I love this game too!
THIS OR THAT. Just Pick One then Put another for someone else to Answer... Have Fun!Left Or Right
Girls, always.
Light or Dark
hmmm I like Dark. i dont know why...
Hot and Rainy OR Sunny and Freezing
sunny and freezing.
white or wheat?
wheat
chocolate or vanilla?
hmmm thats hard... Vanilla.
PEPSI or coke?
pepsi...was that a trick question?
orange ballons or red ones? (totally random)
Give me a red balloon on a long black string..
Counselor or Camper?
Wow that one is REALLY hard! Love the stuff you can get away with as a camper...but i gotta pick COUNSELOR cause i can help make a difference in kids lives
SUMMER! or winter?
Summer cause thats wen camp is!
peanutbutter or jelly?
Peanut butter all the way
music or silence?
MUSIC! Along with Love and corn, music makes the world go 'round (trust me on the corn part).
Fresh red tomatos or fried green tomatos?
fresh and red
moon or stars?
Moon. ('Cause in the moonlight I want to hold somebody's hand)
Chocolate or Ice Cream?
Summer bc thats when camp is!
Dogs or cats?
DAWGS!
Txting or Talking on the Phone?
neither, send letters!
swimming or running?
Swimming, it's nice and cool and tons of fun!!
Apples or Bananas?
bananas, mmm.
kayaking or canoeing?
canoeing. if i had to choose one
Bracelets or Necklaces?
bracelets cause almost all mine are from my friends!
Tent or cabin?
Tent!
Morning person or night owl?
morning person
todlers or teenagers?
Teenagers.
Fingers or Toes?
haha fingers
Veggies or Fruit?
ooo i like this one..hm.. fruit. i like the juicyness.
student or teacher?
student, i think cuz i am one...
um...
yoga or areobics?
haha umm.. that hard cause i dont do them but i guess Areobics cause they're more physical...
Black Ink or Blue Ink (pens)
Black
breakfast or dinner?
Dinner.
Crunchy or squishy?
songs
football games or bastketball games?
FOOTBALL!! E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!
CDs or Radio?
radio (no cd player in my car)
salt or butter (on popcorn)?
Both, but if I had to pick just one, butter.
Crayons or Colored Pencils?
Crayons cause they got cool names
snail mail or e-mail!?
Email cause i can type faster then i write...
Coffee or Tea
Tea cant stand coffee.
bug repellant or sun screen? (which is more important to you?)
hate both but would have to pick...bug spray cause its not as greassy?
loud camp songs or slow campfire songs?
ooo thats sooo hard... it depends. i would say campfire... but i LOVE fast... i really dont know
Shaggy OR Scooby Doo?
Shaggy.
digital or film camera
Digital...well it really depends on the camera...
TV or Radio?
TV..
Group Games or All Camps?
all camps totally, so much fun when the whole camp gets together for stuff.
lake or pool?
Lake...definatley
Crayola markers or Sharpies?
crayola markers, they smell so much better and have cooler colors.
color war or olympics?
color war!
Snowball fight or waterballon fight?
This is a no brainer for me.... Color war
cabins or tents?
1)WaterBalloon Fight cause I really dont like the Winter and i REALLY dont like being Cold...
2)Cabins... Less GINORMOUS Spiders!
Digital or Analog (watches)
digital cause they're easier and faster to read...and u can put them in military time!
high or low socks?
ummm Pool I guess...
Trees or Flowers?
over cause then u can jump!
pullover hoodies or zip up?
ooo thats hard... i think both. i think Pull overs cause they are comfy and i like zipper up if they are really nice and that more dressy.
Long or Short (nails)
ummm...short cause its hard to play spotrs and pretty much live my life wit em long...
silver or gold?
short - i personally cant play my flute or piano when my nails are too long
crafts or sports?
pencils (when doing my camp schedule but pens for writing my journal.
canoeing or kayaking?
SPORTS! i wish we had more of that then pool......
Fire or Water..
FIRE!....duhhhh...future firefighter!
ice cram or water ice?
ice cream
olympics or color war
Color War.. we kinda had one... at camp... kinda.
Closing Campfire or Last day at camp? (which is harder?)
Closing campfire was always harder for me. Sobbed like a baby. Never cried at Scout's Own or at the council or anything on the last day. (Well, maybe after I got home...)
Spring or Fall?
The closing campfire for the session was kinda hard for me but also the last day of camp was hard because I knew it will be almost a year before I would return
Spring is by far my favoite because camp is coming near
arts and crafts or nature?
At the camp I used to work at (for 3 years)art deffinately won!!
The arts and crafts person there was awesome!!
At the camp I worked at this year Id have to say Nature just because the nature guy was so into doing fun stuff like rock climbing and invenstigating hidden caves,caneoing and outdoor cooking and such stuff with the kids and they loved it!
Lake or pool?
Wow this Question is popular....
Pool...
{[{RANDOM}]} *Nsync or Backstreet Boys
NSync
Indigo Girls or John Denver
BACKSTREET BOYS!!!! yeah i know im kinda late but i hadda say it... um i have no clue hew they are but John Denver cause it reminds me of the city...
trampolene or slip and slide?
1 - Indigo Girls!
2 - Trampoline
Ummm...hats or bandanas?
Hats...
Hiking or Backpacking
backpacking
Adidas or Nike?
NIKE Airforce1s!!!
Big and tough OR small and cute (Dogs)
Big and tough
jeans or shorts
shorts
10 day sessions or 1 week sessions?
10 day sessions.
rain every day of the session or 115+ degrees heat every day?
Rain cause then u can play in it! or stay inside but ur not cooking alive.
Sunburn or poison ivy?
ohh, thats a hard one.. poisen ivy i think.
a tin foil hat or sand paper shoes?
HAHA i love this question! umm... id say Tin Foil Hat.
Comedy or Horror? (movies)
horror! but i love comedy too..
swim in a biffy (outhouse) or swim in lard?
SO gross, but Lard, i suppose.
canoe surfing or kayak surfing?
...if you need clarification, just ask me. :]
im not quite clear on this.. but i think id rather go kayak surfing
backpacking overnights or kayaking overnights?
kayak/canoe surfing is when you capsize, thus filling the boat with water...and you stand in the full boat to see how long you can "surf" until tipping.
backpacking overnights.
a group of campers:
one whole troop OR all individual girls.
tin foil hat, less scratchy, lol.
burnt or lightly toasted marshmallows?
1 - Individual girls. The new friendships (and not having to worry about pre-existing drama) are much better.
2 - Lightly toasted, when I'm patient enough.
For those that are in both forms - the book or the movie?
The book
sleeping cabins or tents?
i dont feel worthy of this because i dont currently own either but counselors at my camp were big fans of chacos...i'm buying a pair before next summer.
cooking:
dutch oven or reflector oven?
dutch oven.
lanyards or friendship bracelets?
Friendship bracelets. You can do so much more with them.
Flannel or hoodie?
hoodie. love hoodies
Magic or On the Loose?
sweats.
hamburger or hot dog?
tough choice... Hot Dog
Would you want your camp located near a city/subarbs or in a seculded area?
ummmm secluded cause its more to do cause there arent many people around
Cinderella or Snow White
cinderella cause her dress is prettier...
firetrucks or police cars?
firetrucks, they've got so much cool stuff on them
singing or dancing?
singing.
grey's anatomy or ER?
HOUSE!... naw but Greys
Spider Web OR Skis??? (Team Building)
Skis- great memory from when i was a camper of walking from holly house up to hill up the steps into heill program center with a group of girls (yeah we were all marching band geeks and just kept step to songs)
Climbing Tower or High Challenge/Ropes Course?
climbing tower. :]
flatwater canoeing or moving water canoeing?
uh Flatwater cause I don't like moving water....
Skit or Song? (closing campfire)
song. skits usually go too long, or don't make sense to the audience at the end.
mechanical pencil or regular pencil?
mechanical if it is a good quality one
whale watching or swimming with dolphins
Swimming with dolphins cause that creeps me out to think that ur in a little boat with a MASIVE thing in the ocean under it.
Straight or Curly? (Hair)
curly :]
straight or curly? [french fries]
straight with like two curly mixed in (when i get it from Arby's:) )
sneakers or flip flops
Flip flops (I can't stand my feet being too hot)
roast marshmallows or S'mores
s'mores.
smarts or beauty?
ooo... I guess almost every girl wants to be beautiful... but with smarts you can make yourself whatever you want to be..
Coffee or Soda?
water! but coffee i guess...
sheet cake or cupcakes?
either - as long as they are chocolate
chocolate cake or chocolate ice-cream?
Chocolate Ice-cream... with jimmies
Being Cold or Being Hot?
being cold - cos you can layer up to get warm
making a gift or buying one?
making one....its so much more fun!...and they're a lot more fun to get!
sorry...forgot the last part...
freezies or popsicles?
Freezie? is that like a Slushy or an Icie? cause I'd pick that.
Book-bag or Messenger-bag?
Bookbag.
Sneakers or Tennis Shoes? (I know they're the same thing - what do you call them?)
Tennis shoes
Scrapbooks or photo albums?
I like scrapbooks but i don't have the patience to do my own. So like organized Photo Albums....
Felt Tip or Ball Point? (pen)
ball point.
sudoku or crossword puzzle?
sudoku cause i can actully do m and dont have tofigure out words...
pancakes or waffles?
pancakes.
paper clips or staples?
lions. im a leo, rawr!
paper or plastic?
Paper... its WAY better for the environment.
Latrines or Flushies?
i was hoping whoever said that would say paper, otherwise i was gonna blow a fuse!
Latrines all the way, although i have called them either biffy's or hooslies.
planes or trains? hehe that rhymed
planes any day i love those few seconds during take off and landing that you feel weightless..
peanut butter or jelly?
peanut butter! he he he...
tent, cabin, or underneath the stars?
underneath the stars! you can watch the shoooting stars! which are amazing!
rocked to sleep or sung to sleep?
ummm Sung to sleep... I need noise.
Watching the Clouds Or Looking at the Stars?
looking at stars, most defintly, they always make me laugh.
thunderstorms or drizzle?
thunderstorms.
fussy baby or moody teenager?
moody teenager
downpour of rain or drizzle
downpour!
apple or pumpkin pies!?
pumpkin!
PFD or lifejacket? [what do you call it?]
IMing... you can say a lot more in a 2 mins...
Tiramisu or CheeseCake?
Cheesecake...definately!
laptop or desktop?
laptop! [though i don't own one right...it would be nice to have one someday...]
e-mail or regular post?
Regular mail, although it is a rare thing to recieve. It makes you feel more special, probably because it isn't expected.
Sci-fi or horror?
shorts.
raincoat or poncho?
raincoat at home but poncho at camp cos it would cover my counsellor bag (which is my version of a mary popins bag but with all the stuff I need during my day as a counsellor).
hiking sandles or crocs?
hiking sandals [chacos, of course]
blue or green? [the colors]
Blue...
Black or White? (Socks)
Colorful designs, of course...but I guess black, 'cause they never get dirty.
Apples or Oranges?
Apples
swimmming or boating?
boating.
morning boating or afternoon boating? [time slot]
afternoon because i have more energy to do it
sunglasses or calculators? (random i know)
Shades...
peanut butter or Chocolate?
chocolate :]
big city or suburbia?
neither - small country village
small country village life or city life
small country village.
pick a superpower:
invisibility or flying?
Flying... sense of freedom...
Fiction or Nonfiction?
fiction, its nice to be able to escape on occasion.
cameras or phones?
Camera Phones!
Acoustic or Electric? (guitar)
Acoustic for me!
S'mores or Banana Boats/
banana boats hands down
squishy dipping or phosphorus swishing?
for those who have never been able to enjoy these amazing camp activities: squishy dipping is look for macro inverterbres in ponds or swamps or rivers, phosphorus swishing is looking at glowing planktans in salt water at night...
So many water questions! I'm really starting to feel my water-free camp was an oddball.
I'd say phospohorus swishing.
Telepathy or telekineses?
telepathy.
if you had to lose on sense, which would you lose?
sight or hearing?
hearing
digital camera or 35mm
35mm hands down.
photography or painting?
Photography...
B&W or Color? (pics)
B&W...but if i had my pick, i would choose partial color, where it is mostly B&W, with one or two things drawn back in with full color.
nalgene or camelbak?
Nalgene
boating or hiking?
Hiking!
World Series or SuperBowl?
superbowl, i guess. i don't really care about either.
internal frame or external frame? [for backpacking?]
grass
dark chocolate or milk chocolate?
dark chocolate
boxers or pj pants?
Pj Pants, which are Sweats...
Wild night out Or quiet night in?
quiet night in.
house to yourself or full of your favorite people?
boxers i cant sleep in pants
tevas or chacos?
The house full of my favourite people while I am wearing Tevas
keeping a hand written journal or a blog
hand written journal.
firefox or internet explorer? [web browser]
Firefox
rubber or mylar? (balloons)
rubber i guess? i have no knowledge of mylar...
sidewalk chalk or jumping rope?
um i think that mylar is the big silver balloons that say things... well if its not... then thats what i meant. haha
Jump Rope... i love double dutch.
full or widescreen? (DVD)
Widescreen.
French fries or french toast?
freanch fries cause i hate brakfast foods (other than ceral)
iced or hot coffee?
ummm, tea? it depends on the weather. but im not the biggst fan of coffee...
crazy games or team building games?
team building cause they're the best!
forks or spoons?
SPOONS! i have a friend named spoon! i actually like chopsticks the best
hmmm rain or sunshine?
running, i get such a high
walking under a ladder or seeing a black cat?
black cat atleast its cute and fuzzy
sharing a room or having your own?
shaing cause u can shill wit someone
folders or binders?
folders. binders pinch you
peace or love?
Peace
Hand shakes or high fives
high fives.
mud war or puddle jumping? [on a rainy day]
puddle jumping, it happens alot in seattle...
snakes or spiders? which are you most afraid of or if not which one you like the best...
Spiders because I'm anaphyalactic. Hence, I think my fear is justified.
Keys - do you put them in your left pocket or right pocket?
In my handbag (I cant stand anything in my pockets)
Black ink or blue ink
blue ink...no clue why though.
Nalgene's or plastic water bottles...
nalgenes. hello environment!!
messeger bag or backpack?
backpack
Younger campers or older campers
Older campers - they are less needy and more able to do stuff for themselves.
Smudge, what's your next "either or"?
:]
Oooops I got distracted
for storing your stuff at camp
backpack or case or trunk?
backpack for my day stuff...but i have those big plastic drawers for all my other stuff. :]
sit-upon or sit-a-bucket?
haha.
a sit-upon is a little mat to sit on...and a sit-a-bucket is a little bucket with a cushion on top, so you can sit on it.
haha ive never heard of the Sit-a-bucket. haha.
Id say Sit-a-Bucket
AIM or MSN?
MSN - have never used the other one
per dog or pet cat?
dog for sure, i have a dog named indigo after the indigo girls! ever heard of them? they are only the best! i heart them!
um... friendship bracelets or lanyards?
friendship bracelets because its got the word friends in it...
long or short sleeve shirts?
long sleeve.
hoodie or zip sweatshirt?
hoodie
Being Hot or Being Cold
being hot, i hate the cold so much. i hate snow too.
snow or freezing rain?
I'd have to go with snow. Too much time in Oregon - rain has become a four letter word.
Chinese or Mexican (food)?
chinese
main course or deserts?
Main Course...
ketchup or Mustard?
ketchup.
glow in the dark or not?
Glow in the dark
pepsi or coca cola?
pepsi
Reese pieces or peanut butter cups.
penutbutter cups!
blue or orange sunglasses?
Blue
Bubble Gum or Cotton Candy? (flavored things)
Cotton Candy
mobile phone or not having one (personally I hate them!)
Its sad but i cant live with out my Cell
Singing Or Dancing?
Same here Ave I cant live without my cell
Singing
longer camp sessions or short sessions
longer sessions.
TV or a movie?
movie - i had adverts!
Jelly or jello?
jello, it's more wiggly
salt or pepper?
Soft Pretzels with nacho cheese to dip them in.
Hamburgers or hot dogs?
tofu dogs!
wheat or white?
white
Cooking or Take out?
cooking. that way you know what's in it.
pretzels or tortilla chips?
tortilla chips
chocolate muffins or chocolate brownies
chocolate muffins!
the letter C or T?
for no reason what so ever letter C
roasted or mashed potatoes?
mashed potatoes!! potatoes happen to be my one fav. food item! so many possibilities..
sleeping bag or mummy bag?
Sleeping bag... i dont like how u cant move in mummies
American or Cheddar? (Cheese)
Chedder - but I hate cheese.
Strawberries or raspberries?
Raspberries. I hate strawberries.
Journal or diary?
Both - journal for recording my feelings etc and a diary so I know where I am supposed to be and when.
canoeing or kayaking?
both!
But if I had the chose, Id pick Kayaking...the kids seem to enjoy it more at my camp!
free swim (without activities) or structured swims (with planned activities)?
Both (cope out I know) - but they can have 1/2 hour of each - less likely to get home sick.
In your unit work which you preper to work with: all american staff, all international staff, or a mixture of both?
a mixture as international staff are pretty sweet but they can be more of challange to work with
sleeping in or getting up early?
Sleeping in
(not sure about internationals being more of a challenge to work with - I have worked with as many challenging americans as I have fellow internationals - I think it all depends on why they are at camp as much as anything!)
losing your eye sight or your hearing?
Hearing. You can still be completely independent without it. (And we had a deaf counselor once, but I think being blind wouldn't really be possible).
Brush or comb?
Brush cause i have a lot of hair and its easier.
separate rugs or Carpets? (Floors)
I think being blind wouldn't really be possible).
I have worked for 5 years a counsellor with failing sight and it has never been a problem - I guess it depends on how much you want to do some thing.
I would choose rugs (over a lovely wooden floor)
growing vegies and fruit or growing flowers?
growing vegs and fruit, more of a reward.
plain cream cheese or flavored?
flavored. strawberry.
crazy dancing or slow dancing?
crazy
going for a walk or going for a jog?
definitely a walk
bug juice or Kool-Aid?
bug juice
orange blue or green hilighters?
green. :]
one friendship bracelet or 20?
20! You can never have too many friendship bracelets!
Since I'm baking tonight:
Cupcakes or brownies?
Brownies
Plain or Jazzed up? (pizza)
jazzed up..depending on the toppings.
constant manageable hills or a few near-impossible climbs? [for hiking/backpacking]
few impossible climbs, it makes me feel like a beast when i do climb them...
night hikes or edible hikes?
night hikes
vanilla ice-cream with cookies or brownies?
brownies
iPOD or MP3 player?
polka dots. :]
toe socks or slipper socks?
does no socks count as an answer? If not then slipper socks.
Red or orange bug juice
red bug juice..its a classic.
swim games or laps?
games with the campers - and laps for during time off (I am really bad at this game aren't I)
apple pie or apple crumble?
apple crumble. :]
blueberries or raspberries?
raspberries
chocolate - love it or hate it?
love it.
oatmeal or malt-o-meal?
oatmeal
choclate or strawbeery ice cream?
Chocolate Ice-cream (with fresh strawberries or bananas or raspberries - yummy)
pencil or pen?
pens, i dont know why but its so hard for me to write with pencils
yoga or pilates?
yogalates - it is a combination of both yoga and pilates (like i said I am really indecisive)
when redecorating your room (home) would you renovate exitsting furniture or buy new stuff?
New stuff. more exciting!
Peace and Quiet OR Feel good hard music?
oh that is so hard, right now i just want peace and quiet.
mountains or flat lands?
mountains! flat is just so boring!
zillions of 'skeeter bites or poison ivy?
poison ivy - you can't West Nile from a plant.
High School Musical or Meatballs?
Meatballs. oh, classic.
waterfront or challenge?
poison ivy cause i cant get it
pasta or soup?
I'll answer both!
waterfront followed by soup for lunch
reality TV or soap operas?
Reality TV.
Love at first sight or slowly developing love?
slowly developing love
mud wrestling or greased watermelon?
mud i guess.
jack johnson or jason mraz?
jack johnson cause i had to listen to him all summer while going on trips to the AT or other places
oops forgot my question!
Pony Tale or Bun?
pony tale (its just about the only thing I can do with my hair)
fluffy or sparkly?
sparkly.
barefoot or shoes?
barefoot
baking or buying cakes?
baking becauuse its messier!
pesto or red sauce?
pesto
long hair or short hair?
long! haha mines down to where my pants start haha
Dining Room Table or TV tray? (where do u like to eat meals?)
Dining room table - cos then I can use it for doing all my crafts 2.
My hair is nearly as long as yours, Ave and this leads me to my next question.
Straight or Curly hair?
curly. :]
if you were going on a long trip in the wilderness...would you:
take garlic pills or just suck it up?
suck it up! lol.
watermelon hunts or human foosball?
human foosball
polar bear swim or twilight swim?
POLAR BEAR straight up! (i'm mama polar bear at my camp)
wearing a hat...backwards or forwards?
Question: what would the garlic pills be for?
As for hats - backwards.
Arms or legs?
Legs!
Fitted Hats or BaseBall?
Baseball caps
Garlic pills are supposed to keep the bugs from biting.
inspirational quotes or funny ones?
Inspirational.
Silver or Gold?
silver.
dangly or post earrings?
post
chicken curry or chicken tikka masala
neither! i don't eat meat!
slow songs or energetic songs w/ actions?
energetic action songs?
tomato soup or lentil soup?
tomato soup.
with a nice grilled cheese sandwich. :]
american cheese or cheddar?
neither (I hate cheese, and on the topic of cheese why is it that you americans eat grilled cheese sandwiches with tomatoe soup? It is something I have yet to figure out!)
Christmas or 4th July?
i don't really know why we do the grilled cheese sandwich/tomato soup combo, but i think its pretty good! :]
christmas. yay snow!
ohh oops!
spiral bound or loose leaf paper?
loose leaf
since its blue white and gold night at my school tonight...
blue white or gold?
White
For a holiday - package holiday or self booked and planned?
Self booked and planned, cause then u can do whatever
Headphones (old school) OR the New ones for MP3s and all?
old school headphones - i realy hate ear plugs
day bags: back pack or messenger bag?
back pack never had a messenger bag.
clear skies or cloudy?
clear skies. perfect for stargazing.
cloudwatching or stargazing?
stargazing just cause i like it better
monkey or bunny slippers?
bunnies.
camping or canoeing trip?
Camping Deff.
Tshirts or Tanks?
tshirts. more coverage!
traditional tie dye or reverse?
I'd have to go with reverse because I don't know what it is. (What is it?)
Smudge: I never understood the tomato soup/grilled cheese thing either, but I'm allergic to tomatoes (and think they are disgusting anyway). People seem shocked and saddened that I've never experienced the combination - doesn't make sense to me.
Tap your foot or drum your fingers?
tap my foot... i always do it 24/7
Being so tired that you laugh at everything OR being so tired that u do stupid things?
Midknyt: reverse is using a bleach solution on a color t-shirt. rather than color onto white. it looks pretty cool.
laugh at everything.
comedy central or VH1?
comedy central
Your bookcase is full - would you buy a new bookcase cos you can never have too many books or get rid of some or both (cos even with getting rid of some there isn't space on bookcase?
getting rid of all the ones but the picture ones and Tacky The Penguin!
o rite question...
North of South?
north. that's what the compass says, at least. :p
turtle-neck or not?
Not
Chocolate dipped pretzels or Chocolate dipped strawbs?
mm pretzels. salty-sweet combos are yummy. :]
white chocolate or dark chocolate?
White chocolate cos dark chocolate makes me sick
nine weeks at camp or $1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000. Then I could buy my own camp and never have to leave.
Rings or bracelets?
Bracelets
water - as it comes or flavoured?
as it comes
Pink or red? (roses)
Red (but I am allergic to flowers so can only have artifical ones).
trivial pursuit or pictionary?
pictionary.
monopoly or clue?
monopoly
McDonald's. KFC or Burger King?
ick. is none a choice?
green salad or fruit salad?
green salad
Quizano's or Subway
peas! they don't get enough love!
fettuccine or spaghetti?
I love Peas - they are my favourite vegetable.
Spaghetti
Harry Potter - Books or movies?
Walmart (I LOVE WALMART)
Micheals or AC Moore?
Michael's!
Haunted Houses OR Candy? (Halloween)
FBI
A Highly paid job that you hate or a lower paid job that you love?
a lowly paid job that you love cause your making the money doing suttin you enjoy
staples or tape?
tape. less permanence.
3/4 sleeves or long?
3/4
Ice Cream OR Water Ice?
Ice Cream (especially ben & jerries)
christmas dinner - at home or in a resturant?
at home of course
Survivor or ER ( the show)
ER.
ugly betty or desperate housewives?
ugly betty
smokey the bear or sparky the fire dog?
I have never hear of either but since I love my dog I will say
Sparky the Fire Dog
Without a Trace or Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
post-it notes or sticky notes?
Without a Trace
bowling or ice skating?
Post Its and bowling
Soda or Juice?
(Personally i cant live witout soda)
soda. i'm a diet dr pepper junkie.
ball of yarn or rubber band ball?
Ball of yarn - cos you can do soo much more with it.
do you get your news from the TV, Radio, Internet or Newspapers?
newspaper, read it every morning
sudoku or crossword puzzles?
cross words
colored pencils or crayons?
caryons...only crayola though...
disney channel or nickalodean (is that how you spell it?)
paper - cos it is kinder to the environment
handmade prom gown or shop bought one?
handmade.
that way it fits perfect.
cow milk or soy milk?
cow milk cause i used to be allergic to it and i hated soy milk but hadda drink it for like 3 years ans i will never do it again!
apples or bananas?
Banana
banana boats or banana splits?
banana boats.
pie iron pizzas or foil dinners?
pie iron pizzas
chocolate chip or sugar cookies?
sugar cookies
big dogs or little dogs?
big dogs
painted toenails or painted fingernails?
neither - i cant stand the feeling of nail polish
save data onto a flash drive or a disc?
mp3 - dont believe in paying for brands!
read a book or a magazine?
book, if its interesting.
Shower in the morning or at night?
im with you on that Smudge...at night cause i just cant take one in the morning
saturday or sunday?
sat cause u can do a lot.
Tape or glue?
saturday - cos I can sleep in - I always have to get up early on a sunday to go to church
apple pie with ice-cream or cream?
1. glue cause its easier to make a mess
2. apple pie with ice-cream cause ive never tried it with cream
nice white fluffy clouds or no clouds at all?
nice white fluffy clouds so you can make pictures out of them.
Archery or climbing wall?
Archery
chocolate chips or a chocolate bar?
chocolate bar.
a book or short stories?
a book
chocolate or ice-cream?
chocolate. good in all weather. :]
non fiction or fiction?
fiction!!!!!!!!!
Dogs - ankle biter (smaller) or big ones?
big ones. the small ones are just so yippy!
popcorn - movie theater or microwave?
neither - homemade toffee (caramel)
Hells Kitchen or The Apprentice
HELLS KITCHEN! Number 1 show other then Top Chef!
Top Chef or Top Model?
Top Chef...i cant stand the Top model one!
larry the cucumber or bob the tomatoe?
bob the tomatoe - cos I love tomatoes and can't stand cucumbers (are they characters from veggie tales? or is it some other show that we dont get over here?)
disaster movies or westerns?
Yeah they're from veggie tales...
Disaster Movies
Do things on time or wait til last second?
camp activities-on time, school work- last minute.
running or cycling?
running... when my knees and ankles allow it!
hat or visor?
depends, but i guess i prefer visors, more breathing room.
smores or just marshmallows?
smores. I love chocolate.
sun or rain?
Sun - I get emore than enough rain.
train or plane?
plane take off and landing are my fav.
chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin
that's a toughie!!
choc. chip i guess...
raisins or dried cranberries?
neither... i like dried apricots though..
REALLY hot showers or FREEZING cold showers (at camp)
freezing! i hate hot hot showers!
viola or violin?
violin cause i played it for a year in 3rd grade...
halloween or new years?
Viola.. i used to play it..
Songs that make no sense that are fun OR songs with Meaning behind them?
songs with meaning behind them.
baseball or basketball
BASKETBALL ALL THE WAY!!!!
tv comercials or radio commercials?
ugh if i could choose neither i would...
but TV because you can mute them!
winter break or spring break?
winter break is longer, and i'm hoping to see camp friends this coming break.
sweat pants or pj pants?
sweat pants.
camp clothes or normal ones?
camp clothes, so much more comfortable!!
which meal is the best at your camp:
breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
dinner. But i loved all the meals this year
Talking or writing?
writing. i find that i express things better and more concisely when i write it out.
camp name or real name?
camp name. I haven't spent a whole summer at camp in over 10 years and other than at work, more people know me by my camp name than my real name.
pumpkins or jack-o-lanterns?
Jack-o-lanterns.
Halloween: dress up for the day, dress up only for night, or don't dress up at all?
Dress up all day! its the one time u can dress weird.
Smart Board or White Bored?
Smart Board! they make life so easy! anything written on the board for notes can be uploaded onto the web!
Kix or Trix cereal?
Trix, sweeter and more fun colors
candy corn or caramel apples?
Caramel Apples! mmm
One HUGE project or a lot of little ones?
a bunch of little ones cause i normally cant remember wut i have done and what i still need to do no matter how hard i try....
cold or room temperature water? (for drinking?)
cold water for drinking.
and kayak! i'm just better at it than canoeing!
goldfish or guppies?
goldfish keeping it real..
mud or dirt?
neither - i cant stand mud or dirt
whale watching or swimming with dolphins?
swimming with dolphins.
ball of yarn or clay?
clay because it's messier!!!!
coughing or sneezing?
Coughing cause i hate how u feel after sneezin
Laces or None? (shoes)
since no shoes wasnt an option i will say - no laces
analogue or digital wrist watch?
digital because its faster to read.
candy or carmel apples?
carmel candy are too hard to eat
zipline or repell
Zipline.... cause u get to go fast
Backpacking when its really REALLY hot or hiking when its really REALLY cold
hiking when its cold! layers are a godsend!
driving or flying?
Flying
cookies or doughnuts?
cookies. more variety!
biology or chemistry?
biology
course work or practicals or writen exams?
practicals, i suppose. i'm assuming this actually putting what you have learned to use.
camo or black?
camo...just cause i like it better....
skittles or starbursts?
skittles
fine pointed scissors or craft knife?
scissors...more control, less accidents.
the Beatles or Simon and Garfunkel?
simon and garfunkle
abba or the carpenters?
stars. so many more of them, not easily lost or broken.
AT or OT?
binders for some things and folders for others
(what is AT and OT?)
sci-fi or horror?
AT: Appalachian Trail, OT: Ozark Trail
sci-fi.
comedy or dramady?
drama.
medical drama or legal drama
medical drama.
lifetime or oxygen network?
life time because i watch it with my g-mom sometimes!
k-mart or Walmart?
Walmart
surfing or ocean kayaking?
ocean kayaking.
biking or hiking?
i love biking but havent rode a bike in forever so i will go with hiking which i also love.
cocoa or coffee?
cocoa
long or short skirts?
long. i can't stand the latest trend of skin hanging out everywhere.
hello or goodbye?
hello...friends never say goodbye
chocolate coverd rasins or chocolate coverd cranberries?
Hello. I never wanna say goodbye.
high tops or low tops? (converse)
low tops and chocolate cover chocolate (why corrupt it with other stuff unless it is strawberries)
OK, cos my friend from camp in currently volunteering for extreme makeover home edition, here is my question:
Extreme Makeover or Extreme Makeover Home Edition?
oops i didnt see Amps...
Xtreme Home makeover.
R&B or Jazz?
Home edition. why choose the other one? the home edition actually helps people, in my opinion.
Chutes and Ladders or Candyland?
oops! Jazz.
Chutes and Ladders or Candyland?
Candyland - never played either but I love the song candyland
climbing or archery?
Climbing. Its more physically demanding.
Jump Rope or Double Dutch?
jump rope
roast chicken or roast beef or for u veggies Nut Roast?
well im a veggie, so you kno
sky diving or bungee jumping?
sky diving
glue and glitter or glitter glue?
glue and glitter. works better.
Charger or Batteries?
Batteries - then you dont have to worry about different currents in different countries
Is your camp song book more less than 2 inches thick (personally my is well on the way to 3 inches - or it will be when I print out the new songs I learnt this summer)?
ours is a mere 1/4 inch! but we keep our font small to conserve paper!
clogs or tennis shoes?
The song book that camp provided wasn't even that thick - but my personal one is designed to be expandable and remain in alphabetical order (i love order) and i also have really poor eyesight so need a larger font.
clogs
Scrap book or photo album?
photo album...im not to good at arts and crafts
regular doritos or ranch?
um I would like a scrapbook... but I'm REALLY lazy
so I would go photo album.
oops Amp and i did it at the same time!
I dont like doritos
Pictures of camp or stories about camp?
regular doritos while looking at pictures of camp which will trigger me to tell stories from camp - for the millionth time.
wind up or shaky flashlights?
ooh shaky ones. the wind up ones make really obnoxious noises.
potato soup or tomato soup?
potato...i dont like tomatoes...
fingers or toes?
fingers... I cant stand feet.
Wuder or Wahter? (water)
Wahter i guess?
CDs or MP3s?
i like CDs but MP3s are soo convienent. MP3s.
homemade or store bought cookies?
homemade - i love baking cookies
4th July or Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie trumps a BBQ.
Look up a local company's number in the phone book or online?
i'm a fan of the phone book.
juice or milk?
juice....i'm becoming lactose
to paint- fingers or paint brush?
fingers!
Artic Monkeys or Antarctica?
uh... i guess Arctic monkeys?
Electric or Manual? (toothbrush)
Manual...idea of electricity in mymouth, eh idk, that sounds worse than putting my finger into a light socket...lol
Fun stamps or whatever the postperson hooks you up with?
fun stamps
lentil or split pea soup?
haha wow... ur whole response and question just made me laugh...
um... I guess w/e the postperson gives... Its fun to decorate the letter though.
oops. not fast enough.
Response to Smudge:... Lentil... mmm I love it. but Pea is good too.
TV shows or Movies?
Movies
baking cakes or cookies?
cookie cakes!
shiny wrapers or regular one? (for candy)
regular, i suppose.
post-it notes or a notepad?
post its
frozen yogurt or frozen mousse?
yogurt, but soy of course.
bears or cheetahs?
Bears
wood flooring or carpet?
wood floor, prettier and easier to clean!!
online classes or on campus classes?
on campus.
state school or private college?
private college, love my little school!!
soup or salad?
soup. especially with the weather right now. mmmm.
thermos or coffee mug?
Coffee mug.
colored or black? (pens)
Black
blowing bubbles or splashing puddles?
thats a hard one...splashing in puddles cause its messier!
flys or mosquitoes?(Sp?)
flies i guess. they don't bite you as much.
butterflies or birds?
butterflies - i love them!!!!!
swans or hummingbirds?
hummingbirds!
peaches or nectarines?
nectarines...i dont know why but yeah...
carving or painting pumpkins?
carving! that way you get the seeds!
i agree!
cook/bake the seeds or just throw em out?...(what do you do with them?)
bake them then eat them!
kleenex or puffs? [tissues]
kleenex
chocolate bread or fruit bread?
um... Fruit (Banana) Bread!
So you think you can dance OR dancing wit the stars?
i love (SYTYCD)
Dancing with the Stars...i love ballroom.
upside down or inside out?
inside out
songs about camels or whales?
eeyore!
socks or toe socks?
no socks
kniting or crocheting?
knitting! [though i do it with the Knifty Knitter!]
dumb movie or gory movie?
dumb movie
(not sure what a knifty knitter is!)
how food smells or how it looks?
um how it looks. I'm in culinary school and i like the look not smell though smell is more important.
Snails or Slugs?
ick - if i had to choose snails.
making things up as you go or following directions?
making things up as I go
Tweety or Sylvester?
Tweety
lentil soup or lentil casserole or lentil curry?
Smduge: a knifty knitter is a round thing that basically lets you "cheat" at knitting. lots of looping, no needles.
lentil soup.
canned soup or fresh?
Fresh soup - for most and tinned for tomatoe (and at that there is only brand I will eat)
Fleece or Valour Blankets?
fleece.
full zip sweatshirt or no zip?
full zip
Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings?
Harry Potter!
oops!
brackets [] or parentheses () ?
I would call them brackets() and square brackets[] - but I will go with these ().
Big huge hand bag that you can put your whole life in or small one barely big enough for wallet, phone and meds.
heh, for all my meds, i need the big, huge, fit-your-life-into bag!
i am partial to the larger ones, but the small ones are nice, no digging to find anything.
brads or staples?
brads
Harry Potter 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 (so many choices)
i can't pick! number 4 was one of the better ones...but 7 was good too!
Microsoft or Apple?
microsoft
patchwork quilts or knitted block blankets?
knitted block, i guess? that's what my mom makes...
Mom or Dad?
Mum
which more cute - clothes for baby girls or baby boys?
baby boys! little baseball outfits, tuxedos...
shopping for clothes: in a store or online?
In a store - you cant try clothes on when you buy them online.
ok never mind i'll make one!...um
ice or grass?
neither cos I dont drink Tea
Left or right hand?
left, even though i'm a righty, i tend to do a lot of things with my left.
smarties or nerds?
smarties.
cold toes or a cold nose?
cold toes - at least you can put extra socks on to warm up - there aren't very many ways to warm up a cold nose.
Criminal Minds or Numbers?
criminal minds because i just hear it mentiond on the tv behind me!
tv or radio?
in.
wearing your watch on your left or right wrist?
used to be right but since this past summer left...
digital or disposable cameras?
digital
all the shoes you want or all the bags you want?
left.
wearing your watch face up or face down? [i personally wear mine down on the left.]
It depends on how I am feeling - sometimes it is up and sometime it is down.
shoes or bags?
ohh tough choice! shoes.
tin foil or saran wrap?
foil
princess party or pirate party
pirate...just cause i like them better....
regular sized m&m's or mini ones?
mini ones - cos they are cute
rolos or kit kats?
kit kats.
milkshakes or ice cream cones?
um... hmmm milkshakes cause then i can hold it without worrying about messiness..
Rings that are plain or Rings with fancy stones?
plain. my equality ring is the only one i wear.
equal or less than? [= or <]
= ... cause i would like people to be like that one day
pots or pans?
pots
choosing a college based on where your friends are going, where your parents want you to go or where offers the course you want to do.
The one I want to do. If people are forced to do things that they don't want to do... then it will show in their work and the person will be unhappy
bar of soap OR liquid soap?
liquid soap - my fav at the moment is milk and honey.
peanut butter or chocolate spread (i.e. nutella)?
nutellas good and all but i have to say PB cause i only eat it at camp (unless its a reeses cup) and it sounds so good rite about now!
penguins or polarbears?
polar bears, they're just fluffier.
American chocolate or English chocolate?
penguins!
one-on-one date or double?
1. i dont really know the difference but i like hersheys so i guess American.
2.one-on-one date cause thats how i always find my friends in the movies!...its quite funny...
regular or hooded sweatshirt?
hooded - cos I think they look better
rubber stamps or stencils?
stencils! i find that they're a bit easier to work with...less prep and steps.
long prep-time with a good result or short prep-time with a mediocre result?
long prep time.
oil lamps or tiki torches?
tiki torches because they look so cool on my deck with my jacuzzi! plus they have a big flame...
fire (controlled) or water?/
oooh...that's hard...i absolutely love playing with fire...but like water falls, lakes, rivers are totally awesome too...so how bout a fire right next to a river w/ a waterfall in the background
waterfall or ocean?
ocean. i love fishies.
pet dog or pet fish[multiple]?
pet dog - i hated cleaning out my sisters fish tank when she was too busy (aka lazy) to do so.
smooth or chunky salsa?
chunky.. mmm flavor!
Bread loaf or Rolls?
rolls
white or wheat bread?
white cause it goes best wit PB&J which (is that the right form of the word?) i only eat at camp!
oh yeah question...
poroxide (sp?) being pored onto the cut on your knee or sticking your foot into a thing of iodine?
that was the right which - the other kind is the kind you see at halloween.
having never done either with i will say iodine which i am sure stings as much as the peroxide.
chinese or indian food?
oooo Italian... haha I grew up with with my dads side with all the Italians. haha
drawing on yourself or drawing on someone else? (I love to draw on everything...)
drawing on other people is more fun
Christmas or Easter? - only 60 full days till christmas.
Christmas. yay snow.
college or university?
Uni
feet too hot or too cold?
too hot cause i dont know why but yeah...
a mouse (for the computer) or the touchy thingy on a laptop?
mouse
hair elastic or hair clasp?
elastic becuase i used to put the clips in my mouth wen i was 3...
thunder or lightning?
lightening
One big cake or lots of cup cakes?
lots of cupcakes cause there easier to take somewhere on your b-day!
a soda in a can plastic or glass bottle?
in a glass bottle - cos it is better for the environment
shaving or waxing?
haha shaving - ahh waxing HURTS. especially when you're woken up to it!
Mint or Fruit? (toothpaste)
mint - i have only ever used mint
in the house do you wear slippers, socks or bare feet?
socks. i don't want any nasties on my feet!
phone call or snail mail?
phone call
star trek or star wars
star wars...the first 3...
a door or a window?
a door...
pain in your joints or pain as in a cut?
i think i'd take the cut.. that heals. joint pain seems to be something that sticks around..
surprises or plans?
surprises
being super organised or super disorganised?
super organised because i dont seem to be able to keep organized for long and it would be nice to be organized a lot more...
a big rain storm or being cold?
a big rain storm
playing on swings, roundabout or slide?
how bout all of em?
a rock or a hard place?
if you can pick all of them I would say none of them
losing your sense of taste or your sense of smell?
sense of smell i dont know why though...
the minute or the hour hand on a clock?
the minute hand because its easier to read.
duct tape or glue?
duct tape.
colored duct tape or plain silver?
colored...the orange one...
packaged food or made from scratch?
made from scratch - most pre-packaged food makes me ill if i eat too much - ie when we are at camp.
fruit or veggies?
veggies! that's why i'm a veg, after all!
babies or toddlers?
babies cause toddlers jst get to me sometimes (more than babies).
a golf or dance?
I don't understand the question... i like to dance though
Plain or printed? (t-shirt)
printed...plain's just too plain...
a blanky or stuffed animal?
blanky. at least it keeps you warm!
straight or curly?
Straight - my hair is sooooo very straight that i dont need to waste money on straigtheners or the time doing it.
burgers or hot dogs (for both either meat or veggie)?
Boca Burgers... yum (Im a Veggie)
Bands or solo artists?
solo
friendship bracelets or S.W.A.P.S?
friendship bracelets
mountain dew or something else?
umm PEPSI... Mt dew whut - is - THAT...
cargo shorts or b-ball shorts?
something else.
score out a mistake or use tippex (white-out)?
white out cause it smells cool and you can paint it onto things...
the cones with the flat or pionty bottom for ice-cream?
pointy bottomed cones
using beads to make necklaces or animals?
Necklaces
Markers or crayons?
markers
ballroom or latin dancing? (just cos I am watching Strictly come Dancing - the show that lead to your Dancing with the Stars)
ballroom.
east coast or west coast swing?
west coast swing.
orange, brown or grey tabby?
grey.
five for fighting or ben folds?
five for fighting
silver or light blue vans?
light blue
quilts or blankets?
quilts. especially the ones my nana makes.
windows XP or Vista?
I like XP cos I am used to it but my mums laptop has vista and I think when I get used to it I will like it.
butter cookies or chocolate chip ones?
chocolate chip cause im addicted to the cookie dough!
spearmint of pepermint?
peppermint
walking, skipping, or running?
running...i love running
ice hockey or roller hockey?
ice hockey. i love the ice.
dancing or singing?
oooo thats hard... Both. cause i LOVE singing but i LOVE dancing too
my bad.
big pillows or small ones?
big basketball ones!
sweetend or unsweetend iced tea?
neither dont drink tea of any description.
long or short sleeved staff shirts?
both! the more, the better! i have enough staff T's for at least two weeks straight. a few of them are mine, but the rest were passed down by another staff, who i quite resemble in personality.
new shirts or passed down ones?
both - I have 2 staff shirts from 2006, even though I didnt work there that summer - but i needed one when I was doing airport runs before pre-camp started. i also have one from sometime before 2004.
church candles (the big thick ones) or taper candles (the kind you put in candle sticks)?
the smaller ones cause we use em at closing campfire!
o...rite!
books or magazines?
books. much more substance.
co-ed schools or single-sex?
co-ed
being hungry or being thirsty?
hungry. thirst is not an option.
water or flavored water?
camp water...has its own flavor...
numbers or letters?
ick -neither
butter or maragine?
butter...cause its more fun to throw at someone
catching or throwing?
ick! neither! what's wrong with spices?
cinnamon or nutmeg?
cinnamon...it took me forever to learn how to say it when i was lil
remote or tv buttons?
remote i guess?
new or old?
line to write...blank to draw
writing poems or drawing pics?
poems...i cant draw for my life!
reading or writing?
Writing.. Im good at it.
Singing slow songs or fast?
depend on where and what your doing...
hands or feet?
hands. feet are icky!
painted or unpainted?
both depending on my mood
action songs or nonsense songs?
uh... depends on what you are using the paint for...
Bug bites or rashes?
bites. they're smaller...usually.
poison ivy or poison oak?
neither - i am sure both are unpleasant.
gift from secret buddy or package from home?
secret buddy! i haven't talked to my parents since i was 14...so no pkgs from them.
sorry!
pink or yellow roses?
PINK...i hate the colour in general, but they are my absolute fav flowers!!!
bracelets on left wrist, right wrist, or both?
haha doesnt matter.
sleep or not?
not (I had 4 hours last night)
Harry, Ron, Hermione or Ginny?
awww gotta go with my man Harry.
Dumbledore or Snape?
dumbledore! even if he is gay! :]
stars or the moon?
ribbons.
acetominophen[sp] or ibuprofen?
the first one cause it sounds cooler than IB na all that
big or lil pumpkins?
lil cause you can carry them in ur pocket
haha sorry
Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie?
apple...its my favorite!
cell phone or land line?
landline - i have one but I really hate cell phones
Jello and ice-cream or ice-cream and tinned fruit?
just ice cream
marker or hilighter?
Marker prefer Sharpies
Jeans or Sweats?
jeans prefer combats actually.
colored or white frosting?
colred...it looks cooler
round or rectangular cakes?
round. more fun to frost!
plain rice krispies or coco krispies?[what i'm eating right now]
plain ones - dry straight out the box.
pancakes or waffles?
waffles cause they are more rare to eat... to me anyway
Sickness or being injured?
being injured.
brussel sprouts or button sprouts (the little sweet ones)?
button ones, i've never had them.
peas or carrots?
Peas!!! my favorite veggie!
(The Nightmare before Christmas...
if u haven't seen it then you probably wont get this...)
Jack the Pumpkin King or Mr Oogy Boogie Man?
Jack the Pumpkin King
(peas are my fav veggie too)
If you are cooking for one would you - cook a big batch and freeze the rest for later or buy a microwave (ready meal) or just cook a small quantity.
See I would WANT to cook a small quantity... but I sometimes get carried away and make a feast. lol
Short hair up to your ears or long hair down to your waist?
(If I don't crouch over, wit my bad posture, my hair is to the top of my pants. lol)
Long Hair - my hair is nearly that long too - it has taken a long time to get that long - it used to be just above my shoulder - and i didnt like it that length.
(I CANT cook for 1 - i have never been able to)
sit-coms or soap operas?
soap opera...they're funny when you watch em with a friend...
a question mark or an exclaimation point?
Question mark
putting shoping into plastic bags, paper bags or re-usable ones?
re -usables. Environment Friendly!
Pine trees or willow trees?
Willow,
solar panels or wind turbines? (just of my town has its own wind farm - thats such a strange expression isnt it)
both! go green!
Christmas or birthday?
Christmas cause i dont really know why...probably because of the pretty christmas trees!
t shirt or no sleeve shirt?
T-shirt
traditional christmas tree or ultra modern one?
haha I own a Christmas shrub. Its like Charlie browns Xmas...
BUT i like traditional
Thin hair ties or scrunchies? (sp?)
i mix of both!...i dono it depends on what the rest of the house looks like...
star or angel on top or neither or other?
i have a big santa on top of mine...
ridiculous or crazy?
crazy!? I WAS CRAZY ONCE!
colored or white lights for christmas?
blue lights.
camp or camp-squared?
uh... Camp infinity? haha
Mischief Night or Halloween?
Not sure when Mischief night is or how that works, but since I dont like Halloween I will go for that.
Chocolate cookery book or soup cookery book?
oh mischief nights the night before halloween where you go out and TP houses and such.
the chocolate one just cause i like chocolate!
TP or egging?
TP
horror flicks or mental mind games kind of movies?
"Egging" - the way we did it at camp cos it was easier to clean up than using real eggs - which is how they egg in the UK
greeting cards or postcards?
Spiffy: Horror cause i love scafring myself
Smudge:greeting card...opening an envelope adds to the excitement!
books or movie of the book?
book, so much better!!
trick or treat?
treat - as long as it is chocolate.
hat or scarf or gloves?
gloves! cold hands as a musician are the worst!
air guitar or air drums?
air guitar.
plasma or LCD screen TV? (personally I have an "old fashioned" CRT one)
plasma? i really have no idea. i just have a TV, if you ask me.
family or friends?
friends - cos my family, like many families, is very screwed up.
Christmas music or regular rest of the year music?
regular music. xmas music just gets OLD.
Easter or Halloween?
Easter - cos you get chocolate eggs.
moths or butterflies?
butterflies. pretty pretty.
goldfish or cheezits?
Goldfish! Those are my snake of choice!
full costume or just face paint?
full costume, w/o the face paint. [i'm allergic
]
in or out?
In (I suppose you mean inside a house - it is really cold here at the moment)
owning your own chocolate fountain or ice-cream machine?
Ice Cream Ball... does that count?
I dont own one but there awesome
Pictures or Videos?
Pictures.
Ice-cream balls are awesome aren't they - I think I am going to buy one next summer when I am at camp - i didn't have enough space in my luggage this summer.
toast or toasted bagels?
toasted bagles...havent had em in a while...
hot chocolate of coffee?
tea! i can't have hot choc. or coffee. :[
green tea or black tea?
I cant drink either but I will have a hot chocolate.
apple juice or orange juice?
ooo thats really hard. i didn't like OJ when i was little and i LOVED apple... but now i really like OJ...
Ace of Cakes or Unwrapped? (Food Network)
Unwrapped...my college roomie used to fall asleep to dat all da time!!!!
Hat or bandana?
Hat
shorts or sweats?
(in the winter)
SHORTS!!!!
pull over or zip up hoodie?
pull over hoodie?
silver or gold?
SILVER!!!
Wings or invisiblity(sp)?
invisibility...
ribbon or no ribbon?
ribbon
tinsel or fairy (twinkle/christmas tree) lights?
tinsel... i havent used it in soooo long.
Ninjas or Pirates?
Pirates.
saving to get something or putting it on a credit card and paying it off?
gloves. you can do more things wit your hands!
on the spice girls: before or now?
def. before
chips or pretzels?
chips (british chips not crisps which are what you guys call chips)
sparkling or still fruit juice?
(I keep coming up with great options but I dont write them down so forget them before I can use them)
still fruit juice, but sparkling water.
We had a 5.6 earthquake last week, so....
Which would you rather experience: earthquake or tornado?
tornado...ive always wanted to get cought in one and live
cylones or chargers?
(for mascot names)
I like chargers - not sure why just do.
cos they have both been on the TV recently:
Ghost or Dirty Dancing (the orginal one)?
Dirty Dancing cause when i was forced to stay in the infirm at camp one year i got to watch it with one of the lifeguards all night and stuff...
projects or boring homework thats always the same?
Projects cause I kind of like to do them...I wait til the last second but still....
Holiday Parties or Random Parties?
random...cause there random like me...and yeah i always wait to the last sec. to...
crying over something you can or cant controll?
can control. i can't handle not having control of my life. [yet i'm not a control freak when it comes to other things]
sony or toshiba?
hmmm thats a hard one. I'll say Sony though...
Spongebob or Patrick?
spongebob.
christmas stocking or pillowcase?
stocking. i've never heard of a XMAS pillowcase before.
XMAS or Christmas? [how you write/say it]
Christmas.
Maybe pillowcases are a scottish thing - i had never heard of them until I moved to Scotland.
Taking photos or buying postcards?
taking photos... cause they capture the moments a postcard cant...
starbucks or dunkin doughnuts?
dunkin donuts, not a big coffee fan, donuts are better, lol
lizards or snakes?
dunkin' - cos I dont drink coffee so I can get doughnuts at dunkin's
one piece or 2 piece swim wear?
1 i havent worn a 2 piece in forever...but i dont like swimming so im rarely in one so it really doesnt matter...
lollipops or ringpops?
lollipops.
purple or green?
Purple - it has always been my favourite color.
Peddle power or paddle power?
paddle power! go kayaking/canoeing!
writing a paper or editing one?
editing - much less work involved, usually.
getting up early or staying up late?
staying up late... idk anyone who likes getting up.. haha.
And to answer CampingQueens from last page:
Snakes theyre my favorite animal other then Manatees
Driver or Passenger?
Passenger - I will probably never be able to be a driver.
giving or recieving gifts or both?
both
retractable pens or the ones with a cap?
Retractable
Goose Bumps or Sweat?
Goose bumps.
halloween or valentines day?
halloween...its my favorite holiday...
not being able to fall asleep or wake up in the middle of the night?
not being able to fall asleep... cause then u can just do w/e
soup or salad?
Soup.
Bright pink doom tents (like the ones donated by breast cancer to our camp - and lots of camps) or the old T-bone A-frame ones?
i guess i can live with the pink in this case...
crying or just suck it up?
Suck it up... but sometimes you really need to cry.
RATATOUILLE or Finding Nemo? (movies)
Finding Nemo cos I haven't seen Ratatouille ... I dont get to the cinema very often cos I dont drive and the nearest ones require me to take 2 buses to get to them and I am too lazy to do that.
Period Dramas or Romantic Comedies?
romantic comedies...atleast they have the comedy in them...
princess diaries 1 or 2?
um... 1? I never really seen them
Your house or a friends house?
my friends house in the USA - cos it is closer to camp.
started christmas shopping or leaving it till last week before?
Leaving it til later... Not RIGHT near Christmas... but not now.
Someone not able to say a joke without messing it up
OR
When you dont understand a Joke and everyone laughs at u?
not able to tell the joke in the first place.
spending lots of money on an expensive but thoughtless gift or one that is cheap but has alot of work or thought put into it?
cheap but thoughtful .its not the price tag that counts.
giving blood or giving money?
giving money... ahhhh needles .::shivers::.
Ladle or spoon?
spoon, don't really use ladles, lol
stuffed animals:
do you give them names or do they remain nameless?
and yes, I'm a big dork who still loves her stuffed animals!!
I still love mine too - some have names and some dont - although most of the ones that I still do have names - I gave aload of them to my local childrens hospital cos I just didn't have the space for them - all the ones I have left have sentimental value so do have names.
shopping for craft supplies, camping supplies, christmas presents or cloths.
thats hard...i'd have to say either camping supplies or Christmas presents.....I love giving presents, especially to those who dont expect them and actually are appreciative...but I love dreaming in a camping store:) (tho im pretty poor, so actually buying doesnt happen too often)
Thanksgiving or Christmas?
Christmas (strangely enough - we dont celebrate thanksgiving)
pumpin pie or chocolate cake?
chocolate cake
a calandar or a planner?
Uh... Calendar? Aren't they the same thing?
Guitar or Drums?
ducks. they're cuter!
ocean or lake?
Can I pic an Inland sea? If not then I guess a lake cos they dont have stinging jelly fish.
No TV ever or only ever being able to watch crappy reality TV shows like Big Brother? (I was soooo glad that I was going to miss most of BB by being at camp)
um... Being able to watch reality TV shows
I dont really watch TV anymore
I only care about MoonLight on CBS on Fridays lol
Smudge you're the same as me. One of my many phobias, dealing with bodies of water and the ocean, is ANYTHING with tentacles...
Jellyfish or octopuses??? (octopi???)
octopi - cos they are actually really cool - some of the things they can do is really cool, plus they dont sting and I have an aversion to being stung by anything.
CBS or ABC news broadcasts?
abc cause i dont know what channel cbs is on...
sleeping on an extra hard tile floor or a couch that's borken and "eats you"?
hard floor
hiking boots or hiking sandals?
boots...i'm not a big fan of sandals
Pre-camp or post-camp cleaning?
Pre-camp cos you know that it will only be a 10 days max until the kids arrive - post-camp is a chore that is important but you know that it will 10 months until the kids arrive.
English Muffin Pizzas or bagal Pizzas?
bagal pizzas...never had the other ones...
sunday or monday? (random...)
Sunday cos I like going to church and Monday usually means that you have to get up to go to work (or school)
Roast potatoes or stuffing?
potatoes. :]
sweet potatoes or normal ones?
Normal (Smashed Potatoes)
"hi" OR "hey"?
hi
course work or assignments?
assignments
face paint or puffy paint?
face pain...more like war paint...
birthday or some other day just about you?
Another day...
Money or Friends?
Friends
losing the ability to use your thumbs or your little fingers?
little fingers
singing/screaming in the shower or just take the shower and get it over with?
singing in the shower...i love to sing:)
potatoes- mashed or baked?
Smashed Potatoes!
Healthy food that has no flavor OR Flavorful fun filled chemical food?
Healthy food that has flavour (herbs are wonderful things) - i get really ill if I eat too many chemicals in food.
apples or oranges?
apples...but i donno cause i dont really like fruit...
magazine (sp?) or a book?
book
fiction or non-fiction?
fiction?...i dono i never could keep it straight what each one meant...i dont even like to read so whatevs...
shampoo or conditioner? (SUAVE 2 IN 1 BABY!!!!)
Shampoo - I dont need to condition my hair often.
TV or Radio?
Radio...cause im normally in the car goin somewhere...plus i really dont like TV...i dont know why i just never watch it...
bloody nose or a cut?
cut, at least you can put a bandaid on it.
on your bed at camp:
sheets and blankets or sleeping bag?
all three actually - I like my home comforts - actually the camp lends us sheets, but I bring a single blanket and my lovely snuggly warm 3 season bag - usually I sleep on top of it under my blanket.
a very negative camper or a very naughty one?
how about a perfect one like me!?...no but um... if i was a councelor id rather have a naughty one...i dono why but i just would...
foam footballs or plastic ones?...(long story...)
um... foam? (I like REAL footballs though...)
