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Offline PerfectStraightling

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« on: December 10, 2004, 04:48:00 PM »
I was just thinking about all the people I was in Straight with (1989), does anyone else remember:
Christina, or Christie (?) a young blonde girl, the youngest girl there (besides some 10-year-old boy they stuck in there who was obviously a hard core drug user). She may have had a mowhawk, I think she did, but she was really like 13 or something.
Jana T., who was sick a lot
Laura, the girl from australia, actually I think she got pulled while I was there
Sasha, a really REALLY tall girl, like 6 ft, and skinny, with brown hair
Jennifer P.
Stacey, gymnastics girl
Lori B...
Marilee K. who I vividly remember one night when they brought her back after copping out
I think there was a Carmen, who had brown hair and skinny
That's all I remember for now.
Carmel, or anyone who was there after me, did you know any of these people?? What were the goings on there after I left?? I am just curious.
People on staff I remember:
Craig M.
Steve B.
Stephanie P.
Shelly B.
Shelly's boyfriend
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2004, 08:55:00 AM »
I ran into Steve B in prison and he turned out to have a total case of amnesia regarding his being a Sr Staffer...
  He singlehandedly destroyed what little self esteem I had at 12....and now hes a fat little man thats in and out of jail ...
  Pathetic...
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2004, 10:46:00 AM »
15 years removed from Straight and for some reason in the last 6 months I've thought about that place a lot...so I looked around the net and found this place...One thing is for sure I was twice as bad when I got out and it took me another 6 years to get my life under control...of course I didn't graduate so that must have been the problem.  I remember Barnes...we were in a host home together when he was brought back from his escape....I go back and forth on if I'd ever like to hook up with some of the people I knew then...When I was in there (Irving)Garrett, Justin, and those guys were running all the raps...A couple of people I would like to see is a guy named Chris McNeil (I think) and a host mom named Ms. Horn in Arlington...she was great to me....I'm going to ease in this forum...I don't know what the rules are (maybe name dropping isn't smart.)  For soem reason I have some unresolved things to work through in this area...

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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2004, 10:57:00 AM »
Jane, I remember a lot of those folks...I spoke with Sasha when I got out once...years ago of course...I remember when she came in...so many names and so many memories...I swear I can still hear some of those "reaching out" comments made....When my folks were checking me out of there I told Ms. Patito that Ron Bowden (who I ran into at a Cure concert right after I got out)was one of the only people I ever respected in that place...years later I know that isn't true....we were all just pawns...the jr. and Sr. counselors I couldn't stand, the 5th phasers..everyone was just acting out of a pier pressure approach that left us all confused....I was from Midland, and there were a lot of Midlanders who found their way there....Straight had some good Marketing there I guess.
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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2004, 12:39:00 PM »
The names Garrett Justin and Barnes (C.) are very familiar, I just can't picture these guys. I know they were there though. And I remember someone named Horn. I understand how you can have some unresolved issues, LOL. I completely remember the Midland phenomenon. It seemed like a lot of the girls were from Midland, I think I remember people joking about how they must just all be drug addicts there. Or maybe that's just what I was thinking lol. What a trip.
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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2004, 01:38:00 PM »
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"Jane, I remember a lot of those folks...I spoke with Sasha when I got out once...years ago of course...I remember when she came in...so many names and so many memories...I swear I can still hear some of those "reaching out" comments made....When my folks were checking me out of there I told Ms. Patito that Ron Bowden (who I ran into at a Cure concert right after I got out)was one of the only people I ever respected in that place...years later I know that isn't true....we were all just pawns...the jr. and Sr. counselors I couldn't stand, the 5th phasers..everyone was just acting out of a pier pressure approach that left us all confused....I was from Midland, and there were a lot of Midlanders who found their way there....Straight had some good Marketing there I guess."


Now i'm thinking sasha was someone else...or there were two. I remember one very very tall and russian looking girl, and then I also remember a short girl with beautiful black hair, she had no bangs and I thought she was lucky they didnt cut them for her. I remember asking her if she liked industrial music, kind of knowing I was treading on shaky ground. But still, I didn't cross the line!! (Heaven forbid) Or did I? Was there some rule about glamorizing things, maybe I was doing that. She was my newcomer when she first came in. I saw her a few times a few years later at some dance clubs. I don't remember what we talked about.
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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2004, 07:14:00 PM »
Glamorizing was a huge 'No No'....Sasha is the one you referred to as Russian looking.  Of the girls side (and in my time) I remember Mary, Christina (the girl misbehavior) , and that seem to be it.   I should remember many more of them....but all I remember is being constantly told, "You better not be fantasizing about the girls side!".....Who knows?  I met a girl a few years later named Sessy who had been in there after me...we became good friends...I don't think any of our other friends understood a word of what we were talking about when we'd be telling each other to 'stop glamorizing" or that the other was "FOS"....funny.   The only girl I councilor I recall is Shelly (I think was her name)....she always looked so pleasant I could never imagine her being all drugged up...she was the only one who seemed sympathetic to the fact that I had been frozen on my days?.when I stood up and said my name is ___________ day 12 total days 75?I still didn?t even get what frozen was all about?.

