With Pliers

Watched some of this interesting show last night: Brat Camp. Not sure what channel it was on. Basically it's these teenagers (lots of whom are British) who are troublesome (drugs, attitude, crime, whatever) and their folks have sent them to this place in Utah. They're deposited in the middle of nowhere (blindfolded during the drive, no less--it's to keep them from running away) with no spoons or forks, no knives, no tents... just very basic survival gear. They've got some guides with them, and they get to spend MONTHS out there. No toilets, no TP (well, the TP runs out in a hurry).

These kids are covered with tattoos, piercings... oh the uproar and gnashing of teeth when they're all expected to remove their piercings. It's like dealing with toddlers! Finally the head camp guy comes in with pliers: "You can take them out, or I can take them out." Boom--they take them out.

One kid's modus operandi is to pretend he's insane, and his mother assures everyone he's not. And he's okay at it, but you can see through it, see that he's doing it on purpose. I had a lot of good belly laughs over that show. Gotta see when the next installment is.

Swiped from Georgina:


THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Brian
2. BB
3. Judoka (thanks Whit)

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. misterbbriscoe
2. reverend_blue
3. more_salsa

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Liking what I like, and screw everyone else
2. Sense of humor
3. The ability to occasionally write something I'm pleased with. Wish it happened more often.

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF
1. Can I get a face-ectomy?
2. I can be a moody bastard
3. Dry skin. Oh the curse of the t-zone

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE
1. Cherokee/Choctaw (ah, inter-tribe love...)
2. Cajun (oops... "French Canadian" as some in the family might prefer)
3. Dutch

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. The possibility that the freaky weather really IS due to greenhouse stuff that our government seems to care not a wit about.
2. The smog over Dallas every summer
3. When Launch suddenly plays a Madonna song. Nothing I do will get it to knock that crap off.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Music
2. Coffee
3. Scouring the web for baseball news

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Jade Mountain Martial Arts t-shirt
2. Blue fleece jacket
3. One shoe (hey, I've got a broken pinky toe)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS AT THE MOMENT:
1. Anders Parker
2. Brendan Benson
3. Bukka White

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITES SONGS AT THE MOMENT:
1. Hermano - "Mother Load"
2. XTC - "Senses Working Overtime"
3. Bukka White - "District Attorney Blues"

THREE THINGS YOU WOULD WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love being a given):
1. Humor
2. Good teamwork (essential with kids)
3. Willingness to adapt

THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Girl things: Nice hair, nice clothes, cute touches, understated beauty, and always take care of the feet
2. Their willingness to listen
3. Their vastly underrated strength

THREE THINGS YOU CAN'T DO:
1. Dance. And I don't care. I just wish no one else cared that I can't dance.
2. Tolerate fools gladly
3. Compromise my integrity

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Writing
2. Reading
3. Watching baseball

THREE THINGS YOU WANT REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW:
1. Four words: Pitchers and catchers report
2. To have a much shorter "to do" list around the house
3. To finish winter with everyone in the house healthy

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Licensed professional counselor (working with alcoholics, specifically)
2. Anything but television
3. See #2

THREE PLACES YOU WOULD GO ON VACATION:
1. Surprise, Arizona (home of Rangers spring training)
2. Vancouver
3. Ireland

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Get something published (that's not an angry letter to an editor)
2. Get more guitars
3. Learn to trust someone besides Kelli

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Happy Tuesday.