December 31, 2008


  • January 1 - Starting off the new year. 
  • January 19 - Getting to drive for the first time ever in my life, well in a car in public that is. I didn’t even have my permit yet. 
  • February 1 - Making the dumbest movie ever with Garrick and Dillon. 
  • February 26 - Trying out for Soccer even though I didn’t make the team. 
  • March 7 - Doing my Eagle Scout Project alongside Mial Fessenden and finishing it the next day and the Lock-In we had the same day. 
  •  March 15 - Earning my Eagle Scout Rank 
  • March 20 - Seeing Tennessee for the first time in my life, even though it was for an hour and thirty minutes. 
  • April 12 - After some DMV complications with the camera I get my permit! 
  • April 15 - Getting to go with a Select group of Eagle Scouts to go inside the White House basement alongside with Patrick Coleman and Sam Hensle. 
  •  April 16 - Being recorded on national TV and getting to see Pope Benedict and President Bush, and being able to represent BSA. 
  • May 16 - Successfully making a movie that would showed as an English Project. Making Acceleration was fun. Thanks to Garrett Clay, T.P., Rory Walter, Stephen Goodrick and Garrick LaBriola that helped me make the movie. 
  • May 31 - Watching my sister graduate from high school. This was from Saint Margaret’s School in Tappahannock, Virginia. 
  •  June 13 - The last day of my freshman year of high school. Spending part of it with what was an awesome English class. 
  •  June 18 - Becoming the first scout in two years to get an Eagle Bronze Palm. June 25 - When working at an archery range in Haymarket, getting my first bulls-eye, then texting the picture of it to all my friends. 
  •  July 13 - When I saw Anna at the pool and my brother and sister got mad at me cause I stayed at the pool and two hours longer than they wanted to. 
  • July 17 - Taking that boring Geometry class and during our 10 minute break, we took a 45 minute break and ditched the class with the new friends I made. It was awesome doing that. July 23 - Winning my family’s inaugural summer tournament “Beach Bash ’08” with my brother and sister. 
  • July 28 - Making the movie Benjamin Meadow with Garrick and Garrett. Ben Field knows he loves the movie. 
  •  July 30 - Apparently I was sleeping at the pool and Rachel Metz claimed to see me, but she was scared to wake me up. 
  •  August 4 - Having to come home from Goshen early because of the e. coli outbreak at the camp. Thankfully I was a-ok. 
  •  August 10 - Getting back home from going to New Jersey with Dillon Nold, my brother’s friend. It was fun, but I was mad I didn’t get to bring any friends with me. My parents would think I would bring too many people. 
  •  August 15 - Seeing the wonderful movie “Tropic Thunder” with some friends, it was truly an interesting movie. A few days later I would see “Step Brothers”. August 20 - Going bowling with some friends even if I was in dead last. 
  •  August 23 - Seeing my sister go off to college. It was so cool to see a college campus. Roanoke College is a nice school, but it’s small. 
  • August 24 - Getting revenge on Anna by beating her in bowling. A memory Anna doesn’t want to remember. 
  • September 20 - Homecoming ’08. Enough said. 
  • September 24 - Turning 16, it was an awesome birthday. So many people remembered and I got some awesome gifts from friends and family. 
  •  October 4 - The Order of the Arrow Ordeal. It sucked, but I got into an Honor Society. 
  •  October 12 - Clifton Day. Had to campaign in an historical election supporting Obama, Warner and Conelley who all won their elections. I got all my AP Government hours that day campaigning with Michael Callo, Ben Johnson, Tim Ferrell and Dillon Meyer. I also saw Laura and Ada there which was cool. 
  • October 31 - Dressing up as an Indian man at Mariam’s Halloween Party. I looked terrible though, but I look back and chuckle.
  •  November 2 - Making a Public Service Announcement on Kidnapping with Michael Willis and Dillon Meyer. 
  • November 10 - Starting Indoor Track and it’s fun and pain involved. 
  • November 22 - Getting to go paint balling for the first time in two years even though my gun kept malfunctioning. 
  •  December 6 - Going to my first track scrimmage and going to a bonfire all at the same time. Oh yeah, starting Tyler Talk. 
  •  December 12 - Truly an infamous day, worst day of the year. Got ripped off at the track meet. 
  • December 17 - Finally getting elected as Senior Patrol Leader. 
  • December 19 - After a rebound from the 12th, I went on to win my 1000 meter race and run a 11:02 in a 3200 meter race. Awesome day. 
  • December 27 - Winning the family’s air hockey tournament again. I made history being the first person to win it back to back. 
  • December 31 - Reminiscing the events that occurred in 2008. Also having a bizarre track practice. A freak snow storm came in with 50 mph winds.

