[Hello.com]
Just got this neat little application from here that lets me post pictures onto my blog, so all of you get to see my ugly mug. Cool, eh?
Sunday, July 25, 2004
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
[Heehee]
Just started taking some quizzes randomly in Quizilla again.
Which swear am I?
your fuck.
What swear word are you?
brought to you by Quizilla
I like that one.
Just started taking some quizzes randomly in Quizilla again.
Which swear am I?
your fuck.
What swear word are you?
brought to you by Quizilla
I like that one.
[When it all goes to hell]
Ever see a kid grow up? Do you know how much difference one year can make for a 12 year old? I do.
Working at a summer camp you realize how fast kids really grow up and how much they can change in a short amount of time. Last year was the first year I really worked for a camp. I tell ya, there were quite a few problems, but for the most part it was great.
I got to know 140 of the greatest people on the planet. Some of them I wanted to strangle daily, but I would still give my life in an instant for any of them. This year, a lot of the kids came back from last year and I was both suprised and saddened by the changes that they went through in the year they had been gone.
First of all, there is one girl, named Katie. She was the most energetic little girl I had ever seen last year and at the beginning of the summer I was thinking to myself "We have quite a handful this year." She turned out to be one of the best campers I would ever know. So this year when she was in my group again I was excited thinking that it would be another great summer with her. I was wrong. In one year, she had turned into a sweet little girl into a girl on the verge of begging for sex. She acts like a porn star and has gotten into more than one fight over boys. Know what the worst part is? She's 9 years old. NINE. How the fuck does that kind of transformation happen to a nine year old?
Second, there is another kid in my group, named Bryce. He was, like Katie, relatively well behaved and very energetic. Now, though he's mopey all the time and disrespectful toward everyone, as well as very whiney. Someone told me that his brother molested him.
Another girl at the camp, Jess, was the best kid I could know last year. She's the worst one in camp though. Today her group went up north to a science center and went for a hike on some trails. She crouched down for a rest. Now this wouldn't be so bad, but she likes to wear short shorts. On top of this, she didn't wear any panties, so just about everyone saw just about everything. Added to that, she's going to a hotel room with her "friend" tonight. Who brings a 13 year old to a hotel on a Tuesday night for one night?
I just don't know anymore. I know that phrase is the most commonly used one in this blog, but God dammit I'm pissed off. Boss Lady Elaine says that I can't do anything to try to intervene or I will lose my job. I can't take this. I mean, how does this happen? These are just the three stories I heard today alone. Three kids, all of which were good kids no more than a year ago, and now they're all jumping into a handbasket.
What is someone supposed to do?
Ever see a kid grow up? Do you know how much difference one year can make for a 12 year old? I do.
Working at a summer camp you realize how fast kids really grow up and how much they can change in a short amount of time. Last year was the first year I really worked for a camp. I tell ya, there were quite a few problems, but for the most part it was great.
I got to know 140 of the greatest people on the planet. Some of them I wanted to strangle daily, but I would still give my life in an instant for any of them. This year, a lot of the kids came back from last year and I was both suprised and saddened by the changes that they went through in the year they had been gone.
First of all, there is one girl, named Katie. She was the most energetic little girl I had ever seen last year and at the beginning of the summer I was thinking to myself "We have quite a handful this year." She turned out to be one of the best campers I would ever know. So this year when she was in my group again I was excited thinking that it would be another great summer with her. I was wrong. In one year, she had turned into a sweet little girl into a girl on the verge of begging for sex. She acts like a porn star and has gotten into more than one fight over boys. Know what the worst part is? She's 9 years old. NINE. How the fuck does that kind of transformation happen to a nine year old?
Second, there is another kid in my group, named Bryce. He was, like Katie, relatively well behaved and very energetic. Now, though he's mopey all the time and disrespectful toward everyone, as well as very whiney. Someone told me that his brother molested him.
Another girl at the camp, Jess, was the best kid I could know last year. She's the worst one in camp though. Today her group went up north to a science center and went for a hike on some trails. She crouched down for a rest. Now this wouldn't be so bad, but she likes to wear short shorts. On top of this, she didn't wear any panties, so just about everyone saw just about everything. Added to that, she's going to a hotel room with her "friend" tonight. Who brings a 13 year old to a hotel on a Tuesday night for one night?
