uncle eric

uncle eric finally passed on. i didn't really know him too intimately so it was nice to learn about his life through the eulogies. one of which was done by dad. can't you feel the love in this picture?

lucky we live hawaii: manoa valley

lucky we live hawaii: kai'ona beach, waimanalo

chad owens

i was talking with a guy today and he asked me the generic, conversation-filler question, "what school you grad?" roosevelt. "did you know chad owens then?" yeah. we talked about him a little and he said he watches CO youtube clips sometimes when hes bored.










from pauoa valley to UH to the NFL - his belief in himself was incredible. i can't remember a player who brought that much excitement to aloha stadium.

the wrath of rathy

i couldn't help it. the title was too funny. the short, obscure, essence of the story goes like this:

at work i encountered a disgruntled canadian man named george rathy and his daughter. we argued back and forth for a while. he threatened to sue. i typed up a fyi/warning note for the managers in the morning. i ended the note with "Beware the wrath of Rathy".

fyi: canadian visitors have a reputation here in hawaii. so do airline employees. candian flight attendants? forget about it.

funny cars

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sorry i uploaded in the wrong order. is there a way to manipulate the order of the photos you upload or are you at the mercy of blogspot? anyway, mike mckenna in kailua is selling these weird vans.







driving into kailua today i saw a white version of this car. its called a tesla. i'm not sure if thats the brand name or the model name, but its the worlds first commercial, fully electric sports car. i first heard about it in a magazine article about its inventor. hes some eccentric, brainiac from south africa.

then i saw this little thing driving up the pali coming back from kailua. i'd seen several around town (and by town i mean "town") and never thought much other than, oh, cute and if you get in a wreck in that thing... i just figured it was a moped wth doors, so i was curious to see how it would handle the climb up the ko'olaus. HOLY SPICOLI the bugger can move. the acceleration was unreal, and the incline was no problem. i checked the smartcar website and found out that they have 70 horse power, which seems manini, but they're so light thats all you really need. especially considering that the average moped that maxes out at 35mph only has 3 horsies!

i must say, today was a good day... for spotting fun cars in K-A-I-L-U-A!

rough rider

this dudes from honolulu and is set to blow up nationally - he has a single out called "nothin on you". back in the day i remember seeing him on superkids and that hawaiian host michael w perry show as the world's youngest elvis impersonator. as a high schooler he did a MJ impersonation at a show in waikiki. his dad is a musician and used to perform at the hotel i worked at so he's grown up on and around the stage his whole life. he is an american idol reject. he went to roosevelt high school. i'm not sure how i know so much about this guy.