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ya...i live here

A heaping serving of paradise

Sometimes you move somewhere and you get accustomed to the environment and it becomes a mere backdrop for your new life. Hawaii isn't like that. I walk around everyday and still wonder how it is I came to live here. Yesterday I went to a resort called Turtle Bay and swam. The pool was part of the condo development and it was gorgeous! As I sat there wading in the infinity-edge pool surrounded by palm trees and the sound of crashing waves I couldn't help but smile. It kept hitting me and I couldn't stop smiling. My friends were looking at me and giggling because of how much I was enjoying myself.

A phrase that has become quite repetitive in our group is "wait, we live in Hawaii." I am so blessed to be able to be learning and growing in such a beautiful and perfect place.

Cheers to Hawaii!!

love me my fives

So I decided barefoot running was a good idea when it took away my knee pain. My jogging teacher didn't know what to think of my barefoot shoes when I put them on. I told her about the knee pain and gave her an article on barefoot running and she agreed to let me use my Vibram Five Fingers. I was a little scared to teach my teacher but it turned out better than expected. Not all teachers are stuck in their ways.

things to avoid - clubs, car crashes, and candy

So Saturday night I went clubbing and it was fun but kind of not really. I prefer dancing to Yelle on top of a highrise at 1 am in a sleeping town.

On our way home we noticed a car swerving so we backed away and let it pass us. Another car passed us and passed the swerving car but as soon as it passed it the swerving car sped up. It then proceeded to hit the median, overcorrect and hit the SUV that had passed it, drift until it was facing backwards and grind to a complete stop. It all happened about 50 feet from us. It was kind of cool to watch considering no one was hurt. The police said the guy was drunk. I am so grateful our driver was watching and was able to avoid any damage.

I started a jogging class recently. Awhile ago I realized that eating sugar makes it harder for me to do endurance activities so I've cut out sugar. My last sugar meal was a monster and a cupcake. Time to go cold turkey.

10 things I am learning about school but not in school

1. I get to do what I love, learn
2. I am learning that people who slackline on campus are fun
3. I am learning to wake up at 7 am
4. I am learning how to be accomplished
5. I am able to work towards something that will benefit me
6. I am learning how to manage my time
7. I am learning that I never was truly busy
8. I am learning how fun it is to have knowledge
9. I am learning to appreciate my professors
10. I am learning how to learn

You could say I wasn't the most academically interested student in High School but I feel I have come a far way and I love school more than ever. Yes my opinion may differ when I have a 5 page paper due but ultimately I will always love to learn.

Facebook, the anti-personal connection site that lets you brag, stalk, and waste hours of your time

I am very, extremely anti-facebook. Why? Because what is the point of checking to see if people I don't care for say things I don't want to hear about things I don't care about. I have heard many people say to me "you need to get a facebook". I say to them "I have a face and people who actually care to see it contact me other ways". I recently got one to swap pictures from a recent camping trip but quickly decided that no amount of pressure can make me keep it up. Once all the pictures are downloaded it's gone.

Collecting Facebook friends is the equivalent of being a catlady, collecting numerous Himalayans, which you have neither the time nor the inclination to feed. "You have obviously never been on Facebook," he said. "It's so much worse than collecting cats."

This... nicely catches the nuances of the ‘Facebook addict’ type: an anti-social, agoraphobic, ‘low maintenance’ lurker who is also a passive-aggressive and voyeuristic stalker accumulating useless social capital

In the back of the truck with barefeet

This was the sunrise at Haleakala. Pictures don't do it justice. Not even slightly. It was amazing.

Everything that takes me back to the simplicity of childhood is highly cherished. For this reason the past week for me has been awesome. I went camping and hiking and swimming and slacklining and cliff jumping. Most of these things were done barefoot and I realized how awesome being barefoot is. Which makes me realize how much I love Hawaii.

Well my vacation was amazing! Above and beyond any expectation I could have set. Best of all it cost pretty much nothing. Some of my favorite things we did was watch the sunrise on top of the haleakala crater.