Camp Resolutions (v1.135)

Become an awesome outgoing energetic person, / larger then life/a hero! That's the best I can describe it I think, it involves doing so many things! Maybe, becoming the person I want to be, fits it ok.
Rather then slowly climb out of my shell as it were, I want to give my damn shell a bloody beat down from the very first day, as apposed to waiting like I did last time. ^_
Sleep under the stars with awesome people again.
Dance~ yakri~

This year at camp.... Reply

Ok, no flinging. What I really want is to be close to someone, kiss and cuddle and feel good. And I definitely know for certain that that will happen.
Night swim again. It may be freezing as hell, but it's beautiful
Talk to the people I want to know, instead of admiring them from afar
Cuddle
Snuggle
Cuddle some more
Write in my journal
Dance all night at prom
Just be Epic

—Lani, who will come up with more soon I'm sure Reply

This year I will try my darnedest to: Reply

Go to all the workshops that interest me
Sleep in a pile in the field at least once, as I've never done it
Climb me some trees
Do something totally badass (I have it planned, but you get no hints)
Take a hella ton of pictures
Go swimming, even if I have to have someone throw me in to make me
Play group games with everyone the first night
Write for at least a few minutes every day
Not get sick, ever, at all (I can dooo it!)
Bring my guitar! I missed it dearly in '08
Make it the best last year I can possibly have

There is, of course, a lot more that I want to do while I'm there, but those are the big ones. Reply

Not be homesick
Talk to everyone
Make friends I will write to and keep in touch with
Kiss someone (a first)
Cuddle and hold hands with at least one person

Make numerous and copious amounts of people laugh, smile and feel great about themselves.
Kiss. Not necessarily a fling, but I want to kiss someone that I am extremely interested in.. good luck with that, eh?
Take a lot of different and beautiful photos/videos. Promptly post them for everyone to enjoy.
Lead a pilates workshop.
Make an impact. Be remembered.
Have the courage and gumption to show utter strangers my most private poetry.
Cuddling. Lots of cuddling.
Get everyone to write on my clothes. Whatever you like, grab a pen and put it on.
Give the best, 10-movie scene worthy hugs on this planet.

Stay healthy all week.
Take lots of really pretty photos.
Swim in the lake.
Never sleep in my cabin.
Have a fantastic outfit for prom.
Have a fling that doesn't end badly.

Sleep outside, at least once
one word: FLING
get to go to the Gender Blender
dye hair
Dance for talent show this time
take LOTS of pictures
spread around ITYFG cards
CampHugs

—Lani Reply

Get more sleep
Connect with people I normally wouldn't (the quiet/shy types, the older intimidating people, staff, etc.)
Accept more responsibility (since it is my fourth year)
Stay in the moment (which obviously by making a list of things I want for the future I'm not really doing... oh well!) ~JuliaL

yes, have a fling!!!!
oh well I don't need make any more resolutions becuse every thing else I always get around to doing. ~~WinstonWLumpkinsIV

Give and receive LOTS of CampHugs.
Connect with more people.
Go to workshops.
Stay in the cabin as little as possible. That includes sleeping.
Talk to more people, especially staff.
Have a fling maybe?
Have SO MUCH FUN OMG ~BlueberryEmily

Attend workshops. Learn.
Connect with more people than last year. Not get caught up with a certain group of people.
Swim in the creek.
Go hiking.
Keep a journal.
Make the most of every moment.
Talk to Grace + the staff more.

—Molly Reply

Talk to lots and lots of campers and be super approachable.
Find time to do all the things I want to do: dancing, lying in the field, journaling, fooseball, long serious conversations, swimming.
Make my project really really awesome, or at least easily changeable so that anything that doesn't work is ditched.
Be incredibly enthusiastic. I'm not worried about this one.
Fall in love (in a totally platonic way!) at least once.

