I pretty much gave up on writing these things after labor day last year, I just got burned out with them. Well I just got back from another week of workcamp and I have discovered a new purpose for them. I think I will write down as much as i can remember so it isn't forgotten. That is pretty much where i get my material for jokes at anyways, just rehash till you run it into the ground.

Instead of dictating what happened day by day i'm just going to put it into bullet format and hit the highlights. If you weren't there you probably won't get much of it.

Funny Moments and Things I Learned

- Kipp knocking over the giant stack of bins at the airport security checkpoint.

- Kipp introducing us to the director and saying "yeah we're easy to get along with cause basically we just don't care"

- Learning what the difference between a swamp and a full on Bayou is and how Baby Powder is the key.

- Most people have a case of the Mondays

- Don't be disrespectful, but if you are try to cover it with a fake cough

- You just gotta keep on livin man -- L-i-v-i-n

- When someone tells you to leave that goes for "cs's" and "r's"

- Daaaaaangggg girl ....and don't forget to whistle everytime she walks by

- When you try to shut someone up in a box van the appropriate comment for the shuttee is "Ahhh, i'm an illegal immigrant"

- Kipp do you think "she'll" be waiting for you at the airport?

- Pretty much all the girls in New Orleans are good looking

- The mall in New Orleans closes at 6 on a Sat night....wtf

- The word Beth and "B" sound quite the same

- There is more than one way to pronounce "Lagniappe"

- Usually when putting in screws you put the drill in forward

- Always check your blindspots

- Staff meetings can be fun, it's all in what you make of it, and on the same note so can serving other people food..."may i help you with your meat?"

- Mike is easily defeated in chess

- That cast really stinks

-Yep, that sounds like a New York accent to me

- Everyone likes to get care cards, especially ones with Sling Blade quotes on them

- Before you b about your air conditioning not working, make sure you have it turned on to cool

- Now if I buy a copy of the picture cd, does that include a copy of Emily's picture album?

- Sometimes a few moments can seem like an hour, especially if you are in front of 300 people in an awkward situation.

- I do wish you'd lay off for the night

- Kara Mendenhall has to be the luckiest girl on the planet

-What the heck were we thinking sleeping on the floor at the airport??


It was an awesome trip. There were alot of things that made this workcamp so very different from any other one i have ever been on. The interns that we got to work with were great. The youth we worked with were on a whole some of the best i have been around as far as not complaining. The facilities weren't huge and everything was so tight, but i never heard one complaint from them. As usual, if I heard a complaint, it was from an adult. The residents were unbelievable and their stories were incredible. Everyone was so willing to share their experience of such a great disaster. A disaster, which I couldn't comprehend even after I saw it nearly 2 years later.

Everytime I go on a workcamp I have an awesome time, and everytime they keep getting better.

I love to go and see new places but i'm always glad to get back to NC, even if you think it's Greensboring