Story

My story is complete. The heroine did really well. She and her husband are super happy. Her friend, is hooking up with the patients in the mental institute.

Ok, next topic it is almost time for pitchers and catcher to report. Then baseball season begins. Then comes CAMP. Yeah, we can go back to Rock Lake, Indian Cliffs, Picture Window and Slob Landers. Oh don't forget the swimming hole and the bog.

Vegetables

Hi all,

Today, I cut veggies @ in G-d's Love We Deliver. It is so cool that they will be put into meals to feed people with terminal illnesses. I used to cut veggies in camp for the BBQs. We sometimes threw them @ each other. I miss the camp grilling sessions.

Oh, my crazy character in my short story likes veggies too. She puts them all over her body. It is her clothing. I'm almost done with the story.


How is everyone?

Hi all

Sorry, I've been gone for a while. Today is the last of my 8 crazy nights. I've lit some giant Menorahs and been to some cool Chanukah parties. I hope everyone had a good holiday, be it Chanukah or Christmas.

For my story, the lead character is in lock down. She was biting people and screaming about her need for blood. She wears tomatoes pasted all over her body, but they rotter. The male character is helping the girls he hits on get shock therapy, that's hat I need-go Ramones.

Pitchers and catchers report in about 2 months and then in about 6 months, camp kicks off. I think this year we will never leave. We will skip work, school and everything else and just stay in camp. KIT

Crazy Religious patient

I may include a crazy religious girl. Of course, she doesn't know what religion she is. She just prays and mopes around the nuthouse.

The leading male is about to hook up with one or more of the patients already in there. He is relying on his friend to help him. It seems she went crazy when she used to help her mom feed old ladies pureed prunes in the nursing home. You see her mom used to make her puree the prunes and then distribute to the old ladies. We think this made her go bonkers.

More of my story

The male character is a good soul. But he likes the crazies. It is good punishment.


Anyway, the lead character was in lock down for few days. She finally brushed her teeth. She was drawing pictures of blood with Crayons. She's not permitted to have a pen or pencil. She was put in lock down after she was singing Hit me Baby by Britney Spears. Anyone who sings her songs should be in a rubber room.

Now, the male character is going to start hitting on some of the girls in the center. His friend is going to be his matchmaker.

Craziest in the nut place

Okay, craziness is scandalous, yet beautiful. The heroine has a dog, but she can't be brought in when people visit her. The staff fears the clients might try to attack it. Yes, usually, the dogs try to attack. However, in this case the the clients think they are dogs and may attack the real ones. They will probably try to eat them.

The guy that visits his poor friend will try to hook up with some of the girls. She is working on making it happen.

Story

Hey, all,

So the heroine of the story is a character that I created from many of the people I've met. Bear in mind, I've worked in politics, a start up, PR firms and a non-profit association.

The male character is friendly with the female that goes to the mental hospital. He goes and visits and may even date on of the patients. It remains to be seen.

Of course, all of the people went to summer camp. It maybe why they are in there.

How is everyone doing?

more

just got back from an Italian wine tasting class. It rocked. Now, my story will be about a nice girl who goes crazy while yelling at a hamburger in Jersey City. She gets cuffed to a gurney and put in a strait jacket. She's taken to a mental institute in NYC. Her co-worker visits her and tries to hook up with the cute girls in the institute. I will tell more as I move forward.

My new story

Hey, all,

Sorry, I've been missing. Camp is coming around soon enough. We gotta get ready. In the meantime, I'm writing a short story about Jens and others. Some of the characters work in an office and some are carted off to a mental institute.

Eventually, I will share pieces of it with my friends.

But are we getting ready for camp? We need to drink beer and get in shape to play baseball, go swimming, canoeing and just chill around the campfire.

Economy and Summer Camp

So what are you guys thinking about the economy? It is so bad, that certain summer camp programs might be cut. But we will not let that happen. We will stand tall. If we have to go up there early and get stuff set up. We will drink lots of beer while we are working.

We will watch stupid old movies like Stripes, a classic.

What do you all think?

Back Back Back

Great off Broadway play. I saw it this evening. It is about the Jose Canseco and Mark McGuire-the steroid boys. If only baseball was free of that and we had players, like Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Dimaggio, Munson, etc.

I wonder if Hillary will be Sec. of State. So far, we are in great shape, a president-elect with 0 experience and Hillary has limited foreign policy experience. Of course, Bush is buffoon. Bring back Reagan....


How is everyone?

I'm chilling to some Echo and the Bunnyman.