—Marina Reply

-Go to more workshops this year than I did last year (this should be easy, last year I don't think I went to a single one) Reply

-Learn everyone's names in every session Reply

-Connect with more people instead of hanging out with only the same people day after day Reply

-...but also make sure to spend time with my old friends Reply

-Go swimming in the creek at Camp Myrtlewood Reply

-Sleep outside on the first night with Zephyr for tradition's sake, no matter how cold it is Reply

-Attend every bonding night activity Reply

-Hike both trails at Camp Myrtlewood Reply

-Get to bed at a reasonable time Reply

-Don't be afraid of the staff members even if they do seem too awesome for me to speak to Reply

-Generally have an AMAZING time Reply

-Oh, and try my best to stay out of drama (this one I know will probably not work :p) Reply

—Cassia Reply

You + Me = Hardcore creek swimming! This will happen! —Molly

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Reading these things make me want to hug everyone on here! All I'm saying is, I can't wait, and I want to know you all so bad... Is that weird? —Hannah

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Oh, I just rediscovered this page, and I did surprisingly well on my resolutions. Yes, close/kinda close/oh dear (sessions 1, 2, and 3 respectively), yes, yes, yes (woo mudmonsters!), yes (AND IT RAINED, UGH), yes, no, kind of, kind of, yes!!!, and HAHAHA no. All in all, not bad. Not bad at all. —Cassia

Meet tons of new amazing people
Have FUN
Be myself the entire time, no matter how many icky depression feelings I get
Not get icky depression feelings
be more aware of the way I see things
sleep under the stars at least once
dance with people with no inhibitions
experience all that NBTSC has to offer
did I mention Have FUN??? —Hannah

-not have a fling that ends in heartbreak for me and my bestfriend -have FUN nice flings -chug lots of killer tea -never sleep in a cabin -sleep outside once -have fun at prom -go to more workshops -make more friends -did i mention have flings with lots and lots of hot boys? Reply

~Renna~ Reply

I will have even more fun and get to know everyone well or at least not have, at the end of the week, a handful that I don't know~Sierra Reply

What if you arn't going? InsteadOfCamp —Ruth Reply

2005

Betsy/Moon's list of listy doom: Reply

Try to learn everyone's names, even if there's forty billion people like last year
Do something in the talent show
If at all possible, not get obsessed with any hopeless crushes (or hopeful ones for that matter) to the point of not having any obsessive energy left for anything else
Actually have fun at prom
Teach a workshop already
Go swimmin', yo
Have more actual conversations with people
Embarass myself occasionally
Not worry so much about getting the absolute most out of every second of camp and just enjoy myself

Lanora's ever growing list of what not, and to, do next year... Reply

Never hand out her vitamin C - I actually had some left for me! Though I gave out a little to sick people...
Pack so, so much less - ONE BAG! Yesyesyes.
Have a better time at prom - Also completed, though I'm not much of a dancer.
Do more chores - Some of my favorite memories were made at dishline.
Think about opening up to a relationship with another camper (or just opening up to a relationship) - Um... I did, and it failed, so... No, I guess. But I did try.
Hug everything that moves, and most things that don't (excluding poison oak) - Yes!
Fix her damned camera - I've not taken a single picture at camp, bwaha.
Meet more campers - Lots and lots of 'em!
Beat Ceci - Sadly, she wasn't there this year...
If there isn't any people piles going on, Lanora swears to make one - Okay, I failed.
Have a better workshop, a much, much better workshop - Yes! In that I had none at all.
Make and bring a pair of flip flop sneakers, the athiest of shoes! - No, but maybe next year?
Have long, special hugs, especially with Ethan - I had lots of really awesome hugs, but Ethan (the wild and crazy one... er... the blonde one) wasn't there either!
Figure out if she's going to have a tradition of only sleeping in her cabin - Yes, and yes, I am.

Most of them I got done/decided, so overall I think I was successful in most of the stuff. Joy joy. Lan Reply

Truffs splendifferous camp resolutions— -revised Reply

1. While laughing very hard, reveal a secret or two to a special someone at 3rd session. - still to come Reply

2. Vivaciously flirt with mel, and possibly other people who want to get in on the action. check Reply

3. Not have a flng with anybody. (even I'm laughing at this one...)- ummmm lets not go there, or anywhere near there Reply

4. Sleep only when unble to move, and sleep wherever I happen to be that looks comfortable, maybe on Breetel. - yeah, I pretty much did this one, except for the fact that breetel wasn't there!!! *weeps* Reply

