Justin Griffin:
CLASS OF 1998
San Leandro High SchoolClass of 1998
San leandro, CA
Justin's Story
Life
Well, life has been a very big adventure for me since high school. Had to change my life plans many times, but I'm still alive despit all the times I wanted to give up. I moved to Las Vegas for a about three years, but then had to come back home because Vegas was pissing me off to the point where I never want to see it again. I never made it to my dream college in Boston called Berklee College of Music, so I took another sharp turn by going to Wyo Tech in Oakland to get my license as an Airline Mechanic. I now work at California's Great America as a ride mechanic and so far like it. I'm kind of thinking about going to Disneyland in the future as a ride mechanic, but not sure yet. I'm still playing drums and loving it more then in high school. I'm mostly playing for churches, but I'm still loving it. I'm also still single and been involved in two relationships since high school, but thinking about being single for life since I really don't trust females anymore. As long as I don't have any kids (which I don't) until I get married, I'll be ok. Finally, I'm still the angry person that I was in high school, but I'm far worse now. When you been through all the stuff that I've been through, then you would see why I'm so angry. With all of the said, this is my life since high school.
School
I'm going to regreat this later. I just have a feeling...lol! There were many girls that I had a crush on, but the one that I always went after was Dawn Velazquez. She was very athlethic and fun to be around. When ever I had a bad day, I would look at her and she would put a smile on my face. I would get extreamly jealous when ever I saw her standing around another guy. I would always try to get her to do the same sports as I was participating in so I could be closer to her in hopes that she would date me someday...lol! I also loved her parents and they was some of the greatest people I ever met. I loved her whole family and often wish that her dad was my dad. I still remember all the times we hung out together and sometimes I still think about her too. She was a great girl and I wish I had everything that she had, meaning being great in many activites and also extream...Expand for more
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As for my teacher, there's only one person and his name is Mr. Tobin. I really didn't have him as a teacher, but working with him while I was apart of A.S.B. made some of my darkest high school days a blast. I could talk to him about anything and I did. What ever was on my mind, I told him the way I wanted to and he never sent me to the counsilers office for swearing. I guess I can say he was like a farther to me. I remeber the times when he would stay at school late and I would stay and keep him company. We would order pizza and talk while he was doing his work. He also would tell me how he felt about certain teachers and to this day, I still have not told any one and I will not either. (Ok, so I forgot what teachers he had issues with, but I still would not tell you if I even knew). We still keep in thouch with each other and come to think of it, he's the only teacher that I still talk to. When no one else would listen to me, he would and that meant a lot! Thanks for all the good times and memories Mr. Tobin!
College
Well, like I said above, I wanted to go to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Ma which is a all music college. I was going to major in Music Business Managment since I wanted to be a tour manager, tuition was just to much for me. Before Berklee fell out of my life, I went to Ohlone College Fremont, Ca to take carer of some general education classes for Berklee. A lot later down the road, I went to Wyo Tech in Oakland, Ca to get my license to fix ariplanes.
Workplace
I had many jobs in the past and often wondered if I ever will find a job that I can see myself keeping for a while. I've worked as a roller skating car hop in Vegas called Sonic Drive-In and even got a job working with Cirque du Soleil, but was then fired four months later. That was that one job that I always wanted, but I'm glad things happen the way the did because I'm now at California's Great America in Santa Clara, Ca as a ride mechanic. It's the best job I ever because I get to fix rollercoasters and ride them, you can say that I always look forward to goig to work everyday.
Military
I never been in the Military and I will never go either!
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