TOO many Xmas songs or Not enough?
too many cause u can always turn them off...
older or newer christmas songs?
uhhh Older... cause they have that Christmasy feel to them...
Music Videos or Just songs...
Just songs.
Turkey or ham?
- Teenster
Turkey - I love turkey soooooo much - I could eat for every meal except breakfast.
Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner?
Dinner cause its the meal that you can eat the most...
Pumpkin Pie or Pumpkin Muffins?
ick - neither - but I will pick the pie cos apparently I can make a really good one but since I thought it was horrible I dont make it anymore.
thunder storms or snow storms?
Thunder storms.
Presents or gift cards.
- Teenster
it depends:
if the present has had though put into it than a present other wise a gift card
films based on true events or fictional ones?
fictional cause real ones remind me too much of school...
wallmart or k mart?
walmart
stew (meat or veggie) or soup?
soup...the kind my uncle makes...well the one kind...
rings or necklaces?
necklaces - I can never get rings to fit
winning the lottery or falling in love?
Falling in love...
White shoes or black shoes?
black
watching the news on the TV(or internet) or reading a news paper?
tv cause it has constant pictures...
lil kids books or big kid novels?
It depends on my mood
going away to uni or college or staying home to go a local one?
going away
colored pencils or regular ones?
colored ones?
thanksgiving or christmas dinner?
christmas because...well i really dont know why but yeah...
dress or something else for going out somwhere fancy?
Something else - I only own 2 dresses and they are both ball gowns!
Gold or Silver?
nice post boosting topic...hmmmm quantity or quality?
Smudge:Silver
Golyek:it depends what it is and what its being used for...
bunny or monkey (slppers)
Something else cos I only own 2 dresses and they are both Ball Gowns.
being recognised for something you have done at camp or for something you have done at school or college?
Being recognized for something I do for camp because it means a lot more to me...
Seeing something that inspires you OR being able to inspire another person?
Inspiring other people
chunky beads or sparkly?
sparkly, I love sparkly beads!!
clay or wood?
wood - I love the feel and smell of it.
after christmas do you keep, throw away or recycle them?
snow - I love snow but all I ever get here in scotland is rain
ice-cream cake or cheese cake?
CHEESECAKE! Oh my gosh I LOVE cheesecake...
Mittens or Gloves?
gloves!
chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream?
[sorry it has been so long! they wouldn't let me use a computer at the hospital!
]
chocolate ice-cream cake - the best of both worlds
making candies or cakes?
cakes. candies are just too easy to mess up.
bumper sticker or window decal?
bumper sticker.
headlight, lantern or hand held flashlight?
headlight! the only con about them is bugs in your face...
'skeeters or ticks?
ticks
On your day off do you prefer fast food or a sit down place?
sit down.
cooking meals or deserts over a fire?
all of it! campfire food is the best!
spoon and fork or just a spork?
spork - less washing up.
cooking breakfast on a fire after an overnight or cooking dinner on a fire before the overnight or both?
both
while at camp would you shop at Target or Wal-Mart?
Wal-mart - where-else.
Dome tents or A-frame ones?
dome
push pins or thumb taks?
push pins...
big meals or little good snacks
big meals of great food (but then you feel like a fat pig!)
Pasta or Potatoes?
pasta. so much more variety!
[ i have a goal to eat as many different types of noodles in my life. well, of the variety offered at wal-mart]
ziti or catavappi
The second none cos it looks cool.
pasta in pesto or in a tamato sauce?
PESTO!!! because it reminds me of Camp so much and our Tripping Programs... haha
Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?
both
summer type weather or fall type weather?
Summer weather cos here in Scotland fall weather is the same as winter weather.
banana boats or S'mores?
Banana Boats cause I dont eat Marshmellows.
hair up or down?
down. most people look a lot prettier with it down.
natural or organic?
organice - if possible - if not then at least unprocessed (I cook nearly everything from scratch).
Chocolate cheesecake or chocolate chip cookies?
chocolate chip cookies in the morning at physical therapy!...chocolate chip cookies makes everything better...and im ADDICTED TO THE COOKIE DOUGH!
bottled water or tap water?
bottled... (I dont really like water...) Its all about the Pepsi
Can Soda or Bottled Soda?
neither - they make me sick.
making your own cookie dough or buying in pre-made
making your own... its so yummy
singing soulful songs or singing silly loud songs?
silly loud camp songs - about hippos smiling and the like
camping in a tent or under the stars?
stars.
sleeping bag or sheets?
sleeping bag
sleeping in staff cabin or in the same cabin as the kids in a staff room?
same cabin as kids, i just think it's a more fun experience.
bathrooms in bunks or in seperate buildings?
Seperate buildings
big or small pillows?
big
swimming or showering during time off?
staff cabin. i think it would be awkward to be in xuch proximity to the kids!
wood plank or spring bed?
Wood cos although they may be hard they dont sink in the middle like every single bed in all the staff cabins at my first camp.
Sci-fi or historical novels?
it's the same at my camp! we have mostly wood, but i got a spring one during internship! i squeaked and squawked all night!
sci-fi.
romantic or dramatic comedy?
We had sprung beds at my first camp and during pre-camp we ended up naming our beds after famous ships that had sunk cos they all sunk in the middle - mine was the Mary Rose.
Dramatic comedy.
Sit coms: Friends or Joey?
friends. Joey was just LAME.
now or then?
now!
yesterday or tomorrow?
Yesterday
Travel back in time or take a peak into the future?
Back in time - would love to be at the first ever summer camp - and spend time in the regency period cos I love the clothing.
Being able to witness the first man to stand on mars or flying to a different solar system?
flying to a different solar system
a week long session or a longer session
longer - 2 weeks - you have more time to complete your program expectations and do other stuff too
general camp unit or one with a specific program?
specific program
finger nails or toenails?
fingers. toes gross me outt.
rings or things?
things
inside out or upside down?
pies
going to a camp near you or one father away
One farther away - or even a different camp since there arent any here in "sunny" scotland.
make a calender with pics from camp or buy one with pics from somewhere else?
Pics From Camp!!! lol...
Big Tests or a lot of smaller quizzes
smaller quizs
camps in the middle of nowhere or camps in the middle of camp
middle of nowhere.
pink or green?
green - I cant stand pink! ick.
purple or pink?
dell...
letters from camp people outside of camp or letters at camp from non camp people?
both
a program that involves cooking or crafts?
crafts. cooking is slightly more dangerous...especially if i'm involved.
poetry or plays?
plays
strawberries with ice-cream or cream?
Strawberry Ice cream! haha.... but um.. Strawbs with cream
Ice Cream or Water Ice
ice cream!!!!!!!
Christmas cake or christmas pudding?
both
christmas cookies or christmas brownies?
um... Brownies yumm
poptart or toaster pastries?
both
chocolate cheesecake or vanilla cheesecake?
Gum... it gives you something to do.
Being REALLY bored or having WAY to much to do?
way to much too do - even though it is stressful.
shrink plastic or memory wire?
shrink plastic...what's memory wire?
big or little?
a Big plate of Ice-cream - there we go answered both!
white or colored fairy lights (twinkle lights or chritmas lights or what ever you call them)?
colored...but it really depend on where you're putting them...
coffee or tea?
neither (i'm LDS so dont drink either)
christmas tree with or without tinsel?
without.
gingerbread or fudge?
fudge
specality camp or a general camp
general - it is good for the kids to experience being around people who have different interests to them - it broadens their horizons.
Muppet Christmas Carol or Christmas with the Kranks?
def Christams with the Cranks...i love the part about the chocolate and asking Rex!...FAVORITE PART!
air conditioning or heater?
both because I could use either in different seasons.
end of season staff pinic with camp food or a end of season staff catered dinner from an outside food company
Out side food company - cos our camp had some really strange combinations.
dressing up theme dinner or monk (silent) dinner?
dressing up, so much fun!!
egg nog or gingerbread?
gingerbread.
plastic bags or re-usable canvas/cotton (am just watching a CBS news article about them).
ok so the enviromental friendly person in me wants to say re-usible but i have to admit i dont...
mexican or chineese food?
chinese - with an english twist (mashed potatoes instead of rice)
rudolph or the other reindeer?
other ones they never get credit
candy canes or popcorn on your tree?
candy canes - every tree should have them (and the dog would eat the popcorn!)
Father Christmas or the Snowman (films/books by raymond Briggs)?
snowman
lots of snow or an extremely hot day
In the winter - lots of snow but a hot day while i am at camp
make christmas cards or buy them?
both...
giving or recieving?
giving
framed photos or paintings?
framed photos..... brings back memories
non for profit camp or a private camp
not for profit
medical drama or crime?
I like both --- I am a fan of ER, Dr. G medical examier, and Cops along with Americas most wanted
reality TV like Survivor or a comedy
comedy - the reality TV I like is more like hells kitchen and the apprentice - but they are very different to survivor.
Tinsel and baubles or garlands and ornaments on your christmas tree?
garlands and ornaments
lots of snow for christmas or no snow
lots of snow.
batman or superman?
comedy.
private practice or grey's anatomy?
Marty: PEPSI!!! lol thats is going to be my CIT name...
C.I.L: I dont watch either...
Fitted Hats or Baseball Caps?
baseball caps
pizza or burgers
Veggie Burgers
Ice Cream balls or Plastic Bags, to make ice cream?
Ice cream balls
water or juice
um... Gatorade... if thats Juice..
wood Pencil or mechanical?
wood pencil
cabins or tents
staff cabin with campers in tents
lots of cheap baubles(or ornaments) or fewer expensive or sentitment ones? I just put my tree up today - hence the christmasy questions
a mix of both
a staff lounge with a DVD or cable
DVD.
sharpies or regular markers?
sharpies
cell phone or laptop?
cell phone
peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and banana?
cell phone
peanut butter and banana
internet access or DVD
internet access
disney or warner brothers cartoons?
TV - I hate cell phones - I only have one cos I have to.
wood, metal or plastic rulers? ( only cos I can see all three kinds in a tub on my desk!
metal
showtime,HBO, Encore,Starz, or Cinemax
HBO. their docs. are pretty cool.
snow day or holiday?
snow days because they come when you need it the most
vacation or day trip
Vacation... cause I never really had one before...
Hair ties or clips?
no comment
younger campers or older
older.
losing sight or losing hearing?
I would rather lose part of my sight and part hearing so I can still work at camp
knee pain or foot pain
neither - I have both and I would rather none.
ooops for got the question!
in the future would you prefer to work at a summer camp on the moon or mars?
moon.
Which would you rather see:
Flying pigs or flying horses?
flying horses
space camp or camp in space?
space camp at least we can still be on earth lol
nature or sports -- at camp
nature
cooking with chocolate or veggies?
that's a tough one. i love them both...but veggies.
candy canes or peppermints?
candy canes
real or fake christmas trees
fake - cos they dont drop their needles (in theory anyway).
Glass or plastic baubles?
glass
christmas carols-- religous or non
that is soo very hard - I love all christmas music.
helping someone in need or buying a christmas present for a loved one?
both
bell ringing for the salvation army or working for Toys for Tots
bell ringing. i do it every year.
scarf or hat?
hat
showers or bubble baths?
toys for tots - cos you could test the toys which would be fun.
wreaths or garlands of holly?
CD-RWs
snowmen or holly trees?
snow-women!
ear muffs or hats?
hats - i love wearing hats cos my hair doesn't get wind blown.
Star or angel at the top of your tree?
star. i have one from the 70s that has gold tinsel and lights. it's tacky, and i love it.
tacky or bland?
well I guess it depends somepeople may think it is bland but I like understated eligance. (our star is a 70's one too - it is design so that you can feed a fairy light up into it).
folk art style decs or modern?
modern
DVD's or the old video cassessets
DVDs more stuff on them...
CDs or MP3?
CDs
paper money or coins?
paper money.... it doesnt weigh down my pockets as much
debit/credit card or cash
cash
receiving a gift card for your fav store or a well thought out gift?
depends on the type of store..... if its for a movie theather than I would love a gift card
Holiday movies or comedys
Holiday movies - cant beat the Muppet Christmas Carol or Santa Clause the Movie
trying new recipes or sticking with old favs?
old favorites. i hate screwing up new recipes.
chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin?
choclate chip
banana or orange -- as food not colors
banana
banana bread or corn bread?
corn bread. with honey!
pigs or frogs?
mmmm att when the little green Froggie - Frogs
laminating things or leaving them as they are?
lamanitating
Windows XP or 98 se
XP!
Santa Clause or Father Christmas?
wolves, they are prettier.
apple or windows in a computer??
windows.
White wedding: yes or no?
yes
macs or pc's...for computers
PC's
Glass or Plastic Christmas baubles?
glass?
big lights on a Christmas tree or small ones?
Small ones.
hoods or hats?
both - depending on if I remember to take my hat
Star or Angel on the top of your tree?
haha a Angel with a star!
Desk Light or room light?
desk light
cell phone - flip phone or not? (hope that makes sense)
Flip... They're better cause if it's inside your pocket it doesnt press any bottons...
Finding out what you got for Christmas
or
Waiting and Waiting 'til Christmas
both - I love to sneakily open presents i have been given early - but I also love the surpirse that comes from not knowing (unless of course you get something totally unsuitable like things that set off your asthma or allergies - in which case I would rather know in advance)
giving blood or giving time to a good cause?
Good Cause... cause I cant take needles. I freak out.
not sleeping for 2 days or in bed for 2 days?
not sleeping.
a christmas present that cost less but is posted from a distance or a more expensive one that you have to wait for cos it hasn't been posted?
umm...have to wait for?
cream or sugar?
sugar.
I had a good idea for one while I was out - but guess what I forgot it so this will have to do?
sugar or sweetener?
sugar.
life without music or life without TV/movies?
life without TV or movies (i did that for 4 years when I was at uni and going to camp in the summer - the camps I was at those years basically didn't have TV for the staff - occaisionally we would watch a movie but not often)
colour pens, pencils or crayons? (still not the question I thought of when I was out)
pens...there fun to play with in school...
trees with needles or leaves?
christmas trees - with needles - other kinds of tree with leaves.
Finally remembered the question I thought of and forgot earlier it is this:
Real or artifical christmas tree?
real!
breakfast lunch or dinner?
Dinner!
Buried treasure - finding a huge chest of gold or finding a stash of girl guide/girl scout/boy scout memorabilia?
either-both would be intresting
hot cocoa or hot cider?
Cocoa
Nice Christmas with family OR crazy fun christmas with family?
crazy fun - would be a pleasant change from just crazy that I usually have to deal with.
hanging stockings on the chimney or the end of the bed?
chimney.
wrapping paper or gift bags?
wrapping paper.
christmas at home or christmas on a cruise in the carribean?
at home!...i call my camp my home so a Christmas at my camp would be really cool!
home made wrapping paper or store bought?
home made - i love anything home made
when giving candy would you give home made or store bought?
store bought cause i have no idea how to make it!
vhs's or dvd's?
vhs cos I can watch them on my TV rather than having to pull out the laptop.
If you have been given something unsuitable would you take it back to the store or pass it on the following year?
take it back... haha I'm not going to give it to another person...
Umm... Ice Skates or Roller Blades
ice skates
thanksgiving or christmas day?
Christmas day...I like to watch people open gifts that I have gotten them!
New Year's Resolution: yes or no?
no! I ma k e achievable goals nots not resolutions
away in a manger or silent night?
Silent Night. Fun to Sing
Spending your New Years Eve, out or at home?
at home - dont drive ao have no choice but to do that.
A muppet Christmas carol or a very muppet christmas movie?
muppet christmas carol.
Cash or a gift card to your favorite store?
It depends - at the moment I would prefer money because I am saving up for a new bike
blowing bubbles or jumping puddles?
jumping puddles- more fun!
spending TO showering or sleeping...
neither actually - spending it swimming!
disney or warner bros?
meals
Harry potter or Ron or Hermione or Ginny?
hermione. beauty and brains is where it's at.
beauty or brains?
brians, but a bit of beauty would be good.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder - agree or disagree?
agree
new year's: resolutions or goals?
Goals.
camp song book - nicely alphabetised and indexed or just a random collection of songs?
random! that's what camp is about, right?
pink/blue or other colors for baby items?
other colors for baby items?
building snowmen, igloos or making snow angels?
snow angels...
fall or spring?
Spring cos it is nearly time for camp rather fall when camp has finished for another year.
candy canes - love them or hate them?
hate them... rather just have pepermints, too messy, to sticky...
new years eve: with friends or family?
Friends... The holidays before are for Family.. New Years is for friends...
Being spontaneous or planned out?
a bit of both
spending christmas money on cloths or entertainment(DVDs video games etc)?
both! i like clothes, but i love games!
games: sorry or trouble?
dont know either them so I will say trouble cos it sounds more fun!
twister or monopoly?
monopoly!
cards: james bond or trash?
dont know either - james bond cos it sounds better!
card games or board games?
board games.
the game of life: original version or the new electronic "here and Now" one?
the original one - i generally think the original ones are best.
The Parent trap with Hayley Mills or Lindsey Lohan?
hmm... seeing how I really don't like Lindsey Lohan now... I don't really kno...
I guess Lindsey... cause she was fun back in the day...
Bands or Solo Singers
bands.
laptop or desktop?
desktop
USB device or CD - for backing up files or taking them to camp?
USB, so much smaller!
cantaloupe or honey dew melon?
oooo thats a hard one...
I would say Cantaloupe
Jazz or Rock?
Jazz - i love the sax.
toasting random things like twinkies over a camp fire or sticking to the traditional marshmallow?
ummm...never tried twinkies. veggie hot dogs are hilarous to roast, though. but, i really really like roasting marshmallows!
sleeping in the cabin with campers (like most traditional camps) OR sleeping in a separate cabin in the same area (like most girl scout camps)??
Twinkies are really not nice roasted (my girls wanted to try last summer!)
Sleeping in a staff cabin - I'm a GS camp girl!
ben and jerries or hargen Daaz (not sure if it spelt that way!)
ben and jerries: cherry garcia...
countryside or cities...
countryside - where I live and were i go to camp.
would you rather teach your campers to canoe or do archery? (not are you certifed to do it just which you would rather do)
canoe- i work as a lifeguard at camp. love to be on the water...
along the same lines, would you rather teach your campers arts and crafts or your choice of a sport or game?
crafts! i love teaching crafts!
glue or paste?
mouse.
playing duck, duck goose or drip drip drop?
drip, drip, drop- i like being creative...
platform tents or cabins?
cabins
which is easier to deal with:
bugs or snakes?
bugs - I have seen snakes at camp but never had to actually deal with them.
what's your this or that, Smudge? ;]
depends on amount of each...
tea or coffee
camp is life, i lover your signature quote. It is a personal quote of mine. I have a poster of it on my wall and it is in my signature in emails. (sorry... out of place)!
I dont drink either tea or coffee (for religious reasons)
camping in a tent or under a tarp?
under a tarp?
greys anatomy or house md or neither or both?
both
7th heaven or gilmore girls?
Gilmore Girls
Comedy or Drama?
drama
period drama or modern drama?
I think both
cabins or tents
depends... i slept in tents every summer before this one, and I like it. However, I also liked sleeping in cabins. Needs a mix and also depends where you are, etc.
staying up late or getting up early?
up late at home - getting up early at camp
swimming or kayaking?
swimming at camp and home, kayaking at camp
residental camp in the middle of nowhere or in the middle of a city
res camp in middle of nowhere.
cereal or eggs
Egg in a hole!
Salted pretzels or none salted?
nothing salted - i like to taste my food not salt
adopting a dog from a rescue center or buying one from a breeder?
from a shelter - thats what we call rescue centers in the states
time off- morning or afternoon?
that totally depends on the day and mood and everything else. I really can't true. That is why, at my camp, it rotates and it is good. i guess I also can't say TO both morning and afternoon.
college or university (what do u call it)
University (in the UK colleges are completely different from uni's)
travel guides - lonely planet or rough guide (if you haven't used them which did the internationals at you camp prefer)?
rough guide...good adventure
sleeping in or going to bed late
going to bed late.
being woken up by alarm clocks or singing?
at my camp, we don't have singing for wake-up. alarm clocks there also... alarm clocks, either way... snooze button...
apples or oranges...
apples
strawberry or raspberry yogurt?
strawberry yogurt
yogurt or pudding?
pudding, love my banana or vanilla pudding.
strawberry shortcake or banana split?
strawberry shortcake.
eeyore or tigger?
eeyore. haha
i always used to cry when I saw him because he looked so sad.
When you're sick would you rather cough really hard or sneeze every 3 mins?
sneeze (I suppose!)
riding a bike or riding a horse?
Riding a bike!!!
Sausage or Pepperoni?
Sausage.
In a blackout do you use candles or a flash light?
Candles...much more romantic!
Coke or Pepsi?
neither - both make me sick!
fine pointed scissors or a craft knife?
Big KID - PEPSI!!! thats going to be my Camp name starting this year!!!
Smudge - Craft knife
Class rings or year books?
yearbooks. though i have both, the yearbooks are so much more in-depth and wonderful!
jack johnson or jack's mannequin? [music]
Jack Johnson...I think...
Marshmallows or Chocolate
chocolate coated marshmallows - especially if the choc is still melted - i keep asking for a choc fountain for christmas/birthday but still waiting!
making or buying end of summer secret buddy gift?
Never done it...but I would say anything made at camp is more special than anything bought.
great taste or less filling?
Great taste
soulful songs or fun songs
fun songs!!!
cowboys or metro-sexuals?
cowboys
hot breakfeast or cold?
cold. mmm cocoa crispies!
cereal: with milk[or milk substitute] or without?
with milk of course!!!
East coast or West coast?
EAST COAST...
white or chocolate milk!
milk - cos white chocolate isn't really chocolate
doing a program that involves gardening or chocolate? (my camp offered both!)
Gardening...it's a lifelong skill connecting the youth with nature!!!
Canada or Mexico?
canada - cos most of it speaks english so no language barrier!
country flag or state flag?
country flag...
California or New York?
Cali - cos I havent been there yet!
ooops! forgot!
floating lunch or cook out lunch?
cook out lunch...
bannana boats or popcorn.
bananan boats - yummy!
digi or film camera?
Digital... but for really nice pics I would use a black and white film Cam...
Math or Science?
i suppose science!
exams or course work?
exams...both stink though!
College sports or Pro sports?
I take it back...course work. It's all about the journey right!?
college - as it helps kids to be able to afford to go to college.
banana sandwiches or bananas and peanut butter?
bananas and peanut butter
ER or Grey's Anatomy?
both!
neon colors or rainbow?
rainbow
pessemist/optimist...
optimist!
chicken, beef or veggie burgers?
Chicken and Beef ( I cant believe how long this thread has lasted as well)
Music program or Nature
nature! [tough decision, though]
psychology or sociology?
sociology!
hanging a flag in your staff cabin - yes or no?
YES
hairy or shaved (during camp!)
A bit of both I suppose - I dont need to shave more than once every 2 weeks, so I dont!
during TO - shower or swim?
shower!!
in the pool: marco polo or diving for things?
cookies!
chocolate or fruit?
hmm...fruit.
a big purse or small one?
Biggish - it has to be when you have to carry meds, and wallets and phones with you, and a book!
playing games with a rubber chicken or a giant beach ball?
beach ball!
first aid or CPR?
I would say both for camp.
HDTV or Digital
digial!
bubble bath with a good book or hot shower while singing along to a good CD blaring in the background?
ohh hot shower!
book on tape or on-line?
on tape cos my stupid eyes wont let me read whole books online - nice as taht would be!
fiction or fact books?
Fiction!
Sunset or sunrise?
Sunset!
spending TO cooking in the staff kitchen or going out to eat?
Out to eat.
Storytelling or reading a book to campers.
reading a book
harry potter or lord of the rings?
Lord of the rings...puts them to sleep quicker!
Check or debit?
debit - nowhere takes checks in the UK anymore.
one match fire - done it - yes or no?
no...not yet!
One match or no match?
1 match - maybe my goal this year will be to learn to light a no match fire.
Bagel Pizza's or Enlish muffin pizza?
English muffin pizza.
By the way- have done the no match, and also a flint/steel fire. that was tough!!!!
coke or pepsi...(clique.)
neither - they make sick!
Pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility, Emma or Little women?
Unfortunately I've read none of them...so I will go with Pride and Prejudice..cool title.
Tobasco or Cholula
Unfortunately, I know what neither of them are?
Bagels or pastries...
Pastires
teaching a craft or teaching a song?
teaching a song; not very crafty at all!!
chicken or beef.
Tough choice. I'd pick chicken.
Girl Scout Camp or Private Camp?
Ironically, I'm reading Emma in English class right now [and I've watch P&P and S&S and read L.W.-- LOVED THEM!]
Girl Scout - i could live on it!
church candles (the big thick ones) or taper candles - the tall thin ones.
church candles [i'm actually scared of candles and fire]
cats or dogs?
cats - am def a cat person
crocs or flip flops?
Flip Flops-- I've seen grannies where crocs -shudders-
Snow or Rain?
snow - i love snow but never get enough of it - all i get is rain.
chocolate or crisps (chips for you americans!)
chocolate!
pet fish or pet hamster?
ooh hard choice. i'd pick hamster because my cat ate one of my fish
Tacos or Fajitas?
tacos!
beans: navy or black?
Neither, I hate beans...
That just reminded me-- supper is done! Off to eat.
Peace out.
you forgot your question so I will just do one.
writing a journal or keeping a blog?
keeping a blog
Cable or Satliate like Direct TV
satellite
listening to music or watching a movie?
watching a movie
eating salted, buttered, sweet or caramel popcorn?
ooo thats hard... um... Caramel cause I cant really get sick of that...
Big thick easy read books or small thin harder to read books?
something in between!
Harry or hermione?
Harry... haha
Frodo or Sam? (LOTRs)
Sam cos he is loyal - and a great example of what a friend should be be
facebook or myspace?
Facebook
Treadmill or running outside
Running outside... cause you can actually GO somewhere...
Biking or Hiking...
hiking
pack the bare essentials or everything you need, with a little extra?
hmmmm...a little extra. Best to be prepared.
PC or Mac?
PC
do you take a stuffed animal to camp - Yes or No?
yeah! they're great for homesick campers!
blanket/sheets or sleeping bag?
all three actually - camp provides the sheeps and sleeping bag (but I take my own) and then I use a blanket for when it is too warm to sleep in the bag (and yes I take a stuff dog to camp with me!)
would you rather be miss piggy or hermione granger?
that's really random, Smudge!
but def. Hermione Granger!! magic would be sooo coool!
bibliographies: MLA, APA, or Chicago format?
Ughh...I was telling somebody today how much I hated writing bibliographies when I was a kid!
Think we always used APA
American Idol or American Gladiators
idol! gladiators just looks silly...
girl scout cookies or boy scout popcorn?
never had boy scout pop corn but I LOVE GS cookies - especial thin mints!
thin mints or samoas?
thin mints!
the new CinnaSpins or Peanut Butter Patties[Tagalongs]?
Tagalongs.
Sweet Tea or Unsweet tea?
markers.
crayola or roseart markers?
crayola
camp yearbook or a DVD/video
both!!
campfires or waterfalls?
a campfire beside a waterfall if there was such a location - if not then a campfire
closing camp fire or opening ceremony.
ooh waterfalls...campfires make my asthma go wacky.
trails- blazed or making your own?
already blazed trails - i would like lead a trail right off a cliff face
email or snail mail?
blazed...go green!
Rhino or Hippo?
hippo
butterfly or dragonfly?
snailllllllll! soo worth the 41 cents and extra time.
fish or turtle?
Dragonflies are the coolest bugs on the planet.
Completely dark or night light?
turtles and completely dark - I cant sleep when there is light
starry night or cloudy night
Starry!!!!!
Mosquitoes or Horse Flies?
mosquitoes (i suppose!)
bug spray - use it or not use it?
Never have used bug spray...hate it!
Benches or chairs in the dining hall?
chairs - it is harder to fall off one!
making friendship bracelets or writing home?
Friendship bracelets...they last after camp!
Competition or Cooperation?
co-operation
chuck the chicken or capture the flag?
flag! never heard of the chicken one.
stars or moon?
moon
(chuck the chicken is fun!)
stay in and a spend a night on the computer or go out to a party?
computer...i'm not a social butterfly..
leaps or bounds?
skip...in a field!
daisies or orchids?
Daisies..
Snakes or Bugs?... (personally snakes are my favorite animals)
daisies
angels or fairies?
bugs and fairies!
harry potter or LotR?
both of them - i couldn't possibly decide between the two
would you rather be a camp director or president of the USA?
The President of the USA... I had to think about this for a while..
a year long camping job or the tradional summer camping job...
Hmm... thats hard.
I really want to be a Culinary Teacher at a Tech School...
But I LOVE camp...
Thats really hard...
I'd say Traditional because then you have that excitement in going back every summer.
Camps to do with water or camps to do with more hiking and LAND things?
(sorry if that doesn't quite make sense...)
Water!
Singing before breakfast or before bed?
camp director. hands down.
camp nurse or PM?
Um Singing 24/7
and
Camp Nurse
Converse or Vans (sneakers)
wow i'm behind, huh?
ooh tough choice. probably vans, they're oh so comfy.
whit or dark chocolate?
Dark... LOVE it... also good for your heart. haha
scrunchies or thin hair ties?
Dog!
Underwear or Underpants?
underwear...
football or basketball...
FOOTBALL BABY!!!!
Pop or Soda or Soda Pop or Coke?
Pop- all the way... whats soda? hehe
For returning staffers: long/same application or shortern version...
shorter version, so much easier especially since they have the longer version from the previous summer.
which is easier:
online apps. or paper apps.?
for international staff I would general say online - but I had major problems last year
love or hate working with international staff?
So... Again I'm not a counselor yet.. CIT this summer.... But this summer will be my 10th summer... and all I have to say that I LOVE the international staff... I learn so much about different cultures and its amazing... I think the reason that my best subject in school is World Cultures is because I know many people from all around the world and i still stay in touch with them... its amazing.. So I cant wait til I can say that I like "working" with them. haha thats a long response
Hands On learner or From the Book learner? (example: School work)
hands on, with the book for guidance.
dates: in groups or alone?
In groups (if I ever had any)
Apologies to Ave, camp_is_life and all others who arent counsellors yet.
reading before going to sleep or just going to sleep?
reading before sleep...helps get me tired enough.
People watching in a Mall or Airport?
airport - i love airports
sneezing or hiccuping?
Sneezing! Hiccups are SOOOOOOOO annoying!
Horror movies or Comedy?
comedy
harry potter or the sabrina the teenage witch?
Harry Potter...no brainer!
Democratic or Republican?
Hard-core Republican...
Atonement or Juno?
Haven't seen them...Juno looks cooler though.
Patriots or Chargers?
Patriots, despite the fact that I think everyone I know can't stand them!
AFC or NFC?
NFC Go bears!
Big Mac or Whopper?
Neither- I dislike fast food...
pro or college basketball...
Giants...
Steelers or Browns...
Steelers!
Fraggle Rock or Johnny and the Sprites?
Fraggle Rock
Bug Bites or Sun Burn
ooh bug bites i guess...
tylenol or ibuprofen?
Clinton
Tacos or Burritos?
tacos
chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ice-cream?
Candy!!
camp fire or fire place?
camp fire!!! No brainer.
Salt or Pepper?
Pepper
flip flops or tevas
ohh hard one but i have to go with........Crocs - sometimes the closed toe makes all the difference!!
crest or colgate ?
colgate
nalgene or camelbak?
NALGENE!!!
Space or the Deep Sea?
used to be I would say space but now Deep Sea
Whale watching or swimming with dolphins?
Swimming with dolphins...
surfing or swimming in the ocean...
um... well I have HUGE phobia of the ocean... but I would say Surfing cause you occasionally touch the bottom. haha
Flash light or torch?
flashlight, yeah, i'm American.
pickles or cucumbers?
PICKLES! I love them...
You say I say or This or That? (Forum Camp Games)
This or that...
hug or kiss...
Knit... but i can't do either
Murder mystery or comedy
Comedy! I hate murder mysterys.
Crocs or Tevas?
TEVAS...LOVE THEM!
Lake or ocean...
Ooh, I'm a fan of both, but right now I'm thinking lake.
Color photos or black and white photos?
black and white.
music or movies?
Ooh tough choice. I love both. I'd say... movies.
Froot Loops or Frosted Flakes?
froot loops! :]
coco puffs or cocoa krispies?
umm not a big fan of coco cearals - but i guess coco krispies
t-shirts or tanks
T-shirts
boardshorts and bathing suit or just bathing suit?
I would like to wear boardshirts and bathing suit... but i end up usually just wearing a bathing suit...
Ever wear short shorts: y/n?
neverrrr!
writing a DBQ or a FRQ?
DBQ (i actually used to love writing them in HS and i dont know what a FRQ is lol)
8am classes or 6pm classes?
6pm classes... not a morning person ever...
all day class one day or broken up through the week...
broken up through the week
Which is better?
Movie or the book?
oh, toughie. usually book, but these days acting is excellent!
bibliographies: MLA, APA or Chicago style?
Yech...none! I guess I'll go with APA
Chevy or Ford or Toyota?
FORD! gotta love 'em...thanks, Dad :P
hybrid car or hybrid mini-SUV
Hybrid car!
If you had to choose between being one:
Deaf or Blind?
That is hard cos I am loosing my sight, but studied deaf studies at uni but would actually rather lose the ability to walk than sight or hearing.
cooking main course or desert?
dessert, gotta love the sweet stuff, and you can lick the spoon:):)
Patriots or Giants for super bowl??
Patriots...I'm a big fan of witnessing history.
Reebok or Nike or Adidas?
Nike
Cell phones or calling cards- or pre paid cell phones
Cell phones
Bacon or sausage?
cell phone -- because my parents still foot the bill...
Rent or Wicked?
We answered at the same time!
Hmmmmmm Wicked!
Pancakes or French Toast?
I love both
Subway or Quizanos
Pasta, french toast...
being murdered or murdering someone..(i know depressing)
Being murdered.
X ray vision or the ability to fly?
Ability to fly...
time travel or ability to move objects..
Moving objects would be so cool...gotta go with time travel, though.
Snow or rain?
time travel so I can keep going back and forth to my favoriate times at camp
Music or movies
depends on distance--- usually I like trains cause there faster but I can take a bus if needed
Desktop or laptop computers
Laptop...using one now.
Crocs or Birkenstocks?
Crocs
Netflix or Blockbuster-- for home delivery of DVD rentals
Snow from the one bit ago...
Birkenstocks...
Flip flops or birenstocks for daily life...
BLOCKBUSTER TOTAL ACCESS IS THE BEST!!!
Cloverfield or Godzilla?
guitar.
lilies or orchids?
Lillies...
sunflowers or daisies
daisies.
which would you rather be:
waterfront or program staff?
Sunflowers
Smoking or Drinking (if you had to choose)
Waterfront...drinking
Maintence or kitchen help...
Maintenance...it's outside at least!
Camp is for
Campers or Counselors?
TV
movies in the theatre or at home...
depends on the weather
On demand or DVD
We're out of sync here!
theater!
Math manually or via calculator?
On demand...depends on the day
Via calculator..so much easier
Math/science or humanities
caculator
Saved by the Bell or Dawsons Creek
Dawnsons Creek
Canoes or kayaks
both
online camp applications or mail in application
dunno... only ever had mail in... I like that!
this or that thread or Camp ABCs
Both--- we get to come up with different stuff for different threads..... It seems like we are doing this just seconds apart
pass on this one
ACA or non ACA accrediated camp
I dunno... I have never been to a non accrediated. I think it depends on the camp. But, if I have to choose...ACA
200 year camp or a 20 year old camp
200 years.
Singing or cheering?
both
day or residential camp
residential...
Chicago or Philly
Well I would coose Chicago but I am kinda biased on that since I live near Chicago
East coast camp or Rocky Mountain or midwest
East coast or Midwest...can't really decide
Went to your camp as a camper: Y/N
No - I am international - but I work at a GS camp and growing up I went to guide camp.
have you lit a 1 match fire - yes or no?
No
Long sessions or short ones
Long... more time to get to know someone..
Pull over Hoodies or Zip Up Hoodies?
Pull over, just so comfy.
Pj Pants or boxers??
PJ pants
floating lunch or picnic on the beach?
I love the beach!
Black or White?
White - clean and pure
dr suess or the giving tree?
This Giving Tree!!!
Donuts or Bagels?
donuts rolled in granulated sugar! especially warm!
warm donuts or cold ones?
Warm... mmm
plain shirts or ones with logos?
plain ones - logos usually mean over priced! Unless of course it is the camps logo and then logo'd shirts all the way.
camp logos or brand named logos?
Camp logos!
Bills or change?
bills
ice-cream sandwich (oh how I miss them!) or fudgicle?
fudgicle, love fudgicles!!!!
thin mints or samoas??
thin mints - oh how I love them - i have my friend buy me them and either post them too me or save them for me for when I get to camp.
sneakers or trainers?
Sneaks
Watermelon or Bananas? (its a big deal at our camp when we get these haha)
Bananas - we get loads of them at camp - usually have banana sandwiches for lunch if lunch is gross!
banana sandwiched or bananas dipped in peanut butter?
I would say both since they sound good at times when cafteria food is gross
Camp yearbook or a DVD/Video
both, they each have their good things.
bunk bathrooms or seperate bathrooms??
seperate. [don't really know what a bunk one is!]
Rent:
movie or on Broadway?
never seen it - but since I would love to see something on broadway I guess I will go with that
camp fire on the opening or closing night of camp - or both?
I like opening because it means the start of a great camp session and The closing night means you have to say good bye to your campers
regular TV or Cable
I cant answer honestly since I only took the ACT
YMCA camp or private for profit camp
Private is all I know.
Painting or Drawing?
Drawing and painting, love them both, i'm an arts and crafts dork and proud of it:)
chicken patties or nuggets??
patties
home made chicken strips (fingers) or shop bought ones?
veggie nuggets!! [sorry, vegetarian]
carrots or peas?
both
Survivior or ER-- the TV Shows
SURVIVOR!!!! Looking forward to Fans vs. Faves
Watching the news or reading the news?
watching the news
becoming harry or hermione for the day?
um... Hermione. Maybe i would do better in school...
Grits or oatmeal? (mmmmm grits.....)
oatmeal (never had grits)...
waffles or pancakes...
Waffles... had the BIGGEST BEST waffles at camp this year...
Surveys or Polls?
Surveys... I love those surveys on the internet!!
Do you think it is good to have a good cry once in a while: Y/N
yes, it does us some good to cry every once and awhile
cheesy romance novels or murder mysteries?
murder mystery
the lorax or the sneetches - Dr Suess books?
the lorax
green eggs and ham or oh, the places you'll go? [dr. suess again]
Oh, the Places You'll Go
Cajun Turkey or Black-Peppered Turkey?
cajun? i wouldn't know, i don't eat turkey!
veggies: frozen or canned?
Canned? I don't eat veggies.
Cajun turkey is good, but spicy. And it makes your breath smell. But it's gooooooood.
Spend 11 months on an exotic vacation or spend 1 month at camp?
1 month at camp... hope it would be more... but yeah
Kapers: Cleaning out the Latrines (Kabooshing haha) OR Wash Stand...
kabooshing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
flag kapers or pool kapers?
um never played either...
BUT I just got done playing guitar hero on ps2
video games or computer games?
neither - would take me away from wracking up nearly 3000 posts on the CA forum and a fair number and on the other forums I am on! (ooops I think I am abit camp obbessed!)
buying camp branded clothes or chocolate cake?
hard choice---- I pick both
Smudge your almost catching up to me in the number of posts on this site
Netflix or Blockbuster
netflix.
gotta love seein' that red envelope in the mail box!
Ellen Page or Michael Cera?
Don't know who either one is
Italian sub or Roast Beef and Swiss sub??
Neither - chicken Lettice and tomatoe!
I noticed that Marty - I even noticed that I had over taken camping queen!
exercising your brain or your body?
brain. you can be fat and old, but being dumb and old just doesn't work!
pizza or pasta?
pasta
pesto pasta or pasta in tomatoe sauce?
mmm pesto!
chinese or thai food?
chinese - never had thia except one thia green curry
sweet and sour or curry?
uh... I don't know what either of those are... hahaha
I'm catching up to C.I.L on posts...
Ninjas or Pirates?
Pirates!
Isn't it shocking how quickly the posts mount up!
love or hate Valentines day!
love
Christmas or Hannauka?
Christmas.
fresh flowers - love them, hate them or love them but hate what they do to you?
love them but hate allergies!
[how do we know how many posts we have? i wanna know!]
fro yo or ice cream? [fro yo=frozen yogurt]
ice-cream
cookie dough or fossil fuel?
DVD - can stop it when you need to
Disney, dreamworks or warner Bro's cartoons?
Warner Brothers
Yeah, I noticed you overtook me too. It's okay, I'll live another day I guess. Just means I have to write more replies, lol.
Daffy Duck or Bugs Bunny??
Bugs Bunny
Thats OK I passed the 3000 posts mark on the camp america forum today!
camp geek or real world popularity?
camp geek!
digging or building?
random!
Building
snakes or lizards?
lizards.
pigs or porcupines?
pigs - they are very cute when they are babies!
Bacon ( meat or the veggie fake stuff) or sausages (again meat or veggie kind)?
ooh veggie 'sausage' is quite tasty.
black or blue ink?
black ink
red or purple ink?
red ink
I am #2 in total posts on this message board
longer sessions or short session
shorter ones!
But I am catching up on you marty!
Ooops I forgot my questions and I cant type at the mo
leaving camp for the whole session break or staying on camp and going out to Walmart and for a meal?
Its hard to decide on that one..... I done both execpt it was a target and not walmart...... I choose either depending on what my friends would do.
Target or Wal-mart
Wal-mart
applebees or McD's
Applebee's, well unless I want a Big Mac, so bad but so good:)
Activities counselor or general counselor?
General - but unit leader
leading singing or leading field games!
FIELD GAMES
Marriage or life partners?
life partners. [well, in my case at least. the option for marriage would be nice, but i suppose that's a long way off for us.]
biology or chemistry?
biology...chemistry is the only class in my life that I've ever failed.
Cats or dogs?
I love cats but I could have a dog that was right for me
IHOP or McDonalds for breakfeast while on your day off at camp
IHOP, gotta love the pancakes with all kinds of stuff on them.
Cupcakes or muffins?
Muffins...specifically the tops.
Pen or pencil?
pencil, easier to erase:)
drawing or painting?
Drawing
Jenga or Don't Break the Ice?
Jenga
Movie night or pool night
movie.
blogging or vlogging?
blogging...
Atonement or There will be blood...
atonement. i don't do gory.
lovey dovey or gory movies?
gory...lovey is boring
Rocky or Rambo?
Rocky, just love the voice, lol.
Ipod or cd player?
cd player!
random road trip or organised tour?
turtles
watching the superbowl - yes or no? (I am!)
yeah...with my head stuck in my algebra book...
best friends or camp friends?
camp friends- they understand why your not home for 2-3 months during summer
DVD or Video tape
DVD...who watches VHS anymore?
Liquor or Beer or Wine?
None--- I dont drink alochol
I still watch some movies on VHS inculding some old camp videos from 2000-2001
Netflix, Blockbuster or a DVD box by the grocery store
None - I get them from my local library!
I still watch VHS!
currently wearing camp clothing - yes or no?
Haha yes! woo I'm a dork!
Hemp or Floss?
ACT
Shampoo or conditioner?
Both...
American Idol or The Moment of Truth
Moment of Truth... LOVE it
Singing or Dancing
Singing... I am awful but I love it.
Under Armor (sp): Y/n
hmm... I would say I don't really know because I've never worn it.
Slippers or Socks?
Long! Mine is about half inch longer thenmy pants line. My hair is REALLY long.
Veggies or Fruits?
HP all the way.
singing or dancing?
Singing in the shower.
Organic or not organic.
Organic if possible.
At camp - hair up or down? - if it is long enough for that to be an issue!
haha up! i have really short hair, but i still pull it up into little pigtails, just to get if off my neck!
braids or dreads?
braids
to keep the hair theme - striagh or curly!
Straight.
Ice Cream or Popsicles?
popsicles.
ricola or halls?
not sure what either is!
so will say halls cos that is what we call uni dorms in the UK!
would you rather be on here or studying!
on here if I dont have a test or project due
ACA or nonACA accredited camp
accreditied!
planning on traveling after camp or going straight to school/work/uni?
going straight to work and uni, though I wish I could travel
traveling the world or spending your life at camp??
I think I know what the response will be, but still fun;)
Halls are like cough drops.... lol
Ooh tough choice, I'd like to do both.. but I'd pick camp.
Chips Ahoys or Oreos?
Premium
oranges or taffy apples
lake
tiping a kayak or a canoe?
Tipping a canoe.
Cabin or Tent?
cabin
mummy type sleeping bag or just a sleeping bag?
mummy -- great for backpacking.
internal or external frame?
external
Netflix or Blockbuster Total Access
lol- How can you do two this or that is a roll...
Anyway- oranges and neither (on-demand)
being too hot or too cold.
too cold
TV -- cable or salatilite
cable (i suppose). I do not know what we have!
Blanket or sheet?>
blanket -- b/c its cold outside!
and resident camp.
crafts -- lanyards or plaster of paris?
ipod
to go without: a shower or your cell phone
my cell phone--- could always use a calling card for a phone but I can go only so long without a shower
oops forgot to ask a question
videos or music
music.
birthday cards or birthday phone calls?
I would take a call since its more personal
a PC or Mac
PC
spending TO off camp or on Camp!
depends on the day.... I would generally spend time off camp
DVD or Video
on camp.
mexican or italian food?
hands down Italian food
east coast camp or Mid west camp
east coast camp
pizza with toppings or plain cheese?
midwest! represent.
candid or random photos?
random
fast food or resatuant
restuant - much better food
cooking in the staff kitchen or going out for meal during TO?
Going out unless the camp food is really great in terms of food
dvd
volunteering at camp for a week or going on an all expenses paid trip to your ultimate destination?
Camp
camp yearbook or DVD
year book - that way it is accessible to internationals who live in different dvd regions!
working at a camp in the USA or out of the USA?
USA- so I dont have to worry about the Visa's and worry about paying taxes on income earned out of the USA
TV or videos
videos - TV is such a waste of time!
parent trap with hayley mills or lindsy lohan?
lindsay lohan.
recycling or picking up trash?
Recycling
Private camp or Non for Profit ie YMCA, GS/BS
not for profit -- GS!!!
campfire: serious or silly.
silly of couse
weekly or longer sessions
longer.
cell phone or land line?
depends if I get good service or not
a long camp season or a short season
short!
shopping or posting on here?
shopping for camp
Music or movies
music.
sleeping bag or tent? [if you could only have one]
music - TV bores me!
Platform tent or yurt?
tent
day or residential camp
platform tent and residential camp.
going without good food or good music for 10 days?
define good food. Does camp food count? and with music, does that mean camp songs too?
without good music for 10 days.
Going without meat or coffee for 10 days...
coffee - cos I dont drink it anyway
cooking pancakes over and open fire or on a cooker?
define good food. Does camp food count? and with music, does that mean camp songs too?
good food is what you make it, probably not camp food.
good music is your favorite, whatever is on your iPOD...not camp songs.
cooking on a cooker.
so, going without good food or good music for 10 days?
without good music...
going without brushing your hair or showering for three days...
If at camp than def going without a shower - you can always jump in the lake!
packing more than you need for the summer or just enought?
Just enough- hate carrying around everything and worrying about all of it!
Camp- 10 really good friends or 5/or under really best friends
5 or under really best friends - and lots of good friends!
spending TO with people from camp or friends from the "real" world?
people from camp, cause we can still be in camp mode and we don't have to worry about what's going on at home, etc.
Days off with trips to cool places or just hanging around camp or a little of both??
a little of both
recieving mail from camp friends or about your camp placement for the summer?
recieving my camp agreement
TV or movies
movies.
sending a letter or a package?
Sending a package...
The Other Boleyn Girl or Twilight...
Thats a very hard one! At camp, I would take music. In real life, I do not know!
TV or movies?
movies - TV bores me these days!
oops! no question...
really cold or hot weather or rainy weather?
hot weather (silly me!)
seeing a moose or seeing a racoon?
seeing a raccoon... raccoons are actually my favorite animal...
seeing a mouse or a snake?
snake
day or residentail camp
hasn't this question been asked a million times? surely there are more questions to ponder.
but, to answer the question, residential.
jumping rope or doing a 'skip-it'?
moose oddly enough. And there is a funny story behind that! I was at an overnight on a wooden outdoor stage that we have with my little 1st-3rd grade girls and the counselor. Well this stage is built on a hill, so the front of it is right on the gorund but the back is kind of far off the ground, which was why I was sleeping over there and my co was on the other side. Well, I was laying there terying to sleep when my co whispers to see if I am awake and if I hear something. I say I don't hear anything, and she tells me that sometihng is sniffing her from under the stage! Apparently she thought at first it was a dog, but we don't have dogs at camp. and then she thought cat, but it didn't sound like a cat. Finally she got it out from under there by shining her flashlight down there and lightly tapping (the girls were asleep!) the wood. She points her flashlight out and sees this gigantic raccoon sauntering away as if to say "I am leaving because I want to, not because you want me to!"
Yeah, then I thought about how we had 6 little girls out here, not to mention myself and my co! I then thought about the special bedtime Embers we had. It involved M&Ms. EEK!! I remembered that racoons can smell food a mile away. So I quickly got up and shoved the food in the very very bottom of my sleeeping bag and zipped my sleeping bag up tight and held it around me really tight, hoping that the racoon wouldn't smell the chocolate!
Also, later that night, my co comes over to the side of the stage, standing on the ground so that her head is a little above the stage. She says whispers my name quietly and finally I look up and see her with a flashlight! Her being there scared me sooooo bad! She was just telling me that she was going to go to the bathroom. OMG, that night was soooo scary so I went to sleep as soon as posssible because I knew that nothing bad had happened on these overnights except mass mosquito bites!
That is the really long story as to why I would rather see a moose. Oh yeah, plus a friends cat we think got killed by a racoon when we were kids.
so anyway,
myspace or facebook
wow, ok I totally messed up there and answered the last one on the last page, not realizing there was another page!! haha, sorry for the confusion, just disregard my this or that and use the other one! haha
so to start us off on the right track again,
jumping rope or doing a skip-it?
jumping rope!
Campkgurl your racoon story is very similar to mine!
playing chuck the rubber chicken or capture the flag?
I've never heard of the chuck the rubber chicken game so Capture the flag, though I personally am a fan of the counselor hunt!
digital tv (cos its free!)
chocolate brownies or cookies for snack time?
oooh toughie. frozen brownies. [if you need further explanation, let me know]
ravioli or spaghetti?
oohh, another toughie! but I am gonna go with ravioli!!
spaghetti sauce or alfredo sauce?
alfredo...
swiss or american?
swiss...I love the texture. Also...nobody answered Myspace or Facebook. I like Facebook.
Old fashioned animation (Cinderalla) or computer animation (Monsters Inc.)?
ooh. old-fashioned. gotta love the disney classics!
flashcards or study guides?
flash cards!
waffles or pancakes?
pancakes -- what i had for breakfast!
cheese or yogurt?
yogurt - I hate cheese!
(CIL has moved up to 9th on the postings list!)
which do you prefer using of these two words: this or that? (just to be very random!)
sony
jumping in puddles or hunting for frogs?
puddles. leave the poor froggies alone! :[
kayaking or sailing?
kayaking! or rather, funyaking since I have never actually been kayaking!
rowboats or canoes? to stick with the theme!
what's funyaking?
canoes!
across the universe or JUNO?
are you tlaking about movies? I think so, so since i have seen neither one of them and I want to se Juno, Iwill go with Juno.
Gilmore Girls or 7th Heaven? (sorry if you don't know those shows!)
yeah ACTU is a movie! its amazing, you should rent it!
7th heaven. gotta love family drama.
ABC or CBS [network TV]
ABC
shoulder bag or backpack?
backpack. you gotta have good support if your pack is as heavy as mine!
RoseArt or Crayola products?
crayola
to answer the question what funyak is - it is like a kayak but it is completely open - you sit on top of it and it is much more stable than a kayak!
fimo or hemp!
hemp! and sorry I forgot to answer the funyak question!
chicken noodle or tomato soup?
tomato (but only if ismade by Heinz UK)
roasting marshmallows or making banana boats?
dang!! That is probably one of the toughest questions in the world! Banana boats are my favorite because you get all the leftover chocolate chips! However, you can't pass up a good s'more what with the tradition and the whole process of roasting the perfect marshmallow! I can't really decide! I suppose if I have to I'd have to go with the s'mores because you can't manufacture it. You can't put it in the microwave or oven and have it be a true smore. You can however make banana boats in the oven! Plus, what I mentioned before about the perfect golden marshmallow and the melty chocolate and the find a stick and roast it tradition!
Wow, long response to a seemingly simple question!
co-ed or girls only camp?
oh! we call 'funyaks' surf bikes. they used to have pedals like a bike, but we just use paddles from the kayak glade. we only have two of them, and they hang out at the sailing dock for UCs to use when the kids go out far enough.
girls only! woo GS!
SoyJoy bars or Nature Valley?
Nature Valley!
Age group: 11-13 or 14-17?
Pool.
Tic-tac-toe or "dots"
Tic tac toe...don't know what dots is!
Golf or bowling?
Neither...hate both!
Basketball or football...
Football! Go Bears!
Snow or rain?
Lake...no sharks!
Forest or fields?
Forest...shades.
Creek or Fields...
a creek running down the edge of a field
capture the flag or camoflague!
Nice combination...
Capture the flag...
Ice breaker camp or free time for the staff just to talk as the best wall for staff to get to know each other!
a bit of both!
for ice-breakers the toilet paper game or a name game?
toliet paper game... it is hilarious when people don't know the game nad take ton!
Ice breakers: talking games or physical games
physical games
human knot or the jump rope game!
human knot...
human knot or trust walk...
human knot
trust walk or trust fall!
Trust fall- even though it scares me.
Cake or pie!
cake as long as it is chocolate
chocolate truffle tart or apple pie and ice-cream?
Neither...not a big fan of either! Rather have something else.
Waffles or pancakes...
apple pie and ice cream
fudgesicle or creamsicle?
fudesickle...
at camp: a big or small breakfast!
big - breakfast is the most important meal of the day!
oops question!
if TO covers lunch would you skip lunch or just eat dinning hall even though there would be campers there!
eat in the dining hall. skip out on food? heck no.
propel or gatorade? [might seem random, but i am currently drowning in gatorade to try and get me over this flu!]
Propel...less sugar.
Eating in the dining hall or picnic lunch?
Picnic lunch..
chocolate milk or white milk!
chocolate!!
cook-out or picnic lunch?
picnic! full-on with a basket and blanket and everything...
flu or pneumonia?
flu!
coughing or sneezing?
sneezing.
texting or e-mails?
Email cos you can say so much more!
email or msn?
e-mail.
writing an essay or writing poetry?
essay - for me poems come from inspiration I cant just sit down and write one!
singing loudly or quielty?
loudly, of course!
singing a repeat after me song or a song with actions?
repeat after me songs with actions!
loud songs or campfire songs?
campfire songs...everything is better around a campfire. Or even better, loud songs around a campfire!
Air conditioning or windows open?
camp fire songs! As much as I love the loud silly songs, and as amazing and loved as they are, I just love the slow songs the best.
chicken song or hippo song?
windows open! gotta love that fresh air!
cold or hot?
hippo song while being hot
lemonade or water?
water.
oranges or grapefruits?
hmmmm...grapefruit
Morning person or night person?
night person! as shown by my late night posts! 2 am baby!!
hotdog or hamburger?
ick - neither - a chicken patty!
tomatoes on your burger of choose or tomatoe ketchup?
ketchup...
A oldie but a goody... coke or pepsi...
both!!
ketchup or mustard?
ick - neither I like the taste of my food!
herbs or spices?
Silver...
Gold or Silver..
gold
green or brown platform tents?
silver.
best friends or significant other?
best friends - they are always there for you!
bug juice or flavoured milk?
Bug juice... flavored milk- yikes!!
History or Math
history
leading field games or team building ones?
Team building ones...
swimming or kayakings...
kayaking - i love doing that!
oops question
watching TV on TO or checking emails?
Checking email... we don't have a TV.
Teaching swimming or teaching kayaking??
teaching kayaking!
1 GB or 80 GB?
I don't know what that is. Sorry...
Flip flops or sandals.
haha GB=gigabytes. storage on USBs, iPODs, etc.
sandals! Chacos, to be exact!
peace or love?
love
Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi?
neither...yuck
yuck or yikes!!
yuck!
mud wrestling or puddle jumping?
puddle jumping!
gum or mints?
Both...
Wintergreen or spearmint
spearmint.
cinnamon or mint?
both. love them both!
for tortilla chips: cheese sauce or salsa
salsa...mm with lots of lime juice.
chips/dip or crackers/cheese?
chips and dip
banana splits or strawberry shortcake?
banana splits! healthy woo! [okay, the ones i make are healthy]
Alfredo or tomato sauce?
Alfredo...
cats or dogs...
fish...less work
water or land...
Land!
Simon or Paula or Randy?
Randy... he tells the truth but isnt completely mean
cans or bottles (soda)
bottles- look cooler
hats or bandanas
hats - i cant wear banadanas - oh i when I get back to NH provided it has survived the winter at my friends house I have a really cool hat waiting for me there cos I forgot it when I left last year!
traditional swimwear or baordshorts?
board shorts!!
tees or tanks?
Tees
sandels or flip flops?
tye dye
burying someone in the sand or making sand castles?
making sand castles
climbing or caving
I suppose caving - I dont do heights!
Archery or climbing?
climbing definitely
home cooking or take away
home cooking, for sure!
doing the dishes or mopping the floor?
doing the dishes
American Idol or Dancing with the Stars
hmm combo of both, DANCE WAR!!
