You know, I really love living in Hawaii. I mean there are many really great things about living here. We have two official state languages, our flag has the Union Jack in the corner and you can get Spam off a menu just about anywhere. But, why does it cost so much to ship things here? Of course, I know the answer…it’s because we’re so isolated from everywhere and we’re separated by a large body of water. And then there’s Matson (I think they have a monopoly on controlling everything that moves in and out of here). But anyway, don’t you just love shopping online? I guess to their credit, Amazon does offer free shipping when you purchase more than $25. That’s pretty cool of them. Today I ordered the new Chris Tomlin CD from Amazon. I was going to use the highly recommended musichristian.com but they didn’t have the new Green Day CD which Amazon did so I ordered them both. Imagine that, a Christian music site not having the new Green Day CD. That’s the problem with our country, everything is so categorized. I’ve also been browsing ebay and craigslist for a bike, again the problem is that everything is in the mainland and not too much in Hawaii. I guess that’s the price you pay for living in paradise (how’s that for a cliche?).

So tonight we had our Diamond Pin Dinner for Pleasant Holidays. I must say, that is one of the nicest things about working for that company. They treat everyone that has worked there for 5+ years to a really nice dinner. This year it was at Aaron’s on the top of Ala Moana. Last year it was at Morton’s Steakhouse and the year before that it was at Roy’s I think. So if there’s a lesson to be learned it’s stick with a job as long as you can because someday it will pay off with a free meal. It was also really nice of them to invite me anyway since I am really only on-call there and they almost never call me. But hey, I can’t complain since I did get a free meal and I did get to see some great friends that I hardly see anymore. As far as food went, the shrimp and crab bisque I had for my appetizer was just okay. The pork chop I had for the entree was much better though. So all in all I left pretty full and overall satisfied (I think if I had to pay for the meal my opinion may be slightly different).

On a sad note, I just heard that this computer shop called Byteware is closing. It’s a small little shop in Kalihi so I guess they just can’t compete with the bigger boys in town. It is sad though since I bought my first (and only) laptop there and also my super durable underwater housing for my camera there too.

Well I guess it’s almost time for bed. I tried super hard tonight to write earlier and go to bed earlier, but for some reason it never works for me. I always get distracted. Tonight it really wasn’t my fault though. Ted came over and we sort of shot the breeze for a little while. I miss that guy. It’s interesting how my friendships have changed in the last six weeks with John-John moving. I have to rely on other friends like Ted too. Weird huh? Anyway, I’m off to bed. Good night.