5. Go swimming without screaming like a female. yes! *does little happy dance* Reply

6. Sleep outside yeah, sure, a few times Reply

7. While in eugene between camps It is my all time highest goal, to not get arrested or apprehended by police officers for truancy or anything else I didn't do.- that's right! no police officers even talked to me!! wooo hoo! Reply

8. Laugh with eira just by looking at her beautifulness and about nothing whatsoever. I did, I don't know if she noticed though... Reply

9. Stop adding numbers to this list. I blew it Reply

10. Aaaand be one of the few people to put this thing as a signature Reply

—¶ì Reply

You make me smile. I love you.

-well, even though I'm not sure who you are I love you too. I'm sure of it.
    -♣

JESS's resolutions: Reply

No sleeping outside.
No sleeping outside.
No sleeping outside.

Go to workshops.
Get a lot of sleep.
No sleeping on the floor in dogwood.

Can you guys tell I'm sleep deprived at the moment? yes. yes I am. —Jess Reply

Ceci's resolutions

I will take my medicine everyday. (Help! I really need people to remind me and get on my case about this... Jeremy woke me up at 2 am after I had gone to sleep to make me do my medicine, If theres 2 or 3 people willing to help me with this... that would be wonderful)
I will Not sleep outside

I will stay with my diehard never-sleeping-in-a-cabin way.
I will say hello to every person at camp, but not try to have a deep relationship with everyone.

I will be 100% myself.
I will not be afraid to cry infront of others.

I will not get sick.
I will take time to decompress everyday.

and probably some others i can't think of right now... —CeCi Reply

I'm one person, now we need # two. -sam
I'd be happy to be #2 if you like...—Franny

Thank you! Reply

What thomas whants to do this year at camp. Reply

I want to dance with more people/ teach themhow.
i want to teach guys how NOT to be intimidated by beautiful wemon (the magority of camp)
I want to dance my heart out with alyson in a pa de duex
i want to have Um,...........flings that dont end up bad i want to be friends still!!!!
I want to talk to all my crushes i still have.
I want to continue my tradition of NEVER sleeping in a cabin and i want company.
i want to stretch with some one every day.
I want to draw with newt and on my own.
I Realy whant to kiss several people......specific people.
I want to talk to people about aviation. and how it effects us all.
I want to cross dress for prom and go ALL THE WAY!
want to be rattling off smooth lines all the time!

—Thomas Aka Thumb. Reply

Ooohh teach me how to dance Thomas! And that'd be fantastic if you drew with me! Yippee! —Newt

Try to open up more - won't let shyness get in my way
Hug lots of people

mmm, thats it for now! -Catie

Newt resolves to: Reply

Honestly take time to meditate
Instead of feeling jealous of someone doing something, go make it happen for myself
Not restrict myself when it comes to romantic relationships/flings
Sing in the talent show
Make a conscious effort to interact with more people anonymously
To not judge anyone and to listen more
To have a conversation with Grace or Taber, or both
To not bring stuff I don't need
To not break out in hives
To erupt spontaneously with glouriously overwhelming joy
To make a point to feel connected

Sigh....wish me luck!

Find something to try that scares me
go on the beach trip for once!
make people smile
meet everyone
relax
dance as much as possible, and learn more about bellydance, swing and hip hop.
encourage my brother to play his bass at the talent show
try not to get on his nerves while encouraging him.

—AlexG Reply

Have the best damn prom ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not get crushed out on some guy to the point of it ruining the camp exsperiance. Try and go to bed by midnight and sleep in my bunk every night. Talk to more differant people at camp. Have a crazy game of tag. Not be so shy when i'm in the talent show. Have a crazy jackass/crazy animal/just plan going wild game of tag. Do ten push-ups every morning. Kiss someone under the stars, but not if it's fucking 32degrees! Or maybe if we were standing very close together our combined body heat would... lol! Rachel wahlert Reply

Wait...you want to not get crushed out on someone, and yet kiss someone under the stars. I don't follow:)
I've done it! Flings! And friends! Kissing doesn't always have to be with someone you're head over heels for, kissing is an expression of love on many different levels. -someone
Wait Rach. Regular pushups, or tongue push ups? *smirk* —Franny

