Good Luck...

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU RUNNERS GEARING UP FOR THE TWINS CITIES MARATHON THIS WEEKEND!!! I'M SURE ALL OF YOUR DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION WILL PAY OFF ON SUNDAY!!!

Awesome Weekend...

What a great weekend!!! Seriously spent three full days at the beach, and loved every minute of it. Friday I headed out to the windward side to check out the swell that was kicking up. Went to Makapu'u Beach and watched the surfers for a while, then headed over to 'Eternity Beach' (the beach scene in 'From Here to Eternity,' or more recently in '50 First Dates' when Sandler gets knocked out by the golf ball...) anyway, had the whole beach to myself! Kick Ass! Saturday, after the Golden Gophers' glorious victory, I went out to Kaena Point to take a nap on the beach. Best nap ever! That night, my friend Sarah and I went over near Chun's Reef for a picnic and to watch the sunset. Sunday... was supposed to go surfing with Sarah, but the party girl tied one on the night before, so I went snorkeling instead and followed with some sun at Pupukea. This weekend rocked!

.... Riding Tropical Storm Jova's swell at Makapu'u

.......... Eternity Beach .........

....... Sunset at Chuns Reef .......

Go Gophers...

How bout them Gophers!!! Finally, they didn't let it slip away (although they sure tried to). and what better day than on Homecoming! Kick Ass!!

It's Really Starting To Hurt...

These were the prices today in Kuhuku, O'ahu...

The MP Ball...

Last night was our yearly MP Ball. It was a pretty good time. The event took place at the Hawaiian Hilton in Waikiki. Good food, good drinks... pretty good time. The pic is of my co-worker Bo and myself.

WTF?!?!

Oh... My...God! Grown Ass adults pretending to be vampires. Watch the trailer for the new docu "Night Gamers." Minnesota's finest, thats fer sure.

Tell Me This Ain't Fun...

So... there is a new page up on the ole' intranet that lets ya search public criminal records for free. Check it out here. Don't think I didn't spend two hours searching each and every one of ya'lls names... cause i did!

The Big Move...

Finally finished moving into my new barracks. I now live in the middle of a pineapple plantation. No, seriously, I'm surrounded by Dole's fields and fields of pineapple. I'm sure that the barracks I now live in were nice once... most likely during WWII! Definately a step backward. But, on the positive, it will be nice to live up here by the North Shore, especially as winter nears and the huge swells start to roll in. I'm only a few miles from Hale'iwa now, so thats nice as well.

Lucky To Live Aloha...

Check out this article from National Geographic (Oct 2004). One word: EERIE!

London's First Day of Kindergarten...

Today was my nephew London's first day of school. He was pretty excited, as was his entire family. London rode the bus to school, found his new desk and got down to business. His main concern was that he would forget to order the popcorn chicken in the cafeteria (only concern is food... a man after my own heart). Anyway, at lunch his worst fears came true and he ordered a peanut butter and jelly, but said it was pretty good (he noted that it was the "square kind of sandwhich"... yeah.)

Labor Day...

Had an awesome Labor Day. Got up early this morning and headed to the North Shore. My friend Sarah met me at Sharks Cove for some snorkeling, and then lunch at Cholo's. On the way to lunch I stopped to buy a new beach hat. The result: a new "Chinaman's Hat" (insert Big Lebowski quote here: Dude, Chinaman is not the prefered nomenclature. Asian-American, please). Anyway, it was a fun day. Weather was awesome, water was crystal clear. These are the days that I am reminded how lucky I am to live out here, and know that on some cold Minnesota night I'll wish I was on O'ahu.

Silver Man...

Whenever anyone from work asks me "Whatever will you do when you get out of the Army?" -- 'cause, obviously I appear to be the type that is destined to sell every last drop of my plasma to put food in my stomach and stitches of clothing on my back-- I have a new answer... I will be the next "Silver Man." Can't you just see it now? Me in downtown Minneapolis, perhaps outside of Block E or Nicollet Mall, pop-locking for spare change! Imagine the buzz I'd get each and every night from sniffing the mettalic paint as I applied it to my entire body. OUTSTANDING! all of my furniture would have a permanent metallic sheen. AMAZING! Yeah... I call dibs on being Silver Guy!

Watch Harry Connick Jr.'s tribute to his hometown, New Orleans.

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