bus heading to Portland, Oregon. Before leaving my college in West Virginia, I bought a laptop for $50 from my friend Matt Manehan. He could have asked for $2,000. It was a good laptop. I looked up the address for Free Geek. I would try to find wifi at the Pacific University and library and I was able to find free wifi while in my room in my trailer that I was raised in, you know, in Forest Grove.
When I made it to Portland, I got lost because I was kind of going the wrong direction and it was hot sunny day, but I made it and took a tour and eventually began volunteering and going through their programs. You learn how to recycle and take apart computers, printers, and other electronics. Later, I began learning how to build computers. The 5 computer you can take home with you for free.
In June, I went to Camp Kuratli to be a Wilderness Counselor. After that, I attended my first Western Youth Institute (WYI) at the Camp Redwood Glen in Scotts Valley, California USA, and WYI is a week-long young-adults retreat for those associate with The Salvation Army.
During the second or so week of August 2007, I started returning to Free Geek, and one day, as I was going there, as I was walking, Lincoln Hawk called my cell phone (which was my first mobile phone ever that I got May 2007, which was my sisters or Jesse's or my dad's or Savannah Larson, or somebody). I never gave him my number. I met Lincoln at WYI. That was the first WYI I ever attended. I also attended WYI in 2008 and 2010 at Camp Arnold in Washington (state) USA.
Lincoln suggested that I call Rob Noland. I had an application to apply for Revolution Hawaii but I already threw that away. I ended up filling out an application on my laptop. I talked to Rob on the phone. I emailed Rob the application. The deadline was already passed. The team members are suppose to fly to Hawaii in the next 3 or so days. I was accepted on like a Wednesday and I made it into Hawaii Friday, which was like the 31st of August 2007. Rob told me that he wouldn't have let Crazy Oatmeal join RevHI but Joey Arnold could. When I talked to Rob on the phone, Rob was only able to hear the voice of Joey. I did not talk to Rob at WYI, except to compare him to pancakes and apple-sauce, or something, which he thought was crazy that I do things like that.
While I was in Hawaii, I sent a letter to Free Geek.
In October or so of 2008, when I started going back to Free Geek, they told me that they got my letter. I was kind of popular. I could not tell how they felt about it, since most of them seem to be not Christians. I eventually made my 5th box that I was able to take home. Like the next year or so, I made a second take-home box that I was able to take home as well. I think I only took home only 2 computers. You are allowed to take home one computer per twelve months. I met people here that are interesting people. You can get free coffee, bread, snacks, here, as well. You can learn many things here.
They do not use Microsoft Windows here.
They use Linux's Ubuntu (Operating-System: OS).
May 2007
22 years old
Freek Geek: Portland, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal
My mom may have called Free Geek back in the year 2000 or so. Back in that year or around that time, a van came to our trailer in Forest Grove. They picked up some of our electronics, so that they could recycle our junk. Some of the people were children around 8 to 16 years old and there may have been a woman and other adults. It may have been a family. They may have been volunteers of Free Geek or another organization.
After flying from my second college in West Virginia to my home in Oregon in early May 2007, I think my mother insisted that I hop on a bus heading to Portland, Oregon. Before leaving my college in West Virginia, I bought a laptop for $50 from my friend Matt Manehan. He could have asked for $2,000. It was a good laptop. I looked up the address for Free Geek. I would try to find wifi at the Pacific University and library and I was able to find free wifi while in my room in my trailer that I was raised in, you know, in Forest Grove.
When I made it to Portland, I got lost because I was kind of going the wrong direction and it was hot sunny day, but I made it and took a tour and eventually began volunteering and going through their programs. You learn how to recycle and take apart computers, printers, and other electronics. Later, I began learning how to build computers. The 5 computer you can take home with you for free.
In June, I went to Camp Kuratli to be a Wilderness Counselor. After that, I attended my first Western Youth Institute (WYI) at the Camp Redwood Glen in Scotts Valley, California USA, and WYI is a week-long young-adults retreat for those associate with The Salvation Army.