Rock Lobster, Tin roof. Rusted.

Just got home from the B-52s show at the Hammerstein Ballroom. They rocked. So in like 1985 or '86. Cousin Keety got his license and would drive our camp groups back from the Delaware in the Whomobile with Rock Lobster blasting on a cassette.

Remember cassettes? Does anyone still have any? I have some U2, Depeche Mode and Pearl Jam bootlegs on those dandy old tapes.

So I wish I was roaming somewhere, but I think I came from Planet Claire. Good night.

Jens and others

I have come to the conclusion to accept Jens for what they are. They are beautiful, fun and funny. Who is to determine who is normal? We may all be normal or crazy. ultimately, there's someone in my head but its not me, shine on you crazy diamond.

So how is everyone? Do you ever wonder about the world we live in and life in general? Like, I can spend a day volunteering helping people who need assistance and go to Bloomingdales and buy clothes.

Bridge

Nothing better than sitting on bridge across the gunk, when your chick is with 'ya. No one even cares if people walk by,,,,

Craziest place being dirty..

On a Bridge on campus during college. But it wasn't with a Jen.... But Jens are the best. I accept them for who they are.

Thoughts on dating

If she's got a brain and is cute, you can't lose. I used to date many women named, Jen. They are always beautiful, funny and just plain nuts. But I've matured and accepted them for who they are. We are all crazy, but good. That's ok.

The World we Live in and Life in General

Sorry, I've been away. Anyway, some answers, I am going back and forth between summer camp life, many moons ago and today's world. Camp is the past.

Sadly, I think Obama will win. McCain isn't great. Both candidates are weak. But smart people do not run anymore, i.e. Nixon, Reagan, FDR and Teddy Roosevelt. Yeah, Nixon was nuts, but a brain.

The Christian Right have no understanding of the GOP. The party was not founded on any of the garbage they stand for.

They stood for make a few laws, don't rob my farm or attack me, live your life and leave me alone. McCain was ok, prior to selling his soul to the right. Obama is lazy and has 0 experience.

Palin, while cute is a joke.

History class

We are studying U.S. Presidential History in social studies today. Here's my rough draft....

George Bush and others



Chosen to be president by judges on the Supreme Court, not the American people

One of the judges is the most disgraceful person ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas

Was warned by the Clinton administration about Osama Bin-Laden, failed to listen

Bush appointed the least qualified NSA and Secretary of State in the history of our nation-Condesleaza

Yes, she’s brillaint, but was a Cold War Warrior under Reagan. Now that we are in a borderless world, she’s completely out of her league

Ariel Sharon’s (if only he was well) statement about her is she has nice legs. Meaning there’s nothing else to say

Bush failed to take diplomatic actions against Iraq, which was what the vote asked for, prior to the poorly planned war

Bush failed to help New Orleans during Katrina

Bush was the only living president to fail to attend Pres. Ford’s funeral. Ford was a Republican

Yes, Clinton’s term ended with an economic slowdown, Bush failed to do anything to address the economy

He started his presidency in a recession and will end it in leaving us in a worse economic state

A space shuttle exploded during his presidency, no it wasn’t his fault, but it was just bad for the U.S.

The U.S. is # 11 in broadband penetration worldwide. Bush has done nothing to advance the tech centers in the U.S.

The U.S. has spent too much time rebuilding failed nations or nations we defeated, but let our own research and education systems fail. This is why Japan, India, China, Brazil are all doing well. This is something all post WW II presidents failed at

Daddy George did a poor job poorly handled the decline of commuism

Clinton did a poorer job

But no one has done a poorer job than W. This data was published in the NY Times and yes for the right wingers who hate the Times, they bashed Clinton big time on this

McCain looks like a character from a grade B-horror movie, some of them had the head monster dressed up in a suit, but he looked like dead person

Obama has never introduced a piece of legisation in his life

Obama has never given a policy or legislative speech in his life

Obama has one of the worst attendace records for the short time he spent in the U.S. Senate. He’s missed most votes. Did the same in the Ill. State House

Obama is so arrongant and condeseceing when he speaks. He really seems to think the world should bow down to him

Palin is a nut. She has no business being on the McCain’s ticket

Both candidtes for president are weak. Unfortunately, intelligent people are are no longer interested in running. Maybe that's why they are intellingent

Hillary Clinton felt the world owed her the presidency

The GOP was never about the Christian right. Jefferson and Lincoln had other ideals when they founded the party

Our founding fathers were not religious. Yes, they attended church cause it was the thing to do. But their beliefs and work concetrated on science, law and writing

We went to war with Iraq because Bush failed to destory the Taliban and/or catch Bin Laden. Yes, the Taliban is back. But hey, we funded them during the Soviet invastion of Afghanistan

The Steinbrenners let Clueless Joe Giradi finish the season. Do you think they would admit that they messed up, by not bringing Joe Torre back?

