February 13

Showed some magic tricks to a bunch of Ugandan kids today. They were a very good audience. They enjoyed it greatly.



Our hosts sent us with some Ugandan guys to a market. They gave us each a list of fruits and vegetables to buy, and we had a certain amount of money to use. It was sort of a competition. We had to see who could get the best fruits for the best price. The guys with us had orders not to help with bargaining or anything at all, just to make sure we didn't get ourselves killed somehow. I ended up spending more money but getting more fruits. I think my dad may have won overall, though. :(



That's mostly it.


~JCS

February 12

Learned to take public transportation in Kampala today. Rode a bunch of boda bodas. They're really fun. It's just a motorcycle that you ride on the back on. It's probably really dangerous, but it's still really fun.

Showed a couple of magic tricks to the Hope Alive! staff. They were impressed. I also taught them to juggle. They weren't very good.

I ate rice, which is out of the ordinary for me.

~JCS

February 11

I lost my passport in the aiport today. We had to run across the airport to get it back. That was exciting.

I watched a buttload of movies on the plane. It got annoying when the screen kept randomly dying.

I took a whole lot of pictures in Kampala when we first arrived. I usually don't do that.

Not too much that's extremely crazy. But I think that simply the fact that I am in Uganda is out of the ordinary enough.

~JCS

February 10

Started off the day by going to school. Today was class picture day. For the "funny" picture, me and Accordion Dude stood backwards with our hoods up and hands crossed behind our backs, so it looked like we were facing forward, in a way. Or, at least it looked like some faceless people with their arms crossed looking at the camera.

Left school early to go to the airport. Took a plane. Nothing too exciting there.

In Dubai, we had an overnight layover, so we parked somewhere and tried to sleep. Didn't work so well. I had a fun time walking along the moving crosswalk things - the floor escalators, whatever you call them.

I named the Blonde One. She wondered what her name would be, so here it is.

Don't think there's much else to report.

~JCS

February 9

Let me think...

Practiced my magic tricks for a while after school. I'm going to do some for the kids in Uganda.

I played with fire in chemistry, lighting paper cups on fire. That was very exciting. I also played with molten lead for a while.

~JCS

February 8

Stayed up to watch the Super Bowl. Didn't get any sleep at all except for half an hour in the second quarter. It was a boring first half. I slept for an hour after the game before school. I was suprisingly functional during school hours. I slept again for an hour and a half after school before band. Woke up ten minutes before I was supposed to be at band and barely made it on time.

Talked to the Poetic Photographer for almost an hour on the phone. It was fun. There are few people who I could talk to for that long.

Did some packing for my trip to Uganda. That's about it.

~JCS

February 7

First day of the week.

Had first rehearsal for one of the plays I'm in. Only half the cast showed up, so I texted Singer Girl for a while.

Filmed some more of the 50's video. I think we finished it off. Played Wii with Aflac (that's a nickname, for those of you who don't know him) and a couple of others 'til midnight, then stayed up to watch the Super Bowl. Nothing really outright crazy except for staying up for the game.

~JCS