The Insite - Outta Sight!!! Vol 2 No. 1

*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Welcome to the New Year '98 issue of: *O*U*T*T*A* *S*I*G*H*T*!*!* The Voice of Talk City's The InSite on chat.talkcity.com, #TheInSite /theinsite/ http://www.theinsite.org/ Volume 2, Number 1 January 4, 1998 *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* In this issue: * Happy New Year! * New Additions to The InSite Website * Conference updates * Getting to know The InSite Website * Bits and pieces ************************************************************************* Happy New Year! ************************************************************************* Hi all! Welcome to 1998! Wouldn't it be great if all the issues that we address in our conferences could be solved this year? For example, If racism could be ended? If the problems of violence in relationships would cease? If everybody suddenly saw the damage that pollution caused to the environment and became environmentally responsible? Sure it would be great - but the sad thing is, none of these things are going to happen. We at The InSite are realistic enough to realize that these problems will always be with us. We know that such changes take place slowly, because it means that ingrained attitudes have to be changed - and that is not an easy thing to do. But we also know that the work that The InSite does is of great value. If just one person walks away from one of our conferences with a deeper insight into themselves and into the world around them, then we have had a success. If, because of The InSite, one person is helped to overcome a personal difficulty, then we have had a triumph. It is you, our subscribers, who make these things possible. Without your continued support, The InSite would not be able to continue with its valuable work. We at The InSite wish you all the best for 1998, and hope that you will continue to support The InSite throughout the year. ************************************************************************* New Additions to The InSite Website ************************************************************************* *Your opinion is important!* *Your opinion is important!* The Story The Story The Story The Story The Story The Story ~o~ From Miguel's Journal "When I asked her if she was okay, it seemed like she waited a long time before she answered. Then she said she was fine. You know I know Dee and there was something in the way she said, 'I'm fine' that made me think that she was not fine. But I decided not to push her. I figured she'd tell me when she was ready." ~o~ From Dee's Journal "The next minute Miguel opened the car door and Juan started bopping to the music as if nothing had happened in the five minutes he was gone. It was like some crazy dream. Miguel got in the car, rain was dripping from his hair. He was carrying a grocery bag. 'I bought some chocolate chip cookies, Dee. Want one?'" ~o~ From Chaz's Journal "I've been thinking a lot about what Miguel said. He's right, you know. There's absolutely no reason for me to get into all these weirded out head trips about making my relationship with Becca into something more than it is before it's ready to become something more... So I'm feeling really good. So good in fact, that I wrote a poem.... I'm not going to show this one to Becca... but even though I might never show it to her, it is for her, just the same..." ~o~ From Becca's Journal "So I took a deep breath and told my parents the last part: that the next time Chaz asked me out I was going to say 'Yes!' That's when my father lost it. All of a sudden the rational thinker became an irrational bigot!" ~o~ Uh oh! Chaz, Becca, Dee, and Miguel are finding out about life's problems, and finding out about them very fast! You can help them! They would welcome your advice! And you can send them your advice! Visit the URL for The Story listed below and email any one of them (or all of them!) about what you would do in their shoes. Your advice can influence the direction that The Story takes. So bookmark the site and help them...now! The URL for The Story is: /theinsite/gallery/the_story/the_story_alias.html and let them know what you think about the way their lives are going. *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* New This Week!----New This Week!----New This Week!----New This Week! "Halfway is like doing nothing." A conversation with Olympic Gymnast, Jessica Davis "Jessica fell in love with rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 7. She trained to be the best in her nation and in 1996 was part of the United States Women's Gymnastics team at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. What did it take to get to the Olympics? What "normal" teen stuff did she have to give up along the way? Jessica, now 19, has learned a lot about setting goals and accomplishing them, not just in her sport, but in life." The URL for the interview with Jessica may be found at: /theinsite/been_there/jessicadavis_text.html *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* New Addition to the site! ------- New Addition to the site! "Everyone is a Winner" A Special Olympics Story A conversation with a Special Olympics Athlete "When Joey was in the third grade his Special Ed teacher got him interested in The Special Olympics. He soon discovered how much he liked competing in different sports and being part of a team. Now, at 34, Joey still competes in Special Olympics year round, because it's so much fun and because in Special Olympics, everyone