I, Eira, in whatever capacity and session I attend Not Back to School Camp in the year Two-Thousand And Four, resolve to: Reply

Give more massages
T-Rexify more of you
Convert more (east and west) Coasters to the wonderous love and adoration of the Midwest
Get over my fear of Dogwood
Have a wild soap opera that will raise eyebrows from now until 2042. Hopefully it will involve banana slugs, midnight lovin' by the tires, and throaty Cat Stevens songs yelled in the throes of passion. (If Grace/Maya reads this, will they bar me from coming to camp next year?)
Clean a toilet, since I actually haven't for real for the last three years I've been to camp
Turn nbtsc into a cult of Big Booty players -eira (who knows this list is very similar to her 2003 list)

Hey Eira, today I quoted what you wrote on the MidWest page about how cool Midwesterners are. My best friend, who's sixth-generation Californian, was yapping once again about how great the ocean is and how great Mendocino is and how great California is. Although I agree with her that the ocean kicks serious ass, I disagree with her that Californians get shinier thrones in Heaven simply by virtue of their geographical location. I felt it important to gently correct her on these details, so I fished up some quotes from my Midwestern aquaintances. And I liked what you'd said. So I quoted you. You put things nicely. Oh, and hey, go clean a toilet! I did one this year...it's not that bad, woman! —Elizabeth

have the best damn time ever... and go to both sessions.~FrogBoy~ Reply

In 2004 Zaria wants to Be Jr. Staff Reply

Alex L's 2004 camp resolutions: Reply

Not break the rules

Some person or computer has made me very mad by deleting my post...argg! Here they are again! Reply

Bring less luggage
Not be at all cautious about bringing strange clothes (it was my first year...I didn't know what and who to expect...)
Learn to enjoy dishline
Bring better music for the prom and dance with my crush
Lead a workshop
Be less afraid to be turned down
Spend more time doing things like walking in the creek with Alex and Rachel and less time sitting in the lodge doing nothing
Draw and sketch more
Make more things happen (like me and Tilke never got to play harmonicas together at camp *sniffle*)
Try to influence my life-after-camp more with lessons learned at camp
Go to both sessions
Be someone people can come to for comfort
Talk to more people
Not be intimidated by any one
Only have flings (or fling-like-things...according to Mel it wasn't a fling because I didn't make out with him) that I won't mourn over after camp (is this impossible?)

And I am -SO -not breaking out in hives next year...argg.. . Reply

That went on and on! Reply

~NEWT Reply

according to Mel it wasn't a fling because I didn't make out with him hahahah. —Franny Reply

Maia's 2004 Camp Resolutions: I will... Reply

sleep under the stars
get more massages
take at least two rolls of fiilm
not get sick
be outgoing - talk to a lot of people
connect with staffers, cuz they're just as cool as campers
do a modern dance for the talent show
go to both sessions
go hiking often, and stretch
bring apples-to-apples
have every single person sign my directory
stay up later (i usually go to bed really really early)
go swimming

2004 resolutions Reply

i won't hold back so much, this is camp for garsh sakes.
won't get so caught up with wanting to have a fling, if it happens it happens.
I'll try to meet as many people as possible instead of only talking to a few. -Sam

I'm going to dress up every day
tell people when I like something about them
be less clingy
let myself cry when I need to
talk it out when I'm upset
attend more workshops
let people help me
help other people —Laura

I'll do something as crazy as crossdressing and EMCing for the talent show next year. -Guess who. Alex L. Duh. Reply

Not a resolution, as I'm not attending camp this year anyway (grew up/old), but one thing I've learned about camp is every single session is unique. If you go expecting it to be just like last year you will end up disappointed. If you go planning to take whatever comes along and just enjoy it for what it is instead of thinking about how it's different, you'll have a much better time. ~/Qete/~ Reply

I WILL NOT GET SICK.
I will eat everyday.
I will hug more people.
I will do my medicine everyday. -Ceci

if i do happen to go to camp, here they are. Reply

I wont get sick
I wont have a bunch of drama
I'll get to know new people
I Wont sleep outside again (no matter how much you say i should)
I'll be on time to do all my choirs and not miss any

