Vallerina

Yup! See! There is good stuff in Indiana! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

You know me too well. I'm thinking of going to Brown County. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

I want to go somewhere all by myself. I need to get away for a weekend. What do you do when you're in that state of mind? Where do you go? What has been one of your favorite getaways? There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

You are completely right. But, this is what I don't get, just because it's a "part" of the sport, should I just turn the other way? Should people try to figure out how to solve that problem since it is one? There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Hmmm....darn good question. Yeah, I really hate to say this sometimes, but I just don't care anymore! Catcher In the Rye is probably my favorite book. There! I've said it! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

That's what scares me. That's what I don't like. It's more likely to happen at a dz where drugs are more common. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Yeah, but I haven't been jumping on Sundays! I don't know. I don't know how to spot someone who just did a few illegal substances. How do you crack down on that? How do you prevent jumpers from doing ecstacy and skydiving? If it's something that doesn't have a smell to it, and you don't "act" much differently, what's there to deter jumpers? There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Nice guys rock. Nice guys have no qualms about coming out and telling you how awesome you are even when they know they're not getting a piece. They'll put themselves and their emotions out there because they don't want to play stupid little games that confuse people. They're nice, so they have no need to be the one with the upper hand. They don't need to fight for it. I like that nice guys try to understand me and where I'm coming from. I like that nice guys know that hiding their penis somewhere isn't the most important thing in the world. I just don't understand why nice guys like me! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Ahhh...then you haven't heard the rumor of some of the southern dzs that the way to get the best coaching is to bring the best drugs..... There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

I have a breathalyzer keychain. You're right. I don't care what drug they're on if they're jumping while impaired. I just know that it's MUCH easier to be on some drugs and jump and not get caught. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

How do you test for someone that just rolled and is on the plane? How can you tell? If you know that it's acceptable for it to be on the dz, then there's a very good chance that it's happening during the day...especially if you can't/don't test for it. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Unfortunately, I have no control. I'm aware of that. I'm a nobody. Well, I have witnesses who have experienced flashbacks.... Me, too. I am more concerned, however, with people who do heavy drugs, and I can't tell that they've done them. I know they do them, but I don't know when/where/etc. Same here. I'm also sick of hearing, "If you don't like the drugs at a dz then leave." I don't know. Picking people who go and do heavy drugs over people who don't seems weird to me. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

It's easier to tell if someone has been drinking beer than it is to see if someone just rolled. I don't care if people do drugs on their own time. If you go home and do speed, fine. What a person does in their own home is up to them. What you do out at a dz does affect me, however. If someone drops acid at 3 am and they're on my plane at 9 am, I have to worry about their state of mind. I know what acid does to a person. When I see my friends having flashbacks during a Spanish exam, who's to say that they aren't going to have flashbacks under canopy? There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Sometimes, I think we should try, though. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Well, I kinda explained it in my last post about why I exclude pot. It's more difficult to sneak away, smoke a joint, and then get on a plane. Obviously, it's not impossible. However, you are more likely to get caught. Plus, the way that weed affects a person isn't as drastic as the way heavy drugs affect a person. It's kinda like saying it's hypocritical of me to jump with people who are on caffeine....I think caffeine is acceptable because of how it affects a person's body. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Hey! I hang out in bars sometimes!!! Granted, guys who try to hit on me in bars I don't really give the time of day. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Okay, even my friends in high school could figure out ways around the test. That rocks. Many dzs, you are a part of the "cool crowd" if you are a user. You are a "dork" like me if you call it stupid. I'm excluding pot from this discussion because it isn't a hard drug. It's not as bad for you as a hard night of drinking. You don't get flashbacks. It's simple to test for weed with a simple saliva test. I don't feel endangered by drugs at some dropzones. Other dzs, it's way too easy to access drugs, so I do worry. I don't like to worry. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Also, I'm not that naive. I know that people have to pick and choose who they piss off. Pissing me, a nobody in the sport, off isn't such a big deal. Pissing off other people because you ruin their "fun" is a big deal, unfortunately. Luckily, I don't really care who people are. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

But what if they're infringing on me because of their choices? What if under canopy they have flashbacks because it was okay for them to do a bunch of acid the night before? There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

That's why Phil and I are inventing the mint injection system. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Basically, I just want to have a discussion on if people think that drugs on the dz is a problem. My stance: just because many dropzones have all sorts of hard drugs done after hours doesn't mean that it's okay for others to do so. Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's acceptable. The more welcoming a dropzone is of after hours ecstacy/coke/speed whatever, the easier it is for jumeprs to go and do drugs during the day. I'm a selfish individual; I don't want others to ruin my fun and make me worry about stuff that shouldn't be an issue but is: skydivers on drugs. Should dzs take a stricter stance on drugs to keep us all safe? SGC has a very strict policy that I applaud them for: they kick people off the dz if they do drugs. Yes, I don't have to jump where drugs are common. I have that choice, and I'm well aware of my choices. Just because I can speak with my dollar, should I not speak with words as well? Where does an owner draw the line between keeping the popular people happy and keeping everyone else feeling comfortable? Should a person feel forced into having to "just deal with it" to enjoy jumps? When it comes to hard drugs, I'm a big ol' prude. Drugs were cool when I was in high school because people in high school tend to be insecure. Grow up, people. Drugs are not cool. It is not cool to fill whatever void you have in your life with something so empty. How much longer do people like me have to put up with others being retarded? There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Better than the ones I've heard: "Pity me, and rollover." "Just relax, fly your slot, and it'll all be okay." There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

"Hi, my name is Valerie. I'm an angry, bitter woman who alienates herself with self-righteous pronouncements. I have cellulite, an elitist attitude, and I talk about my nephews too much. What's your name?" I'm just going to put all of my bad qualities first. You can't go anywhere but up from there! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Whatever. That's not why you lost. Saying that being nice is what causes a person to lose is a cop out. I would never date an asshole. Nice guys are out there. Even if I'm not interested in a nice guy, they'll be my friend. I can't say the same about an asshole. I love nice guys...especially ones that put up with my shit. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning