As some of my fellow Dopers may be aware, I have rejoined Americorps *NCCC and my team new is currently stationed in New Orleans after an exhausting 2-day trip in our trusty van, the Millennium Falcon (fastest ship in the galaxy). Many things about this team are different from my first team in long-ago 2004, most notably that we haven’t wrecked a single van yet, but some things are the same, such as that we are rather hazard-prone.
Name, Age, Origin
Collard Greens, 23, Michigan. Our team leader.
Injuries: one mysterious intestinal ailment, almost certainly due to the NJ public water supply (see below, C-Rae-sy).
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: “If someone can lick your eyeball, that’s true friendship.”
Pittsburgh, 19, Pittsburgh PA (duh).
Injuries: None so far.
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: Has managed to become engaged to about half the girls in Americorps, as well as possibly to Mr. Americorps as well.
Burrito Man, 19, California.
Injuries: Hit himself in the head with a piledriver while working on a fence, requiring numerous stitches.
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: Writing and performing an acoustic rock song about the barking dog next door that goes something like “Prince/Prince of the swamp/Prince is the dog with the chain around his neck”.
C-Rae-sy, 22, Arkansas.
Injuries: Nasty kidney and stomach infection caused by drinking New Jersey tap water.
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: Pouncing on Burrito Man shortly after he split his scalp open (as described above), not to care for his injury, but to frantically apply Tide-2-Go to his blood soaked shirt.
Boss Hogg, 21, Washington DC.
Injuries: None so far.
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: This.
LizWhiz, 19, Ohio.
Injuries: a nasty sunburn.
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: “I love ____” (the blank being pugs, Starbucks, or anything else a 19-year-old girl would love).
Mipp, 24, Mississippi (this is me, btw)
Injuries: my thyroid appears to be attempting to escape my body.
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: My ability to sing along to every Disney song in the van, and know all the words.
Baked Ziti, 18, Delaware.
Injuries: Dumped horse manure on both herself and Burrito Man while driving a Bobcat.
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: “If I could, I’d have sex with your hair.” – said to LizWhiz as she fucked the latter’s ponytail with her little finger.
Mr. Americorps, 22, Georgia.
Injuries; Sunburning his scalp after shaving his head.
Best/Strangest Quote/Deed: Going for a 2-mile run wearing a silky yellow dress, a shaved pate, and running shoes.