Nothing like a good chuckle on a Sunday

[judecorp]

Several years ago, I was a Group Leader at Philmont Training Center, a section of Philmont Scout Ranch, the high adventure Boy Scout camp in Cimarron, NM. It's a beautiful place, awe-inspiring, and well, it was before the Boy Scouts decided to go to court to exclude people. Sadly, I will never work there again. But what can you do?

But that's not the funny part. You see, there are still some of my campers that, on occasion, keep in touch with me. One girl in particular, a lovely young LDS (Mormon) woman who was in a group with me and Stinky B in 1998, emails me along with a whole list of people whenever big news happens in her life.

She is apparently getting married, which is good. I believe she's 20 or 21 years old, which, in some circles, has her late to the temple, but she's happy, and that's great. I had emailed her back after her last email that "since A. and I broke up" (she knew about that already, I'd emailed her in the summer) "I'd had several tantalizing offers." She writes back:

so tell me about all these boys that want to date you? i can understand why, you are a hot girl! :)

I think I will start out by writing about the boy named Kung Foo Girl. Or the boy named Princess. Or the boy named Magpie. I can hardly wait to send this email out. I want it to be absolutely perfect! :)

Comments

[solcita.livejournal.com]

Unless you're sure this lovely young girl is open-minded enough to accept it, you may want to prepare for the possibility of losing contact with her. Unfortunately, many young LDS people that I know personally (including my two younger sisters) would be freaked out enough to run the other way and cut off all contact at things like that.

I detest close-mindedness, personally. Living in Utah, I was exposed to a great deal of it, though...

A former roommate of mine was all excited about this new guy I was interested in (who is now my much-adored husband) until she found out that he was pagan, and then it was all "you don't want to get mixed up with those kind of people" and "he's not good for you, you should find someone else to date".

And you should have HEARD the ruckus between my mother and I the first time I came home with a henna on my ankle! Oy!

Anyway. =) Not to rain on your parade, but I hope your friend is openminded. Luckily there ARE a few LDS people out there who can accept differences in others.. =)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, hon. I'm more than willing to and understand the consequences of my next correspondence. Thanks for the assistance, though, but I'm well-aware of her most likely reaction.

I don't lie, though. And I have absolutely no shame. :)

[solcita.livejournal.com]

I kinda figured you would be, but thought I'd say something just in case. =)

And good for you! Having no shame can be fun. ;)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I'm a firm believer that a person should live his/her life shamelessly. After all, if you're going to be ashamed of what you're doing, you probably shouldn't be doing it.

But that's enough preaching for me for one day. :)

[kungfoogirl.livejournal.com]

You're listening to the Furs.

And that's my fav. song, too. =)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I love the Furs so much. SO MUCH.

My favorite songs are "Heaven" and "The Ghost In You." Probably 'Ghost' if I had to choose.

[kungfoogirl.livejournal.com]

Heartbreak Beat is really good.

And of course, I've loved Pretty In Pink forever.

[mightywombat.livejournal.com]

Smurfette, you are unmitigated, unadulterated evil for taking advantage of this poor young mormon girl's nautral assumptions for your own personal enjoyment...

Let me know how it comes out! ;->

Hee!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Wombat. I'll keep you posted.

Besides, education is /never/ evil. Even if her parents would disagree with me. Besides, I'm in a good position to do some good here. This girl obviously likes me enough to have kept up a relationship with me for 3.5 years. If she has to come face to face with queerness, I'm in a good place to do that.