Bruno or Carrie Ann? (from DANCE WAR)
Bruno (even though he is a pain in the butt)
new Gladiators or old Gladiators
old gladiators - cos i haven't seen the new one
CSI - LV, Miami or NYC?
Miami - I love Horatio!
ER or Grey's?
Grey's
Extreme Home Makeover or American Idol?
extreme home make-over - my friend volunteered for one of there projects in NH last year
greyhound or amtrak?
amtrak.
DBQ or FRQ? [i'm procrastinating a DBQ right now...]
Haha.. DBQ! I am luck enough that my teacher doesn't make us do them outside of class. However, class inside is hell enough.
English or History.
Scratch that This or That... thought of a better.
Learning about History: Your Country's History or the Entire World's
entire world.
getting your braces tightened or having teeth pulled?
braces, Spaghettios!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and soup and mashed potatoes!!!!
science or history?
Usually math
biology or chemistry
art
Religious ed or Social ed?
Social ed.
singing or instruments.
that is tough cos I love both! But I will go for singing.
doing a threatre unit or a primative camping unit?
theatre unit
breakfast or dinner
Dinner...
tents or platform tents
can I have both?
tent or tree house?
tree house...at my old camp
new or old cabins
action
fajitas or tacos (just cos there is an old el paso ad on at the mo!)
moon.
summer (without camp) or winter
That was a stupid question....
Long book or short one
depends on the book
harry potter 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7
Way to hard to decide!
Christmas or Easter
(I like number 3 and number 7)
Christmas in holiday terms but Easter in religious terms
looks or sense of humour
that is really hard!
Christmas and Easter both in relgious terms
is it harder to pack for a holiday or for camp?
a holiday. i never know what to bring.
fortune cookies or horoscopes?
neither
banana boats or orange peel choc chip muffins?
banana boats!!
calm/sit-down games or running around games?
Calm ones...
Alternative or country music
country!!!!!!!!
pop or jazz?
Pop.
Kanye West or Celion Dion
Celion - just cos although i have heard of the other guy i dont think i have heard any of his music
big brother - love it or hate it?
Hate it!
Getting the camp brochure or contract?
brochure!!!! It has pictures and descriptions of all the programs!! I love to see if i know the campers or what pics made it in, or if I am in any of them!
candy or cookie?
cookies with candy in them!
girls scout cookies or pepperidge farm cookies?
girl scout cookies...
aim or msn messenger...
msn messenger
yahoo or hotmail?
yahoo
getting to camp early, on time or late?
getting to camp early!!!!!!!! haha
both. each had its place.
Spinach or beets
neither - peas!!!!!
gyrffindor, slytherin, hufflepuff or ravenclaw?
slytherin
goodies or baddies
Hermione - very like me when I was at school except i am not a witch obviously
dumbledoor or Hagrid?
Dumbledore...
Voldermort or Snape.
snape
fred or george?
(I wonder how many more HP ones we can come up with?)
George?
Ravenclaw or Huffelpuff?
ummm, I don't know HP, so I am going to pick one. Hufflepuff.
I will try to come up with a good one from my little knowledge.
Ok, so this one stinks.
Harry's cousin or Uncle? (I think that is their relation to him! ha)
yeah thats their relationship! and thats really hard!
Neither cos they are both bullies!
Would you prefer to play quidditch or wizards chess?
quidditch
defence against the dark arts or potions
chaser
dragons or thestrals
thestrals
charms or transfiguration?
charms...
beaters or keepers.
beater
harry potter or The Dark Materials (think hats what the trilogy is called)
Harry Potter...
sorting hat or gryffindors sword
oh the sword - have you ever tried sword fighting - it is soooo much fun!
gryffindor tower or Hagrids Hut!
Hagrids Hut
Tower or Dungeons
tower
tom riddle or lord voldemort
tom riddle...
divination or astronomy
astronomy - way, way interesting
astronomy or flying lessons?
astronomy- i love the stars
centaurs or flying horses
flying horses
mer-people or house elfs?
mer-people..
Triward tournament..task: 1, 2, or 3
task 2!
time turner or brain room?
awww... both!!
Cedric or Krum
time turner...
krum or cedric...
cedric
yule ball or end of year banquet?
End of Year...
Owls or NEWTS
NEWTS - cos I am a glutton for punishment
de-gnoming the weasleys garden or living with the dursleys?
de-gonoming the weasleys...
malfoys or durselys
malfoys
dumbledors army or death eater?
dumbledore's army...
fudge or scrimgjour
ohh fudge i guess.
playing a concert or going to one?
its not harry pottER!!!!
playing a concert.
burrow and phoneix's hq's
what do you mean, twirl?
the burrow, fo sho.
ravenclaw or hufflepuff?
Going to a concert or playing in one is not HP related...lol!!
Ravenclaw...
Slyternin or Gryffindor
ohh...haven't been on in a few days, didn't catch on... ;p
gryffindor!
invisibility cloak or wand?
Sorry... I didn't mean to jump on you.
Wand.
Trolls or Dragons
haha, no hard feelings.
dragons!!!!!!!!
trolls have boogeys
potions or spells?
potions...
flying or swimming underwater with the gillyweed
flying!
charms or divination?
Snape...
McGonagall or Flitwick
McGonnagal
HP movies: in home or at the theater?
Theatres...
Midnight release or whenever
whenever
HP party or LOTR party?
sorry about the interuption here, I don;t know anything about HP, so I am of no use to this section of This or That, so the next person should just answer the previous question and continue on!
I just wanted to say that you guys are amazing at this!!! I want to see how long it can go, so don't stop!!! I love it!
HP party
Haha ok...
Galleons or knuts
haha alright!
galleons
goblins or hippogriffs?
Goblins...
Arithmacy or Potions
fawkes
aragog or the Bassicilsic (sp?) - the big nasty snake!
basilisk
mirror of erised or the philosophers stone (i think that's the sorcerers stone in USA)
philospher's stone.
dumbledore's office or the room of obligation[the one that only you can find]?
room of obligation (if that is the same thing as the room of requirement)
victor krum or cedric diggory
oh, yeah, couldn't remember the name!
cedric.
cho chang or ginny weasly?
ron
remus lupin or sirius black
mr weasley
invisibility cloak or firebolt
firebolt
the magic coins that hermione made or badges that slytherin bewitched during the triwizard tournament?
magic coins. secretive.
hedwig or fawkes?
fawkes
taking on a troll or the bascilisc?
troll (at least they are stupid)
dementor or basilisk
dementor cos you can do some cool magic
being an animagus or conjuring a patronus?
conjuring a patronus
moony, wormtail, padfoot or prongs
prongs
werewolf or polyjuice potion transformation?
polyjuice...
whomping willow or mandrake
mandrake
blast ended skrewts or mandrakes?
(i can believe we are still going on the HP theme!)
mandrake
pumpkin juice or butterbeer
(im impressed too. who's up for lord of the rings next!!!)
butterbeer - i dont like pumpkins
that would be cool! OK i will start it cos we are running out HP questions.
Bilbo or Frodo?
bilbo
lord elrond or legolas
nazgul
smegol or golum (i know they are both the same creature!)
smegol
rivendell or the golden wood
the golden wood?
i'm not a LOTR person!
so, to put a rift in our success,
tripping or falling?
falling - i am always doing that
bug bites or illness on camp?
bug bites
making sandcastles or swimming in the sea
sand castles
surfing or ocean kayaking?
surfing
skiing or snowboarding
never done either but I have always wanted to learn to ski
canoeing or kayaking?
Canoeing
At camp: Continental Breakfast or Hot Breakfast?
both depending on my mood
cereal or toast for breakfast!
cabins
swimming pool or lake
lake - i love swimming in the lake
swimming or sleeping during TO?
swimming
arts and crafts or fishing
arts and crafts
kayaking or snowboating (kayaking on snow!)?
kayaking
climbing wall or real rocks
neither!
archery or rock wall?
rock wall
sports camp or theatre camp
Theatre - but thats cos I was a drama student (does it show?)
archery or ropes?
archery!
ropes or climbing wall?
ropes - but low ropes
star trek or star wars? (just for something non camp cos star trek is coming on!)
star wars.
popsicle or fudgesicle?
fudgeicles - oh i could eat one right now
fudgeicle or ice-cream sandwich?
both!! I can't decide! They are both so amazing in their amazingness!!
chocolate or strawberry?
chocolate coated strawberries!
chocolate strawberries or raisins?
oo another tough one, but I am goign to go with the chocolate strawberries!!
chocolate covered: peanuts or pretzels?
thats hard! I will take an option not offered - chocolate pretzels! have you ever had them - they are good!
cooking with chocolate or veggies?
chocolate!!!!!
fruit or veggies?
fruit - unless the veggie is Peas
Peas or carrots?
raw carrots or cooked peas!
pineapple or watermelon?
Watermelon, most definitely.
Top bunk, or bottom bunk?
bottom bunk! I am one of the weird kids (ok, not so much a kid anymore!) who would rather sleep on the bottom than have ot get up and down all the time! Plus, I have had a lot of difficulties getting up on the top bunk. It just doesn't work for me! Luckily as a counselor I am always there first and I get the counselor bed, which doesn't even have a top bunk!!
pasta or pizza?
Pasta... Yes, I know, not what most people would have done.
Hot dogs or Corn dogs?
I totally am a pasta person myself!
corn dogs
cherry or strawberry?
Stawberry! *drools* I think I'm addicted to them.
Songs or stories?
both! I love to read, but I also love camp songs! I also love reading to my campers! and singing them camp songs at night! Gah!
east coast or west coast?
West coast! I'm a California girl!
Wooden doors or screen doors? (I dunno, it's random...)
and you think mine wasn't random! I also agree with you on the west coast! Go Washington!
hmmm I'll go with screen doors- they let in the breeze, but not the bugs!
crayons, colored pencils, or markers?
I like doing borders with markers, and then filling in with crayons.
Water or Land?
land, I can swim, but I am not much of one!
rowboats or sailboats?
Rowboats. They're funner.
TV or movies?
movies (i can never find anything decent on tv apart from strictly come dancing but thats only once a year)
popcorn or pick n mix
Popcorn.
Lake or pool?
I'm pretty sure this one has been done before, but whatever.
lake (because I can swim in it, sail on it, water ski etc)
trail riding or horseback lessons
Horseback! I love horses!
Speaking of horses- Eastern style riding or Western style riding?
oooh tough one
I have to say continental because that's what I do but I love western too. Continental just allows you to do more with it like jumping.
winter or summer holidays (ignoring camp)
Summer. I don't really like the winter weather, especially because all we get are hail and thunder storms and no snow.
Campers or counselors? (Dundundun...)
counsellors!
harry potter program or a water sports one?
Water Sports one...
Twilight or Harry Potter (strangley, now I would say Twilight)
Harry Potter.
Snickers or Twix?
Twix
british or American chocolate?
british!!!!
chocolate or sweets
Hmmm... that depends what kind of sweets.
Writing or reading?
reading because although I like to write I can never finish things
space travel or deep sea diving
Deep sea diving. Looking at different types of fish is really cool.
Board games or card games?
board games (especially the really nasty horse racing game)
musicals or regular non singing theatre shows
Musicals. You get both singing and acting at the same time!
Singing or acting?
acting (i cant sing a note)
singing or dancing
Singing... some people tell me I'm good, and others say I'm bad, but everybody agrees that my dancing is terrible.
Figure skating or ice hockey?
figure skating (even though I can't do either)
winter olympics or summer olympics
Hmm, that's hard. Winter has figure skating, but summer has diving and gymnastics. I barely get to see the summer olympics, because of camp, and I usually watch the winter ones. Summer's this year, but I have to wait 2 more years for winter...
I DON'T KNOW!
Comedies or horror movies?
Comedies- I have an overactive imagination when it comes to horror movies and can't sleep for days after them. Yes its official, I am a wimp.
animated films or ones with people
It's okay, I hate horror movies, too. Especially ones about camp!
Animated. All the Disney classics, which I love, are animated.
Halloween or Christmas/Hanukkah?
christmas/hanukkah
easter or halloween
Halloween. I don't celebrate Easter...
AIM or MSN or YIM?
I hope it's okay that I gave 3 choices...
MSN I guess cos I dont use the others at all. I mainly jsut facebook message or use ICQ now.
desktop or laptop
both - depends on my mood!
going to camp or going to somewhere you have always wanted to go (other than camp that is!)?
oh thats very hard. if someone offered for me to go to New Zealand or Australia or South Africa or perhaps a long trip round Italy (with lots of time in Venice and Rome) then I would have to seriously consider. I don't think I could say unless it actually happened.
nice warm summer but with no camp or a rotten cold wet summer at camp
rotten cold wet summer at camp! I have those practically every summer, at least half of the time! Go west side of WA!!
Windows or Mac?
windows
desert or mountains or high desert platau?
mountains
beach holiday or skiing holiday
Skiing - even though I would prob break my neck!
surfing or wind surfing?
surfing cos i'm useless at windsurfing now even though I used to be good
powerboats or sailboatts
sail boats
sailing around the world or biking across america!
sailing around the world (have managed to do transatlantic- want to go round cape horn one day)
skydiving or bungee jumping
sky diving
zorbing or sky diving?
zorbing (sky diving looks frightening even if my little sis has just done it and liked it)
circus skills or high ropes activities
circus skills - playing with the Diablo is so much fun - i want one of my own!
talking about knickers or talking about shoes?
talking about shoes...
no dreams or dreaming while sleeping...
I think that I dream while I sleep but I rarely remember them!
sleeping well or waking up through the night?
sleeping well, are you kidding me? ;p
sleeping bag or lots of sheets/blankets at camp?
I use a sleeping bag unzipped and a blanket and sheet
pillow or none?
pillow.
pick a decade: the 60s, 70s or 80s.
60s because they looked cool
fairytales- scary or fun
Bangles. You can put on way more of those than you can rings...
Dr. Suess or Dr. Dolittle?
Dr Suess - no contest
mary poppins or nanny Mcphee?
Mary Poppins. I didn't like Nanny McPhee very much.
M&Ms or Skittles?
skittles
peanut butter or chocolate spread
Peanut butter! I <3 peanut butter!!!!!!
Cats or dogs?
cats because you have to earn their love but dogs are amazing too. i want to own both (and several of each).
roller blading or playing on a pogo stick
Pogo stick. I'm very bad at roller blading, though it's weird because I'm an excellent figure skater, if I may say so myself...
Figure skating or roller blading?
figure skating to watch because i cant do it
soccer or hockey
Soccer. I like playing goalie!
Tennis or pingpong?
tennis
hopscotch (do you get that in the USA?) or monkey bars
Oh, yeah, there's hopscotch in the USA... but I think it's a bit too second grade. I pick monkey bars.
Karate or Judo?
judo (just cos!)
dealing with snakes or spiders?
snakes
going to the zoo or a water park
water park! as long as I dont have an injured thumb!
breaking your wrist or injuring your thumb?
injuring your thumb as long as it didnt take long to heal and wasnt my writing hand
good teeth or nice hair
oh - you take your thumb for granted!Having injured my thumb I would much rather break my wrist!
nice hair and good teeth!
long, silky, fine hair or short, thick and wavy hair?
long, thick... right after shower-curly then wavy...
long or short hair?
long
blonde or brunette or redhead
brunette! represent!
braids or buns?
tied back.
hair: off your neck or down and pretty?
down and pretty at home - and up at camp!
comb or brush!
brush
lots of products or all natural
all natural!
headband or ponytail
ponytail
platypus or kangaroo
platypus (cos I love how it sounds - duck-billed platypus - how cool is that!)
galapagus tortoise or leatherback turtle? (was just watching life in cold blood!)
galapagos tortoise
hornblower or master and commander
hornblower?
pennies or dimes?
card.
paper or plastic? [bags]
paper (or canvas)
recycle or throw in the trash?
reduce and reuse
hug a tree or kiss the dirt?
hug a tree!
lick a sailboat bottom or kiss a fish?
yuck - kiss a fish
pitch a tent or construct a shelter?
pitch a tent so i have more free time to go out and enjoy the nature
Hot and Misty (light rain) or Freezing cold and snow
freezing cold and snow
skiing or snowboard.
is that right iuno
Skiing (have done neither but would love to try skiing!)
Hug, Handshake or Hi-five?
hug
hug or kiss
hahha i know were this may lead
hug
daffodils or sunflowers
daffodils
law and order or CSI?
CSI
dog the bounty hunter or police chase programs
police chase
neighbours or home and away?
Neither!! They both suck!! lol
Home or Away?
away! [unless home is camp!]
hats or bandannas?
neither
handbags or backpacks
Er... can I say messenger bags?
Pickles or cucumbers?
cucumbers (why anyone would want to eat a pickle is beyond me)
McDonalds or Burger King
Hey! I like pickles!
I think I'll say Burger King...
Umm, twins or triplets?
hmm my sisters are twins and the two of them is quite enough so I'll say twins
scifi or romcom
Romcom
Green Tea or Yorkshire Tea
yorkshire tea
white or black coffee
white coffee
one or two piece bathing suits (for girls...)
depends how fat im feeling and what im doing (ie one piece for diving)
shorts or jeans (not weather related)
shorts - i am not jeans fan!
reading to campers or singing to them!
Singing to them...
Hair up or down
down at home - up at camp!
msn or yahoo messenger?
Hmmm I'm thinking that we choose this or that from the person above and then continue on...corect me if I'm wrong!
MSN MESSENGER FOR ME!
Sorry if this has been said before.
Movies or TV Shows?
well, movies if the TV shows are on at their regularly programmed times, but Tv if you can watch them onlin or on the DVDs!!
you are correct in how this game works! and we do a lot of repeats on this thread (and the ABC one!) so don't worry too much about it!
alligator or crocidile?
alligator
opening ceremony or closing campfire?
I'd have to say opening ceremony even though I've never been before.
Mainly because you've got the whole summer to enjoy rather than being sad that you are leaving!
Grey's Anatomy or Desperate Housewives?
Despereate Housewives- no blood gudhy out everywhere, but still drama packed!
7th Heaven or Gilmore Girls?
Gilmore Girls all the way!!!
Hmmmm.....
M & M's or Smarties?
m and m's! Theyt have chocolate in them!!!!!!!!!!!! Smarties are good too! "Oy with the poodles already" Kristina!!! hahaha gotta love the gilmore girls!!
Dr. Phil or Oprah?
Ha ha!!! YESS! And isn't Gilmore Girls set in Connecticut? I'm going there woot woo!
And most definitely Oprah! She gives you free stuff for going to her show lol!
true dat!!
GG is based on a fictional Connecticut town, but is actually filmed in the studios. but the writers based Satrs Hollow off of a small town they saw in Connecticut, or got their inspiration for SH from it or something!
Fall or Spring?
SPRING! My birthday is in spring lol!
And what's Satrs Hollow?
Desktop computer or laptop?
Stars Hollow** sorry I need to work on my typing skills!
it is the town the Gilmore girls live in
laptop since you can take it with you!
Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune?
I don't think we have Jeopardy....so Wheel of Fortune lol!
Australian accent or English accent lol?
aww man!! I definitely can't choose, so for the sake of argument I am going to go with Australian because of this really cute guy counselor who worked at my camp the last 2 summers!
German or French accent?
italians!! gotta love the food! and the cool language! and the fact that their country is shaped like a hooker boot as my german class would say!
books or music?
Music all the way!! Can get very emotional with music..not so much with books!
DVD's or Videos lol!
dvds
exercise or diet to lose weight
Excercise, definitely. It's so much healthier!
Charades or Pictionary?
pictionary (charades scares me because I'm too shy)
snakes and ladders or monopoly
I think I'm going to have to say Monopoly. I like to play where my goal is to get one of each color, to stump all the others!
Tarzan or George of the Jungle?
hmm neither
dinner party with a few close friends or massive party with loads of people
dinner party with a few friends
cooking for that dinner party or getting a caterer (If money wasnt as issue!)
cooking because i find it fun
meaty or veggie
so do - especially if it involves chocolate
meaty
roast of your choice or soup?
roast
canoeing or kayaking
kayaking
flip flops or sandals
Flip flops
blue or purple or neither
neither my sight is perfect
adverts- good for a bathroom break or a pain in the neck
good for a bathroom break!
running or biking.
yuck neither!
shorts or skirts
SHORTS....
Skirts or dresses
skirts
high heels or tennis shoes
tennis shoes
make-up: YES/NO
Comfort
black or colored dresses
black because i feel less big in them
size zero or plus size
plus size...
shorts or pants
Shorts definitely
Pay TV or Normal TV?
CCUSA all the way...although I'm a little biased going through them :P
The Sims 2 on PC or The Sims 2 on XBOX?
neither! not a games person!
pride and prejudice or sense and sensibility - the movies?
Pride or Prejudice
Pride or Prejuidce or Emma
Pride and Prejudice lol! Gotta love Colin Firth!
Um.... Johnny Depp or Patrick Dempsey?
Patrick Dempsey (gorgeous)
Colin Firth or Hugh Grant
colin firth
little women or Pride and prejudice?
Pride and Prejudice
Greys Anatomy or House
greys
medical or crime or period dramas?
medical dramas...
Depressing/Emotional Music: Yes/No
no!
play an instrument - yes or no?
Emtional music yes....but depressing music no lol!!!
Um....sitcom or drama?
Damn I mised it lol....YES!!!
Sitcom or drama?
both
Mr Darcy or Mr Bingley?
Mr Darcy lol...what a cutie!
Doona or sleeping bag?
Sleeping bag...
Romance or Terror.
BOOK... if it is a good book! movie if it stinks!
American Idol or Survivor...
American Idol!
Dentist or Doctor?
Surgeon!
I'd have McDreamy any day :P
Read or write?
Haha... I love McDreamy
Read..
Not being able to see or hear
See...I think I need to be able to hear!
Superman or batman?
Batman, theres definitely a darker side to him. Superman is just a little too clean cut for me!! lol
Crayons or Markers?
crayons
tents or under the stars
Under the stars. It's so relaxing!
Songs or chants?
songs
late at night or early in the morning activities
Late at night. I am NOT a morning person.
Uno or Go Fish?
Uno
marshmallows - burnt or lightly toasted?
Burnt!
Cook outs or camp outs?
a camp out with a cook out!
banana boats, rainbow pudding (m&ms - stirred through vanilla pudding) or S'mores for desert at a cook out?
cake - chocolate
chocolate cake or chocolate ice-cream?
cake- chocolate ice cream always disappoints me
ice cream or sorbet
ice-cream
ben and jerries or generic brands
I love Ben and Jerry! My mom has an ice-cream machine, and a Ben and Jerry ice-cream cookbook!
Umm, Lions or tigers or bears?
Emus! I just like the name, lol.
The Pyramids or the Tajmahal?
Taj Mahal (pyramids scare me a lot)
natural wonders or man made wonders
Natural wonders, because it's really cool that things like that were created 'on accident'.
Turtle shells or Snail shells?
turtle shells
columbia or puerto rico for vacation
dont really want to go ot either - i want to go to one of these places:
tonga or samoa?
can i have both?
seeing a volcanco or experiencing an earthquake ?
seeing a volcano (my mum lived in a dead one once)
aliens- yes or no
NOWAY HOSEEEE
Singing or lip syncing?
singing
singing alone or in a choir?
I like both!! Can't decide!
Spice Girls or Aqua?
Spice Girls
long or short nails?
short...
painted or unpained nails
Unpainted
Coloring or Drawing?
Coloring..
Crayons or Colored Pencils
coloured pencils
water or juice?
ice water
Backstreet Boys or N'SYNC? haha- returning to the 90's music theme! haha
Definitely Backstreet Boy!
When they were in Australia they stayed in my mum's hotel and she DIDN'T GET THEIR AUTOGRAPH FOR ME! Was annoyed at her for that lol! She brought me home their plane tickets...what am I gonna do with that lol?
High School Musical 1 or 2?
Never saw either of them!
Disney sequels- yay or nay?
Sometimes yay and something nay! As in HSM 2...so nay! Apart from the songs...LOVE the songs!
Obama or Clinton?
the songs are amazing!
I am going to be the stereotypical American and say that I haven't really researched enough to have formed a solid opinion. However, at the moment I am leaning towards Obama.
gel pens or regular pens?
Gel pens!!!!!! And I also am a huge fan of the HSM movies. Especially Sharpay!
Snail mail or E-mail?
snail mail is fun to get and email is quick so both
titanic or man in the iron mask
Man in the iron mask!! Dartagion (sp?) is so dishy!
disney or dreamworks?
Wow, that's really hard, but I'm going to have to say Disney!
Snow White or Cinderella?
Snow White
Disneyworld or disneyland
not been to either
train, plane or automobile?
automobile because it is much easier to get to nearby places, and you can go anywhere on the continent!
"To be or not to be?" (haha)
to be!
rain, snow or hail (cos i have been out in them all today!)
rain- unless the temp is below freezing! I hate ice! but rain, I am used to, so it doesn't bug me. I am sick of snow. We still have snow on the grass and stuff around here from the beginning of February/end of January when we had the big snow. I want to to go away!
partly cloudy and cool, or a little too sunny?
a little too sunny - a least you can put a hat one
hat: straw type or baseball?
baseball
Yankees or Red Socks
Red Socks
ankle socks or slipper socks?
Ankle socks.
Small, overcrowded (with stuffed animals, of course!) beds, or large, empty beds?
LARGE beds lol! So you can spred out lol! I spread out heaps lol :P
Lolly pops or chews?
Really? I have a tiny bed, and a gazillion and one stuffed animals. I love sleeping that way!
Lolly pops.
Hot or Cold weather?
Cold...coz I can snuggle up!
Fire or Ice?
That depends... I like eating ice, but I love camp fires!
TV or Computer?
Computer! because you can watch Tv on the computer :P
Steve Carrel or Jim Carey?
Jim Carey! I love his movies!!!
Basketball or Soccer?
(Its football)
basketball!
swiming or boating?
Swimming. And, no, it's SOCCER!
Kayaking or Canoeing?
kayaking.
driving or mass transit?
Driving? Lol.
Lizzie McGuire or Hannah Montana?
hannah montana
sun or snow?
Ooh! I love Hannah Montana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, I'm better now... Um, journal. Diary sounds to girly for me, lol.
Internet Explorer or Firefox?
Explorer
monk dinner or shipwreck breakfast?
shipwreck!
gotta love eating with a cheese grater.
Parmesan or provolone?
Parmesan.
Listening to music or making music?
partly cloudy and cool (must be because i'm english!!)
Flashlight or candlelight?
Umm, are you sure you were looking at the right post?
Anyway, I pick flashlight, because it can't really burn anything.
Stage acting or screen acting?
stage acting
flashlight or headlight?
headlight! hands free yeah!
internal or external frame. and why?
internal...
Outdoor or inside fire
outside fire
A-frame or log-cabin - as a base for your fire?
a-frame...
matches or lighter
matches - lighters scare me!
candle kisses or tumble-dryer lint as a fire starter?
tumble dryer lint!
one pot meals or no utensils using an open fire?
using an open fire
camping in a tent or putting up a tarp?
Camping in a tent.
Rock 'n' roll or jazz?
rock n roll
slow or fast camp songs
slow!
repeat after me or songs with actions?
an action repeat after me song
leading singing or just taking part
just taking part...
regular silver duct tape or colored duct tape?
colored - if it is purple - otherwise silver
reading a book or reading a magazine?
writing...
reading or writing...
science, you get to blow things up!!!
lake or swimming pool?
Lake.
Peanut butter or jelly?
jelly!
favorite flavor jelly? grape, strawberry or other?
Strawberry...
Green olives or black?
neither, but if i had to pick black
dill or bread and butter pickles?
dill.
ranch or italian dressing?
RANCH!!
cruncy tacos or soft tacos?
Ewwwwwwww. I don't like either!
Sprite or 7-Up?
Tea.
Brown or white sugar?
white
chocolate or white milk?
Chocolate.
Strawberry-kiwi or strawberry-banana?
strawberry banana
lemon or lime?
lemon
sparkling or still water?
Still.
Sneezing or coughing?
I know, extremely stupid, I couldn't think of anything better...
sneezing
paper or cloth hanky?
Paper. You don't have to re-use it...
Continental or American Airlines or British Airlines?
American Airlines
Sleeping or listening to music on the plane.
toes- preferably the second one on my right foot
oops forgot the this or that
sandles or flip flops
Toes??? Where did you get that from?
Flip flops.
Train or car?
.... i guess i proved i blonde eh! i scrolled back to the first page. oops is becoming an over used word for me today.
That depends how far away my destination is... But I think I'll say plane, because I get car-sick, but not air-sick, if I try to read.
Chalkboards or Whiteboards?
whiteboards - i like the smell of the markers you use
word of the day or though of the day?
thought of the day! I love the cool quotes out there! and i never use my words of the day!
writing five 2 page papers or one 10 page paper?
one 10 page one - cos I would go over 5 pages anyway!
writing a paper or sitting an exam?
Writing a paper
Markers or Crayons
crayons - there is soooo much more you can do with them
paint or markers?
Markers. They're not as messy.
Tulips or roses?
Diary. You can write stuff in it, whereas a calendar is too small.
Eating or drinking?
eating - especially chocolate
chocolate cookies or chocolate brownies?
BROWNIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chocolate chip cookies or sugar cookies?
chocolate chip cookies
orange chocolate or mint chocolate?
Mint chocolate.
Oranges or tangerines?
tangerines
banana splits or strawberry shortcake?
Strawberry shortcake.
Pie or cake?
Pie- you get the sweetness, along with ice cream and or whipped cream, but no frosting! And you can pass it off as healthier since it has fruit (if you eat a fruit pie!)!
apple or chocolate cream pie?
Apple pie. Especially the type that my grandma makes!
And I LIKE frosting...
Apples or pears?
Pears, I wish we got them more at camp!
Trying to sleep when it's really hot outside, or really cold?
really cold - at least you can add extra layers!
opps forgot my question
chocolate chip cookies or chocolate chip muffins?
Chocolate chip cookies. I don't really like muffins.
Mint Chocolate Chip or Chocolate Mint Chip?
mint choc chip!
medical or criminal drama?
criminal.
chocolate covered raisins or chocolate covered cranberries?
never had choc cranberries and dont like choc raisins - i'll just take me the Chocolate
strawberry or chocolate cheesecake?
Strawberry cheescake.
Parmesan cheese or Mozzarella (sp?) cheese?
mozzarella!!
meatballs or lasagne?
Lasagne.
Pizza with or without toppings?
with! Ham and pineapple for me or BBQ chicken! Yum!!
Thin crust or deep pan?
Thin crust. I hate the crusts!
Thin crust or cheese-filled crust?
Cheese-filled!! No other way for me!! lol
garlic and herb or cheese and chive dips?
Garlic and herb.
Baking or cooking?
baking and cooking!
chicken or turkey?
TOFUrkey!
sorry, i'm a veggie.
lemonade or kool-aid?
Kool-aid!
raspberry or strawberry (flavours)
raspberry
raspberry or strawberry jam (jelly)?
both raspberry and strawberry jam and/or jelly
mechanical pencil or wooden pencil?
hmm...
SHARPIE!(I guess pen then!)
tents or cabins (for resident camp)
tents for campers and cabins for staff - we have to be there all summer so deserve some luxury
laptop or PC?
Laptop! gives you freedom to travel!
long distance bus or car journeys?
car journeys - freedom to stop when you want to!
long distance bus or train journey's?
puppies... they're more fun to play with...
stripes or dots?
stripes
pattern or plain colored wallpaper?
plain colored wallpaper.
Kangaroo Court or Water Front activities?
Waterfront activities - I love the water!
Ice-cream or cake for desert?
um both yum
chocolate or hazelnut
chocolate, although I believe Nutella is Hazelnut, and that stuff is amazing!
morning or night?
sunset, beautiful!!
dove or cardinal?
dove!
shoting stars or northern (southern) lights?
shooting stars
black or white?
white
sleeping in total darkness or some light?
some light
fluro lights or plain lights
Plain ones
hair clasps or hair eslasitic to keep your hair up?
green
staff tshirt or staff hoodie?
staff hoodie...
Jimmy Eat World or Coldplay
coldplay.
archery or traverse wall?
Archery cos your feet stay firmly on the ground!
gas, or charcoal BBQ or open fire?
Charcoal
Toby Keith or Dixie Chicks?
Charcoal
Toby Keith or Dixie Chicks?
[hah smudge! i feel the same way!]
dixie chicks
country or alternative music?
Country
Milwaukee Brewers or New York Yankees?
brewers. [nataylor, are you from WI?]
snow or rain?
snow - I love snow
snow storm or thunder storm?
thunder.
for archery:
compound or recurve bows?
recurve, more natural, I'm not a hunting person (it's ok if you do I just can't do it for fun!)
For camp-
units with AC or not?
NOT!
julie andrews or dick van dyke?
julie andrews - cos my camp day bag gets called a mary poppins bag!!!!
Cos I am watching it: Grease or Grease 2?
original, hnds down.
45 or 70? [age, speed limit, weight, you choose.]
Wise, it sounds smarter.... haha
Fire starters or good ol' match and sticks?
match and sticks!
in general: cigarette lighters (didn't know what else to call them) or the candle lighters with the long shaft/stem thing?
I would call the Cigarette lighters "Bics" But yeah Bics
Tissue or Hanky?
tissues cause u dont have to reuse them
scruncher of folder
ahahahah
oh some people may not no what that means.
like if u scrunch toilet paper or u fold.
it was an ad ok.
folder i guess, haven't thought too much about it before!! lol
bath or shower?
depends - pen for some things pencil or others
Dro Who or harry potter
harrrry pottter.
witches or muggles
witches
religion or politics?
Politics.
Wisconsin Badgers or North Carolina Tar Heels?
you really like sports, don't you, nataylor?
i have no idea! Wisconsin, I guess...never heard of either.
sports or games?
Football! English of course!!
Sailing or Canoeing?
never sailed so ill have to say canoeing
beach or pool
beach
taking a stuff animal to camp - yes or no?
yes yes yes!
bears or other animal[stuffed]?
stuffed dog!!!!!!!!!!
Rubber chickens - cool or sad?
sad
na haha cool.
chicken or ham hahah
chicken
chicken or turkey?
chicken.
chicken litte or babe
babe
chalk board or white board
white board def
smart board or white board lol
smart board!
AIM or Yahoo!IM
MSN. but i have aim for the few american friends i have.
so people add me.
aim: erinreilly90
Computer or laptop
laptop
camp friends or home friends?
camp friends haha so harsh a bit of both
camp clothes or normal clothes
camp friends. hands down!
propel or gatorade?
never heard of propel so gatorade
red or lime
im usually just a water person but .... gatorade
digital camera or regular camera
digital
cd of photos or printing photos
both - there is something about film photography that I love but i love being able to see the pics when you take them!
secret buddy at camp - yes or no?
is secret buddy like secret santa?
yes and no hahah i dont wanna worry about making stuff lol
older kids or younger kids
digital, though regular has its advantages- such as having hard copies! i never actually print any of my pics from my digital, but I love having prints!
I love watching this thread when the boards are busy!! haha
so to re-ask one that was asked previously and not answered...
camp or normal clothes?
younger kids
boys or girls?
GIRLS actually both
swimming or running
up
hair tyes or scrunchies.(Scrunchies r the big ones)
swimming - i am a bit of a waterbaby!
swimming or kayaking?
ohh kayaking - and hair ties
water or soda
water - soda makes me sick
nalgene or some other brand? (for erin - nalgenes are water bottles)
hahah thanks i was like huh
that one cause i dont know other brands.
water or vitamin water
water
water with or without ice?
with- it always seems colder, even right after it is put into the cup! Plus then you can eat the ice when you are done!
apple or orange juice?
bothhh yummm
apple or oranges.
apple - orange juice gives me heart burn
pancakes or waffles for brekki?
fruit and romantic comedies! haha
drama or comedy?
snow
strawberries or blueberries?
blueberries
singing or dancing
yes!
Family or cafeateria style meals?
singing
candles or oil lamps?
CARDS...
drivers license or other ID as ID
license
going to the movies or watching at home?
Watching at home
chemistry or bio
cash
Family or cafeateria style meals?
(Family staff serves table of 8 and cit/wit pours water for their table and 1 camper "hops")
cafeteria.
archery or slingshots?
archery!
iPhone or iTouch (i have neither!)
i have a ipod classic.
electricity or candles
archery
instructing archery or instructing kayaking?
u skippped me.
instructing kayaking
candles! I love campfires!
IM or Email?
email DEFFINITLY!
lip balm or lip gloss?
balm (better for them)
VHS or DVDS
dvds
playstion 3 or xbox 360
U SKIPPPED ME AGIAN.
um wats the difference
skipping erin or talking to erin
ummmmmm homecoming?!?!?!?!
prob=ball?? lol
ball suckd except for the after ball lol
acrylic or real nails?
real
(prom is a fancier dance than homecoming for high schoolers
sorry erin!!!!!
ummmmm haven't played either of wat u askd me lol
neoither
australian or english lol
ummmmmm french is romantic but spanish is sexc
austrailian- sounds really cool!
Flying or cruise?
both at diff stages of my life.
human or bird
adious do u mean?
bye.
elephants or fish
oi erin!!!!!
bye or adiu?
cedar speak english lol
chipmunks or skunks?
chip munks (becausing i'm leaving the forum for 2night)
hello or bye?
i love elephants sooo yay.
chipmunks they have cute voices in alvin and the chipmunks
trees or weed
bye means u wont see that person until u organise to see them so hello
and deff trees lol
oooo my bad
soft animals or stuffed animals?
um wats the diffff.
plastic cup or glass cup.
we have arguments at my house about this
glass cup!
hand cream or hand sanitizer?
plastic cup cos I am less like to break it
tea, coffee or hot choc?
HOC CHOC!!!!!!!!!
glow sticks or flashing lights?
both for shay, Hot choc for smudge..
nesquick or milo
glow sticks - I dont like things that flash
flashlight or torch
milo deff for erin!
digital camera or old fashion camera?
they r the same thing
head torch or torch
digitall camera this is getting confusing
haha
hannah montana or jonas brothers
wats the diff b/w falshlight n torch
a flashlight is the american name for a torch
Erin: Hannah Montana
white wedding or not?
or torch lol
jonas brothers might be young but better looking then hannah montana lol
michael jackson or elvis?
HANNAh montana or jonas bros was the q
ohh hahah mobile or home fone
forum - duh
ACA only or ACA and talkcamp
aca talk camp, summercamp world wide and ccusa
sun or rain
its another forum im on shay hahah
I registered with the summer camp one but between here, talkcamp, Camp america and guiders I dont have time!
Sun
zapper or remote control
wats a zapper
remot control
dancing or singing
a zapper is a remote control
singing
TV news or newspapers?
both
reading or watching tv
reading
Girl scout camp or not?
never tried it.
washing or vacuming
IM GOING TO A GIRL SCOUT CAMP lol
WASHING!!!!
basketball or netball?
basketballl
hiking or climbing
hiking - scared of hieghts
archery or climbing wall?
climbing walll
land sports or water sports
watersports
kayaking or climbing?
climbing
skiing or waike boarding?
skiing
swiming or driving boat
swimming
kayaking or canoeing
canoeing
breaking ur arm or leg
arm
long hair or short hair
both
long fingernails or short
long
famous magazine or vogue?
famous i read neither though
hairy or not hairy lol
not hairy!
champagne or chardonnay?
champagne
beer or spirits
alcohol
blonde or brunette?
spooons
i have to goo sooon.
me leaving or forum dying
is that really a question lol
we dont the forum to die - but we dont want you to leave either erin
water or milk?
sprite - dont drink any thing that has caffine in it!
first aid kit or sewing kit?
first aid kit- altho i like to sew u need 1st aid more
rings or bracelets
bracelets.
glowy or sparkly?
sparkly! its more pretty!
pink or purple
purple -- go RELAY!
your own country's history, or world history?
world history
singing in a choir or singing camp songs?
singing both!
stupidly dancing or club slut dancing lol
stupidly dancing
backpack or suitcase or trunk?
SUITCASE!!!!
river water or tap water
both!?!??!?!
i need my beauty sleep lol
rough or day spa?
rough it - dont do spas
lunch with friends or dinner with family?
day spa. [what's a rough spa?]
mani or pedi?
smudge- dinner with family
mani!
i meant going out and getting dirty lol
helly kitty or betty boop?
hello kitty
traditional cartons or animee
animee
cats or dogs
dogs
reality TV or sitcoms?
sitcoms- i get sick of reality tv
american idol or so you think u can dance
idol. i <3 david cook!
regina spektor or tegan and sara?
they are some really good music out here in the states! find T and S on myspace, or google them!
google or yahoo search?
google!!!!
myspace or facebook
facebook.
oldies or new music?
neither
opera or musicals?
musicals!!!!!!!
movies or theatre?
dvd!
primary school or high school
high school
school or uni (college)?
school i dont go to uni lol
work or play
backpack
shoes or bare feet
bare feet!!!!
pens or pencils?
pens for somethings and pencils for other
teaching a skill or learning a skill?
learning, then i can teach it!
fall or winter?
well i like learning new skills.
revising a old skill or learning a new one
Winter (if there is snow)
and learning new skills
ulitmate frisbee or frisbee golf?
ultimate frisbeee
flag football (american) or tackle?
tackle
table tennis or lawn tennis?
table tennis, more fun
foosball or pool table?
fooseball - soo much fun - have you ever played human fooseball
doing laundry or doing dishes?
dishes, lot less trouble
white wall or colored walls?
coloured walls- makes me think vibrant!
fluro or pastel
pastel
paint on walls or wall paper?
paint on walls!!!
kittens or puppies
kittens
bottled water or soda?
bottled water
earth or stars?
stars
glow in the dark stars or animals?
thats gone from one extreme to another lol
animals =)
black pen or blue pen
black
email or snail mail?
email!
old headphones or new headphones
both
fiction or non-fiction or autobiography?
Depends on my mood!
bunches of flowers or leaving them to grow outside?
outside! A pretty yard makes me happy!
Mac or windows?
window
bird feeder or bug trap
bird feeder,
even though i hate birds lol
lollies or chocolate
chocolate.
caramel or taffy?
tv
(i get the radio on my tv as well haha)
drumstick or magnum
(2 types of icecream)
drumstick??
sharpies or crayola markers?
um both
lead pencil colour pencils
color pencils!
windups or textas?
what are windups
textas.
purple or pink
Purple - my favouritist color int eh world!!!!!
white or black?
black.
emo or goth or neither ahah
neither
armageddon or deep impact?
ummm whats r they.
nail polish or no nail polish
no nail polish - I can stand how it feels!
(they are movies - about avoiding meteors crashing to the earth - about 6 or 7 years old)
long or short sleeved shirts?
long. but short too. how about 3/4 length??
college: public or private?
private.
wel ive only ever been to private high schools n stuff.
Maths or English
are they cars?
horses or cows
horses! (i love them so much!)
white or black horses
chesnut use to always be my fav.
watchging people ride, or riding yourself
riding myself!
western or english riding
whast the diff.
i like the one with the sadle.
clothed riding or nude riding haha
dif. saddles and styles western is cowboy style
you didnt give a question
trees are prettier
windows or apple?
laptop
digital or normal watch?
digital i cant really read clocks prop
brown eyes or hazel eyes?
they are prac the same
so blue.
right or left
high school
work or holidays?
work
round the world cruise or a year at camp?
(like I dont know what the answer will be!)
year at camp.
hands or feet
fingers
mobile orhome phone
home phone (I hate mobiles!!!!)
parent trap or daddy day camp?
parent trap by far.
dvds or vhs
dvds
shoes, sandels or sneakers?
trees (expecially cedar trees! hince CEDARledge)
black or white sunglasses?
socks that can be slippers
cricket or soccer?
neither
reading a good book or watching TV?
good book!!
warm days or cool nights?
cool nights!
cadbury or hersheys?
CADBURY not that ive tried hersheys
timeout or twix
twix although timeout are good too
Oreo or chocolate chip cookies?
vanilla?
juicy cheeseburger or tofu
ick neither - a nice chicken burger with sliced tomatoes - yummy!!!!!!!
taking a flag to camp - yes or no?
yes, if you are an international, but mini size
going to camp with a friend, or not?
not - cos you dont make as many friends!
crafts - love them or hate them?
Love them! Duh.
Pickles or fresh cucumber slices?
ick neither
peanut butter on white or wheat bread?
white.
apple juice or orange juice
cranberry
harry potter or lord of the rings?
both - i love them both and couldnt decide
chick flicks or action?
action.
opera or musical?
both! i love operas and musicals are just magic =D
teddy bears or teddy dogs?
both - I take a stuffed dog to camp with me - but I have bears and a stuff elephant at home!
blankets or quilts on your bed at home?
both quilts are for wen i get cold at nite!
fan or air-con?
AC - although all I have at the mo is a fan ( but all they do is circulate the warm air
reptiles or insects?
car
color or blk and wht movies?
Color
cinderalla or aladdin?
cinderella!
Chemistry or biology?
neither ew sience
humans or animals
animals
fluro pink or fluro yellow
pink!!!!!!!!!!!!!
neon green or neon yellow?
neon green!
lipstick or lipbalm
dollars.
quarters or cents
quarters
counselor or camper? (which would you rather be)
counselor. both lol
rain or sun
sun! (it's raining here though)
fall or spring?
hmm both,.
shrek or shrek 2
shrek!
Sound of music or Mary Poppins?
mary pooppp haha
black nail polisor fluro nail polish
fluro
carpet or hardware floors?
Candy
camp now or back then?
Dont really have any back then experiences of camp so I will say now!
Camp in your own country or camp in another country?
both, i'd love to be able to go to another country and work at camp, but I also love camp here in America.
camp close to home or far away to get away?
As far away as possible
own a passport - yes or no?
no - they are awful!
sew on badges or pin badges?
Ewwww who wears badges? Jk, I think sew on because they stay on better, but I dont really know since I dont have any badges.
chocolate or vanilla?
chocolate
back pack or suit case?
Thats a tough one, I take my backpack every where when I am at camp, but I need a suitcase to get all my stuff there. Wow, I guess I would go for the backpack.
residential camp or day camp?
Res camp!
bathing suit or board shorts and Tshirt?
bathing suit and board shorts
band or chorus
chorus
singing or playing an instrument?
i sing and play instruments
oh sorry... i was cooking!
Vitamin Water or Propel
oh sorry... i was cooking!
that made me laugh haha
vitamin water.
windows or mac
Windows
Big Brother love it or hate it?
Hate it.
So you think u can dance
like or hate it
no idea - dont have that over here!
Dorothy or the wicked witch from the wizard of Oz?
dorothy! i love judy garland!
reese witherspoon or cameron diaz
Reese!!!!! I love Sweet Home Alabama!
7th Heaven or Gilmore Girls?
gilmore girls
will & grace or sex and the city?
sex and the city
desperate housewives orrr something else aha
something else
cooking a good meal or fast food?
cooking a good meal - every single time!
watching a movie or just hanging out with friends!
hanging out with friends
working retail or working privately
working privately - i hate retail work!
live to work or work to live?
work to live
camp in uk or camp in america
camp in america of course!! lol
tevas or chacos?
i don't wear either
shakespeare or twain?
whos twain.
hair or baldness
twain is an author (american)
hair!
this or that cedar trees?
oh my gosh! Sorry for slacking, someone started talking to me!
English or history?
history like war history though
modern history (wars) or ancient histoy(realllly reallly old lol)
ancient history
ipods or irivers
what are lofts.
just like shoes with no heels and like ballet flats kinda
oh, just weird comparison, a house (like you live in) and shoes?
Flats then
flats or heels
flats
houses or apartments (flats is what the brits call appartments)?
houses
newspaper-online or in your hands?
online
expensive or cheap & nasty
Er, cheap and nasty for me.
Manual or automatic transmission?
i can only drive automatic right ow, so automatic!( I'd like to learn manual)
Car or Truck?
hmmm, bus so many memories
band camp, or school days?
band camp man!!!!! best time of ur lives!!!! (except for the saw mouths or cracked lips from playing so much!!!)
mobile or home phone
mobile- it travels and moves with you!
geology or education major?
neither but I do love both geology and teaching!
teaching games or teaching sports?
brass! Trombone and baritone horn!! go middle school band!
percussion or strings?
ooh i have personal experience with bothe, but strings!
marching band or concert band
concert, I don't like marching!
classical or modern music?
modern- but classical/baroque is nice too. More for my viola though!
Watch a football game in the stands or with the marching band?
with the marching band, you'd get so much closer!!
chicken patties or burgers?
chicken patties
burgers (of any description) or hot dogs?
veggie burgers!
Friday's(restaurant) or Mc Donalds
thats hard - the only time I went to Fridays I had horrid service but I am not a fan of McDs so I really cant choose
Applebees or Burger King?
only know burger king.
cheese burger or nuggets
nuggets - I HATE cheese (but last year ended up eating alot of it at camp!)
plain cheese sandwiches or cheese and tomatoe?
neither. i love tomatoes though!
poppers or hotwings?
poppers or hotwings?!!?!?!? huh?
is that food lol
love hearts or stars?
om gosh i did it again! Grr at myself i thought i put one..
poems or shakespeare
shakespeare - i love the language
reading a play or watching one!
being in one!
romeo& juliet or julius ceaser. ( i love it too)
never seen or read julius so i will say R$J
R&J set in traditional setting or reworked in modern language/setting
traditional i bagan to watch a new one with dicaprio, and it's horrible!
Mary Poppins or cinderella?
mary poppins
mary poppins or nanny macphee?
MARY POPPINS!
Football( American) or Soccer (football everywhere else)
hahah. smudge your always the one to remind us
day, but night is cool too. Dusk!
City or Rural
rural
craft shops or book shops?
books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plus, if you really want to you can get books on crafts at the book stores! ha
organic or not?
orangic
(good point - but you can also buy books in a craft store)
cooking from scratch or using a ready made meal
cooking from scratch, a new passion of mine:)
homemade cookies or cookies from the store
home made - baking is one of my passions!!!!!!
during to do you cook good food or go out to eat?
I like going out to eat, but if I can I try and make a good home cooked meal.
Nalgene or Camelback?
- Teenster
nalgene
yearbook or school newspaper
Yearbook
Grapes or Rasins?
fruit!
orange or grapefruit
orange.
strawberries or bananas
strawberries (did you know that you can replace the bananas in banana bread with strawberries and make strawberry bread!)
banana bread or banana muffins?
bread!
Cappacino or Frappacino
neither - I dont drink coffee
tea or coffee?
oooh, it depends but i love my gourmet coffees, i also love green tea,
sweet or iced tea?
neither I dont drink tea either
water or milk?
water
dipping your cookies in milk or just eating them?
either, I grew up with one kind at home and one at my friends house.
chocolate milk or regular milk?
toast (cinnamin sugar! mmmm!)
cold or hot breakfast?
depends on my mood - but at camp it is usually toast so i guess that is hot
toast or cereal?
Toast.
Tent or cabin?
- Teenster
i like both but for me camping implies Tents so i will go for that!
A frame or dome tent?
A frame
High school or uni?
uni
ben and jerries - fossil fuel or baked alaska?
haven't tried either of them
ben and jerry's brownie batter or choc chip cookie dough ice cream?
cookie dough (can highly recommend both previously mentioned flavours)
ben and jerries half baked or single flavours?
dairy queen but only cos i have been to it
go to hershy park or the ben and jerries factory?
ben and jerries yum! ice cream!
cake or ice cream?
ice cream.
cookies: sugar or choc chip?
cho chip - but preferably chocolate choc chip
making or buying cookies?
making!
homade or bought ice cream?
bought, homemade is too much work most of the time.
tents: platform or pop-up?
pop-up
ice cream churn or ice-cream ball?
i don't know the diff.
country or rock music?
country
(an ice-cream churn has a crank handle that you turn to make the ice cream and a ball you just put all the ingredients in and roll the ball around - they are soo much fun! - I want one!)
camping in a tent or under the stars?
under stars (now i know what you mean!)
sleep barefoot or with socks?
at camp, definitely barefoot, ewwwww if you wear the socks oyu wore that day!! At home, it depends on whether or not I am cold or hot!
purple or blue?
Blue!
Being in GirlguidingUK since I was 7 and a Guider for over ten, I now have blueblood!! I'm a Guider through and through
At camp do you prefer lots of blankets and sheets or a really good sleeping bag?
blankets, i love the feel of them, i always have my sleeping bag handy though!
going barefoot around the house or with socks/shoes?
barefoot, totally
your fave shoes for camp: sandals/flip flops or tennis shoes??
tennies because you can wear them for everything (except actually swimming!)
pink or green?
white
socks - love them or hate them?
i prefer barefoot but since i get blisters easily i love them
VHS or DVD
I haven't ever done either, but riding if I could.
Talent show or Dance party for evening activity.
dance party!
leading singing or leading games?
songs!!
running around games or more calm games?
running around
indoor or outdoor games?
outdoor because you can do any game outside, but the outdoor games can't be played inside! However, inside games are a must since it rains so much over here!
unit songs- yes or no?
yes
units doing specific programs - yes or no?
Sports! At the coed camp I went to as a camper, we got to choose between the sport or crafts. I'm a girl and I most every time choose the sport. In fact I got in trouble a couple of times because "girls just don't play sports." Yeah, I went to a really conservative camp.
Hat or bandanna?
- Teenster
Bandanna. You can do more things with it.
Milk chocolate or Dark chocolate?
dark choclate
Nature or sports
nature
butterflies or ladybugs? (random I know)
butterflies
do you call it football or soccer?
Soccer.
Tie dye or friendship bracelet?
tie dye
dipping candles or sand candles?
dipping
being in a concert or going to one?
being in one! I love the buzz from performing
reading or writing?
reading.
poetry or short stories?
Short stories.
I'm sure this has been asked before... but I havent read all 105 pages...
camper or counselor?
counselor.
waterfront or program staff?
ummm are program staffers general people.
cabins or tents
tents
crafts or waterfront?
waterfront
bug bites or sunburn?
ooh umm niether, but sunburn i guess.
sun screen or bug spray, if you could only have one.
snakes
community service or pay?
pay
color wars or capture the flag?
capture the flag.
swimming or sailing?
swimming - have never sailed
canoe or kayak or funyak?
kayak
strawberries or grapes?
strawberries (my hands smell of them at the moment)
friut or veggies?
ohh both!
soy or rice milk?
Neither
hiking or canoe trip
canoe
making dream catchers or sun catchers?
Dream Catchers!
Go shopping or "outdoorsy(hike/boating/etc)" on your day off?
Going shopping - but for secret buddy gifts or craft supplies for making secret buddy gifs
love or hate secret buddies?
I have a love/hate relationship with them!! I love getting things and giving things, but I never seem to get any good ideas!
team sports or archery?
team sports- especially games like floor hockey, american football, handball, etc. I love archery soooo much! I have my own bow and arrow set.
tackle football (american)or flag football (american)
flag football- I am not a very agressive person!!! Then again, I actually don't like american football at all!! I love the other football (soccer) though!!! Played for 12 years!!
oops question!!!
ummm,
organic or non-organic foods?
if supplied, organic, if i would have to buy, non-organic
strings or marching band?
being a flutist I guess I have to say matching band - would love to take part in one!
band or orchestra?
BAND! I switched my freshman year because there wasn't a strings/orchestra so i learned the trumpet! I LOVE MARCHING BAND!
Be in a group or one-on one with a friend?
In a group (i think!)
house or grey's anatomy?
neither- I would rather watch E.R. or Survivor
Survivor, E.R, Supernanny, or Wife swap
ER
reality TV or docu-drama?
reality tv, especially survivor:)
Do you believe in ghosts or not??
not really
religious or not?
not really
peanut butter or chocolate?
peanut butter and chocolate - there is just no possible way to decide between the two
peanut butter or chocolate chip cookies?
That depends. If the chocolate chip cookies are the crumbly type, then peanut butter, but if they're the soft, chewy type, then chocolate chip.
Solitaire or Spider Solitaire?
Solitaire (actually get addicted to spiders)
card games or board games?
Card games. There is so much more you can do with a deck of cards than you can with a board and dice and a few little plastic moving thingies.
Clue or Monopoly?
monoploy - but the london version (no others!)
laptop or pc?
Laptop. You can take it places.
Microsoft or Apple?
Apple all the way:)
chickens or ducks?
ducks
(I'm al old duck drover from down in montana round up those duckies and hurd them along to a flooded a coral we bull dog and brand them, mosey on down just a singing this song, singing quack quack yipee aay, quack quack yipee, get along little duckies, get along real slow, its dirty and smelly and really no pay but ill be a duck girl to the end of my days! - sorry got caugh up in a camp song moment!)
Randomly singing camp songs or not?
heck yes!!!!! I love randomly singing camp songs!!!!!!! Aside from going to camp it is practically the best thing in the world!! haha, ok maybe not quite that amazing, but you know what I mean!!
songs or games?
a came that involves a song
princess pat or fred the moose?
that is a darn tough choice!!! I love them both!!!!
bear in tennis shoes or I know someone you don't know (yogi bear)?
yogi (although i like too!)
the littlest worm or the cutest boy (girl)?
Not a big fan of either!!
Magic or the Circle Game?
that is too hard - but gonna say circle game cos i have known it longer
living on camp alone or not being at camp at all?
living on camp alone!!!
At the moment i'm staying in a cottage two miles down the road but from may 20th I'll be onsite 24/7 all on my own until everyone else gets there!!
flashlight or headlamp?
headlight cos hands are free to turn the pages of whatever i am reading
using a flashlight/headlight to walk around camp or using nothing?
See it has to be a flashlight to walk around camp and a headlamp to read with! I fall over alot when I walk around with my headlamp on!! lol
Farnsworth I could walk around without a flashlight in the dark! but i'm still learning my way round Candlewood!
Late nights or early mornings?
at home - late nights, but at camp early mornings
reading before sleeping or not?
Reading before sleeping, although then sometimes i'm still there reading when my alarm clock goes off!
reading fiction or non-fiction?
oooooops I have done that too!
Both but currently reading non-fiction (although there are some who would say it is fiction!)
buying game books or craft books?
book
eassay, exam or practical/
exam
drama, reality or comedy TV
drama
period drama or modern drama?
modern drama
plays or movies?
movies
trashy romance (eg mills and boon) or serious romance (eg jane austin)
ttashy romance! That is all I ever read! Although, I usually skip over those parts because I read them for the storyline of a love story! No, I am not kidding, I actually don't usually read the "scenes"!
sci-fi or fantasy? (I actually like neither, but whatever, I needed a question!)