During the second or so week of August 2007, I started returning to Free Geek, and one day, as I was going there, as I was walking, Lincoln Hawk called my cell phone (which was my first mobile phone ever that I got May 2007, which was my sisters or Jesse's or my dad's or Savannah Larson, or somebody). I never gave him my number. I met Lincoln at WYI. That was the first WYI I ever attended. I also attended WYI in 2008 and 2010 at Camp Arnold in Washington (state) USA.
Lincoln suggested that I call Rob Noland. I had an application to apply for Revolution Hawaii but I already threw that away. I ended up filling out an application on my laptop. I talked to Rob on the phone. I emailed Rob the application. The deadline was already passed. The team members are suppose to fly to Hawaii in the next 3 or so days. I was accepted on like a Wednesday and I made it into Hawaii Friday, which was like the 31st of August 2007. Rob told me that he wouldn't have let Crazy Oatmeal join RevHI but Joey Arnold could. When I talked to Rob on the phone, Rob was only able to hear the voice of Joey. I did not talk to Rob at WYI, except to compare him to pancakes and apple-sauce, or something, which he thought was crazy that I do things like that.
While I was in Hawaii, I sent a letter to Free Geek.
In October or so of 2008, when I started going back to Free Geek, they told me that they got my letter. I was kind of popular. I could not tell how they felt about it, since most of them seem to be not Christians. I eventually made my 5th box that I was able to take home. Like the next year or so, I made a second take-home box that I was able to take home as well. I think I only took home only 2 computers. You are allowed to take home one computer per twelve months. I met people here that are interesting people. You can get free coffee, bread, snacks, here, as well. You can learn many things here.
They do not use Microsoft Windows here.
They use Linux's Ubuntu (Operating-System: OS).
May 2007
22 years old
Freek Geek: Portland, Oregon, United States
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
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
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
Friday, July 22, 2005
West Coast Counselor
West Coast Counselor.
I was able to send letters to people I knew. I asked them to give me money. I needed around $400 to around $800 USD or so, or more, or something, so that I could fly from my first college, the Word Of Life Bible Institute (WOLBI) in Pottersville, New York USA, to the Word Of Life's West Coast Camp (WCC). I raised enough money. People mailed in money or I at least thought people did. I was able to fly in an airplane to the camp. I was able to be a counselor. I use to go to this same camp each year when I was younger as a camper from the years of 1999 to the year 2003, which was 5 strait years.
July 2006
21 years old
West Coast Camp: California, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal
I was able to send letters to people I knew. I asked them to give me money. I needed around $400 to around $800 USD or so, or more, or something, so that I could fly from my first college, the Word Of Life Bible Institute (WOLBI) in Pottersville, New York USA, to the Word Of Life's West Coast Camp (WCC). I raised enough money. People mailed in money or I at least thought people did. I was able to fly in an airplane to the camp. I was able to be a counselor. I use to go to this same camp each year when I was younger as a camper from the years of 1999 to the year 2003, which was 5 strait years.
July 2006
21 years old
West Coast Camp: California, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Food Prep
Food Prep.
Two weeks after graduating high school in Forest Grove, Oregon USA, I flew to Pottersville, New York USA, to work in food-prep at the Word Of Life Bible Institute's camp: The Ranch. It was my first time doing food prep. I had a cooking class during 10th grade of high school. I was known as the box smasher. Mt RA was Chris Zuagg.
June 2004
19 years old
The Ranch: Word Of Life Bible Institute: Pottersville, New York, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal
Two weeks after graduating high school in Forest Grove, Oregon USA, I flew to Pottersville, New York USA, to work in food-prep at the Word Of Life Bible Institute's camp: The Ranch. It was my first time doing food prep. I had a cooking class during 10th grade of high school. I was known as the box smasher. Mt RA was Chris Zuagg.
