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Today went by fast we had SAT prep and when we got there we forgot our stuff and on our way back Brittany, Jasmine, and I got lost. The whole time we were trying to find out where to go jasmine and Brittany were arguing and I kept laughing the whole time just following them. It was hilarious. Later on we had a theater class and we had to create our own story about how a Rabbit got his long ears and act the story we came up with. It was a funny experience today was good 

Today is Wednesday, and we only have five days left at Pipeline 2013. It seems like just yesterday, we were at the orientation meeting and barely knew each other. And now, we all know each other very well and talk for hours about the most random things. Tomorrow, we are going to Dr. Rega’s house, which is really beautiful, from what I remember last year. We are having an Iron Chef competition, which I am really excited for because I want to see how talented we all are in terms of our cooking abilities! Earlier, we did a native theatre workshop, which was interesting. I heard the Big Dipper story again, which I really like. I think Brittany, Luna, Isabel, Jazmine, and I will do a music video tonight, so prepare for music on full blast…! Haha 🙂

Hello again bloggers of Pitzer Pipeline how’s it going good, awesome, cool super, anyways my day has been better because I got a little more sleep then I usually do when I’m a Pitzer because I’m constantly doing things but that’s not a bad thing because it keeps me going and get my mind on things in what I am doing. But today what we did was we got to do a SAT prep for about 3 hours and that’s a good things because it prepares me for the future when I do take it and I got a 7 out of 12 for a first time essay that I did know something’s I did know so that was a good news for me when she handed me back my test I was existed so that was cool then we got to make hour own traditional stories we get to make up we got a title and we have to make up a story why that happens to that certain animal we had to have a plot, theme, animals, a special song and a magic object. For example we had to make a story about why the owl only flies at night so our characters were a owl, little mice, and a snake. I’m going to tell the story in a short version, it started when the owl was flying through the desert he saw a grey dot and we swooped down on a little mice because he was looking for food but the mice didn’t want to get eaten and he told owl I will show u a place where u can get food but we need to find a plant call nightweet so the place turns dark because it only day there and the critters don’t come out in day so they travel through the forest and mountains and they find the plant they sing a song and take the plant out and it turned instantly dark then they herd something and a snake attacked little mice  and the owl fought off the snake and owl found out the critters only come out at night. And that’s the story we made and know e are going to watch a clip from Rose Henry and thanks for reading!

i think that i will never forget the food for the rest of my life. i loved the cooks and how kind they were.

 i love my new brothers and i will never forget them. but i have a question where am i in the pic. can any one answer that.

My native relatives surround me and i miss them. They had welcomed us and i would like to thank them for their effort,etc. they well be cherished in my heart forever. the songs we sang and learned, the food they put in front of us, their home and housing they offered, the fire they set for us, the stories they brought and shared with. Seeing my native relatives; grandmothers, grandfathers, uncles, aunties, brothers and sisters…. you are my sacred fire.

Aho

(Okay, first of all, this is ALL about Chumash, so its REALLY LONG cuz I’m too lazy to write this all separately. Just keep scrolling down, maybe skim a bit, it’s okay, the posts you’re looking for are probably after mine.)

We just came back from Chumash yesterday!

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Actually ignore that exclamation point, I’m really sad about that.

I made lots of friends there; Lea, Tima, Sarah, Cat (or is that with a K?), Uncle Johnny, Uncle Mati, Grandma Georgina, and many others who I love, but I’m scared of misspelling their name.

We ate together, complained together about being tired, laughed at each other’s fails, hugged, and everything together.

And you know what? We were even all up together at 5:30 AM every morning for Sunrise ceremony.

Man, if waking up at 5:30 every morning to try to raise the sun, when you don’t have to, doesn’t say something to you, then I don’t want to say anything to you.

And the one thing I miss more than the people is the food. I am DEAD SERIOUS; I miss the bacon more than the people. If we can go back, just to eat their for meals, I’ll be happy.

(except maybe the cooks, auntie nina and lulu, right? i’d be just as happy)

It’s just, ugh, you can tell when love is made into your food. Pitzer’s food is good, especially compared to other college food, but the food at Chumash was made with such love, I’d go in starving, and leave, full, only by eating a quarter of the plate.

And of course, as soon as I said that out loud, everyone yelled about why didn’t I give my food to them rather than to the trashcan as we rode on home. THAT is how good it is, my goodness.

I got to be helpful the last day too. I love being helpful, as long as I’m not in the middle of something, but always feel free to order me around, because I love nothing more than “thank you”s. I helped Uncle Johnny make handwritten copies of our song we made; helped make like 40 or more prayer ties; and then I got to go and run around and get people food or hand them napkins and forks. I love being helpful. Love iiitttttttt.

I know a lot of people loved surfing, you can read about that anywhere else. Let me just say; rode a board for five minutes with an instructor, fell off, went straight back to boogie boarding. Boogie boarding was the bomb. I loved it.

I felt like I just climbed up Mount Everest every time I got to ride a wave without being dunked. I just couldn’t stop squealing every time I did it, because I stink at swimming, so I was really glad I was able to go out so far and feel so safe.

‘Course, Jenna, Shea, and Caprilla (I MISS YOU GIRL. BABY, COME BACK.) were there to watch my back and to laugh at each other when we’d get dunk and eat sand.

I don’t know if sand is high in protein or fiber or something, or about how beautiful my sunburns everywhere there wasn’t a wetsuit make me, but the beach definitely wasn’t my favorite. (But at least it made my feet not so pale. I was getting tired of people pointing at my bare horribly white feet, and saying “I LOVE your socks, Kayleen.”)

And the drumming sessions, I loved that; that is and always will be my favorite part. Learning and making songs, which I cannot remember, I helped to copy down like 15+ copies of it, handwritten, and it still did not stick… Singing the song about John Wayne’s teeth are they false? are they real? are they plastic? are they steel?. Listening to Lucas and Michael be funny as they just bounced off each other, you both are just hilarious, don’t let anyone tell you different. Doing sync-ups with them, even if Michael’s goal would be to make me mess up and get embarrassed, just because it makes him laugh. Watching Christa and Jenna dance to them, or sing along, even if all they wanted was powwow songs and I didn’t know any. Especially in the dark when the fire was nice and warm… Man, that was the best.

I have a horrid singing voice; I’m just glad it’s too soft for anyone to hear it and make comments about it like my “socks”.

Uhhhh…

…and I think that’s it.

Oh! No! PEOPLE WHO ARE BORED ENOUGH TO READ THIS: WAAAIIITTTT.

I met my true love over there.

He’s so good to me, I swear to gawd, I love him SO MUCH.

I miss him the most.

Here’s his picture:

 

Doesn’t he have the prettiest rolls you’ve ever seen~?

i am so happy that the italians have returned for david addison and aaron. cant wait to hang out with them all again and i loved the chumash village and cant wait till next year. at the chumash village i really loved the beach and loved all of the people. i love the food they made how it was just mouth watering and the taste and all of their personalities. everyone was so welcoming and i loved it. we all slept in an app. we all slept on the floor.