Memorable events for me in 2008

January 1 - Starting off the new year.  January 19 - Getting to drive for the first time ever in my life, well in a car in public that is...
Without any hesitation, my biggest memory of 2008 was earning my Eagle Scout rank, which I earned ironically on my dad’s birthday. March 15, 2008. I had my Eagle Scout Project a week earlier on March 7, 2008. I was extremely happy and proud that I finished something I began working on March 6, 2004; almost exactly four years earlier.

I still perfectly remember the events that went on during that day. I got decked out in my stylish Boy Scout uniform and my dad drove me to the Clifton Presbyterian Church. I still couldn’t get my learner’s permit until April. Usually most people don’t get their Eagle until right before they turn 18. I got mine while I was still 15 and 6 months. That’s extremely young to get the rank. There I met the adult leaders that were going to run my Eagle Scout Board of Review. Two were two people I knew really well, Sam Hensle and Michael Dulan’s fathers. The other man was a veteran Scout lead named Mr. Barnsten who had been active in Boy Scouts since 1944. That’s a long time to say the least.

There they made me do the typical Scout Oath, Law, etc. Then they asked me an array of questions I probably cannot tell outside of the board. Then I shared my favorite Scout memories. From the early days of Goshen in the Summer of 2004 to a little more recent journey to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico in the Summer of 2007.

It was a priding feeling passing the board of review with flying colours, then my Eagle Court of Honor in May. That was fairly priding too. That day I think my dad was the most proud of me ever. I mean countless times he’s been proud of me some as recent as winning a track race a few weeks ago, but that showed him how much I could accomplish.

Also, what made it cool was exactly one month later, on April 15-16, I was chosen as a select Eagle Scout as part of the 30 Eagle Scouts from the Washington D.C. area to go welcome the Pope as he came to visit the White House with President Bush. My dad said that new doors would open when I got Eagle, they did. That was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

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December 28, 2008

I'm not sure if all of you know what that is, but I just made a Twitter account. You can "follow me" (wow, that sounds oddly creepy) at this link: http://twitter.com/TylerWalter

Happy..."tweeting"?

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December 21, 2008

This instant messaging excerpt was originally on AIM, but made its way over to Mike's Mike's Mind. Some of you aren't Facebook friends with Mike so you can't see it.


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December 16, 2008

Sorry Matt, it had to be done.

Matt, you're a camera whore

Sorry Matt, it had to be done.

December 06, 2008

Sort of. I mean, it wasn't ACTUALLY the first track meet. That's a week from today at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Yes, a HIGH SCHOOL track meet at a MIDDLE SCHOOL. Don't get me started...

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Some of you might have heard this, but apparently, a Church is being sued over the types of trees being sold? Apparently, it violates some fire policy. Seems unnecessary.

Church being sued over Christmas trees

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I guess I got inspiration to do this from Patrick Mortiere's Notes series called My Current Status, and it gave me this idea to do a blog-like series documenting my life, commentary, and input on random stuff I find interesting or hilarious.

I doubt a ton of people will read this or delve into it, but who knows. I'll start tagging some people, typing away, and see where it takes me.

Enjoy.

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