is a winner." The URL for the interview with Joey may be found at: /theinsite/been_there/joey_text.html ************************************************************************* Conference Updates ************************************************************************* The conferences for January are listed below. Please note that there are several changes to the conference line-up this month: Monday 2:00-4:00am - Topical Chat 11:30am-1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 3:00-4:00pm - The InSite: The Lily Pond 4:00-5:00pm - KatieCCC's Korner 5:00-6:00pmPT - Life Lite 6:00-7:00pm - About Face - Learning to Love Your Looks 7:00-8:00pm - The InSite: Date Rape - The Secret Crime 8:00-9:00pm - TheInSite: Teenybopper Hype Tuesday 11:30am-1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 2:00-3:00pm - The InSite: Bipolar (Manic Depression) Info Hour 3:00-4:00pm - Teens and Tobacco with John Coxford 4:30 - 5:30pm - The Drug Zone (Conference may be changed slightly to include guests) 6:00-7:00pm - Student Rights 7:00-8:00pm - Hey Terra! Wednesday 4:00-5:00am - Topical conference and/or game 1:30am-1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 3:00-4:00pm - The InSite: Making the Peace - Eliminating Racism 4:00-5:00pm - The InSite: Healthy Relationships - Taking Action 5:00-6:00pm - The InSite: Spaceship Earth 6:00-7:00Pm - The InSite: An Income of Her Own (to begin in mid- January, probably the 14th) 6:00-7:00pm - The InSite: Men's Issues Conference (Change of Day/Time necessary on January 14) 7:00-8:00pm - The InSite: Your Voice - Current Topics for Teens/Young Adults Thursday 2:00-4:00am - Topical Chat 11:30-1:30am - EuroTeen Chat 3:30-4:30pm: The InSite: Some Body - A Definitive Owner's Manual for Your Bod with Shafia Zaloom 4:30-5:30pm - Planned Parenthood 5:30-6:30pm - TechnoTeen 7:00-8:00pm - Dorm 8:30-9:30pm - Friends (How to Create and Maintain Friendships) Friday 11:30am-1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 3:00-4:00pm - You and the Crowd 4:30-5:30pm - The InSite: Viewpoint 5:30-6:30pm - The InSite: You and Your Parents (Discussion on various topics involving teen/young adult - parent issues and communications) Saturday 11:30am - 1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 5:00-6:00pm - The InSite: Drop-In Center 6:00-7:00pm - Trivia!! 7:00-8:00pm - SportsFest for Teens/Young Adults (sports discussion group) Sunday 2:00-4:00am - Music Chat 11:30am-1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 5:00-6:00pm - The InSite - OnScreen 6:00-7:00pm - Mirror, Mirror 7:00-8:00pm - Endangered Animals ************************************************************************* Getting to Know The InSite Web site ************************************************************************* Haven't checked out The InSite web site recently? The web site is a continuously growing source of information for teens and young adults. Hey Terra! is constantly growing, as Terra continues to offer good advice to young people with all kinds of problems. Want to check out information from a conference that you attended? Our Transcripts section is also growing, as transcripts from past conferences are added to the site. Interested in how other people are handling their lives? Read some of our interviews with ordinary people doing unusual things to improve their lives and the lives of others. We are also interested in hearing from you, the subscriber. Has The InSite helped you in some way? Then we would like to here about it! You can submit your comments and stories to We would love to hear from you! ************************************************************************* Bits And Pieces ************************************************************************* Hiya folks.... As most of our regular chatters are aware, there are two TheInSite channels - #TheInSite and #TheInSite2. #TheInSite is our regular conference room, and is used for scheduled conferences between 5 and 8 hours daily. It is envisaged that this number of daily scheduled conferences will increase quite significantly this year. Unfortunately, many of the people who visit #TheInSite do not understand that #TheInSite is a conference room, and often unwittingly disrupt conferences by assuming that the channel is for general chat. This has become more marked since Christmas with the influx of so many WebTV new users. While we welcome more users to the channel, the disruption that this can cause decreases the quality of the conferences, and this is something that we really do not want. As a regular visitor to #TheInSite, you the subscriber can help to maintain the quality of our conferences. If you find yourself chatting to a new user before a scheduled conference is about to start, either inform them about the conference, or gently inform them that a conference is about to start, and that a general 24 hour-a-day chat channel is available by typing /join #TheInSite2 While the hosts do this as part of their duties, it is often better that the new chatter receive this sort of advice from someone they are chatting to rather than receive it from someone who appears to be an authority figure. Thanks for your help! :) *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* That's it for this edition. Do your friends a favor - tell them about The InSite and #TheInSite "OuttaSight!" will be posted on 01/17/98, and an archive copy of "OuttaSight!" vol2 no1 will soon be available from The InSite home page:

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