Day 80 – At Sea

Busy B day started with a block of classes. In art I made a point of flirting with Amy and getting her room number. She seemed quite receptive. I planned to give her a note the following day.

Throughout the day I was getting compliments for our act the previous night. People just loved it. The majority of compliments centered around the act being “hilarious,” “ballsy,” or, simply, “I can’t believe you guys said that!” My favorite compliment, though, was when this one dude saw me in the hallway and excitedly shoved me while saying “dude! You’re the funniest kid in the world!”

Surprisingly, we didn’t get in any trouble. At the very least I thought we’d have to apologize to someone (you’ll understand why when you see the video, dear readers). But there was nothing. In fact, one of the professors we poked fun at, whom I had never previously spoken to, waved to me in the hallway and said “Hi, Max!”

After dinner I worked on my journal. I finished five of six days at sea between Mauritius and South Africa. All for you, internet friends. And my memories.

At around 10:00 Tolan and I began to try to write a new song. We knew we wanted to write a rap, but we didn’t have a topic. Initial songwriting meetings are always my least favorite, because we get the least done. It’s more frustration than success.

But we did settle on a theme. We decided to touch on three typical subjects of rap songs: sex, money and fame, and toughness. In each section, we would rap it as if we excelled in each of these areas, but the lyrics would reveal that, in fact, we do not.

Once we had the theme, we tried to write the chorus. We got half of it written when we called it a night. But Tolan never ceases to amaze me with his musical ability. While we spent the majority of the time working on the lyrics for the chorus, he came up with great music for the chorus and the verses pretty much instantly.

Back in my room, the second half just came to me shortly before going to bed. So that was cool. I contently read Malcolm X’s autobiography before drifting off to sleep.