Ted Vardell:
CLASS OF 1985
Granite Hills High SchoolClass of 1985
El cajon, CA
University of Colorado - Arts & SciencesClass of 2008
Boulder, CO
Valhalla High SchoolClass of 1985
El cajon, CA
Montgomery Middle SchoolClass of 1981
El cajon, CA
Madison Avenue Elementary SchoolClass of 1977
El cajon, CA
Ted's Story
Hey there Montgomery Middle School Chums, Granite Hills High Alumni, Valhalla Buddies, and fellow University of Colorado Graduates!!
I have been in the stone age and under a rock as far as these social networking sites are concerned, so this is my very first one I ever tried.
I have nothing but (mostly, see bottom of story) great and fond memories from all of you that I have unfortunately lost contact with over the years. The good news is that I am blessed (and at times, cursed,) with a photographic memory, so most of you I remember as vividly today as I did many eons and epochs ago. I didn't get the word on any of our past reunions but the good news is this: I am still the same exact immature, idiotic buffoon you remember so well, so not very much has changed with me, (except for my "Jack Nicholson" receding hairline that is getting more gray every day) ..... I still have no tattoos, no earrings, no piercings, no marriages, no kids, and no money. See Pix for this proof.
A Cliff's notes on 25 years of catch-up is this: After our 1985 graduation, I had immediate regrets of not spending my time wisely in high school: (95% of time spent on buffoonery and 5% spent studying all throughout high school wasn't exactly a recipe for success.)
While most of you were enjoying the delicious fruits of the college good life, I was not enjoying the rotten fruits of back-breaking...Expand for more
manual labor (which I sucked at skill wise I might add) after graduation. To add to the pain in my back, my "back up plan" ( back pun not intended) didn't pan out either, as the hugely successful music career I envisioned on the drums never got out of a two-car garage!!).
After a year or so of using shovels instead of drumsticks, I was lucky enough to land a "real" job as a dispatcher for 10 years (which I liked) and on the side, I did voice impersonations of celebrities and some of my own characters for several big radio stations in LA and in San Diego at KIOZ (which I absolutely LOVED)
I took all of those enamoring "ham" experiences on the airwaves as an omen, and then had a chance to have my own radio show at KSJD FM for 8 years in the 4 corners area in Colorado, which was a blast and a ton of fun. (See, I was a visionary as I knew deep in my heart back in 1985 that the 95% of time I spent on buffoonery in high school would pay off one of these days!!)
A few years ago, since I was fortunate enough to not have any marriages, divorces or little "Teddys" running around, I decided to go back to school as it always secretly ate at me that I never had a college degree.. (I was a lot like Rodney Dangerfield character in that movie "Back To School": a 38 year old freshman!!).....I graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in communication.
Today, I am in the voice biz once again.....
Your friend you voted "Class Ham" in 1985
TED VARDELL
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