Well as it states, camp is OVER! This last week was the last week and what a week it was. As I mentioned in my last entry it was really odd having so few kids, and it was. It was actually at times harder having less kids. I think it was because most of us were slacking and such which is what ultimately made it harder. Anyway, the big trick this week was that family showcase was on thursday which meant that we actually had one day less to work on stuff. For video this made things really tricky. And my class this week was not my ideal class. I had the middle aged kids. And in a class of 6 kids, I have one white guy.

Yep. Now granted that didn't mean the rest were problematic. To be "PC" I had a class of 5 African-American girls (all ages 12-13) and one white guy. Oh dear. I predicted this when I saw my class list just off the names, and so it was. The class as a whole had a deal of odd quirks, my one guy was rather quiet and in some ways just as he was the odd one out. As for the girls well having a class of that many girls of that age (irregardless or race) was going to be a challenge. Overall they were rather a fun group. During filming they were the best as many of them actually were rather
into performing. But when it came to the class part,
that's where things got sticky and I started loosing patience with many of them. It was rather annoying when I'd tell them to do something and then come back and nothing had been done, and I'd ask why and the reply would be "I don't know how." when I had specificallly told them how earlier in the day/week. I mean in all fairness I always get fustrated with kids who do that. However the whole time half of my class just wasn't trying, at least that what I saw. I'm showing them one-on-one how to do it, and then they're like "I don't know how." But I had the other half of them who put in their effort.
Stephen (my one guy) was a godsend during crunch time. We were short on burners and I had to go get the other one from the other house, but was still burning discs for them at the time, so he took over the changing discs and testing them for me.
But yeah was sorta a flat week. BUT! Wednesday night was awesome. So I was off on monday and wed night so we had this plan to go to one guy's house (he's a commuter, doesn't stay overnight) and cook/bake. So we went to safeway and did some shopping and then went to his house. His house is in the Palo Alto hills, shit. 5 Mil easy. Anyway so we cooked stuff and such. A few of the others made pasta and redsauce. I decided to do the Hawaiian pineapple chicken. Always been a hit with my friends, and was definately a hit this evening, grilled it and everything this time. There was also butter cookies and also crepes for dessert. Mmmmmmm yummy evening. After that we all relaxed in his hot tub. Yep, that was awesome. And a jump into the pool in between was a nice refresher. Going from a 90+ degree spa to a cool 78 degree pool is a bit of a shock. I also was reminded of how shitty my swimming has gotten. I need to get myself back up to speed. Anyway that was an awesome evening.

So back to camp. Yeah Friday was the final day, packing everything up. It was really starteling going back into the houses after RentSys had packed up stuff. Wow empty. Anyway so after all the kids were gone we finished with cleaning everything out and also lent a hand packing up the computers. Wowie. After that we took a quick break to clean up as it was a company party at Buca di Beppo. That was fun, all 28 or so of us there. We had Shane as our waiter, who I knew from the last time we were there. He's hella cool. So yeah we were being our usual crazy selfs, doing acknowledgments and whatnot. Even sung a bit of "We Are the Champions." But that was fun.
After that, it was time to PARTY! After all, we have three houses and no kids or computers. So after a stop at the liquor store we gathered at one of the houses and Ba BAM it was party time. I finally purchased and got a taste of Bombay Saphire Gin, and also did the gin and tonic thing. Wow, I see why this is such a staple. Anyway the down side of the evening was that we had a miror ball, and long story short some of the mirors fell off and I put my hand on one. So I've got a nice slice on my hand. Fortunately it's healing well. Didn't sleep so well, just crashed on one of the beds in Slav, and yeah. Aparently there was something that happened during the night involving a bottle and someones head, and I have no idea. But the Sheriff was there in the morning. But it was a bitersweet departure. Yes we were done with everything and that was nice but it was sad to have to leave this fantastic group of people that I had spent my summer with. Ah well, shal keep in touch.

So that was that. Got home and started sorting out my things. And that's where we're at now. I've basicaly been sleeping alot and just chilling. Fortunately I've worked out the kinks mostly with my fall schedule. I AM going for the High End Systems training on the Hog 3 lighting board. I've worked out my major pinch in my schedule, I've got a spot secured in the over-enroled intro dance class. Thank goodness for good connections. So time to treasure the last two weeks before I have to go into moving mode again, and 3.5 weeks or so before class actually starts. Righto, time to do the dinner thing.
Oh and stay tuned on this site and on neilmg.org for updates. Mabey some new mixes here, and a new design there. Later.