Torre’s going to playoffs, Giradi’s going home

If George Steinbrenner was well and running the team, Giradi would have been balled out

For some reason the press gave the former catcher a break too. Giradi did not know how to call game as manager, wasn’t that his job as a catcher?

Sadly, Rent closed after 12 years, a show about life and much more

The holiest place on the planet is going to come down-Yankee Stadium, need I say more?

School

By now it is really in session and we are studying hard.  I guess we are living for the weekend.  I can't wait to go to Yankee Stadium on Sat.

Of course while in school, I hang out with kids that all went to camp.  Mine or others.  We talk all about the craziness and are waiting for next summer.

Staff

Hey, campers,

Yeah, I was a counselor.  I went to Chappegat as a camper and moved up the hill to becoming a staffer.  Those were the days. As you can tell, I miss them dearly.

I think everyone should spend their summers in camp.  It is an amazing experience.

Leanto

A leanto is where we slept in camp.  It is a 3-walled wooden structure.  The front is open. some have decks and screens to keep out the bugs.  I had screening.  Your mattresses are on the left and right side of the leanto. Some people do bunk beds or put someone in the middle.

During my last year of camp, I had a small fridge stocked with Genny Cream Ale in my leanto and Bertha Dore's boombox.  You only got electricity in your leanto if you were on staff. Campers got power during superweek.

Time for more school

Well, the weekend is over. I guess it is time for another week of school.  

Of course, in real life, I go to work. But hey, camp just ended and school is in session.  So we need to learn.

I wonder how I will do in math this time around, Earth Science too. I know, I will rock Social Studies.

I wish I wish sitting in my leanto listening to Depeche Mode, U2 and Erasure.  Oh well, next summer will be here soon enough...

School's in session

So when I was in school, I played volleyball, floor hockey, softball and ran around the 'ole track.

Volleyball was the best, we turned it into  dodgeball game. We beat the hell out of the ball and each other.  We aimed for the opposing team as we volleyed the ball over the net.

Sometimes the gym teachers yelled, but most of the time they were out to lunch so we just volleyed along.  I wish we had the girls on the team that were in the beach volleyball games during the Olympics. Oh well.  

Time for Chemistry. We used to make fires in the lab...

School

Well my friends, camp has come to its sweet end. Next summer will bring more Genny Cream Ale, canoe trips, softball, ultimate frisbee and crazy campfires.

But now, it is time to go to school.  Yuck!  But I guess you gotta board that dreaded S56 bus that runs the Annadale loop to Tottenville High School.  I wonder what crazy math teacher I will get.  Of course, I've been out of the that dump for 20 years, but hey memories are fun. Not that I have many of THS.  If you want to talk I.S. 34 JHS, I can go on for days. So why not, that place rocked.

End of Summer

Well, the Summer ended.  My dad picked me up yesterday.  Superweek was super and well, I'm sad to be home.  I miss drinking Genny Cream Ale, making dogs, burgers, chicken, raiding the new campers and just chillin' on the hill.  Next summer will approach, but hey, its time to be home.  

But we can all plan for next summer.  Send your ideas.

Grillin'

We had more than burgers and dogs. We did lots of chicken, salads, etc.  Of course, we had lots of bug juice or gop: good 'ole piss.  

Camp ruled the world.  For some kids it still does, but sadly the summer is drawing to a close. That means, SuperWeek is pending.  We go to Cooperstown, Action Park (Well we did. Its closed these days), Slob Landers, and lots of other cool places.

More about that soon.

Damn that Cookout

We used to row out to the dam, which was at the end of Rock Lake.  FYI: Rock Lake Rocks.  Anyway, we would have a BBQ @ the Dam and say Damn that cookout.  We would make burgers and dogs.  One day Larry, our leader tripped over  a boat and broke his ankle at the Dam.  Hence the damn that cookout.  But we had a grand 'ole time.  

The Olympics

Softball.  Genny Cream Ale is a great beer.  Of course, I think it sparked the problem, I have with girls named, Jennifer.  They are always beautiful, but crazy.  I guess that's why I drink Sierra Nevada these days...