I just don't know anymore. I know that phrase is the most commonly used one in this blog, but God dammit I'm pissed off. Boss Lady Elaine says that I can't do anything to try to intervene or I will lose my job. I can't take this. I mean, how does this happen? These are just the three stories I heard today alone. Three kids, all of which were good kids no more than a year ago, and now they're all jumping into a handbasket.
What is someone supposed to do?
Monday, July 19, 2004
[Mexico]
Steve called me about 2 weeks ago and said that I'm going to Mexico with him in February. I think that's pretty cool. I mean how often does someone get to go to Mexico? Well. It's an all-expenses paid resprt so I'm just gonna hang by the ocean and drink expensive drinks and stuff.
Yesterday was Alex's birthday. She's 15 now. In her words: "Wahoo." Wish I could talk to get more, but she isn't online much anymore.
Work kinda sucks now. I quit Market Basket, but summer camp is pretty bad though. The Renaissance Project gave up control of the camp since their grant ran out, so the Boys and Girls Club too over and has pissed more than just me off since then. I mean, even kids are mad about what's happening. I don't think it's good when the camp overseer spends more time yelling at kids than making sure she's presentable. She comes in a half hour late and sits down to put stamps on her wedding invitations...only to scream at one of the nicest girls I know because she didn't wear a camp shirt that day. What a fucking bitch.
Now when I related that little episode it seemed like it was only a one-time thing. Not at all. Elaine doesn't come in unless she really feels like it. When she does, she's always late. One day she left to go to the Boys and Girls Club in Concord (20 minutes from the main camp base) and was gone all day. Turns out she wasn't at the Boys and Girls Club for more than a half hour before she left. We never did find out where she was or why it took her all day to go there.
Then there's Steve. That guy creeps me out. He comes in the first day and tells the kids to call him Smiley. Now I wouldn't mind it if that were a name they made up for him, but it's just a little weird for a 26 year old guy to tell 8 year olds to call him Smiley. Then he starts holding hands with the kids. Not even only the girls, either. Later, he brings in flourescent pink fishnet arm covers and tells some of the boys to wear them. And all through this he is bringing in Spongebob Squarepants lanyards that are grimey and gross, and telling kids to wear them around their necks. I think he gets off from little kids looking like gay men. Speaking of Steve and gay men, he asked like 4 people to go to the "3on3 Gay Lounge" in Manchester. That just creeped me out. I was sort of offended that he would ask me about that, too. I don't know. Something needs to be done about him, and soon.
--Jake
Steve called me about 2 weeks ago and said that I'm going to Mexico with him in February. I think that's pretty cool. I mean how often does someone get to go to Mexico? Well. It's an all-expenses paid resprt so I'm just gonna hang by the ocean and drink expensive drinks and stuff.
Yesterday was Alex's birthday. She's 15 now. In her words: "Wahoo." Wish I could talk to get more, but she isn't online much anymore.
Work kinda sucks now. I quit Market Basket, but summer camp is pretty bad though. The Renaissance Project gave up control of the camp since their grant ran out, so the Boys and Girls Club too over and has pissed more than just me off since then. I mean, even kids are mad about what's happening. I don't think it's good when the camp overseer spends more time yelling at kids than making sure she's presentable. She comes in a half hour late and sits down to put stamps on her wedding invitations...only to scream at one of the nicest girls I know because she didn't wear a camp shirt that day. What a fucking bitch.
Now when I related that little episode it seemed like it was only a one-time thing. Not at all. Elaine doesn't come in unless she really feels like it. When she does, she's always late. One day she left to go to the Boys and Girls Club in Concord (20 minutes from the main camp base) and was gone all day. Turns out she wasn't at the Boys and Girls Club for more than a half hour before she left. We never did find out where she was or why it took her all day to go there.
Then there's Steve. That guy creeps me out. He comes in the first day and tells the kids to call him Smiley. Now I wouldn't mind it if that were a name they made up for him, but it's just a little weird for a 26 year old guy to tell 8 year olds to call him Smiley. Then he starts holding hands with the kids. Not even only the girls, either. Later, he brings in flourescent pink fishnet arm covers and tells some of the boys to wear them. And all through this he is bringing in Spongebob Squarepants lanyards that are grimey and gross, and telling kids to wear them around their necks. I think he gets off from little kids looking like gay men. Speaking of Steve and gay men, he asked like 4 people to go to the "3on3 Gay Lounge" in Manchester. That just creeped me out. I was sort of offended that he would ask me about that, too. I don't know. Something needs to be done about him, and soon.
--Jake
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