Day 8 – At Sea

This is going to be the first of two entries for today, though this one will be short. I just must tell you all, dear readers, what a wonderful evening I had last night.



After a quick dinner, I went to the dance as a spiritual practice club. It was absolutely incredible. There were a bunch of people who showed up, many of whom seemed quite apprehensive at first. I love to dance, so all I felt was excitement. That said, of the 50 people or so who showed up, I imagine the only other person who felt the same way was Toby, who is the most uninhibited and carefree person I have ever met. Anyhow, we began by listening to a pretty simple beat, and were told to dance with just our feet. We then built up to using our feet and our legs, and did “foot dances” with partners, in which we were instructed not to make eye contact. As I’m sure you can guess, we began to add arms, and then proceeded to dance full body, and were encouraged to release our heads, mouths, and to make noise. It was like an all-out rave for a solid 20 minutes. I was drenched in sweat. We then unwound with slower dances, and embraced stillness for another five minutes while lying on the floor and listening to music. It was an hour of pure endorphins, and ran similarly to how I would like to run my “Dance in Your Underwear Gym” one day.



Subsequently, Toby and I performed “The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room” by Flight at open mic night. Luckily, a friend of mine, Ashley, was sitting right near the front, so I sang to her and felt no apprehension about doing a dance routine in which I shook what my mamma gave me right in her face (read: less than a foot away – good thing I didn’t fart). A few friends recorded it, so hopefully I’ll find a way to get it up on YouTube sometime in the near future.



That’s all I got for now. Today I got some class and I’m going to plan out my next two days in Hilo. You’ll hear all about that laters. Okaley dokaley, talk to ya then.