Stories written by Joel April, 1992 for his Communication class assignment

Day 1 - Jet Mechanic

When I grow up, I’m going to be a jet mechanic. Being a jet mechanic is a fun job, it is fun to see how airlines work. I liked jets ever since I flew on one. Then I would like to fly a jet at 35,000 feet. Sometimes it can be dangerous working on engines, if you do not fix the problems, lots of lives will be killed or seriously hurt. If you want to become a jet mechanic you have to be a mathematical person.

Day 2 - Ski

Skiing is a fun sport in the winter, skiing is my favorite sport even though it is summer, I do not like to water ski. It takes a long time to be a good skier. It took me 4 years before I skied black slopes.   The towns up in Colorado Mountains are full gift shops, and an ice rink.  Sometime when I’m old enough I will try out for the winter Olympics. The best part of skiing is spraying people. But the hardest part of skiing is moguls on the slopes.  Another part of skiing when you get at the bottom of the slope you can get on a gondola.

Day 3 - Jet Skiing

Jet skiing is fun.  My uncle has one, it is fun to drive out on the lake it takes a while to stand up on a jet ski. Once you now have to stand it is even funer.   One thing I can’t do is when a boat goes by it is hard to stand up against the 3 feet waves. So jet skies you just sit down. 

Day 4 - My First Flight

My first time I got to fly was when my mom had a business meeting. I was kind of nervous about it because it was my first time. When we started to taxi down the runway I was feeling a little more secure. Once when we were pointing the runway, you could feel the force of the jet taking off, it was neat the flight about the clouds, my first flight was the best.

Day 5

I would go to Hawaii, I would take a private jet there. Then when I get to Hawaii, I would go to the hotel, take all my luggage. I will go straight to the ocean where all the good looking girls are and go surfing on the 10 ft waves. I stay there when it becomes summer in the United Sates. I had a bunch of my friends come on a different jet. Every day I go snorkeling in the afternoon with a group of girls. Hawaii is a fun place for vacation.

Day 6

Monster trucks is one of my favorite things to watch on TV. The reason I like monster trucks, because I like to crush things. I have been to two Monster truck shows at the Civic Auditorium. Another reason I like them is because they have a lot of horsepower. Another I watch on TV is tractor pullers, because they have awesome looking trucks. Some tractor pullers drove six 300 horsepower engines on them. Some day I would to do one of those.

Day 7 - My Uncles Cabin

My uncle’s cabin is fun. I do all kinds of things down there. One of the best things I like to do is drive the jet ski. Sometimes it is not fun because the lake is real skinny and long, it’s mostly made for water skiing. Another thing I like to do is drive the four wheeler. My uncle owns a big piece of land, and its all sand so I can ride the four wheeler. Sometime would go swimming in the afternoon to cool myself off.

Day 8

July 27, 1993 I wish I could own the whole state of Colorado because I like to go skiing. I also downtown Denver because they have tall builds. My aunt and uncle live in Lakewood, Colorado. They have a good view of the mountains. They have weird whether, it will be 80 degrees in the middle of the day and then at night it is 30 degrees. It is really hard to breath you not use to it. That would be a perfect date.

Day 9

I hate to do house work, because it have to be done every day. Doing housework is one of the dumbest things to do, it gets boring and you don’t feel like doing it. Sometimes I wish someone would just walk in and for me. That do just fine. But somebody has to do the dirty work. I would do my housework gladly if my mom payed me $50 dollars a week. Someday maybe she will.

Day 10

One of my favorite sports is golfing. Golfing is one of my all around sport in the summer. It is fun because you can hit far. My longest drive down a course was 220 yds. Some day I would like to play the PGA. Some of the courses are nice with the dark green grass. Sometimes I play at Miracle Hills Golf Course, the hole are long and challenging. Me and my brother play for free at Elmwood because he knows the people who work there.

 "I lived all my life in Omaha, Neb.  I started school at Indian Hills for a few years then I went to Lewis & Clark Jr. High before I came to Central High School. I have two older brothers, Chad is 20, and Jason, my oldest brother is 24. Chad graduated from Central in 1993 and got a scholarship from Peter Kiewit Foundation. He goes to school at UNL. Jason, my oldest brother, is training to be an airline pilot.  My dad is a self-employed roofing contractor and my mom is an administrative assistant at Enron Corp. Sometimes I am shy and quiet. I really don't like to stand out in the classroom.  I try hard doing homework; that's my number one thing while in school. I have a hard time composing themes and term papers. I Love to be outside year around because of all kinds of outdoor activities and jobs. I worked at Conagra all summer for Lanaha Nurseries. I took care of flowers, pulled weeds and mowed the lawn. I like to snow ski, pheasant hunt and duck hunt."

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