Tuesday, May 7th

          So today I went to my first studio block, which is basically just a period on Tuesdays and Thursdays that are just music, art, creative writing, metalworking, etc. I chose creative writing to be my Tuesday class and metalworking for my Thursday class.  I was really looking forward to it, but first we had English class and were talking about the book 'one flew over the cuckoo's nest. The English teacher, Mr. Merrell put on some YouTube clips of early lobotomies. Halfway through the first clip, the kid next to me passed out and fell out of the chair onto his head, and left the class to go to get a concussion test.
          After this episode, I had a free period before creative writing, so I played some basketball with the other kids with free periods. When the period was over, I went up to creative writing, and we were given a set of three items to use in our story. The location had to be a mountain, the subject had to be vanity, and I had to incorporate a handbag somewhere into the story.
          I wanted to read at first, but then I heard the other ones that came before me and didn't think I could compete. Then I was put on the spot by Mr. Merrell, the same teacher who played the lobotomy videos, and I read my story. Apparently they loved it, and nobody has the same style there so it was a good change for them to hear my work.
          Tuesday was really chill because I had no classes in the afternoon, so I just messed around with the guys on the basketball court. When school was over, we went outside to watch the ultimate frisbee game, where we lost by three and I got slightly sunburned.
          We got home at around 5:30, and Ada, Noah, and I made some tortellini in pesto sauce and watched 'The Office' until we felt like going to bed.