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TSJ 6/24/2025
3 months ago
I have something that grinds my gears, but I am not letting it bother me too much since I know what will happen as a result of this.
There is this camp out in the eastern townships, near Sherbrooke, named Camp Massawippi. Now, I wanted to apply for a DJ position over there, but the problem is that they are asking that I pay the same amount of money that the regular people, signing up to be campers, pay. Now, I don't want to have an argument with the owners of this campground, but it would have been nice since I have ALL kinds of music to offer. It's ok. The number haunts me all the time though... 7,068. And this is how much I'd have to pay if I wanted to be there every summer. Well, I will say this, I would like to spend my money elsewhere and plus people need to LIVE! I still need a roof over my head so I will pay whatever I can. My only fear is bankruptcy. Not knowing really how much money I truly have in the bank frightens me just a smidge.
As well, I remember a time where I was faced with the challenge of someone wanting me to play a particular playlist over at the former location of the Action Center in Montreal. There I was able to not pay a lot of money for membership, not like Camp Massawippi's astounding amount of money, which is $999 per week. I have just checked again and yeah these prices are still over-the-top... we're talking about $1,050 for just a 5-night stay to $2,310 for an 11-night stay.
I was really spoiled back in my teenage years since it was my dad paid for my camping experience. I think it was around $300 to $400 per week back in those days, which was a lot more affordable.
I remember it like yesterday, I was really cheerful, though the least fun part about my camping experience was going to the Shower House every now and then since the floor would be so slippery in there and I have a big fear of falling... even today at 48 I still have a big fear. Getting back to me reminiscing about being at Camp Massawippi. There was this big field, where the parking lot was (and perhaps still is?) where there were activities over there and one big one that I remember is one called the 'strawberry social'. I just looked it up and yeah 'strawberry social' is indeed accurate. God bless the Internet... back then the Internet was barely public to the people. Those were fun times, though, those strawberry social events. I also remember hiking into the woods where there were these tents and bonfire. I absolutely adored the experience that I had and had the time of my life while camping about a kilometer (or less) away from Camp Massawippi. I was attacked by mosquitoes but that was a part of the 'camping in tents' experience.
Another great memory was with Mr. Microphone that someone allowed me to borrow. I had a radio that I brought and I really do not not know which band voice was being transmitted, but I think it was on the AM band. I faced it to Lake Massawippi, but the radio volume to maximum and for some odd reason I began giving the marine forecast (but was it really a marine forecast? Remember that I was in my teenage years so I probably shouldn't have done that lol).
So many fond memories that I am spilling my guts over on in this entry... I LOVE IT!!!
Another big memory that I have was (and this was a fond memory) - There was this scheduled walk every few days in the evening called "Wood's Walk" although I think I saw it as "Woods Walk" without the apostrophe on there. It's where we'd all (all of our cabin) would be going on this 2.2-kilometer walk down to Route 141 to the Wood's Snack Bar in Ayer's Cliff. Now I won't tell you where Camp Massawippi is since I don't want to dox them.
I really wish things would go in reverse (just prices and nothing else) and go back to where they once were, but oh well we can't change what already has been done... people want money money money, but also they need to earn a living living living with said money money money lol. I know that some people are greedy but hey, if up upgrade stuff, it will cost more.
By the stuff that people have told me in the past, Camp Massawippi is now modernized and I still have to see it in real life. I want to take a little trip over there some of these days and find out just what the new management has done with the place so that the prices has literally gone through the roof.
There is this camp out in the eastern townships, near Sherbrooke, named Camp Massawippi. Now, I wanted to apply for a DJ position over there, but the problem is that they are asking that I pay the same amount of money that the regular people, signing up to be campers, pay. Now, I don't want to have an argument with the owners of this campground, but it would have been nice since I have ALL kinds of music to offer. It's ok. The number haunts me all the time though... 7,068. And this is how much I'd have to pay if I wanted to be there every summer. Well, I will say this, I would like to spend my money elsewhere and plus people need to LIVE! I still need a roof over my head so I will pay whatever I can. My only fear is bankruptcy. Not knowing really how much money I truly have in the bank frightens me just a smidge.
As well, I remember a time where I was faced with the challenge of someone wanting me to play a particular playlist over at the former location of the Action Center in Montreal. There I was able to not pay a lot of money for membership, not like Camp Massawippi's astounding amount of money, which is $999 per week. I have just checked again and yeah these prices are still over-the-top... we're talking about $1,050 for just a 5-night stay to $2,310 for an 11-night stay.
I was really spoiled back in my teenage years since it was my dad paid for my camping experience. I think it was around $300 to $400 per week back in those days, which was a lot more affordable.
I remember it like yesterday, I was really cheerful, though the least fun part about my camping experience was going to the Shower House every now and then since the floor would be so slippery in there and I have a big fear of falling... even today at 48 I still have a big fear. Getting back to me reminiscing about being at Camp Massawippi. There was this big field, where the parking lot was (and perhaps still is?) where there were activities over there and one big one that I remember is one called the 'strawberry social'. I just looked it up and yeah 'strawberry social' is indeed accurate. God bless the Internet... back then the Internet was barely public to the people. Those were fun times, though, those strawberry social events. I also remember hiking into the woods where there were these tents and bonfire. I absolutely adored the experience that I had and had the time of my life while camping about a kilometer (or less) away from Camp Massawippi. I was attacked by mosquitoes but that was a part of the 'camping in tents' experience.
Another great memory was with Mr. Microphone that someone allowed me to borrow. I had a radio that I brought and I really do not not know which band voice was being transmitted, but I think it was on the AM band. I faced it to Lake Massawippi, but the radio volume to maximum and for some odd reason I began giving the marine forecast (but was it really a marine forecast? Remember that I was in my teenage years so I probably shouldn't have done that lol).
So many fond memories that I am spilling my guts over on in this entry... I LOVE IT!!!
Another big memory that I have was (and this was a fond memory) - There was this scheduled walk every few days in the evening called "Wood's Walk" although I think I saw it as "Woods Walk" without the apostrophe on there. It's where we'd all (all of our cabin) would be going on this 2.2-kilometer walk down to Route 141 to the Wood's Snack Bar in Ayer's Cliff. Now I won't tell you where Camp Massawippi is since I don't want to dox them.
I really wish things would go in reverse (just prices and nothing else) and go back to where they once were, but oh well we can't change what already has been done... people want money money money, but also they need to earn a living living living with said money money money lol. I know that some people are greedy but hey, if up upgrade stuff, it will cost more.
By the stuff that people have told me in the past, Camp Massawippi is now modernized and I still have to see it in real life. I want to take a little trip over there some of these days and find out just what the new management has done with the place so that the prices has literally gone through the roof.
