Kites! The Aftermath

Brad won the kite contest.

We all made fun of him because his kite was the least aesthetically pleasing. He showed us by having the only kite that actually flew.

As you can see, Brad clearly thought his design through for suitable flight.

And he's so humble about it too.

Robin's kite didn't fly so well. Fun fact! She used to work for NASA!

Sayako was so excited that she decided to scamper down the streets of Brooklyn with her kite.

When we got to the park, Brad helped Sayako fly her kite. Check that, hover her kite.

While attempting to cut the string for our kites, I cut myself instead of the string and proceeded to bleed all over my kite. The lesson? Don't use a beer can tab to attempt to cut string, or anything for that matter.

Finally, there's my kite. It looks awesome, but alas, a kick ass kite is not necessarily a flying kite.

I realized that the way I tied my kite actually made it collapse upon itself. So sue me, I wasn't an engineering major. Also I bet it probably would have helped if I didn't kick my kite in frustration when it didn't fly. Finally, what was my design idea? I think I saw a kite like mine in a Charlie Brown movie. What was I thinking? Charlie Brown's kites suck.

So I tied it again and gave it another shot:

So that was our kite flying adventure. Brad, you are the kite master. I'm sorry I ever doubted you.