Saturday, June 5, 2010

Camp Champ: 6th grade camp with Cesar Chavez Elementary

Last month I was approached by Bro. Hernandez to help with 6th grade camp... as pots and pans washer. Now most of you know that I wash pots and pans at Donkey Rock with our church camp. That was why he approached me... He knew I'm not too bright and proved it when I said I would go! Haha, humor aside, I did have a lot of fun and it was a good time. He also had me create a design for Camp Champ and I'm kind of proud of it. It was a flow of creative energy that brought it about and it wasn't as hard as I thought it might be. Starting from scratch on a design in which your only requirements are have it say "Camp Champ" and that's it isn't very easy. (Thank you Mr. Hernandez) It was disconcerting, since it was a public school everyone called him Mr. Hernandez and when I referred to him I kept accidentally calling him Bro. Hernandez. *facepalm*

Since you're just blurring through the words... here are some pictures!
Here is the design
The sketch I made when the idea hit me

Those of you wondering whats wrong with the picture... That's snow on the ground. It was gone by friday but it was there. Not something we're used to seeing, eh? The kids probably wouldn't have known what the frozen white stuff was unless we told them. 


I made this picture large so you could really see it. The waterfall was just a crashing down, I could feel the mist from the distance I was at. It was beautiful!
Look! Rainbow! also, you can get an idea how far away I was. I was standing on a ledge that you can see in the bottom right corner. The mist was spraying that far. 
Same picture, but its with a lomography filter. If you don't know what that is, lomography is a style of photography... Ill make a post some time about it.
The view from the Point... I know this is a common enough view for you Donkey Rock Veterans, but for those who haven't seen: here you go! 


This is proof that Hernandez does actually sleep at camp... 
View from the dock. I hope you enjoy the pics. CAMP IS COMING SOON!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

John...
You REALLY need to get a life haha :) These pictures make me not want to go to the camp haha(except for the waterfall...that looks so beautiful :) )

The Girl who rejected you (haha),
Eliana

John said...

Hey! I do too have a life! Sometimes... WHO ASKED YOU ANYWAYS! haha, I can't believe you would continue to remind me of that hurtful wound you tore in my heart. Now I'll never find anyone after such a resounding rejection by you. [read: sarcasm]
Anywho, if you don't want to go to camp then really... There's something wrong. (Aside from the obvious that is. haha)

Anonymous said...

Yes...I have to agree. You will NEVER find another girl like me. Too bad I rejected you. *I hope that was another tear in your heart :)* If I go to camp will you promise to like not go near me?? This is your first time right?
Your very unique cool "friend",
Eliana

John said...

To be honest, I think it's a good thing there's no one like you... They should have stopped before you. I understand that God must have put you on this earth to try my spirit. Isn't that what demons are for? To test us?

This will be my first time at Ventura camp, and so I will endeavor to stay as far away from the uncool crowd (that's you!) as possible. Please don't come near me in an effort to raise your social status. It won't work and people will just think you're trying to hard to be cool like me :)

Anonymous said...

Yes...demons are down on Earth to try us. Why don't you go back where you belong? It takes one to know one. (And no, that is so not third grade).

And by the way, my social status is so high it does not to be raised any more, nor would I go near you anyways unless I needed to be near some trash (which is obviously never). :) Got it? Good.
What you got to say now huh?? haha

Six more days until your doom.

Marc Adrian Smith said...
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Marc Adrian Smith said...

Sounds to me as if someone is extremely jealous of you, John. Anyway, those are some great pictures.