That was basically my Jewish camp experience too. Prayers before meals, Friday and Saturday services, and our t-shirts had the group names in Hebrew and English. Oh, and there were always a few Israeli exchange students in each cabin. But the day-to-day activities were your basic camp stuff - arts & crafts, sports, trust exercises, etc. It would have been great, but I didn't get along with anyone in my cabin either year I went. It was just not my crowd.
Zoe: Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the hair away now. River: It'll still be there... waiting.
'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Jessica - May 13, 2010 9:59:17 am PDT #19249 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tom Scola - May 13, 2010 10:00:59 am PDT #19250 of 30000
hwæt
Sound Designer summer camp.
aka "Slave Labor for Summer Stock"
Sean K - May 13, 2010 10:04:45 am PDT #19251 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I want to have Sound Designer summer camp. There's no way THAT could end badly.
Nope. No way at all.
Provided your definition of "BAD" does not include things on fire, explosions, possibly unsafe use of electricity, and excessive consumption of alcohol and or other recreational substances.
Just like any other summer camp.
tommyrot - May 13, 2010 10:05:43 am PDT #19252 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Provided your definition of "BAD" does not include things on fire, explosions, possibly unsafe use of electricity, and excessive consumption of alcohol and or other recreational substances.
Don't forget the ass-hooks.
NoiseDesign - May 13, 2010 10:07:34 am PDT #19253 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
That's the Diablo Sound summer camp. A week of ass hooks and cock punches, I think some of the guys call it Halloween Horror Nights install for some reason.
DavidS - May 13, 2010 10:09:03 am PDT #19254 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sound Designer summer camp.
Heh, Jon B. went to a Theremin camp (as an adult, of course). Still! Coolest Nerd Camp Ever.
ChiKat - May 13, 2010 10:15:10 am PDT #19255 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My experience in Bible camps involved a lot of Bible study, prayer, church dogma, witnessing, testimony, etc. Not something I have many fond memories of.
A week of ass hooks and cock punches
And, not too sure if this type of camp would be my cup of tea, either. Ouchies.
Trudy Booth - May 13, 2010 10:15:25 am PDT #19256 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I loved Triennium. I took as many classes as I could, sang in the choir, made friends with a poet who was arrested as soon as he got back to South Africa (he got out pretty quickly, he knew he was risking it by coming to the conference). Meeting kids from all over the country and the world was a pretty big treat in a pre-internet age.
Steph L. - May 13, 2010 10:18:01 am PDT #19257 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
A week of ass hooks and cock punches
This type of summer camp does, in fact, exist.
Go on. Act surprised that I know that.
Act even more surprised that I felt compelled to (over)share it with alla y'all.
Frankenbuddha - May 13, 2010 10:26:50 am PDT #19258 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, if you have manage to become a vampire, REMEMBER OUR BARGIN
Even if it's a sparkly one?