it's good to be a gangsta

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here you have it! we have a stage name! now this may not seem like a big deal to you, but here it's a definite perk. every stage, or new class of volunteers, goes through training and everything as basic newbies, but then on the night of swear in, the trainers unveil their stage name. Past names in Mali include honey bunches of oats, risky business, team america, and the kennedys. Pretty cool right? and there is always a reason behind the name, some quirk or what have you.

Me? Well I'm a GoodFella.
Welcome to PCV-hood June 2011 trainees. It is definitely good to be a gangsta.

With Risky Business on their way out, I think it's cool we got another movie name. The trainers were nice in their description of us: thick as thieves, but willing to play a 20 person game of mafia until all hours of the night. the 22 of us are small, all friends, and yet i think the name reflects the dark and twisty part of us, the weird quirk that makes someone come to mali, the introspective mystery behind us. Sure, we may come across bubbly (one of the original suggestions was the brady bunch because we are like family and do everything together) but i always suspect there is more to us. In the meantime, we are all just so proud to have this cool name and thankful to our trainers for not choosing anything else.

The mafia certainly doesn't know what hit it.