Leaving home for a six-month exchange was the scariest thing I’ve ever done. Here are my last few days in Adelaide
I’ve started a little travel blog for my semester abroad where I hope to post some videos and some written pieces as well. If you’d like to check it out, give it a follow!
postcards say IM HERE. IM HERE AND I LOVE YOU. IN THIS SPACE AND TIME AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU ARE. THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN THOSE SPACES THAT CONNECTS US AND ITS FULL OF LOVE. I’LL MEET YOU THERE.
My method of getting kids not to swear at camp was just to appeal to their sense of fairness.
Child: “Fuck!”
Me: “Hey! I’m not allowed to swear in front of you guys. It’s not fair if you swear in front of me, is it?”
Child: “I guess not… sorry…”
Sometimes I’d work with teenagers and facilitate activities like giant swing or zipline, which involve full-body harnesses that get Wildly Uncomfortable in the crotch areas. The younger kids didn’t mind it, but those burdened by more of the wonderful gifts of puberty had some things to complain about.
And complain they would! I think 15 year old boys are contractually obligated to shout “THIS HURTS MY BALLS!” at the top of their lungs every time they’re in a harness. To combat this, I’d warn them about the pain ahead of time and tell them that if they need to come down, I’ll help them down immediately. “However, I don’t get paid enough to listen to teenagers scream about their genitals for an hour. If you have to scream, we’re gonna call them ‘your honor’, okay?”
Teenagers screaming “OH NO! MY HONOR!” while swinging through the canopy? Hilarious.
Who knew one could be nostalgic for this? I sure am.
u kno u can like… hold corporations accountable for waste and criticize movements about fuckin straws or whatever but like. also still take steps to lower ur own carbon footprint bc an entire lifetime of plastic waste more well-managed is still productive. like yeah no one can say that you personally made shit as drastic as it is now, thats on corporations, and we need to end them, but also laughing off attempts to promote more ecologically friendly choices in individuals is still an asshole move
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