I don't really like either of them, but since Harry Potter is considered fantasy, then I'll say fantasy.
Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7?
none! Never read any of them!
apples or bananas?
Apples. They don't go bad as easily.
Red, yellow, or green apples?
I'm from Washington, so all apples are good! haha WA is the apple state pretty much! I would have to say red, though.
red, yellow, or green crayon?
Green 'cause it's my favorite color out of all of those.
Crayola or RoseArt?
Crayola all the way!!!
paint or markers?
Markers. I'm not a very good painter, but I'm a pretty good drawer. Okay, that didn't sound right... Let's just say I'm good at coloring with markers.
Fat markers or thin markers?
thin because you can color and write with them, whereas the fat ones you can only color big spaces!!
colored pencils or crayons?
Colored pencils. They're neater.
Just because we're talking about TV on the worst staff stories thread (and I've recently become obsessed with both these shows):
Gossip Girl or Ugly Betty?
never seen either one of them! I am lame, I know it!!
Gilmore Girls or 7th Heaven?
If you're lame, I'm lame, because I've never seen either of the options you gave me!
But I'll say Gilmore Girls because I HAVE watched half an episode. XD
Full House or The Brady Bunch?
oh, man, I love both of those shows!!! So funny to see the old outfits and culture- like in FH calling someone a "nerd-bomber" or "dork-burger!"
Boy Meets World or Reba? 2 totally different shows, I know!!
never heard of Reba so boy meets world
(campkgurl how can you work at camp and not have read any HP books - camp is the reason I have read them all!)
recieving flowers or chocolates?
chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I don't know how I managed to avoid it! Plus I work with the little ones, and I just let all my CIT buddies talk about it without me!)
snow or rain?
snow it makes everything soo pretty
multi-tasking - good or bad at it?
up beat songs
sing along to cd/mp3/radio or not?
heck yes!!!
pizza or pasta? (I am cooking up some bagel bites right now!)
pasta (with tomatoe sauce and sausage through the sauce!)
hungry now or not?
not- I just ate some chocolate and strawberries and bagel bites and doritos! It was sooo good, and yet so bad for me!!
cookie or cake?
Cookie.
Sugar cookie or Peanut butter cookie?
peanut butter cookie
own red trousers or not?
I own a pair of red shorts... does that count?
Tents or cabins?
- Teenster
Cabins. Less bugs.
Bunk beds or sleeping bags?
Bunk beds.
Staying close to home for camp or going far away?
Either way as long as you're at camp!
Gel pens or ball point pens?
ball point pens most of the time - but gel pens for some things
feel sorry for teenage mums or not?
Not, teengae mums can be as good a mum as older mums and the bad repuatation they have is usually unfair. As long as they're good mums it doesnt matter that they're young
First thing in the morning, tea or coffee??
neither - water or apple juice
apple or orange juice?
OJ ALL THE WAY!
flip flops with toe things or the sandal style?`
with toe things.
sheets and blankets or a sleeping bag?
sleeping bag- it is more campy and also much easier to move!
hot chocolate or apple cider?
hot chocolate!
beads or sparkley jewellery?
CDs
laptop at camp or not?
don't have one, but would love it if I did so I could bring it to camp for time off.
nerds or charleston chews?
nerds cos i havent heard of the other ones
save your camp pay or spend it?
save it to spend during the school year. Hopefully some of it lasts more than the year(it didn't this year!)
skittles or M&Ms!!
skittles
travel by greyhound or amtrak?
greyhound!
online books or print books
print books - i cant read too much online
email or snail mail?
Hmmm... Email is faster, but it's more fun to get snail mail.
Snails or slugs?
neither, not a camp nurse so haven't been on these sites.
worms or caterpillars?
caterpillars!
moths or butterflies?
butterflies.
snakes or scorpions?
snakes (i think - i have never had to deal with scorpions)
slugs or snails?
snails! you can at least grab them by their shell to relocate them!
frogs or turtles?
turtles - they are kinda cute
being pretty (handsome) or being intelligent?
intelligent!
cell phone or home phone?
Cell phone. You can take it places.
T-Mobil or Verizon?
Neither... At&t
Facebook or myspace.
- Teenster
Facebook.
Ankle socks or... higher socks?
neither - hate sock
sandles or flip flops?
sandals, you can run around in them a lot easier and they are more of a ready-for-anything shoe! YOu can jump up and play soccer in your sandals, but not so much in your flip flops!! and i can't play soccer bare foot!
cereal- lucky charms or fruit loops?
neither
cornflakes or rice crispies?
rice krispies!!! Snap, Crackle and Pop!!! Plus my CIT director and now my fellow staffer is named Snap!!
grape juice or apple juice?
apple
fruit juice or soda?
juice- I like very few kinds of soda!
juice or milk?
juice - mildly lactose intolerant
traveling: with exact idea of where you are going and what you are doing or take it as it comes?
take it as it come.
my grandparents are awful about this! i can lay on the beach at the lake all day, but they need activities! it's supposed to be a vacation!
taking a cruise or roadtrip?
road trip (when ever I write that I head the soroity girls in Legally Blonde - when she tells them she is going to harvard!)
legally blonde or legally blonde 2
legally blonde- Emmett!!!!!!!!!! and she really sticks it to Warner and becomes friends with Warner's fiance/ex-fiance! And it is more about her showing that you can do anything and overcome anything. The second one was another one of her sucesses, but not her first one! And of course, as I said before, Emmett is so cute and so awesome too!!
"10 things I hate about you" or "How to loose a guy in 10 days"?
10 things i hate about you
stepmom or beaches?
stepmom.
she's the man or hairspray?
havent seen either
watch a movie - at a drive in or cinema?
at home!
DVDs: hi-def or blu-ray?
i just have normal ones - gonna wait and see which wins the battle before changing!
dvds or videos?
dvds
bottles or cans of soda?
bottles- you can close them!! Thus making them easier for storage and such!!
fall or spring?
Summer, for sure! Winter is too gloomy and summer let's you do all the fun stuff.
Trying new food for the first time or having an old favorite?
depends - usually new food
getting excited over silly little things or not?
definitely!!!!!!
German, Spanish, or French? (or another language)
espanol
mexican or chinese food?
chinese
tend to procrastinate or not?
sometimes
labtop or desktop?
laptop
laid back or easily stressed?
laid back
bicycle or canoe?
That is hard! I think bike cos i only have to worry about me!
climbing or kayaking
canoe
working at camp near home or farther away ( if transportation costs were not a factor)
far away - obviously!
co-ed or single sex camp?
tough call.... I only worked at or voluntered for co-ed.... I would like to try single sex camp
day or residential camp
res camp
camp fire or all camp?
camp fire! more singing and a fire!
morning or night?
cabins! fewer bugs and if anyone enters or leaves the cabin you can hear the squeaky door!
football/soccer or baseball?
football
swimming or sports
sports, except American football. I especially love soccer!
France or Spain?
Egypt - I have always wanted to see the pyramids
Isreal or japan?
neither--- I perfer to go to England or Austrilia
movies or TV
movies
random docos or about a specific topic?
random
camp movies or comedys
camp
summer days or summer nights
Summer nights. Especially if you are in the mountains and you can see the stars!
Cat nap or Dead sleep
deep sleep
head light or flash light?
XP- I really really hate vista (someone at church was telling me that technician guy who installed some stuff on her laptop said that vista was released before it was really ready to be released!)
digital or film camera?
Depends on what sport...
Freestyle or breaststroke?
breaststroke
playing in the lake/pool or swimming?
playing in the lake/pool as long as the water is clean
music or TV
music
listening to music or singing along to it?
dvd
care about your number of posts or not?
not!
ben folds five or five for fighting?
I dont care about number of post
cable or satlitate
cable- nice internet too.
danicing in the rain or not?
dancing in the rain
love or hate lightening?
lightning and i have a love/hate relationship.
poncho or no rain gear?
poncho - cos it covers your backpack too
pancakes or waffles?
waffles everytime! lol
cream or syrup though?
syrup - as long as it is maple
boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?
scrambled!
cheddar or american cheese?
cheddar - but mild
mild or mature cheese?
mild. [mature just sounds strange?]
salt or pepper?
a bit of both
lentil or veggie soup?
lentil!
tomato or bean soup?
tomato but only if it is made by Heinz
tinned soup or homemade?
tinned, no time for homemade usually!
long cook time but tasty or easy and not as tasty?
Depends on how hungry I am
microwave or toaster oven?
toaster oven - i hardly ever use a microwave
egg or cheese sandwiches?
cheese.
french or spanish?
french
ham and cheese, ham and tomato or (for veggies) cheese and tomato?
ham and tomato
ham or turkey?
chicken
bug juice or fruit juice
fruit juice.
100% percent or more?
100%... to me it's weired when people say "I gave 110%." How is that possible???
French Toast or Pancakes
- Teenster
French toast! (minus the syrup!!)
diet coke or diet pepsi?
diet coke.
cherry or lime?
I dont like either choice
MP3 or CD
MP3 (well ipod really!)when traveling, it lasts longer and all my music is on it so lots of choice but at home or the office then CDs.
waterfront or the arts building at camp?
can I do arts and crafts at the waterfront - since I cant decide!
swimming or just playing in the water
just playing.
marco polo or relays? [in the pool, of course]
marco polo
running thru' the sprinkler or playing drip drip drop?
Drip Drip Drop cuz it pretty much rules
Camps Songs
Boom Chicka Boom or the Alligator Song
not sure if the alligator song is the one i know so will go with Boom Chicka Boom
new films or old ones?
oldies but goodies.
radio or TV?
TV when i am at home - but where i want to live it would be radio
exams or course work?
course work.
passive or aggressive?
paassive
count to 10 or walk away?
count to 10- good one Smudge!!
computer games or video games?
walk away.
beatles or journey?
journey
computer games or video games?
computer.
solitaire or freecell?
solitaire
building sand castles or burying people?
sand castles!
sand dollars or starfish!
burying people
waterskiing or wakeboarding
star fish and water skiing
watersports or land sports?
watersports, it's always fun to get wet.
tubing or waterskiing?
water - skiing - never dont it but didnt exactly enjoy my only experience of tubing
kayaking or canoeing?
Canoeing, always a bit worried that I might get stuck in a kayak! lol
cooking on a wood fire or a BBQ?
cooking on an open fire
Ermie if I can get in and out of a kayak then you can
Swimming or dancing?
swimming (my dancing is the stuff of legends!! lol)
Its that whole what if I flip and wedge in the opening!! I'll be stuck underwater for ever!!! lol
dancing seriously or like a loon!
hehe - I promise you that you will not get stuck in a kayak
like a loon
barn dancing or scottish country dancing?
barn dancing (i think, sounds like you could have more opportunities to dance like a loon!! lol)
dancing or ice skating?
ice skating
sleeping bag or mummy bag
Before I arrived out here, I would have said sleeping bag as they are more comfortable for my size but I've now got a king size mummy bag and it's so cool!! I could fit a skinny person in it with me!!! lol
one or two pillows?
2 Pillows
(so does that mean there is room for the Bf in there with you?)
using a sheet at camp or not?
Now theres a thought?? I wonder?? lol, might be worth trying for a laugh in NY when he flies out!!! lol
definitely use a sheet as the mattresses are always skanky!
Country living or town living?
Country towns
the apprentice or hells kitchen?
neither
hot days or cool days
can I say in between, like not too hot or too cool, but just right, you know warm days with a slight breeze so it's not really hot, lol:)
which do you find more essential at camp:
water bottle or flashlight?
I'm gonna go with flashlight because we usually pass by a water fountain, or at least a water spicket a lot. I can also get drinks at meals and it isn't as hot at my camp as some of yours. However, the flashlight, while it might not be neccessary for walking around camp, it is helpful for seeing your stuff if you live in a unit with no electricity. It also may help out your campers too, while the water bottle is a little more iffy on the sharing thing.
Good question!!
pen or pencil?
Pencil!
(i would go with water bottle cos I never use my flash light to walk about camp - only for reading at nights!)
if it was available would you chose:
a staff hoody or staff jacket?
staff hoody- I wear them more than jackets
carry a purse or not?
purse being something that you carry money in or a hand bag - either way I generally carry one or the other.
Pay for things with cash or on a card!
On a card! Who has cash anymore these days?
Stay on camp on off weekend, or go home, or go on a trip?
go on trip if I can, although there always has to be at least one member of ad-staff on camp! So we take it in turns.
action packed weekend off or a lazy recooperating one?
either stay on camp or go on a trip if people are going somewhere I wanna go - going home for the weekend is kinda impossible
wear camp shirt through out the year or not?
wear it through the year!
Yay we posted at the same time!! lol
So my question again;
action packed weekend off or a lazy one?
action packed - although the though of a lazy one is very appealing at the moment
training to teach archery or to be a life guard?
archery- I can do it better than swim and it doesn't matter if you had a bloody nose recently!! (sorry, but is something I have to think about everytime I go swimming! I have even gotten one while I was doing my funyak tippy!)
archery or arts and crafts?
Dont make me choose between the two - that is just cruel!
planes, trains or automobiles?
automobiles!
cars or trucks?
cars, better gas mileage.
water park or theme park?
water park
toast or bread?
toast (only not with american bread cos it tastes funny!! lol
chinese or pizza?
chinese - gonna have one before I leave
brownies or muffins?
brownirs- i just ate one?
rollercoaster fan or not?
Not, I like staying on the ground
take a hike or take a bike ride
hike
sunglasses: black or white
black
take a stuffed animal to camp or not?
love it! have a special savings jar just for that!
save for camp or not?
oh yes!
smitten for camp or not?
of course
shampoo or conditioner?
shampoo
all in one or seperate?
seperate
in TO - take a shower or go swimming?
i don't have time off cause i'm an awit but shower b/c it feels oh so good
swim in lake or pool
lake - have been swimming in a pool this week and it is boring
swimming or kayaking?
swimming
making string bracelets or beaded ones?
string
given or giving bracelets?
hemp
random service projects or pranks?
random acts of kindness! (i almost forgot about that! thanks for the reminder!)
anklet or braclelet?
bracelet
water programs or horse programs?
HORSE!
water or bike program?
(knew it would be you who replied Cedar trees and that is what you would pic)
Horses or Ponies?
Horses. I haven't worked with that many ponies, but the ones I have have been SO stubborn. And I guess that could be endearing to the right person, but horses totally take the cake for me.
Being a camper or being a counselor? (I'm getting all nostalgic here)
counsellor - was never a camper at summer camp - and UK guide/church camps are completely different
stuffed at camp or not?
Oh I meant stuffed animal
so you take a stuffed animal to camp or not?
markers
crayons or paints?
crayons i guess! i like markers
purses- over shoulder or on shoulder
paints
wash cloth or poofy thingy?
over the shoulder purses and poofy thingys
body wash or liquid soap?
body wash with my poofy thing only because it's my little pony and i am a my little pony lover!
collect things or not?
collect things
breast stroke or front crawl (or is it free style you guys call it?)
crawl
backwards or butterfly
backwards cos I cant do the 'fly!
jumping in or diving in?
diving in
going down the slide or over the monkey bars? lol, back to the playground
slide!!!
eating chocolate or exercising?
depends on the tyoe...
monkey bars- can you do them?
not really
biking or kayaking
kayaking
cameras- digital or not?
DIGITAL. Digi cams = love. [My memory card holds over 1800 photos or 90 mins of video yay!]
Water bottle or canteen?
water bottle!
horses love them or not!
in between - they seem to like trying to eat my hair!
CSI or True CSI?
do you mean the real world csi? i don't know
cats or dogs
(we have a show over her called true CSI - that shows how they have used CSIs to solve crimes in the USA!)
cats
pens or pencils?
pencils cause you can erase:)
shorts/jeans or skirts/dresses?
shorts/jeans- more pratical and you can do more
band-concert or marching
concert - not sure I could play and march at the same time
cheerleaders - love them or hate them?
it depends- mostly like i love friday night football games so much though!
hot or cold?
cold cos you add layers
sun or rain?
they're alright, as long as they aren't too perky or preppy.
roller coasters or kiddie rides?
sun,rollercoasters. I love rollercoasters!
basketball or football
i'm going with basketball only because i actually understand it. i don't understand football at all [american football, not the other kind which is really soccer.]
morning or night?
night - I'm a bit of a night owl!
watching TV or surfing the net?
surfing the net!
music - pumping loudly or quietly playing in the background?
depends on my mood, but mostly loudly in the background.
cheese or bacon?
if i'm at home in the UK then Bacon!!!
If i'm in the states, cheese!
Bees or wasps?
neither! (cos worried about bad reaction to sting!)
would you rather be given: bunches flower or a box of chocolates or both?
both, but I love my chocolate so wouldn't be disappointed with just that, lol
would you rather be transformed into a monkey or a giraffe?
what a random question!
A giraffe
Sharks or whales?
sharks, I like that they have so many teeth.
lol, I know it was random, but it just popped into my head.
eating apples or bananas?
bananas
banana bread or banana muffins?
Since I love bananas I would eat both
Desktop or laptop
desktop
American football or baseball?
neither
archery or kayaking?
kayaking
building sand castles or being buried in the sand?
sand castles
mexico or canada?
Canada, though I've never been to either.
reading or writing??
Reading! But writing is fun too!
Silver or Gold?
- Teenster
Chacos! hands down. [i know, not one of the choices, but oh well]
postcard or letter?
thats hard cos you can get some fun post cards but you can put much more in a letter.
baseball or basketball (since I am going to a baseball game tonight!)
email
take a lake or shower?
hmmmmmm thats a toughie, but I will go with shower.
silly camp songs or sentimental camp songs
Silly, cuz I'm emotional, and sentimental camp songs make me cry...
The Beatles or the Beach Boys?
The Beatles, because my dad would kill me if I said Beach boys
pool or lake?
Kayak.
Making bracelets out of beads or out of strings?
strings
digital camera or disposable camera
Digitals because then you can look at the pics!
cookouts or dining hall dinners?
dining hall dinners because cookouts are very stressful
would you prefrer working with younger kids (5-10) or older kids (11-18)
working with younger kids
Would you prefer the pool or the lake
the pool assuming the pool is somewhat clean and doesnt smell
weekly session or longer session
both - i like my camp were we have 1 week and 2 week sessions at the same time and we get to pref which we want and that can change every 2 weeks.
being alone on camp or having lots of people about?
lots of people- something weird about camp with no campers- or other staff at least
fairies or princesses?
princesses
ittle-bities or older campers?
Older campers 'cause I AM one!
Crossword puzzles or word searches?
word searches
showering or jumping in the lake?
Showering, cause lake water's cold, and when you shower there's still a chance of hot water.
Tomato sauce or pesto sauce?
tomato sauce, but it's gotta have bits of burger and mushrooms in it.
Do you call them: trainers or sneakers or tennis shoes?
Sneakers.
Digital clocks, or clocks with hands (don't know what they're called)?
i think theyre called analog clocks? i dont know but i like digital
a kife, fork, spoon or spatula? (cha cha cha)
fork
flip flops or sandles?
flip flops, much comfier(is that even a word, lol)
a bunk full of kids or a class full of kids or both??
a bunk i suppose.
riding a train or bus?
plane.
digital or 35mm photography?
a bit of both! I like that you can enjoy your pics immediately with digi but there is something about film based photography
this summer did you take lots of pics or not many?
Not many... Though I wish I did.
Photo camera, or video camera?
one that does both!
print pics or just enjoy them on your comp?
enjoy them on the computer but print out all of them eventually........
nature pictures or people pictures?
nature, in general. though people pictures are good for remembering stuff.
a weekend with your best friend or a weekend with your significant other?
weekend with your best friend
Coffee of Hot Chocolate
coffee.... well it depend on the coffee...
day trip or overnight trip?
over night
swimming in a lake or in a pool
In a lake.
Staying in a cabin or tent?
cabin, even though the platform tents are warmer on cold nights.
Friendship Bracelet or lanyard?
friendship bracelet
making fimo beads or using ready made beads?
making them!
pony beads: sparkly or glow in the dark?
now if they had sparkly glow in the dark that would be perfect
puffy paint or glow in the dark?
glow!!!
backpacking or canoeing?
canoeing cos you dont have to carry your stuff
canoeing or kayaking?
kayaking cuz you can control it all yourself
slow songs or fast songs?
slow songs, so many memories and emotions.
1 week session or month long session?
1 week sessions cuz thats all I've ever known
Resident Camp or Day Camp
resident!
arts and crafts or waterfront?
waterfront cuz I suck at Arts and crafts and even though I'm not a lifeguard I love being a watcher, and seeing the girls splash around and try splashing you with the water. Its adorable.
10 best friends, or 1 camp best friend?
i camp best friend
camp for life or just a job?
FOR LIFE.
precalculus or algebra?
algebra
Reading a book for camp or read a book for fun?
for fun.
Sorry, I love reading but cannot read on command, doesn't quite work that way for me.
Thunder or Lightning?
Lightning cuz when your sleeping in a tent and its thundering really loud, it can be a bit scary. Well so can lightning too.
read a book yourself or have one read to you?
myself, when I am read to i tend to fall asleep or get bored.
read to your campers or sing to them?
sing to them, I love singing them slow songs to sleep.
Play a game or sing a song?
play a game that involves singing a song too
arts and crafts or sports?
sports (I am not that creative)
Cookout Dinner or Cookout Breakfast?
dinner.
breakfasts are hard!
a complicated main course or dessert for a cookout?
deseret cookout especially if it involves chocolate
doing a program called chocolate chef or wet and wild?
wet and wild cuz I love the water
Cabins or tents?
friendship
iced coffee or hot?
neither, i dislike coffee
Hot chocolate or coffee?
hot chocolate.
tea: hot or ice?
neither cos I dont drink it
tea, coffee or hot chocolate?
tea!!
sugar or the fake stuff?
sugar
woodcrafts or leathercrafts?
neither, I hate tea.
apple cider (obviously non-alcoholic- one of my fellow staffers kept thinking of the alcoholic cider whenever I mentioned my spiced apple cider!) or hot chocolate?
oopsies!! forgot about the last page thing!!!
wood crafts!
and the question is in my last post!
hot choc
chocolate or caramel?
chocolate
Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate or White Chocolate?
milk
water, milk or juice?
juice
apple or orange juice?
apple
chicken sandwiches or chicken tenders?
chicken tenders
make your chicken tenders yourself or buy them ready made?
ready made
Taffy apples with or without nuts?
car-i love to drive!
Internet Explorer or Fire Fox or Safari?
FIREFOX!!!!!
Ski or Snowboard? (apologies if i've been beaten to this one)
i've done neither
myspace or face book?
facebook, the names on it rarely change and they are always a real name, so you can find people easily. Although, for us it is difficult since we know people by camp names!
I have like 150 friends, most from camp since i added basically all my fellow staffers!!
travel by car or plane?
plane for long distances although road trips are very fun
organised tour or do it your self trip?
depends on where I am going. I would perfer an organized tour with the option on going on my own at times.
Dell or Gateway
Dell I guess, though I don't use either one.
T-shirt or tank top?
T-shirt
day camp or residential
residential
long sleeved or short sleeved camp shirts?
short sleeved
flannel sheets or cotton sheets?
swimming (although swimming is a sport!)
jumping in the lake fully clothed or running through a sprinkler?
running through the sprinkler (hehe)
mountains or beaches?
mountains - there is more to do
ocean beaches or lake beaches?
lake beaches
saltwater beach or freshwater beach
freshwater
duffel or backpack?
backpack, easier to carry on your back.
rain or snow?
Snow
camp near a big city or in the "middle of nowhere"
middle of no-where but about an hour from a city or large town!
have a cell phone at camp or not?
cell phone, most def. good to call home which is lots of miles away.
sing in the shower or not?
sing in the shower (if i had a shower)
bath or shower?
shower- I am so used to it at camp, that it seems almost unnatural for me to take a bath
cable TV or satliate
neither - i dont really like TV
knitted sweaters or sweat shirts?
depends on my mood but i have mostly sweatshirts
apple cider or apple juice?
apple juice
elections - love them or hate them
hate them!!!! waaaaaayyyyy too much campaigning, especially the negative stuff!
toe socks or regular socks?
if I had the choice I would say no socks - but toe socks are pretty cool!
socks and crocs - yes or no?
um, heck yes!! totally in style- at least at camp, and my style is all about the camps style!!!
crackers or chips?
long
halloween or thanksgiving?
thanksgiving
thanksgiving or easter?
thats not fair we dont celebrate thanksgiving - but since I am going to be this year I will go with that - plus it is closer to my favourite holiday christmas
christmas or new year?
DVD, but i do still enjoy my VHS recording since I don't have DVR or anything at school. My parents just got DVR last month so I still love my VCR at school and I do love the DVR! DVDs can be watched on the computer and are much esaier to navigate!
forgot the question!!
(and sorry Smudge, I forgot about the Thanksgiving thing! I just went with the theme!)
CDs or iPod?
cds - i dont have an ipod
audio book or watch the film?
how about read the book?? If I have to choose, watch the film. I'd rather read a book than listen to it.
are you a pack rat or a person who gets rid of things?
pack rat! I am waaayyy too sentimental about a lot of things so I tend to keep them when I probably shouldn't.
pens or pencils?
You and me both camkgurl:)
Pencils, at least you can erase mistakes:)
At camp: morning or night?
oh man, that's a tough one. Night if there are people out there with me on a night in and we are hanging out and having fun. Morning otherwise. I love the first week or so when I wake up because all the fresh air makes me wake up refreshed no matter how little sleep I got. It's so amazing! and the first day or so of the weeks the kids even get up easily! (before we exaughst them!)
at camp- breakfast, lunch or dinner?
breakfast - because if i miss then i am hungry for the rest of the day.
in ear phones or over the ear ones?
over the ear
folders or binders?
depends on what I am filing so both
Organisied when it comes to paperwork or not?
organized
notebooks or loose-leaf paper?
again it depends - for uni and guiding and stuff loose leaf but for church and journals notebooks
journal or diary?
reese's
peanut butter or chocolate spread (nutella)?
another tough one, I can't choose. Probably PB, but nutella is amazing!
chick flicks or adventure movies?
chick flicks
jones or bond?
neither
early bird or night owl?
a bit of both - sometime I am one sometimes I am the other
shop the sales or pay ful price?
I love a good sale, but if I see something and want it I am most likely not going to search around. Unless it is something big, luke a TV or a computer or something of course.
oh, question!
tv shows or movies?
tv shows.
pens: purple or blue ink?
purple cos purple is my favourite color
girly - pink and fluffy - or sleek and elegant?
girly!!!
tomboy or girly-girl?
a bit of both
geeky nerd or macho jock?
geeky nerd, lol, I love the nerds:)
reading or writing?
reading, but i love writing almost as much.
dancing or singing?
Sports
Pool or Lake?
- Teenster
sun
cookies or candy/sweets?
candy - particularly chocolate
chocolate - love it or hate it?
LOVE IT!!!!!
strawberry ice cream or regular strawberries?
regular strawberries (with strawberry ice-cream)
strawberry ice-cream or chocolate ice-cream?
choclate ice cream!
chocolate chip mint ice cream or cookies 'n cream ice cream?
cookies and cream
cookie dough ice cream or frosen cookie dough?
cookie dough
choc chip cookies or oatmeal raisin?
choc chip cookies
page-a-day or a page-a-week diary?
page a week. no time for every day!
ring or earrings?
silver.
good books or their movie counterparts?
good books
thanksgiving or christmas?
christmas.
text message or email?
email- easier to type and you can say much more!
text or call?
in - it is way to cold to be out at the moment
hot or cold?
country
the closer or Monk?
i watch neither...
sugar cookie or oatmeal cookie
sugar cookies
butterflies or dragonflies?
Butterflies
Banana Bread or Pumpkin Bread?
banana bread
chocolate bread or bread and nutella?
cats
pet from a rescue center or a breeder?
rescue! all my animals are rescue except fish.
i don't care about pedigrees for pets.
ipod or mp3?
videos
home alone or home alone 2
Home Alone! I'm going to watch it again one of these days...
St Nick or Santa?
to be... at camp
middle school or high school or college?
college
exams or course work?
course work- easier to do that than study for me
learning foreign languages, easy or hard?
kinda inbetween - some I struggle with others are easier.
know sign language or not?
sadly no, though some camp songs have given me a few words of ASL!! such as the Chicken song (ok, letters in this case) and the song Friends are Nothing...!!!!! Absolutely love that song!!!!!!!
Germany or France?
germany
(your up late!)
mexico or canada?
canada
yes, I was, but I went to bed right after that, and got 8 hours of sleep, so all is good!
france or italy?
cotton in the summer, fleece when i am cold
english or british literature?
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british - although I like some american stuff
modern or traditional christmas decs?
traditional.
david: archuleta or cook?
archuleta - just cos he is LDS like me - I havent seen any of that series of pop idol
gift wrap or gift bags?
bags are so much easier, and reusable!!
year round school with more smaller breaks or 9 month school with big summer break?
9 month - cos that is all we have here (although I can def see the advantage of year round schools)
home made decs or shop bought ones?
rain, except christmas and some cases. I love the smell, the sky , and storms.
World history or American history (British for you Smudge)
World - cis the history of everywhere is all linked!
history or geography?
history
black and white or sepia
it really depends on the scene - some look better b&w and other sepia
csi or law and order?
both
orange juice or milk in mornings?
Orange Juice. I had some this morning.
Eggnog...Good or Bad?
bad
hot chocolate or coffee?
hot chocolate
hot choc with - fluffy milk and choc sprinkles or marshmallows?
marshmallows& redi whip
spanish or german?
german
spoken second language or sign language?
for me, spoken, then i could write things down if someone couldn't hear!
algebra or geometry
neither - basic arithmatic
arithmatic or mathmatics?
mathematics
reading or english
not
popcorn garlands on the tree or not?
not
colored lights or white?
White
Christmas Cards with Family/Kids/Pets Pictures: Cheesy or Cool?
cheesy
religious or non-religous christmas cards?
religious
traditional christmas carols or songs like "santa baby"
traditional carols
brass bands at christmas or not?
depends- i play trumpet soo... i love manheim steamroller!
christmas tree- real or fake?
we have a fake but I would love a real one
bough or made christmas tree decs?
both
printer or combined printer scanner?
combined
manicure or pedicure?
neither
nail scissors or nail clippers
clippers
clock- digital or analog
digital - it doesnt have an annoying tick tock tick tock
prefer washing or drying dishes?
drying, though i used to love washing them because I could play a little with the soap/bubbles.
do the dishes as you use them or leave them for one big clean up, say at the end of the day?
really depends on my mood but dont like them to build up too much
washing dishes or doing laundry?
Doing laundry. I have way to many dishes.
Taking a hike up a hill while watching the sunset or the sunrise.
sunrise
watching the stars or catching frogs?
both sounds fun- i have never caught a frog though...
superstitions or not?
Superstitions.. I think camp freaks people out enough to believe in things like that.
Sleep in a "haunted cabin" by yourself for a night or sleep in camp all by yourself(everyone else is gone)?
camp- i could still have fune
songs or skits for camp fire?
camp all by myself!
snow in summer or sun in winter?
Skits! Everyone loves them!
But Campfire wouldn't be the same without the songs.
Who has the harder job: The Cook or the Nurse?
the nurse - cos the cook doesnt have to get up in the middle of night to deal with emergancies
dream of being a CD or not?
nope-i want to be with the horses maybe assistant head wrangler. MAYBE head, but prob not
lips or eyes?
lips (I hate eyes)
peanut butter or choc chip cookies?
choc chip of course (although I do love peanut butter!!)
swedish fish or jolly ranchers?
chicken
buy cloths on sale or full price
sale!
buy in store or catalog/online
in store if I can - but s living in a rural area somethings I can only get online!
hairbrush diva or not?
not- but i do rock out on other things
nail chewer or not?
flats
hoodies - love them or hate them?
LOVE THEM!
batman or superman
hotmail
Pepperoni pizza or cheese pizza
oh man, tough choice! I loooooooooove Italian food! I'll go with pasta.
alfredo or spaghetti sauce?
spaghetti
would you rather live without:
TV or the internet or your cellphone or all 3
tv because a lot of the shows are on the internet now
would you rather live without books or tv?
tv- no farenheit 411 for me!
small or big Christmas
small
white christmas or not?
white Christmas, but not so white that everything shuts down and we can't get anywhere! I had to dig my car out and also felt the snow against the underside of the car when I was driving into my friend's driveway!
I'm with you on keeping Farenheit 451 a fictional story, cedar!!
camp songs or Christmas songs? (yeah, I probably know the answer to that one, but Christmas songs are cool too! and I needed a question!!)
at the moment christmas songs
christmas movies or camp movies?
at the moment Christmas!
Farenheit 411 like it or not?
its been a while since i read it so cant remember
sci-fi or soapy romance!
Sci-Fi
Family Guy, Simpsons, or King of the Hill?
Snow you can drive in snow allot better then in ice.
Drive or Fly?
fly - I cant drive
camp in your state/country or out of state/country?
in country
disney land or world
never been to either but my nearest is EruoDisney which I have also never been to
ski-ing or snowboarding?
over
backwards or forwards
forwards
for short distances eg 10 min walk to local shop, would you walk or drive?
walk
kangaroo court or arts and crafts?
I don't even know what kangaroo court is... but I choose that! it sounds like there would be a lot of bouncing and fun.
Snowmen or Snow Angels?
Snowmen
McDonald's or Burger King?
McDs
had british style fish and chips or not?
I have had British Style Fish and Chips. If you can count London Fish and Chips.
Cats or Dogs?
snakes
pringles or regular potatoe chips?
Regular potato chips.
Rain or Snow?
Snow
ice cream or dippin dots
ice cream
alvin the aligator or alice the camel?
alvin the aligator
marmite or vegemite
ick - neither
peanut butter or nutella?
OOPS! Forgot something.
Ice Skating or Sledding?
ice skating
cake or ice cream?
ice cream
chocolate or vanilla ice cream?
vanilla
lots of topping or few or none on icecream?
Few Toppings
Would you rather be stuck in your cabin during a thunder storm or in the dinning hall with the hole camp?
with the whole camp - it is easier to get the kids singing songs and doing stuff to keep them occuipied (I have been in both situations)
would you rather be in a cabin that is flooding during a storm or in a hot room with no AC during a heat wave?
depends on the severity of the flooding
getting sick or getting hurt?
getting hurt
north or south
south - where it is hot
extreme heat wave or blizzard?
Right Now Extreme Heat. Next summer I will want a blizzard.
Cats or Dogs?
i love both but right now cats
black&white or sepia
depends on the scene - but I will say black and white cos I have just framed a beautiful B&W pic I took while I was traveling.
your own photos/artwork or other peoples hanging in your room
both- my fave is a b&white of my horse!
brass or stringed instruments?
wind (I play the flute!)
play an instrument or sing?
I play trumpet, viola and some persussion
been in marching band or not
not - I played in the orchestra
cold pizza - love it or hate it?
love it-
thick, thin or pan crust
Pan Crust
Papa Johns or Pizza Hut?
pizza hut cos we dont have pappa johns over here
applebees or TGIs?
whopper-never had bigmac
hamburger or grilled chicken sandwich
Hamburger
If you had to give up TV or Internet for one week what would pick?
tv
rain every day for a week when you come home or rain for one full day?
I love a full day of rain! When I'm not at camp...
Going to the movies or staying home and watching a movie?
staying at home to watch snuggled up in bed with lots of goodies to eat and drink
popcorn or candy?
popcorn! I love full days of rain too they are so wonderful.
smell of cookies or rain?
I love the smell of rain!
Working with 1st graders or 9th graders?
9th (I def prefer working with the older kids)
working with girls, boys or co-ed groups?
Co-ed camp.
Go for a run or ride a bike?
ride a bike
reading in the bath or singing in the shower?
singing in the shower-(i rarely take baths, i shower) soo leading to the next q.
shower or bath
bath (we dont have a shower in my house)
action or adventure?
long
wireless mouse or one with a cable?
i have both, but i love my cable one, it is the ball type.
toesocks bearable or unbearable?
bearable - sometimes - often I cant stand socks of any kind
glasses or contacts?
they were but the holes have closed
dangly earrings or not?
yellow
sad to take down your christmas decs or not?
Not I cant wait for spring.
When going to camp would you bring books or a Ipod?
books (dont have an ipod)
listen to a cd/mp3 player or the radio
mp3 player
full screen or wide screen
I still have a CRT TV
easily annoyed by stupid things (like people who should know better mis-pronouncing words) or not?
not most of the time
chocolote with carmel or not?
sometimes
real british cadburys or american cadbury made by hershy
British cadburys
Disney or Dreamworks
Dreamworks
Travel or Stay home for a vacation?
i traveled this time
Old or New Disney movies?
old disney - I think they are definately better quality
disney or warner bros?
disney-can't beat the classics!
bangs-like 'em or not?
not - they grow out too quickly
touch type or not?
Salt
Morning or a Night Person?
Night Person
coke or pepsi
Yahoo (I have had the same email account for about 10 years now.)
Would you travel threw time or travel into space?
blue - guiding color!
in an organisation or not?
hoodie
hoodie or zipped track jacket
hoodie
crew neck or v neck
I guess crew neck... (I'm really not sure what crew neck is. This is where being a guy fails me...)
Will you be at camp next summer or not?
will be!(super excited, program director)
laptop or desktop computer
I have both but love my laptop.
Would you rather be a counselor or a director?
counselor
ac at camp or not?
I have worked at both but when I worked at a camp in the south it was very nice to have.
Are you a ACA member or not?
not
books on cd or paper books?
pencil
santa or father christmas?
father Christmas. Santa is too commercial
nail polish or none?
I would say none.
Do you live in a apartment or a house?
apartment
nalgene or camelback
nalgene all the way
cold or hot?
Hot
Read a news paper or watch the news on TV.
Newspaper
ebook or paperback
paperback
ice coffee or hot coffee
neither - dont drink coffee (or tea)
blankets or quilt?
Blankets
Travel out of state/country for camp or stay close to home?
close to home
coed or one gender
one gender
would you rather cook with chocolate or veggies?
chocolate
chocolate covered strawberries or chocolate covered bananas
Strawberries
Video games or books?
snow
laminating - love it or hate it?
Love it
A vacations to the beaches or Florida or to the foot hills of Maine?
florida because it is warm and it's cold outside!
light or dark sand
light sand
build sand castles or play in the sea?
german
king of the castle or queen bee?
iPod
Stay home on a Friday night or go out?
home - there is nowhere to go in my town other than the pub
period drama or sci-fi?
both
sci fi like it or not?
like sci fi
twilight or harry potter
neither
ears pierced or not?
Not
Would you rather work in Sports, Arts and Crafts, Performing Arts, or Waterfront?
that is really hard: waterfront first, A&C and PA equally second, and then if archery is considered sports then that also equally 2nd!
archery or climbing?
archery-i have arrows and a bow at home. rarely used, but still i have one.
Superbowl addict or not?
totally not
NBA or college Basketball
college
baseball or basketball
Basketball
A car or a SUV?
right now a car because they are cheaper
cat or dog
Love reading
ebook or paperback
paperback (or hard back) I love real books
fact or fiction
glasses with pretty sparkly legs.
sparkly jewellery or beads?
beads but not pony beads
math or english
natural
flip-flops or sneakers?
horses
cut with scissors or a craft knife?
depends. camp-at camp i would use scissors
soft, chewy cookies or crispy cookies?
soft ones
white tic tacs or colored/flavoured ones
Orange Tic Tacs
Facebook or Myspace?
neither
criminal minds or numbers?
criminal minds
CSI or Law n Order
Law and Order the orginal or Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (it's my latest obsession!)
STL or Chicago
where is stl?
I have never been to chicago but i want to
guiding/scouting/girl scouting/campfire or sports?
long sessions at camp or week long sessions
week long!
general camp programs or specific programs
general camp programs-- I think I would be bored at a specific camp like drama or sports
cabins or tents
(thats the best thing about GS camp you have specific programs but the longest I have had is 2 weeks so you dont really get bored)
A cabin sized tent cos then you would have the space of a cabin and still be able to do things like floating it and enjoying the wonderful sound of rain falling on a tent.
Seen Mamma Mia or not?
(Oh i want that DVD at the moment cos I am watching a program about the stage show and movie!)
What I meant is that I wount want to be at a camp that offered only drama or only sports.? I would want to be at a camp that offeres a variety of camp programs.? I have not seen Mama Miaall camp programs ( ie Color War or Olympics) or not
American sweets or English sweets
a combanition of both
a full 24 hours off or 2 -12 hour days off
2 12 hours off
rice crispie treats with melted chocolate or melted marshmallow
Rice Crispie treats with melted chocolate
Swimming in the pool or swimming in the lake
in the lake at camp but pool at home
visit a country you have never visited or a state you have never visited
I would like to do both this year-- I would like to visit New York and the Canada side of Nigara Falls
Day or overnight camp
Overnight camp!
exercise or chocolate?
ARRRRGH!
Both? Chocolate if it cadbury's. Excercise if it's swimming.
Air conditioning or not? (at camp to be specific)
In the ideal world AC - but in the real world not! that is why we have screen windows!
snowman or snow angel?
snow angels
TV or camp talent night
Thats tough cos camp talent nights can be truely cringe worthy - but the kids put alot of effort into them so I will go with that even though my T gut says TV
traditionally animated or cgi cartoons?
neither
Camp theather show or a movie night
theatre show!
4th july celebration or staff party at the end of the summer!
Tough call Smudge-- I would do both the holiday and a end of summer party. One is good when camp is just underway and the other is to celebrate a good summer
Staff party, we don't do 4th of July! Though Canada Day can be pretty fun.
Campwide game of capture the flag, or giant game of "find the hidden counsellors"?
Counsellor hunt!!!!!!
Although I always get caught (I was learning from some of the best so it took longer and longer for them to find me by the end of camp).
Chocolate brownies or ice cream?
chocolate brownies with ice cream!
girl scout cookies - love them or hate them?
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!!!!!!
opening or closing campfires?
never had an opening one - but LOVE closing campfire
thin mints or something else?
Chocolate mint GIRL GUIDE cookies! I haven't had all the GS cookies, but I remember the peanut ones being pretty tasty.
Cold days at camp when you wish you had your winter coat, or hot days when you wish you didn't have to wear clothes?
hot days I think
(not fair you have girl guide cookies - we only have cookies at special occaisions like our centenary cookies!)
on hot days jumping in the lake fully clothed or wearing the smallest clothing you have!
Jumping in the lake fully clothed! Hah trying to swim with jeans on!
Oh and THIN MINTS!
We have the brownies for brownies cake mix.... not sure where to find it though.
Well...I avoid jumping in lakes as much as possible...but if I did - it would be fully clothed!
All Camp: Gold Rush or Capture the Flag
Rold rush
pirate or princess?
Capture the Flag
Time off- in the morning, afternoon, or evening
TO - Any time bar when the site is being inspected by the health board or between 10pm and midnight!
Crafts or sports?
sports
length of session- 1 week, 10 days or 3 weeks
crafts
pirate or princess?
piarte
I will try this again.... Length of session
1 week, 10 days, or 3 weeks
10 days
pretty woman or rambo?
pirates!!!
at camp: rain or cold weather?
GI Jane?
Pretty woman
Single sex or Co-ed?
single sex - less likely to have worry about the older campers sneaking off into the woods for some *******
and also cold weather
started shopping for next christmas or not?
ER... not!
Heck I've not started shopping for Camp!
Access to all technology (eg internet) or total technology ban @camp?
access to the inter for staff but not campers! Internet is vital for keeping with friends/family at other camps or home!
email or snail mail?
e-mail for business/necessity...but snail mail with friends and family - especially when I'm at camp!!
which is easier: coaxing campers into cleaning or coaxing campers into packing!
packing!
have you ever roasted twinkie iver a camp fire or not?
notrecieve mail or care packages
care packages with letters in them
bacon - love it or hate it?
Ah now is this British bacon or American bacon?
Because I love the British stuff. Pass on the crispy dry American stuff!
On a similar thought - tacos - love or hate?
I dont really like bacon
cookouts or kitchen food
COOKOUTS!!!!!!!
canoes or paddle boats?
Paddle boats
Subway or kitchen food ( for staff during a weekly meeting)
Well I'd prefer Subway...but we get kitchen food - haha
Younger campers (10 and under) or older?
I would choose campers 12 and younger
a non for profit or an agency camp
non for profit...I love working for a GS camp!
hikes or creek walks?
both
camp radio station to wake you up or a loud annoying horn
neihter - my alarm clock!
Silent rest hour/me time or just quiet (as in quieter than they normally are)?
quiet
rain or 100+ degree weather?
I'll take the heat, climbing is no fun in the rain (and we get freezies and all camp swims when it's super hot!)
Time off spent at camp, or spent in town?
depends on my mood - but at the moment I am going to say in camp - swimming to the rock and checking emails
Bubbles - miracle tool for cheering up and calming down or childish toy?
miracle toy/one of my favorite things!
jump rope or hoola hoop?
hoola hoop - have taken mine to brownies on more than on occaision - look rather silly walking through town with it!
just do things yourself or wait for the person who is supposed to do that to actually do them?
Do them myself
Tater tots or fries?
Fries!
Swimming pool or lake?
Lake! I dislike swimming, and without a lake you can't sail or kayak or canoe!
Same age group all summer, or switching each session?
switching
tin foil dinners or something cooked in a dutch oven?
tin foil - those were my favorites!!
skits or songs (for campfires)?
for opening campfire songs, closing both
Opening or Closing campfire?
CSI!!
paintings or drawings?
ER
apples to apples or uno?
Apples to Apples for sure!!
Monopoly or Life?
Monopoly - especially excited about the guiding one that has been brought out for our centenary!
chalk board or wipe board?
Wipe boardSurvivor or Law and Order
Law and Order
Cooler looking Tye-Dye design:
Spiral or Bullseye?
bullseye
Meatballs or Ernest goes to Camp
meatballs - just cos i havent seen ernest goes to camp in ages
stay at home to go to uni or move away?
move away
co-ed camp or single gender
single gender -- I love our GS campers!
chimpanzees or giraffes? (thought I'd get random!)
giraffes (cos they are very cute!)
baby elephants or baby hippos (equally as random!)
GIRAFFES!
Beaches or moutains?
Mountians
would you rather have a facbook group for the camp staff to talk before camp or not?
def - we had one last year and it was cool to get to know new staff
baby elephants or baby hippos (equally as random!)
baby elephants
dolphins or lions
forests
surfing or climbing?
surfing
Wal-Mart or Target
Walmart
cot or bunk bed at camp?
bunk bed-- thats the only one I ever had at camp despite the numerous camp sites I been at
a camp near a mall or near the mountians
near the mountains - if i wanted to go to a mall i would stay home!
garden with plants or a lawn?
Lawn
a camp that does only one activity ie only drama or only sports or a camp that does many activities like arts and crafts and Nature etc?
Lawn better to play on!
Arby's or Wendy's?
never been to either!
applebees or TGI's?
Applebees!
mountains or deserts
(I like the randomness!)
mountians
cabins or lodges
my first choice is tents...but then cabins
which is cuter: dolphins or baby monkeys
they both are
do you perfer names for your cabins or cabins numbers?
unit names - cabin names and numbers!
criminal minds or numbers?
never seen either - but Numbers looks better
Burn Notice or CIS?
never heard of burn notice - and if you mean CSI then I will go with that
chocolate pudding or vanilla pudding?
tough one-- it depends on my mood but I like a combo of both
camp songs or camp theme movies
CAMP SONGS!
sweet or salty?
sweet
ACA camp or a non-ACA camp
ACA
ankle deep in mud or so dry there is a fire ban?
ankle deep in mud
campfire or cabin activity
Cabin - I like working with small groups
director or counsellor?
a counselor because I like living in the cabins activity instructor or cabin head
cabin head
camp as a career or a fun job?
a career
post camp travel by yourself or with others
both - sometime on my own and sometime with others
sit ups or press ups?
situps
Camp reunion - fall or winter? for the staff
fall - when the weather is mild enough for it to be at camp!
on a camping overnight would rather see a bear or some snakes?
snakes- assuming they are not posionousCookout for lunch or dinner?
dinner cos you probably have more time
cook out as part of an overnight or just as a meal
as a meal
larger camper population or smaller?
smaller - the girls get a better experience I think
France or Spain?
France
camp- near your home or far away
far away - the further the better
the apprentice or hells kitchen?
neither
Camp- having CIT's or not
having
cit or another name?
would you want camp food or IHOP
Never been to IHOP so camp food
staff house with kitchen or not?
maybe if everyone cleans up their messes
camp dance or talnet show
dance - talent shows are cringe worthy!
love or hate soap operas
depends on the show - some i like and some i hate (eg big brother!)
craft/hobby mag or gossip mag?
hobby mag
Camp movie or reality tv
Camp movie, if only because most reality tv these days stinks imho
(though I am willing to make an exception for Project Runway--I'm kind of a secret fan)
How about old-school Saturday morning cartoons:
Thundercats or Transformers?
neither
color wars or olympics
Olympics!!
Project Runway or America's Next Top Model?
Neihter
(chris it would be impossible to choose between those two!)
X-men - the old school cartooons or the movies?
neither
nalgene or aluminum water bottle?
Carcinogenic or not, I still tend to grab my Nalgene out of course of habit, even though I own one of both.
More tolerable:
Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus?
I'm glad you said more tolerable since I dislike both of them. I guess I'll pick Hannah/Miley because I like one of her songs...
Old Britney (Oops I Did it Again) or New Britney (Circus)
neither
teen movies or spoof movies?
spoof movies
musicals or regular plays?
both!
star wars or star trek?
I've never seen either...but Star Wars
planes or ships?
Planes
Sand Volleyball or Gaga
dont know what gaga is so volleyball - althought after a bad injury playing it I no longer play!
skateboard or snowboard?
Snowboard - that would imply there's snow around at least!
Snow or drought?
snow
own a GGUK centenary badge or not?
Not
To clarify what Gaga is - that is a sport similar to dodgeball and is an individual sport and kids try to get each other "out" and is played on a soft sand surface in a octagonal structure. Apperintely its popular with younger campers at a camp I am planning on going to if I dont hear soon from another camp.
YMCA or other type of camp
Own - the massive camp blanket one!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36836829@N06/3390262621/From camp the last time. the blanket is twice that size now!
Fish or chicken?
ChickenWiffleball or hockey
hockey
taking rubber chicken to camp or not?
will post my pics for you at some point mash!
depends on the camp
Lake activities or Land activities
lake - always
water baby or mountain goat?
water
Beach Volleyball or Mountian Bikes
bikes
think setting a camp badge swap is a good idea or not?
maybe
Radio Station for camp or boating
boating
flashlight or mini lantern?
flashlight
skateboarding or tennis
archery
teaching camp craft skills (eg compass or camp fire cooking) or arts and crafts?
craft skills
boating or Olympics-- camp olympics that is
Camp Olympics, especially the wacky events
tents or sleeping under the stars?
sleeping under the stars
canoeing or Fishing
canoeing cuz you can fish while you canoe!
theme weeks: High School Musical or Camp Rock
Camp Rock
Olympics or Carnivals in reference to camp ones not Carnival the Cruise or the real Olympic games
olympics
take a stuffed animal to camp or not (time to confess!)
Toys! You've not met the drunk/drugged monkey yet.
Photos or momentos?
both
no I havent meet the monkey
collect something random or not?
I've got a bit of a collection of lanyards if that counts. Well there's the Brownie collector badge to get!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36836829@N06/3392483296/ Monkey photo!
Fish or Chips!
chips - dont eat fish
(i sort of do that - if I do all the work for my brownies to get a badge I deem that I have earned it and buy one for my camp blanket!)
sausage battered or smoked?
smoked
Kyackying or Lacrosse
kayaking
land sports or arts and crafts?
arts and crafts!
Scrapbooks or tie-dye t-shirts?
land sports
soccer or gaga- gaga is similar to dodgeball but played in a sand area and is similar to dodgeball in all aspects
scrapbook and neither - i dont do ball sports
sports that involve balls or sharp pointy things (archery for example!)
bothOlympics or other special events
other special events
movie night or dance?
movie night!
HSM 1 or HSM 3?
never seen either
cafeteria or family style?
family style
Ernest goes to Camp or Meatballs the orginal
Meatballs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Camp badges or Camp shirts?
Camp Shirts
Camp Radio station or beach volleyball
radio station because I dont do ball sports
cat or dog?
cat
camp theather of Joseph and the amazing techincolor dreamcoats or the Broadway version
Broadway! Love musicals!
Cooking or take-out?
take out
single gender camp or co-ed
single gender!
camp where all the campers follow the same program or one were they sign up to do specific programs?
a bit of both!! I like where campers can sign up for electives but yet can do the same programs like swimming and such
neither
water games such as drip drip drop or ball games such as land air sea?
water games
Olympics or Color Wars
color wars
get caught pulling a prank or delivering a secret buddy gift?
pulling a prank (now horrible would it be getting caught as a secret buddy?)
cleaning the cabins or cleaning the dining hall?
(after the campers are gone)
dining hall - those polishers are fun and so is power washing the tables
cleaning the staff house the shower block?
staff house (ours was honestly less disgusting than the shower block (and the shower block was new))
Macaroni cheese or tacos?
TACOS!!!! Mac and cheese at my camp tastes more like flour than cheese.
High ropes or climbing wall?
taco's
peanut butter or jelly?
climbing wall with a side of peanut butter.
cents or pennies?
love your answer mash - made me smile!
pennies - whatever country I am in
TV or TV shows on the internet?
TV on the internet. Smaller screen, but I can watch every episode of Arrested Development for free @ hulu.com. That clinches it right there.
(as to the questuion before last, did you know that it takes 5 cents to manufacture a penny? and 10 cents for a nickel? kinda crazy we still make em)
God's Eyes or Dreamcatchers?
Ohhh good one! Can I have both? Slight preference for dreamcatchers.
painting or collage?
collage, I can cut things out and arrange them! It's fun too!
that was a good question Chris, and one I don't believe we've had (definitely not more than once, like some of them)
ABC or This or That game?
Both
loud campers keeping you awake at night or waking you early in the morning?
keeping me awake at night. There is nothing so horrible than waking up to a bunch of loud campers 10 minutes after you would have had to get up if it weren't SLEEP-IN breakfast day (I could have slept for another hour and a half). I didn't realize before then that 4th grade boys don't sleep in.
to go to a random topic- Zebra of giraffe?
Zebra
(there is something worse that that - it is being woken up at 5.30 by a bunch of hyperactive 7 year old girls!)
noisy neighbors or creepy ones?
creepy ones are at least quiet when you are on night shift!
a nights sleep or quick nap?
the way i am going quick nap!
report noisy neighbors or leave to it?
Leave it. Too much hassle. Like an ASBO would make a difference!
Popcorn or hot dog?
sunkist
boating or fishing
canoe
inline skating or Arts and Crafts
a&c
field/floor hockey or volleyball
Less chance of me breaking a leg with arts and crafts!
Sharpies or chalk?
sharpies
field/floor hockey or volleyball
Field hockey (used to be the goalie!)
Sorry cedar_trees I cut you off there!
Jelly beans or chocolate?
chocolate!
it's ok!
bangs or no bangs?
no bangs - they scare the cat (hehe! I know what you mean!)
curtains or blinds!
bangs lol! No bangs for me they get in my eyes!
Curtains. Less likely to break and look tidier.
Wood cookies or buddy tag necklaces?
buddy tag necklace
have camp stuff on display in your room or not?
On display. The camp staff photo, my red guard swimsuit and whistle hanging on the wall!
Waterfront or dining hall?
dining hall- it's where the food is!
wow, there were a lot of you on here at the same time for a while!
waterfront or archery?
thats hard for lifeguard and archery instructor to decide between - waterfront archery - will create a new sport!
read a book or watch a movie during TO
read a book for sure!
Sounds like a good plan to me! I am sure there is something like a water archery thing, but using foam stuff, or something like that.
Little Birdies song or My Aunt Crete song?
little birdies - i dont know the other song
have a job were you have to wear a uniform or you clothes
my clothes, but comfy ones, like my camp shirts! I don't mind a uniform occasionally, but it's too much work to make sure it is clean if I have to wear a uniform all the time! Or it is too expensive!
Flicker or On the Loose (songs)?
on the loose cos i know it better than flicker
magic or shooting star?
I love shooting star! It totally defines camp!!
Well, let's see here, we are for sure on a song kick, so I will keep it going!
Prune song or Princess Pat?
prune song
mmmm-attt or gonk gonk?
gonk-gonkcamp location-- east coast or the midwest
field
cabin campfires or all-camp campfires
both!
flushies, cts' or lats?
flushies
having a large staff to work with or a smaller staff to work with
Small staff for all of camp (around 60), large staff on my site (7-8 plus LITs).
Dealing with (your own) allergies at camp, or dealing with an injury (spraining your ankle etc)?
neither are good so I would deal with a minor sprian
Olympics or carnival
Olympics
Taking girls to get their meds at the health lodge or having the health staff distribute them at meals?
taking them to the nurse after meals as it is a convenient time you can remember, and the nurse is always there then to give out meds.
However, sleep-in breakfast (breakfast in the unit) and cookouts mess the whole thing up and that's not good. I had a very bad experience with forgetting ADHD meds with one of my campers. Wow, bad mistake!
Having to take meds yourself or having campers who have to take them?
Myself
off camp trips: white water rafting or a theme park?
would depend on the campers I had-- personally white water rafting
special events: Carnival or special concert
carnival
matching PJS or mix and match?
mix and match
camp radio station or water sports
water sports
would you rather own your own horse or your own archery range?
horse
would you want a CIT or not?
not - go straigh in and get paid to work - but then again by the time we are old enough to do CA or similar we are too old to do CIT!
