My Dramatic Teenage Camping Experience itselegantg@gmail.com It all started after everyone got off of the bus and everyone was being assigned cabins. Montana; a 13- year-old camper, convinced Maisha, a 12-year-old girl, to tell everyone that she was 13 just so she and Montana could both be in a Thunder Bird cabin (cabins for the eldest girls of the camp) and have the same activities together. Surprisingly Maisha managed to soundly persuasum (latin for convince) the counselors that she was 13. At this camp, each Tribe (Cabin) has a name: Thunder Birds, MMEs (Medicine Man's Eye), Sunkids, e.t.c And each Cabin has 3-4 Clans (sub-cabins). The Thunder Birds have 3 clans; The Cherokees, The Algonquins, and the Apaches. In the Cherokees, you have Christina, Jordan, Keyarie, Pamela, Taylor, and myself. The Algonquins consist of Alica, Iris, Jessica, Jocelyn, Maisha, and Montana. And finally, in the Apaches, are Abbi, Maddie, Mckayla, Tiana, Regan, Rachel, and Xamida. Later that afternoon, after cabins were assigned, the Thunder Bird counselors took the Thunder Birds on a tour of the whole camp. During this tour, I began walking with Montana, who I had just met.
As we walked, she said to me, unfeignedly, Hi I'm Montana. What's your name? We're gonna be best friends. My name is Elegant, nice to meet you, Montana, said I. My first impression of Montana was that of an amiable, ardent, boisterous, candid, and fervent teenage girl. But that image was quickly obtenebricatus (latin for darkened) when I become conscious of her true person. Montana and I spent the remainder of the duration of that day walking alone through the camp and getting to know each other more. Having said that, Montana and I stopped hanging out with each other after Day 2 and both found ourselves either a few friends or a group of friends to hang out with. My group of friends were Alica, Iris, Jessica, and Jocelyn. And Montana's friends were Taylor and Keyarie. For the first day of camp, everyone had the best of fun with each other, behaved so jovial, and everything was absolutely merrily. Having said that, little did we know in our midst of merriment, dark clouds were on the horizon. Those clouds first began to emerge on Day 3 and consisted primarily of very heated arguments and conflicts sparked between Montana and Maisha. They were so dark and enormous and had such large impact. So much so that its presence prevented us innocent bystanders from enjoying the rest of our once thrilling camping experience.
One incident the clouds sparked was the thorough talk the counselors gave us on Day 5 about how everyone can choose what and what not they want to wear. The talk was primarily directed towards Maisha and her negative comments. It began when I decided to wear roll-up shorts that I would consider short (they had 3 inch inseams) for the first time. Preceding that day, I only wore fitted denim capris that were no longer than to slightly cover my knees. Immediately after I stepped out of my cabin now wearing shorts, and joined the rest of my tribe everyone noticed my new attire and informed me of how magnificent and elegant I looked. One of the first to mention how I looked was Maisha. As soon as she gained sight of me she told me, Elegant, do you not like showing your legs or something? To which my reply was, Not really. Wow, you should show them more often because you have some nice long runway model limbs and body. I thanked her. And despite the fact that she just stated the truth when she complimented me, coupled with the fact that I am used to being bombarded with compliments about my feminine, slender, runway model figure, her compliment still gave much such euphoria. The major event that triggered the talk occurred just a day prior. It was the day that the Thunder Birds were working on their group dance routines that would be featured in the camp s talent showing on Day 7. As Montana and Taylor, who were wearing fitted very short shorts and short crop tops, were about to go and practice our group dance on stage, Maisha, who had just been giving them dirty looks just moments before, grimaced and tells them, You shouldn t be wearing clothes that show so much of your skin because you re not skinny. You re being a bad example for the Sunkids.
Montana and Taylor were had an on-and-off but mostly on best friendship at camp. I personally do not and will never use turpis (latin meaning foul) language at all. But just for the sake of this essay I will just state what was said between Taylor and Montana. Montana once secretly called Taylor a sl** and Taylor called her a whole* so that ended their friendship for the shocking period of ½ a day!!! At the end of that ½ a day Montana went up to Taylor and asked her if they could be friends again, but she never admitted that she called Taylor what she called her (even though I heard her say it with my own sensitive ears). Obviously Taylor, being who she is, just accept Montana back. A key thing to remember about being Montana s friend is that she is the type of person to be best friends with someone one moment and then enemies with them the next over nothing!!! My time at camp was amazing and I had the opportunity to make 3 super close friends that I am still friends with to this day. After Camp was over and I was talking to Montana, she told me, I wish Maisha wasn t in Thunder Birds cause if she wasn t then there wouldn t have been drama. What Montana fails to realize is that the drama may not have even happened if she hadn t told Maisha to lie in order to get into Thunder Birds. But that s what you get for trying to cheat. Having said that, Montana is the type of person that is so combative and argumentative that she could start a conflict with anyone for no go.
I would advise Montana to stop blaming Maisha for causing all of the drama that occurred during our time spent together during camp because whether she likes it or not Montana caused a lot of the drama that happened as well, so they both had their parts. In conclusion, despite all of the drama, if I could sum up my camping experience there in just 3 words they would be the words of Julius Caesar after he had achieved a quick victory in his short war against Pharnaces II of Pontus he after he had achieved a quick victory in his short war against at the Battle of Zela. in 47 B.C: Veni, vedi, vici (latin meaning I came, I saw, I conquered ).