Rain and Pirate Preparations
Finally, the rainy season. It's been drizzly for the past couple of days which is a little dreary but a nice reprieve from the heat. Speaking of which, I have some sort of strange heat rash possibly caused by a combination of the humidity and dust. It's not really an ideal situation but luckily the nurse station at school can help me out. Yuck.
Well Hilary and I are busy preparing for our Pirate Party this weekend. A lot of people in town know about it and I think everyone's getting pretty excited. We've been having these art nights/potlucks on wednesdays and using that time to get people to help us make decorations. It's been hard to find anything with a pirate theme. So far we have: 1 ceramic parrot, 1 sword made from bamboo, 1 coconut and 1 jolly roger flag which I made. We've also painted some pirates and will hang them around. We started making one of the walls of the living room into an ocean by taping up strips of different colored blue and iridescent paper...this creates a watery effect. We're making aquatic life to put in our sea and ships to put at the top. Should be pretty cool.
The search for pirate clothes is quite futile. I believe I will end up making an eye patch out of construction paper and wearing a red and white striped shirt. It's kinda pirate-y I guess. Will post pictures next week. I suppose the rash is kind of relevant to pirates...what with all that scurvy,lice, etc. Oh and I can't forget to tell you that there will be a pirate quiz bowl. So if you know anything about pirates, please email me that information. The prize will be chocolate gold dubloons.
Our friend Kazu was over last night and he said, "Why pirates? Why now?" He seems pretty astounded/daunted by the idea of our party and informed us that he has been to very few costume/theme parties in Japan (not counting Halloween). At times, I think Lampang is not ready for Hilary and I. People are surprised when we tell them we're having art nights or that we like to hula hoop and do yoga. I don't know...to me it's not that strange but I guess I've just been this way for a long time. Regardless, I think most of our friends are excited/mystified by our ideas. Thank god for Hilary! I don't know what I would do without that girl. I'm so lucky that we are very similar and like to do the same things. Hilary, props to you.
Well Hilary and I are busy preparing for our Pirate Party this weekend. A lot of people in town know about it and I think everyone's getting pretty excited. We've been having these art nights/potlucks on wednesdays and using that time to get people to help us make decorations. It's been hard to find anything with a pirate theme. So far we have: 1 ceramic parrot, 1 sword made from bamboo, 1 coconut and 1 jolly roger flag which I made. We've also painted some pirates and will hang them around. We started making one of the walls of the living room into an ocean by taping up strips of different colored blue and iridescent paper...this creates a watery effect. We're making aquatic life to put in our sea and ships to put at the top. Should be pretty cool.
The search for pirate clothes is quite futile. I believe I will end up making an eye patch out of construction paper and wearing a red and white striped shirt. It's kinda pirate-y I guess. Will post pictures next week. I suppose the rash is kind of relevant to pirates...what with all that scurvy,lice, etc. Oh and I can't forget to tell you that there will be a pirate quiz bowl. So if you know anything about pirates, please email me that information. The prize will be chocolate gold dubloons.
Our friend Kazu was over last night and he said, "Why pirates? Why now?" He seems pretty astounded/daunted by the idea of our party and informed us that he has been to very few costume/theme parties in Japan (not counting Halloween). At times, I think Lampang is not ready for Hilary and I. People are surprised when we tell them we're having art nights or that we like to hula hoop and do yoga. I don't know...to me it's not that strange but I guess I've just been this way for a long time. Regardless, I think most of our friends are excited/mystified by our ideas. Thank god for Hilary! I don't know what I would do without that girl. I'm so lucky that we are very similar and like to do the same things. Hilary, props to you.
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