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Spring Conference Baton Rouge

(transcribed 7:29pm CST Saturday 25 January 2003)

10:40 Wednesday the 29 of April, 1987.

The Rally was awesome. Cheri had fun. I am glad. Debbie Wagner went with me and mom there. When we got to the hotel, no youth were around. They had gone to the youth hopitality houses. Debbie found Rusty Cockrell's room. (he is sort of out of the teen group) We talked some and then Cheri & Emily came. We talked and then me, Debbie, Em and Cheri went to the girls' hospitality house. There was no youth there, either. Finally someone came. David Garvoille, Deborah Dixon, Gail Kean. Then the rest came who had already gotten there and gone on a walk. Ginnie Kilgore, Alisa Velonis, Mike Alves, Shawn McDaniel, and some new people. Bryn, Katie, Janine, and some guys. We talked till about 12:00. Then the guys went to our house. We were up until about 2. I slept on the floor. Woke up at about 7:30. Took a shower, ate, and we left for the hotel. Ginnie did a workshop: 1/2 of the group asks questions, and other 1/2 answers. Then we went out by the pool. Only me, Alva, and Ginnie swam. I found out that lemon peel tastes rather sweet after eating a lemon. [From my memory as I transcribe my own entry: this is the time that Ginnie was rubbing lemon juice on her leg hairs to bleach them. "Turn blonde, you fuckers!" So funny!] Then we had lunch. Then we all went for a walk. All 20 or so of us jaywalked a busy street. That was funny. We just took our time. Sorta bee-boppin' across- just jammin'. We went to a miniature shopping mall. We went into Photon. That has to be the biggest rippoff. There was no way we were going to play. There was a meeting going on when we came back. I sat by Emily, Cheri, Ginnie, & Christina. The meeting was very boring. David Garvoille had some fizzy pop things. When you put them in your mouth, they pop like rice krispies. Ginnie put a ton of them in her mouth and I could easily hear her. Then the speaker up front said something incredibly dumb. Everyone started cracking up and I thought that would be a good time to tell Ginnie that she sounded like a bowl of rice krispies. I turned around and they both (Christina and Ginnie) started totally cracking up. Later they said I had the funniest look that said "why did she say that?" Whatever. The three of us left after that. We had to go to the YAC meeting. Before that Ginnie went to change her clothes. I went with her. She didn't have a key to the room they were in. So she called a janitor who happened to be on the floor. He opened the door for us with no question. We could have done it for any room at all. Talk about loose security! Then we went to the YAC meeting. We voted on how YRUU would spend money this year. We also decided the fate of people who do drugs or alcohol at rallies. On the first offense, they are sent home, and suspended from rallies for a year. On the second time, they are sent home and will never come to another rally. Ginnie was telling us about some cases of drugs from Dallas and drinking at SWUUSI. The whole time she was saying no names, no names. The reason being that she was one of the people who drank at SWUUSI. I hope she doesn't get caught. We also voted on people to be on the YAC committee. I was nominated, and gave my little speech, which Ginnie liked, but I didn't make it. I was surprised, but not too upset. Then we got ready for the river cruise. I almost went with someone that I don't know if I could strust to keep out of trouble. It was probably going to be daring for me. But, I ended up not going with her. I went instead with another guy and a whole bunch of girls. We went in a van. He sat in front. Wow. I messed around the whole way up there. I'm going to make this short. I am a week behind in this. We went on the boat ride and I ended up with Bryn Watkins. We went back to the guys' hosue. All of the teens. Then Me, Bryn, and 3 other people went to get movies. I sat in the back and Bryn lay back on me. We got The Fly, Eddie Murphy - Delerious, and The Terminator. Either The Fly or Eddie Murphy was best. Terminator was just sensless killing. Bryn was right beside me through all 3. The Fly was not as incredibly gross as I had heard. Some parts were pretty funny. After the movies, the girls left. I stayed up with Shawn McDaniel until about 4:30. We told jokes and he signed my tie dye shirt. He told me these Jokes: Koosh, Thank God, Don't Do it Again, and some Nun jokes. I told him: Pink Gorilla, Ping Pong Balls, Frayed Not, Unitarians, Only ones here. I woke up at about 7:50, took a shower, and we left for the hotel. We went to the sanctuary and got some pictures. We went outside for closing circle. We took pictures and sang. (I need to write some of the songs down). We went to the sermon. The guy up front said he had a story and any kids could come up if we wanted. All of us went up there. After the sermon, we packed, hugged, kissed, got/gave addresses, hugged, kissed, took pictures then we left. I kissed Bryn last. That was the first time I kissed her. I doubt we will do anything. We saw Janine and Katie on the way home. We ate in Lafayette together. That was nice. Janine has beautiful eyes. Katie was looking pretty, too. They both have great smiles. And that was my Baton Rouge Rally. It was great.