June 2004
19 years old
The Ranch: Word Of Life Bible Institute: Pottersville, New York, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Graduating High School
I started thinking about graduating high school as I was starting high school in 9th grade, as a Fresh Man, in the year 2000 - 2001, when I was 15 years old, and I started thinking about it more as it drew closer. The younger I was, the less I thought about it. The younger I was, the more I thought about more immediate things like advancing to the next year, to the next grade. I thought about advancing to tenth grade. I thought about each grade. Each grade was even bigger and higher than the last one.
For my senior year of high school, I started thinking about which college to attend and what to do for my senior project. I ended up building a Pocket Ball Table for my senior project, which is required if you want to graduate high school. Paul Walker and the Hoefts helped me build the table, which is sort of like a Gutter Ball Table or Carpet Ball Table or Pool Table.
I thought about many colleges but kept on going back to the idea of going to WOLBI, to the Word Of Life Bible Institute in New York or Florida or Canada or even Argentina. I ended up going to the WOLBI NY in Pottersville, New York after graduating high school through the air miles and plane ticket purchase of WOL missionaries Pete and Deb Steele.
I was also thinking about the high school year book. I wanted to be more featured in that book. Every year, I would look for myself in that book. I joined drama class, drama club, and even the earth club. I went to school dances, or I at least did so in 11th grade maybe. I was a girl's basketball manager. Went to their games, home and away, and recorded their games. I partly did these things as an attempt to get featured more in the year book.
I started thinking more about leaving my old life during my last 5 months of high school. You may have to leave your old friends behind. If you go to college, you may go into debt. I want to avoid and minimizes debt as much as I can. I want to minimize how often I say good bye to people. I hate saying bye to people. The older I get, the less scared I get, but I still get scared, and I still worry about the future, about making the right choices on where to go, what to do, in whether to work or to attend this college or that college, to spend money on this or that, to spend time on this or that, and the list goes on.
My uncle Jim, aunt Karen, grandpa Dick, grandma Skip, and my immediately family attended my high school graduation.
The all-night after party was interesting, exciting, but also sad. I was not sure what to do, who to talk to. I was home-schooled until 9th grade in the year 2000, when I was 15 years old. During my 4 years of high school, I started coming out of my shell. I became less shy, but I went back into my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shell.
I graduated on Tuesday, the 8th of June of 2004.
For my senior year of high school, I started thinking about which college to attend and what to do for my senior project. I ended up building a Pocket Ball Table for my senior project, which is required if you want to graduate high school. Paul Walker and the Hoefts helped me build the table, which is sort of like a Gutter Ball Table or Carpet Ball Table or Pool Table.
I thought about many colleges but kept on going back to the idea of going to WOLBI, to the Word Of Life Bible Institute in New York or Florida or Canada or even Argentina. I ended up going to the WOLBI NY in Pottersville, New York after graduating high school through the air miles and plane ticket purchase of WOL missionaries Pete and Deb Steele.
I was also thinking about the high school year book. I wanted to be more featured in that book. Every year, I would look for myself in that book. I joined drama class, drama club, and even the earth club. I went to school dances, or I at least did so in 11th grade maybe. I was a girl's basketball manager. Went to their games, home and away, and recorded their games. I partly did these things as an attempt to get featured more in the year book.
I started thinking more about leaving my old life during my last 5 months of high school. You may have to leave your old friends behind. If you go to college, you may go into debt. I want to avoid and minimizes debt as much as I can. I want to minimize how often I say good bye to people. I hate saying bye to people. The older I get, the less scared I get, but I still get scared, and I still worry about the future, about making the right choices on where to go, what to do, in whether to work or to attend this college or that college, to spend money on this or that, to spend time on this or that, and the list goes on.
My uncle Jim, aunt Karen, grandpa Dick, grandma Skip, and my immediately family attended my high school graduation.
The all-night after party was interesting, exciting, but also sad. I was not sure what to do, who to talk to. I was home-schooled until 9th grade in the year 2000, when I was 15 years old. During my 4 years of high school, I started coming out of my shell. I became less shy, but I went back into my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shell.
I graduated on Tuesday, the 8th of June of 2004.
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