Last night during our church instrumental rehearsal, I had the opportunity to speak to some of our soon-to-be high school Juniors about my education and career. While the purpose of our ministry is to use the talents we’ve been given to glorify God, the adult leaders in the group felt it was also important for us to make sure the youth could benefit from some of our life experiences as they prepare for college. We didn’t want to lecture them about the “old days” and we wanted it to be in a relaxed environment where they could ask questions.

Now I’m 33, so I don’t consider myself to be old, but I forgot I was talking to students who were half my age. I got some blank stares when I mentioned my first job was due to Y2K (I had to explain what that was) and they laughed when I told them how I remember when the Internet had no graphics. I remember when the cell phone was bigger than your head and I remember when the CDs first came out. A lot has happened over the last 15-20 years and I honestly feel my generation is in the middle of this big technology push we’re going through. I remember what it’s like to play outside all day, but I also have memories of the big video game revolution. Yes it does suck to hear all of the songs from my youth classified as “old school”, but like a fine wine I get better with age

In my stroll down memory lane, I was looking through some old video games I used to play as a kid and found clips of them on Youtube. Although this clip is from the Atari, Ghostbusters was my favorite game on the Commodore 64. It took a while, but it’s actually one of the first games I ever beat.  Here’s the long version of the video if you want to see it.

For my Nintendo (NES) fans, here’s my first Madden Football game.

This is really funny. This guy was really good.

What are some of your childhood memories? Red light/green light, sideline bust, hide and go seek, marco polo, He-Man vs. G.I. Joe, Transformers vs. Go Bots. Let me know.