Random Insignificant Memories

From The Extended Group

Note: This page is in its trial phase. The idea is to record memories that may be of interest, but are not in enough detail, or are too insigificant to warrant their own page.

Elementary School

Einstein

- In Washington State History with Mrs. Hubbard, a task was given to arrange for necessary items to be taken on an expedition to the moon. Items included food, water, clothing, oxygen, space ship, matches, a gun, books, tv, etc. When the teacher denounced students for suggesting bringing matches or firearms into space (matches containing limited oxidizers would not ignite in space), Asher reportedly asked "Could you shoot a match with the gun?"

- In Advanced Math 7, standard procedure for homework was to hand it to the person in front or behind you for grading. On one particular assignment, Lukas clearly did not understand the concept and as a result ended up with homework rife with wrong answers. Asher happened to be the one grading his assignment, and when he returned it to him, he commented "Wow, you really sucked at that" which immediately aroused the ire of Andy Dustan seated nearby who responded "hey! shut up Asher!" (perhaps prefiguring the Jack-In-The-Box incident) Asher quickly responded "Hey, I was only saying that he sucked at that one assignment!" to which Andy responded "Asher....SHUT UP!". The ever defensive Asher finally retorted. "Look, Lukas is a cool guy, he just really sucked at that assigment". During this whole exchange, Lukas was sitting nearby awkwardly smiling.

-During 7th grade lunch. Lukas would occasionally dine with Matthew Magnuson and Taylor Westphal. It was during one of these lunch periods that local stoner, Reese Fordice grabbed Taylors red-vines and proceeded to take a bite. The clearly shocked Taylor reached over and snatched the snacks back shoving them into his lunch-bag, and then losing his composure, laying his head on the lunch-table and starting to cry. Several days later, after Taylor had poked fun of some aspect of Lukas's lunch, he retorted "hey, at least I dont cry over licorice". A hush filled the table as a dumbstruck Taylor simply looked down. Matthew Magnuson broke the silence saying "Lukas....that was coooold blooded"

-Towards the end of 7th grade. Lukas was summoned to the councelor, Julia Pulvermuller's office. Having dealt with Lukas's older sister two years before, she became aquainted with the family, and being of German descent herself, knew that Lukas spoke German. She asked Lukas if he would be willing to have a speaking part in a video advertising the Einstein yearbook. He agreed and on a day after school, went to the library technology office where a camera was set up. He there had a chance meeting with future group member Rama, who was to say a piece in Hindi. The two chatted prior to the shoot, but would not become friends until at least 3 years later.

-Once while ambling aimlessly during lunch, Lukas encountered Andy and John near the "C hallway" in the presence of others including Matt Kristek, Jared Rieger and others of their ilk. Matt enthusiastically greeted Lukas saying "Hi friend, do you like to race? lets race!" Lukas wasnt sure how to respond and Matt went on "hey, lets race to that line" pointing at a crack in the pavement approximately 6 feet off. "Ready, set, go!" he said quickly while leaping to the line, and then proceeding to mock the bewildered Lukas.

Shorewood

- In Mr. Kelly's 9th grade English class, a new aid was introduced to the class who would work with Mike Sherry. Mr. Kelly instructed the class to go around and say their names and then one thing that they liked. Most students would mention liking such things as "sleeping in" or "camping". When it came to Brett, he said "My name is Brett Hilyer and I like rice" arousing a bit of laughter from the class and instructors. Before it quieted however, Owen could be heard saying "god, I hate it when he tries to be funny".

- Powerade Puck was a sport developed in 9th grade at the lunch table frequented by the likes of Andy Dustan, John Teske, Paul Larson, Matt Gamber, Andy Tsoming, and Lukas. There was no object to the game, only to keep the puck (simply a cap to a powerade bottle) moving in the circle. When passers-by would ask about it, Andy Dustand and Matt Gamber would loudly say "The first rule of powerade puck is you dont talk about powerade puck" referencing the movie "Fight Club". Once Leah Hopkins stopped by to ask what the game was and Matt Gamber responded "The first rule of powerade puck is no Leah Hopkins's allowed". The game met an unceremonious end after John was struck in the eye by the puck and a supervising Larry Stewart confiscated the puck and disallowed the play of the game.

- For a brief period in 11th grade, Terry and Lukas hung out with Michael Andrade in Mr. Scaia's Math Analysis class. Andrade was somehow immediately identified as being of Greek heritage, a claim that he vigorously denied. Nevertheless, Lukas and Terry would refer to him as "Greekboy" and demand olive oil from him (to which he would pretend to slice open his wrist and hold his arm out implying that his veins flowed with olive oil). Upon his induction into MOG, his name was made Greekboy and his profile stated that he was a fan of wuss rock. On one occasion in class, Andrade reportedly said: "wuss-rock? does 'Disturbed' sound like wuss rock to you?"

-Sometime in 11th or 12 grade, Lukas was sitting in the library reading prior to school starting since he had been dropped off at school around 7 AM by his father. At some point Kevin walked in and seeing Dan Meyers a few tables over, approached him and said "Pee McButt?". Lukas did not know Kevin at the time, but the incident stood out in his memory.

-In 9th grade, Andy approached Lukas saying "hey, you're friends with Selena(sena-hopkins), right?" Lukas had maybe talked with her once or twice in class but never more than that. Unphased, Andy asked Lukas if he would ask the girl if she had a date to the homecoming dance or not. Lukas was thrust in an awkward situation, but dutifully asked the girl he barely knew if she had a date to homecoming. She responded that she had already been asked, which Lukas reported to Andy to his frustration.

-In 9th or 10th grade spanish, Lukas and Terry had Snr. Matas as a teacher. On valentines day, the students were instructed to write valentines day cards with spanish greetings in them to be sent to friends in other classes. Terry drew a picture of a man wearing cowboy attire riding a large gorilla and sent it to Gavin.

-Lukas and Gavin hatched a plan that if ever Asher wore a dress to school, one would yell "hey! this isnt the democratic national convention!" and the other would yell "go back to hollywood!" referencing a King of the Hill episode they had enjoyed. On one fateful day, Asher was seen walking around the track wearing a dress, so Gavin and Lukas left the frisbee game to go deliver their message.