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The year, 1992, the place San Jose California out side of the O’ Brian House. Despite my cousins and my common link to this crowd being in Europe, my cousins friends, the ones that got me drunk the first dozen or so times welcomed me and my friends to their party. 

We had left Simi Valley at 4:00 am for the Garlic Festival. Along the way we almost hit a chicken on an off ramp, played drums with a friend in Santa Maria, and slam danced on both lanes of the 101 at sun rise, and went to the Garlic Festival in Gilroy California. After leaving my four friends at an old friends house so I can see my old neighbors (hour and a half).

My good friend Bryan McQueen was out parting the night before, so he was a bit more tired than most. Though my cousins who used to live down the street from me were in Europe I found out that Scott O’Brien was having a party at his place. I will never forget Erin and Bree’s confused face as I walked through the door. At the age of 17, I don’t remember ever meeting these guys, it seems like I just always knew them, proxy cousins in San Jose. It was this crowd who got me drunk for the first time at the age of thirteen at Clay’s Hedgehog House. Since more than one of those people are reading this right now, it is safe to say that I still keep in touch with them.

So there we were, we had been on the road since 4 am, we only checked into the hotel before hitting my old neighborhood. It was around 8 pm when we got word of the party and directions. Adriana, Carie, and Nichole all followed me into the party. Bryan chose to get sleep in the car.

After drinking a bit and talking with Dwane and Kyle, two former football players, I thought, you know what would be really funny, if Dwayne and Kyle scared Bryan by threatening to beat him up. Before digital cameras, we traveled with a good memory and no camera. While looking for a camera Dwayn said, I have a video camera, with a light on it.

So I video taped the two scaring the crap out of my good friend Bryan. The tape was copied and distributed. Over the years Eric Wolf (raveballs) was the only one that did not loose his copy. Finally, Eric was able to get it online. Naturally I embedded it into my website and am hoping for the rest of the footage of that night soon.   

When watching imagine yourself in Bryan’s position, he is at a party in San Jose sleeping nicely in a car in a neighborhood he has never been to before. Some might think that I am a jerk for doing this, but in my defense, I was 17, and as the next 17 years of my life played out I am able to see this again and I remember that night and that trip so well. So we will get the “Vince is a Jerk” out of the way and just laugh at this video.   

Extra Commentary:

See Bryan thought he was going to die, he had no idea who these people were or what girl they were referring to. He was praying to God for help and to spare his life, for this some how to not really be happening, for this not to be real. As it turns out it wasn’t. His prayer was answered, now am I comparing myself to God in which I spared Bryan’s life by making it just a joke, I am just saying … His wish did come true, and it came true because of me, so am I a Jerk, or did I grant my good friend a wish that saved his life. 

I am a jerk, still 3rd funniest prank I ever pulled. Thanks Eric.