working in a kitchen. it's this camp where families come up and stay for a while. the parents mostly relax by the river or in their cabins, the young kids are kept busy by the recreation staff and the older kids hang out on the basketball court or in the swimming hole. the kitchen staff make everyone's food, and it's not "camp food"--there's serious, actual cooking going on, not just reheating. it's a ton of fun. i'll be a supervisor this year, too. gonna be nuts.
the main draw for me (and everyone else who works there) is that every year the staff is an unbelievably tight group of people, and you just get to live, work, hang out and party with each other for 10 weeks in one of the most beautiful spots i know. i'm pretty sure everyone who's ever worked there says it's their favorite place on earth. i don't really know how to explain it, it feels like magic.
I've been to those kind of places! In the R&R sense rather than working there. They're pretty cool when the families/groups that attend aren't assholes.
last time i did it, it was in this place called fort flagler
did mushrooms and smoked weed for about 14 straight hours as i explored what appeared to be ww2 era beach defenses and what eerily seemed like some of the beach front areas of half life 2
wandered around for what felt like hours. cooked them hot dogs
working in a kitchen. it's this camp where families come up and stay for a while. the parents mostly relax by the river or in their cabins, the young kids are kept busy by the recreation staff and the older kids hang out on the basketball court or in the swimming hole. the kitchen staff make everyone's food, and it's not "camp food"--there's serious, actual cooking going on, not just reheating. it's a ton of fun. i'll be a supervisor this year, too. gonna be nuts.
the main draw for me (and everyone else who works there) is that every year the staff is an unbelievably tight group of people, and you just get to live, work, hang out and party with each other for 10 weeks in one of the most beautiful spots i know. i'm pretty sure everyone who's ever worked there says it's their favorite place on earth. i don't really know how to explain it, it feels like magic.
that sounds like good times. i'm envious.
i have no rant to contribute, until later tonight. when i'm still here.
at work.
because i'm not getting any work done currently. because i'm waiting for a workstation replacement.
being in the fucking woods with nothing to do for weeks. how can one not go insane?
nothing to do except work your ass off 6 days a week in the funnest, most rewarding job i can imagine in a beautiful spot in the yosemite area. challenging, physically exhausting. loud music at all times.
and every night, go party with your coworkers, who are, no lie, an almost unbelievably friendly, smart, hilarious and attractive group of people. on your off day, go do lsd at a spot by a creek in the woods essentially no one but the staff has seen in decades!
I'D HORDE ALL THE FOOD AND HAVE A BIG GUN WITH ME AT ALL TIMES
I'D HAVE ALL THE FUCKING FOOD AND I'D MAKE YOU DO TERRIBLE, GOD AWFUL FUCKED UP THINGS BECAUSE SOMEWHERE AT THE BACK YOUR MIND YOU ALWAYS HAD THAT ITCHING TO HAVE THE ZOMBIE SCENARIO CONVERSATION, AND NEVER ONCE DID YOU THINK ABOUT FOOD GATHERING OUTSIDE OF CANNED GOODS, WHICH EVENTUALLY RUN OUT
YOU'D GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU'D BE SO MALNOURISHED YOU CONSIDER EATING YOUR DEAD COMPATRIOTS IN LIEU OF A SLOW DEATH DUE TO STARVATION
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY DEAD BODIES I'D MAKE YOU FUCK AS I WATCH. FOR A GODDAMNED CAN OF CREAM CORN. FUCKING NOBODY LIKES CREAM CORN
the drugs in the woods thing does get me thinking though. if you huntin, please don't do them drugs. consider the safety of other cats
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you're Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing?
I've been to those kind of places! In the R&R sense rather than working there. They're pretty cool when the families/groups that attend aren't assholes.
but why
as if i needed more confirmation that this was the best place on earth
Yeah, that's the most likely scenario.
That's not true, he'd also make exaggerated posts about what he'd do if ever in that situation
being in the fucking woods with nothing to do for weeks. how can one not go insane?
I don't think he was dropped from a helicopter with nothing but a penknife to use to survive.
last time i did it, it was in this place called fort flagler
did mushrooms and smoked weed for about 14 straight hours as i explored what appeared to be ww2 era beach defenses and what eerily seemed like some of the beach front areas of half life 2
wandered around for what felt like hours. cooked them hot dogs
that sounds like good times. i'm envious.
i have no rant to contribute, until later tonight. when i'm still here.
at work.
because i'm not getting any work done currently. because i'm waiting for a workstation replacement.
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I can totally see where McCandless was coming from.
But not quite as extreme
they might as well have. no internet, no cable, no shops, no clubs ... just landscape ...
nothing but fog and eerie green slime on the buildings on the way up
nothing to do except work your ass off 6 days a week in the funnest, most rewarding job i can imagine in a beautiful spot in the yosemite area. challenging, physically exhausting. loud music at all times.
and every night, go party with your coworkers, who are, no lie, an almost unbelievably friendly, smart, hilarious and attractive group of people. on your off day, go do lsd at a spot by a creek in the woods essentially no one but the staff has seen in decades!
I'm in. still need that blowjob, though
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cooking? in the woods? ya.
but seriously, no wonder you need to take drugs in order to endure having to cope with trees instead of electronics.
Not while under the influence of LSD I hope
That way madness lies
God, if the zombie apocalypse comes you are not in my group.
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We still need Hunter for his archery skills
It was that very discussion I was thinking of!
madness holds no fear for me
balls-out crazy in the woods is the only way i want to be in the woods
i'm basically incredibly lucky to have this place. it's the most important thing in the world to me.
Balls-out in the most literal sense huh
in case of zombie apocalypse you wouldn't want me on your team, because I'd kill you the second you turn your back in order to take your stuff.
I'D HORDE ALL THE FOOD AND HAVE A BIG GUN WITH ME AT ALL TIMES
I'D HAVE ALL THE FUCKING FOOD AND I'D MAKE YOU DO TERRIBLE, GOD AWFUL FUCKED UP THINGS BECAUSE SOMEWHERE AT THE BACK YOUR MIND YOU ALWAYS HAD THAT ITCHING TO HAVE THE ZOMBIE SCENARIO CONVERSATION, AND NEVER ONCE DID YOU THINK ABOUT FOOD GATHERING OUTSIDE OF CANNED GOODS, WHICH EVENTUALLY RUN OUT
YOU'D GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU'D BE SO MALNOURISHED YOU CONSIDER EATING YOUR DEAD COMPATRIOTS IN LIEU OF A SLOW DEATH DUE TO STARVATION
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY DEAD BODIES I'D MAKE YOU FUCK AS I WATCH. FOR A GODDAMNED CAN OF CREAM CORN. FUCKING NOBODY LIKES CREAM CORN
the drugs in the woods thing does get me thinking though. if you huntin, please don't do them drugs. consider the safety of other cats