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Clearly things have gone a little haywire. My previous website host deleted my account with no warning and didn't respond to emails. I let Locodanny.com lapse for a few months, but now I'm back. The last time I backed up the site was in 2005, so here we are, now 5 years in the past. I'll do my best to get some new stuff up soon. In the meantime, enjoy 2005 (and happy 2010)!

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Friday September 23rd, 2005 1:38 am

You know you've neglected your webpage when your grandma tells you to update... hi grandma!

Lots to talk about, so I'll get right down to it. First, the promised camp part 2. Forgot where I left off. I'll assume visiting day-ish. Or post Lake George. So we get back from Lake George. The summer continues, amazing as usual. Visiting Day comes and goes, and I fall asleep for over an hour on the blanket ... sorry guys! I couldn't keep my eyes open and was probably a bad host for Visiting Day. Two new campers come in, several people switch bunks (ah - politics and parents!), and we're set for the second half. The second half ran smoothly. Great Adventure was a blast, even if I did only go on two rides, and chickened out after waiting on the Batman ride for over an hour. At least the kids I was with went on it - so it wasn't all a waste! Ended up pretty much leading that trip with Jackie, since Evan didn't hang around, which was fun. (Nothing against Evan, of course, but I like being in charge!) Also found a $10 on the ground in the parking lot, so a positive day all around. The drive to Great Adventure brought a crazy bus driver who loved talking to me and a lot of traffic. The result? The bus driver threatening the kids that he'd turn around if they didn't sit down, and me giving every kid on Bus 1 a ridiculous nickname. Good times.
Great Adventure ends, divisional olympics break out the same night. And there's a canoe trip. And a million other things. Let's just say that my counselors got tapped after midnight that night. So instead of trying to salvage the night, we just all went to Sonnys and had a good time hanging out. Was a good bonding session with the guys. Divisionals flew by (thank god), as did real Olympics. Some key people got leader that I was very happy about - the guys I had influence, but the girls I didn't, and I was happy with all choices. Good deal all around. And like that, it was over. Camp ended.
Some important people to mention (some have already been mentioned):
Jackie, already mentioned.
Vicki - who I've known for such a long time, but grew closer than ever with this summer. I could have asked for nothing better than walking with you after ON - our bitching sessions were needed and necessary, and you're a great outlet to talk to and get responses that are thought out and appreciated. So thank you, once again, not that you read this. Camp wouldn't be camp without you... ever.
Norm - another great summer, much in part to you. A hard one, for sure, but you helped us all pull through and led us wonderfully, as usual.
Ricky - the one who might actually read this. You hated me for unknown reasons until we started talking last summer, and since then we've grown close. I consider you a close friend, and enjoy the bitching, the arguments, and the laughs. You're another one that makes camp what it is. You'll be back next summer... you have to be.
Others who I'm forgetting, I'm not forgetting you - I just have a lot more to write about... so moving on.

Emmy Madness
Last Sunday were the Emmys. They're held at the Shrine Auditorium, which happens to be sandwhiched between the USC campus an the Robert Zemeckis center, a USC film building where I edit my student films. I had to edit Sunday. The streets were all closed, so I thought walking would be better than driving to Zemeckis. A good choice. First, I'm diverted (walking) several blocks, adding at least half a mile to the walk. I finally make it to be around the corner from the building, where there's a police barricade and about 20 cops. I say I have to go edit, they check my USC ID, then say someone will escort me in a few minutes... there were 20 of them standing right there! 10 minutes later, a different cop comes and escorts me, the entire time grilling me on what project I'm doing and when it's due. Then I'm patted down, passed through a metal detector, and have my ID checked agian before finally getting inside. A hassle! Coming out, luckily, wasn't as big a deal. All that, and I didn't even get to see the Emmys!

Hollywood Bowl
Heather invited me to the Hollywood Bowl with her and a few others for Sunday night. We went, and I had a great time. John Marusci and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performed along with a Russian dancing company, and fireworks. A lot of fun, and a good time picnicing. And a midget russian did an act where he had on a costume that made him look like 2 people. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Internship
The internship at Jerry Weintraub Productions continues going well. Next week is the first BBQ, so I'm going in Friday as well as Thursday, and hopefully will be meeting a lot of industry people. The office is great - nice office and nice people. Was there today and did a whole lot of research and copying. Last week, after work, one of the assistants brought me with her to a Corpse Bride screening on the lot - was a lot of fun and cool to go into one of the screening rooms. A good time, and hopefully more to come!

That's all, folks. A good update for now, I think.

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