fun fun fun restrictions

[banana rama]

anybody have interesting projects during their restrictions?  the tree-stump has been tried and true.

one kind had to live outdoors for 7 months, more or less.  i think his name was donny.

funny how they used these restrictions as labor payed for by our parents to build the property up and maintain the grounds.  goodness knows how many gravel paths i weeded.

some of it was fun.  some not so fun.

[Anonymous]

I loved work detail. Anything to get away from the emotional mind fucking.  I had to dig a trench and put pipes in, climb trees to saw off branches, run wheelbarrels full of wood uphill repeatedly, help the kitchen ladies, and once, they had me sweep the road over and over again all day long. When I asked them what the purpose was, I was told it was an exercise in futility, just like trying to split was futile. Well, my next attempt to split was NOT futile, so... no more sweeping roads.  But before CEDU, I was one of those girls who always wore coordinating outfits (it was the eighties!), had perma tan and highlights, and never thought of setting foot outdoors without my mascara. Letting go of all that was a relief. And also, I really loved the hard, outdoor work. Kept me from thinking too much.

[Anonymous]

Whenever I'd get on a full time, they'd let me pick my own project and run that shit until I was off the full time. When I got caught breaking the sex and drug agreement at the same time, a month after getting back from a trip to Ascent in the first place, I knew I was in for a 30+ day full time. So me and 2 other kids on full times decided to build BCA's first baseball diamond. That shit took forever. But hey, it was better than weeding a fucking path or cleaning the burro pen, so I never complained.

And in the end, we had our own baseball diamond. And it had true baseball dimensions, not like that little softball diamond up at RMA with a 200 something foot chip shot over the wood corral in right field.

[Anonymous]

That is a cool restriction.

I keep hearing about all these sex and drug fests and it's hard to belive. We were on such a tight leash at CEDU with all these tattle tales spying amongst us.  I didn't care about drugs or drinking, but a little nookie would have been nice. I was too afraid to challenge that. I only saw one person get caught when she split.  She was lambasted in a rap for being a slut, giving it out for free, ad nauseum. The guy involved got a full time, and he got reamed but not like the girl.  Whatever, they both got mysteriously pulled.

[Anonymous]

Well you're mistaken if you think it was a big sex and drug fest. Kids - the smart ones at least - just studied the angles for awhile and eventually figured out how they could sneak a bluntski or a little sack on campus. Getting ass around there? Sure wasn't some big orgy going on, but a few days a week, when the schedule and location of activities and the particular staff on duty permitted, we'd sneak up to the 18 year old dorm or the OSD or a team room or something and get down.

We were on a very tight leash. Most people who smoked some buds or got some ass on campus got caught eventually. Whether they got caught in the act, got snitched on (rule of thumb? more than one person knowing about any particular 'dirt' was already too many), or just got played so bad by staff that they ended up admitting to it (dirt raps anyone?), they were bound to get caught in the end.

But out of my circle of friends, I'd say 90% of us were up to some shit somewhat regularly, and most of us managed not to get caught.

[Anonymous]

Wow.90%.  I honestly believe that it was closer to 5% when I went to CEDU.  Tight leash and also the kids really brought the program.  We were too scared and NEVER publicly questioned the program.  I will say, the boys probably had a lot more leeway than the girls because they didn't snitch as much. I think girls were more power trippin'... So that was unfortunate. Even if we had a dirt contract with someone, it was never explicitly stated. I remember when I had a split contract with someone, I copped out the second I was accused in a rap. I'm just no good at lying. I think the boys had it way better than the girls.

[Anonymous]

That's the beauty of evolution. We learned from your guys' mistakes. I know that my first week there, once kids realized I was cool and wouldn't be a little bitch or a snitch or cop out or something like that, the older students took me aside and pretty much explained what you could get away with, how to play the game, who not to trust (pretty much everyone), and just really broke the school down for me. So I knew what I was getting myself into, and the same had been done for them. I mean there's no question, we were pulling a lot more shit in 2000 than you guys were in '92. And a billion times more than they were pullin' at Running Springs in the 70's and 80's.

But seriously, we were a bunch of potheads. And the kitchen ladies were bringin' trees in for certain kids. And the contractors were doing it too. If we wanted some buds, we could get them. There were 2 kids in Quest I thought were really cool when I was in New Horizons, so I'd trade them a joint for their student store every weekend. A bad trade, but hey, I felt good knowing I was helping some poor kids who had a long time left in Idaho get their fix once a week.

But believe me, I wasn't just walking shit on campus. It took me awhile to devise a system for me and my friends to sneak half ounces at a time onto campus. And we worked hard not to get caught. And that was 90% of my friends I was mentioning. Not 90% of the school. I'd say maybe 15% of the school was up to some shit on a regular basis, but I know that at least 75% broke a major agreement a few times during their stay.

[try another castle]

On 2005-10-28 16:26:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Wow.90%.  I honestly believe that it was closer to 5% when I went to CEDU.  Tight leash and also the kids really brought the program.  We were too scared and NEVER publicly questioned the program.  I will say, the boys probably had a lot more leeway than the girls because they didn't snitch as much. I think girls were more power trippin'... So that was unfortunate. Even if we had a dirt contract with someone, it was never explicitly stated. I remember when I had a split contract with someone, I copped out the second I was accused in a rap. I'm just no good at lying. I think the boys had it way better than the girls."

Sounds like you were in the CEDU system around the same time I was. Most people just didn't question it, and bought the program, and wanted to be there. (Mostly because they were scared of having to go to their "option".) I know I was. I used to have nightmares about being kicked out.

[Hoodrat]

I remember when I got snitched on for breaking some big agreement and they put me in a jumpsuit which was huge on me, they made me turn the shit pile and clean the chicken coop finally I was like fuck it and went to the mountain lions team room and fell asleep they caught me I got in a screaming match with Paige which was pretty funny she went on to yell at me about when I was going to start caring I was like I just don't give a fuck, got up chucked the dueces and walked out to the other team room and sat on the couch she didn't like that to much  :wave: she was a bitch who picked favorites