Chocolate bunnies or chocolate reindeers?
both
Camp radio or talnet show
talent show
foil dinners or dutch oven stew?
foil for certain!
itty bitties or middle school?
middle school
having villages or just indvidual cabins/tents
we have units which i guess might be like a village
riding program or adventure program?
riding
Nature program or inline skating
nature
lashing or woodwork?
woodwork
children as campers or senior citiens as a part of an intergenertaional program
Children - the whole mommy and me (father and me) weekends jarred somewhat. Couldn't get used to that many adults on site judging the youth of the staff (and at the time I was one of the oldest councillors at 20 [I'll be an ancient 24 this time around]).
mommy and me camps or family day?
family day
Dont feel bad about being 24 at camp..... at camps I worked at before we had counselors as old as 31. At camps I voluntered at there were volunteer counselors as old as 65.
family - mothers or fathers are generally more willing to take part than troop leaders!
family camp or troop camp?
family camp
having electives with regular activities or all electives
electives with regular activities - yo-yos once a week were more than enough!
plan your own program with your unit staff or have it all planned for you so all you have to do is go from place to place?
I liked it all planned out but would like to plan some
evening programs-- should it be done by the cabin/unit or an all camp or a combo
mixture of both
stay with your campers all day or only be with them in the evenings?
I have had both and it has its drawbacks and benifits as well. The drawbacks can mean you may know campers in other cabins better then the ones in your cabin, not knowing your own campers in depth, The benifits is if you have a cabin that is misbehaving badly as a whole you dont have to spend every second with them.
maybe finding a way to be with the campers for some of the day.
activity instructor or senior staff
senior staff
at meal times - assigned seating or where you want?
Assigned by cabin then pick where you want at that table. Makes meal times go quicker.
Do you go to a week long camp or a multiple week camp?
multiple week camp-- you get to know the c ampers better
archery or boating
archery while boating! - creat a new sport for people like me
cook out a week or everyday?
everyday
cabin inspections-- before or after breakfeast
never!
kapers (chores) - when it fits into your unit schedule or at a set time (with all camp doing them at the same time)?
all cabins doing it at the same time so that no one will skip an activity to do chores
mountian bikes or camp radio
bikes
camp in a tent or under the stars?
under the stars
showers in the cabins or a shower house
In a tent, but only because no matter what we do, everyone wakes up soaking wet. We have too much dew, and a lot of unpredictable rain.
Eating in the dining hall, or outside somewhere?
usually outside
Lacrose or fishing
I suppose fishing...
Texting or Facebook?
texting
cook out or kitchen food
cook out
staff night out - resturant and movie or bowling and a beach party?
I could do both
end of staff banquet-- a cook out or a decent meal made by an outside food service
I love cookouts, but a nice inside dinner is my choice because it is much less hectic and everyone can just enjoy being together for the last few hours instead of having to cook and clean and all that. Also easier to do with a staff of 50!
Smudge, you sure do like those new archery/waterfront activities you are creating!
cabin or tent or other cool camp shelter (teepee, yurt, etc)?
I like cabins but I choose teepee for something different
a nature play by a bunch of 7-9 year olds or a campfire
CAMPFIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tea or Hot Chocolate?
hot chocolate
chocolate cheesecake or boston creme pie?
chocolate cheescake
Camp trip or a Drama night
drama night -- I'm a theater education major!
picnics or bbqs?
why not combine both?
color wars or campfire
campfire
shrink plastic or fimo?
Shrink plastic
First Aid class-- online or an in person class
First Aid - in person.... It's now I learn.
Tent or cabin?
For me, the First Aid class I had to take it online--- I was getting tired of the class being canceled for low enrollement or for other reasons like instructor illness. I cant tell you how many times I cleared my schudule for a day to wind up not doing it.
Cabins
camp radio or Nature
nature
sharpies or another brand!
sharpies
swimming at the camp lake or swimming at the pool
In the lake
surfing the waves or surfing the web?
surfing the waves
Daily Time off-- morning, afternoon or evening
afternoon - breaks up the day
swim or shower during TO?
maybe a short swim and a short shower
an all camp event or seperate cabin events
all camp
jugging balls or tennis balls for group juggling?
tennis balls
carnival or boating
boating carnaval
camp on the moon or mars?
on the moon
days off-- on the weekend or the week
Week its quite and easy to get in and out of stores.
Lap top or desk top?
desktop
laundry- do it yourself or have it taken out
do it myself so I can do it when I want/need it done.
Smudge, you really like these combos! boating carnival, waterfront archery, boating archery, etc!
boating archery would end badly if it involved campers but would be soooo fun if it was just staff.
That's very good point! It would be kind of fun if you could find a safe and effective way to do it! Maybe some children's archery set that is made of foam and doesn't really hurt at all and then have someone in a boat firing them at moving boaters! HA!
I was thinking using they arrows with the suckers on them
the sound of music or camp rock?
sound of music
hoodie or sweatshirt?
hoodie
staff hoodie or staff jacket?
staff hoodie, cheaper and fits me better, at least out of the ones I have
Hannah Montana or Britney Spears or neither?!
Britney!!! I love Britney (outside of camp, too).
Clean the lats or clean an indoor washroom?
LAKE - chlorine is really nasty!
Boating archery or "walk the plank"
boating archery
noodle swordfight or water volley ball with a giant beach ball?
noodle swordfight! Though granted if it was the staff we just used the lifeguard floats!
Paper crafts or Fabric crafts?
paper
water sports or swimming
swimming
the apprentice or hells kitchen?
Hell's Kitchen
Night hikes or star gazing?
star gazing at the end of a nice hike
cast party or lying on the grass eating marshmallows and star gazing?
star gazing
ER or Greys anatonomy
Greys
1 university degree or 2?
2
reading newspapers or reading news online?
neither would rather watch or listen to the news
camp - centralised, decentralised or a bit of both?
both. it adds to the madness.
library or discount book store?
library
Italian or Mexican?
mexican
discount bookstore to thrift store used books?
thrift.....
More choice sometimes
glasses or contact lenses @ camp?
glassses all the time- annoying yes, but so much easier!
camp where the campers do their day activities on their own schedule or where the group stays together for their activities?
Been to both and have to say where the group stays together is soo much easier to keep tabs on where they are and that they are doing what they should be
fantastic 4 or X men
Ack flashbacks on the waterfront search for one of my campers. When she didn't have an option and had been taken out on the boat and no-one had been told.
Fantastic 4!
Light sleeper or Heavy sleeper?
light most of the time
mary poppins or greece?
mary poppins
mary poppins or nanny mcphee?
mary poppins
ice cream or sherbert?
ice cream - sherbert is something completely different over here!
hot deseret or cold deseret?
both -- i like a melting chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream!
Wedding Crashers or Wedding Singer?
wedding singer
romantic comedy or soppy romantic movies?
comedy
adventure or action
adventure
indiana jones or crocodile dundee?
indiana jones before the newest one
harry potter or twilight
Harry Potter all the way!!
Taking tests or writing papers?
test taking
co-ed or all boy/girl
co-ed
introverted or extroverted?
extroverted I suppose...although I think both are good
Starbucks or Kaldi's?
Starbucks
Dairy QUeen or SOnic
Dairy Queen
Target or Wal-Mart at camp
wal mart
tevas or tennis shoes?
tennis shoes
carnioval or Olympics
carnival
boat archery or ropes course choir?
Ropes course choir!!!
Face painting or whole body painting?
whole body painting
creating really random activities (such as my previous post) or using standard "normal" ones?
random
bobby flay fan or not?
not - never heard of him!
bob ditter - heard of him or not?
yes (bobby flay is an American chef that has reached super-star status)
slow or fast camp songs?
spring because it means that camp is around the corner
3 week long camp sessions or 1 week long session
never been to a 3 week, but it sounds excellent
counselor or program speccialist?
Me - counsellor with specialist skills (ie lifeguard and archery!)
would you rather be a lifeguard or an archery instructor?
Lifeguard (although I was in the uni archery team, I was cack)
McDonalds or Burger King? (sorry that was lame)
depends
activity instructor or counselor
both
city of ember or the golden compass?
golden compass ?
chocolate fudge cake or m+m cake
chocolate fudge
road kill or cobbler?
M + M Cake
King of the Hill or Simpsons?
cobbler (I don't watch King of the Hill or Simpsons)
like short or long hair?
long - very long hair
chap stick or vaseline tubs (tubs of lip balm)?
chapstick -- I hate sticking my finger in the goopy stuff!
nail polish: fun colors (purple, blue, green, etc.) or traditional (reds and pinks)?
fun colors!
bad city water (chlorine+mineral wise) or well water?
well water
take a shower or jump in the lake?
Lake, at least I cannot see the bugs I an bathing with there.
Jump in the lake, or play in the rain?
jump in the lake
build a bench or paint the rocks that mark a trail for a service project?
Build benches - unless the rocks have already been painted, I always feel bad painting over something that took thousands of years to form. My service project was to over-haul and re-build a trail staircase.
Dining Hall dinner or Cook Out dinner?
Cook Out
Sports or Water Sports
Water Sports!
Lanyard or Friendship Bracelets?
Lanyard
Theme meals or Cook out
cook out theme meal - eg pirate meal!
craft mag or sports mag
craft! (sports if equestrian counts)
drama or musical
drama
showers in the cabin/unit or a showerhouse
um, i showere in a showerhouse, but in the unit is nice!
comedy
design your own home or buy an old property and convert it!
old
milk or dark chocolate
chocolate
skim or 2% milk?
whole milk!
juggling balls or tennis balls?
juggling ( it doesnt hurt when i hit myself with them )
early mornings or lie in
lie in at home - early mornings at camp
to get school work done - pull an all-nighter the night before or start working on it as soon as you get the question?
As soon as I get the assignment!
(Girl Scouts!) Juniors or Seniors?
Seniors!
straigthen hair at camp or not?
I straighten.
I have been known to wake up early to straighten my hair before the day starts. My hair isn't terribly curly, but it makes it more fine and easier to live with on the REALLY hot and humid days. My fellow staffers think I'm nuts for doing it, especially if we swim, but my hair is a pain and it makes me feel better.
Your camp allows non-ear piercings and coloured hair or not?
It did indeed! It even allowed you to change your hair mid-session!
should i dye my hair purple or not?
not
Chelsea Lately or Tyra Banks?
Tyra Banks; she can be a little crazy, but she does a lot more for supporting all body types of women than her own model-build.
News from the paper, or the internet?
internet - you usually find out what is happening quicker
jeans or combats?
jeans
electivites or activies forced on you
electives
coming to camp for a specific program or choosing what you want to do when you get to camp?
coming to camp for a specific program-- that way if I need to come up with my own programs I can come prepared and already knowing my own program, I know what I need, and I can spend time getting to know the other staff before the campers come-- staff training seems to go by so fast.
low ropes or lakefront activities
lakefront
counsellor hunt or gold rush?
counselor hunt!
running/hiking shoes or combat boots?
running shoes
Jon & Kate + Eight or Table for 12?
Table for 12
The originals, or the re-makes?
It really depends - some remakes I like as much if not more some originals I prefer
old black and white films or color films?
lake
socks and crocs or socks and sandels?
NEITHER!!
Paris or Madrid?
Madrid! Though, I'd trade both for Rome.
High ropes or Climbing Wall?
neither
Olympics or Color Wars
olympics
take a photo or paint a picture?
Photos!
I enjoy painting, but photos are good for on-the-go.
Arts & Crafts or Fine Arts at camp?
Fine Arts
Skate boarding or Pool
Pool.
Swimming or Billiards?
Swimming
Low ropes corse or Nature
Nature!
Traditional Songs or Popular songs remixed for camp?
traditional
miss TV while at camp or not?
Nope.
I will miss video games, though.
Night Hikes or Edible Hikes?
night - just cos i am a bit picky and prob wouldnt want to eat most to the stuff on the edible hike although it sounds fun
would you rather have a mouse or bat in your cabin/tent?
Mice.
Now, I love bats, but I would rather find a mouse. A bat in my tent would not make me pleased, because I do not like to think about having to dispatch a potentially rabid bat.
However, all of my stuff smells like my rats, so it is unlikely I will get mice this summer!
Horse trail riding field trip, or field trip to the zoo?
Zoo
younger campers or older
Younger campers
Sstart of summer or end of summer?
start
favorite camp clothing - t shirts or hoodies?
t-shirts.
I would love a mountain of t's with my camp name on them.
jeans or khakis?
jeans
watersports or low ropes
watersports
apples to apples or uno?
apples to apples
4 - 8 week sessions, or 1 -2 week sessions?
1-2 week sessions
wash and iron or wash and shake out!
wash and shake out
cabins or tents
Tents, so long as they are thick canvas and not nylon, "civilian" type tents.
CD's or MP3's?
MP3s cos an mp3 player is alot smaller than a discman and cds
know if it is possible to convert mp3 files to wma files or not?
mp3
(cedar trees - how? I have a friend who wants me to do that!)
kleenex or cotton hankies?
Book!
Radio or Pre-selected mixes/Mp3's?
radio (if I'm trying to work at the same time)
Smudge - I honestly have no idea.... iTunes can convert from wma to mp3. I don't know why you would want to convert them the other way though?
doritos or pancakes?
pancakes
(our church conference broadcasts are only available in mp3 and my local missionaries were wanting them on CD so they can listen to sessions but they dont have mp3 players only a cd player!)
pancakes or waffles?
you can use a progam such as roxia
pancakes
with syrup or cream and fruit
CD players should be able to play mp3 files just don't put them in a folder before burning.
syrup and fruit and cream... oh oh and ice cream
Home made or store bought?
Home Made
Canoe!
(You can also burn a cd with MP3's on is to an audio disc, your computer should be able to do this with whatever default program it has on it - I burn MP3's to cd's all the time as audio cd's, and have no problem playing them in my 12 year old car that can't read MP3. Do you run Windows?).
Sweatshirts:
Crewnecks (no hood) or Hoodies?
Ok will have a try - I have windows! I will see what happens.
Hoodies all the way!
x men or fantastic 4?
X-Men!
Star Trek or Star Wars?
WOOT Star Trek (MASSIVE Trekkie!)
Sleep-in or Up-early?
Sleep in! Oh, I love sleeping in so much it boggles me to think that I spend my entire summer awake at 7!
narrow trails in the woods, or road/golf cart sized trails in the woods (for camp, obviously)?
my heart says narrow trails are much more fun - which also means they are much more likely to attack me and cause me to break!
take a med regularly or not?
Prefer not to, but some things it's necessary to take regularly (for me at least-allergy meds work better when taken regularly as opposed to whenever I have a reaction).
Sharpies or Mr. Sketch scented markers?
sharpies - although scented markers are cool too!
own a build a bear in guide or GS uniform or not?
I want one...so yes! Own one!
Stuffed animals at camp (for yourself, not the campers!) or not?
(one year a girl was homesick, counselor lent her a stuffed bear, girl threw up on bear. TRAGIC!)
Totally you have to have at least 1! Oh they would Have to be able to be washed in a washing machine. If only to get rid of dust mites for me.
(Remind me to post a photo of my 2 Brownie dressed rag dolls)
Brownies or Juniors (or Guides depending on your country of origin)
Brownies!! I love my Brownie unit, and it's my favourite age to work with at camp.
Coffee or tea?
Hot Chocolate.
I cannot stand coffee or hot tea, though I love the smell! No counselor juice for me, I run off of pure awesome.
Soccer or Football (whichever culture's definition you choose)?
football
photobucket or flickr?
photobucket.
journaling sites (livejournal, blogspot, xanga) or photo sites (flickr, photobucket, picasa)?
Oh can I have both?
I need flickr to feed the photos to my blog!
"I run off pure awesome" ----- I want that on a t-shirt!
Google or Yahoo?
1. ok, fair. you can have both (I mean, we all do).
2. (That should be a staff training week shirt)
3. Google.
4. Horse programs or boating programs? (canoe treks off camp vs. on camp horse programs)
google - I love google images!
have you ever googled how to use the internet or not?
if you havent it is really funny - but not as funny as how to eat ice cream!
"You will need...
# a 'go-get-em-tiger' attitude with a side of patience
# a strong ice cream holding hand with some gloves to aviod freezer burn"
oh my. Go get 'em, Tiger!
Gmail!
trust walks or trust falls?
yahoo! mail
have you ever googled how to use the internet or not?
I did but when I put it into the Firefox search box the first suggestion to finish "how to use" was not internet or ice cream...
Online TV or real TV
you just googled how to eat ice cream didn you?
boating programs and yahoo for email!
and online tv
curtains or blinds?
have you ever googled how to use the internet or not?
I did but when I put it into the Firefox search box the first suggestion to finish "how to use" was not internet or ice cream...
What was it? I dont have fire fox !
Curtains!
carpet or hardwood?
Ah hem.... NCA sorry..... C*****
NCA jokes or CA jokes?
ok! kinda along the lines of what i was thinking!
CA jokes and hard wood floors
tic tacs or gum?
NCA jokes, obviously.
our camp keeps a large sheet of paper in the staff lodge for camp quotes, it's excellent.
tic tacs! (I am allergic to most gum)
"Banned" songs or the still-camp-friendly ones?
i tried to do that last year at camp but it didnt really work!
banned songs!
Banned (I'm puerile sometimes)
You need a good quotes board!
Staff quotes or Camper quotes?
the actions to the shark song or rare bog?
1. actions to the shark song, rare bog makes me really tired come time the song ends. Although, the shark song is really tedious.
2. Staff quotes. "What's a little mono between friends?" - 2008
Rig-a-bam-boo or Rick-a-dan-doo?
a rigabamboo
(my quote of the summer - a staffer in cast on her wrist - "just cos you have extra padding doesnt mean you can be extra stupid"
matching pjs or bottoms and a Tshirt?
bottoms and a t-shirt.
"____ comes first!"*
Safety or Fun?
*also, that's CA :P
safety first
riding boots or high heels?
At camp?!
Riding boots.
rats or mice?
Fun (or Love)
Staff quote - "What about this is Camp Appropriate?" "Well... you're wearing clothing..."
Job application or Camp application?
Camp application
camp skit or camp song
(ok, so I was gone for approximately 4 hours yesterday, and you give me 50+ This or That's and another 40 other posts! You guys were busy!!!!)
camp songs!
Here's a 7-year-old camper's quote related to a recent holiday! "I know Jesus' birthday! Easter!!!" My fellow counselor and I looked at each other and mentioned how ironic that is! I mean sure, He is risen on Easter, but he died 3 days prior to the first Easter!
repeat after me songs or songs with motions? (pretend you can't have them both in one song!)
repeat after me cos you dont need to waste time teaching the words
mobile phone at camp or not?
Have it at camp, but campers shouldn't (we don't have service anyways).
Tshirt or tanktop at camp?
t shirts - i dont do tank tops - i find that the metal body and the caterpillar track make them very heavy to wear! (hehe!)
sandwiches or pizza for lunch?
deli sandwiches yes, plain sandwiches no
tacos or taco salad?
tacos if they are soft shells but taco salad if it hard shells!
tacos with chicken or chilli?
Chicken! although i perfer chipotle's chicken burritos!
Camp Dog or some other animal as the camp "pet"
Camp cat?
Annoying people on the bus or annoying flatmates?
annoying people on the bus. At least you can get away from them.
Working with a co that you love but isn't a very good staffer or an incredible staffer that you loathe
A CO that I love - I don't mind picking up the slack so long as I have fun and have moral support, which I cant get from someone I loathe.
S'Mores or Banana Boats?
Staffer that you loathe - I've done the lousy staff/good friend thing, it's not good!
Fries or chips?
English chips or American chips?
Because I'll take the English version any day.
S'Mores or Banana Boats? (again, lol)
BANANA BOATS. With butterscotch chips too. I refuse to make banana boats anywhere but camp because well they're such a campy thing.3
Coooking over a fire or using a dutch oven?
cooking over a fire. I dig dutch ovens, but I think ALL we made last year were dump cakes, and those (to me) get really gross after a while (read: two or three bites of BUTTER).
More fun:
Wrangler in Training or Counselor/Leader in Training?
WIT! then again I'm a horse person!
Floating lunch or a cookout in the unit.
Cookout
Working at a camp in the same state you live in or in a different state
In state. I still work in the state I live in, that will either change when I go to grad school, or if I find a place out of state that looks promising.
ALTHOUGH, I think if you live in Michigan's lower peninsula, working at a camp in the upper peninsula should be considered out of state - it's totally different.
Western riding taught at camp, or English?
For camps I got paid to work at I always worked on the east coast... Although no 2 camps were in the same state
Western, It's easier for the little kids to pick up in a week long session. Then again I'm a horrible english rider. I guess I rode western for too long and I can't handle being all kinds of proper when I ride. I like the slouchy western style.
Working with the younger campers who continually make you smile but can't have a "intelligent" conversation with or older campers who you can have an Intelligent convo with them?
Er Older campers only for the conversation!
I did 2 years of English riding lessons. It seems far harder to pick up then Western.
Horse riding: Young and inexperienced or old and inexperienced?
Young. They're willing to admit they have no idea what they're doing and listen far better than the older girls do. Then tend to ignore what the wrangler tries to teach them because lots of the time the girls aren't that much younger than the wrangler.
Opps I forgot.
Rubbermaids for packing or duffel bags?
Time off-- morning, afternoon or evenings
ANYTIME! Although evenings are my favorite if I manage to get off while the sun is setting it's amazingly relaxing to sit somewhere away from campers and watch it set.
Getting a noncamping friend to work at camp or getting a former camper to come back as staff?
getting a former camper to come back as staff - though I have done both, it gives me a great sense of pride to have a camper come into the fold so to speak, and I know my former counselors feel the same about me.
Also, rubbermaids.
Soda during a break/other caffeine drink, or still just water and bug juice?
water if it is nice and cold or although usually go for the soda cos it is cold
go swimming or watch a movie during TO?
I usually nap, but as I am at a camp with a pool this summer (I am the biggest, bravest counselor at camp unless there are leeches involved), I will probably swim. There's nothing more relaxing to me after horsing around and hiking all day than a good swim.
Trust hikes (blindfolded w/ a partner) or trust falls (blindfolded and falling backwards to a team of "catchers")?
oh neither!
hair up or down or short?
Currently long and up but it might get short before camp.
Oh trust falls. I can't trip if I'm already falling.
laptop or desktop? I know we've had that before. Sorry
Desktop can support more programs, but it cannot go to camp - laptop for that reason only. I need to be able to empty my camera's memory card once a week at least.
Like being called by your camp name year round by staff members/friends, or prefer to be the "real" you when camp is done?
Camp name but no one here uses it! I forgot how to spell my real name last time!
Camp names or not?
yeap!
(mash what is your camp name?)
get confused by people calling you your real name or not?
I get confused by the end of summer - but my real name is VERY popular, so I ignore it a lot to begin with in public.
Camp names with a theme (all the staff go by that theme) or camp names however you please?
however you please - although if you were starting a new camp then having a theme might certainly help people who dont already have a camp name to come up with one!
secret buddy - end of summer gift - made or bought!
I prefer made, but I always get bought.
The cook had me last summer, she got me a giant jar of peanut butter (I am picky, I had many a peanut butter meal).
Secret buddy - weekly gift or end of summer gift(s)?
weekly - we revealing gift at the end of the summer!
secret buddy - try to figure out who it is or wait until they reveal themselves?
I like waiting, but a brat counselor spoiled everyone last year. It ruined my fun, because the girl I had to buy gifts for was back talking her secret buddy (me) to me for three weeks. Apparently missing one week condemns me to being a bad buddy.
Getting letters from home/friends weekly, or getting packages once every 2 to 3 weeks at camp?
a mixture of both!
Some people are just mean like that!
messages and random made or cheap gifts very frequently or larger gifts less frequently?
Figuring it out. I'm amazing at spotting handwriting. And at figuring out christmas presents. My parent's hated that as a child!
My camp name is Selkie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie(No I don't have a wiki page to myself sorry)
Buddying returners with new staff for training or not?
we have never had a buddy system for training - please explain?
If we did, I would like to buddy new and old, I think it can be good if given the right combination.
Also, frequent small cheap things, I like little things.
Getting policies and all the boring training out of the way in one long dull day, or spreading it out over the pre-camp week to make it more bearable?
p.s. Mashnut, that is an AWESOME name!
Spread it out....please!
We kind did the buddy thing but it was strong, loud people with quiet ones. I was a loud person (no shock there) and was the first to get picked (first time ever!). We worked together for the week to try and balance out the volume/confidence level!
Regular potatoes or sweet potatoes?
Thanks! It has a lot of legends attached which make good stories to tell campers and it's related to Scotland. And it's a lot like me always in the water!
regular potatoes
allowing counsellors to choose their own bunks during pre-camp or assigning them thus making sure that returners and newbies are well mixed?
allowing conuslors to choose to a degree-- maybe having a prefrenece sysytem so they can get a chance of getting their first or second choice of bunk. At my new camp we have multiple bunks of the same age group and gender
Cabins or tents
Platform tents.
Sheets and blankets, or sleeping bag?
sheets and blanket - with sleeping bag unzipped as a quilt for the really cold nights
felt tip pens, color pencils or crayons?
Felt tip pens. Sharpies included. I am pretty sure EVERYONE loves them. And they also include prismacolor and copic markers - and if you know what I am talking about, you know why they are awesome.
video games or board games?
i have no idea what you are talking about - but they sound like the like of thing I would like!
board games
uno or patience/solitare
Look them up! They are excellent (thoguh expensive) artist markers. They blend amazingly well, and if you need more blending there are blending markers. They're bright and vivid and just amazing.
Uno!
Blue or Red?
Oh they def are the kind of thing I would like!
blue! (guiding color!)
in the house - slippers, socks or barefeet?
barefeet, I hate things around my feet. camp is hard because of that!
swimsuits:
buy a one piece, or wear a bikini and buy a rash-guard or water shirt to cover the midriff?
neither - boards, sports bra and water shirt!
prepare for your secret buddy by buying random stuff before camp or wait until you know who you have?
I wish I could get away with that! no fair!
I prefer to wait; but I always end up picking things up on my trips for my buddy like keychains/etc from the city. My buddy this year gets stuff from Toronto, Chicago, Kentucky, and California!
Sandwiches or Subs?
I am jealous of your SB!
Subs
white or wheat bread products?
White. I know wheat's better for you, but I like soft, fluffy, unhealthy bread apparently.
Dogs or Cats?
cats - much less work!
head light or mini lantern?
Neither? I hate the lights on my head, and lanterns do not project enough light for me... but then again,. I actually prefer to go as much as I can without using a flashlight, as I have pretty decent night vision for a human!
Staff Gifts at the end of camp:
Do you have them, yes or no?
I am at a new camp so I am unsure
Lake or sports
Lake.
reading a book for new program ideas, or being "passed down" ideas from former staffers?
bit of both - creating your own "book of ideas"
own such a book, working on one or dont be daft?
working on one
working as a counselor or an activity instructor
counslor
counselor or lifeguard
counsellor lifeguard
multiple roles at camp or just one?
multiple-- I like teaching and also being a cabin counselor
campfire or counselor hunt
Lifeguard sometimes - less homesickness.
Lifeguard or dock sitter?
dock sitter
campfire or counselor hunt
camp fire
kanagaroo court or greased watermelon?
Melon Ball!
(what is kangaroo court? a volleyball type game?)
Rainy days at camp where you can still get stuff done, it's just very wet, OR sweltering, humid days but it's still very sunny out?
rainy!
(kanageroo court is what you have after a counsellor hunt and the girls get to decide who gets "throw" in the lake!)
In a power cut - lanterns or candles?
candles (remember fire safety)
Patches or swaps?
both are fun!
patches or pins?
Patches!
I have collected a lot of backless pins over camp, because they will fall off the girls' belongings all the time.
"dolls" or "action figures?"
ah most dolls scare me but I do make my own now so dolls I guess
cuddly toys or barbie/action man?
Cuddly ones.
Canoes or Row Boats?
canoes - i like to see where I am going!
what would your ideal be (regardless of reality!) early to bed early to rise - or late to bed and late up?
Late to bed and late up; there is a reason I love night week so much! (we gradually make the girls go to bed later and later, until one night they are going to bed at 2 am after a 1 am cookout!
I don't think we get to do it this year.
Storing printed camp photos:
In a scrap book, or in a photo album?
(these are, of course, the ones you don't get printed poster size and hang in your living room for everyone to see)
temporailiy into an album until i have time to scrap book them!
print all your camp pics or just the best/your favs?
Oh gosh, just the best ones. I have a really fantastic camera (Canon Rebel) that I foolishly take to camp, and I have a 2gig memory card for it, and I bring my lappy so I can empty the card when needed; If I am not taking photos, my friend is and she takes SO MANY PHOTOS.
If I printed all the pictures we took, I'd have spent half of my camp pay, I'm sure.
A "roughin' it" session or a "beverly hills" session?
(rougin' it is all primitive cooking, sleeping, etc. where beverly hills learns about make up, has a "spa" day, and takes a trip to the local mall)
primitive day
camp theather production or campfire
campfire!
backpacks or HEAVY DUTY hiking packs?
backpacks
concert or olympics
concert
talent show or campfire?
Rain I'm really tired of snow!!
Would you rather be counselor or a director?
A counselor (even if, someday, I'd like to be a CD). It's more fun and less paperwork.
Fruits and Veggies as a before-bed snack, or sweeter treats?
before bed
lacrose or boats
boats. I'm not coordinated enough for lacrosse though i try.
canoe trips or kayak trips.
Canoe trips. I secretly enjoy it when one girl tips the whole canoe because she WONT LISTEN to her friends. It's a life lesson, really.
Canoe Trips or Amusement park trips?
both
showerhouse or in unit showers
shower house!
save your small change for something big or just spend it!
if I am at camp and I need a sugar rush, I would spend it
Beach or Lake
lake with a beach
would you rather swim in a lake or in the sea?
ewww...neither - I'm scared of germs! Haha! But I think seas are prettier!
American Idol or America's Got Talent?
idol
musicals or animated movies?
back at couple of yearss idol
american or international history?
international history and boats
arts and crafts or camp crafts?
camp crafts
tennis or moutian bikes
bikes
walk to town or stay on camp?
walk to town-- assuming its a reasonable distance-- camps great but theres times you just need a break
swimming or archery
both
housework - love it or hate it?
hate it
beach volleyball or archery
archery
keep everything your secret buddy and camp friends give you OR be selective?
keep everything
rifleing or hockey
hockey
All camp staff game: Soccer or Volleyball?
neither - i dont do ball games
decorate your bunk with stuff from home or stuff you have made/recieved during camp?
cake
Wiffleball or inline skating
Wiffleball. Again inline skating requires balance/coorindation.
Little kids who are new to an activity or older kids new to an activity?
Little kids new to an activity. Yes, older kids can still learn it, but I cannot tolerate them when they are "too cool" to do it the right way or they way we are teaching them in front of their friends (case in point, my little brother's hockey team lost last week because they were all skating too slow - slower than they usually do - because they're at that "too cool to care" stage).
Teaching kids new SKILLS or teaching kids new SPORTS? (not that sports aren't skills, but I mean like; teaching archery vs. teaching how to do something like a craft or trade)
new skills
Teaching a land based skill such as sports, Nature, or Arts and Crafts or teaching a water skill like boating, fishing and the like
I'm better with the land based skills; I love water sports and fishing, but I'm not good at teaching them.
Your craft supplies are running low and you're down to glue, finger paint, and one item that you have A LOT of; would you rather have WAY too many:
Popsicle Sticks or Pipe Ceaners?
pipe cleaners
soccer or dodgeball
(I would say popsickle sticks! cos you can use them with the glue and paint to make pen holders, and trinket boxes and alsorts of goodies)
Being careful to make sure your stock lasts all summer or not so much and running out of stuff 2 weeks before the end of the summer?
making sure that my stock lasts all summer
My stuff for nature is pretty much reusable or the stuff that is not reusable I could eaisly get from other areas around camp
I vote with Smudge on the popsickle sticks! For arts and craft... I'd almost say run out but in reality I know I would have to try and make it last.
message boards or sleep?
message boards - what is sleep!
freebies or paying for things?
freebies
during your night off -- a movie at the local theater or a play in the park
play in the park UNLESS it is something I REALLY wanna see like Harry Potter
Planning on going to see Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince or not?
Of course! I love going to the tiny theatre in town (1 screen, and only has 2 movies at a time!) and seeing it FULL of camp counselors.
Set up camp at the beginning of the summer, or clean up camp at the end
?
Both! I like closing down camp if you are working with a good team but setting up has the promise of 2 months of wonderful
sing along to mary poppins or not?
songs i never have played lacrosse
peeps- like'em or not?
I LOVE PEEPS!!!!!!
David Letterman or Jay Leno?
hmm i really dont watch those
barefoot in grass or shoed
barefoot
bedding provided by camp or your own or a mixture?
my own
water based activities or special events
water
go away for a weekend with complete strangers but who are involved in something you do (eg guiding) or a week on your own?
a week on my own. You wouldn't have anyone who wasn't into something so you could all the time you wanted there!
Having an unlimited supply of koolaid (for yourself) all summer or an unlimited supply of clean fuffy soft towels?
clean, fluffy, soft towels. I'd never have to do a whole load of towels in my laundry again!
Kool Aid or Fruit Juice?
Koolaid
Off topic: Disney Pixar or Dreamworks?
fruit Juice as long as it isn't pulpy orange juice.
too much candy or too much pop (in your campers)?
oh, god.
Neither! Jk, that's a cop out.
Too much pop I guess, sometimes that wears them down a lot faster than too much candy.
Thank goodness they don't get any at camp.
Camp rabbits or camp chickens?
dodgeball
sail around the world or fly around the world?
fly around the world
carnival or olympics at camp
neither
tie dye or reverse tie dye?
tie dye
a camp near mountians or near a national park
national park
tripping camp or just staying on camp
staying on camp
the book "Camp" by Michael D. Eisner or a camp movie like Meatballs
book - always prefer books
have your fav progs recorded while at camp or just miss them?
just miss them
ice skating or roller skating?
roller
grass sledging or land kayaking?
neither.... ICE BLOCKING!
Snow or rain?
snow
snow in summer or 100f in winter?
snow in summer. Can you say staff snowball fight?
having a designated smokeing area on camp or crabby staffers cuz they can't smoke?
designated area
TB test or not
TB Test (I am terrible with needles, but it's pretty important when working with kids from ALL over).
Meatballs or Wet Hot American Summer?
Meatballs of course
Happy Campers or SummerCamp the documenery
I dont know either
another smoking question: should staff take smoking breaks on top of TO or should it come out of their TO?
Out of their TO is how we have always had it. If it was on top of TO, I'd consider taking up the habit.
Does your camp pass out counselor meds with camper meds, or at a different (more private) time?
Drag them to the troop house (where the medical centre is). So long as it fits in with the drug schedule.
I would also have no smoking on site and they would take it out of their TO. I put up with enough of the extra 10 mins here and there where the non-smokers have to put up with extra work!
I'm I pissy or not?
Not - I know exactly how you feel! I had problems with people who had to take it from their TO so would take one hour broken up into 4 15 min breaks and sometimes that would last 30 mins or more cos they just had to take a shower or check their emails!
deleiver SB gifts during TO or go over late at night/early in the morning?
whenever you can, maybe even mix it up a bit! Heck, sometimes we drop the thing off in their mailbox in the staff room on our way to or from something and have our campers stand outside for that 30 seconds! Hey, if you have the same TO and you never know if they are in the staff room or their cabin, you do what you've gotta do! Plus then they can't rule out certain people based on TO!
I would say off camp for the smoking thing and on their TO. If they want to make themselves unhealthy, do it away from me! I hate uni enough because everytime I walk to and from classes I am either following a smoker or have to walk through their cloud of smoke. I figure I have lost a few hours of my life already due to unwanted second-hand smoking (based on the fact that 1 cigarette takes 7 minutes off the smokers life, and more off of a second hand smoker's since they don't get the filter) I also don't think it would make sense for an outdoorsy camp to support the unhealthy habit of smoking by giving only the smokers extra time to do so.
does your camp raise and lower the flag every day? when? how?
No it didnt
primitive camping - love or hate?
love
camp movies or camp songs
camp songs
As for the smoking thing...I smoke when I'm not at camp and quit/only smoke on my days off (not time off, you smell really bad after a cigarette) but I fiend like a crazy person during training after that I'm fine.
kool aid or orange juice?
kool aid for sure!!
cafeteria or family style meals?
family style meals
At Kick asthma holidays if you smoke you have to change your top, wash your hands and use mouth wash/brush your teeth/chew gum before you can return to the kids!
forgot question
if the campers are not allowed to chew gum/have sweets should the staff be allowed to do so infront of them or not?
Nope, and neither can the directors.
Would you rather have a staff hoodie, or a staff jacket?
Staff Jacket
Would you rather work at a week long camp or a month long camp?
week long. I like the turnover. Although I like more when the one week sessions are for the younger girls and two weeks for the older girls!
Rare Bog or The Penguin Song?
rare bog - i prefer the sombie version to the penguin version of that song!
oooops song
staff shirts - all the staff in the same or same design different colors for different departments or all the same except the ad staff?
This is why I want 2 or 3 staff shirts! One for opening day that's all the same, one for "departments" or "rank" or whatever, and a third just for fun!
Staff shirts - Camp Names or Last Names on them?
CAMP NAMES!!!! I want a shirt that says scuttle on the back of it so badly.
Working with the youngest campers or the oldest?
The oldest!
I would love one with Smudge on it! Actually we got shirts printed for the Get together and I was thinking about getting one done with Smudge 1 on the back!
Would you get your own shirt printed or not?
Scuttle?
The lak 2005 shirts had our camp names on the back!
Print your own.
Pick a colour: Purple or red?
well, I typed all this in before realizing that there was another page, so I am going to respond anyway!
for the candy question- that's just plain mean! I know we are there for the whole summer and most of them are only there for 1 week, but we have time each day to eat sweets and chew gum, etc.
smoking at KA- wow, that's a lot of work just for a cigarette! But it totally makes sense that you have to do all that because of the fact that it is an asthma camp!
ok, now for the current quesiton- purple
and now my quesion- classes- 2+ hours a few days a week or 1 hour 5 days a week?
2 hours for two - three days; I'd rather NOT have to drive to campus just to sit there for an hour on a friday.
Or have any classes at all on fridays.
Camp shirts again! Longsleeve or short?
Short
(I hope CD's on here are listening)
one shirt or two?
2 - a long sleeve and short sleeve - that way you can be clean for outgoing, have a fun weekend without worrying about laundry and clean for incoming and then do laundry during the session!
Do you think that you should be provided with a hoodie or jacket as part of uniform or do you think it should be available to buy if you want it?
provided with one
getting waken up at 7 or 7:30 every morning
7 - cos it means you are at breakfast by 8 and you can get more into the day.
every staff member in unit wake up the campers every morning or rotate and only have one person each morning!
every member-- I tried that at my last camp and it didnt work-- some campers said why do I have to get up if the other counselors arent up yet. The counselors in my cabin would get lazy and only pretend to be helping out only when we had our cabin inspections. It would be only 1 or 2 out of the 4 people in the cabin waking kids up and doing 90% of the work while the others sleep or take a shower. The only time I would not have to wake the kids up was on my 24 hour day off.
Sorry for rambling on
evening programs-- all camp activity or unit/village activity
A combination!
shower before the kids are woken, after they have gone to bed or during TO when you dont have better things to do?
During my TO when i have nothing better to do.
Sandals or shoes?
if sandals (and if you know the brands)
Chacos or Tevas?
after they went to bed so I could sleep in a little later
swimming-- morning or afternoon session
Tevas and morning swim for the girls or afternoon for me!
for the campers - assigned beds or just assigned cabins/tents/rooms or totally let them choose?
Assigned beds mix the kids up so they interact more.
Coffee or Orange Juice
back pack
camera with you always or not?
Not always. For some programs, yes! But when it's your 1000th time to the waterfront, I can pass on the photos. That and my camera is a DSLR so it's HUGE.
When everyone has the weekend off and cam leave camp and do their own thing, does your staff typically hang out together or not?
A bit of both - those who live locally tend to go home (maybe taking someone home with them) while those who cant do this tend to hang out together.
If you are at a camp in a new state (country) would you rather spent TO going to the mall and movies or going to see the local attractions?
local stuff. I have the mall of america in my backyard
Being the only new staff at a camp or the only returning staff?
The only returning staff. You'd be to outsider if it were the other way around. Well so long as you don't start every phrase with 'last year we...'
New camp or a camp you haven't been to in years?
new camp (that was my dilema a couple of years ago!)
But mash being the only returner you would still be the odd one out!
desperate housewives - love it or hate it or never seen it?
Hate it.
Ah but the others would all know each other and you would be like the new girl in class.
CSI - Fan or Meh?
ER
star trek or star wars?
Oh, I totally asked this like, 2 or 3 pages ago!
Star Wars, btw. Han Solo <3
Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter?
both.
country or rap or please puncture my ear drums before I have to hear either?
haha, country for sure! I love it!
classical or country?
both depends on my mood
play an instrument or not?
guitar!
terrifying storms for an hour or a non threatening heavy rain all day?
terrifying storms!
90 and humid or 90 and arid?
arid i think - humidity totally saps my energy and makes me all sticky
cooking on a gas camp stove or over an open fire?
Open fire. Gas grills just rub me the wrong way; you're not grilling if it's on gas, you're using an outdoor stove.
Doesn't taste the same!
Dutch oven cooking or foil packets (hobo pies, whatever you like to call them)?
foil pockets for dinner and the dutch oven for desert! (does anyone have spare on they are willing to swap me for a scotland badge - hehe!)
own a dutch oven or want to own one or neither?
I would like to own one (I am a fan of cast-iron cooking).
Dump cakes, or some other secret dutch oven dessert?
road kill (yes its a desert!)
travel to the stars or stay right here on planet earth?
right here.
long or short hair at camp?
long - it is easier to braid and put up!
Since Smudge forgot to ask a a question I will answer the one before
Short hair
Water activities or Olympics
ooops
water activities
lots of letters from home or a couple of care packages during camp?
a bit of both
calling your friends or writing them?
from camp? writing. everyone likes letters!
shorts (of the shorter variety) or capris?
capri - smudge doesnt do short shorts
be in a hit film or have novel in the time top 10 list
hit filim
recieving an e-mail from a friend or a care package at camp that is
care package if it contains chocolate
win a booker prize (fiction writers award) or turner prize (modern art award)?
Booker prize (the Turner prize is a bit of a joke sometimes even though I love art and can't write for peanuts).
Art: modern or classic?
classic - I just dont get modern art - well some of it - i do love the work of that lady that does casts of empty space - they are cool!
curtains or blinds or both together?
both
air conditioning in cabins or not
NOT! - it's camp...no ac!!
Studying ancient history or ancient languages?
ancient history
modern history or modern languages?
modern history
Asia or Africa?
asia
scrapbooks or photo albums or in photo albums until they are scarpbooked?
Scrap Books - I have found more people like looking at scrap books and get bored with plain albums. which is sad.
Adventurous s'mores (apple slices instead of crackers, caramel instead of chocolate, fruits and cookie dough galore) or the plain old classic?
Adventureous sound good but i have only had classic or british classic with a twist (a chocolate caramel digestive - basically a graham cracker with caramel and then chocolate on it - instead of graham crackers cos we dont have graham crackers over here)
ok a 2 parter:
staff tie or not? and if staff tie pins and badges on it or not?
We only have staff shirts...so not sure about that!
Mark Twain or F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Mark Twain
internet at camp or not
How else would I blog?
Convincing your friend to work at the same camp or going alone and making new friends?
going alone and making new friends (although having a friend there can be good too)
days off going to the mall or doing something different?
Days off for SLEEPING! Actually, days off I try to go home and go to the zoo with my friend. It seems counterproductive to "getting away from kids/camp" but it's so relaxing for me.
Try to do all your laundry in your TO/downtime, or trying to do all your laundry on weekends off?
Preferablly on weekends off as most people are off camp and you dont need to worry about people dumping your stuff out of the dryer before it is dry or not folding it!
Do you think laundry should be: completely free, pay for only detergent and softener or provide your own, or flat rate per load or have staff laundry?
Oh I'm so tired of paying for every washing load in the halls. Camp was free and you supplied your own detergents which I think was not too bad. Better than my current situation anyway.
Time off: shower, activity, swim, laundry, sleep or other?
It depends on what I need/want the most at the time-- I usually pick other like call/write family/friends/camp buddy or use the internet
Day off- go see a movie or sleep in all day
neither - would rather go swimming and do fun stuff!
shorts or capris?
Shorts! My ropes course is like an oven and I'd rather have harness burn than roast to death.
Swimming in the cold and rain, or not being able to swim when it's hot?
swimming in the rain - I mean you are going to get wet anyway so why not have fun!
nalgene or other brand of water bottle?
nalgene. I love the things. I have a hot pink one that's been to 4 different countries!
bus or taxi to the airport?
bus - too poor to afford taxis
before you go to sleep at camp: read a book, listen to music or just lie there?
Read a book.
Baseball hat or bucket hat?
baseball hat
taking wellies to camp or not?
take them, you will need them!
walking shoes, running shoes, or hiking shoes?
(also, come on, is your camp's terrain so EXTREME you would need them, or are you just doing it for your feet?)
Hiking Shoes
Do you like a hot or cold breakfast.
Floating lunch is my idea of a picnic.
getting food poisoning during staff week or during a family/troop camp weekend?
if I had to during staff training - i know everything anyway - and wouldnt want to miss the fun of campers!
(stormy I did hiking sandels and we did have some pretty extreme terrain!)
tevas or keens?
Tevas! I wish I could wear sandals to camp.
Do you go to the same camp every summer (or plan to) OR do you like to look around at other camps (or plan to) each year?
Depends on lots of things - i have returned to camps for a second year but I think part of it depends on length of time between being there and whether I can get the job I want but if I can I like the camp then I would go back
1 staff shirt or 2 plus shirts?
2 plus shirts
pre camp podcasts or not
-ANY- camp podcast would be awesome. What do you podcast?
Instead of a podcast to prepare, we just have a facebook group... that's about it.
Classic TV (pre-80's), or "old" TV (80's - 90's), or "new" TV (00's)?
bit of all three - that are good and bad shows in each era
when you wanna relax - watch tv or watch a movie?
Podcast for my camp is basically an introduction to different things about our camp like camp traditions like life in the dining hall, cheers, birthdays, olympics and other facets of camp. We have one every week before camp and we may have some during camp for parents. For some reason I love the podcasts because I get to know more about camp before I attend training. I get to know more about camp that what was described during my training and what is in the 2008 manual-- my camp is in the process of updating it for this year
anyway to get back to the point of this thread
watch a movie
camp movie or swimming
swimming
seperate staff areas or in the same room as the campers?
separate staff areas
pre camp poscasts to get you excited /prepared for camp or not
not - dont need them to be excited about camp
in an ideal world where money isnt an issue: design your own home or live in someone elses design
design my own so I can have what I want and dont have what I dont want
if time/money wasnt an issue: work at a camp near home or not
not - i like to travel and see new places
if you had the choice would you use a camp name or not?
no as a side bar at my new camp the only "camp name" we use is Aunt or Uncle as a sign of respect for example my name would be Uncle Marty
To be refered as Uncle or Aunt or not
Oh heck no! And I'm an Auntie!
Change your camp name? Yes or no?
Never! (I hear people (guiders) talking about having a different camp name each summer according to the theme of the camp but that wont be me - Smudge or Anna - regardless of the theme!)
think I am a stick in the mud or not?
Not. I couldn't change mine. It's to good a fit.
Is it just me or those who use the name 'Princess' usually act like one?
Totally!
Should you choose your own camp name or have it given to you?
Have it given to you, but only once (like, after you've been 'named', you can introduce yourself as that at another camp).
As a side note, my camp doesn't really do camp names, but a lot of my camp friends call me "Barbie", because during my LIT year we had 3 Sarah LITS and at least 4 staff with my name. And I brought a Barbie doll to camp as a symbol of myself, haha. So now a lot of my buds call me Barbie, and that's what I tend to get called over the walkies.
In a tent: air mattress or thin sleeping pad?
air mattress
camp movie or camp song
song
create new games or use old favourites?
old favorites
boating or mini golf at camp
boating
song book organised or just songs in the order you put them in?
Organised - they are easier to find when they are in alphabetical order!
song books : include photos / clip art or not?
yeap - clip art for nearly every page - it was so much fun finding all - yay google images!
song book in sections or not?
in sections
camp radio or fishing
neither
giving 2 charity in secret or letting the world know?
in secert if possible-- kinda hard to hide if writing a check
electives or required activities or a combnation of the both
Combination
unit photos or not?
Yes-- I still have cabin photos from many years ago
Beach volleyball or boating
boating
walking or running?
Walking. Running is not something I enjoy, at all.
Letting campers use/read your songbook, or use it as your own reference (sharing only when necessary)?
depends on the aget the campers - i have let the older campers - look on it on occasision but in general I think that I would just use it as reference.
taking lappy to camp or not?
I take my laptop to camp.
Do you over pack for camp or under pack?
Last year I over-packed; this year I am purposefully under-packing to see what happens. Do I -really- need everything? that sort of idea.
Read about camp-related topics to keep you brushed up in the off season
OR not until you're at camp
OR not at all?
Read about camp as much as I can. I miss it too much if I don't (I just bought Sleepaway by Eric Simonoff, haha).
Pack in bins, trunks, bags or suitcases?
suitcases-- This year I am flying so I am somewhat limited to what I can use and who knows if the regs would change.
wait until the day before to pack or packa week a head of time
I kind of start the minute I get home from school, but I do a big chunk of it the night before I leave at like midnight when leave at 8am!
spend a lot of money on things for camp or not?
I usually dont spend a lot of money on camp stuff but this year I may need to spend more then usual.
Camp food or catering for staff banquet
Neither! We have a staff party instead and go to a bar/restaurant.
bring an expensive camera to camp,
a moderately priced one,
or a disposable one?
a modertly priced one that can be replaced
would you want new camp building(s) or not
New buildings...if they fit with the design, replace scary old ones, and still make folks happy!
Staff uniform all week or just on opening/closing/travel days?
Just on opening/closing/trips
uniform again - just a tshirt or Tshirt with staff to provide trousers of a specific color or tshirt and trousers or the full kit - tshirt, hoody, trousers and rain jacket or poncho?
I like how my camp does it: one tshirt provided to us that must be worn on pickup/dropoff days, but we also have "staffwear" which we can order before or during camp. It's usually better than the shirt we're given.
Different staff uniform design (logo, style etc) every summer, or always the same?
different
younger campers or older campers in your tent/unit/cabin
older! They dont get up at 5am!
lats, CTS or flushies?
Flushies (but we call them comfort stations)! We have lats too, but I dislike them.
Read short stories to your campers, or a longer book spread out over a few days/weeks?
Depends on the campers - some groups suit longer stories while others suit shorter one night stories
do you take any Dr Suess to camp with you or not?
no Dr. Suess, but lots of other little and chapter books that were my favorite when I was younger!
Try to expose campers to older/different books, or read books like Hannah Montana and Harry Potter to them? (I bring books from my chldhood, and some new but not crazy popular books)
Older/different. I love Little Critters books, and my Shel Silverstien poetry books are always a lot of fun. I like reading stories that they haven't heard before.
Canoe trip/overnight, or hiking trip/overnight?
Canoe - cos you dont have to carry your kit as much
as staff going out with the campers canoeing, regardless of what your camp rules are, would you rather - be in a canoe with a camper, with another counsellor or in a kayak on your own
with another counselor
a end of summer bonus or a travel allowance- you can only chose one
Summer bonus please!
Cook out in the unit with kids or have dinner in the dining hall?
cook out of course
Would you take the travel allowance if it was $300 or 1 week bonus pay?
I think it would depend on how much a weeks pay bonus ended up being - I would take the one that gave me more money!
on a camp out - dome tents or A frame tents?
A- Frame
near the mountains or in the middle of nowhere for camp that is
near mountains
know the song - we come from the mountains - or not?
yup! good song!
Once an Austrian went yodeling, or Bear in Tennis Shoes?
Austrian
hippo song or alvin the alligator?
I don't know either, but I love hippos, so that one!
Your camp song - slow and sappy, or more like a cheer?
Chenoa didnt have one - but there are that make me think of chenoa they one is slow and the other is more up beat.
The Hippopotamus
What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make him walk for more than a mile?
It's not a party with a paper hat
Or cake and candy that will make him fat
THAT'S NOT WHAT HIPPOS DO!
They ooze in the gooze without any shoes
They waide in the water 'til their lips turn blue
THAT'S WHAT HIPPOS DO!
What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make him walk for more than a mile?
It's not the song on the old violin
Or listenin' to the whistlin' wind
THAT'S NOT WHAT HIPPOS DO!
They ooze in the gooze without any shoes
They waide in the water 'til their lips turn blue
THAT'S WHAT HIPPOS, YES THATS WHAT HIPPOS, YES THATS WHAT HIPPOS DO!
Now you have the works like this song or not?
I do! I love it! I wish I knew the tune though.
In general - sappy slow songs or crazy, fast, loud ones?
depends on my mood!
(wish I knew how to share the tune with you sarah!)
have a weemee or not?
sarah I'm sure you could find it on youtube.
2 pools at camp or 1 pool and a lake
a pool and a lake so that you can boat too! The pool could be substitued for a portion of a clean lake though! That's what we have, just the lake, but a swimming area and then boating in the lake as well!
oops, question!
unit songs or not? I know some of you don't have them, so this is more of a wanting/liking question!
I did have a untit song at my last camp though we didntr come up with one until half the summer was over with though
watch TV online or just accepted you have missed your show?
I would DVR it if its a show I cant miss
would you want a shower in your unit or not
Watch it online!
Txt or call someone?
Text
air in cabin/unit or not
not - its camp you are supposed to be ruffing it!
camp teddy bears or not?
Not
campers offered electives for a part of day or not
not - maybe once or twice a week
jack of all camp trades or specialist
Specialist (but get to do a bit of everything!)
Barges or On My Honour?
On my honour - it has a special place in my heart because it was sung just before my friend and I made our promise as girl scouts!
big buffalo or across the windswept desert?
big buffalo
instructor or counselor
both - a lovely combined role - instruct archery and boating during the day and with the kids at night that would be my ideal!
all camp activities every day or just a couple of times a week.
just a couple of times a week because it takes away from the group getting to bond together.
BBQ or sack lunch?
BBQ
virtual birthday cake from camp friends or real cake from "real" world friends?
I think both would be = to me. Its about the thought not what you can do.
Would you rather work at a camp where the kids stay there 4 to 8 weeks or a week to week camp?
week to week!
do you take childrens games, childrens books or neither with you to camp?
I am bringing game ideas with me this year.
would you want to assist with water sports or podcasts
water sports
have a camp birthday but would rather not OR not have a camp birthday but want one?
Not have one but want one! Camp birthdays are fun, as a camper I didn't want to spend my birthday at camp, but now that I'm staff, I LOVE it.
Arrive at camp a week late, or leave a week early (regardless of reason)?
leave early if i realy had to
legally blonde or legally blonde 2
Legally Blonde 1!!
mmmmmmm cake. I wish I had a camp birthday (4th of Jan is so far from camp times...)
Big buffalo or Tiny buffalo?
big buffalo
(i want a camp birthday too!)
beavers one, beavers all or I'm a beaver your a beaver?
beavers one
beach volleyball or Olympics
neither
windchimes - love them or hate them?
Like them? Can I say Like?
Do you bring movies with you to camp?
(you can say like!)
I did last year but that was the first year - cos in previous years I didnt have my lappy with me - and UK dvds dont play in american players
take your lappy to camp or not?
Not since I dont own a laptop -- I only own a desktop and I dont see me hauling this bulky thing with me when I fly to camp
Do you watch camp movies before you go to camp or not
year round!
take your own mine craft kit with you or not? - by mini I mean the basics - scissors, craft knife, colored pencils.
Not
bring a digital camera with you or a bunch of disposable cameras or a 35 mm camera
Digital camera, laptop and art stuff (I'm serious about art/ crafting and photography so Ill need to take them with me). I'll prob also have a separate bag of swimming gear too.
Take your own sports equipment or not?
Depends what equipment - I bring my own climbing harness, and if I were a lifeguard I'd bring my paddle and lifejacket.
Good pay for a job you don't love, or terrible pay for a job you do love?
terrible pay for a job I love
take a cell phone to camp or not?
Yes if there is good service at camp and if my camp allowed it ( which they do)-- and after I get on a national plans to avoid roaming
reciving letters at camp or writing letters
both
random gift giving or not?
Call someone!
Flaslight or head lamp?
headlight - cos it leaves your hands free!
random gift giving or just giving to secret buddies?
secert buddies, we did that the first camp I worked at for pay
oops forgot to ask a question
go to camp in the off season or not
I would if I could
surprised by the stuff your parents hoard or not?
not
Water volleyball or boating
boating
swimming or just playing around in the water?
playing around
a camp with no lake or no pool
no pool - in the 6 years I have worked at camp only 1 year had a pool.
pringles - once you pop you cant stop or just a few are enough?
cant stop
eating outdoors for meals or indoors
outdoors - at camp if I was on TO during a meal and I wasnt cooking the staff house I would get food and then sit outside at the picnic benches with other staff on TO!
after camp - cleaning the dinning hall or cleaning/inventorying the packout/cook out cupboard or unit kitchen boxes?
unit kitchen boxes
would you rather have the youngest campers, the middle aged campers or the oldest campers
the oldest
be hired to work with a specific age/program group or work with all ages?
work with all ages
3- day Olympics or carnival
carnival
films about the underdog - chariots of fire or cool runnings?
cool runnings-- for some reason I really loved that movie
Meatballs or Earnst Goes to Camp
meatballs
building your own files/collection of books of resources or just using what camp give you?
Building your own.
Chocolate band aids or real band aids for booboos?
real band aids
being assigned to one activity area or being a counselor
a combination role!
Bubbles - magic (cure all rememdy for homesick campers and stressed out staff) or not?
absolutely! I need to remember to get some this year!
carry bandaids with you or get them from first aid kits around camp/the nurse?
get them from the first aid kits around camp-- I dont know why the nurse has to apply bandaids for-- cant they just check out the injury and record it during sick call?
Camp radio waking you up in the morning or just a loud bell?
Aw ringing the bell! I used to get to do it cos I was always up early to run to the dining hall's toilets before the campers!
Water or soda?
usually water
Would you want to teach Drama or be at the Lake
I have taught drama at the waterfront before because it was such a nice day - and I was on my own so needed to be near other counsellors so that day I went to the beach.
hoodies or zipper hoodies?
drama
The lorax or the giving tree?
