Success at Waimea

I went to Waimea bay with some friends yesterday. My goal I made when I first went to waimea was to do a back flip off the highest rock which is about 25 feet. For a long time I had thought about trying it. The night before last I had a dream about doing it and so when we got on the rock I just did it.

Also there was another dolphin experience even better than the last. After I did the back flip I saw them swimming and they kept coming closer to the shore. I grabbed my goggles and swam towards them. They swam past me on all sides. I was in the water this time and about 3 feet away. They were making those weird noises but it was really cool to be so close. It was great!

Laie in all its glory

I went to the PCC yesterday and had dinner and went to the night show. The food was pretty good. It was buffet style and I had sushi and kalua pork and pineapple. The show was cool. I am learning to hula and it made me excited for class.

There is a great cliff jumping spot called Laie point. My friend is a video producer and was going to shoot a video there while the sun rises. He wanted a bunch of people to come and jump off so he could get some cool footage. I woke up at 4:30 to meet them there. When we got there it was raining and there were clouds so we headed back. I cant go back to sleep so it is now 6:30 am and my laundry is done, my homework is done, my bed is made, and I went on a bike ride. Now I have no clue what to do until the rest of the world wakes up.

It feels good to have some free time.

10 (more) things I know for sure

1. snorkel masks like to such your eyeballs out of their sockets
2. my student id is hideous
3. going to 4 beaches and then work is torture and is known to cause narcolepsy
4. watching others surf when you cant is also torture
5. i can sleep through 1000 decibels after going to 4 beaches and work
6. Alf isn't always an appropriate show
7. i have the coolest friend ever
8. fake is better
9. Hawaii will probably never see me with my hair done
10. I get awkward when someone tells me they like my buckets.

I'm 21. wahoo.

My day started at 7am when my roommates took me to breakfast. Then at 10 i went to class. After that I just hung around and did homework. Then at 4 I went to work. During work my friend Abbey brought homemade salsa and jello cake. I brought chips and cinnamon rolls and the Koreans I work with brought some rice crackers that were real tasty. After work there was a party at my apartment where we had rootbeer floats and lit sparklers (thanks mom!). Then I took the new scooter that is at my disposal for a ride. The gifts I got are:

shirt, PMFP, journal, postcard - Lex
sparklers, sponge, q-tips, cotton balls, chocolate, fruit leather, foot lotion, wrap - Mom and Hay
$30 - Hinkins
$100 - Grandma
wallet - Edna
PCC tickets - Bev
hawaii driver license - Me
Bracelet - Paige
North Shore book - Adam
Tie-dye shirt - Pam
Necklace, cup o noodles, hard-boiled eggs, banana bread - Xiaorong
2 salt water taffys - John from Ed Outreach

The next day I woke up at 7 and went to the temple. It was awesome. I am sad i don't go very often. I want to go again next week.

Root of all problems

Think about all the times you have been in a tiff with someone else. I can almost guarantee it's because you had expectations. They aren't bad but when they are believed to be what the future will hold then it becomes a problem. The only person you can rely on 100% is you. Lots of the time you even let yourself down. My 21st birthday is on wednesday and I am annoyed at the expectations the world has put upon that specific number. It really means nothing for me except I have to renew my drivers license. I am going to try to serve others more and use my birthday as a day for me to grow and learn. What better gift to myself can I give?

A few realizations...

.......life never stops.

I have always had the innocent idea that once work is done it is time to relax. I now realize the work is never done. There never is a moment in time when there is no work to do. Wow. That has hit me like a ton of bricks.

I am a lover of silence. I love the stillness you get in nature. I love the quiet drives down deserted roads and I love the people who enjoy the silence with me.

cheers to empty space and silent friends

PMFP

Has anyone heard of Libby's Potted Meat Food Product? I believe this is the epitome of a horrible American diet. A friend and I were doing our weekly shopping awhile ago and found this "substance". Something to be eaten, as it says, on crackers. Ingredients are as follows: mechanically separated chicken, pork skin, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, vinegar, less than 2% (thank heavens!) of salt, spices, sugar, flavorings, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrate.
I see many problems here.

1. when an ingredient contains both "defatted" and "fatty" does that mean the ingredient doesn't exist?
2. when the first word is mechanically, does that mean i am supposed to eat the can?
3. what sort of flavorings are we talking about here?
4. why the fancy name? i mean the price of .75 cents already identifies upper-class as your target audience
5. also I never understood why recipes have both sugar and salt.