Today we woke up at 6 am to eat breakfast and meet in our groups. It was overcast and sprinkling rain. Everyone went to the main building to see a presentation on safety, fuel reduction teams and general "what's going on" type stuff.
On safety: Tip of the day- If you are female, don't walk around in skimpy clothing as you may be solicited for sex, or pandered to by a pimp. If you are a male, don't solicit sex from a prostitute (apparently a certain area of town is like the mecca for all the prostitutes in the region) as she might be an undercover cop.
I think I might join a fuel reduction team, it's not what it sounds like. It isn't the team that walks everywhere like I suspected. "Fuel Reduction" means fire fuel reduction. It's the team that spends a majority of their time in the mountains of various areas clearing brush, setting up controlled burns, and gets certified in Fire Fighting 2 and chainsaw operation. It is apparently extremely physically demanding, and you spend most of your time in the wilderness, burning stuff and theoretically saving lives pre-disaster situation. It's also the team that responds to wildfires and other fire-related disasters. Let me know if you think I should do it by answering the poll to the right.
I'm also setting up a 3v3 soccer tournament for our day off next week. I'll keep you updated as it progresses.
-J
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Ha! A couple days there and you are already setting up soccer games. You are awesome...like this blog. you better write in it often.
ReplyDeleteWhere exactly are you? I might be coming to California in December to hang out with Rachel's brother in LA...perhaps we can hook up.
-Timo
Oh and the fire thing sounds sweet. What are the other teams?
ReplyDeleteSacramento: state capitol of homeless hookers and window-climbing shower-seeking zombie-like hobos. AND... you're planning to become a chainsaw-weilding smoke inhaler while playing with fire in the bone-dry California mountains living off the land in a pup tent for a year. Hmmmmm..... I'm glad you arrived safely in Sacramento, I think.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the other choices?
Dad
haha Tyler wants to hook up with you.
ReplyDeleteThe other choice is just basically the normal team that does various activities around the area. They might include anything from trail building to tutoring kids. The good thing about the other team is that you get to see a variety of places and activities. But I joined the program to push myself and be outdoors "roughing it", so I'm more interested in that. I'll let you know what happens. I think I'll let fate decide, if I make it, I'll be excited, if not, I'll also be excited.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't join the fire team, you might have to brush hobo and prostitute hair...
ReplyDeleteI say try to join whichever team sounds like the best fit for you, but damnit Joey, don't get caught in a wildfire. I don't want to have to show up to save you, revealing to everyone that I'm actually a superhero, come on, you're going to compromise my secret identity! Although I kind of like what the last person said aboiut brushing hobo/prostitute hair, that sounds like fun...
ReplyDelete-Little Brother