Pirates of The Carpe Diem
Welcome to Pirates of The Carpe Diem!!! This is where we talk about current events and about trying to seize the day!!! This site is owned by me, Alexander I. Hanini, and Leo K. Obata.
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Sunday, July 25, 2004
Watching Shakespeare at 8:00 PM, and Wolf's Rain at 3:30 AM
Yesterday, I had to go see my French teacher at 5:30 PM. So, we (me and mother) arrived there, and I did my lesson. After that, we went to go see Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" in the park. It was fun, during the play. A heron (bird) went on the lights at the backround of the play. It came when the play was on it's first hour. A few minutes later it left. At the end very end however, right where the heron was, was exactly where they sparked up fireworks at the end (by the way the play was three hours long, so the fireworks came at the third hour).
When we got back home, It was too late for me to watch my favorite show, Wolf's Rain. When I looked at the channel guide, the only time they would replay the show was 3:30 AM. So, I waited till it was 3:30 AM. What? I'll do ANYTHING except for anything, crazy, to see that show. So, I woke up at 12:20 (PM) something. This morning I was singing lyrics of a song, "Sun's up, a little after 12:00, make breakfast for myself...".
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Sailing Last Week
Last week on a Thursday, it was my second time taking sailing lessons at Pier 26. The week before that, I could not sail for the waters were too choppy and the two boats that went out had both capsized. The boats are only about three feet wide and four feet in length and were also made of hard plastic, so they were beginners boats. Last week, I was able to sail.
When I got on the boat, I noticed there was a spider, I doubt he or she made it through. When I got on the boat the boom, the pole which the sail connects to (by the way the boom was in a shape of an upside down triangle) , was taking over the boat. So you had to put your head down. When my counsellor got on the boat he told me to pull on the rope which pulls the sail out. So I did (remember I'm still looking down). When I looked up I was 11 yards away from the dock.
The boom the swayed to the starboard side (the right). So this time I could stop crouching down. The sailing was fun, my counsellor (by the way everybody on a boat had a counsellor, and three went at a time) taught me some sailing terms. He also told me to keep my head down since the boom is going to switch sides fast. When I did so, I did not put it down enough for when the boom came it hit the surface of my head and swiped my cap off. Luckily, the cap only was on a side of the boat.
A few minutes later, there was some water going onto the boat, then more water came onto the bow, so, I had to move to the stern. The bow then jumped up out of the water and we were fine. What was really bad though, was that the boat was moving towards the piling on Pier 27. Suddenly, we were surrounded by the pilings. That's when someone named Colin or some other name. He was on a kayak and helped us by taking the mooring rope from the bow and started to kayak toward the dock on Pier 26. Even my teacher went on a kayak and also kayaked toward us but we were then fine when he came.
So, that was my fun day sailing!