dakineguy

The surfing was lovely. Good waves. 8-12 feet.

I got 8 good rides and am pretty certain nobody saw me who would know I was supposed to be home with a cold.

Every now and then I am just tempted to hang it all up and have days like that every day.

Until I starved to death, though.

O'ahu Surf Forecast

That does it.

I'm using a sick day tomorrow.

Surf's up, bra.

Been up to my hips and then up to my eyeballs lately.

Winter is coming -- big surf days will finally be back.

Bush can't ruin that, at least.

Yet.

Bush won the election.

I think I am going to get a puppy.

Wow.

Dick Cheney campaigns in Hawai'i and so much rain falls that the basements in most University of Hawai'i buildings flood out -- including the servers in the basement that ended up under 9 feet of water.

The gods fucking HATE this administration.

Vote smart.

You have to wonder about some people.

One of my co-workers told me she was worried about one of my students. I asked her why. She said she thought she was hanging out with a bad crowd. I asked her why she thought so.

Her reason?

The kid dyed her hair a funky color and has some new piercings.

This is, mind you, a straight-A...
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Why is everyone making such a big deal about baseball anyway?

Volleyball is the best sports, garans balbarans.

It is the lovely Sophie's birthday today.

Things have gotten quiet lately. Not much seems to be happening except a really weird local poll result: Hawai'i may vote for Bush. No kidding. I cannot figure out where that comes from -- this state is completely Democrat and nobody has bothered to campaign much here.

I don't like this -- I like to think my...
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I will never understand why anyone gets up at the crack of dawn out here just to watch the NFL games on tv.

For anyone who was wondering -- the trick worked. After my reporter friend's call to Child Protective Services, I was magically able to get them to open an investigation.

The system works.

But only if you jack it.