LORAX!!! Always!
Imagine the scene: you are one of 2 counsellors left, the program choices are creative writing or local history (and you're not from the area) and you got lucky and won the coin toss, which program do you chose?
local history - so that I could learn about the area?
Similar vein - given the choice would you rather: do a program you dont want to do but work with the staff of your choice OR do the program of your choice with staff you dont really get on with?
I rather do a program I dont want to do-- It beats spending time with staff that gets on your nerves
Sorry Smudge
CIT program or not
Heck yes!
Any other leadership programs (aside from CIT/WIT programs) at your camp? Or if you don't know, should there be?
At my camp we have a CIT program and a Waiters bunk-- the waiters bunk prepares campers to be CIT's It gives the bunk some leadership experinces in the dining hall helping there durining meals but they can still be campers.
sick call after a meal or a specific time like during rest hour
after meals - helps fit in with meds and other duties.
Camp chores or on with the program stuff?
on with the program stuff
Cabin inspection before or after breakfeast
not at all - but if necessary after breakfast
competition out of the kapers/chores or not - by that I mean does your camp do a daily check that you have done your unit job around camp such as cleaning the the toilets or picking up trash.
we only have chores at my camp for the unit
When do you take your times off ?
Not a this or that marty but will answer it anyway
Changes from day to day depending on the needs of the other staff in the unit or my own!
read a book or surf the net?
surf the net -- assuming I can schudule a time
would you rather get an e-mail or a letter
a letter
so when it is raining - have the campers go puddle jumping, play board games or watch a DVD?
play board games
would you rather take a nap or write letters on your time off
write letters - i cant sleep during the day
assuming you have secret buddies at you camp (and if you dont imagine that you do) when you reveal who you are - reveal one at a time with a hand made gift or free for all with bought gifts?
reveal one at a time
If your an activity instructor would you want a say in your time off or have the camp decide that for you
I would want a say
guaranteed time off every day - or so many hours a week divided up as the camp seen fit so that potentially you might have days with no TO?
every day so that I know for sure I am getting it and when I am getting it so I know I can get out for a bit 22 hours after getting back on duty (we have 2 hours every day at the same time all week. It varies week-to-week when our daily time is though.)
2 hours each day off in a 5 day period or 10 consecutive hours? (this is assuming that you have a session break each week as well)
you are so lucky you get 2 hours off... I only wind up getting 45 mins off a day if I get a poeriod off a day because I owuld have to make sure things are cleaned up in my area and get back in time to set up for the next period
Getting a scudule of when you teach and what group for a week or getting the schudule at breakfeast each day
For the week - it would allow you to plan better for the week (I had a daily schedule at main idea and didnt like it!)
Having a single person plan the schedules of everyone on camp or do it as individual units working around assigned things like swimming and program center?
indvidual units or Villages/bunks
Having cookouts with your cabin/bunk or with 2 cabins/bunks
2 units can be fun
floating lunch or climbing wall picnic?
floating lunch-- I dont like heights
Theme week-- Survivor or time travel
time travel
Time off... lying in the sun (on the beach if you have one) or reading a book in the shade?
depends on how hot it is but usually lying in the sun.
in a canoe with campers or a staff canoe on canoe trips
Staff!
canoeing - staff in a canoe or 2 kayaks?
kayaks...you can keep a better eye on the kids
Having noncamp friends visit you on your day or do something with the camp staff?
it would have to be do something with camp staff cos I dont have any non camp friends in the USA
clip boards - decorate them yourself or just leave it plan?
Decorate them yourself! I have my 05 one covered in everyone's signatures!
Clipboards or folders?
I have a binder covered in stickers/scrapbook paper cutouts and such as well as a clipboard.
having a friend write your name in the refered by section so that you can tell the CD not to hire them or just tell them that the staff is already full? (knowing that this person could never hack it your camp.)
Well I would say that the staff is already full-- hopefully that the person doesnt call the CD to verify the information
Would you want a theme for olympics or not -- some theme for olympics at my camp inculde Harry Potter
themes! themes are always fun!
(Katie - Tell them staff is full, or try to gently explain to them that camp might not be for them and why. If they contact the CD anyway, write the CD an email about them nicely explaining why you think they might not hack it at camp).
If you got every Saturday off and away from camp, would you:
Pack all of your camp clothes into one large storage tub for your weeks at camp and possibly leave the tub there and just take home your dirty clothes to wash
OR pack two smaller tubs of camp clothes, take home the dirty tub on the weekend and bring back the clean one?
the 2 tub system - that sounds easier
(Give the CD a heads-up, if they do apply, because it's not like you just don't want them to be there, just that they wouldn't be suitable [not everyone is after all])
Staff trip on day off or go somewhere else with friends?
staff trips are always fun.
(the person in question work at camp buckskin and the CD there refuses to hire her on as a conselor so she's been a CIT for 3 years now (20 years old, they have a strange CIT program) and she doesn't understand why, then she talks about how much she hates starting conversations and dealing with kids)
campers in lifejackets on the water trampoline or not?
In my opinion, PFDs should not be worn on a water trampoline; to me it seems like ti causes too much of a risk if the jacket doesn't fit properly, or slips out of place, causing harm to the camper. Maybe I'm alone in that sentiment?
IMAX movies or movies in 3-D?
3-D
Would you want to do your laundry on camp or have it sent out
On camp - I'm protective of my own.
(I think the life jacket should be unnecessary. Unless you're letting campers that can't swim into deep water?)
(20yo CIT? That does sound a little weird. Yea I can see why she would be a little unsuitable.)
IMAX or regular cinema?
IMAX
I agree a 20 year old CIT-- you think that person would get the hint that another job would be better
Driving to camp or flying to camp-- assuming you lived a good distance away from camp
I don't live far from camp, so I'll be driving. BUT If I lived in the same country as the camp, or in the camp was in eastern provinces of Canada, I would drive. I like driving, and I would leave a week or two early so I could stop and see the sights along the way.
Who would you rather find burrowed in your clothes in your tent, a mouse giving birth or a raccoon?
If you got every Saturday off and away from camp, would you:
Pack all of your camp clothes into one large storage tub for your weeks at camp and possibly leave the tub there and just take home your dirty clothes to wash
OR pack two smaller tubs of camp clothes, take home the dirty tub on the weekend and bring back the clean one?
Trying to decide how to pack for camp stormy?
I think a racoon - cos if you a mouse you would have to let it stay there until the babies were bigger or kill them
would you rather have spagetti and meatballs or baked zitti?
spagetti and meatballs
Cookout or Dining Hall
Trying to decide how to pack for camp stormy?
maaaaybe. It's very hard. I like having EVERYTHING at my hands if I need it; but maybe packing two tubs and alternating them wont be as bad as I think it will be. The only issue being shoes/things that I use weekly.
Cookout! I had a campfire cookout last week and it was wonderful!
Big dogs,
little dogs,
or no dogs?
if you mean real dogs then big ones - if you mean hot dogs then none cos they give me heart burn!
at a bbq hot dogs or burgers (meat or veggie varieties)?
Hot dogs - I hate both, but suffer and put cheese and hot peppers on it so I can't taste the hotdog, haha!
At camp: veggie meal option, or meat?
meat
Volleyball or Dodgeball
neither
chuck the chicken or capture the flag?
dodge ball, but not with the kids.
capture the flag because I don't know what chuck the chicken is (help?)
chicken or turkey?
Turkey
Opening Show or Opening Campfire
campfire.
all camp games or unit time later in the session.
capture the flag because I don't know what chuck the chicken is (help?)
Chuck the chicken is the reason I own a rubber chicken:
http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/games/chicken_games/chicken_3.htmA mixture of the two some all camp and some unit stuff.
make dream catchers with your campers or not?
Dream catchers and God's eyes are the easiest and take the most time and concentration. It's a craft cop-out but yea I do them when I have a massive headache.
Oh man Chuck the Chicken sounds like a riot! I needs me a rubber chicken.
Pick a training : Lifeguard or Archery?
Archery
I think I've played Chuck the Chicken before, but with some other object besides a rubber chicken. Essentially you could probably use a ball, though I think a random object would be more fun and hilarious!
running around games or sitting down games?
depends on what time it is...If i have little girls then I'm not going to play a running around game at 8pm but if it's older girls i'll play whatever whenever (that reminded me of the shakira song)
tripping or waterfront staff
Waterfront staff!
tattoos visible or covered up?
covered up
Theme sessions or not
Not
Would you rather be a activity staff or travel with the campers from activity to activity?
travel with campers.
Nights that are waaay to hot or nights that are waaay to cold
too cold--- cant sleep too much when its too hot
letters or care packages at camp
care packages
allow campers freedom to try whatever they want (within reason) while at camp or stick to a strick program with no camper imput?
I looove camper chosen activity time because it means I didn't have to plan it!
We don't let them run off and do whatever, they pick an activity they ALL want to do together.
You can only have one of these, and for some magical reason your body will be allergic to the other; do you pick:
Sunscreen or Bug Spray?
Sunscreen - I'll pass on the 1st degree burns and suffer the bug bites (I actually don't remember using anywhere near as much bug spray as sunscreen last time)
get tattoo / piercing at camp or after? (I passed last time cos I thought House would kill me)
I don't want any tattoo or any more piercings, but if I were to get them, I would wait until after so I didn't have to deal with it at camp, like the pain or the cleaning. It would be so easy to get a little dirt mixed in and hurt something, or not have time or energy to clean the piercings. I've never gotten a tatoo, so I don't know much about the first few days/weeks, but I do know it hurts for a few days!
I would take bug spray over sunscreen if I am at my camp now because the mosquitos love love love me, but we don't get too many days of sunscreen needing weather. Anytime from dinner on, no matter the weather that day I will get bitten if I don't wear bug spray. Not to mention, I can wear long clothes to protect me from sunburns, but mosquitos even go through my jeans and sweatshirts.
a sunny 95 degree day or a rainy 60 degree day?
rainy weather
(I would go for the sunscreen cos I dont use bug spray anyway!)
off camp trip with campers - canoeing down a river or hiking a mountain?
hiking a mountian
camp olympics-- themes or not
themes
x men - cartoons or live action films?
live action! (loved the trilogy)
Star Trek: Love or hate?
Loooooove!
This saturday I can either watch the Preakness (a big horse race) and not spend any money, OR throw down about $40+/- and meet Carrie Fisher (princess leia) and get her autograph.
Which should I pick?
CARRIE FISHER!!!!!!!!!
(I'll give you the $40 if need be!)
Fish or Chicken?
Chicken!
(Ah, so be it. I need to find something for her to autograph and then pack sandwiches for the long, long line Ill be standing in)
Nalgenes or Aluminum water bottles? (is there a big difference?)
nalgenes - they dont dent!
lots of different water bottles or just one?
Just one! I have many torches though!
Maglight or other flashlight (if you can't have a head torch).
maglight!
take a flag to camp or not?
Tents or cabins?
prefer cabins cos there is less likely hood of spiders - but I do like tents too!
staff photo with everyone in the same uniform or whatever they want to wear?
Same uniform for the staff photos, it makes everyone look unified. Plus there will be LOTS of staff photos out of uniform throughout the summer!
Night hikes or day hikes?
night hikes are fun
head light or mini lantern for reading the cabin/tent at night?
Head lamp - they tend to keep the light more concentrated and let others sleep.
Read before going to sleep, or listen to music?
prefer cabins cos there is less likely hood of spiders
we definitely have cabins that have TONS more spiders than our tents because there are more crevices for them to get into and nest and such. Our more modern cabins definitely don't have many spiders, but our 4 wooden walled cabins do. The tent unit gets a lot more raccoons though!
head light because the light always goes where I need it no matter how I lay down!
coloring or painting?
music before sleep, and painting!
staff binders to everyone at staff training for the whole summer, or just one binder/book of the 'need to know" info in every unit?
to everyone-- so that staff members have no excuse not to read it--staff wont be able to say that the binder for the unit went "missing"
weeklong training or 5 day training
individual binders! They include games and songs and cookout food ideas!!
hot chocolate or coffee?
my camp has weeklong. it will either be SWEET or TERRIBLE! it's actually more than a week, depending on if we have weekend time off or not. I don't know yet.
and hot chocolate! I like how coffee smells, bu not the taste.
fried food or grilled food?
Grilled food
Beach or Olympics
beach
christmas or easter?
Christmas!
Shave your legs/pits/beard regularly (at least once every 2 weeks) while at camp, or let it grow?
I try to shave every chance I get (read: every chance I get a WARM/HOT shower), which is usually weekly or sometimes twice a week if I am lucky! Pits get shaved before legs, just in case the water goes cold halfway through.
Does your camp have a salad bar, or are you stuck with what is served at the table?
rainy and 60!
Campfire at the ampitheather/campfire ring/where ever you normally do them or a floating campfire?
Salad bar
And we have had both - at one camp we had a built up bit in the lake so it looked like a floating fire but I like them were the fire is on dry land too!
which do you prefer - first camp fire of the summer or last?
first camp fire of the summer
camp fire for the whole camp or cabin campfires
Depends - they are so different it is hard to choose
roast marshmallows/s'mores or banana boats?
BANANA BOATS!!
Leave now for camp with nothing packed, or when you're actually supposed to start with everything you need?
I would leave now - it would only take a few mins to throw some stuff in a bag!
leave now, I'm already packed!
foil dinners or one pot meals?
foil dinners - everyone gets what they want
builing a fire to cook over, for a camp fire with singing or both on the same evening (eg keeping the fire going)
Keep the fire going... (If I've not put it out)
On camp alone: Before or After the camp season?
before, the excitement would be excellent and at the end it's all sad and lonely!
foil dinners or hot subs?
foil dinners! i love making animals out of the foil so I can remember which one mine is.
Pudgie pies or banana boats
banana boats
week long session of 4 week long session
week long session!
Kids can purchase snacks/soda/treats at the trading post or no snacks/treats/soada?
no snacks - I dont want to be dealing with campers on a sugar high!
aspire to be ad staff or not?
Yes-- but a part of me would always miss being in a cabin/unit/tent
camp pinic or not
yeap!
family BBQ or family brunch on outgoing day?
Family bbq
The Punisher or The Dark Knight?
uuuggggh neither I'm on a harry potter high right now, although I do prefer the dark knight.
having your campers obsessed with twilight and harry potter OR Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers
twlight and Harry Potter
end of camp banquet or not
end of camp banquet - well a staff one anyway - i guess it would be nice to have a camper one if they were there all summer
have the majority of the staff leave at the same time as the campers or the majority of the staff stay to close down camp?
Have the majority stay - it's a lot of work, and we need as much help as we can get.
Secret buddies all summer, or make a secret award for someone to be presented at staff dinner/banquet?
Secret buddies all summer!
Camper awards at the end a session or not?
not, it can make girls feel left out.
Focusing on badge work or a total camp experience.
a total camp experince
on the last day of camp for staff-- leave in the morning or late pm
late pm, morning would be too hard for me.
Letting the campers start the fire or only staff allowed to start the fire
Letting campers start the fire (after learning how!).
Coffee/tea/hot cocoa for staff in front of the kids or staff allowed to have, but not in front of kids?
only coffee/tea, but not hot cocoa unless it is also available to the kids.
lake/river bath or rain bath?
lake bath while it's raining.
ladies: short or long hair at camp (I can't decide if I want to chop mine off before camp starts)
Short, it's easier! Although, my definition of short is possibly different than yours. I always get mine cut so it is just long enough to put in a ponytail! If I can't get it out of my face, I don't see the point in having it short!
dinner before dessert or dessert before dinner?
desert beforen and after
kati - I personally found that my hair was easier to deal with when it was long compaired to when it was short!
have one name badge/tag that lasts all summer or make a new one each session?
having one that lasts all summer
having training begin in the morning after you arrive or right away
all summer, I'm not that crafty and there is no point in making a new one if it is going to be exactly like the old one! In fact, I've used the same design for mine (and colors too) for the last 3 years! It's almost like my trademark or something!
oh, question!
save the best for last or eat it first? I'm thinking in terms of a meal, not including dessert!
the morning after - gives you a chance to get to know people
take 100s of photos or 1000s of photos during camp?
proberly hundrads of pictures-- dont think I have the money for a lot of memory cards
having a facebook group for camp so you can ask questions or not
definately - its a great way to get to know new staff
have all the staff arrive at the same time or staggered arrival?
around the same time
airplane or bus to camp
aeroplane
take a stuffed animal(or comfort blanket type thing) to camp or not?
not
being able to cash your check near camp or have the camp cash it for you
either!
have pay by check or direct deposit?
This year I perfer check since a branch of my bank is auctally near camp for once-- if you asked me back in 2005 I would have said direct deposit--- my last camp said they offered direct deposit when I got my precamp packet and when I inquired about it at camp they said they never said that
anyway after my word vomit--
going off camp for nights off or stay on camp
Having someone doing your laundry for you at camp or doing it yourself?
doing it myself during my off time if at all possible
going to Target or Walmart in your off time at camp
Walmart - it has a craft department!
The sound of music - love it or hate it?
LOVE IT!
Do something productive when you have an hour off, or do nothing but rest/sleep?
something productive like writing a letter to my camp buddy or calling friends/family members unless I am exusted due to a bad night
play in the park or a night at the movies
play in the park
find a playground to play in or a beach to veg out on?
beach
a counselors retreat for your time off or not
yes.
online training videos with quizzies that can be done without watching the videos OR skip it all together
SKIP IT!!!! The vids bored me something stupid! And the quizzes confused me... Course that might be my grasp of the English language that caused that!
Reading/Training before Pre-camp or not?
not!
if you could plan staff training would you focus more on fun stuff for the camper - games, songs and crafts or getting people certified in lots of stuff
I would certify as many people as I could without sacrificing too much of the fun stuff!
yes mash the videos bore me to death. I love how as soon as I started to completely freak out the email with the info came to me. Oh goodness I'm a bit of a hot mess sometimes.
have precamp have the same type of schedule as camp or more laid back?
Similar schedule as camp!
New three pack of sharpies or 3 sheets of new stickers?
sharpies
write a letter on nice paper, plain paper or a nice note card?
plain paper
time off- afternoon or evening-- assuming you have a choice
Afternoon - but I never got it because that's when we got to go to the barn.
Sharpies or crayola markers?
Sharpies
binders for lesson plans for activities or not
Yep - Keeps them together and (relatively) dry in the rain.
Decorate your envelopes, notepaper/cards etc with markers and drawings or stickers?
Afternoon i need that mid day break. I can sleep that night. almost like getting two.
camp breakfast or dinner?
dinner
lake or pool -- at camp
Lake
Decorate your envelopes, notepaper/cards etc with markers and drawings or stickers?
stickers
days off-- weekend or weekday
weekend if possible.
mummy bag or rectangular sleeping bag?
mummy bag
electives 1 times a day or 2
once a week!
theme dinners - love them or hate them?
love them
arts and crafts or lake activities
arts and crafts at the waterfront!
theme dinners again: not only are people dressed up but the food matches the theme or just where people dress up?
food matches the theme
counselor talent show or not
not
jump in the lake fully clothed on a hot day or run through a sprinkler?
run though the sprinkler
boating or jet skis
boating
canoeing or kayaking?
canoeing
loud bell to wake you up or a morning show on the camp radio station
Bell.
Having set dates or finding out that your dates are going to change (to an earlier start date)
If I was american i would like my dates to change if it meant longer at camp - but as an international it would cause all sorts of problems with getting flights chnaged
shower at the same time as the campers or during TO?
Same time and TO (depends on the day)
On camp alone, what to do: Lake, crafts, scream, sleep?
Lake
on your TO do you go off camp or stay on camp
off camp if I can
take books to read with you to camp or hope that the camp has a decent staff library?
Take books with me, and borrow my friends books when I run out (or buy trashy romance novels at Walmart).
Started packing yet or no?
somewhat-- I still havent bought everything I need for camp yet-- dang this economy
bring dvds with you for your time off or hope the camp has a good selection in the counselors lounge/retreat
Bring dvd's with me.
Staff song picked out by camp/ad staff or other staff?
all staff together - well I would say - let them all make suggestions then a group (mixture of ad staff, unit staff and program/activity) choose a short list and then vote (way to time consuming so would never happen but that would be my ideal.
think you could run things better than you any of the ad staff you have had in the past OR they have all done a fantastic job and deserve a HUGE pat on the back for all their hard work?
other staff
Day off-- early in the session or later
marty is your internet just really slow or did you chose to ignore that I had posted an answer to the question you answered and posted another?
Day off - later
Do you think you could run things better than you any of the ad staff you have had in the past OR they have all done a fantastic job and deserve a HUGE pat on the back for all their hard work?
my internet was slow smudge--- its working better now
At my first camp-- they did a fantastic job and deserve a huge pat on the back--a 10 week camp season can be challenging -- 11 weeks with training
nights off-- early in the session or later
later in the session - to early and you are burnt out by the end of it!
ice-cream sunday bar or make your own subs?
tough call-- I choose ice cream sunday bar
for a staff meeting with a meal-- Subway or camp food
Dairy Queen? Nah camp food. Not Subway's biggest fan.
Mac n Cheese or Grilled Cheese?
neither - dont do cheese
chinese or indian take away?
neither
end of camp DVD/video or not
you dont like either marty?
definately - or at least a camp photo disc!
allocate camper beds before they arrive or allow them choose where they want to sleep?
I am not a big fan of either but I will eat if I have to
let the campers choose where they want to sleep unless you know in advance if a camper needs a bottom bunk for some reason
for staff banquet/end of camp celebration-- on camp or off camp
Both! Dinner off camp followed by a fire!
with the camper sleeping arangements we'll assign girls to a tent/cabin but let them choose their bed!
Horses or Waterfront
waterfront - horses like eating my hair!
Camp staff waterproof - in an ideal world not what your camp does - given as part of the uniform or an optional extra staff can buy for cost?
Given as part of the uniform
Facebook or Twitter?
I have both but I'm a tweetaholic.
dances at camp or not
Twitter.
(I hate facebook)
Blog or Facebook?
YES!! One of the most fun all-camps we had last year was a huge dance party!
Oceans or pools?
seeing as I've never swam in the ocean I'm gunna have to say pools!
Doing the same program with different age groups (yes this is actually how this program is set up) Hug a horse 2nd and 3rd graders or hug a horse with 4th-6th graders Which one would you want?
tehehehe hug a horse.....
Sorry back to the question. youngest campers - less scared (sometimes).
Plan trips on TO or "wing it"?
Depends on my mood and who has TO at the same time!
backpack or shoulder bag for carrying your stuff around during the camp day?
Small single strap backpack! Hold water, rainjacket, and bugspray.
Crazy amount of mosquitos/blackflies/etc and no bugspray, or really sunny and no shade or sunscreen?
I would take really sunny
campfire or cookout
both
bug spray - love the stuff and use a can every few days or never touch the stuff?
Never touch it. It took 2 months before the mozzies got a taste for my blood. Then I was eaten alive but had lost my bug spray!
Mozzies or Leaches?
mozzies cos they dont really bite me
bright pink dome tent or green A frame/t-bone tent?
Bright pink dome tent! I think it would suit me, haha (and plus I hate A frames).
Early morning swim or early morning run?
early morning swim
(i hate A frames too Sarah!)
closing campfire - indoors, outdoors or a an inbetween space like a pavilion that only has a fireplace and roof but not walls?
Outdoors, definitely! They're so hot and loud indoors, and nobody has much fun!
Unit location - on a hill, in a meadow, or just tucked back in the woods?
tucked into the woods
making fire wood collection a game or a competition?
a game
cookouts or special events
cookout
ice-cream ball, ice-cream churn or electric ice-cream maker?
ice-cram ball
IUce cream sundes or Dippin Dots-- little ice cream dots
ice cream sundays
cits at camp for precamp or not?
Well the learning would be good for them but prob not.
CITs - Whole summer, half summer, 2 weeks or less?
half summer at least so that they really get an idea of what it is they are doing!
home made ice-cream or home made cookies?
cookies AND ice cream?
Blogging or keeping a diary?
keeping a diary - you can do it when you dont have internet access
making ice cream yourself - in an ice-cream ball, a churn or a machine?
a machine
DVD or not at camp
yes DVDs
My Bloody Valentine or Halloween?
neither - i dont do horror
monopoly or trivial pursuit?
monopoly all the way... when i can get someone to play with me
monopoly- old school version or one of the newer versions with all the fancy stuff (i.e. electronic banking)
Girlguiding UK edition!!!!!!!
Game of life or Trivial Pursuit?
(I am getting that soon - need to make GG counters to use rather than the generic ones that come with it!)
trivial pursuit
uno or a game with a deck of cards?
deck of cards (we had an uno fest till we were all sick).
board game or cards?
depends on my mood - at the moment I love apples to apples which is a card game! (I left loads of stuff in my trunk in my friends shed so that I could bring back 2 versions last summer)
uno or apples to apples
apples to apples - sounds like fun but i've never played it
Desk job or Customer service job? (you know those jobs that aren't during summer...)
customer services
summer job if not at camp - selling shoes or fitting foundation garments?
Uh shoes..... (Someday I'll tell you about the gyne ward problem)
Food store or Home Improvement store?
Food store
a fast food or resturaunt near camp
resturant - fast food isnt as filling as a proper meal
fixed a blocked toilet or deal with pea laundry?
meh I'll take either..... there ain't no job too gross....
take out the trash on a rainy day or mop floor?
Take out the trash! ( I really hate mopping!)
tye dye or make dip candles?
tye die (although I have split my unti before and done the two at the same time
you have to choose a yoyo (your on your own - where the campers can choose what THEY want to do regardless of what their friends unit choose) - do you choose something - indoor, outdoor or near the waterfront?
near waterfront
camp-- lakefront or not
lakefront - how else are you going to boat and fun stuff like that?
If the only job you could get at the camp of you choice (your dream camp!) was something you really hated would you take the job or find your perfect job at a less than perfect camp?
less than perfect job (I can't imagine leaving my camp / council somehow - although I would move to the sister camp if they needed me)
Switch camp: last resort or broader horizons?
broader hosizons!
meal times - assigned seating or sit where you want as long as all tables are properly staffed!
Sit where you want! (Oh just realised that I won't have to sit anywhere if I don't have campers! Awesome! YAY for being a Program Assistant!)
Always with you campers or space during the day?
i like being with my campers but 2 hours of recharge time is essential
slow or fast songs?
depends..fast songs in the morning to wake them up for sure though!
Mash you should come up to northwoods this summer if need be! I would be a very happy scuttle!
setting up or tearing down camp?!
setting up- post camp isnt't fun
watching (with everyone safe) a tornado or thunderstorm?
thunderstorm - I love the lightening!
writing your daily/weekly planner with a pen or a pencil?
pen (my pencils are art pencils and sharpened to a finer point than a hypodermic).
Art or music?
thats tough I love both!
reading books before bed - necessary for un winding at the end of the day or takes to much energy/concentration at the end of the day?
read
painted nails or unpainted nailes?
unpainted - I cant stand the feel of nail polish!
make up on at camp or not?
lake
pulling pranks or jumping in puddles?
Jumping in puddles!
Animated or live-action movies?
animated
read the book and then see the film or see the film and then read the book?
it honestly depends... some movies reading the book first makes the movie so much better and then other movies it just ruins it.
Movies based off books: watch one that follows the book exactly or one that changes things up a bit
book first.
working until the day before you leave for camp or not working the week before you leave?
one that follows the book and having a week off first
playing card games or board games?
board games
podcasts or facebook group
Both? Our facebook group isn't very exciting.
Chocolate or pizza?
pizza
camp radio or podcasts during summer
Camp radio! Meatballs-style!
Movie and pizza or Movie and popcorn?
movie and popcorn...that's sounding dangerously like a plan for the night of the 5th mash!
Working at a sister camp or no
no
camp celberation of 60 years in operation or not
Heck yes!! It's my camps 60th anniversary this summer!
Crafts or soccer?
soccer!
it's my camps 50th this summer!
platform tent or cabin
ummmm tent? A yurt would be nice too.
Pass don't know how old Lak is. The lodge was built in the 1930's tho.
Old (established for years) camp or new camp?
both have their attractions - I would love to get all the guiders who have worked at GS camps to get together and open a GS style camp in the UK - mash are you in?
end of summer secret buddy gift - make something or buy something?
buy something- I may be too tired at the end of camp to make something
end of camp celebration at a local resturant or held on camp
On camp.
I'm in, Smudge. So long as we don't put it as out of the way as netherurd!
Day off: Lots of camp people or by yourself?
depends on my mood!
yeah netherurd is a bit out of the way!
camp souvenir - stuffed animal or mug?
mug
being waked up by a bell or camp radio (meatballs style)
Camp radio!! But we have a bell.
Oh please no more mugs (I keep getting them as thankyous for guiding stuff!)
Long hair or short hair? (both guys and gals that one)
long for girls short for guys.
I had a really good one early and I have forgotten what it was!
pony bead animals or making swaps (small crafts you can swap with others)
swaps
having a camp that has both day and res camp or not
just resident camp
AC or non ac
AC
skate park or not at camp
not at camp. I would try then they would end up being a counselor short for the summer!
private camp that looks more like a resort or a "girl scout" rustic camp
a rustic camp
working as an instructor or as a counselor
counsellor - but only if it was a GS type camp were we get to run activities too.
Since Smudge forgot a question, I will ask a question
Cit's-- would you want them or not
not sure whet you mean marty - if you mean would I want to be their counsellor then yes, if you mean would I want to work with them as in have them assigned to my unit as "staff" then yes and also if you mean would I want them on camp then that is also a yes.
Got your badge swap badges ready to post or not?
Most of them yes, but I'm also waiting for our camp patch so that has to wait until I'm there. The envelopes are all made up though.
Fun stationary for writing home/away from camp OR plain old paper?
fun stationary - currently I have black paper with silver lines and silver pen and note cards with jelly beans, smarties (british ones) and liquoice all sorts on them!
curtains or blinds in your bedroom?
curtians-- I had a bad experince with blinds when I live in the on campus apartments when I went to college
TV for the counselor lounge or not
not really - one that you can watch movies on but not receive TV if you can watch regular TV defeats the point of escaping the real world
packing or unpacking?
unpacking
doping your own laundry at camp or send it out with your campers laundry with the outside service
doing it myself
up late or up early?
up early-- I will have to get used to being up around 7 am since camp is a few weeks away-- I usually get up around 8:30 now
internet-- love it or hate it at camp
love it! More so for the staff who are far away from family and friends and can't call and see them on a regular basis. I could really go the whole summer without it if I had to, at my camp. But if I were an international I would have to have it.
trading post sell snacks or not?
Not. We did that for a while, and it just increased the amount of trash around the dining hall/trading post area.
Nighttime visitors to your unit: Snakes or raccoons?
Raccoons! been there done that. I'm not afraid of snakes but I'm not a fan!
Camp: Sooner or Later?
Sooner-- I cant wait for camp to start
camp food-- love it or hate it
Love it! Unless it's taco night - that sucks.
Sunburn: Tomato red or What sunburn?
what sunburn
having a UL or having a Head counselor
UL - the one camp I was at that had a head counsellor I couldnt figure out what she actually did!
cell phone at camp or not?
No cell phones! It just gets in the way!
Listening to music or reading during rest hour?
- Teenster
Reading. But I love sitting quietly in the Thinking spot!
Chocolate Brownies OR Ice Cream?
Brownies! Leaves less residue in the mouth.
Macaroni and cheese, or chili mac?
Even though Chili Mac reminds me of my favorite Cincy stops... Skyline, I'm going to go with Macaroni.
Sleeping Bag or Sheets and a Blanket?
- Teenster
Sleeping bag with a sheet!
Grace before meals, a non-religious... meal opening, or just dive into the food?
I like graces but for camp non-religious something so that there is a quieter time for those who want to offer a private grace
train first class or plane first class?
PLANE! Cattle class on trains is far better than cattle class in aeroplanes. Well it is of the leg room and tables!
To and from camp: Travel alone or with others?
with others
taking a rubber chicken to camp or not?
not, sorry, but I don't have one!
taking favorite children's books or other such things or not?
Wont be to KAH because I will be with the oldest kids and i dont think they would appreciate The Lorax!
Giggles that might change this summer!
camp soft toy (to buy the trading post/camp store) - glow-in-the-dark, sparkley or autographable?
glow in the dark
camp video or slideshow
slideshows are always fun..specially if they have fun music with them!
adjusting your sleep schedule before camp starts or once you get there?
a bit of both
kids movies or not?
at camp yes
offering electives at camp or not
sort of the camps i work at the kids choose the program they want to do before they get there!
windchimes or dream catchers?
dream catchers
longer sessions or short sessions
short
counsellor plan most of their units day or one person plan for all of camp?
counselor plan most of the day
offering an extra session of an activity for kids who want to learn more about an activity ie Nature, podcasting, radio, lake sports etc or not
if kids want to do something and it is possible it should be worked into the program so yes.
penny hike (tossing a coin to decide left or right at junctions) or color hike (giving the kids crayons and having them see how many things of that color they can find while on the hike)?
color hike
Olympics or concert at camp
neither
take the kids to a theme park or on a canoe trip?
neither
camp songs or cabin songs
camp
inspirational stories - a published collection such as Chicken Soup for the Soul OR your own collection?
Your own collection!
Cold or hot breakfast?
a but of both
Nintendo DS or PSP?
neither
camp radio or camp newspaper
newspaper
a camp where campers do absolutely everything on offer during there time at camp or a camp were they sign up for a specific program before they come to camp?
a combanation of both-- offer standard programs and 1 elective a day
Olympics or Color wars
neither.
having cell service or no
yes having cell service-- its cheaper then using prepaid phone cards for the pay phones and since I already have a contract cell phone I want to use what I am already paying for
having a prepaid cell phone or a month to month cell phone bill
pre-caid - you cant get into debt and I have heard of people running up bills of nearly ?2000 in one month!
board games or card games?
board games
internet use at camp or not
definately!
homemade or shop bought ice cream?
home made is soooo delicious, even if it takes hard work.
Running your program in a huuuge but inside room with no chairs, OR running your program in a much smaller outdoor porch (that's enclosed) with benches?
depends on the program - if it involves games then I would say inside with no chairs - if it was something like nature then I would say porch with benches.
board games for rainy days - use ready made ones or split the campers into smaller groups and give them card, markers etc and have them create their own camp based one (oh my that is such a brillient idea - I will have store it in my mind for the future!)?
depends on what supplies I have available and how rainy it is
Podcasting or sand volleyball
sand volleyball
boys working at a girl scout camp OR girls working at a boy scout camp OR neither!
in an ideal world I would say neither but it isnt and ideal world so I would say boys working at a GS camp cos you dont see many female site rangers/managers/maintainance people
uno or jenga?
Uno
live in a tent or a cabin
Tent. I'll get both this summer, but the open-air of the tents are very nice.
Better for campers to handle/learn about/care for:
Rabbits or Rats?
rats - so they can see that they arent scarey!
making rock pets or toad homes?
Rock pets - we don't have many toads.
An afternoon off (lunch-dinner) or an eveing off (dinner-curfew)?
evening
floating lunch or sunrise picnic?
sunrise pinic
reciving letters or writing them
both
fleece blanket or other kind?
Fleece blanket.
Country/western themed week, or rock star themed week?
country/western
cowboy style hat or baseball hat?
Cowboy hat! But I have to wear a baseball hat all summer.
Reading to your campers before bed, or singing to them?
Reading. Last summer one of my bunks picked a book, and the whole bunk read it. Campers took turns reading the book aloud. It was really cool.
Themed Dinners or Themed Days?
- Teenster
Themed days-- that way it can last more then an hour
Themed days or themed weeks or sessions
theme days - international cant possibly have enough with them to take part fully in theme weeks.
1, 2 or 3 theme dinners a week?
3 themed dinnerers
Days off-- have a choice or have them assigned
Have a choice!
Nights off - go straight back to your unit afterwards, or hang out in staff house until a certain time?
hang out in staff house
early night off-- going out to a movie or a Target run
Target run, all the way!!
Night off dinner - Cheap and quick, or nicer, slower, and more expensive?
This is a tough one... I'll have to answer it twice!
When I worked at GS camps, cheap and quick.
Now that I work at a traditional camp, nicer and more expensive.
First thing you do on a night off:
Shower/get cleaned up or Check your e-mail/cell phone?
- Teenster
shower!
theme dinner - food to match theme or just dressing up with regular camp food?
food to match
Time off-- take a shower or check e-mail
Check e-mail, if possible! I can always squeeze in a shower at night (possibly because my unit has showers in it).
Bring a lot of stuff for a comfortable summer, or pack light?
I usually bring enough for a some what comfortable summer... though I usually have to head to Wal-Mart a few times over the summer.
Giving your campers "flashlight time" or having them go to bed right away.
- Teenster
flashlight time
for your night off-- going to a movie at a cinema or play in the park
depends on what is on - playing in the park is just as relaxing
movie night for your unit - sleepover in the pavilion with movie or "drive-in" and back to the unit?
sleepover in the pavillon
taking a day off over the weekend or during the week?
towards the end of the week!
flip flops in the shower or not?
Depends on when they were cleaned last, and how many people have showered since then, haha. But not usually.
Rubber boots or sandals in the rain?
Definitely, definitely flip flops!
Two very small programs in one unit, or in separate units?
seperate units
working at a camp with many activities to offer or a few activities
Many activities
Sarah I wear sandels in the rain.
sewing on badges - fun or a chore?
could be fun
friendship dinners at camp - like them or not
not sure what one is but sounds fun
backpack or shoulder bag to carry your stuff about camp?
friendship dinner is when a camper asks an staff member to dinner as a friend and its a formal dinner
backpack
Ipods or not
Not (unless its the camp cat named ipod)
Canoe Lunch or Row boat lunch?
row boat lunch
camp movies or camp book
Camp Movies
Slow songs or fast songs?
Not (unless its the camp cat named ipod)
What a fab name for a cat
since marty forgot his question here is one:
harry potter - books or films or neither?
both-- cant wait to see the movie at camp
at camp- be close to the movie theater or no
not bothered one way or other as for the most part I prefer to do things I cant do back in the UK during my TO.
Visit the local touristy things on day off or go to the mall/movie?
Touristy things
First thing you do when you get home from camp:
Take a "real" shower or get some "home" cooking?
- Teenster
I have a long bubble bath followed by home cooking
reading in the bath or singing in the shower?
singing in the shower
First thing you do when you get to camp: go to your bunk or catch up with friends
Catch up with friends!
Really sappy, depressing final campfire, or really upbeat, exciting final campfire?
upbeat
being one of the first to arrive at camp or one of the last to arrive
the first to arrive!
arrive late at night and make an entrance the following morning or arrive during the day?
arrive during the day so I can see where I am going
being the only one sleeping in your cabin/unit/tent for staff training or not
not living with people is the best way to get to know them!
uno or snap?
both
special events at camp or not
def
tshirts or hoodies for uniform?
tents there is nothing like the sound of rain on canvas
sew badges onto what ever they are going on as soon as possible or let them build up and have a mega sewing session or get someone else to do it for you?
let them build up amd have a mega sewing session
write letters or type them out
write - there is nothing like a hand writen letter as long as you can read it
a tiny cat with tons of personality OR a larger one with less personality?
a tiny cat
recieving a care package or a bunch of letters from friends/family/camp buddy
both are nice - but letters show much more thought.
taking card games or board games to camp?
board games
cook out or campfire
cook out followed by a campfire
breakfast, lunch or dinner cookout?
Breakfast Cookout
Day hike or Night hike?
- Teenster
Night hike-- it would give me something new to try out at camp
rest periods for campers-- love them or hate them
mixed feelings - depends on how they are run - if the campers are allowed to move about the unit freely but queitly so that those who want to sleep can and we can sit out side and enjoy the sun then love them - if the campers have to stay in their cabin, on their beds, silent (or very quiet) then I hate them cos they are a nightmare to enforce!
Since there is a question missing I will ask another question
Would you rather shop at target or Wal mart
walmart
would you rather have a tape dispenser or an electric pencil sharpener?
tape dispenser
would you want to hang out with camp friends at a local resturant during time off or not
of course - who else would I hang out with!
monster in law OR bride wars?
monster in law
time off-- sleep or write letters
write letters
The situation - u need to be on the beach to keep track (eg if they have gone to the nurse or the cts) of your campers - do you: just sit and chat with other counsels or read a book or write a letter while talking or work on a craft project while chatting?
question - sewing badge swaps on a blanket, bag, shirt or something else?
Quilt
Age group: the young ones or the older ones?
- Teenster
young ones
Age group: the middle aged campers or the oldest
with cubs its middle , youg ones are so cute but your restrcited in what you can do with a 7 year old
Question: If you have to do electives on a daily basis would you want 1 period of electives or 2 periods
That sounds awesome teenster would love to see a pic!
once a week for marty's question
hats or bandanas (she asks as you looks around her room for inspiration!)
bandansas they have like 10001 million uses
roast dinner
yorkshire puddings only with roast beef or with any roast?
any roast
ice cream or cookies
ice cream and cookies together - as long as they are both home made!
Wow, we seem to be having a gigantic case of forgetting the question!!
page-a-day calendar (with some witty saying, puzzle, or joke) or not?
not cos they are too expensive
use camps daily or weekly planning sheet or make up your own?
use the camps--- they are easy as long as it gets the job done
get at camp early or late for staff training
I got here late...
During staff training, get up early to get some stuff done or sleep in until the second that breakfast starts?
- Teenster
somewhere in between! I would rather do stuff before I go to bed but dont like falling out of bed right before brekkie!
bedside lamp or ceiling light for reading in bed at night?
Headlamp! I sleep in a tent, it's the best I can do.
Have your staff clothing be slightly too small, or slightly too big?
(in particular, this fleece jacket:
http://www.entripy.com/Detail.aspx?sc=L7...88-0dccaeb49a40I'm never a small, I'm always a medium, and yet the medium seems like it will be huge on me. I don't want to order the small and have it be really tiny though.)
slightly too big
being in a cabin by yourself for staff week or be in a cabin of people you dont espically like
be with people cos you may learn to like them and it is camp and you have to get along with people!
sarah I would go slightly too big too!
memory stick or cd for data storage at camp?
CD
Digital camera at camp or not
definately
adapt games to suit your needs or at camp or not?
yes
watching a movie at camp or not -- for your time off that is
if it is wet and I have checked my email then yes - but if i can go for a swim or go off camp then no
for writing letters - blue ink, black ink or funky colors?
tough choice-- I guess if I have to make a choice-- blue
for stamps-- Forever stamps or The Simpsons stamps For those who dont know what forever stamps are -- they are stamps that can be used no matter how much postage goes up in the USA
forever stamps - I always try to stock up on the stamps that just have 1st on the rather than the value when we know we are going to have another price increase!
sending random gifts or recieving them?
both
camp shirt or yearbook
shirt
rubber ducks - love them or hate them?
love them
camp viedos or camp phots
photos
digital photo frame or photo prints?
Photo prints
having your own photo printer or using a stores printer ( ie Wal-Mart, Target etc)
the store one
taking slippers to camp or not?
not-- dont have the space
younger cabin or middle aged cabin
middle or older
if you could open your own camp would it be single sex or co-ed?
Some weeks all girls, some weeks co-ed (but probably no all boys weeks)
Are you packed yet or not?
it would be a bit in advance the KAH isnt until July
sorted all your paperwork for camp or not?
Oh yes
walking up a hill to your cabin or not
A small hill. If it's a big hill, not, please! My cabin is on top of quite a large one. It's a pain in the heat!
Riding bikes or walking?
riding a bike
get upset easily by other people or not?
Not!
An over-full unit (like 40 kids) or an under-full one (under 5)?
over provided I had enough unit counsellors if we were short staff then under full
longing for camp or not?
longing for camp...
oh and on the hill one - I have staircase of doom! Everyone has slipped or fallen on it at some point!
New camp or Old camp?
Both! Am missing my old camps but considering where my new camp will be when I got back
Choclate or fruit?
Chocolate-covered fruit!
Snacks in the cabin, or locked up and only available at certain times?
For the campers then only available at certain times (ie not directly before bed - whoever came up with the idea of doing S'mores at the end of a camp fire just before they go to bed should be strung up!) but for staff in there cabin but in a rodent prood container!
all camps or activities just joint with one other unit?
Hey everyone! Its been a LONG time since I've been here! I'm Ave the one who started this post =] I forgot all the info for my last account and plus i have a new campname! its fun to see this is still going.
All camp games because they are something the kids remember
Cheese puffs or crunchy cheetos?
neither
welcome back!
lays or pringles?
Lays
hills around camp or not-- my cabin was at the top of a big hill and is hard to climb if you have knee/foot problems
around camp for all it was hard on my lungs and knees I always lost weight cos of them
would you rather have injured foot or an injured nose?
(personally I would rather have an injured foot cos it is alot easier to ice!)
injured nose-- that way I could still physcially work at my camp-- my camp had ALOT of hills and with an injured foot it would make it hard to keep up with the kids
Would you rather have knee problems or problems with your foot at camp
neither - have had both and it just isnt fun
that being said both can be iced alot easier than a nose and you can use crutches to keep the weight off (I have no way to keep the weight of my glasses of my poor nose)
long or short sleeve tshirts?
short sleeved
Camp food-- pasta or tacos
tacos
scissors or staplers?
staplers
laptops or desktops
lappy
saving to disc or usb device?
usb device
having a camp potographer to take camp pics or not
as long as it me then yes
patchwork quilt or crocheted blanket?
patchwork quilt if I had to choose
would you want a camp that offered photography/video or Nature
photograpgy video cos you could adapt your activities to involve nature stuff!
going for a long hike in the pouring rain or the burning heat?
pouring rain -- I hate the burning heat because of the threat of campers becoming dehydrated
would you want a slideshow of the camp session or not
definately with a copy for each staff member
allow staff who have choosen to leave camp (not those fired) to come back for the end of summer staff party or not?
I would say yes since I was one of those people who left due to medical reasons-- the director had to convince me it was the best thing for me and the campers. I dont think its fair that staff who had a contract for the second half of the summer to be able to attend the staff party when I worked the first half and had to leave early and not be able to attend.
Anyway back to topic
staff party -- at camp or outside of camp
A bit of both - food on camp and then go somewhere fun for a trip
lazy river tubing or white water kayaking?
tough call for me as I love both-- if I had to choose it would be white water kayaking
being on duty in the cabin or have to walk around to all cabins
walk around all the cabins
when on duty in cabin - be allowed to sit on front steps or absolutely have to stay within the cabin?
depends on what type of cabin-- if its a double bunk I would say in the cabin, a single bunk maybe have a choice depending on the campers
would you want the cabins spread apart or close togeter
Spread apart
would you rather sleep completely in the cabin with the kids (no seperate staff area) or in a staff room within the cabin/staff cabin?
in a staff room--for the past few summers I had a seprate room and it was better for me.
would you want a camp where you have electives and regualr activites or a camp where all activites are forced on the campers
A bit of both! electives are fantastic but if a kid has choosen to do a specific program then there is an expectation that they will do certain things!
Camp were the kids all come and do a generalised camp program or where they sign up for a specific program so have to spend at least some of there day doing that as well as traditional camp activities?
a generalized camp program
having a camp reunion or a holiday party
christmas party camp reunion
secret buddies - love it or hate it?
The one time I did it at my first camp, I loved it but however my buddy didnt always keep her end of it.
day off-- having your day off start at 9 pm or 9 am
9pm cos you dont have to get the kids up and can have a proper sleep in - 9am you dont get a sleep in either day!
use a day bag at camp or not?
Definitely yes! I need a place for my notebook, water bottle, poncho, etc!
Have a long break - let's say a week - in the middle of the summer, or finish earlier?
a long break - sometimes if you have problems sleeping or issues with your unit or department staff I feel you need it.
Guaranteed time off everyday or just a specific number of hours over the summer allocated in such a way that some days you dont get anytime off?
Guaranteed time off every day-- if you get time off everyday you dont feel overwhelemed
Time off in the afternoon or evening
I would agree with that marty - and if you arent feeling too well - but not ill enough to go to the infirmary it is enough to keep you going!
depends on what I want to do with my TO - if I want to eat out then evening if I want to swim and email and shower then afternoon - so maybe a mixture of both
if you have 24hrs off would you want breakfast to breakfast, lunch to lunch or dinner to dinner?
Breakfast to breakfast. That way you still have the whole day to head off to do something, and you don't have to worry so much about what time you get back.
Same cabin/tent all summer or move around?
move around - change is good
movie night with your unit or not?
it depends-- if you have a night with some staff with a night off I would say yes but if you have a full staff night in your unit then no
long camp sessions or a shorter time session
shorter
doritos or pringles?
pringles
cookout or not -- assuming the weather is good and no rain or the like
cook out - even in the rain if you have a kitchen/cook shelter!
metal mess kit or plastic picnic plates?
plastic plates
campout in a shelter or not
in a tent
dome tent or A frame?
A frame
telling campers camp specific stories or not
Not - anything inspiring will do!
unable to sleep all night or so tired you sleep all day?
unable to sleep all night-- the last night of camp I was like this due to campers wanting to stay up until all hours of the night.
a decent camp bed or a one that causes back pain
a decent bed - we are there all summer even if the kids arent and should have decent beds - it should be part of ACA accrediation in my opinion
think this is a good idea or not?
Yes it is a good idea-- my bed would make noises when you move even a tiny bit. Also the bed would cause pains in my body anywhere from my neck to back.
allowing campers to stay up extremely late on the last night of the session or not
Well they are going to do it whether you let them or not so might as well plan for it - unless it is an A session and the kids are coming for B session only a few hours after the A session kids leave!
should there be one full day off between sessions or two?
two full days no matter how long the sessions are
getting paid at the end of each session or once every two weeks?
Once every two weeks
staff hoodies and jackets - SHOULD be provided by the camp or an optional extra offered to staff before they arrive so that if they want them they are there for the start of camp?
optional extra
have a say in who is assisting you in teaching an activity or not
towards the end of the summer definately! Not sure about at the begining as the camp will know more about their backgrounds than you do
"you dont have kids you dont understand" - insulting statement, insensitive statement or neither?
well at my last camp the statement would be neither in the context of our camp
having cabins/units paired off in villages based on age groups or not
not - cos at the camps I work at the age group with a unit would have been doing a different program to any other similar aged kids on camp - hence why they were in a different unit!
my camp had a saying it takes a village to raise a child and thats why they had villages and I think they did that to save money on unit leaders--- its cheaper to have 1 village leader for every 4-6 cabins then to have 1 per cabin when you have 270 campers
On to the question-- have a cabin/village night once a session or not
We had unit nights more often than we had all camp nights. I think it is good to get a balance between the two - so I would say 50/50
if running your own camp: here entirely US staff or a mixture of US and international?
in my experince I would do a mixture
have terrintial downpours almost every day or not-- this happened to me this summer
not - I live in scotland - it rains nearly everyday.
no camp at all or volunteer for a week
volunteer for a week of course-- some camp is better then none
have a set schudule for long camp sessions like an "A" day, "B" days and the like or not
not - allowing each unit a degree of flexibility with certain activities eg swimming set and others - boating, archery etc schedulable!
virtual farm or virtual city
virtual farm
bikes or baking as an elective
baking
chocolate brownies or chocolate cookies?
brownies
MTV night or welcome show
welcome show
movie night or ice cream social?
ice cream social -- just as long as there is not a food fight lol
movie night or carnival
carnival
after a counsellor hunt - make all the staff who have been caught jump into the lake fully clothed or hold a kanagroo court and only have some of them jump in
kanagroo court-- just make sure they dont have any electrontics on them when they jump... It would be a shame to kill someones cell or digital
have a breakout for olympics be a secert or not
secret???? never done anything like that but secret would be more fun - but I would say secret from the campers not the staff
when children get mail - should it be a mail call were you just call out the names of the kids who got or something more sutble like putting it on there beds before me time/rest hour?
Yes Smudge Olympics were a secert from campers and counselors-- AD staff like me kinda knew when it was coming-- the campers knew the AD staff knew so later on into the session the campers would keep bugging me and all I could say was that olympics will happen before camp ends. The breakoput was cool but the mask I was wearing for it -- I had a hard time breathing though it and I had a hell of a time seeing because I kept fogging up my glasses
ANyhow mail call-- letters should be done during rest hour and packages during dinner because parents use different methods ( Post office, Fed Ex, UPS) to get packages to camp. That way by dinner all the packages should be at camp and the waiter/waitress campers can deliver them to the kids and the staff can sing for theirs.
If they called out the names of the campers at my camp it would take too long-- 270 campers 1st session-- there would be days it would takes too long to do that.
counselor hunt or movie night
counsellor hunt - cos you can have a movie night at home
night off - go to the drive in or to the mall (food with both is a given!)
well proberly the drive in... assuming the movie is good
time off at camp... Target or the mall
mall or walmart - not a target fan!
walmart (or target) or a craft shop if you could only visit one shop in TO
I would choose Target-- I have a target charge card to tie me until a camp payday
for campers-- allow them to have a digital camera or not
I would be inclinded to say not - but they again you can have just as many problems with disposables if they arent marked with names
always carry a sharpie for writing names on disposable camera at camp or think it is a tad OCD
Auctally I would perfer if parents would make sure it had the campers name before coming to camp but I would say always carry a sharpie
This past summer we didnt have issues with cameras and most had digitals and it never got lost/damaged.
Back to topic
camp laundry service or not
not - dont trust other people
camp laundry - only tumble dryer or hanging space provided in a safe from campers place
tumble dry
using flickr for camp photos taken by your camp photographer or not
not sure
sparkling fruit juice or alcohol?
fruit juice
lake activities or Challange course
lake
over tired or over hungry?
over hungry
time off-- in the afternoon or in the AM
afternoon
not able to shower or not able to check emails?
not being able to shower-- the e-mail I can live without for a certian amount of time
camp food -- love it or hate it
mixed feelings
cooking on a gas camp stove or over an open fire?
open fire
2 bunks in 1 cabin or not
I would say one program per cabin or unit - have had 2 programs and it is hard to juggle the two!
fiction or non-fiction books?
non
non for profit or for profit camp
non profit
economics or programming?
programming
travel by yourself or with others at camp
a bit of both - love travelling by myself cos I get to do what i want to do but sometimes it is nice to have company
travel locally to camp after camp or further a field?
a bit locally-- if I would have finished my contract I would have because there were some places in PA I would loved to see like exploring the Poconos a bit further, seeing Hersey, PA, and to see Ground Zero in PA.
working 8 weeks or working 11 weeks at camp
11 weeks - it can be exhausting but more fun!
go to camp early, and unpaid to do training or turn up at the start of pre-camp?
start at pre-camp
have a clause in your contract that prohibts you to talk about your pay or not
Not, but I do think people should use discretion.
Everything spread out around a larger camp, or close together (with the rest being hiking trails, wilderness, etc.)?
Something in between - I didnt like all the cabins close to gether - but it can be a pain to have to walk 1/4 of a mile to the dining hall!
high ropes or low ropes
none-- I like my feet on the ground-- I dont even like to fly-- I may change my mind once I become a travel agent though when I get great deals
having digital photography as an elective or not
yeah
would you rather have: severe hayfever or food poisioning at camp?
had both and would say neither but since I have a stomach of steel I would choose food posioning because if it happens at the right time I could get some much needed time off
would you want a reality show based on camp-- think like a survivor type or similar show or not
I would definitely watch. I might not approve, though.
Lots of wildlife around camp (including potential dangers), or nothing but a few mosquitoes and squirrels?
lots of wildlife
on your day off on one is available to drive you - would you walk to the bus stop/uni campus an hour away by foot for food etc or just stay on camp?
if the food is better then the camp's then yes. I have thought about taking a long walk for food at camp before and auctally did it when I thought I would start starving.
Would you want a fast food or a resturant for food in your TO?
resturant food
if you camp had a staff kitchen - if you have lunch off would you go and get food from the dinning hall and eat it outside OR make something yourself in the staff kitchen?
probely the dining hall since my camp didnt have a staff kitchen or any type of food storage facilities outside of the dining hall
play in the park or movie night for your day off
depended on the movie and how stressed I was!
get in the car and go and decide what you are doing enroute or know exactly were you are going and what you will be doing there before you leave?
I like to know where I am going when I drive so I wont waste gas
Camp themed movies ( aka Meatballs or Ernest goes to Camp) or a slideshow of your camp
slideshow of camp!
staff party - only on camp or meal on camp and treat off camp somewhere?
meal on camp and treat off camp
recieve a gift after camp is over ( ie cabin/staff photos ) or not
definately!
at the end of summer - hundreds of photos or thousands?
Thousands--- my camp does that--- trust me we must ten thousand from the past few years alone
would you want your slideshow of camp set to music or not
definately - the song of the summer whatever that is
would you rather have package with chocolate/your fav treat OR a letter with money?
choclate-- as long as it hasnt mealted
sing for your mail or not
definately would be fun - but we dont do it at GS camp
trunk (including plastic tubs), case or bag of some description?
trunk
would you want a letter or a care package
carepackage with a letter
nature trail or color hike?
nature trail with a color hike
man made lake or not
if it is a choice of that or no lake then definately
watersports at camp or not?
Nature trail!
Skim milk, 2%, or whole?
2%
would you want your cabin/unit located near the camp lake or not
not cos I have had them and have worried that kids would get into trouble during the night! I dont fancy doing an LBD in the dark in my PJs
ever taken part in an LBD or not?
not
have a camp radio station or not
not
hand sew a quilt or hand make a bookcase?
hand make a bookcase
podcasting at camp-- love it or not
no experience of it so cant comment but would prob not love it!
wind chimes - love them or hate them?
love them
cabins-- bunk beds for campers or not
yeap!
make campers clean their cabins before they leave or not?
Definitely!
Have activities in the unit, or only go back for rest hour and to sleep?
Definately use the unit - although have a balance between being in the unit and more communal spaces
DVDs - legitamate rainy day activity or cope our for people too lazy to think of anything else?
Only for use on rainy days where you have low staff days-- days where you have alot of people having their days off
Days off-- spread out or only available on one of two days
spread out!
in a 2 week session have a decent break - at least 12 hours or not?
Yes-- I cant imange going that long without at least 1/2 day break
Late sleep in after it rains or not
not - waste of a good day!
splashing in puddles - acceptable wet weather activity or not?
not
an morning dance-- ok for an wet weather activity?
yeap!
why not to splashing in puddles?
making kids take part in swim lessons when it is raining or not?
