Jake

So they would rob houses, go to Kerr Village, and handle their business, you know, trading their stolen goods and buying crack, right?

So they would rob houses, go to Kerr Village, and handle their business, you know, trading their stolen goods and buying crack, right?

So they would rob houses, go to Kerr Village, and handle their business, you know, trading their stolen goods and buying crack, right?

and for suburban kids to go into the toughest neighborhoods you know i mean yeah yeah it's a recipe for disaster it's also you know when you come from a very structured life and everything's you know as it should be there's no real excitement there's no real rites of passage proving grounds i think that's something that that was evident in all that but um

and for suburban kids to go into the toughest neighborhoods you know i mean yeah yeah it's a recipe for disaster it's also you know when you come from a very structured life and everything's you know as it should be there's no real excitement there's no real rites of passage proving grounds i think that's something that that was evident in all that but um

and for suburban kids to go into the toughest neighborhoods you know i mean yeah yeah it's a recipe for disaster it's also you know when you come from a very structured life and everything's you know as it should be there's no real excitement there's no real rites of passage proving grounds i think that's something that that was evident in all that but um

Jake was on the path to go to prison, you know? Right. But he straightened up, man. He had a girlfriend, a good girl that he – They dated, and I think she influenced him. He ended up dropping out of school because he got kicked off the football team and enrolled in a private school in which he could work at his own pace, and he finished his junior and senior year in one year.

Jake was on the path to go to prison, you know? Right. But he straightened up, man. He had a girlfriend, a good girl that he – They dated, and I think she influenced him. He ended up dropping out of school because he got kicked off the football team and enrolled in a private school in which he could work at his own pace, and he finished his junior and senior year in one year.

Jake was on the path to go to prison, you know? Right. But he straightened up, man. He had a girlfriend, a good girl that he – They dated, and I think she influenced him. He ended up dropping out of school because he got kicked off the football team and enrolled in a private school in which he could work at his own pace, and he finished his junior and senior year in one year.

married his high school sweetheart, and they moved away to Baltimore, which he needed to get out of all the influences that he had. So after high school, that's where Jake went. For me, even though this story is all about my friend, I found out that my dad got transferred back to Dallas. So... The day I graduated high school, we moved to Dallas. And here I am in Dallas.

married his high school sweetheart, and they moved away to Baltimore, which he needed to get out of all the influences that he had. So after high school, that's where Jake went. For me, even though this story is all about my friend, I found out that my dad got transferred back to Dallas. So... The day I graduated high school, we moved to Dallas. And here I am in Dallas.

married his high school sweetheart, and they moved away to Baltimore, which he needed to get out of all the influences that he had. So after high school, that's where Jake went. For me, even though this story is all about my friend, I found out that my dad got transferred back to Dallas. So... The day I graduated high school, we moved to Dallas. And here I am in Dallas.

Now I'm gonna switch this story up. This is a crazy thing in my life. But when I moved to Dallas, it was just like when I moved from Ohio to Oklahoma City. I felt like my whole world was dying.

Now I'm gonna switch this story up. This is a crazy thing in my life. But when I moved to Dallas, it was just like when I moved from Ohio to Oklahoma City. I felt like my whole world was dying.

Now I'm gonna switch this story up. This is a crazy thing in my life. But when I moved to Dallas, it was just like when I moved from Ohio to Oklahoma City. I felt like my whole world was dying.

state of depression, you know, which I was moving to a great city with beautiful women, you know, all kinds of opportunity, but I had to feel sorry for myself, you know, and I was kind of mad at the world and we were staying with my grandparents and my dad's parents and they were really strict, you know, they were a lot like my dad.

state of depression, you know, which I was moving to a great city with beautiful women, you know, all kinds of opportunity, but I had to feel sorry for myself, you know, and I was kind of mad at the world and we were staying with my grandparents and my dad's parents and they were really strict, you know, they were a lot like my dad.

state of depression, you know, which I was moving to a great city with beautiful women, you know, all kinds of opportunity, but I had to feel sorry for myself, you know, and I was kind of mad at the world and we were staying with my grandparents and my dad's parents and they were really strict, you know, they were a lot like my dad.

I saw, you know, the kind of people that you couldn't really be yourself around, but they were um successful yeah i wasn't in a great state of mind rebellious right and i didn't want to move to dallas little violence um we were staying with my grandfather my grandfather was very religious and um is he catholic No, we were Protestant. Very Protestant people. Hold your emotions in.

I saw, you know, the kind of people that you couldn't really be yourself around, but they were um successful yeah i wasn't in a great state of mind rebellious right and i didn't want to move to dallas little violence um we were staying with my grandfather my grandfather was very religious and um is he catholic No, we were Protestant. Very Protestant people. Hold your emotions in.