I finally got my computer back!!!
So this weeks highlights/lowlights/mid-tones:
been gettin a healthy dose of golden girls ever since the battle with my intestines at colitis bog... two weeks ago.
um.. we have a rather big swirly hurricane heading this way. hopefully we wont get the brunt of it... but im preparing anyway.
*rubber boots.... check
*swim goggles for eye protection.... check
*costco pack of canned tuna... check
*hatches battened... check
and i think if it gets REAL windy... i will finally get a chance to become like mario. (you know when he gets the feather and can fly.. and you can make him glide downward while he uses his cape as a parachute) i've got this big black sheet i think i can tie to my wrists and ankles and i figure if i get one big jump i might be able to take off... i bet the natives will think im some sort of giant bat... they might try to spear me down because of the superstitions- wish me luck.
(i struggle with run-on sentences)
Also.. i think my identity has been kid-napped. odd things have been happening- for example: a random phone call to a person whom i havent seen or spoken to in YEARS bears the news that 'katy left her phone on our boat, we're in seafair... you were on her contact list". I hear this news through distant acquaintance to sister to me. hmm. i have my phone... and ive NEVER lost one.
Also, i found out that my car was not in fact legally mine. or registered. that was a fun one.
well, i guess whoever is trying to take my identity can have it.... as long as they pay my bills.
And yes, the tabloids are true.... i was forced to commandeer gavin rossdale's phone number. yes.. the gavin from the band BUSH, gwen stephani's husband... its a long story.. it wasnt my idea. started with a sandwich, small-talk, my nosey boss, and badda bing badda boom. (if this were middle school i might have puked in delight... well i still might...)
oooh! and i've been asked to round up wild beast-like chickens for an old lady!! of course i said yes! i have to find a net on the end of a stick and some good sturdy chicken-grippin-gloves. this task will require stealth, fortitude, and a cat-like instinct....
i dont have any of those... but i got my rubber boots! no chicken crap between these toes! no sir. My first thought was... what the heck am i supposed to do with em once i've caught them??? Of course my instinct was to put them in a milk crate and toss them into the bay... i mean thats how grandpa Paquet taught us to dispose of pesky birds. Somehow, i think the hippies would catch wind and there would be a lynching in the town square. (thats so ridiculous.... we dont even have a town square) Maybe i'll domesticate them and train them to ride my bike to the store and bring back sushi.
This is like my dream job.
well thats the latest instalment. for now!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Still here.
I have just been suckered into a continuum of suspense. I"ve been getting a lot of missed calls lately from phone numbers that I dont recognize. From ALL over. Usually if i cant figure out who it might be in the first 5 min. of discovering the missed call, I forget about it. But after receiving one this afternoon, i decided to go online and attempt to do a reverse directory to satisfy my curiosity. Well, I looked up 5 or 6 numbers I didnt recognize only to discover that every website will provide the location & whether or not its a land line or cell... but no name/address/etc. Unless you want to pay them up to $15 for that info. PER PHONE NUMBER!
I feel tricked.
So now i know the location of the callers.. but of the thousands of residents in those areas.... it could be anyone. It wouldnt bother me so much, but almost all of them are cell phone numbers. And it makes me wonder.... who knows me that i dont know knows me?? Or perhaps a casual exchange of numbers led to my losing theirs and therefore never recording it in my phone. Have i forgotten completely about an encounter with someone? Or do i owe someone money?? What if there is a contract out on my head!? What if its Ed McMahon's family trying to get a hold of me to inform me that I've inherited his old-man glasses collection?!
THIS is why they invented message machines. So people like myself dont drive themselves to insanity with curiosity.
thats all.... i guess i feel better
LOVE
I feel tricked.
So now i know the location of the callers.. but of the thousands of residents in those areas.... it could be anyone. It wouldnt bother me so much, but almost all of them are cell phone numbers. And it makes me wonder.... who knows me that i dont know knows me?? Or perhaps a casual exchange of numbers led to my losing theirs and therefore never recording it in my phone. Have i forgotten completely about an encounter with someone? Or do i owe someone money?? What if there is a contract out on my head!? What if its Ed McMahon's family trying to get a hold of me to inform me that I've inherited his old-man glasses collection?!