Well no to psplashing in puddles at least near the nature building so I wouldnt have to clean up a huge mess
Otherwise I am fine with puddles as long as I dont have to clean it up.
swim lessons-- make it optional
friendship dinner/dance-- like them or not
never had one but they sound fun!
a formal dance during a camp session or not?
Yes-- that what the friendship dance is at my camp
Every camp I been at execpt for 1 had the friendship dinner/dance
have a longer session or not
not - 2 weeks is long enough for both staff and campers
do laundry on camp or take it somewhere off camp?
I perfer it to be done on camp--- had a bad experice with an off camp laundry service this year--- how can they loose most of my laundry????
Arts and Crafts or Lake
I perfer it to be done on camp--- had a bad experice with an off camp laundry service this year--- how can they loose most of my laundry????
Arts and Crafts or Lake
Do your own laundry at camp or have camp staff (whose job is to work in the laundry) do it for you
I would do it myself--- I perfer to do my own laundry when possible
Staff meetings-- like them or not
not always like them but useful
staff meeting everyday while CTS lead the campers singing - or just have unit/department leaders attend them and pass on the info to the relevent people
unit/dept leaders pass along revelent info
paydays-- have only 2 checks for the summer or more often
more often
if you were running a camp would you - let the staff have a say in what the uniform was like or not?
Yes to a degree-- after all cost is a factor to all camps
Have a great camp website or not
Of course! (Though, unfortunately my camp doesn't right now)
Go back to camp right now, or happy at home?
Back at camp-- I am still missing camp dearly.
Long camp season ( 10 weeks or longer) or not
long season - the longer at camp the better
camp program - general camp program with theme weeks for everyone or have people coming to do specfic programs?
general
week long orintation or a 5 day program
week long
compete in a gardening competion or a craft one?
craft
for a camp theme: holiday or reality show ( Survivior and the like
holiday
halloween of valentines theme?
halloween
christmas in july or Hollywood theme
christmas - i love it anytime of year
have your camp sell button badges or sew on badges?
neither
Theme weeks-- Halloween or time travel
time travel
you have a disposable camera with only one exposure left - would you use it to take a photo of scenary, animals or people?
I would do a combnation of all three--- my last camp had plenty of opportunities for all 3 at the same time
Cameras-- disposable, 35 mm or digital
digi
good photos - can only be taken with a good camera or it is more the eye of the person taking the photo
Its a combanation of both
cabins or tents
tents!
camp photo for the campers - all the campers on camp or just the campers in their unit/village/cabin?
Just a picture of their unit/group.
Allow parents to come to units on first day to unpack/help get settled or not allowed into units at all on first day?
allow them if you have a good way to get rid of them quickly - such as the CD parents meetings that one of my camps did!
would your idea be to have your CD just floating around at checking meeting and greeting or have them have a meet and greet in designated area of camp were you can send parents when you need to get rid of them?
have a meet and greet-- at the camp I was at in 2005 we never had parent problems when they helped their kids unpack
Campfires or cookouts
cook out that leads to a camp fire
singing round the campfire - love it or hate it?
haaaate! At least the first night I hate it because a lot of our campers were new this summer and didn't know songs and would not participate well, so it was just the two or three counselors singing.
By the end of the week, way fun!
Help my choose!
Working at the same camp next year for a tiny pay increase but I know I will love it, or branching out to a new camp for a big pay increase but I might not like it (because it's an entirely different kind of camp)?
In my opnion I would stay at a camp I love
Would you rather have a camp session that is 4 weeks or a bit shorter
shorter - 2 weeks is good
collect postcards or magnets of places you visit while at camp?
magnets
a camp in the middle of nowhere or one near a huge shopping area-- a resdiential camp, not a day camp
middle of no where
seen a bear at camp or not?
I`ve seen one at the dump near my camp, and my campers have seen bears before.
Packing for camp, or unpacking?
Packing! I HATE unpacking with a passion!
more excited when packing for camp or the closer you get to camp?
the closer I get to camp
Camp- start earlier in the summer around June 1 or later in June
the sooner, the better. I'm currently placated at the moment because I have spent the past two weeks helping clean and just hanging out at camp for no better reason than my friend and her brother are the groundskeepers.
Writing a history essay on the origins of summer camps, or the origins of scouting, in the usa?
The earlier the better
personal preference: wet and warm summer or cold and dry summer?
Writing a history of the orgins of summer camps
wet and warm summer -- like this summer was at camp at least in the Poconos in PA
working at camp before/after camp started or ended or not
Stormy: I would pick the history of GS in the USA - "Something for the girls" the phrase that lead the foundation of Guiding and girl scouting! Happy Centenary (even though you wont offically start your celebrations for another 2 years!)
Marty: definately if I could!
have the camp provide a staff directory of addresses at the end of the summer or not?
I would say yes-- and I would support giving it to those who had to go home for medical reasons or for reasons like having a sick family member
having a active staff facebook group or not
Having it! My camp's various groups are all pretty dead, and it's sad because there's a lot the alumni can do to help the new staff. Also, for organizing "reunions."
Hiring a staff that is all certified in something (like ropes, archery, lifeguard, small craft...) and have them switch shifts and be in the units equally,
or hiring only a few staff with certifications and having those staff not be in units as often?
I think somewere in the middle - have been at camps were staff were hired for a specfic thing who did want to spend some time in the units and with others who really didnt want to spend time in units - and were very had to work with when they were put in a unit - so maybe giving people with certifications the choice of what they do!
ideally (not necessarily what actually happens) offering certifaction training in the week before pre-camp starts for free or charging for it?
For free. Our staff did certifications at pre-camp (or most of them, mine were done months before). First Aid and CPR are always free, Ropes training was free, but Life guarding was $175 and a vast majority of us said no. Then, later in the summer it was offered again for free, and ten more people get certified!
So free, if the camp putting it on can afford to do it for free/pay for it out of camp budget.
Ropes/Archery training or Lifeguard/Small Craft training?
Both!
would you rather run the climbing wall or the waterfront - if no other postions were available?
waterfront
live in the units/cabin or live in a seperate private camp housing
In the units; next summer I wont be assigned a unit in the day, but I will sleep there to help at night. I don't like it when program staff and certain ad staff remove themselves from the "camp" setting by sleeping somewhere cushy all summer.
Would you rather run the Barn or the Climbing wall/Ropes course?
Run the barn!!
Would you rather have storms all summer, or intense heat?
I love storms, but I hate them at camp. But, I'd still rather have storms than intense heat. I can play in the rain, but I cannot function in the heat.
Perfect Summer days occurring only on your days (full 24hrs) off, or only on weekends while at camp?
weekends
thunder storms or hail storms?
thunderstorms! The really spectacular ones we get around camp though.
Work projects or cleaning (assuming cleaning isn't a work project)?
Work projects
riding or climbing?
Riding!
Bike riding or horseback?
bike - have never riden a horse in my life much as i would love to
So you have job that means you cant work at summer camp - do you take a 2 weeks of your hols to volunteer at a camp thus spending it away from OH/family or struggle with your camp withdrawl and go on a family vacation/hols with OH?
I would volunteer at a camp--- I done this in the past and this has helped with not being at camp for the whole summer
would you rather work at the Nature program or the Arts and crafts program -- if these were the only 2 choices you had
arts and crafts - cos you make bows and arrows and hence do my true calling to teach archery (hehe!)
run an arts and crafts program with very little money or supplies but enthusiastic staff OR with lots of money and staff who really couldnt be any less enthusiastic if they tried?
I would take the enthusetic staff and little money and supplies-- that was happened at my last camp where we had little supplies for arts or crafts for the first session
Cookouts-- for the whole camp or just for indivudal cabins
Individual cabins. cook out, to me, is a bonding time for small groups, rather than the huge meals with the whole camp.
Spending most of your programs (let's say nature or arts and crafts) budget on one HUGE and totally awesome thing or spreading out out and getting several smaller, not nearly as awesome but still valuable things?
spend the money on one huge totally awesome thing....like a third arena at barn...I have no idea where we'd put it but it would be awesome to have a staff only arena for horse staffie like people's time off
work in the kitchen or be the offical camp do whatever you're told now person?
lots of projects
one project that all the different groups worked on over the season or individual projects for each group or a combo?
individual projects for each group
be a Nature specalist and be a part time counselor or only assist at certian activities and be a full time counselor
full time counsellor
run a department with not enough staff or too many staff?
too many staff-- you never know when you may need the extra staff in case of camper or staff injuries or campers getting homesick or campers needing to use the bathroom-- I had times this past summer where I thought I had too many staff and then was happy I had them when I had homesick campers or campers who slipped and fell and needeed to be transported to the nurse( I had no walkie talkie and it wasnt so bad that I needed to use my cell phone to call it in)
Anyway back to topic-- have too many staff assigned to a cabin or not enough-- keep in mind time off and day off schudules
too many - although that can present its own challenges when planning TO as I have experienced
Allowing staff in a unit the freedom to work out time off among themselves - following camp guidelines - or have a head counsellor or AD who works out everyones TO at the same time?
Do it for themselves. Our AD staff tried doing it for us for a week, and it was a disaster. I think it's also a good way to build communication skills (speaking up for yourself - or for the little guy) between unit staff when they have to do it on their own. I personally enjoyed doing it the day of ("hey, can I have 2-4? sure, you can have 4-6" and so on).
Falling in love with a staff member at your camp, or at a camp totally unlike yours that makes it somewhat difficult to talk about camp experiences (one is more rustic and "campy" and one is more upper-class and has A/C)?
someone at your camp! (although not likely to happen for me!)
read a book or surf the net?
read a book
have a day off eariler in the session or later in the session-- espically for camps that have longer sessions of more then 1 week
later - you need the time off more towards the end of the session
work with staff you love your but arent that great at their job - or people you only get on with but who are good at their job?
people who are good at their jobs-- heck I had a combanation of both during my electives
have a camp job that you love and get paid well for doing or having a camp job that pays a little less but have more time off ie daily time off, more nights off etc
less pay and more TO cos it doesnt matter how much you love a job if you are burnt out
confession time: take a teddy/blankie to camp or not?
Well you've all heard about the sleepy monkey who travels everywhere with me so I say take to camp!
Sofa or floor? For sleeping on I mean.
floor
Daily time off-- being able to schudule your time off by yourself ( with the ok of your co counselor) or being told by your supervisor when to take it
Working it out with the rest of your unit staff - as a UL last year I only ever put my foot down and claimed a TO before my unit staff - the rest of the time we worked together so we all got the TO times we wanted
completely random and nothing to do with camp: legally blonde or sweet home alabama
Legally Blonde!
If you can't have a whole summer: first 8 weeks or last 8 weeks?
last 8 weeks. The warmer half of summer is always best
Work at a smaller camp as Ad Staff not getting paid all too much, or work at a bigger camp as a counselor (let's say just regular old unit counselor) and get a huge pay raise?
Oh that is hard - i think it would depend - but more likely now that i would say be ad staff
would you rather be too hot or too cold?
Too hot! I'm bad at regulating cold.
Camp vegetarian, real vegetarian, or all meat all the time?
meat all the time
rectangular or mummy style sleeping bag?
rectangular sleeping bag
having staff get a day off or giving the staff a choice of one of two days when they have off
give them a choice
bread and cheese or bread and ham?
bread and ham
having peanut butter and jelly sandwichs available to staff for those who cant eat the food being served for medical reasons or not
we had peanut butter and jelly available to all campers and alternatives meals were provided for people who couldnt eat the main option!
should all camps have a kitchen available for staff during time off or not?
I would say yes assuming staff would clean up after themseleves
should the kitchen be closed after dinner is over for those camps that allow staff to use the kitchen to make a food raid or not
I think that if there is a kitchen available to staff, it is NOT to be the main kitchen, and staff are NOT to use camp's food for their own late-night-snacks (unless it is leftovers or otherwise deemed OK by the head cook/camp director to eat).
Staff lodge for time-off lounging, or no staff lodge?
Definately a staff lounge.
should camp have a designated staff fridge in the main kitchen were staff can store food for when there meals they cant eat and left overs can be put or not?
Staff fridge! Where would I put my Diet Pepsi?
Wal-Mart or Target?
wal-mart
confession time are you a good secret buddy or a bad one?
good
Target or the local C-store
dont know what a C-store is, so Target
Micheals or AC Moore or some other craft store?
For clarifocation a C-Store is a conveince store like a 7-11
AC Moore
for a night off-- go to Wal-Mart or play marco-Polo in your local Target
play marco polo in walmart
assuming that your camp is close to home would you rather spend your day off with camp friends or home friends?
camp friends-- no one else but camp friends can relate better to how good or strressful job you have
Would you rather have a camp near the mountians or not
oh definately
go to camp in a foreign country or only go to camp for one week?
go to a camp in a forigen country
go to a camp for low income kids only or have a mixture or low and middle income kids
a mixture
day camp in the city or day camp in the country?
Day camp in the country but then all the experiences I have of day camp are those based out of our resident camp sites. Long journeys for the kids though.
Counsellor or Specialist?
archery specialist would be my dream role
one wonderful year working year round at a camp and then never able to work at camp again OR a different job and only spending 1 or 2 weeks at camp every week until you retire?
'one wonderful year working year round at a camp' an 18 month visa Smudge?
1-2 weeks every year would satisfy my camp sickness right now.
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Get hurt yourself but the campers are all fine or micromanage safety till there's nothing left?
get my self hurt but the campers fine!
(mash that sounds perfect doesnt it? I wonder and wish I could do that!)
on an overnight with your unit do you take a rol/crash/carry matt (what ever you call them) or just sleep straight on the tent floor? (assuming your tent has a built in ground sheet)
sleep stright on the tent floor
being injured during the beginging of camp or near the end
Begining..... cos I can't fly with a limb in a cast. Ugh a 7 hour flight with that spine damage....
Anyway- Food poisoning, broken arm or Lyme's?
broken arm!
pride and prejudice or sense and sensability?
sense and sensabilty
cabin night or an all camp evening program
Cabin Night
Being woken up at 4:30 in the morning by the sun/birds chirping, or not being able to fall asleep til 2 a.m. because of mice running around on top of your platform tent.
I may be biased here since I was the nature coordinator but I will take being woke up by the birds chirping to having mice in my unit anyday
Camp themed movies or a camp themed book
Camp themed book!
Bees or Hornets?
Also - Mice running around on a platform tent?? EEp. Was there food in the unit?
Bees
Would you rather have a camp with a man made lake or a natural lake
either as long as there is a lake.
camp that didnt have any water programs or one that was very water based?
Very water based... but then I am a lifeguard so I am biased.
Canoe or Kayak? To end the mammoth summer of 09 debate.
kayak - dont do canoes unless i have to
think face book should have virtual camp like yo-ville/farm-ville or not?
At the very least I think it would be interesting to see what they come up with for it! Then depending on what they came up with I would have to decide whether I would play it or not!
really really slow wireless for staff to use or a much better and faster intenet only on a couple all-staff computers?
I would take the faster internet-- At the camps I been at we only had a few computers for all staff to use
Would you rather have: the dining hall seperated into a boys side and girls side ( with each cabin sitting with their own cabibs) or not
not, I like having the time to be with kids that are not mine. It is like a little mini break from them, even though you are still working. Plus it gives the kids chances to interact with other kids, including the opposite sex.
same here, with the internet. I've been at a camp where we only hyave 2 computers (when they both work) and we have slow internet on them! Although, with slow wireless, at least everyone could check their email instead of others hogging the few computers to do things that require a faster internet (watching shows online, etc).
night hike or campfire?
night hike. I am seriously missing leading them every night, and my addiction to wint-o-green lifesavers is breaking.
Scenario:
You're camp is a million miles away from civilization and you cannot go shopping, and the postal service is on strike for three months. It's then that you realize you forgot to pack one of these, which would you rather forget:
[all of] your swimsuit[s],
or [all of] your shorts?
Camp themed book!
Bees or Hornets?
Also - Mice running around on a platform tent?? EEp. Was there food in the unit?
No food, the mice just liked to nest between the canvas and the tarp when they hung low. It wasn't good.
Nice.... Not a mouse fan.
Scenario:
You're camp is a million miles away from civilization and you cannot go shopping, and the postal service is on strike for three months. It's then that you realize you forgot to pack one of these, which would you rather forget:
[all of] your swimsuit[s],
or [all of] your shorts?
First up: Panic! Truth is I can swim in t-shirt and shorts OR I could just cut down my jeans/pants. But it would be very hard to guard for any length of time without a suit so I'd rather forget my shorts.
Woo long answer! Facebook or Myspace?
facebook
(i would leave swim suits - I can swim in normal clothing)
would you rather have heat exhaustion/stroke or trench foot from too much rain?
Heat exusation-- which we did NOT have this past summer due to the weather being cooler then normal
would you rather have an online camp reunion or have a local camp reunion and have many of the staff unable to attend because they live half way across the country or the world?
the two combined together somehow
spend an hour on a plinth in trafagar square doing what you want OR a whole morning as a human statue in camp uniform in central park?
human statue
would you rather have: a camp with no internet or no phone access-- assuming the camp wont allow staff to use phones to make calling card calls and the camp has no cell phone singals
No internet. I didn't even use ours this summer until the last weekend when there were only like... 8 staffers there. The internationals were always on (with good reason!) and the computer was slllllooooow.
camp with no flush toilets whatsoever, or a camp with no refrigerators/ovens/stoves available to staff whatsoever?
No flush toilets.... I have toilet tales from this summer. Give me a lat unit any day!
Theme weeks- Harry Potter or Hannah Montana?
Harry Potter
I have toilet tales as well-- I'll save them for another thread
WOuld you rather have a TV for you weekend(s) off or have a decent internet access with a fast computer
Internet and a fast computer. Then I can post a plea for help (or really, a plea for caffeine and ice cream) and someone can save me!
Cots or bunk beds?
bunk beds - as long as they arent made of the same stuff as the sink in the middle cots
would you like staff to have real mattress or think they should have the same thin ones as the campers?
Thin ones but it was common practice for us to use 2 at the same time. I think they're more comfortable than my bed at home!
Top bunk or Bottom bunk?
Top bunk. I grew up in a loft bed, which is like a bunk bed with no bottom bunk. I'm used to the height.
Latrines, outhouses, or porta-potties?
(for the record, it has been my experience to refer to it as a latrine if there is more than one stall, otherwise it's an outhouse - of course, they are called tea houses at my camp because there are four stalls and I guess the girls thought it would be nicer to say they are having a tea party instead).
lats - prefer cts's though
when on an overnight with your camper easy walking distance back to camp = you expect your campers to wilderpee - BUT do you set the example or wait until they are asleep and take turns to walk back to camp and use facilities?
Depends on how bad I need to go! If I drank a lot on the hike out, I'm going to lead by example (but please don't watch!), however, at our camp we're not big fans of the latrines... I've been known to duck out and use a nearby flushie if possible and the girls don't see.
Answer: Both!
s'mores or banana boats?
banana boats in the UK cos our chocolate is so much nicer, but S'mores are the only way to go
milk, water or bug juice?
Bug juice, our water at camp was dodgy.
fishing or boating?
why dont do both-- I love doing both
would you rather drink water or lemonade at camp
Oh water. Only because I also drink gallons of Diet Cola (when the campers aren't looking).
Hot dogs, Vegi-dogs or corn dogs?
Hot Dogs and Corn Dogs
Netflix or Blockbuster
neither - local library
read the book or watch the movie?
Read the book. I tend to like the book over the movie except in the case of the Bone Collector.
Windows or Mac?
Or
Windows Vista or Windows 7?
windows just hte noramly one cant use anything else well to confusing
knickers forgot her questions so I will post one!
US or UK medical dramas?
US. I'm sorry, I haven't seen any UK ones, but that cannot ever beat House!
Medical dramas or Law dramas?
medical
chocolate or candy?
Choclate
ER or Greys Anatonmy
er
candied fruit or chocolate dipped nuts?
Both? Reminds me of Christmas!
MS Word or Pen and Paper?
pen and paper
would you rather write a fact or fiction book about camp?
Fact. Only because I normally write adult level and not children's.
Platform Tents or Lightweight Tents?
Platform. We've been using nylon tents for the past 3 years, and they aren't meant to be up for weeks at a time, in the sun. They are awful to deal with when the waterproofing has gone away (I spent a good part of my time off "tipping" tents to get the water out).
Christmas or Thanksgiving?
christmas - i dont celebrate thanks giving i spose
cheese or apples
apples
baked apples or banana boats?
baked apples
cabins or tents
tents
which do you prefer: the sound of rain on canvas or a cabin roof?
cabin roof
an agency or non for profit camp
agency - GS
if you couldnt work at your current camp would you rather work at a camp for super rich kids or mega poor kids?
poor kids
If you had a choice-- would you work at a camp with a tight budget or a camp where you can get supplies you needed whenever you needed them
Tight budget. Makes people more creative.
Management, what management? or Everything getting Micromanaged from the top.
Would rather too little than too much!
Unit leaders - should they work with the kids all day or just when they are covering TO?
all day-- at the camps I worked/voluntered at that used UL or a verison of UL's they either helped out at activites
Would you rather have Unit Leaders or have head counselors in charger of a specific gender
Unit leaders - never figured out the role of the head counsellor when I was Main Idea
during a "yo-yo" (your on your own) type activity would you rather lead - a craft, cooking or a game?
game
I think they used Head Counselors so that the CD wouldnt have to deal with minor issues with staff/campers
would you rather lead Nature, sports or evening program
evening
would you rather have to jump in a lake fully clothers of sleep under the stars without a tent or sleeping bag?
Jump in lake.... too many mozzies for camp outs.
single sex or co-ed?
single sex
fall in love with a co-counsellor at the same camp or the boss of your sister camp?
boss of sister camp , if they dont feel the same way it makes it 10x easier
one of my councillers fell in love with our cd was so amusing
?!!?
refried beans or processed cheese
Refried beans!
Sharpie or Bic marker?
sharpie!
Rabbits or ducks in the nature center (you only get one or the other!)
since I have to choose I would have rabbits-- heck I would love to have any non aquatic animals in my nature center
would you rather have turtles or snakes in the nature center
Snakes. I loathe turtles now, because our filters kept breaking this summer, and turtle-tank water is absolutely vile. Plus, our garter snake had babies two weeks to the end of summer, and our milk snake escaped in the lodge and is...maybe still there? How fun is that!?
Birds (like... finches maybe) or mice for the nature center?
mice
ice cream sandwiches or ice cream in small tub?
in a tub
in your off time : watch a movie or make a Wal-Mart/Target run
Walmart
Would you rather have TO during a meal or after the kids have gone to bed
after they have gone to bed... since you need to eat too... but then I'd normally be in bed after the kids go to sleep
The staff lounge is boring so Waterfront or Art studio?
Art Studio.
Oh no! The specialist in an area quit and YOU have to fill in for them; which would you rather try to run a program about on the fly?
Yoga or Dance?
dance would have them all doing strip the willow and dashing white sargents
would you rather have to wash dishes or clean our the horse barn?
My 2 favourite kapers! I'll do both.
Sweep the dining hall or clean up the health centre?
I was about to say "clean up the health center" and then I was reminded of a camper who was violently sick after we had roast beef for dinner and how I will never be able to forget the smell of the health lodge after that.
Sweeping the dining hall it is!
Scout camp or YMCA camp?
Scout camp
would you rather be the only female/male staff at an all boys/girls (the opposite of what you are) or not go to camp at all?
Only one! Think I would survive that.
Camp placement: High altitude or Dry desert?
(Oh my goodness, I think that would be a summer full of terrible stories if I were the only female at an all-male camp.)
High Altitude. I'll take going insane over dehydration and sun burn on my fair complexion (Seriously, the British internationals tanned better than I did this summer).
Your significant other being the only boy/girl at your all girls/boys camp (that you work at as well, obviously) or them not working at camp at all?
not working at camp at all (although some camp experience would be good so that they can "get" you)
buying sweets ready measured out and packeted eg reese and m&m's OR being able to go into a shop and buy them buy weight like in old fashioned sweet shops?
I always feel like I'm getting a better deal when buying by weight. There are some places you can still by m&m's by weight (and whatever colour you want!).
now the real question: reeces pieces or m&m's?
Ack! What a choice! M&M's. I ate my body weight in those little guys this summer.
White chocolate or Dark chocolate?
white choclate
Camp Olympics-- love it or not
never done it
my vote is for Reese's
would you rather be transformed into a lifeguards tube or a pop up tent?
RESCUE TUBE!!!!!!!!! ALWAYS!
Transformations: Camp flag or Wood Cookie?
camp flag
transformation - platform tent or yurt?
Platform tent. I'm traditional.
Are we talking like.. transformers transforming? Like, I'm a counselor one minute and a ________ the next? because that is rad.
Transform: Golf Cart or Mountain Bike?
mountain bike
would you rather be the princess pat or fred the moose?
Fred... he's ON THE LOOOOOOOOOSE after all!
A penguin drinking tea or Sarah the Whale?
sarah the whale
would you rather be a climbing wall or a zip line?
Climbing wall! You know I never once got to do that this summer? Always had to be somewhere else when my girls went.
would you rather be Captain Kirk (I disagree, he was sometimes a jerk), or Captain Jack (with a mighty fine crew)?
Kirk cos he got to go and explore the universe
if you were a camp song would rather be a rowdy song sung before meals or a nice quiet closing campfire song?
I am Linger.... Why am I getting flashes of camp song type quiz on facebook?
Moose or Deer? (would you rather be a...)
Moose cos i have never seen one!
alligator or crocodile?
alligator
themed sessions: reailty tv or high school
neither
would you rather be a kayak or a sunfish sail boat?
sunfish sail boat
would you rather work at a camp in the east coast or the west coast
west cos it would be something new
would your rather be the bow or the arrow?
bow
cabin names: named after donors to the cabp or named after animals
animals
would rather become a rescue tube or a back board?
a rescue tube. Then people could use me as a pillow, too!
would you rather be bug juice or a s'more?
S'MORE! I *HEART* S'MORES!
For the horse riders: Would you rather be... A grooming kit or saddle?
grooming kit - cos it makes the horses look pretty!
Stormy I like your thinking!
I heart S'mores too - we will have to have them when we camp even if we have to take candles with us mash.
Would you rather work at a camp with showers in the unit or not
dont care! Showers are a waste for free time when you can go play in the lake
would you rather have a camp with a huge lake, Ropes courses, archery and a climbing wall but no indoor space for when it is wet OR or a camp with few of the above but lots of indoor space?
hmmmmm..... well we had limited space at one of the camps this summer and we survived a torrential downpour so I take that one... It's not always raining after all.
Training choices: archery, low ropes, or boating?
all of them! one after the other.
Would you rather become an element in a high ropes course or an assualt course?
element in high ropes
Training choices: general sports or a specific spot like arts and crafts, nature, lake etc
specific area
would you rather be transformed into a skipping (jump) rope or a frisbee?
frisbee
have a say who helps you in a specific activity area or have random staff help you on different days
have a say and let people specify where they would like to be too.
would you rather be a crayon, a tub of paint, a sharpie or writing pen?
SHARPIE!!!!!! It's a bad day when my CD remembers me because of my minor Sharpie addiction / problem... minor.... very minor..... 48 Sharpies... minor problem
Set camp uniform (pants AND tshirt) or just the tshirt?
just a tshirt
would you rather be a rubber duck or a rubber chicken?
chicken
Camp dance-- appropiate rainy day activity or not
I can think of better but yeah
would you rather jump in puddles or catch frogs?
Puddle Jumping! Though I did employ day campers to frog catching/snake feeding duty when they WOULDN'T LEAVE THE FROGS ALONE.
colder summer (50's - 60's like this summer for a lot of us) or hot summer (high 80's to 100's every day)?
hot - if i wanted a cold summer i could stay at home
One absolutely amazing week at camp with awesome staff and great campers or a month of fair-middling camp?
Oh hard choice.....
A month is better than a week...
But it's the awesome weeks that we truly remember.... Just a week.
Arrive early and leave early or Arrive late and leave late (the whole summer season that is)?
equally hard - arrive early and leave late! (i know cheating)
christmas in july or camp in December?
camp in December
Camp located in the East coast, midwest or the Rockies
East coast
rustic camp or all mod cons?
Rusitc! And can I do a shout out for the Midwest camps!
The Book or the Movie?
book then movie
top of a mountain of bottom of the sea?
top of mountian
winter holidays or summer holidays
summer cos then i could go to camp
chocolate santa's or chocolate easter bunnies?
Easter bunnies-- it means camp is coming soon
If you had a choice-- cabin preference-- younger or middle aged kids
Middle aged kids
river or sea kayaking?
never done river kayaking but sea kayaking is fun
ok so you are too hot and you cant get time to go for a nice shower - so would you rather jump in the lake fully clothed at the end of swimming or boat OR play water games with your unit?
Jump in the lake!
The rest of the staff have dumped you in it: Cover for the first aider or assistant cook?
first aider
for a gift form your secret buddy would you rather have a friendship bracelet (or something else they have made) or a box of sweets or pringles?
I would take a bit of both-- I would take sweets to have some sugar to get me through the day and a friendship braclet to remind me of my time at camp during the summer.
Would you rather cover for the Nature Instructor or for the Arts and Crafts Instructor on their day off
A&C
be a camp nurse who cant leave camp while there are kids on camp (like my camp nurse) or a life guard to has to work session breaks?
Oh my; I suppose I'd rather be the camp nurse and still have session breaks.
Be in charge of the WITs (wrangles in training/horse staff equivalent of CIT'S) or CITs?
CITS - horses seem to think my hair is food and I rather like my hair staying attached to my head
be the director of a program but having no freedom to do what you want with the program or just be a specialist for the program and have the freedom to do whatever you want with it?
specialist - there's needs to be some freedom for the staff.... or we just rebel.
A working DVD/TV in the staff lounge or a microwave/fridge and kitchen?
Microwave/fridge.
Would you rather (at a "traditional" camp) have two hours off each day OR one period off each day with evenings after 7 off?
- Teenster
As long as I get TO every day dont really care - at Main Idea there were a couple of days were I was lucky to get any TO and that sucked cos I was sick some of those days
excited for christmas or not?
I'm not really excited about Christmas, but I'm ready for a nice two week break from school.
Winter camp reunion? At camp or somewhere else?
- Teenster
At camp! ...But somewhere else, too!
More returning staff at camp, or more new staff?
more returning staff!
canoes or kayaks
Kayaks!
Geese or ducks (in the lake)?
ducks
if you could only do one would you choose a weekend camp reunion or attending you good friends wedding?
Tough... I might say camp reunion, but with a guilty conscience. Or possibly wedding, but leave early.
Little car, or truck/SUV, if gas mileage were no obstacle?
SUV... I've already got one, and now I can't remember what life was like without it!
Is camp gear on your Christmas list??? OR are you asking for things not camp related??
- Teenster
Oh to return to camp is on top of my Christmas list and a pony has been near the top of the list since I was 8.... Still no pony
I'm hoping for a better result from the returning bit.
Huge party or family gathering?
family gathering
wedding of your dreams - held on camp or in a church?
(can you tell i was at a wedding this weekend?)
Held at camp!
Integrate technology at camp or not? ( like blogging, twittering, flickr by ad staff about camp)
If it helps to keep family updated on what happening then yeah
asked for camp related stuff for christmas or not?
oh YES! But my parents don't get it so I'll settle for gadgets and a pony.
On a side not one of our directors keeps a twitter account for the council and updated it from camp. The council's on facebook too and the camps!
Twitter or Facebook?
Facebook.
Deal with a non-stop defiant child or extreme homesick child?
Good one... I think I would prefer the defiant child actually. Probably because I'd rather not deal with all of the crying and consoling of a homesick camper, and it's easier to ignore a child who is behaving badly. You can't ignore a homesick camper.
Watching the sunrise or sunset... at camp?
Watch the sunset at camp.
Deal with a constant bedwetter or a constant sleepwalker?
bed wetter. They would wake you up to deal with it or you would deal with it in the morning. Sleep walker you would have to be on alert even more at night. that was also a good one! (welcome to the boards Snoopy!)
kid who doesn't want to shower all week or kid who wants to shower at least once a day?
One who doesnt want to shower all week - you can have hair washing parties - using a hose not a shower or do mud wrestling or something like that to get them to shower!
during TO take a shower or go swimming?
LOL, I'm laughing at the shower question... at my camp, campers are required to shower once a day.
I would definitely shower during TO. I'm too tired to do it at night, and there isn't any hot water during shower hour!
Camp bully or a quiet outcast??
- Teenster
quiet outcast
low ropes course or high ropes course?
low ropes course (I'm sorta trained in that...)
The camper who ate one too many hot dogs at dinner, or the one who ate nothing?
funny you should ask this question. i was going to ask a similar one. It depends on why the camper didn't eat anything but I would have to go with the camper that ate too many hot dogs.
a rainy stormy camp session or a hot dry one?
Hot, dry one every time. (Last year, my kids' tents flooded. 80 wet girls with wet sleeping bags and one tiny dryer. That was an interesting evening to say the least.)
Dealing with a blackhawk parent or one who avoids all contacts?
not sure what you mean by blackhawk parent but a over protective one at least writes to their darling camper
its too hot and you cant get your campers extra waterfront time cos everyones had that idea - so would you play drip drip drop or the free the rubber duck challenge?
one who avoids all contacts and hmmmm the rubber fuck challenge.
Dealing with a camper that constantly wakes up early and wakes up all the other girls AND you or a camper that is constantly the last one up and ready AND always forgets something?
Waking up early. The joy of the 6 hour time difference means I get up stupidly early for at least a couple of months.
Little Miss Know-It-All or Little Miss Drama Queen?
Little Miss Drama Queen
A camper that gets too much mail and brags about it or a camper that gets no mail?
camper who doesnt get mail cos you can do something to rememdy that
during TO cook a meal of you fav food or go for a shower?
Go for a shower, especially a hot one.
... having to deal with an over-bearing director or a non-existent director?
a non-existant - but that is cos I know my job and dont need an over bearing Director telling me how to do it
disaster or sci-fi or sci-fi-disaster movie to watch during TO?
none of the above. Chick flick all the way! (I am a very picky movie person!)
read or watch a movie or sleep during TO?
prob read while listening to a movie
go to the cinema or rent a dvd during TO
on a weekend, movie theater. During the week, watch one of my own or one of camp's. We only get 2 hours a day so it would have to be short enough and I would need to be like ready to watch it right away. But on the weekend it'd be fun to get out with some other staffers and see a new movie.
summer staff reunion- during the day or an overnight? This question is brought on by the fact that I have my reunion today!!!! In 2 hours!!!!!! It's an afternoon one.
over night cos staff have to travel from so far to get there
battleships or canoe tag?
Friendship Bracelet
Would you rather deal with an upset camper dealing with issues about homesickness or Puberty?
that is hard! puberty - at least I have experienced it unlike homesickness
battleships or canoe tag?
Canoe Tag!
Freezing cold nights where you are bundled up and still cold, or super hot nights where you are wearing next to nothing and are still hot?
no happy medium? I guess I would rather be too cold! I know that with enought covers I will be warm!
glasses or contacts at camp?
Neither! I go blind and put my glasses on when we go to Walmart, haha.
One really good package per week, or a letter every day?
Oh difficult choice... Care package I think.
Sleeping bag or Proper bed sheets?
Proper bed sheets, my sleeping bag is used for sleepouts, but on cold nights I will use it.
since you forgot a question I will do it
floating picnic of canoe to a beach and have a beach cook out?
Oh canoe to a beach and cook out..... That sounds like such a good idea.
Uh oh you're in trouble.... Wait and get chewed out by the CD or Jump in and offer to work extra?
I would do a little bit of both... I would wait around, but at the same time do something good to make whatever wrong I did not look as bad.
Participate in the camp gossip or walk away?
- Teenster
Walk away!
it has rained off your camp fire and there is no indoor places to have it so do you have a fireless campfire or a movie night?
we don't have movie watching abilities, though depending on the amount of kids (all camp or just your group) and what time it is, I would either find something fun to do outside, like puddle jumping with just my group, or hang out in the cabin and do a shower hour, or play indoor games or card games or read or something. If it was all camp, and for some reason we couldn't do it in our undercover pavillion or the lodge we'd probably do a fireless campfire.
I just realized that you probably meant a whole camp campfire thing, not just a little group fire, but anyway!
Baby-sitters Club movie or books? Love 'em or hate 'em? Ok, so that was a 2-parter! But they have been on my nind tonight.
I meant a unit
but never mind!
neither - never got into them and therefore i neither love or nor hate them
Harry Potter - love it or hate it?
love it
twilight - read it to relate to kids, or leave it?
have left it! but that is why i read HP!
would you rather build a tree house or a raft?
tree house
Snuggies or leggings? (I know thay are both going to be popular this summer.)
what are snuggies? I dont do leggings - they are the most unflattering of garments unless you are pencil thin!
it is really hot - do you jump in the lake fully clothed or run through the sprinklers?
Can I do both? Though I adore jumping in the lake!
Snuggie! But the badge blanket does a good enough job on it's own.
Tea or Coffee?
neither - dont drink either!
mummy bag, rectangular sleeping bag or sheets and quilt/blankets or combo of the above?
Rectangular bag with sheets! Works anywhere!
Normal bed pillow, neck pillow, or no pillow? (or something else?)
Someone else? No sorry... At the moment 2 kinda flat normal pillows.
Group choices.... Horse riding beginners or Advanced water skills?
Horse-because i am a horsey person
little kids or junior high?
Advanced water skills - horses seem to think my hair is food and I rather like my hair attached to my head
when traveling long distance - read a book or watch a film or play a game or listen to music or combo?
Combo! I get bored of doing one thing for a long time.
And on the topic of snuggies (mentioned last page), my best camp friend gave me the brilliant idea of starting a BADGE SNUGGIE. My badge blanket is full, and snuggies are so ridiculous I think it will fit in perfectly at camp (and they seem like the perfect blanket for my hammock).
Hired for this summer already or not?
not
And Smudge, Snuggies have become somewhat of a fad over here. Some people absoltuely love them, but some people are not fans at all and just make fun of them. Basically they are this big blanket/robe/hoodie thing. It slips on over your head. It's like a long sleeve, floor length (or almost) fleece dress with a hood. It's so that you don't have to have your arms out from under the blanket to use the remote or read, and so if you are outside at a sports event or something, you can be warm! hehe
applying for the same position/camp or not?
Not. Different position but now I'm wondering if that was the right idea.
1/2 day off... yay! Morning or Evening?
Evening!
I get what one is now - I have seen them! I was thinking it would be a perfect camp blanket too!
reading before bed at camp or not?
definitely
you have 30 minutes before you need to go to sleep- read, shower, write in a journal, or just go to sleep?
write a journal and then read if i have time
make a point of showering everyday or just when you have to while you are at camp?
Just when I have to. I don't have time to shower, and I sleep in a tent so it sucks going to bed with wet hair.
Sleep under the stars at camp, or sleep in a tent offsite (on a trip or something)?
Would love under the stars but too scared of spiders getting in my sleeping bag and bitting me so in a tent!
movie choice during TO - period drama, chick flick, action or horror?
Um, as long as it's good!
call someone or text someone?
depends on the situation, how much the person talks, how much time you have and lots of other things
would you rather have a camper with ADHD or extreme homesickness?
ADHD
rainy for a week or horrible heat/humidity for a week?
rain - at least with rain you have less risk fo the girls getting heat exhaustion or dehydration
by a badge with your camp name on or a pen?
patch
which is more fun, getting letters or writing them?
Getting them..and then writing back. I cheated on that one..
Judge a talent show or participate w/ campers in one?
judge
camper talent show or all camp with different stations?
All Camp w/ Different Stations
Arts night or camp concert?
arts night
caribiean or harry potter themed all camp?
caribean (not a fan of hp)
be busy and exhausted or bored and rested
busy and exhausted
take your camper on a rock climbing or a canoeing trip?
Rock Climbing!
take older kids to a movie or younger kids to get ice cream?
younger kids to get ice cream
the americans might have to google this but:
Honey Monster or Cookie Monster?
HONEY MONSTER!!!!! URK... both?
The Muppet Show or Sesame Street?
Sesame Street - muppets creep me out.
Water bottles or Canteens?
water bottles
It's the thread that refuses to fully go away! Love how it disappears for a while and then comes back with a vengence!
candy or cookies?
cookies!
eat healthy or not?
Not! Too bad I'm in school to become a dietitian...whoops!
See a movie at a theatre or in the comfort of your home?
depends on the movie and if you are going with friends - but I guess in the comfort of your own home cos you can stop it if you need to!
during TO stay on camp and do stuff or go out for food?
It's the thread that refuses to fully go away! Love how it disappears for a while and then comes back with a vengence!
It is - but I can see how it might be good for ad staff to read - as how often are the questions directly related to camp!
well, we can't leave for our daily 2 hours time off, but night offs i go out!
be in ac or at the pool on a warm day during TO?
at the pool
would you rather have a staff house/room with a kitchen were you can cook your own food at weekends and TO OR one with a large TV, DVD player and AC?
Kitchen! You can always bring your own tv, dvd and ac!
If you were admin:
Would you rather have a bedroom connected to the staff house where everyone is on the time off?
or
Have a room in another cabin which doesn't have the kitchen/bathroom connected, but is more private, and quiet?
some where more private
would you like your ideal staff house to have a superfast wireless boardband OR some really nice staff showers and space for storing shower stuff?
Internet
Cell phone service or internet?
internet! I dont like cell phones at camp!
fruit juice or bug juice?
Bug juice!
Ironically we had a huge tv, kitchen, bathroom with our staff room at WH this summer. No AC sadly, can't have everything.
Troop house (man those are the hotels of camp living!) or Platform Tent? (sorry if that's too GS for the next poster)
Platform tent! After two summers of nylon tents, I just want my canvas back.
Swimming when it's freezing (and you have to get in the water!) or playing soccer when it's crazy hot?
soccer crazy hot
easy to cook meal over the fire that is ok, or harder to cook out meal that tastes great?
harder and tastes great!
you get to choose your program for the coming week would you choose an adventure program (climbing and caving etc) or campy skills one?
adventure
1 huge hill at camp to the shower house, and the rest is flat, or a camp with smaller rolling hills?
smaller rolling hills
work with lots of people in a team that is very over staffed or work with a small team of very hard working people?
Work with lots of people... You get more people to bounch ideas off of.
Would you rather work in a program area all day, or be a general cabin counselor?
- Teenster
Now depends on the camp - at my GS camps then general counselor cos you still get to do cool stuff but after my experience at Main Idea if I was at private camp I would say program area
Harry potter theme day! Would you rather dress up as Prof McGonnagall or Madam Hooch?
Well, I'd be cross dressing either way, but I'd go with Madam Hooch just so I could be out on the quidich field!
It's a stressful week in your program area BUT! it's now your day off.. Do you rejoice and take your day off or give up part of your day off to get things back in order for when you return?
I would take the day off! If it was just a busy week then I would sort my area but if I am stressed I like to get off camp
(Sorry layton - for most of last couple of years it has been predominately - appart from Marty - all girls)
water bottles - plastic, such as a Nalgene or metal like a Sigg?
plastic the metal ones get all dented!
(this one is more for the ladies)
Emma or Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (I have been to lyme park the building used for the outside of pemberly in the BBC adaptation which is by far the best!)
simple and elegant or over the top and blingy?
simple and elegant
classical books or modern novels?
modern - although i like the classics too
audio book, ebook or real book (one with actual paper!)
Real all the way!
i-pod or radio?
iPod! Though I do listen to a lot of radio podcasts.
Also I *heart* my ebook reader!
Speakers or headphones?
headphones
bug spray - use it or not?
Only on the low ropes course, which happens to be along a trail in the middle of the woods, and only if I'm wearing shorts.
Sunscreen - use it or not?
I should use it more but after the first few weeks of summer I'm really lazy about it.
coffee or tea?
ick - neither hot chocolate
would you rather receiver care packages or long newsy letters from home?
Care Package...any mail is good thought
would you rather drink with or without a straw
Straws rock!
Welcome to the boards fish!
with or with out ice?
with
welcome to the boards, fish!
orange pop or coke?
Diet Coke and buckets of it!
Welcome fish!
Tea cup or mug?
hot chocolate mug
Welcome fish
you are at camp where people choose whether or not to have a camp name - would you have a camp name or not?
Camp name! I love it!
Basketball or American Football?
Basketball! Go Ku!
american football or rugby?
daft question - Rugby!
the situation - you are just about to go on your time off but your campers are begging you to go puddle jumping (that was a legitamate activity at chenoa
) with them - do you go with them even though you know you wont be able to make up that lost time or do you take your TO?
I've got two answers...
Old Camp: I would take the TO because I didn't have time later to myself.
New Camp: Go puddle jumping! (or whatever the activity may be). I don't sleep in a unit/bunk with campers, so I can forgo my free period and not regret it later!
As a camper at a camp long ago, we had this option (hard for me to pick because I always wanted to do both!):
Sports or Arts and Crafts??
- Teenster
arts and crafts
imagine you are a life guard - would you rather guard at swim beach/pool or boating?
For most of my camps i would have went puddle jumping but at 2 week program I was in the post sesson I would say take my TO cos we got precious little of it
Boating! I love being at the lake.
Chicken nuggets or chicken tenders?
bbq
sweat and sour or sweet chilli?
sweet and sour
pudding or cookie?
dinner
chicken or beef (or veggie option)?
veggie option!
(no worries smudge! and Welcome fish!)
Last night at camp, let your cabin of older kids stay up all night watching movies on your laptop (or a quiet private activity they normally couldn't do) or opt to play pranks on all the other cabins?
An activity they dont normally do (if there is time after the all camp closing camp fire)
The activity you planned has been cancelled because of a storm - do you stick a DVD on for them or find some thing more creative to do?
I would try to find something a little more creative. Though, at my "new" camp, sticking a DVD in is quite easy...
It's the first day of camp, what is the first activity you do? Would you play a high action game, or sit in a circle and learn about all of the campers?
- Teenster
neither - we take them on a tour of camp
favourite meal of the session - the first meal or the last?
The first. Veggie lasagna beats cardboard pizza any day!
Dip your fries in ketchup, mayonnaise, or other condiment of your choice?
other - sweet and sour or BBQ
going out for a meal - try something new or something you know and like?
new, but sometimes the known
during the summer, when not at camp,
tennis shoes or flip-flops?
neither - sandels
backpack or shoulder bag?
backpack for at camp
It's arts night - do you participate in a camper-written play or a choreographed dance?
play (former drama student :))
you are going to a training event do you choose arts and crafts or dance?
Dance - learned a few last year, had a great time.
bandana or baseball cap?
now do you mean a biscuit as in a scone or a biscuit as in a cookie?
Either I would pic bread!
inter camp sports event good thing for building up camp spirit or bad thing for creating a sense of my camp is better than yours?
good thing for camp spirit - "my camp is better than yours" can be easily fixed.
teach or participate?
teach by example (so both really)
teach a craft or something at the water?
Water!
Raccoons or Skunks?
raccoons
rain storm or over 100 degree heat
rain storm
harry potter or twilight all camp?
Neither... there is always going to be a handful of campers who either don't like the books, or who haven't read them. Or even some whose parents haven't allowed them to.
Camp fire songs OR camp fire skits?
- Teenster
Songs!
I love camp fire songs
unit camp fire or all camp camp fire?
Unit camp fire more personal
smores or banana boats
S'mores with caramel digestives rather than graham crackers
take a cuddly toy to camp or not?
Do - if not for yourself, to show others that you're okay with having one so if they're getting teased for bringing their doll or old teddy bear or blanket then you can say that you brought yours too, of course! REALLY helps in bullying situations.
Spend a night at the nurses station with a sick/injured camper or talk to your cabin about constantly leaving someone out?
nurses station - I loved our camp nurses and it is actually a good way to get to know campers!
would rather have an injured co-counsellor or an ill co-counsellor?
injured! - had a co-counselor get sick and leave for a week straight, it was rough!
Snack time - get a soda or favorite candy?
candy - i take a supply of british chocolate with me
when you go shopping do you take a reusable bag or use a plastic bag from the store?
Plastic one from the store - I have a ton of reusable ones, but I also have a very forgetful mind.
walk or ride a bike?
ride bike
mountain or ocean?
walk if hilly or bike if fairly flat
take campers on a bike trip or a camping trip or to an amusement park?
c-dog - MOUNTAIN for sure! I love hiking and skiing and rock climbing.. hands down for that one!
Smudge - camping trip! amusement park takes too much away from the camp atmosphere
go early to camp or stay late? (pre-camp vs. post camp)
Cant I do both! I always go early and stay late! 08 I was on camp for a total of 13 weeks
you get to camp and you discover you have forgotten something vitally important - would you rather it was your sleeping bag or your sheets and pillow cases?
Sheets and pillow cases. I've forgotten my sleeping bag at home before, and I HATE using one borrowed from the health centre. But someone always has an extra pillow case and I'll survive without a sheet.
Basic breakfast like cereal, yogurt and fruit, or big breakfast with eggs, bacon, pancakes, etc?
at camp big breakfast
camp hoody - with STAFF in bigger letters across the back or not?
With STAFF in big letters on the back.
sore throat - halls or vitamin C drop?
niether - most lozenges these days have a chemical i am allergic to!
Your campers have rest hour/me time/whatever you call it - do you spend the hour - resting, reading, crafting or writing letters?
usually write a letter real quick then grab a bit of shut eye
prefer camp uniform or no?
no - I can see the advantages of it though!
its the middle of winter and you need a project to remind you of the lovely summer you had at camp - do you start a scrapbook OR a camp themed quilt?
Scrapbook - I'm a photographer so that one was easy.
Rather use a counselor-brain-in-a-BOX or BOOK?
Mine is half way between the two - or it was until I lost it
- index cards in a small binder!
make your own smoothie or buy one ready made?
make your own! way more fun!
and this is a this, that, or THAT question (three way)
vanilla, chocolate, or neopoleton ice cream?
neopoletan!
making smoothies with the kids - they have already choosen the fruits they want:
Do you then mix them altogether in one big smoother and then serve OR let them each make their own - one at a time?
mix them altogether - maybe make two lots with the fav fruit it.
My co let 16 girls make individual smoothies half of witch were the same. not a fun experience
sleeping in the cabbins or sleeping in a tent - with the kids
well wouldnt be in the same tent as the kids but in tents
(do you realise this game has been going since September 2007!)
think this is the worlds longest game of this or that or not?
longest duration wise or response wise? - duration, yes. response, no.
no running water or no electricity?
no electricity...
white or wheat bread?
wheat - white makes me sick!
at camp would rather have to deal with a newly discovered allergy to a food you eat regularly or an essential toiletary product such as toothpaste?
this one actually happened to me - I'm now allergic to Chocolate, and it's gotten even worse since last summer at camp. oh-well. (but I'd still choose the food alergy over the toothpaste)
peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and fluff?
PB&J... That fluff stuff makes me gag!
I know no one wants either of these: get hurt at camp or get sick at camp?
- Teenster
ick - neither - fluff is just evil!
layton i feel sorry for you being allergic to chocolate!
I would go for peanut butter and butter
missed that other post so I would say hurt - when I am sick i like my own bed and better covers than a sleeping bag
would you rather start in a camp docu-drama or camp themed musical?
Camp docu-drama... though it reminds me a bit of that show Bug Juice. Sometimes I feel like I'm part of a camp docu-drama!
You get the night off! Would you rather grab fast food and get to bed early OR have a night on the town and get back to camp real late?
- Teenster
can I have something in between - food out some where nice then back to hang out on camp!
so this is a this or that or that or that:
your kids are at swim lessons and you have to be on the waterfront but you dont need to "watch" the campers so while you are sitting chatting to the counsellors do you make friendship bracelets or work on a secret buddy gift (assuming that person isnt about) or write a slightly distracted letter or ignore the others and get engrossed in your new book?
Smudge, this is NOT fair! I'd like to do all of the above! But I'll go with the book - I always had the older boys cabins and they really enjoyed me reading to them at lights out, but I would read the book in advance to make sure there wasn't anything that shouldn't be read aloud at camp.
Would you rather have a cook-it-yourself dinner or have campers volunteer to be "waiters" for your table?
One or 2 days a session the campers in our unit had to be "waiters" for the whole camp so I will go with cook-it-yourself - cos i love cooking on camp fires with the girls
on your day off, if money (location etc) werent an issue - would you rather go whale watching, go to the mall or go the beach?
Whale watching! I can go to the mall and beach anytime.
Top or bottom bunk?
bottom
in the winter do you wear a coat or just wear hoodies?
Oooops wear sandels as long in the year as possible or prefer full shoes or sneakers?
slip on sneakers
overnight in a rain storm, or heat wave?
easy! rain storm, it's the best!
allow gameboys/handheld games in the cabin or no?
cause too many problems
very early non-counsellor run luggage run with campers leaving right after breakfast or have luggage collected after breakfast and the campers leaving closer to lunch time?
leaving closer to lunch.
tye-dye shirts or home-made screen print?
screen print - cos it is something i wanna learn how to do (the actual screen making that is!)
the original fame movie or the remake? (nothing to do with camp but it is in bag tempting me at the moment)
remake.
I'll write you a PM how to make your own screen print. super fun!
it isn't a this or that.. but what winter olympic sport would you participate in if you could?
ice dance!
(as an aside if we hadnt moved to rural scotland I would have had a chance at being an olympic gymnast!)
you have been asked to organise an all camp do you choose - a haiwain beach party or a pirate party?
pirate party for sure
do you go all out crazy for dressing up for themes or do just enough to have done it?
for the most part, I go all out.. very much so.
(smudge - my current facebook status happens to be "Layton probably doesn't like ice dancing.." haha)
become facebook friends with campers who are too old to return to camp or not?
depends on the camper and the policy in place by the director.
if you use a camp name do you tell your campers your real name at some point or not?
Yep - no specific time usually just after they pry and plead after a while.
mountains or beach?
beach...
roll down a grassy hill on a sunny day or slide down a muddy hill in the rain?
grassy hill!
prefer to live in a city or in the country?
Country, I have to have grassy hills and trees!
free internet for life or phone service?
internet - with the internet you can use Skype at least
dragonflies or butterflies?
Dragonflies! Have you ever tried to guard covered in butterflies!?
Lifeguards! Pool or Lake?
lake!
tubing like a lazy river or white water rafting!
oh white water rafting - so much more fun than spending 3 hours wet and cold
On your day off - an adventure to somewhere new or a trip to the mall?
somewhere new!
which do you enjoy best opening or closing campfire?
Opening the whole season! Because the final closing campfire always make me cry.
Campfire: skit or song?
song
catching bugs or frogs?
frogs!
star gazing or bird watching?
star gazing
tell the campers the ancient stories behind how the stars got their names or facts about what stars are and how they work?
ancient stories on how the stars got their names
lay in a hammock or on a towel when at the beach?
towel on the beach - i cant fall out of that and break myself!
Have you ever had to be taken to the ER for yourself during camp or not?
no the E.R. but I had some cysts on the back of my throat that I had to go to a walk-in Dr.'s office for last year.
stay up late reading, or wake up early for excercise?
up late reading
polar bear swim or sunrise canoe?
sunrise canoe
summer or winter olympics?
both! i like them both
cats or dogs?
Both, really - but right now Dogs. My roommate's cat is the devil. I call her lucy - short for lucifer.
travel by plane or train?
plane - although my ears hurt i do love it!
get annoyed about things you cant change or not?
rarely.
eat fast food or not?
not
If you had to choose- Volunteer for about 2 weeks of camp for the summer or not go to camp at all for the summer
volunteer - some camp is better than none!
You have a real world job - do you use your vacation to work at camp or take a lazy vacation on a beach somewhere?
I would rather work or volunteer at camp-- Camp is in my blood
If you had to volunteer for only part of the summer--would you choose early part of the summer ( June to early July) the middle part of July or in August
early cos it isnt as hot
international day or sports day?
international day-kids need as much culture as they can get!
at camp,
get stiches or have a 24 hour flu, then be all better the next day?
I hate the flu-- I would take stiches in a places that wont bother me for the rest of the season
Would you rather: have a orintation that is a very long 5 days or one that is 7 days but seems to drag on
long 5 days
very long hair that you can tie up or shorter hair that is not quiet long enough to tie up at camp?
short hair
theme weeks: a holiday a day for a week or movie week
Holiday a day, especially if they are random off the wall holidays like "Ball point pen day" or "Corn on the cob day"
Painting rocks or dream catchers?
dream catcher
laundry; do it at camp or have a outside service do it?
holidays - any excuse to have christmas in july
theme weeks - fairy tales or camp songs?
camp songs-- camp is the only place you can sing silly songs and have a great time doing it and not have your friends think your crazy
Time off-- mornings or evenings
Oh hard one. Mostly evening but at NW I preferred mornings cos then I could go off site to the Diner.
Breakfast! Pancakes or Bagels?
I would choose both
Dinner-- Chicken or pasta
chicken - not a pasta fan
spagetti and meatballs or salisbury steak and potatoes and veggies?
tough choice since both were considered great meals at my last camp-- I would to say spagetti and meatballs
french toast sticks or bland oatmeal
Oatmeal cos I knew where the honey/jelly/sugar lived!
Fish cake or hamburger?
Hamburger, only cause fish cakes sounds a little too fishey for me
Smore or Rice Krispie Treat?
both
cabin night or have the CIT's plan the evening activity
S'more
choice of programs - real world (all about preparing to go to college) or chocolate chef (cooking with chocolate etc)?
real world
cabin night or CIT plan an evening activity
cits
yoyo activity - making something or catching something (insects or frogs etc)?
catching someting like frogs-- therer were alot of frogs and inscets at my last camp
high ropes or low ropes
High Ropes
Laying out on an innertube, or a sailboard board
innertube
a camp with a lot of hills or a camp that is flat
Hills
all camp Picnic, or unit cookout
cookout
backtofront day or upside down day?
