Friday, March 26, 2004

today is friday 26 march 2004. six in a row . . . but tomorrow might be my last for a while.

observations from the homeland continued . . .

a lot of honda elements zipping along. also a lot of mini coopers. i hate 'em both.

parking is not a problem in honolulu--there is none. did i ever mention to you that honolulu has the density of hong kong? no wonder hawaiians are the best drivers around . . .

which brings another point about driving--i hate city driving in the rain. only thing worse is splashback . . . i hate splashback.

so dinner time rolls around, and i have to figure which eating joint i haven't hit yet: checked off shiro's, zippy's, l and l, and even yummy's. one i almost forgot--gau gee from waimalu chop suey . . .

so i go to leonard's malasada's . . . a 3/2/1 order (3 cinnamon, 2 sugar, 1 plain) and the lady doesn't get it--repeat my order at least three times. almost got to the point of drawing her a picture of what i wanted . . . but i thought about it--as much as i dislike teaching math at times, i'd rather not work at a malasada joint.

so i hit the local grocery store. fishcake i see . . . funny thing is, same location of the store. same part of the refrigerated section since i was a little melvin. same brands, same packaging. unless for the little stickers that tell you the date, i'd swear fishcakes grow on that shelf.

dodgers stink. impending doom--even dodgers.com talks about the past. pitching of the past. nothing about offense of the future.

no baseball of late.

got fellowship of the rings extended dvd. yes i know it's been out for a while. got two two towers extended dvd over Christmas. when the last one comes out--lotr marathon!

biggest scare of the week--digitizer on ipaq goes dead. for some reason, she behaves fine today. got everything restored . . . and all of sudden i get a new appreciation of what kind of armament i'm carrying.

do i'm reading hadji's blog (e-rabbi.blogspot.com) . . . he wishes he hadn't used the "grandma and soccer mom" line on me. found his blogs halfway amusing to the point i've got an avantgo channel ready for the ipaq.

and funny thing is i should tell people i'm in hawaii more--i got more e-mail, sms, instant messages, and phone calls this week than the last month.

no haven't hit the beach. it is still raining. and yes, orbit is still fat.