Wednesday, April 25, 2007

In Twenty Years

I remember, twenty years ago, high school. Since then I have had a busy life. I started out at Patrick Henry High School. After high school, I went to Harvard and studied math and economics so that some day I could work as a stock trader in New York City. That was a lot of fun! Some people have trouble getting into and finishing through a college such as Harvard, but I was determined and was finished when I was 22. Once I passed through Harvard, I decided to move back to California. As a kid I lived in Southern California, so this time I moved up the state and rented an apartment in the city of Humboldt (just off of a beach by the name of Agate Beach). While there, like everyone who has just graduated from Harvard, I became a basketball coach. I worked at the local high school as the freshman, JV, and varsity basketball coach. I even led the varsity team to six victories. As a coach you come across a lot of kids with different skill levels. At one particular tryout, there was a kid all alone in the corner of the gym. He was embarrassed because he said he did not know how to dribble the ball. I said I would help him out. I took him on my team and spent four long years teaching him the game of basketball. Kobe Bryant now contributes all of his skill and wealth to me. Since I had now coached one of the best basketball players to ever play the game, I decided to move on with my stock trading career. Because it was in the neighborhood, and they had been begging me for so many years, I attended law school at Stanford University. This is where I met my current wife of five years, Shaniqua. After two years of Stanford, Shaniqua and our two infants, Huckleberry and Keshana, and I moved out to New York City so that I could finally pursue my career as a stock trader. Because we knew we were about to become millionaires, Shaniqua and I bought and gave the Humboldt apartment to my parents.
It was tough at first in New York. I was not making a lot and Shaniqua had to stay at home with Huckleberry and Keshana. They're a handful. But after a while, I got the hang of it. I worked my way up the stock trading ladder and have been able to afford a 3.5 million dollar pent house. I offered a 2 million dollar house to my parents, but they like it at Agate Beach.
That's where I am now . . .