Day 8 – Still at Sea

Not a very eventful day since we last spoke, dear internet, though I promised a second post today. So here it is.

My first class was Digital Storytelling. We got our production teams today, I can’t wait to start shooting. My team has a bunch of funny people, including Emma. She’s a very cool girl, I’ve been hanging out a bunch with her over the last few days. We’ll see if it goes anywhere, I’ll keep you posted.

Then I had drawing, which we did out on the deck in the beautiful sunshine. We drew a chair with charcoal, which is an incredibly messy way of making art. But it was surreal to think that I was in class while I was sitting outside, surrounded by gorgeous blue ocean and soaking up incredible sunshine (with no shirt on – for the ladies), just making art and listening to music. This is the life.

And then I just came from Gamelan, which is a fun, low-key class. I’m quickly making a bunch of friends there. Eddy and Josh are both cool dudes, and I met Tolan through Gamelan as well. Today Tolan and I were talking about how well our act was received, and we vowed to write some of our own stuff. Tolan is an experienced songwriter, so if we could get down some solid lyrics he can do the rest.

Anyway, I’ve got to run. I’m grabbing dinner, then I have to go to a mandatory meeting about Hilo logistics, and I’ve still got to plan what exactly we are going to do in Hilo.

Be forewarned, loyal readers, that I may not have a chance to make daily blog posts while in port, which is the next four days (two days in Hilo and two days in Honolulu). But fear not, I will most certainly recap all of my wonderful adventures when I get the chance (and I will do my best to keep the updates daily). Ok friends, I’ll speak to you soon. Wish me fun times in Hawaii.