I would do a all camp cook out
upside down day
would you rather have a camp with dial up internet or no cellphone coverage
dial-up,I didn't use the internet at camp last summer, and many can get internet off their phones!
sneakers or hiking boots?
sneakers
I dont have an internet phone-- I just dont want to pay for internet for my phone and for my computer
Would you rather have 2 month long sessions, 4 ten day sessions or 8 week long sessions
8 week long
Taco bar or Baked Potato Bar
Baked potato Bar
Pasta bar or salad bar
no cellphone coverage - people are far too reliant on cellphones!
workout TO within your unit/program area or have the AD staff assign your TO?
work it out so that the staff can have at least some TO that they want-- some may perfer morning TO while others may want TO, but as an instructor at my last camp my TO was assigned to me since I was the main person teaching Nature and we had cabin staff there for coverage purposes and to help as needed
Forgot question
Would you want your Day off assigned or get to choose from a few days that you can have off
Choose - at the GS camps I have been at you worked with the other staff to sort out TO so if one person got first choice for 6hr a different person got first choice for first 3hr and so on!
create you own planning sheets or use the camp provided ones?
use my own
for camp photos-- flickr, facebook, or your camps website
facebook (twitter is better, but more people use and are familiar with FB)
would you ever date a camp co-worker or not?
Perhaps if I was at a co-ed camp but not at GS as therke have been a distinct lack of men at the ones I have been at!
On your TO McD's/BK and a movie or just go out for dinner somewhere abit nicer?
well, being a vegetarian and not the biggest fan of fast food, I'll go somewhere else.
morning staff workout - go for a run or hike up a nearby mountain?
swim across the lake
canoeing or kayaking?
kayaking by far!
cake batter or cookie dough?
cookie dough
(kayaking would be my choice too)
making ice-cream with an ice-cream ball or an old fashioned churn?
ice cream ball
for profit camp or non for profit camp?
ADD
WOuld you rather work at a special needs camp or a specality camp like a drama camp
drama camp
would you rather visit the locations of Anne of Green Gables or Pride and Prejudice?
Pride and Prejudice cos I love the formal gardens and big houses.
OK one for the book lovers - eBooks or real books?
real books
for the volunteer type camps - a week long- 7 day camp or a 5 day long camp-- the total days when campers are there not inculding staff training
Week only!
irritated by idiots or not?
IRRITATED! I am a grumpy, young woman tonight.
Moaning about problems or keeping it in?
moan to someone who understands!
when excited about an upcoming event bounce around or just bottle it up?
I bottle it up.
Are you a morning person or a night person?
- Teenster
Night person
Lifeguard or Ropes course person?
Lifeguard
Arts and Crafts or Aquatics
archery
Camp Olympics-- like it or not?
not
miss camp so much you cry or not?
Nearly cry.. it's been a rough year though and the last time I was truly happy on a regular basis was at camp.
every kind of juice is "bugjuice" or not?
Not. Bugjuice is a specific blend!
Water or Kool-Aid?
water
camp juice is always bug juice
take your own food to camp or not?
not our food is delicious!
I agree, Smudge!
water ski or wakeboard?
water ski
During your Time off, do you go off camp to do a store run or do you catch up on some much needed sleep
I usually find getting of camp is far more relaxing than sleeping camp
small care packages weekly or larger ones less often?
Um bit of both? Since they come such a long way anything is loved.
Care package contents: Food, toys, stationary or other?
all of the above
care package from a company like S.W.A.L.K or personally made up?
Personal!!
Decorated package or plain?
decorated
getting mail from camp/campfriends to your home, or mail from home during camp?
both -- I would add I also loved getting mail from my camp buddies at camp
care packages or letters at camp
both
bug juice, milk, hot drink or water with dinner (at camp)?
Ummmmmm
Breakfast - Coffee
Lunch - Coffee
Dinner - Coffee (though the kitchen stops brewing at lunch so it's like road tar by dinner)
Tea, coffee or water?
P.S. I joke. After breakfast I'm usually on milk.
hehe
water
for a pamper night would you rather run the smoothie or the make your own natural face mask station?
neither
for cook outs-- do it by cabins or a all camp cook out
by units!
should camp be in session on 4th July or not?
hard to say as all camps I been at for the whole summer have been in session-- I say yes!!
Should computer time be first come first serve or should every one sign up for a time?
Having done both. I'd say not.
BBQ or Fireworks (and no you can't have both!) :P
BBQ-- I been at camps where we had fireworks and we didnt-- at the camps where we did not have fireworks we say displays of fireworks from nearby cities
For days off between sessions-- do you go on a day trip to a nearby town or not
Day trip - unless i need essentials like laundry done!
Do your own laundry (in camp facilities or off camp) OR trust the camp laundry staff (if it has them) to do it for you ?
Based on my experince I would do them because I had laundry disappear on me-- My laundry got sent to the youngest boys cabin
forgot a question--
Would you rather have a snack machine or have the kitchen have snacks available in the staff lounge
staff kitchen - i like and need to- cook my own food occaisionaly
During the session breaks use the camp kitchen and supplies or just eat every meal off camp?
a combnation more likely since I would want some real food but yet I want to save money
during session breaks-- use the camp pool or not ( if the lifeguards would be willing to be there_
Oh definately! (and even on occaision when there have been no guards but I did have the permission of the AD staff who were pool side!)
would you rather be up half through a hike or in the middle of a lake when a sudden thunder and lighten storm rolls in?
half way through hike
If your camp has cabins: would you want one larger cabin or two smaller cabins connected togeter
larger!
ben and jerries or another brand?
ben and jerry
Dell or Mac
neither
ice cream sandwiches or klondike bars?
ice cream bars
salad bar or not
Klondike bars!
Also having been in the middle of the lake when thunder kicked off I'd choose lake!
Popsicle or pudding?
popsicle
bandaid or liquid plaster/new skin type stuff
new skin stuff
cream bars for snacks or mix of choclate/vanilla pudding
Can't consume milk, but the bars sound better
top bunk or hide a bed?
hide-a-bed.
home made ice cream or home made popcicles?
Homemade ice-cream
for a cooking activity - making brownies or cookies?
brownies
for a Nature program-- Nature hike or a Nature themed game?
game
arts and crafts make something decorative or useful?
both
for a camp program-- gaga modifed form of dodgeball or drama
drama
choc or vanilla ice cream?
choclate
top bunk or bottom
I'm short, so bottom for sure
Mountain or beach
mountain
would you rather have too much snow in winter or not enough rain in the summer?
Too much snow (which we don't have right now)
Keep or throw away the game "Christmas in a Box"
never heard of it! but if you have all the parts keeps
would you rather do a pile of laundry and ironing or vacuum every room in the house?
Vacuum! I hate folding clothes.
play a game to teach recycling, or leave no trace?
both
arts and crafts or photography
Photography! I teach it!
lip sync night or talent show?
talent show
volleyball or basketball
volleyball (Sand volleyball no doubt)
soccer or american football?
neither
would rather deal with a tick bite or cut that a camper hasnt told you about until after it has got nasty?
Tick bite. Mind you usually campers aren't around for long enough for an infection to set into a wound. First line of defence is 'where's a doc with the antibiotics?'
Get a shot or Give a shot? (you know if able and all that)
I would give it
bouncing for joy or sqealling for joy?
bouncing!
I would rather get a shot.
choc chip cookies or snickerdoodles?
choc chip
would you rather have a camper with a huge gross injury OR would you rather have chronically homesick camper?
GROSS injury! Oh well it is me answering.
First aid kit or Art kit? (as a present)
(Do I get today's prize for weird question?)
first aid kit
(I think mine have been worse)
would you rather walk in your co popping zits or cleaning the dentures you didnt know they needed cos they are only 24 (but they had a serious illness as a child and lost all their teeth)?
cleaning dentures (cos they are addicted to diet soda and lost all their teeth by the age of 25?) *whistles*
Oops - Lost an arm or Lost a leg?
hehe
a leg!
would you rather walk in on someone doing a bikini wax or cleaning out a really nasty cut they go from falling on a kitchen raid?
nasty cut
rather develope a roll of film only to find out they're not your pictures or lose your journal from camp?
get someone elses pictures, I'm extremely curious
Get a destroyed peice of cake with in the mail or a letter saying your mom lost your cat?
cake for sure. i love my cat so much.
Blister on your heel or moderately bad sunburn?
sunburn - I'm in the darkroom for a good part of the afternoon - it'd be a nice change to get some sun!
splinter or blister?
blister!
think that mash and I questions from last night were inspired by the medical drama we were watching or not?
They were totally inspired (I hope..)
dark or light soda (you can't say "both" or "neither" Ha!)
but I have to cos I am allergic to most sodas! so NEITHER sorry to spoil your evil plots!
Oh by they way they totally were!
would you rather live in turn of the century england or america at the time of the founding fathers?
turn of the century england
tulips or carnations?
tulips
would you rather have a virtual farm or a virtual hospital? (since there is no point in asking if you would rather have a virtual camp cos the answer would be the same whoever answered)
Virtual farm I suppose. I miss living on a real farm.
Virtual camp, that'd be interesting!
Rather read the newspaper or a gossip magazine?
if i have to choose newspaper while wear a nice pair of gloves so i dont have to deal with the icky feel of newspapers or lingering smell on my hands
think i might be a bit weird or not!
everyone is kinda weird
if you had a choice of what to teach at camp-- Nature or Nutrition
Nature!
still use a myspace or not?
No-- I cant remember the last time I logged on to Myspace
Camp programs-- Drama or podcasting
tehehe podcasting! Would really like to do that or camp newsletter, though it would be hard at a 1 week camp.
Blogging or Twittering?
blogging
camp news letter - created by the campers or the staff?
Mix of both - mostly campers though.
digital or film photography? (taught at camp)
I would do both as there are benifits to teaching both
Would you rather have a camp teach fire saftey or have a required "libary" program?
Fire safety - I LOVE fires
camp fire songs - all quiet songs or a mixture of louder and quiet songs
Mix of louder and quiet songs! Start loud and wind down.
Campers required to write mail home or not (ex.. to get into dinner one night)?
no
real covers or a sleeping bag for in unit sleeping?
I bring a sleeping bag - but if i lived in the US i would bring real covers - not a fan of sleeping bags
ardarondac or platform tent?
Platform tent
have an ipod speaker system/radio in the cabin or no?
If it is a staff only cabin then yeah, if used when there are no campers to hear it or very quietly, but if it is a shared cabin then NO cos it isnt far on the campers who arent allowed them!
think that campers should be allowed to bring iPods/DS's etc to camp or not?
not, takes away from the nature and the getting away from technology though I like the CITs having them as long as they follow the rules and don't take them out of Hill House.
I really wish my camp allowed us to use our iPods/speakers with the kids around, not for personal use, but for music while cleaning or a little mini dance party. Of course all music would have to be camp appropriate and I would not use it all the time, but it would be a nice supplement.
The staff are allowed to use our iPods for our Inclusion (special needs) dance party, where the inclusion campers invite the littles and we have a dance party!
forest or wildlife ecology?
Forest (is a wonderful place filled with bugs and snakes, I wanna see a salamanders face, the forest is a wonderful place! I wanna go there!)
find random words trigger random camp songs (like above) or not?
definitely!!
Shooting star or Flicker?
Shooting star
want to write my essay for me or not?
NOT! Sorry Smudge, you're on your own for that one.
smart phone (iPhone, etc), message phone (one with a full keyboard), or old school regular phone?
old school - and as cheap as possible
iPhone or Blackberry?
iphone
play in a lab with a microscope or go outside and look at stars w a telescope
telescope!
teaching star gazing or about bugs and frogs?
Can't I do both? No? Frogs then.
I *heart* my iPhone!
Donate blood or not? Needles not withstanding.
not....i love the concept, but no one can find my veins and after awhile it got old, plus it takes me four hours to maybe fill a bag.
make a garden full of flowers or a vegetable garden?
vegetable garden - way more rewarding in my opinion
(we have ipod/speakers in the cabins for wake up, clean up, and quietly for rest hour if the kids want it.)
make shapes with the stars or with the clouds?
shapes in the clouds
The Princess Pat or captain Jack?
Captian Jack
Days off-- early in the session or late in the session
i get neither- just sessiwin
internet explorer or firefox?
explorer
would you rather have a day off with only 2 hours the rest of the week/session or 6 hours plus a combo of 2 and 3 hours off the rest of the week?
day off with 2 hours the rest of the week/session-- I have done that many times-- and had to fight for my day off and time off
staff website or facebook group
both
sunday worship - counted as part of your time off or extra time written into contract?
(I have worked at camps that have both)
sunday worship counted as part off is fine by me, i actually miss doing sunday worship at camp it was the best.
flying a kite or playing catch
catch: less dependent on the weather! I do love kite flying a kite!
Biology or Chemistry?
not my favourtie subjects but if i have to choose bio
criminology dramas (like CSI and NCIS) or medical dramas (like ER and Trauma)?
criminology (NCIS nerd..)
FRIENDS or Sienfeild?
Friends
partridge family or the brady bunch?
Partridge family,
Pink eye or lice
ick! pink eye
i had a brainwave last night so my next 4 questions have the theme of strong, independant women.
So which of these strong, independant woman would rather be (or date if you are layton or marty): Anne of Green Gables or Dr Quinn Medicine Woman?
DR QUINN!!!
Oh and the previous question - ick to both.
Regular Sharpie or mini Sharpie?
regular
next in the series - which might actually be more than 4 if i can think of any others
Would you rather be/date which of these strong independant woman - Jane Austin or Betrix Potter?
Jane Austin (thanks for recognizing us guys on here! haha)
laptop or desktop computer?
lappy
would you rather be/date Queen Victoria or Margarete Thatcher?
Queen Victoria.
Doctor Who or Harry Potter?
Harry Potter
another one:
Would you rather be/date: Olave Baden-Powell or Juliette Gordon-Low (they were friends and Juliette ran guides in scotland before taking it to the USA)?
Olave Baden-Powell.
Would you rather be/date: Bart or Lisa Simpson?
be Lisa
would rather be/date:
Enid Blyton or JK Rowling?
Enid Blyton. Her stories have lasted for generations.
Twilight or Chronicles of Narnia.
Narnia - love the concept!
Lord of the Rings or Chronicles of Narnia?
Narnia, though let's face it, I'm a fantasy freak.
Tent or under the stars?
tent - would to say under the stars - but I live in scotland and the idea of waking up soaking wet REALLY doesnt appeal to me!
(Fantasy is awesome!)
Modern lightweight tents or traditional Ridge/icelandic tents?
Hmmm... I have no idea what the icelandic tents are, but we use a relatively big cork tent when we go camping. Not too big a fan of the modernish tents though.
Ducktales or Captain Planet (showing my age here)
Duck tales!
Icelandic are ridge tents - like platfomr tents without the platform!
Duck tales or The racoons?
Duck Tales
Disney channel or Nickolodean
Disney
high school musical or camp rock?
camp rock
salute your shorts or bug juice
bug juice
avoid writing papers by cleaning or going out?
going out
go out for ice cream or to see a movie
ice cream if have to choose but other wise ice cream at a movie
potatoes or rice?
Dog - Labrador retriever to be exact.
Hey Dude or Are You Afraid of the Dark?
tough one...hey dude...i just downloaded season one onto itunes
hey arnold or recess?
Recess, definatley
Recess or The Madagascar penguins show
Recess
give up facebook for a week or these message boards?
oh that is evilly hard! facebook
poster or framed pictures on your walls?
Framed pictures.
Hey Dude! It reminds me of camp!
Give up your cell phone (without internet) or your laptop (with internet)?
- Teenster
oh that is easy - cell phone - I cant stand the thing!
would you rather be really ill for only a week or just under the weather and run down for 4 or 5 weeks?
really ill for a week. Get it over with.
Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson?
really? I have to choose? ok! Jessica simpson
Build me up buttercup or leaving on a jet plane?
Build me up Buttercup :-)
crackers in your soup or not?
not - bread
would you rather not be able to shower all week or check your emails/fb?
I need to shower... I guess no e-mail or facebook for me!
Would you rather get the chance to sleep in or stay up late with a group of campers.
- Teenster
stay up late - I dont do sleep well!
a camper knocks on your cabin/room door - do you roll over cos someone else will deal with him/her or are you the one to get up and deal with what the camper?
I'm usually the Leader In Charge or First Aider so I have to get up :P
A week without chocolate or a weeks worth of professional massages?
without the massages!
sushi - love it or hate it?
You'd choose the chocolate? I'd sacrifice it!
Love it!! It's only a new thing to me though.
Chocolate chip chookies or fudge?
chocolate chip cookies - i will choose chocolate everytime!
ice cream or sorbet?
ice cream
I will choose chocolate almost all the time as well!!
go 2 days without a shower or 24 hours without sleep?
Without a shower, I need at least a little sleep or I get grumpy :P
Sleeping Bag or blanket?
i use both!
Sci-fi day or period drama day?
sci-fi day
swim in lake or ocean?
Lake, but a pool is better. I saw Jaws recently :S:P
Coke or Pepsi?
lake - I dont like what salt water does to my hair! (and oh how vain and shallow does that sound? I am not really!)
cook for 100 or wash dishes for 100?
lake not a fan of the waves
Travel to Europe or South Pacific?
South Pacific - visiting Tonga is on my Bucket list!
cook for 100 or wash dishes for 100?
I hate it when I reply to to wrong post sorry
Coke and cook for 100!
how I met your mother or the big bang theory?
big bang
dont worry I liked your question!
Have a bucket list or not?
most definitely have a bucket list!
listen to old classics on a record player or watch old classic black and white movies?
Dont like black and white so will go with old classics on a record player
Find ways to teach camp songs out of camp or not?
on occasion I suppose.
popcorn or candy at the theatre?
candy
camp life completely seperate from "real" world life or not?
neither - dont drink alcohol of any form
during a night off do something energetic such as paint balling OR lazy like go see a movie?
not most of my friends are from camp
live at camp year round or just summer?
I would be there year round if I could
frogs or toads?
Froggies!!!
Visit/ want to live in: England or Wales?
Well I have lived in Enland but I would like to visit wales
Visit live in Aus or NZ?
I would love to live in NZ!
Visit country that speaks your language or different language?
That is tought! I tend to have a rule about being able to communicate but I REALLY wanna visit Tonga so I will say somewere that doesnt speak the same language
would you rather visit Easter Island or Christmas Island?
Easter Island with the giant heads!
Vist Egypt or Greece?
greece the islands look awesome!
train or bus?
train - quicker
train across canada, the sibreian express or the train that goes across aus (north to south)?
depends on the location and the length of the trip, but in general I'd probably say train.
nap or homework? (That's what I've got to decide right now)
darn it, I forgot to look for the last page!
umm, australia or canada.
homework or nap?
been through aus so I would have to say canada for something new
and nap!
one big 15 page paper or three 5 page papers?
One big paper!
an essay or an exam?
exam. I tend to waffle on in essays.
glasses or contacts?
Glasses - I have a major issue with things touching my eyes!
dye your hair camp or leave it the color it is?
leave it the color it is
spring break - go to a vacation spot or "alternative break" (mission trip sort of thing)?
well, if the alternative break idea included working at my camp's spring break day camp or doing a session of outdoor ed at my camp I'd say alternative! Other than that my choice is usually to go back to my parents place and lounge about and see friends. But a trip with friends would be fun too! wow, long answer for such a simple question!
like to do puzzles or not?
love puzzles if I could I would put together puzzles as a job!
if you had a super power be able to fly or be invisible?
fly! cos i could go visit camp
ice cream or cake?
with how Smudge likes to break the rules in this thread, I'm tempted to say "icecream cake".. but then that'd just be a lie. I'll go with ice cream. (no hard feelings, smudge! ;-)
rather own the books you read or use a library?
*
layton if you didn't ask questions that forced me to break the rules then I wouldn't break them
*
Own my books - my library is rubbish
smooth or chunky soup?
chunky
Olympics or CIT planned activity
* Smudge - you're totally right, I'm a bit devious like that haha *
CIT planned activity
hemp or thread friendship bracelets?
thread cos they are colorful
*yes you can be*
lazy river tubing or white water rafting?
never been white water rafting, so I choose that one!
so you cut your fingernails or bite them? (or any other way..)
cut!
in an ideal would would you rather bike to work or kayak to work?
Kayak! (I'm guessing that an ideal world doesn't allow my camera to get wet..)
road bike or mountain bike?
of course it wouldn't get wet!
mountain biking
camp name or real name?
camp name
lanyards or bracelets out of hemp?
lanyard
to encourage writing home - make stationary or letter as meal ticket
letter
water activity or sports
water activity
water front camp or adventure based camp?
cant I have both
if not then I will go with water cos I am life guard and you have water based adventures
would you rather train to run a High rops course or be a life guard?
life guard
Nature Instructor or High Ropes instructor
nature
star in a period drama or a sci-fi?
period drama
eat on camp or eat out at a fast food place
if i can cook then eat on camp
chocolate or popcorn?
chocolate covered popcorn?! It's not fair to make me choose.
Mango or Pineapple
just as a fruit pineapple but in a drink mango!
indian or thai?
*chocolate covered popcorn is good!*
thai
stick with the status quo or we're all in this together?
I really like putting M&Ms in my popcorn... try it, it's awesome!
I usually am boring and just stick with the status quo.
Pack early for camp, or waiting until the last minute?
- Teenster
as enthusiastic as I am about going to camp, wait 'til the last minute.
duffel bag or suitcase?
Neither, I use a trunk.
Over pack or under pack?
- Teenster
sad but true I always over when headed off to camp!
when camp is over my car looks like a homeless person lives in it!
sleeping bag or sheets?
both!
extra blanket or sleep in hoodie and socks?
Extra blanket... I can't stand to wear socks while I sleep!
One pillow or two?
- Teenster
two!
flashlight/torch or lantern?
I'll go with TV... though I'm not sure of the question? It seems like there would be more choices with TV.
Wear bug spray or not?
- Teenster
not - cant stand the stuff and I dont get biten anyway
would you rather sleep in a tent or a cabin?
with campers: cabin, by myself or with friends: tent.
all camp activities or individual activities(art/crafts, sports/games,etc)
depends on my mood - i like both but lets say all camp
would you rather spag and meatballs or chicken strips and fries?
Spaghetti! ( I put sugar on mine, don't judge, just try it!)
halloween or easter candy?
Spaghetti! ( I put sugar on mine, don't judge, just try it!)
Instead of sauce? To each their own
Easter Eggs
French toast with Maple syrup or sugar or ketchup?
French toast with maple syrup
American Football or international football(soccer)
american actually
rounders or baseball?
Can we choose both? if not, rounders: cuz it's more challenging
day camp or resident camp?
Resident camp!
Different folks plan campfire each week or the same few people plan campfire each week?
BTW- what is rounders?
Same each week
*Smudge* - spaghetti noodles, sauce THEN about a spoonful of sugar ;-)
**Beetle** - I agree, what is rounders??
and finally bottled water or gatorade?
Tap water please! If the choice is bottled or gatorade, then gatorade.
Cook out breakfast or dinner?
dinner, I'm not enough of a morning person for breakfast cook outs
metal or plastic waterbottles?
I LOVE my nalgenes
*Rounders is sort of like base ball - you have 2 teams - one batting and one bowling/feilding - you hit the ball and run round the bases. If the ball is caught without landing the whole team is out"
white or wheat bread?
wheat!
turkey or ham sandwich?
turkey with tomatoe on wheat - yummmmy
do you make your own cranberry sauce or buy it?
buy it, but only b/c I haven't ever thought about making my own, I'll look into it!
try to wear friendship bracelets as long as possible or cut them off after camp?
Wear them for as long as possible
*Layton I dont like it but apparently home made is far nicer and cos I make it I can say it is really easy to make
This year we are even trying to grow our own cranberries*
when making friendship bracelets stick to a few easy patterns or experiment with new and different patterns/styles?
when I have a ton to make (I promise things a lot..) then I stick to the easy ones, but I like to experiment when I have time.
**Smudge - that sounds awesome! I'm not too partial to it either, but I like to make new things from time to time, I'll give it a try!**
Camper is too old to return to camp next year - accept them as a friend on facebook (w/ parent permission) or no?
I think it would depend on the camper - I have my former camp nurses sun as a friend but I checked with her before I accepted his request cos my camp says that you cant be friends with former campers!
would you rather attend/work for a steiner school or a montesori school?
not too familiar with either, but I'd say Montessori.
Work with Turrets or Aspergers?
Turrets
are super impatient or very, very patient?
depends on the situation, but generally patient.
rather deal with a full workday and a headache or stomach ache?
stomach ache
would you rather lose your sight or your hearing?
hearing - I'm a photographer, I've got to see!
rather not be able to smile or not be able to shake hands?
shake hands
would you rather have to use crutches for the rest of your life or be confined to a wheel chair for a couple of years?
wheel chair for a a couple of years.
only be able to wear one color for the rest of your life or not be able to see one particular color for the rest of your life?
not able to see PINK for the rest of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Involved in guiding/scouting/CF during the year or not?
used to be- for 12 years. Going across the state for college kinda stopped that for the most part (except a spring camp event back home). Although I attempted to set up my own CF group over here, but it never came together.
take a class with more (daily type and projects)homework and less studying, or less homework and more studying?
homework - i am not very good at the whole studying thing
HSM or camp rock?
HSM - I'm a nerd..sorry
afraid of flying or not?
I am not
I love flying
*Happy birthday layton*
would you like to go storm chasing or not?
Storm chase for sure!
Cake or cupcakes?
-Thanks for the info on rounders! It sounds a lot like kickball!
cupcakes
chocolate or blue berry muffins?
When we play rounders we have bat to hit the ball rather than kicking!
depends on my mood. We'll go with blueberry, unless the chocolate muffin is from Costco!
Happy Birthday Layton!
cinnamon toast crunch or fruit loops?
can't eat either - so corn flakes!
corn flakes or rice crispies?
frosted corn flakes? and if that's cheating then rice crispies and a spoonfull of sugar.. can't be too bland!
***THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!!!***
Skim Milk or Whole Milk?
whole, lactofree, milk!
hot chocolate or tea/coffee?
tea with milk and 2 sugars :-) drinking it right now!
In general, shower in the morning or before bed?
before bed - morning showers mean getting up earlier
rubber duckies - love them or hate them?
I don't really understand the purpose of rubber duckies, but I don't have a reason to hate them... Let's say, I've got a love/hate relationship with rubber duckies.
Are you a morning person or a night person?
- Teenster
night
do you get up when campers come to your door/bed/tent (depending on sleeping arrangements) or leave it to one of the other counsellors
night person!
I should shower at night, but I shower in the morning because I hate showers until I get in them. It's weird I know. I'm almost like a kid who doesn't understand the goodness that will come from doing not so fun things (actually stopping what I'm doing and getting ready) so that I can enjoy the shower.
You know, Teenster, I never thought about that before! But it's true! The only purpose rubber duckies have is to look cute and be a bath toy to play with. Oh, and so you can sing the rubbier duckie sesame street song!!
puzzles or games?
Smudge's Question: I get up.
Giggle's Question: Games.
Gatorade or Powerade?
neither - they have stuff I am allergic too
apple crisp/crumble or strawberry shortcake?
apple crisp!
on a laptop/notebook computer, use a regular mouse or the touchpad?
I like a mouse (but mine died and I keep forgetting to replace it
)
stsff training for sessions you have heard time and again - would you rather have a session that you HAVE to take part in or a session were you can sit and doodle/daydream/sleep through?
Tough one, I guess I like a little bit of both... but I'll go with the one where I HAVE to take part in. I really do like a lot of "action" in my staff training, it gives me a chance to freshen up my skills and get to know new staff members. Though sometimes, a session that I can daydream or doodle in is nice, it's a chance to relax from the weird hours of staff training.
Would you rather have one day off during staff training or would you rather have each night off?
- Teenster
A bit of both - some nights off and a half day
snack time - would you rather have chocolate brownies or fruit?
fruit - can't have chocolate but I don't have much of a sweet tooth anyhow.
use a straw at a restaraunt or not?
yeah - but I dont use them at home!
applebees and walmart/target OR McD/burger king and movie?
Fast food and the movie because it's the cheapest of the two. I try to not spend a lot of money while at camp.
Would you prefer a camp where you stay on camp for activities or would you rather travel? For example, does your camp have horses on site or do you have to take your campers to the ranch?
- Teenster
oh that is hard - i have been on camps with both! I am going to say going off camp cos much as I hated horse programs I loved the fact that it was basically like an extra 2 hours off on that day cos the horse barn staff took the kids off our hands we got to chill out
would you rather go off camp for a kayak trip or a caving trip ?
caving
would you want a nature program or a skate park at your camp
nature
its pouring with rain (but not thunder) - puddle jumping or watch a DVD?
at camp, puddle jumping. at home, dvd.
Clifford the Big Red Dog or Curious George?
curious george
princess pat or captain jack?
Captain Jack
Cannibal King or Boom Chick-a Boom
cannibal king
running bear or little white dove?
running bear
photography or low ropes as an elective
photography!
mandatory waterbottles or drinking stations throughout camp?
We've got water fountains all through camp. That seems to work well. Even with the water fountains, many campers will have their own water bottle for sports and then also to take to program areas that might not be close to a fountain.
Which camp fire do you prefer, the opening camp fire or the closing one?
- Teenster
My camp doesn't have opening/closing camp fires, we just have them whenever but I'd probably prefer the opening camp fire
"My name is Joe" or "Found a peanut"
Nameis joe - you need to have someone from the north of England to sing it before you can really appreciate it!
staff skits or camper skits?
camper skits
argyle or plaid?
plaid
shorts - knee length or 3/4 length?
knee length
toe socks or regular socks?
Regular!
Ankle socks, or ones that cover your ankles and beyond?
At home none! At camp none if I can get away with it and if the camp has a sock rule then either as long as they are bright, patterned and colorful! So lets say knee lenght cos you can have more color!
shoulder bag or backpack?
Backpack, mine is a beautiful burton with extra pockets and hiding spaces.
Keens or flip flops?
flip flops all day everyday.
energy drinks - take 'em or leave 'em?
leave them
keenes or tevas?
tevas
climb a tree or swing in it?
barefoot whenever possible
bath or shower?
Shower - wearing flipflops in the shower when at camp!
baseball cap or bandana?
baseball cap
MTV night or Carnival night
carnival night
would you rather give a hand made or shop bought secret buddy gift when revealing who you are?
Handmade, for sure!
Gatorade or H2O?
H2O
See a live volcano erupt or survive a twister?
Twister. Being raised in Washington you are taught to love and fear volcanos.
Hike up a Mountain in the middle of the night to see the sun rise, or raft down a river to a picnic spot
See the sun set even though my lungs wouldnt let me
take a teddybear (or similar) or your baby/comfort blanket to camp?
comfort blanket.
woodshop or pottery?
woodshop
camp based service project or one in the community?
Community
Waffles or pancakes?
Twister. Being raised in Washington you are taught to love and fear volcanos.
True dat! A couple years ago we were doing our emergency procedures session and the directors started on volcanoes and then one of the internationals, from England, said "Volcanoes, really?!" I think he was kinda scared too, not just completely flabbergasted.
oh, and in answer to the question, (which is now on a prior page so I have to go back to see it)
haha, good thing I looked since there is an answer for that question already!!
choc chip pancakes
and for the question- biscuits and gravy or an omlette?
I definatly remember a certain australian thinking the "what to do if there is a Volcano eruption" part of training was a joke, and then freaking out when he found out it was real.
To answer your question though, Biscuits and gravy hands down.
Pizza Dinner or Chicken, potatoes biscuits dinner
hahaha, I am pretty sure I know exactly which australian you are talking about! I can just picture that reaction! I wasn't old enough for staff training those years. Yeah, this Brit for sure thought it was a joke or something. Running joke the whole summer of course. Never lived it down! Granted, I do think that it makes sense to be baffled, kinda like we might do if we had to live with the possible reality of tornados or something.
ooo, how about pizza and potatoes? yeah doesn't go well together, but whatever!
mozerella or cheddar?
Mozarella for sure!
Spicy or Sweet?
Savory!
Swimming or slip-n-slide?
Swimming
Alligator or crocodile?
croc
fizzy sweets or chewy? (notice no mention of chocolate cos I remembered!)
haha thanks! Chewy!
laptop/notebook computer or desktop computer?
laptop
would you rather live up a mountain or in the middle of a lake?
Up a Mountain - wouldn't mind skiing to work every now and again!
water ski or wakeboard?
water ski
(ski-ing to work would be cool)
huge salad and small steak OR huge steak and small salad (or veggie alternative to steak)?
huge steak and really small salad
The bear song or my name is joe
Bear song
dream of working at camp year round or not?
Not. Waiting for summer to come along is half the fun!
Vacation on the beach or in the mountains?
mountains
camp in a forest or on a mountain?
cake
chocolate or white cake?
White
Snow or Rain?
snow - I LOVE the snow
twilight saga or harry potter?
Harry Potter!
Pirates or Ninjas?
cats
Tornadoe or Earthquake?
tornado, buildings in my state aren't built to withstand earthquakes
Simpsons or Family Guy?
simpsons
poor and happy or rich and miserable?
poor and happy
campers from more then one area or campers from one county
more than one area improves their experiences
canoeing or kayaking?
kayaking
surfing or skydiving?
biking
high or low ropes course?
low ropes course
Father Abraham or Found a Peanut
found a peanut
singing along to music while in the shower or reading in a bath?
reading in a bath.
Peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and bananas?
ick to both!
Peanut butter on its own with a banana for deseret!
Big huge dog (like a german shepherd or great dane) or a small dog (handbag or westie or yorkie)?
Big huge dog!!
zip line or big rope swing?
rope swing
service project - making toys or hygene kits?
I'd prefer hygene kits, but would choose toys as for campers it'd be more fun.
vounteering - animal shelter or habitat for humanity?
habitat - I always wanted to do that - but the nearest UK projects are just too far away
spend a week volunteering for habitat for humanity or a week volunteering for Extreme Makeover: home edition?
volunteer for habitat,
Scary movie or Comedy?
comedy
camera with replacable batteries or one with a rechargable built in battery?
I would have a rechargable battery-- one that I could do outside of the camera-- kinda worried about the camera overheating if I had to charge the whole camera
Nature program or sports
nature
primative camping - in a tent you pitch (rather than a platform one) or build you own shelter?
build your own shelter
when building your own shelter, do a lean-to or A-frame?
A frame!
when building fires do you prefer: A frame, pyramid or log cabin?
A frame that turns into a pyramid as the fire gets going.
Roast marshmallows on a real stick or a metal one?
- Teenster
real stick, more of a camping feeling
America's Pastime: baseball or american football
american football
cooking on a BBQ - charcol or wood?
(first off.. it's baseball, not football.)
charcol
ants on a log or peanut butter and fluff?
that is hard cos I dont like celery or fluff - but I guess since you could use things other than celery I will say ants on a log cos Fluff is EVIL!
PB&J or PB&fluff?
PB&fluff...
I LOVE fluff... pb and honey is also wonderful
Iron Man or Superman
superman
superman or wonderwoman?
wonderwoman
clark kent or bruce waine?
ummmmmm clarke kent
would you rather be rescued from Magneto or Lex Luther?
Magneto=cyclops, therefore magneto.
Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) or Jafar (Aladdin)
gaston (cos i like his song)
making ice-cream - would you rather make vanilla or mint?
(layton it is hard not to include chocolate - I really have to think!)
haha thanks for thinking of me though! Vanilla all the way! (or even pistachio!)
I'll do a chocolate one for everyone else..
Hot Fudge Brownie or Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream?
chocolate chuck (mint) ice cream
Sprite or 7up?
facebook
smart phone or basic phone?
Smart
Potters Wheel or Coil Pots
potters wheel - although I dont do clay (it means my hands would be dirty - ick!) i always though that looked fun
beads in friendship bracelets or not?
not. they wear them out quicker.
grape or cherry popsicle?
you crazy americans! Orange or lemonaide! But since I have to choose - grape
would you rather teach adult literacy or adult numeracy? I had a really good one earlier but I cant remember what it is now!
not - much as I would love one lots of kids are scared of them
I remembered my awesome question!
Would your rather be/date Harry Potter or Edward Cullen?
Uh... Jacob Black...
If you made me choose I'd have to go with Harry cuz I am not a fan of Edward.
Ron Weasley or Seamus Finnigan
Ron
would you rather beocme a warewolfe or a vampire?
Werewolf... if only because vampires are such a literary fad right now... can you tell I'm the Young Adult expert at a book store?
Check or Debit card
Debit card
(I noticed that too - even in Asda[like walmart] there were loads of vampire books - but my first exposure to twilight was years ago - just never got round to reading them)
disaster movies: asteroid strike threat OR the something like earthquakes?
something like earthquakes - I'm thinking Day After Tomorrow type of thing. (though armagedon was pretty legit)
healthy snack - honey and bananas or peanut butter and wheat bread?
peanut butter and wheat bread
musicals or tragedy?
musicals
motorized watersports or non-motor?
non-motor - I <3 kayaks
sweets or crisps (potato chips)?
yikes, not a fan of either.. how about crisps.
rope swing into water or high dock to jump off of into water?
High dock - I would injury myself on a rope swing
diving board or slide ?
diving board - more versatile.
swimming lessons or diving lessons?
diving lessons are soo much more fun to teach - or at least the way I teach them
do new things that might not work or stick to the same things that work?
New things. Every time. As long as you're able to roll with the punches you should be able to change mid stream if it isn't going well...
thunder and lightning that rattles the windows or that horrible irish mist that soaks you without you even realizing it's raining.
depends on where I am, who I'm with, and what type of safety i have against the thunder and lightning, oh and how long it lasts! Otherwise I'd stick with the mist- hey, I'm from western WA, we know rain (though probably not the same as the irish mist you're tlaking about, I'll take my chances)
As for the new unknown or the old but proven- it really depends. Working with kids, teaching them life skills (reading, toileting, etc) especially with special needs kids, they really need something that is proven and if that fails we can move on to not as proven. It takes so long to teach some of them things that we really can't afford to waste precious time doing something completely ineffective when it could affect how independent they will be as adults. However, other things that aren't as crucial to quality of life- new is fun to try!
give your mom a card for mother's day or a gift?
Both!
sharpies - love them or hate them?
RED SOX!
snow skiing - Colorado or Utah?
Utah - not that I ski but Utah is one of my favourite places in the WORLD aside from camp
bunk beds: top or bottom bunk?
bottom for sure
single or bunk beds?
single
signing Tshirt - love doing it or hate it?
year book
camp newspaper/newsletter - have one or not?
Yes to having one! Have staff and kids submit info/articles/pictures for it!
Uniform for staff or not?
I've never had a uniform before but I'm perfectly alright with a uniform shirt and telling them to bring plain colored shorts as long as they supply the shirt or at least some of them. I can't afford to buy a whole new camp wardrobe before working at camp (or after for that matter (especially if I have to travel there). So I suppose if I have to pick I'd say no. Although I'm also perfectly ok with having a uniform for certain days, like parent days. I've got that at my camp now.
umm, question...
msn or yahoo messenger?
MSN - never was a fan of anything yahoo.
to twitter or not to twitter (or is it tweet? whatever..)
not.... no one needs to know
pasta or rice
pasta-
run a 5k or workout at the gym
workout at the gym
smores or pudgie pies
s'mores
as for twitter- agreed, except for people like Shonda Rhimes (creator of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice) because she posts random tweets about the show and whatnot, so that's cool. Other than that, absolutely not! Just get a Facebook and post cool things and be able to do so much more!
pie-iron pizzas or foil dinners?
foil dinners
play with toy swords or water pistols?
water pistols, preferebly super soakers
baseball or football(american)?
american (sometimes in contact with the)football
stay as you are and if the person you like doesnt like then tough or change and be different person to catch the man/girl of your dreams (thinking sandy in grease)
be free to be me...
Crime Shows or Reality TV
crime - dont have much time for reality TV
party all night or stay home with a good book?
stay at home with a good book
american idol or glee
glee (but we dont really get american idol in the UK!)
strictly come dancing/dancing with the stars OR dancing on ice?
dancing on ice - lesser of the two evils, not a fan of either.
digital or analog wrist watch?
digital, can't read analog lol
EReader or Paper book
oh, Paper all the way. those e-reader things drive me insane.
fiction or non-fiction when reading a book?
fiction. Non fiction reminds me of high school and therefore gives me the shivers.
Sorry or Uno
monopoly
monopoly or life?
LIFE!!!!!! my friend and i have life tournaments a lot. We are very particular in how it goes. We have certain seats at her table, with her version of the game. She's banker, etc. We play like 6 games of it in a row. Once we played a round in 9 minutes! Woot!
lake toy or no lake toy?
lake toy
uno or apples to apples?
apples to apples
tornados or hurricanes
hurricanes, more time to prepare
high or low ropes?
Low - scared of heights
chocolate cover toffee or toffee covered chocolate?
speaking for my sister on this one - Chocolate covered toffee.
chocolate chip cookies or the cookies with a whole hershey's kiss in the middle?
sorry layton - as a chocoholic I do try not to ask chocolate based questions
chocolate chip cookies - hershies is just gross
toffee or taffy?
no worries, happens daily, I do believe that you, Smudge, are the only person who tries so hard to cater to my alergy haha
tough one, but i'm going with taffy.
torch/flashlight or lantern?
flashlight if I can't get my hands on a head lamp!
sleeping bag or sheets/blankets?
I use both! I cant stand the idea of sleeping on a mattress, even in a sleeping bag without a sheet!
Layton its only cos I have allergies too so know how frustrating it is
cheese toasties(grilled cheese) or cheese on toast or regular uncooked cheese sandwiches?
grilled cheese (I like how you call them cheese toasties!)
sandwich or wrap?
demends on my mood and the fillings available - but lets say wrap
bic or papermate pens?
doesn't matter as long as it writes
Chevy or Ford
chevy - cos we dont have them over here
curtains or blinds?
Curtains
almonds or pistachios
almonds... preferably the cinnimon glaze kind
pop/punk or hip hop
ick (neither!)
roast chicken with all the trimmings, roast beef with all the treimmings or a veggie option and all the trimmings?
veggie option and all the trimmings!
Orange juice with pulp or no pulp?
no pulp
abba or the beetles?
the beatles
sandals (keen type) or crocs?
sandals - Tevas
platform tents or yurts?
platform tents all the way
kayaking or canoeing
kayaking
(what's a yurt btw?)
lake swim or pool swim?
(A yurt is a sort of circular tent like a giant bell tent:
http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/yurt-wallouter.jpg)I prefer swimming in a lake
swim lessons or free swim?
roast chicken with all the trimmings
country music or rap?
country
free swim or swim lessons?
Free swim
pick apples or berries?
berries
would you rather date a red head or a blonde?
red head
dye your hair or not
not - i like my hair the way it is!
would you rather have (or date someone with) long or short hair?
Longer hair (like to the shoulders, or just a little longer).
Dress up for your nights/days off, or dress casual.
- Teenster
something between the two
(to me that is still short hair teenster - but then mine is to my waist!)
medical documentaries or nature shows?
nature shows
Gran Torino or Iron Man 2?
iron man
at camp read before bed or not?
Always read before bed - usually twice, once to the campers and then later my own book silently to myself.
Paperback books or Hardback?
paperback, they're just easier on the hands and the budget.
flip flops or crocs
flip flops (i think crocs are some of the uglyist shoes in existance!)
taking a teddy bear (or stuffed animal) to camp or not?
not - can't say that I have one anymore.
speak another language or not?
"speak" another language with your hands aka sign language
day camp or resident camp?
residential
hot tub or infinity pool
*that is my other language too nataylor
puddle jumping or frog catching
puddle jumping!
origami or paper mache?
oragami - less messy
fires - have you ever light a one match fire or not?
I'm a pro at one match fires! I totally shocked all of the male staff at camp last summer, when I started the opening camp fire with one match... without lighter fluid!
Sneakers or sandals?
- Teenster
sandals!
(have never had to use lighter fuel to get a fire going)
washing dishes (and i dont mean in a dish washer) or drying and putting them away?
Drying then and putting them away... I just got finished doing that.
Raincoat or poncho? (I just commented on another thread!)
- Teenster
poncho for camp - raincoat at home
rain gear or brolly?
Ok I just had to google Brolly.
I prefer and umbrella, which is what google says a brolly is so I hope that's right lol
Stuffed animals or dolls/action figures.
yeah - sorry a brolly is an umbrella (but I normally cant spell that so just give up and use brolly)
Stuffed animal
cats or dogs?
DOGS!
classic musicals (Hello Dolly!, On the Town, Mary Poppins)
or
classic horror (the Blob, The Wolfman, Godzilla)
classic musicals - i love musicals and cant stand horror
a nice walk in the country - in the rain or when it is super hot?
In the rain!
do you get up early or stay up late?
stay up late
campfire snack - s'mores or roast marshmallows?
s'mores
marshmallow roasting: slow and steady, or torch it
slow and steady and then torched at the end!
your kids want to try roasting twinkies - would you let them or not?
(mine wanted to try one summer - and roasted twinkies are gross!)
we don't have twinkies at my camp - but I'd let them if the situation came up.
frindship bracelets - on the wrist or ankle?
ankle... unless it is accidentally made too short... then i usually make it into a key chain.
Making friendship bracelets the old fashioned way (by knotting it) or using a template (you know... the foam thinks you put the string in and move it around so it make professional looking bracelets)
old fashioned way for sure! way more love put into it.
water or a fruit juice?
fruit juice! I love my wheels - and put as much love into any bracelet i make on them as I do into my knotted ones
(camp had to buy the twinkies in specially!)
colored pencils or crayons?
Colored pencils.
Paint or markers?
- Teenster
depends on my mood and what I am working on
swimming - fun or a chore?
both - we had to do a bouey swim in freezing water and that was a chore, other than that, it's pretty fun!
have a record collection or not?
No collection. I am tring to find a good second hand record player since I keep finding awesome records!
Nalgene or steel/aluminum water bottle?
Nalgene
Would you travel over 500 miles to see an exhibition or not?
yeah, if I had the money or it was paid for as has been the case in years previous.
carve something out of wood or mold it with clay?
carve out of wood (clay = dirty hands = unhappy smudge)
shorts - knee length or shorter?
knee length for guys, either way for girls (as long as they're not so short you can see the pockets sticking out or it's just uncomfortably, awkwardly short)
carpet or hardwood floors
hard wood...
I saw a girl the other day who totally thought she looked hot in her see through shirt and then she turned around and walked away from me and her cheeks were hanging out of her shorts... it was enough to make me gag.
rain or snow
snow - i love skiing!
(that's awful that she feels the need to do that.)
regular body lotion or aloe vera when you have a sunburn?
Aloe vera! (If you keep it in the fridge it feels great when you have a sunburn!)
Popsicles or snow cones?
tough one, I'm going to say popsicle
(anyone ever try Hawaiian ice? like, a shaved ice snow cone with better flavors. DELICIOUS!)
store bought or self-made popsicles?
store bought cos I can be a bit lazy!
jump in the lake or run throught sprinklers too cool down!
jump in the lake, everytime!
diving board or slide?
slide
snorkling or free swim?
free swim
toss a frisbee around or play ultimate frisbee?
Ultimate frisbee! but if there's not enough time for that, than any amount of frisbee tossing is acceptable.
sea or river kayaking?
canoe, mainly cuz I've never Kayaked, I live in a very canoe-y area.
Subway or Quiznos
subway (cos I have never had a Quiznos!)
bugs or amphibians?
amphiabians!
Cheese pizza or pizza covered with toppings?
pizza with toppings (funny I had just decided on my next question before looking on here - and I am going to stick with it!)
English muffin pizza or tortillia pizza?
Tortilla Pizza
flat bread or hogey bun (like the subway sandwich breads)
bun
rowdy or quiet camp songs?
Rowdy songs
Camper who asks a million quesitons or the camper who refuses to participate?
A MILLION questions, no doubt.
Water Slide or Slip and Slide?
water slid
dance shoes or barefeet?
not - burn so avoid the sun
when you need to study does housework become more appealing or not?
If it pertains to a study place - otherwise I'm just on Facebook or watching sitcom reruns
Check PostSecret.com weekly or not? (you should probably do that.. just sayin)
never been on the site! so Not!
wash or dry dishes?
dry
hot chocolate on a cold day or ice tea on a warm one?
hot choc
hot choc with caramel syrup or marshmallows?
Marshmallows.
Sweet Tea or Unsweet?
- Teenster
neither - but i dont put sugar in my hot chocolate
Pride and Prejudice or sense and sensibility?
Sense and Sensibility.
Although Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was better than Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.
Regular old elmer's white glue, or tacky glue?
tacky glue
what on earth are: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.
MSN or yahoo messenger?
Yahoo...
PPZ and SSSM are two books you will find at any book stores. They took Jane Austen's exact wording and added in more words to make Elizabeth Bennet and her family a Zombie hunter and to make the place where the Dashwoods live into a series of small islands with a sea monster problem.
HYSTERICAL!
Keira Knightly Pride and Prejudice (Major Movie) or Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice (A&E special)?
I might have to see if I can get hold them!
I am assuming by Colin Firth you mean the BBC version - or is another adaptation with Colin Firth
I dont like the Keira Knightly adapation - and the only other adaptation I know is the BBC one I will go for that one.
Janye Eyre or Mansfield Park?
Mansfield park
Yeah everyone calls it the BBC version but it was actually an A&E mini series, the BBC version was taped in the late 70s I think. Personally I like both in their own right
Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life
Its a wonderful life (one of the few movies that makes me cry!)
The BBC version was filled in the 80s
and I love it!
muppet christmas carol or the animated one that came out not long after it?
Muppet Christmas Carol
Wait... I don't know if I was clear, the Colin Firth one, at least in America, isn't actually the BBC one as it aired on A&E and is sold by A&E with A&E packaging... is that the one you're talking about?
Muppet Christmas Carol or Muppet Treasure Island
I got that - I mean that BBC one was filmed in the 80s not the 70s was all - I have seen the A&E version - we dont get it over here!
Muppet Christmas carol
Muppets in Space or the Muppets Wizard of OZ (or whatever they called it!)
Wizard of Oz
Ok just checking lol, from the front of the box it really looks very 70's
Wicked or Wizard of Oz
Wicked - seen it for the first time last week it is amazing!
(it does look very 70s - I think it was early 80s like 1980 or 81 or 82 cos it celebrated its 25th aniversary a couple of years ago - so still would have had the influences of the late 70s - still the best adaptation I have seen!)
any traditional adaptation of P&P or the bollywood adaptation Bride and Prejudice?
traditional
sailing or surfing?
surfing - cos i have done that and it is soooooo much fun and i have never really sailed.
would you rather write a reflective or research based essay?
reflective...
and just because I want to weight in Bride and Prejudice is one of my favorite movies
I love it!!
New fangled adaptations of classics (Alice, Tin Man, Wicked, Lost in Austen) or the classics themselves?
The orginal classics - althought I do love wicked!
(you wanna write my reflective essay for me?)
Glee - love it or hate?
Love it - it's my guilty pleasure.
rather sing or dance?
Sing - I love singing!
musicals or opera?
Musicals - Opera is just too intense for me.
doodle on a blank piece of paper or color in a coloring book?
COLOR!!
Crayons or Markers
that really depends on my mood but will go for crayons cos they are more versatile!
Xmen or fantastic 4?
Xmen by a long shot.
batman or superman?
superman
would you rather be tooo tired or really hyper?
really hyper
energy drinks or coffee/tea for fast energy?
Coffee! Though, I would prefer a Dr. Pepper, if it's avaliable.
An action packed pre-camp with lots of meetings and activities and few breaks and nights off, or a laid back pre-camp, with lots of breaks and chances to get to know other staff on your own time?
- Teenster
Agreed, Teenster - Dr. Pepper is fantastic.
Action-packed with a few nights off
mostly new staff or mostly returning staff?
somewhere in between - the experience of returning staff can be invaluable but if you have too few they tend to stick together.
ice in your water bottle or not?
nah, wouldn't keep it cold very long anyhow.
electricity in cabins or no?
for staff yeah but not for kids
staff in the same sleeping area as the campers or in their own room/cabin?
same area
hand or wheel ceramics?
hand
making sun catchers or dream catchers?
dream catchers
divide coed camp by age or sex for evening activities?
thermarest
lice or bed bugs?
shower gel (although after my 2 camps this year i was tempted to reply with "shower? whats that?")
Camp - with too much rain or too much sun?
Oh that is a difficult one Im going to go for too much rain because at least you can stay in doors and play games etc indoor camp fire to much sun no fires alowed and also lots kids getting sick from dehydration - they never drink enough no matter how much you nag also im scottish so burn easily too much sun not good.
fleece or Hoodie?
hoodie
would you rather pitch/strike a tent in the pouring rain or a REALLY strong wind
pitch tent in wind nothing worst than getting wet and not being able to dry off
mummy sleeping bag or rectangle end sleeping bag
Mummy Bag - although i quite fancy one of those new egg shaped bags
(I agree with not being able to get warm/dry although last week we were striking a tent and wind was soooo strong I though the tent was gonna take off with me holding on!)
CSI or Law and Order?
csi but csi new york not vegas or miami
i need to check out thoose egg bags not seen them before i came acroos this tho thought cool not sue how sleep in it tho
http://www.lazyboneuk.com/products/SelkBag.htmlsports socks or trainer socks
I went narrow boating with a fellow guider who had one! it looked really comfy to sleep in. Although i totally love my new sleeping bag
NO Socks - I dont do socks
phfish food or rocky road ice cream?
ahhhh I do socks a lot I think Im a centapied with the number i have
phish food i like the fis shapes( god im so immature) i prefer the white choc version tho( baked Alaska) with the polar bears
swimming- brest stroke or frount crawl?
Brest stroke
(I have lots of socks too even though I hardly wear them
have you tried baked alaska and phish food together - the B&Js stall in the Buchanan Galleries do it - it is the best of both worlds!)
ice cream or frozen yogurt?
frozen yougurt got some random childhood memories of it - more difficult to get in UK tho
Oh Im home nxt weekend may just need to go to buchanan gallaries
strawberry or choclate sauce for ice cream?
Chocolate!
Ice Cream or Water Ice?
- Teenster
Water ice but only when Im on days out and places have proper machines to make it if im at home ice cream
white or milk choc chip cookies
milk choc chip
toffee or fudge?
toffee
ever get sick of smores or no?
I don't really get sick of smores... I like to change it up. I will put a Peanut Butter Cup for the chocolate or even a Snickers bar. Or, I'll use a cinnamon sugar gram-cracker with the marshmallow, but no chocolate. I like to mix it up.
Should campers be allowed to get soda during the day or not?
- Teenster
not!
would you rather have an accident at camp or be ill at camp?
ill - sometimes the break is good, and an accident scares me, especially if it involves the kids!
sleep out in a tree house or cave?
tree house I think!
your on a 4 day trip off camp - would you rather loose your glasses or your toothbrush?
Toothbrush! I'm pretty much blind without glasses/contacts. Besides, you can always use a little bit of toothpaste on your finger.
Over night hiking or canoeing trip?
- Teenster
canoeing trip
would you rather fall out your canoe and lose a shoe or you water bottle?
Good one... I guess it would depend on the pair of shoes. Though I go bare foot in a canoe if I can help it.
Though if it were my only pair of shoes... I guess I'll go with water bottle, I'm cool with sharing.
Would you rather lose your water bottle or flashlight?
- Teenster
my flashlight - but another toughy - I have very good night vision (especially considering my sight problems it is better than most peoples who have "normal" vision) but I tend to get very dehydrated!
would you rather have a nalgene bottle or a good quality day bag with your camp logo on it?
Even though at my current camp I don't carry a lot of stuff around (when I worked GS, I was lost without my back pack), I would go with the day bag. I think I would just have more use for it. Getting a nice Nalgene is cool, but I'm thinking practical. LOL.
Would you prefer getting a signing bonus gift (camp hoodie or camp sweat-pants) or a signing bonus that's money?
FYI: My camp is debating between the two right now. We have gotten gifts (pieces of uniform) in the past.
- Teenster
A Hoodie (if not a hoodie then money!)
secret buddy gifts - should the gift you give at the reveal be hand made or bought
(the last 2 camps I worked at one had a rule that it had to be handmade and the other didnt!)
white or black?
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secret buddy gifts - should the gift you give at the reveal be hand made or bought?
handmade... however my camp doesn't have a camp store like I think some others do.
Would you rather be an Activity Counselor or Bunk Counselor?
now I would say activity
bunk beds or single beds?
bunk beds.
hammock or lounge/beach chair?
beach chair
tevab flip flops or croc flip flops?
I would go with Tevas. I have a pair of both, and I almost always grab the Tevas.
Cell phone or lap top?
- Teenster
(I prefer my teva ones too
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lap top - I hate my cell phone (well I love the phone but I also love being without it!)
rainy day activity - stick on a video or make gods eyes and warm fuzzies?
Rather play dodgeball but I'll Stick on a video
A lazy co-counselor or 3 lazy campers in your bunk
Lazy co - at I find that easy to work around!
completely seperate staff living area (e.g seperate tent/cabin or room within a larger cabin) or staff sleeping in the same area as the campers?
Completly seperate sleeping area!
Snail mail or email ( when you are home from camp!)?
I actually like e-mail a bit better because I can respond right away. It is also easier to send pictures and so on. Though, I do enjoy getting the occasional letter.
Sleeping during a cool night at camp, or a hot one?
- Teenster
Cool at least you can have extra blankets
Seperate staff kitchen for use during time off or staff fridge in main kitchen?
staff fridge in main kitchen, though I'm probably headed out for a restaruant anyhow.
provide internet access for staff or no?
yes - internet access for staff.
Wicked or Glee
Wicked! I LOVE it!
thunder or lightening?
Lightening for sure
Log Cabin no electricity or Wall Tent with extension cord
HAHAHA this is my old username. "Ave" but now i finally have a camp name now its Pepsi! wow. that was ike 2 years ago when i was still a CIT!!
phone
computer or laptop
lappy
traditional paper books or ebooks/ereader?
paper books I like the feel of having a real book in my hands
DVD or Blueray
DVD.
lemonade or fruit punch?
lemonade
having a co-counsellor with epilespy or problems with bed wetting (I have that!)
bed wetting but only if they clean up after themselves
Waterfront camp or adventure based camp?
waterfront
you have 30mins to fill - do you give your campers extra me time or take them to the meadow/field and play games?
more "me" time
it's your day off, and a camper's birthday from your cabin/tent/group - do you go off camp or stay behind to celebrate the birthday?
Stay for a bit and then maybe go out later in the day!
have a camper council to help plan all camp activities or leave it to the ad staff?