Archive for January, 2003
mmmm…..doughnuts….. So I’m eating my
mmmm…..doughnuts…..
So I'm eating my breakfast as I type. Long time no post. I apologize to all of you religious readers. I've not had anything extremely interesting happen in my life since the seventh. Here we are now on the 13th….almost a week later….still nothing exciting. This last weekend was a staff weekend for people who worked on staff last season. It was mainly interview weekend. We executed a service project in which four of us walked the Red Line Trail (named because the trees are marked with red spray paint in lines) from Lake Scuz all the way to Grubb Road (about three miles) and scraped the paint off of the trees. When the trail was made, it was placed partially in the Hoosier National Forest. The Department of Forests or whatever the government agency is called (not the National Parks Service) doesn't like when people use their property for things other than hunting or whatever. Now the retarded thing about our grafiti removal excursion was that the marks we were scraping into oblivion were the same stripes we created one year ago at a very similar staff weekend. Maybe we should have checked what we were doing before doing it.
Anyway, the weekend was fun. I had my interview which was odd. I really really want to work at the waterfront again; however, Steve is returning as director and Matt doesn't really want me to be down there under him because I'm too strong of a leader and he would like to see me in another part of camp. We talked mostly about the High Adventure area which includes a C.O.P.E. course (Challenging Outdoor Personal Expirence — Children Outdoors Playing Enthusiastically), the climbing tower, and the Venture program (for older scouts who don't want to do something in the camp program). I applied for that position during the summer thinking that it might be something I would enjoy; however, during the off-season, I thought about the position a lot and decided against it; therefore, it makes sense for me to be seriously considering the position again. Currently I am thinking that it won't be that bad of a gig because it's something that isn't normal to have in a scout camp.
On a lighter note (and one with shorter sentences 
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Today at work, there were some weird happenings….
STRANGE HAPPENING NUMBER ONE — Outside the building there were a bunch of rabbits. Now if you've seen Donie Darko (I highly recommend this) you know that rabbits are freaky creatures. So….Micah, Dave, Jacob and I are convinced that the rabbits are the squirrels hitmen. You see, the squirrels are constantly trying to attack the computer labs simply because they can coordinate mass destruction campuswide. Micah and I are the only people who can keep them at bay, with the assistance of Dave and Jacob. These are all guys I work with. Micah and I know so much about the squirrels' attack plans that they have tried to fool us by using the slower, less intelligent rabbit as their assassins. Muah ha ha….their evil plan was foiled yet again by Captain Stoobing and Major Biggles.
STRANGE HAPPENING NUMBER TWO — I go to use the bathroom (good story already…). Right next to the bathroom is the phone. There's a guy sitting on the floor, with the phone plastered to his head, sleeping. A little strange if you ask me. Especially since this occured sometime around 2:00 a.m. The only thing that I can figure is that he called 1-900-YOUR MOM and fell asleep while she was talking to him .
STRANGE HAPPENING NUMBER THREE — Sometime around 4:00 this morning, a random customer comes up to me with a camera and asks me if I would take his picture. I say sure and we go into a computer lab to get this mug shot taken. When I say mug shot, I mean mug shot. He wanted a picture from the shoulders up facing forward, and yet another from his side from the shoulders up. I don't know why there is a need for those pictures that you are so desperate that you would ask the consultant to take your picture. Strange man….strange.
Now for the most important news of the day…ERIN IS BACK IN BLOOMINGTON!!! WAHOO!! 
Happy Birthday Erin 
(today is her birthday and for her birthday, IU got her a new semester of class) 
Alright, that's the end of this entry. Expect quasi daily entries from me until the end of the semester. Ciao
Quote of the day "His hobbies are skating, running from the police, and making fun of Bon Jovi." — Johrdan (The King of the Jews) when talking about one of his skater buddies.
word to everyone
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So here’s the update on
So here's the update on my life. For those of you who don't know, I've started a blog/messageboard for the aquatic crew. The address is http://tlmason.blogspot.com/aquatics. It should spawn some interesting conversation. All of this fun stuff is moderated by me . I figured to keep it apropriate, I needed to moderate what's said before it's posted.
Well, since New Year's, I've spent a lot of time with my camp folks. I'm so ready to go back to camp. I miss the "grove" of summer life, and I miss the lake. Anyway, this weekend, Friday, I was at John's with quite a few camp-folk for dinner. His mom prepared a nice dinner of Lasagna. It was very good. Props to Mom Byer She's great. Anyway, Saturday was the staff banquet at Camp K in Anderson. We were all together again that night when we traveled to Nobelsville to John's once again, then into Carmel for a game of Laser Tag. Now if it weren't for the really psycho referee, it would have been a wonderful expirence; however, it wasn't as great as it could have been. Murph's dad has created a great atmosphere for lasertag and gaming, but he needs to get rid of that chic. She doesn't belong at a lasertag place, she belongs in a prison. That night, it snowed heavily in northern Indianapolis. We all decided to stay at John's place to avoid the bad roads. It ended up being good times, as usual. We played Taboo until the wee hours of the morning (4:00 a.m.). Yea, we definitely got through each card, both sides. I've been thinking…Chris, Luke and I should be contestants on Taboo, the game show. We could win something cool cause we're good. We totally smoked Ben, Will and John. Then we re-organized the teams, we were almost even, although the other team did end up wining. ah well. it's all fun.
That was my weekend in a nutshell….look, I'm tom's weekend in a nutshell
Monday, blah, took a nap, that's about it.
Tuesday — ERIN CALLED That was definitely the highlight of my break. We talked for a good two hours or so, maybe less, maybe more. I wasn't keeping track of time. I was just extremely excited that she called .
That's all I got. Tomorrow I go to bloomington, probably for good, depending on how much I get packed that day. Go Hoosiers!
I'm out
Quote of the day "" — I'm out of witty things. No quote today
tm
Happy New Year’s! I’m writing
Happy New Year's!
I'm writing this blog entry on my new Sharp Zaurus . It's sweet. I'm sure that if you see me often, I'll show it to you. I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable New Year's celebration. Mine was a lot of fun.
New Year's Eve started looking like I wasn't going to be doing anything interesting. I was going to be spending the night with my parents. Now, I don't have anything against my parents, but I'm sick and tired of being home. One week is plenty time to visit and catch up on the semester missed. Too many days off make for boredom. I'm so ready for everyone to go back to Bloomington and see all my friends (especially Erin ).
On a related sidenote, I'm heading down there tomorrow to take care of some business.
Last night I trekked to Pittsboro (for those of you who are not familiar with central IN, I went northwest of Naptown) to hang out with some of the people I work with all summer. We ate, then took Jessi back to the party that she was at before dinner, and then went to see Die Another Day. Good movie, total guy flik.
Jessi's dad is the Aquatic Director at camp. She didn't tell him what she was doing. He was at the party when she returned. He was "as mad as he could be" at her. We left quickly. Steve was following us on the interstate on the way to Avon. We were afraid for our lives. That's the end of my story. I found five dollars. (That's for you Luke).
That's my New Year's story, and all I've got for now.
Quote of the day "He godda way" — Deer hunter game at Laser Lite in Bloomington (and a running joke with Chris, John and me)
Second quote of the day "Red light, Green light. Reminds me of a game, what's it called?" — Luke "Red Light, Green Light" — Me (while driving through Avon)
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