Tales of p2p

Here's a list of some of the infamous songs that I'll never forget because of the trip:

Jack Johnson's album In Between Dreams (Never Know was our good morning song that we played every morning)

Right Round- Flo Rida

Fire Burning- Sean Kingston

Boom Boom Pow- Black Eyed Peas

I'm on a Boat- The Lonely Island (this happened several times due to overnight ferry rides)

Baby Got Back- Sir Mix A Lot

I Love College- Asher Roth

La Bomba- King Africa (we learned an Italian dance to this song <3)

Chica- Culcha Candela

Big City Life- Mattafix

And a song about African children crying no more and dynamo and a better tomorrow that none of us could find haha

We played lots of dance music on the bus and in the clubs on the ferries.

No one used the club on the first ferry ride because it was empty. On the second ferry ride me, Kelsey and Francie were being teenage girls and dancing with each other instead of with the guys because they weren't doing much of anything (even though all but two of them were present). It was about 15 minutes before bed checks and Boom Boom Pow came on. Travis was doing some funny dance move during the beginning so we were like "YES they're not just standing there". Then Right Round came on and they were loosening up. We were excited, we were going to make the most of the time before bed checks when suddenly they all froze. The girls and I looked behind them to see Jim LaPlante (aka the leaf) standing there, grinning like he had just fulfilled a certain manly want of his. We screamed and bolted in the opposite direction. We didn't want a creeper like him seeing a bunch of girls grinding on each other. After we were down a few floors from the club we stopped to catch our breath. Jim Sobanik bubonic jump up on it electronic jumped down the stairs and informed us that the leaf was pissed. We walked him to his room, so that he wouldn't get caught being alone (a major no no in the p2p protocol), and then found Travis, who told us the same thing in a much funnier, more animated way. Then as we were talking to him the leaf appeared at the top of the stairs. He crept by us while laughing sketchily as we tried to avoid eye contact with him. We failed dismally at pretending to be highly interested in the large mirror that covered the wall. It was incredibly awkward. We ran back to our rooms, completely traumatized. Then I traded that story with Hannah for the one where Sweet Pete punched Klebage in the face.

I might as well explain that one.

For future reference Hudson's last name is Klebs, pronounced just like it looks. That didn't last very long, and people started saying Kleebs. This soon turned into Klebage. Peter's name is Sweet Pete, but that doesn't really have much of a story. It just rhymed.

Klebage is pretty chill but can be really awkward. He reminds me somewhat of Shawn Callahan. It's hard to be around him for more than a couple of minutes before the conversation is strained and awful. He can be nice, though. He was usually the one to get my suitcase off the bus because I'm such a wimp. He can do this really cool trick to make cards disappear and oh my God it's awesome. Magic is so attractive.

Sweet Pete is pretty obnoxious and immature. He's also very materialistic. The only time I ever believe he acts his age is when he's talking about money or cars or weapons. (He burned down a forest and once we caught wind of this story labeled him as the group's pyromaniac. He bought several lighters and knives, which he collects, while we were over there.) I'm such a Debbie Downer, I need to be a Positive Polly. But really even after I told him I'm afraid of fire he continued to wave a lit lighter in front of my face until Travis told him to knock it off. I'm pretty sure Sweet Pete had a man crush on most of the guys on the trip, because he was always trying to impress them.

It was late, so I don't really remember a whole lot about the story. The gist of it was that Klebage turned off the light to go to sleep when Sweet Pete used his key to enter the room. Then he turned on the lights and went into the bathroom. Klebage turned off the lights again because he thought Sweet Pete had left and he was trying to get to sleep. Upon exiting the bathroom, Sweet Pete stumbled and got frustrated with Klebage, saying if the lights had been off he wouldn't have hurt himself. He then punched Klebage in the face and left the room, storming the halls of the ferry by himself. This explained why these two boys were the only ones not in the club at one point or another during the night. They're cool now, but Sweet Pete was wicked pissed before, which is really sad 'cause Klebage is pretty chill.

The cast of p2p

The trip was amazing. It's probably the best time I've had in my life. I met some wonderful people, got to see great things, it was a perfect chunk of my summer. Now that I'm back in the states there's a part of me that's a little under the weather (I forgot how cold Maine is), but I'm trying to stick some genuinely good advice.

Don't frown because it's over, smile because it happened. ~Dr. Seuss

It's going to take me forever to sort through all the pictures I took, so those will trickle onto facebook eventually. In the mean time you can correlate the few pics I've uploaded with the names I'll be mentioning.

One of the girls I got to know is named Sara. I love her, she's awesome, we even have a handshake. She's had such a rough past but she still smiles like youthful optimism. I find this very admirable. She lives in Cape Elizabeth, so that's not terribly far away. Hopefully I'll still be able to see her. I still miss her, of course. Why can't everybody who's wonderful just live in Kennebunk so I can see them whenever I want? How incredibly selfish of me to wish haha

Two girls I befriended, they're pretty much a pair, are Kelsey and Francie. They're great, and they live in Scarborough and Saco so I'll be able to chill with them. Lots of inside jokes started with us. I love them. Kelsey's a girly partyer and Francie's a tomboy, a perfect combination. Francie works at Funtown so whenever we go there we must look for her in the food stands. Kelsey used to work at Funtown too at the front gate. It's just a town of fun people! (that was some kind of pathetic play on words)

One of the guys I got close to is named Travis. We actually had deep one-on-one conversations with each other, and I can't say that about most people. We would sit next to each other against the hallway wall and as an emotional subject came up, he would put his arm around me when I cried. If someone walked by and interrupted us he would say "We're kind of talking here, so if you don't mind-" and politely give them their que to leave. It was really sweet. He wants to be a psychiatrist, so he likes talking intimately with people. We discussed lots of things like our pasts, his religion (I asked 'cause I didn't know anything about Mormonism), our families, I even told him I was bi. I was relieved to find out he's not against homosexuality like facebook told me he was. (just some pre-trip facebook stalking to find out who's too cool for school and who's lamer than Mondays) He lives almost 2 hours away, so I'm going to miss him a lot. He's probably one of the most caring, accepting persons I've ever met in my life. Plus he's absolutely hilarious.

Max is a funny guy, but since he has dial up he can't get facebook which means I probably won't talk to him until the reunion. Lots of the guys (besides the equally comical Travis) didn't like him. They thought he was obnoxious and annoying. I didn't find anything wrong with him. I mean to say that I wouldn't want to be dating the guy but he's not bad. He always smelled good, though. And he's on the football team, so he has to be in shape. Those were some great pluses. haha

Jim was a pretty laid-back, funny in a slightly awkward way, classic rocker. We would sing Beatles songs on the long bus rides. Sometimes he would have these pms-y moments where he would make fun of me but I'm hoping he didn't mean it. A few of us would say this rhyme every 5 seconds or so that involved his awesome last name. Jim Sobanik bubonic jump up on it electronic. (We also listened to that song Apache (Jump on it) a lot, along with various others)

There were definitely a lot of other people I was friends with, but I'll explain them when they come up in stories. I'm going to try writing down as many funny or memorable moments as possible in future entries.

Probably one of the most important things I learned from this trip is one doesn't really know a person at first glance. People usually don't express themselves the way they really are, and they can't tailor themselves to anybody. You may think that you know someone because of the clothes they wear, but that doesn't mean anything. Not in this world. It takes a long time. Appearances are deceiving, and so are opinions and views and haircuts and jokes and the way lips curl into smiles. But hearts are wonderful things, and I'm sure life will treat us all well. We have the honor, the privilege, to know and love amazing people with magnificent shock lacing every step of the journey. Talk to someone. You might be surprised.