Almost time for Superweek in camp. We would go to Action Park and someone would get hurt...  I guess that's why the place closed down, too many injuries.  We would go to Cooperstown and have our banquet and a big party.  But, camp was so cool, every week was Superweek.

You can't beat the Hill

Yeah, Chappy was the best place I ever went too.  It wasn't band camp, it was better.   We had spaz olympics-where we made campers run races blindfolded, drink horrible mixes of juice and other disgusting things. We had the regular olympics. I still have my Gold Medal from when I drove in the winning run in the softball game.  Nothing beat just chillin' in the leanto and drinking Genny Cream Ale.

Chappy

Chappy is short for Chappegat.  It means beaver in Lenni Lenape.  Chappy at one time was its own camp within TMR. Eventually, it became part of Kunatah, the Brooklyn Camp.

I miss the days running down Chappy Hill.  I bet everyone else misses running down the hills in their camps....

Chappytraz

Well, Chappytraz just ended. My team captured everyone. The captured are now cleaning pots. You gotta love TMR. It is the best camp. Dinner was nasty. Not that I ate it. Tomorrow, we go to Beech Lake for some go-carting and mini golf. We may hit Avery's before for the trough of ice cream.

Sleep Away Camp....

Of course, it was a sleep away camp. It was in Narrowsburg, N.Y. Not far from Monticello. Near the famous El Monaco's and Candy Cone ice cream shop. I bet the 1983 video games and pinball machines are still in the Candy Cone. Not that they worked when we tossed in our quarters.

Yeah, we played pranks. The best was to tie a kids ankles and wrists to their cot while they were asleep and then put a small cup of water on their chest. It will would spill and they'd have to get up and hike to the latrine. But they were tied to their bed. So you know where they went....

Chappy

Genny Cream Ale is Gennesse, a delicious beer that we drank on the Hill. Ben was the bartender at Baker's. He poured Genny.

Rodney did skits, Rodney the Retard. I'm not sure you'd call it theater. Tonight would be movie night. We'd probably watch Stripes or some other cool movie for the 100th time. We'd also have pizza or McDonald's. The orders were always messed up. But I'd love to do it all over again.

All-Star Game

So, I'm my living getting ready for the Home Run Derby. Years ago, in the good 'ole days the cool campers and the staff would go the Baker's and watch the All-Star Game. Go American League. Ben may he RIP would serve Genny Cream Ale and we'd eat Baker's pizza or sandwiches. Or, maybe both. Well, things have changed. But over the weekend, we cleaned our leantos and went down to Slob Landers for the $4.00 2 burger, fries and Coke special. Then we swam in the Delaware & Ten Mile River and hiked back for the BBQ and campfire. Rodney would do a great skit and Charlie wasn't a good conductor.

Canoes Rock

We used to go on canoe swamps on Rock Lake, we'd all paddle out to the middle and have wars to swamp everyone.  It was so cool.  Our fearless leader, Dave (aka Rodney) swamped Hank. Actually I think he threw him out of the canoe.  Hank went nuts. He was the nutty kid in camp. Every camp had one. All of a sudden Bob the camp director and Paul the waterfront director,  2 nice guys were canoeing along the lake after dinner for recreation and saw our shenanigans. Boy did we get yelled out. I think we were banned from crazy waterfront activities for far too long. But it was worth it.

Lets go canoeing

Ok, some of you asked what happened to Drago after the canoe trip.  He tried to still be tough, but for the most part he failed.  He got laughed at.  Eventually, he just kept to himself and went home.  Those of us on the Hill stayed till the end.  We had Superweek.  No one else did. We went up to Cooperstown to the plaques for the greats, the Iron Horse, the Babe, Mantle, Dimaggio, Yogi and Whitey.

We had several other cool trips.  We did some wargames and other boat swamps.

Canoe Trip II

 Drago, the Bully went down.  He and his boys were in tears because they were dumb to go canoeing without really knowing how to swim.  Drago kept his mouth shut after that day. He was no longer Mr. Tough Guy. Goes to show, you can't beat the hill.

Canoe Trip

So one day I was in camp hiking up to Picture Window and this kid who resembled Drago from Rocky  III tried to push me down.  I nailed him with a rock.  That started an all out camp war between his troop and the the Hill and as the old saying goes, You can't beat the Hill.  We fought all summer long.  Drago (his real name is Mark), tried to be Mr. tough guy. Then came the canoe trip.  His troop v. mine. He came over and swamped my canoe. Two little kids from his troop yelled out ha, ha Chappy got swamped.  Bergy and me picked up their canoe and dumped them into the water.  They cried. Then Drago's canoe got swamped.  He swam over to my canoe. Bergy and I were sitting on the top of it laughing.  He was trying to grab on for life.  As he swam and grabbed the canoe I was ready to strike his head with a paddle.  He screamed out, please I can't swim and was pretty close to tears.  Of course we knocked him off our canoe and lamely he doggy paddled back to his canoe.  That ended the war. Mr. Tough guy was now the joke of the canoe trip.

