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Elan School / looking for people from e-7 1997-2000
« on: March 05, 2004, 10:20:00 PM »
hi Jen!
I remember you.
Justin Ashcroft from Elan 7.
i remember that you were having some problems there, but i didn't get to know you very well cause I had arrived about 1 1/2 years earlier.
I recommend that you talk to Jordan Eisman (i don't think you were there for him) 'cause he's trying to organize something you might be interested in. Anyway, give me a heads up at Justin_Ashcroft1@hotmail.com and we'll talk sometime.
No matter what happened to you specifically, you made it through "The Elan Experience" and that gives you a unique perspective on things. I'm glad you made it here.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
--Friedrich Nietzsche


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Elan School / New Member
« on: January 22, 2004, 12:11:00 AM »
Hey Marina. Of Course I remember you. It is hard to forget most people there, but I especially remember you because you were one of the same as I. You were misunderstood by most of the house and by most of the staff, and you were given a hard time.

In fact, I distinctly remember one time in groups that i was arguing with Dave McVety or something and I was expressing my dislike for the program in a 'productive way' and you started to get worried. You said that I should be careful so that i wouldn't get shot down and blow my visit...It must've been Andrea Schwager, fully 'integrated' into the program, who told you to stop playing games. I got so pissed at her that I started yelling at her, and so did Dave McVety, cause she was just being 'overeager' to ruin people's lives. Even Dave told her to fucking shut up.

What a crazy day. And I made my visit.  :grin:

Anyway, you can reach me at:
AIM: Justin Ashcroft
email: Justin_Ashcroft1@hotmail.com

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
-- John Muir


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Elan School / justin ashcroft i am awake!!!
« on: January 21, 2004, 07:50:00 AM »
hehehe....6:35 am already...
I continued reading many of the statements from other students/forum members. I will call you or IM or write tomorrow.

By the way, is it just me or is there enough hostility
in this forum to choke a whale?

Talk to you soon, Iceman.

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Elan School / New Member
« on: January 21, 2004, 02:45:00 AM »
Hello all.
My name is Justin Ashcroft, and here's the trip:
I was sitting at home, bored out of my mind and I decide to look up some stuff about my past. I start in grade school, etc. Then I notice one Google webpage about me. Someone is talking about me on a message board. So my interest is peaked and what do I see? Holy Shit. An Elan Forum. I just spent the last 5 hours reading this forum.

For those that don't know me, I went to Elan 7 from Valentine's Day (2/14) 1997 to August 18, 1999. I was the LAST of the old kids:  by the time I left, 14 was the median age. I was 19 when I left, and a Coordinator. Shit, I would've left a lot earlier but couldn't. And since I had no friends living in the middle of Maine, I wasn't going to split.

I have to say, Elan was a fucked up place. I had some wonderful times, to be sure, but most days were cruel. I tried to talk about it, to hang out with former friends, but i never knew how. I was only able to get ahold of one, and he went into the Army or something and I lost contact (yeah, that's you, Virag). I was in Elan for many of the more famous residents: Konapasek, Gould, the Cantaruttis, White, Diaz, etc).

I learned to just talk about it with friends and family, the experiences of Elan. Most times, I was misunderstood simply because no one else in my fucking world had a point of reference to what I was talking about. I think it is in tribute to Human Nature that we can go to such an alien place, and end up with (at least a few) good memories. Ah, the trouble I used to get into with Adam Johnson and Jordan Eisman...

Anyway, Flame Me, Console Me, Compliment Me or Ignore Me...it doesn't matter.

Today is a good day.  :smokin:

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