-Carolyn Reply

So following in Lanoras style... Reply

I'm going to not be shy. (You might not think of me that way but I usually don't just bounce up and talk to new people. Of even worse the old people. The ones I really admire. Now I will.) Did it! I talked to people, started conversations, told some people some stuff I really needed too and so on! yeah!
I'll try my darndest to stay healthy. Didn't get sick even though I was up until 3AM every night!
I'm going to be more aprochable. I guess this worked cause I had a few people come up to me and ask to talk and such
I'm going to have lots of fun with the new experiments we're trying this year. (this actully applys to las tyear and I wasn't there so...)
I'm going to think up a really cool work shop and maybe a couple smaller ones too. Yeah. Lighting things on fire is always good.
I'm going to think up some sort of randomness that will brighten peoples day or make them think about something. How about blow up paper balloons with notes inside in your mailbox clothespin thingy?

—Ruth Reply

...The shyness thing you mentioned is interesting. 'Specially since I thought Ruth-of-NBTSC was an extremely outgoing person! Do you consider yourself a shy person in normal life? Or a bouncey loud one? I have no idea how I came off at camp, approchable/shy/outgoingwise, but in general I AM very quiet/interior, but at camp I was working 200% to participate in everything, approach people I thought were interesting, and show people who I really was within that one short week. (It being my first and long-overdue Camp experience.) I was also surprised to hear from a couple other people who I thought were incredibally extraverted that in their regular lives they really really crigne to be outgoing, approach strangers, talk to new people, etc. It's just interesting, that shyness/outgoing thing. And camp, too, and what it can do to make people feel more comfortable being vulnerable in trying something new! Or encouraging them to try being different...or whatever. Anyhoo....

-Rachel H. Reply

Hmm. Well. I am very outgoing and bounce up to people and I'm not to bad at talking to new people. But try to get me to talk to a few people I really admire and the wiring from brain to tougne just disapears. Scares the S*** right out of me. I'm going to change that.

—Ruth Reply

i will sleep outside every night
i will stay up later (i go to bed pathetically early, guys)
i will walk up to strangers and start talking
i will be spontaneous
i will work hard and have fun meanwhile
i will make laura keep her resolutions :) summerstar

I will promote the idea of community. I will hang out with staffers. I will hang out in different age groups. I will make at least one new good friend. —Marina Reply

I want to bring my violin this time and maybe even perform at one of the Talent Shows.
Find a way to take better pictures! (Like bring a camera that I know how to run, and that has a flash. Ha ha. :)
...I resolve to try to act more like the person I really am to Grace and Maya. :) -RH

I want to continue being a person people can feel safe talking to if they need to unload some baggage. -eira

I, Ms. MelBo reslove to Reply

have NO FLINGS!
get enough sleep each night
not get sick
not get involved in drama
talk to every single person at least once

Franny wants to: Reply

sleep outside at least once
perform in the talent show
go through with leading a workshop
not be intimidated by (as many) people
go on more hikes and wash more dishes

year 3 of campness and Heather wants to: Reply

laugh. hard. with you.
be okay. with not knowing everyone. and not being superwoman.
love you. with everything i have. and then some.
cry and love it.
try not to get sick and if i do. be okay with it.
know better then to add sleep to this list.
write more poetry and take time for myself
collect some water from the stream
ask for help when i need it
be there for you when your cup overflows.
be honest. complement the people who need it.
do something that scares the hell out of me.
say i'm going back home to start grade 11 with pride
grow. grow alone. grow along side you. grow with everyone.
be strong. talk more. listen just as much.

Someone deleted my resolutions. Not cool, not cool. So I'm reposting them. Reply

I want to: Reply

finally go to one of Grace's bellydancing workshops
stick to what I said up above about being someone people can talk to
get pulled into more people piles
make up a wildly dramatic soap opera so everyone gossips about me and then I tell everyone it was fake (kidding, kidding)
dance more
give and get more massages
make everyone wish they were coming back to Cincinnati with me when camp is over -eira

Camp Resolutions (v1.135)

2005

2004

Ceci's resolutions

2003