days like this i miss hawaii sooooo much. its cold, i don't have a parking pass, so i have to walk to school. i can see what the h1 highway looks like, i can smell the plumeria. i feel like one of those people in the royal carribian cruse commercials, trying to reacclimate to this shitty midwest life. 
Just curious, why would you leave Hawaii to go to school in IL? I think I'd have stuck with Hawaii, or at least SoCal.
I too share koolaids curiosity. Why did you leave? Are you on the run perhaps?