THIS is why they invented message machines. So people like myself dont drive themselves to insanity with curiosity.
thats all.... i guess i feel better
LOVE
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sitting duck....
Well, I'd just like to say- that in the event that North Korea pulls the trigger on 4th of July and indeed hits Hawaii... its been a pleasure knowing you all. Really.
that should just be said anyway.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
evil saturday
Today was the first part of our circuit assembly about good vs. evil. It was very entertaining. And very upbuilding.... looking forward to part two tomorrow: Good sunday.
Anyway, i ran into a friend today that i hadnt seen in a long time, and she gave me a disc of pictures from a camping trip we went on a long time ago. Some of these pictures tickle my funny bone so... here we go.
Anyway, i ran into a friend today that i hadnt seen in a long time, and she gave me a disc of pictures from a camping trip we went on a long time ago. Some of these pictures tickle my funny bone so... here we go.
The tannest i have EVER seen natalie. Is she showing me a booger??
Monday, April 13, 2009
this weeks equation....
is... sick +(plus) work +(plus) exploding water main +(plus) hanging out with lumpy -(minus) brooke +(plus) sleeping on couch -(minus) groceries +(plus) new favs playlist to listen to.
.. someone wished me 'happy resurrection day' today. my reply was.... 'oh you're back from the dead?'............ she didnt find that amusing. ........ i just dont get it.
i've been thinking about robots a lot lately. and whales. and giant insects. and playing drums.
its all making for a lot of interesting dreams... especially when fueled by medicine head.
things feel like they're changing just lately. like one of those dynamic shifts is going to occur in 80% of the people i surround myself with. i guess we'll see where it goes.
manuel says hello....
Monday, February 16, 2009
maybe the sun was closer than usual today
Its monday.. and im pretty sure its some sort of holiday. Well i've had a very productive month. Kirstin and Jamin came to visit for a couple of weeks, so we packed in as many activities as we could. I think im still recovering. We had a lot of good times. So I figured I'd try not to be so lazy and post some pictures from their visit.
As for post visit... not too bad either. Had the day off, so surfing, beaching, napping, and BBQ'ing cheesy dogs and steak at sunset on the beach with friends was the itinerary. Oh! and brooke and i got to try stand-up paddling today, which was really nice. So now i am home, a bit sun-burned, and feeling quite relaxed. Here's some pho-toes.
So here you see a rather poor photograph of some spinner dolphins that we got to meet on a boat ride. I took Kirstin and Jamin aboard the 'Pride of Maui' for a snorkel excursion.. and low and behold, a detour led us to a number of hump-backs and spinner dolphins. Which all came right up to our boat. We had a couple female whales and babies come check us out. I could literally have reached over the side and poked one in the eye if i were so inclined. It was pretty amazing. And we got to see some competition pods duke it out over a female. So all in all a very active sight-seeing day. Oh yeah, and we snorkeled some beautiful spots full of eels and turtles and octopus, etc. Unfortunately i left my camera behind this day so I didnt get any footage at all of the whales coming up to the boat. shame on me. Later on in the week we rented kayaks and went back to the area where we saw all these amazing creatures. After paddling out about a mile and a half, and singing to the whales, 5 massive adult humpbacks ascended right beside us and stuck around for a while to check us out. Nothing makes you feel tiny and vulnerable like sitting in the middle of the ocean in a little plastic floating banana next to a 50 ft behemoth that could fling you into outerspace with one flick of its equally large fins. Fortunately I had brought an underwater camera and captured it all on film.... UNfortunately.. the film didnt wind and the whole roll was exposed and ruined. Just my luck.
Here you see the lovely couple at 10,000 ft. at about 4:30 in the morning freezing. We went up to see the sunrise at Haleakela... only we got there a little earlier than planned. So after about 3 hours in the biting cold, we were ready to see the dang sun come up already. But we tried to stay in good spirits and make the best of it. Actually the stars were all still out and it was absolutely amazing. Shooting stars everywhere. Its a whole nother view at 10,000 ft. from sky to sea.
I believed this is a spooked Nene bird. Rare but occasionally spotted atop volcanoes early in the morning wearing about 20 layers of clothes. 