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« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2004, 10:48:00 AM »
I thought I would ask again since many more ex-Dallas STRAIGHT people have come across the site since the last time I posted...

Does anyone know of any specific KIDS (El Paso, North Jersey, and/or Greater Salt Lake City) teens that were admitted to the Dallas STRAIGHT program after the KIDS facilities closed?

Thanks in advance for any insight.
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2004, 08:33:00 PM »
Jane:

I do remember all of those girls' names except for Chritie.  Jana T. was full of it.  She was peeing on herself all the time.  I felt really sorry for her and I found out within the past year that shortly after I escaped, she got honest about that.

Lara hung out with both of the Todds T. for awhile.  Don't remember much about that.  

I did Sasha's intake.  She had some trouble with the law and I remember having to escort her to juvie court a couple of times.

Jennifer P. had a lot of psychological problems.  She was from Athens too, like I was.  I heard that she got really punk when she left Straight and back into hard drugs.  I don't think I was surprised at all to hear that.

Stacey E. was one of the Midlanders.  I heard that she commenced the program.

Lori B. went home with me on my 4th phase weekend.  I don't know what happened to her.

I saw Marilee K. after she commenced.  It was very weird and she was rather distant to me.  We had been best friends in the program, so I was disappointed.  She was living with Lane at the time.

And as for Carmen, she was my oldcomer for awhile and she was the biggest bitch next to Jen L.  Her mother was a nasty freak and the host home was always filthy and cockroach infested.  We never had anything than plain peanutbutter sandwiches for lunch.  Carmen is one person that I would be happy never seeing again in my life.

-Kelly
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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2004, 01:37:00 PM »
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On 2004-12-17 16:14:00, irvingbound wrote:

"Glamorizing was a huge 'No No'....Sasha is the one you referred to as Russian looking.  Of the girls side (and in my time) I remember Mary, Christina (the girl misbehavior) , and that seem to be it.   I should remember many more of them....but all I remember is being constantly told, "You better not be fantasizing about the girls side!".....Who knows?  I met a girl a few years later named Sessy who had been in there after me...we became good friends...I don't think any of our other friends understood a word of what we were talking about when we'd be telling each other to 'stop glamorizing" or that the other was "FOS"....funny.   The only girl I councilor I recall is Shelly (I think was her name)....she always looked so pleasant I could never imagine her being all drugged up...she was the only one who seemed sympathetic to the fact that I had been frozen on my days?.when I stood up and said my name is ___________ day 12 total days 75?I still didn?t even get what frozen was all about?.



D





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I guess I was FOS after all!! I remember a lot more of the girls than the guys because of the same rule, don't look at them, don't fantasize about them, etc. I do remember a guy Brian L. (I saw him a couple of years later) and the 10-year old KID that was in there, not sure what his name was, I remember Jason P., and a few other names are familiar but can't place the faces. Chad Barnes I heard all the time in there. I remember some guy who came in saying he was about to turn 18, and then when he supposedly did, he walked out. The staff told us that it turned out he was lying about his age. Yeah Shelly was very nice to me too, she pulled me out when I was frozen and talked with me, it really did help. Not much in there made a lot of sense.[ This Message was edited by: jane on 2004-12-21 10:38 ]
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« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2004, 04:24:00 AM »
the only person I remember specifically from Kids of El Paso coming to Straight Dallas was a guy named Paco D, I don't feel right using his full last name
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« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2004, 04:30:00 AM »
Laura was pulled
Lori B commenced.  She moved back to Mabank eventually and is now married with two children.
Carmen Y never made it past 3rd, that I know of.
She was always getting confronted and setback.
Jana T got pulled.
that is all I can remember or know about the girls you posted

I am pretty sure that Heath D and Lael got married or at least I know I heard that somewhere

Taurena is a great source of information - she has an amazing memory!
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« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2004, 04:38:00 AM »
[ This Message was edited by: Animals on 2004-12-24 01:38 ]
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« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2004, 09:18:00 PM »
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On 2004-12-24 01:30:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Laura was pulled

Lori B commenced.  She moved back to Mabank eventually and is now married with two children.

Carmen Y never made it past 3rd, that I know of.

She was always getting confronted and setback.

Jana T got pulled.

that is all I can remember or know about the girls you posted



I am pretty sure that Heath D and Lael got married or at least I know I heard that somewhere



Taurena is a great source of information - she has an amazing memory!"


I am very interested in knowing who posted this message.  Feel free to send me a private message.  I will honor your desire to stay anonymous.  Just that you know so many people I was in with.  And I had forgotten about Lael.  I worked with Heath at FirsStep in Carrolton.
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« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2004, 09:32:00 PM »
Hey I was reading this sight and a D wrote something about Ms. Horn, ring any bells? That is my mother, my name is Jim. Is D Daryl Grimmes? If not who are you, I'm so curious as to what you are up to.
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