Day 15

Today, at the request of my barbershop coach Ms. Fish, I made this thank you card for Ms. Love, who organized the entire Hawaii tour.

Outside:

Inside:

Day 14

A year is a long time.

Two things contributed to tonights midnight snack. First, I went to a very early dinner party at Charlie’s house, so I got hungry at night. Second, my sleep schedule is all messed up after spring break so I couldn’t sleep.

So I made a snack:

It was a sandwich roll thing and a brownie.

To prove that it’s midnight:

Day 13

Remember those graph pictures you used to do in math class? I made one today. I didn’t know what it would turn out to be. It turned out to be a crazy looking bird.

Courtesy of this random website.

Day 12

I decided I wanted some new glasses.

So I made some.

Day 11

This was today, which means I’m all caught up.

Today I wrote a poem for English in the voice of E.E. Cummings. WordPress doesn’t like my typesetting so this is a slightly modified version.

in

sprIng

little loveflowers open with
wet-ness,and,full-ness
and little i takes little You
into little places of nooneelse

and little i tells little You
little stories of nooneelseknows
and) little birds sing
to little You and little me

big forever gets lost in little now
and big Why gets lost in little idontknow
and big

sp
r
I
n
g

gets lost in little
youandmetogether

Day 10

Today is the first of my creations that some would argue was not a creation. I made a conversation. Now, not all conversations are creations. Often conversations just happen of their own accord, with no effort. However, conversing with a stranger is a different story. Topics must be created and the conversation must be continued.

On Wednesday we went to a luau with all the other choirs and bands in the competition. We all wore the same kind of shirt in different colors. We were supposed to mingle, but I saw that everybody was sitting with people of the same colored shirts. I was getting pretty sick of my choir by this time, so I chose a big group of blue shirts (we were in pink) and asked if I could sit with them. They were a very friendly wind ensemble from Mountain View High School. I met a boy named Neal (clarinet)  and a girl named Erica (bassoon). Here’s a picture my mom sneaked of me amidst the blue-shirts:

We talked about: college, languages (Neal speaks 6, 4 Indian dialects, English, and Spanish), differences between choir and band, our towns, and Hawaii. But my favorite part was when we talked about Zoroastrianism, the first monotheistic religion. It’s existentialist, morally relative, and apparently super racist.

My favorite quote of the conversation was from Neal: “The existence of God doesn’t matter in the bigger picture.”

They were a nice group and they even gave me a pencil!

Day 9

I drew this picture of a Hawaiian sunset with crayons I stole from Planet Hollywood Honolulu. This is how I date my journal entries, by the way:

Day 8

Monday was whale-watching day, and that was amazing. We went out on a boat and saw big old humpback whales and ate good food (roast beef!) and on the way back there was lei-making and ukulele lessons.

These are the flowers I used to make the lei. There were big needles on the end of string and lots of flowers.

I even had time to learn some ukulele chords. That’s me wearing the lei I made and looking cute.

Day 7

On Sunday our choir went to Shorebird restaurant and you cook your own food there! I made this chicken.

It was delicious!

PS: The waiter said no one ever called to food there delicious, only “good” or “perfect.” That was weird.

Day 6

Aloha! I am in an internet cafe in Hawaii and I have limited time. Updates in the next few days may be sporadic, but I assure you I am making at least one thing a day.

Today I made this tower of sand and rocks:

From above:

I will update again as soon as I can.