Okay, this photo is one of my favorites. Not because of its breathtaking scenery or artistic composition by any means... (in fact im pretty sure it was just some crummy snap shot Jamin tried to take of his wife walking down the harbor) But closer examination will reveal what i think is a chunky kid falling over a canon. haha. It may help to click on the image to see it enlarged to appreciate it in full view.
Spooked Nene sighted near 7 sacred pools. Appears to be scaling a Banyan tree.
Chilly bath under a waterfall.
Sunrise...
Sunset.
Charming arent we? It was this trip that I discovered something that blows sliced bread out of the water... optical lenses in snorkel masks. Wow... how did I not think of that sooner? Like wearing big rubbery glasses under water. Which meant I could actually see everything. IMAGINE.
As for post visit... not too bad either. Had the day off, so surfing, beaching, napping, and BBQ'ing cheesy dogs and steak at sunset on the beach with friends was the itinerary. Oh! and brooke and i got to try stand-up paddling today, which was really nice. So now i am home, a bit sun-burned, and feeling quite relaxed. Here's some pho-toes.
So here you see a rather poor photograph of some spinner dolphins that we got to meet on a boat ride. I took Kirstin and Jamin aboard the 'Pride of Maui' for a snorkel excursion.. and low and behold, a detour led us to a number of hump-backs and spinner dolphins. Which all came right up to our boat. We had a couple female whales and babies come check us out. I could literally have reached over the side and poked one in the eye if i were so inclined. It was pretty amazing. And we got to see some competition pods duke it out over a female. So all in all a very active sight-seeing day. Oh yeah, and we snorkeled some beautiful spots full of eels and turtles and octopus, etc. Unfortunately i left my camera behind this day so I didnt get any footage at all of the whales coming up to the boat. shame on me. Later on in the week we rented kayaks and went back to the area where we saw all these amazing creatures. After paddling out about a mile and a half, and singing to the whales, 5 massive adult humpbacks ascended right beside us and stuck around for a while to check us out. Nothing makes you feel tiny and vulnerable like sitting in the middle of the ocean in a little plastic floating banana next to a 50 ft behemoth that could fling you into outerspace with one flick of its equally large fins. Fortunately I had brought an underwater camera and captured it all on film.... UNfortunately.. the film didnt wind and the whole roll was exposed and ruined. Just my luck.
Here you see the lovely couple at 10,000 ft. at about 4:30 in the morning freezing. We went up to see the sunrise at Haleakela... only we got there a little earlier than planned. So after about 3 hours in the biting cold, we were ready to see the dang sun come up already. But we tried to stay in good spirits and make the best of it. Actually the stars were all still out and it was absolutely amazing. Shooting stars everywhere. Its a whole nother view at 10,000 ft. from sky to sea.
I believed this is a spooked Nene bird. Rare but occasionally spotted atop volcanoes early in the morning wearing about 20 layers of clothes. 
The obligatory trip out to Hana. Actually it turned out to be a really nice day. The waves were huge at black sand beach, as you can see and we watched them pound the rocks below us until i started to feel my rock jiggling- then decided it was time to move.
Okay, this photo is one of my favorites. Not because of its breathtaking scenery or artistic composition by any means... (in fact im pretty sure it was just some crummy snap shot Jamin tried to take of his wife walking down the harbor) But closer examination will reveal what i think is a chunky kid falling over a canon. haha. It may help to click on the image to see it enlarged to appreciate it in full view.
Spooked Nene sighted near 7 sacred pools. Appears to be scaling a Banyan tree.
Chilly bath under a waterfall.
Sunrise...
Sunset.
Charming arent we? It was this trip that I discovered something that blows sliced bread out of the water... optical lenses in snorkel masks. Wow... how did I not think of that sooner? Like wearing big rubbery glasses under water. Which meant I could actually see everything. IMAGINE.
Well, there are lots more pictures, videos, and stories, but quite frankly... im pooped.
All-in-all, a great couple of weeks. We also got to have a couple bon fires on the beach at night, spent time at maui brewing co., and had some bbq's. Man.... i love it when people come to visit. :)
All-in-all, a great couple of weeks. We also got to have a couple bon fires on the beach at night, spent time at maui brewing co., and had some bbq's. Man.... i love it when people come to visit. :)
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