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 Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:54 am
Chana smiled. "Sounds like my camp food." After all, the beef slop only looked regurgitated...
"Well, I suppose if you had posters or pictures you could put them up," she offered, shrugging. Looked like Nita had had a bit much sun...oh well. Chances were it wouldn't matter in the long run.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:59 am
"Yeah? What kind of camp was it?" Nita finished her salad methodically and started on her burger.
She shrugged. "I didn't really bring much with me. What I really need, though, is some bookshelves. My books are pretty much just lined up against the wall under that intercom thingie."
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:06 am
"A URJ--I mean, UAHC camp," she said, remembering the name change. And she'd been to three of them out of...what was it, thirteen now? Whatever, there were enough of them.
"You could use the intercom to ask for some bookshelves, I bet. The staff seems pretty accomodating in that respect." Though in others they were far from it...Chana just wouldn't mention that as of yet. If Nita wasn't reacting to her appearance, she'd probably had the bad shock somewhere down the line. Chana couldn't imagine that anyone would willingly come here to be a guinea pig.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:16 am
"UA-what?" Nita asked, unfamiliar with the acronym.
"Heh." She took a few more neat bites of her burger, chewing carefully. "I've heard.. differing opinions regarding the usefulness of the staff. But I was thinking about giving it a shot, asking a few questions and stuff."
Like, 'What the heck am I gonna turn into?' and maybe, 'Can I get some noise-cancelling headphones?' she thought, almost amused.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:24 am
"The old name was the Union for Reform Judaism. Now it's the Union of American Hebrew Congregations," she explained.
That got a smile out of Chana again. "Yeah...there's a number of opinions out there...but they're no replacement for your own." And that was the closest she'd come to saying anything about Lily, she resolved. Just try to give her a fighting chance against prejudice.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:40 am
"Ohhh, okay. That clears things up." Nita nodded. She almost said, "Oh, so you're Jewish, then," but figured that was really obvious and possibly a bit rude.
"I'd noticed," Nita said drily, in regards to the 'many opinions' remark. Fiona despised the labtechs on general principle, and while Nita tended to agree, what about Lauren? From what she'd learned, the girl really was better off here. It definitely wasn't a clear-cut, black-and-white, good vs. evil kind of situation. "I try to form my own opinions," she said simply, "Even though it's all a bit overwhelming. I suppose it's easier just to hate the staff in general."
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:47 am
Chana nodded. "The important thing to remember is that the staff isn't just a group. It's a group of people, just like us islanders. The instant we forget that these are people is the instant we take away their humanity."
She grimaced and continued. "And just because their taking our humanity away is no reason for us to sink to that level." To offset her little impromptu speech, Chana took a big bite of salad and chewed it pointedly.
Maybe I should write a d'var torah on that or something, she thought. Now I just have to find a good parashat for the subject.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:57 am
"That's actually a very good point," Nita replied slowly. She hadn't thought of it quite like that. She added Chana to her mental list of "People Who Make Sense." So far it was a pretty short list.
Nita finished her burger and realized she'd never gotten a drink. With a quick 'be right back' motion, she went to the buffet line and grabbed a soda and a couple of cookies for dessert. She sat quietly, chewing thoughtfully.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:08 am
Chana finished her salad and stood up. "Thanks for listening to my babble," she told Nita as she put her used flatware and silverware in the proper place.
"Maybe we'll talk again some time," she said over her shoulder as she left the cafeteria. "I'm in 26."
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:15 am
"I'd like that," she said. "And I'm in 42."
Nita wrapped the remaining cookie in a napkin. She cleared away her dishes, reclaimed the cookie and her can of soda, and left as well. Maybe now she would actually try that intercom.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:44 pm
New RP [Entertainment Room]
Prompted by the mention of a decent library, as well as the desire to do some research, Nita went in search of such a place. Finally locating a room with a fair collection of books, as well as an impressive DVD collection, Nita entered. The room was unoccupied, and she scanned the shelves. A book with the title, "Animals of Asia" caught her eye, and she settled herself on the couch to flip through it.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:52 pm
"What would I give, if I could live out of these waters" A sweet voice echoed in to the entertainment room followed by a giggle. Se knew full well she didn't live in the water but she liked the song alot. Having discovered the little mermaid she had officially dubbed a few more people and given them names from her 'stories' Billy had oficially become ursula. She just hadn't had a chance to tell him so yet. She felt a little illusive of late. Wishing to be alone and spending alot of time just reading or watching DVD's her vocabulary had improoved immencely because of this and she had collected quite an array of songs in her head. "What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sands, betcha onland they understand, bet they don't reprimand their daughters.." Her song was interrupted though as she entered in to the entertainmentrom to find a person she didn't know.
Huge innocent blue eyes rested upon the red haired female ont he couch. It was her spot to watch dvd's from but she really didn't mind, company was good "Hulo" she smiled, a perfectly pleasurable grin infact, sweet innocent and welcoming. It never occured to Colche that she could be construed as dangerous. She was as sweet and innocent as ever, though alot more furry than shen she had first come to the island. As usual she was in a good mood, hardly anything could dampen that mood usually, or for that matter keep her down for very long.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:02 pm
The faint sound of singing met Nita's ears, although she wasn't particularly paying attention, having found the section in her book about red pandas. She looked up as the singer entered the room and jumped slightly. The figure was vaguely familiar... had she seen this person during her first days on the island? They were a bit hazy, those first days, as Nita had pretty much reeled around, stunned.
"Hi there," Nita said, trying to remember the girl's name. Her grin was infectious, and Nita found herself grinning back.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:06 pm
Colche tilted herhead in a cat like manner. She never really realised she was doing it, it just came naturally. She padded over towards the couch a curious look in those big baby blue eyes "Watcha readin'?" she asked plopping down on the couch beside Nita without a second thought. She liked to read, infact she loved it but it was always so much more fun to read if somone helped with the words.
Looking down at the page she saw a pretty red black and tan animal and gave a smile "purty" she puurred, twitching her tail before looking up at Nita once again, had she met the red head before? She couldn't remember truthfully. "I'm Colche" She stated, just incase. She really couldn't remember there were so many people around now she didn't know everyone.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:12 pm
Now there was a question Nita was used to answering. "It's a book about animals in Asia," she explained. "One of the doctors said I'm supposed to turn into one of these." Nita pointed at the picture in the book.
Colche. That was the girl's name! Nita sort of remembered seeing her on the beach, with Emelyn. "I'm Nita," she said. "I think I met you before, but I wasn't feeling too good at the time."
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