2006

• June 9: Livermore High School Graduation! Next stop, Las Positas College.

2005

• Senior in High School.

• Got his first car... 1980 Crown Victoria.

• Got first job at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. They work him all the time and really seem to appreciate him.

• Paul got his first hair cut in years! [6/05]

• After playing soccer since about U6, Paul scored his first goal ever in a game that the team lost in Newark. The final score was 10-1, but the one was Paul's first goal and the team was thrilled for him! This was a very fun team this year. U19 boys and they called themselves the "Power Rangers".  [10/05]

Paul has been known for a few years for his long mane of hair. He decided to cut it and donate the lengths to Locks of Love that makes real hair wigs for cancer and other patients that lose their own hair. [6/05]

Paul and his sister Katey after haircuts. That's his friend Ian to the left on the edge of the photo. [6/05]

2004

• Junior in High School. Rough grades this year, but life is good overall for Mr. Easy Going.

2003

• My first finals in High School are this week. So far, so good. (1/03)

 Paul, Nate, and Trevor at our family Christmas vacation cabin (rented) in Tahoe, NV. [12/03]

Paul and family show sledding in Tahoe, NV. [12/03]

Paul (back left) places in the Fastec Tournament at Granada Bowl. Tom Crane (GM), Billy, , Paul, Nick, Kevin, Jazzime, ??, Josh, Fastec scholarship donor (left to right). [6/7/03]

Paul in Walnut Creek with Ian's family Easter Picnic. [4/03]

2002

• This was my first year in High Comp soccer. My U15 Boys team, Livermore Elite "Cobras II" team, coached by Lusious Lee finished 4th place in the regular season. Out of our four tournaments (Tracy, Stockton, Livermore, Benica), we finished 4th in Stockton. This was the initial year for this team to play together and we got better as the season progressed. (12/02)

• This is my first year in High School. I am going to Livermore High with my friends. (10/02)

• I bowl league at Granada Bowl, do tournaments, and am a member of a Junior Travel Bowling League. This will be my fourth year on the SJVTL team. I have been winning tournaments and earned Boy "Youth Bowler of the Year" at Granada Bowl for the 2001-2 season. My mom and I took 1st Place in the Nor-Cal Youth/Adult B/W doubles Nov 2001. I won a $150 scholarship for that. This year, my average book 4/15/02 at 136, 5 pins higher than mom's. (My dad is a 201 average, sister is 111). (7/02)

• Paul  earned my adult Purple Belt at the age of 13 at the United Black Belt Academy, where he has been with Sigung Jim Halter since I was 3.5 years old. (6/02)

• Paul earned a place on an U15 AC3 Boys soccer team this year in Livermore. His Coach, Luscious, is into Kickboxing, unicycles and soccer. (6/02)

  It's all about the soccer [10/97]

2001 and before

• I have been going to Karate since I was three and half and am an adult Orange Belt in Karate. I 'retired' from Boy Scouts in 2001 at the age of 13, in the San Francisco Bay Area Cub Scouts which is under the U.S.A. Boy Scout Association.  I play a defense position for the Livermore Youth Soccer League and have played since I was in Under-6. My dad and I are a certified and registered Soccer Referees with the Livermore Referee Association.

• My dad plays Magic: The Gathering with me. I play all kinds of computer and video games.

• My pets are a Green Iguana named "Bud" who is 7 years old and about 6 feet long. Our other Iguana is named "Spike" and he is much smaller and 3 years old. Here is a link to a page I wrote about Green Iguanas.

Some pictures of my past are below.

Paul and his toys ['88]

Paul on his first Little League Team, the GIANTS. You can see he is enjoying himself on the right there. ['96]

Paul's second Little League year really was a breakthrough for him. ['97]