First day in Maui:
I woke up early, still on eastern time, and headed down to the beach right away. Went for a quick swim then into town, which was just waking up. I got a bagel and a coffee, and headed east. I guess I went for about 20 miles, before I turned back because I was too out of breath. I doubt it was the elevation, probably more because it's ALL UPHILL! Tomorrow I'll try again, with this new route I just learned will save me a lot of detours.
The beaches are great, I feel sorry that the folks back home couldn't enjoy it too, in fact I received a text message asking me how the beach was just as I was walking at Hookipa lookout. Really a nice beach.
The place I'm staying at is awesome: own entrance, half-bath, and access to everything. It's even a double bed, and at 40$, the price can't be beat.. It's in Pai'a, which is nice because it's close to the beach as well as all the usual commodities. The owner even lent me a bike! It's a nice bike, too, a road bike. I'm used to my mountain bike, though, so I guess I was a bit rough on the downhill and caught a flat. Luckily there was a tire repair kit on there!
It could have been worse, too, if I had caught the flat earlier in the day. As it was I had time to eat mochi for dinner, and have this cool smoothie on the way back. It was just the juice of two coconuts with the juice of an unripe orange and passionfruit, but it really hit the spot. I kept the coconut and the insides are really good, nutty, not at all what I was expecting (I don't particularly like the taste of coconut).

At the risk of sounding like a rich/spoiled kid, it's down to Hawaii vs. Amsterdam again. Both about the same $$, which do I choose?

Sold on Zombieland

Kind of want to go to the Matt and Kim show tonight.. 1am/15$ though, and not exactly my side of downtown..

Here is the top of my current playlist:

Fanfarlo_15_Talking Backwards.mp3
01 Percussion Gun.m4a
01 Quicksand (Demo Version).m4a
02 Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up).m4a
01 Fixin' to Thrill.m4a
KK-02_Its_All_Over.mp3
KK-10_Battle_Of_Heaven_and_Hell.mp3
01 Black River Killer.m4a
Various_06_This Machine.mp3
Brownout_07_Olvidalo.mp3
04 Now We Can See.m4a
We Were Promised Jetpacks_01_It's Thunder And It's Lightning.mp3
Delphic_01_This Momentary.mp3
Various Artists_10_This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Edit).mp3
Pablo_05_Morning.mp3
01 When We Were Young.m4a
03+Splash+Woman+produced+by+Samik.mp3
Easily Embarrassed - Mirror's Backside.mp3

Bonus points to anyone who recognizes more than one song!

I need to know where to go!

Might not wait for Japan and Australia for vacation in November.. I think I'm going to somewhere in 3 weeks. I want to go to Peru, or China

Normally autumn is my favorite season, but this year I can't believe summer's over already.. I hope it's a dry autumn with a crinkly leaf

About to start 4th month in this half-finished apartment with no shower or stove. Grateful for frozen pizzas and my trusty rice cooker!

Looking to set up a home-made DVR on my mac with a USB TV tuner and MythTV or something.. Hopefully I'll have it up and running soon

4chan thread!

Japanese Dream

I dreamt about a japanese girl who was avoiding attention from the public while trying to make friends with families sympathetic to her. The elder sister of the party she was visiting said that the amount of meat she brought, a lot, was a waste.

Testing my fireplace