Ray Davies

Last night, I saw Ray Davies.  I always liked the Kinks.  Anyway, Ray's show brought back memories of listening to the Kinks in camp.

Moving on to other things, for some reason Dutch oven building contests just popped into my head.  We would work all week on building our oven and then have a bake off over the weekend to see who could bake the best cake.

Some of the ovens fell apart when the campers lit the fires, while some baked delicious cakes.

Anyway, we had other cooking events in camp too.  Later-MS

Campfire at least I wish I was at one

The campfire is just ending.  It was so much fun.  Of course, the BBQ before it was awesome.  I stood in the front of the grills and made lots of food.  We had a great time in the Chappy Dining Hall.  Anyway, we had all the usual skits-Charlie the Conductor, Rodney and we sang some fun songs.  We even sang the Smokey the Bear song. 

If any of you really went to camp, please comment.

Time to get up

Well around this time I'd be in the palace waiting to scream Troop 721 time to wake up. Fall in 30 minutes. We would all rush out of bed and off to the latrine to brush our teeth, shower and get ready for a disgusting camp breakfast.  After breakfast we'd clean the site and go to our merit badge classes.  Those who didn't earn badges were on the s**t list and had to clean pots after the Saturday evening BBQ.  It almost time to go to camp. Of course, I'm not going.  But we can dream.

Genny Cream Ale

I learned to drink in camp.  We used to drink  Genesse Cream Ale.  Great beer. We called it Genny.  Years later, I dated or was in love with several girls named Jen.  All of them are nuts.  I think my affinity for Jens must have came from drinking Genny.  Anyway, Jens are my kryptonite.   But there was nothing better than sitting on the hill in camp and drinking it.  

Rain in Camp

It is raining. When it rained in camp the Hill flooded. I loved it. We would run up and down and get drenched. Sometimes we did fun barbecues in the downpours. I would cut veggies under the tarp and have them spell out Chappy or 721.

Canoeing in the rain rocked too.

Good Morning

Gracious Giver of all good,Thee we thank for rest and food.Grant that all we do or say,In Thy service be this day.Amen

Time to eat the slop in the Kunatah Dining Hall. Then it is Happy Hour time. Yup, who didn't love cleaning the latrine? Perhaps cleaning around the terrarium was more fun. Anyway, get that latrine sparkling and then off to merit badge classes. Later on we have Chappytraz

The Delaware River

Nothing beat a Delaware Canoe trip when Rodney was at the helm. We would start swamping canoes the second we got onto the river. Of course, Rodney would collect the dead fish that were floating around the Delaware and throw them at out as you paddled by his canoe. Dead fish fights became a standard of our canoe trips.

Getting Nuked

Getting Nuked is having to stay late after a meal to clean the dining hall. Usually you were nuked for acting like a pig during the meal. Keep this blog clean. it is about having fun in camp and growing up.

What could be better at Camp?

Well the food. You see, the food in the Kunatah Dining Hall was nasty. But I got to nuke people. Poor old Bubba got nuked more than anyone.

I once had to clean all the pots after the camp blowout party in the Chappy Dining Hall. Summer of 85. How cool it was.

Then there was Chappytraz and running down the hill when it poured. Camp rules. Go Fireball, Manage!!

CH

Well, someone once said to me your parents didn't love you that's why they sent you to summer camp. He couldn't have been more wrong. In fact, my parents love me more than anything and yes, they sent me to summer camp. Those years were the best years of my life. Where else could you grow and develop? The years I spent in Chappy, a site in Camp Kunatah of the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Camp, Narrowsburg, N.Y. shaped my life. I mean where else could you live and learn from characters like Rodney Moronic, Uncle Funky, Dr. Greyhead, the Beach, Bergy, Alan, Bubba, Cousin Keety, TJ the DJ, and so many more?

You could walk by Gene's Castle, watch movies in the Palace and dine on El Monaco's finest.

You can't beat the hill!

But camp is more than the crazy characters. Or is it? You can have dead fish fights along the Delaware River, clean a latrine, BBQ, play Ultimate and hike to Slob Landers. What could be better?