Rainy day fun...

So when it rains on the mainland, people might leave a bit early to get to work. They might wear a raincoat and tote an umbrella around. But life pretty much goes on per usual.
So what happens when it rains, or rather, storms, on an island - specifically Catalina. First off, schools cancel their trips and the poor mid-20's men and woman who work here are left with no hours to work, therefore creating more debt. With no rent to pay, and no food to buy, how, one might ask, do these innocent souls get even poorer?
Well, when it rains, our 2 mile dirt driveway from hell washes out and closes down. Access #1 out of camp - gone. Access #2 - a boat. However, you can only take small boats (like Whalers) to Avalon and when there's a small craft advisory out for 6 days straight, that means no getting out of camp. If you were stuck in a small community without anything to do and it was raining all day nearly every day, you'd stock up on booze, too.
Which brings me to our first drinking night - last Sunday Funday. We drank outside in the rain with classic games like flip-cup and Beirut (or beer pong for those who don't know what real beer pong is). A dance par-tay closes the night.
The week proceeded with numerous drinking events. The Marlin Club (the bar in Avalon) was recreated in Pinetree house here, complete with tacky female/male posters that you stick your head through and magically, you have a beautiful body. The juke box playlist and inspiring signs such as "Shoes required, shirt optional" were also copied. The fooseball table was my hangout spot for the night. My boss and I (who's wife and daughter were trapped in Avalon for the week just so the daughter could go to school) kicked some serious ass in fooseball while only minorly molesting co-workers. A dance par-tay closed the night.
We have a few bad TV watchers here in camp - heading them all is another Kelly. At the top of her list of bad TV - that's right - Jersey Shore. So, true to creative minds everywhere, we had a Jersey Shore party as well. Girls dressed trashy with boobs hanging out everywhere, make-up grossly overdone, and "the bump" hairdo. Nearly every guy came in white tank-tops, bling, and greased hair. To complete the set, we all got Jersey Shore names (http://www.unlikelywords.com/2009/12/08/jersey-shore-nickname-generator/). I was "The Incident", but among favorites were, "DJ Douchebag", "Juice Springstein", and "Tight End". If you're looking for a party theme where people can say ridiculous sentences like, "I'm hooking up with my girl, [insert name here]'s hooking up with his girl and ahh, we're gonna have sex, so, ya know, that's the situation." BTW - "The Situation" was my boss's name.
And of course, after all this drinking, we need some sort of exercise. Many girls participate in awesome DVD work-outs such as Yoga Booty Ballet (YBB as it's known here), So You Think You Can Dance workout, 30 day Shred, and many others. This went on every day in the morning or before dinner.
We also had lots of sober fun. The rock race was a highlight. Everyone paints a rock, hopefully with a brightly-colored cool design. Then we throw the rocks in the ditch that runs through camp and the goal is to have your rock be closest to the beach without actually going in the ocean. After 25 of us threw rocks in, 5 rocks have been seen since. I'm fairly sure my rock, entitled "What now...ya..." (it was suppose to intimidate the other rocks) is 30 feet below by now.
Another highlight - camp-wide capture the flag. Lots of running and guarding and prison. My team had about 5 people in prison within 20 minutes of the game. After about 30 minutes of sitting there without any hopes of a prison break, we went to the nearest house and got out the beer. When it started raining again, it was time to shower off the mud and warm up again.
Good old fashioned board games and movies were a constant throughout the week. My APD Tully ended up kicking some serious Oceanopoly butt, but I think we all could have predicted that one. Whatevs, I came in 2nd place.
Today we finally get kids again. Which is good considering some examples of bank accounts here are the following - $86.61, $43.25, and the winner - $3.17. This doesn't include debt to relatives, significant others, medical bills, student loans, or credit cards.

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