What a great pleasure it was to work with you all in the training in Los Santos. I hope to see you and hear from you all again. Here is a quick review of our names, birthdays, and virtues that we memorized together. If I make any mistakes, please let me know! I am reconstructing this list by memory with the photos Laura took for us (and matching your last names to what you wrote down on drawings and other lists of names). May we all enjoy the memories.
(1) ARIES, the HEAD, Los Angeles, CA
Manolo Rojas (left)
- March 25th - He is working like Santa Claus collecting presents for you under a Christmas tree if you are nice and not naughty.
Fabiola (right)
- April 14th - She is wearing two rings and two ring shaped earrings given to her (I imagine) by a cartoon character from a Fabulous "Fabula" at DisneyLand near LA.
JECA, Just Enough in CA for the virtues:
- Joyfulness,
- Enthusiasm,
- Confidence,
- Assertiveness
Stephanie Varela (left)
- May 17th - flying to New York and stuffing her suitcases full to bring things back to Los Santos.
Paulina Cordero (right)
- May 21st - dealing cards on a cruise ship from Costa Rica to New York, say POW when putting the card down every time a player says "hit me."
This Taurus team presented "People come home to Los Santos," to help us remember:
- Patience
- Commitment
- Helpfulness
- Loyalty
(3) GEMINI, the ARMS, New York City
Martin Sanchez R. (left)
- May 23, He is eating lamb chops in a restaurant a top the Empire State Building at night.
Greedyn (center) & Josue Sanchez M. (right)
- both born June 6th. They were in Central Park and Greedyn sold Josue's chicks. All Josue had left were the broken circles of the tortillas like crumbling walls around Jericho.
This team of the Gemini Guys presented a story and an acronym with the word "flex," giving us:
- Detachment (Imagine tossing an object back and forth between your hands; each hand DETACHES.)
- Thankfulness (Imagine folding your hands to bow in THANKS or to pray in thanks for a meal.)
- Flexibility (Image FLEXING your biceps.)
- Tolerance (Imagine stretching your arms up high to reach to your TALLest possible height.)
(4) CANCER, the BREASTS or CHEST, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lilliana Brenes Aguero (left)
- June 23rd (like my brother Forrest), she is rescuing a lamb in Brazil and feeding him lilies by a pond.
Franklin Rojas S. (center)
- July 17th, He is flying (on an AIRPLANE) to Brazil to go to a Soccer game spending Franklins on his wife's bras at Victoria's Secret to get her to agree to go with him.
Clancy Monge Mora (right)
- July 20th, She is driving a classic T-Mobile car by the beach in Rio de Janeiro wearing sunglasses.
The Cancer team presented the story: "God Helps and Cares to Care for Franklin in Brazil."
- Gentleness (The breasts are gentle for babies)
- Humility (The breasts and groin carry humility and modesty as we cover them the most.)
- Consideration (The mother considers the babies needs and feeds him.)
- Compassion (Compassion is a giving kind of sympathy, like the nursing of infants).
(5) LEO, the HEART, London, England
Vilma Chacon (middle)
- July 27, She is in London and gives a Whooping Crane fish and chips to fly her up to the top of Big Ben.
Mirna Salazar Marin (right)
- August 5, She is a lioness Queen whose head is anointed with olive oil at the start of her reign.
Octavio Vargas (left)
- August 15, He is in London celebrating both Mother's day with Mom and his birthday over octopus soup. It costs a lot of money, so he has to pay with his Bank Card instead of with cash.
The Leo team breasted us a story that concluded with a backpack containing a bottle of "detergent," a miniature "porpoise" eating "corn," and a "purse."
- Determination
- Purposefulness
- Courage
- Perseverance
(6) VIRGO, the GUT (bowels), Rome, Italy... from the Holy Land in Israel
Isaac (Zack) Zuñiga
- August 24, After stealing the Pope's WATCH while kissing his ring, the Pope grabs Isaac by the hair and says "sorry my son, now you must be sacrificed like Isaac in the Bible."
Amalia
- September 12, Amalia brings Isaac Tamales and eggs in jail while awaiting execution. The hard boiled dozen eggs have the names of each of the twelve apostles for Isaac to plea for intersession from.
The Virgo team presented the story, "In Higher Human Tribute."
- Integrity
- Honor
- Honesty
- Trustworthiness
(7) LIBRA, the KIDNEYS, Saudi Arabia
Marjorie Cordero (left, sent from the large Gemini team to work on the Libra story)
- June 4th. Marjorie is having English muffins with margarine and mint tea in the British consulate in New York City conversing about a planned trip from NYC to England.
Giannina Castro (right)
- September 28th, Giannina goes flying with the boy Mohammed on a red carpet to Saturn in a dream.
- Cleanliness
- Courtesy
- Orderliness
- Peacefulness
(8) SCORPIO, the GROIN, Bollywood based in Mumbai (Bombay), India
Guiselle
- October 27th, Guisella is riding around at night on an Ostrich (shaped like a Whooping Crane in the form of 27). She is protecting the Taj Mahal.
Luisa
- October 30th, Luisa is on top of the Taj Mahal dancing with the devil in the pale full moon light. He asks her to worship him for which he promised to give her the Taj Mahal, but her scorpio tail appears and she stings him.
November 10th
The Scorpio team presented the story "TaJ Mahal Elderly," the weighty virtues:
- Truthfulness
- Justice
- Modesty
- Excellence
Albert (left)
- December 12th, He runs a Bear's Only Omelette restaurant in Beijing, China.
Iris (right)
- December 21st, She runs a women's black jack club upstairs from Bear's Only.
The Sagittarius team presented the story "Ms. Creativity Frolics with Chinese Kids."
- Creativity
- Forgiveness
- Caring
- Kindness
(10) CAPRICORN, the KNEES, Sydney, Australia
Cindy Murillo
- December 22, She won the competition to become Ms. Sydney, Australia performing ballet.
Jennifer Mata Chanto (She was drafted from the large Gemini group to help team Capricorn.)
- June 13th, She was wearing a Polar Bear Fake Fur on a Save the Polar Bears float under an American Flag in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
The Capricorn team presented the story of the beaver who gives us two dams on two rivers.
- Dedication
- Diligence
- Responsibility
- Reliability
(11) AQUARIUS, the CALVES (lower legs), the mythical Shire, filmed in New Zealand
Marielos Varela
- February 13th, She is teaching the Hobbits English under the American Flag and roasting marsh mellows with them over fire works to learn the Star Spangled Banner song.
Amira Lopez Mata
- February 16th, She says the Hobbits need to toughen up now and add some real protein to their diet of sugar, so she fries them up some breaded tarantulas.
Gabriela Campos
- February 8th, She comes down to the Hobbits as the Angel Gabriela wearing a neckless of blood red Flor de Jamaica to announce the death of Gandalf.
The aquarius team gave us the acronym TRIM, thinking of leg hair on hobbits!
- Tolerance
- Respect
- Idealism
- Moderation
(12) PISCES, the FEET, the indigenous island of Molokai, Hawaii
Raúl Esteban Vargas Parra (left)
- March 19, Raul shipwrecks and finds himself alone and stranded on the depopulated back side of Molokai wear the old leper colony used to live. He goes a little crazy and howls at the eclipse.
Sky Thoth Coon (right)
- Sky is on a boat practicing ballet dances, and he hears Raul howling, so he comes over and rescues him.
The pisces team gave us the story of "Hue and GUS the Goose" to remember UGUS:
- Unity
- Generosity
- Understanding
- Service
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