knoxville

Surfed Black Point today. Small, but fun - also, my friend and I were the only two people out at noon on the first nice day for a week. As we were paddling in, we passed a gaggle of shortboarders. Perfect timing.

We followed the session up with some ono grinds from Rainbow's, after which the polynesian paralysis set in. Had a great nap, and...
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In the theme of how fucked we are, here's a little Yeats coming at you. A little cliche at this point, but what the hell:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;...
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Holy fucking god. 4 more years? It may be time to cut and run.

I hope everyone is voting today. No excuses. Let's get this fuck out of office.

Dear Sky,

Thank you for all of the rain. I'm sure the people with catchment systems are all happy by now. Please knock it off, as I am starting to feel like I live in Oregon.

Respectfully,

Knoxville.

Things have deteriorated significantly.

All is well. Go on about your business, citizen.

Man, it's funny how little motivation there is to write in a journal when things are going well.

Ok, all is well. Even better than well.

Ack! So I'm really worried about my girl. She's off on the mainland for a month, and was supposed to call me 2 days ago. Been trying to get in touch with her, but she lacks an answerng macine, and her cell is off. Man, I hope she didn't get into a car crash/get abducted by aliens/get detained as a threat to homeland security/etc. Hope...
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Yet another fun filled weekend in Honolulu. It's like a billion degrees here. My friend from Seattle, who I am meant to be hanging out with steeped on a bee yesterday, and discovered, much to his dismay that he is extremely alergic to the little bastards. Poor guy was supposed to be the best man in a wedding today.

I think being hung over makes...
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Ok, I think my broken heart has been repaired. Girls are strange. I think this is the last time I will try this - if this doesn't work out, I'm going to shave my head and become a monk.