David Merkle:
CLASS OF 1994
Bluffton High SchoolClass of 1994
Bluffton, IN
David's Story
Life
My family has been busy the last four years cranking out kids. Stephen has a 3 year old, Adam is expecting his third child in 3 years this December and I will have my 2nd kid in March of 2008. Life is crazy, where did my hairline go?
Feb. 22, 2008
I haven't done much blogging, if any, so I'm going to give this a try. I thought I would start with these story idea questions off to the right of this window.
What would surprise everyone about me at a high school reunion? In the last 13 years I have completely mellowed out. Back in '94, I never considered drinking alcohol, EVER.
In my mid-twenties, I had the privilege of touring Europe twice, once with the Butler Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble and another time with the Indianapolis Brass Choir. I got so damn drunk on those two 10-day trips. Once, after coming back to a hotel from the Hoefbrauhaus in Munich, I actually tried to piss in the charter bus toilet after drinking about 5 pints worth of the local pale ale. I had to prop my head up on the ceiling so I didn't fall backward and land on the ground doing my version of Old Faithful Geiser. The door flew open and everyone in the back of the bus just roared with laughter. That was a fun night.
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interesting tidbit about myself is my transformation from "goody two-shoes" mama's boy to foul-mouthed, profanity laced apathetic good 'ol boy yuppie redneck. Does that make sense?
Back at the turn of the century, I worked for UPS, loading package cars. That was the hardest job I have ever done, picking boxes up that weighed anywhere from 1 to 125 pounds and running to the truck to load them and running back to the boxline to grab more. On average, about 1000 packages in 4-5 hours!! I cussed and cussed all morning long (this job was 4am to 9am). I yelled and swore so loud that the entire line stopped and looked down at me with their mouths wide open. In August the trucks were about 130 degrees inside when we were loading them. I could drink almost 3 gallons of water in 4 hours.
Needless to say, I'm not the same Dave "look at me I'm white and nerdy" Merkle. Holy #$%^, I actually GOT LAID after high school!! Who would have thought? I have a 2 year old son and another one on the way in a month. I love my family, it is the greatest blessing I have ever received.
Stay tuned, everyone who's bored enough to read this (ha!), more to come. Ok, what's up with the censorship on the internet these days??????
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