Day 79 – At Sea

I again slept in, still behind on sleep. I’m glad that we now have more time on the ship between ports; traveling just takes a lot out of you. I need at least three long sleeps to fully recover.

My day started with freeing the human voice, and I’m sure we did some crazy vocal exercise. I really love that class; it’s gotten me much better at vocal impressions.

Between classes I ate lunch and finished my post on Mauritius. But that’s less of an accomplishment than it sounds, because we were only in Mauritius for two days. And I didn’t do much there.

In painting, instead of a workday we were told to paint the ocean. My painting was just awful. During my first attempt I didn’t keep my brush strokes consistent, and then my second attempt was simply rushed. To make matters worse, it was windy outside, making it very difficult to paint. Needless to say, I left class frustrated.

After class, I left a note on Kenna’s door, which asked if I could take her out to dinner on the top deck. I then had three boxes: yes; no; and maybe. I asked her to return the note to my cabin: 3134. I thought the cuteness factor would make the note impossible to say no to.

Before dinner, Tolan and I practiced Epiphany. The Coffee House was that night, and we still had yet to completely memorize the lyrics. But after a few run-throughs we felt confident and ready to rock the house.

Initially, the Coffee House was set to go in the Piano Lounge, which, really, can only seat 75 comfortably. I got there early to get a good seat. But the place was quickly overflowing, and I got word that we were moving to the Union. I was able to get out of there just before the crowd, and thus I got seats front row center.

The show started a little late, at 9:30 instead of 9:00. We didn’t go until 10:30, which was when the uncensored portion started. I’m 99% sure that the later, uncensored portion was the result of our “If I Had One Day” performance a while back.

Anyway, at 10:30 we went onstage. And stayed there for 11 minutes (song and intro). And I’m proud to say that our act KILLED. Our first jokes actually bombed, which made me nervous, but the laughter soon picked up. People just loved the visual comedy section, and when we made jokes about specific people on the ship the audience was sent into a frenzy. A good fifteen seconds after we’d left the stage, the MC could not contain her laughter as she tried to introduce the next act.

The crowd was also shocked by the song’s edginess. Right as we sat down, many people sitting near me said “say goodbye to the uncensored Coffee Houses.”

The lone sour note of my evening was the fact that Kenna never returned the note I left on her door. I wasn’t too bummed, though, because I knew that Amy liked me. And Amy is a very cool and attractive girl. So I decided I was going to put Kenna out of my mind and go for Amy instead.