James and I were discussing how he and I have become "Caravan West." James has as little problem with this as he does with anything, but I, however, take some issue with it.
On our very Myspace page James is listed as the founding member and often I heard Rich refer to him as the "Spirit of the Caravan." Why then are he, Sue, and I not the Caravan of Insanity and the rest "Caravan East?"
As the founding member shouldn't the name be carried with him?
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I don't think he alone owns it. The First Four (not to be confused with the Final Five) each have a stake in the claim. There's three of us here in NH and only one of him out there.
Where there's the majority of any members, whether founding or neophytes, is where the Caravan should be said to exist.
If we all moved to Texas then we could say that the Caravan is in Texas. If just two of us moved to Texas then the Caravan is still in NH.
What if we got scattered across the country? Like what if Rich and Alice moved to the coast of eastern Maine, Adam and Kate moved to New York city, Cas and Shawn went to North Carolina, and Nate stayed put in Conway? Then either me, Jared, or Sue went to live with Nate. What then?
And as I explained to Jerad in person, each of us is a separate aspect of the Caravan. I'm the Spirit of the Caravan, Rich is the Mind of the Caravan, Nate's the Will, and so on. The name thing doesn't mean too much. It's just another nickname and title. We got lot's of those don't we gang?
I think that if that happened the same rules that applied when House Caravan scattered would apply again.
We wouldn't really be a geographically based phenomenon but a state of mind. Upholding some by-laws might get harder though.
Why would Cas and Shawn go to North Carolina? The others I can kinda see, but North Carolina? Huh?
And Hipster, Jared, we're bros don't get me wrong, but I think living with either of you would drive me crazy. Hipster, I'd get no quiet time that is a vital part of my existence. Jared, you're a clean, neat person. That's not how I roll. I've got this nice array of empty cheez-it boxes going by the computer. It's a thing of beauty. Some of them have been there for weeks I think.
And living with the hot, goth older sister of one of my best friends? Oh yeah, that's gonna work out.
Don't let me stop you Nate. Would that be weird, yeah, but she could do a lot worse.
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