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For Today I dined on whale.  It was like a very fishy chicken, and most interesting was the odor and color of the meat- its a very dark meat, darker than any other meat I have eaten.  The taste was bearable, but I definitely wouldn't order the whale burger again.

Yesterday I went to a Shodou, which is basically writing calligraphy with a big brush. It was crazy fun: I really want to do it more! 

We did one big sheet of paper, and I decided to write fire.  I think it turned out pretty decent, but wow it takes skill to do the big one well!  Skills which I do not yet have.

Speaking of skills, here is the other kanji I drew.  These are on smaller pieces of paper but I liked the way they turned out better.  Going from the top clockwise, its Power, Courage, and Wisdom.  I think courage turned out the best!

I stayed up terribly late yesterday and  plan on remedying that tonight, but the last thing worth mentioning is going to a Japanese music concert! We watched a bunch of Japanese banjos and flutes, and then learned to sing an incredibly hard song, pictured above!

High:Painting yesterday!

Low: Yesterday staying up late...

Hero:Today at the concert we also learned an awesome dance that involves some intricate hand flourishes, and afterwards an old Japanese woman who smiled at me earlier said that I did very well.  Made my day, she was very sweet!  I will definitely bust out this dance at Yale sometime for some laughs.