Boy, these two don't look ANYTHING alike, do they?
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Skating in Hawaii
Here is Lucas on the bench with skates off after 5 minutes on the ice. Stupid American blood makes him not like skating...yeah that's it. So, he didn't want to skate, but he sure had fun taking pictures of mom and dad skating around.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Favorite Movies 2006
This comes a little late, but I've been thinking about the movies that 2006 had to offer. Nothing extremely groundbreaking or brilliant, but some overall memorable films that tackled some issues, had some fun, and brought the action. Here are my favorites:
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Thank You For Smoking
3. Casino Royale
4. An Inconvenient Truth/Who Killed The Electric Car
5. Inside Man
The Matador
Lady in the Water
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Movies that I missed that might have made the list.
The Departed
The Illusionist
The Presige
Stranger Than Fiction
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Pipeline Masters
This video happened just as Brandon and I had to leave in order to get him to the airport. Go to the Vans Triple Crown Website to see some more professional shots and videos of this breathtaking event. This day had it all (and we were only there for an hour and a half) -- near death experience, "Let's make sure he's ok!" a broken board washing ashore, several free falls from 10 foot waves into 20 inches of water, crazy good tube rides, cameramen getting in the way, and all around good surfing.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Link to the funniest thing I've read in two years.
If you know Mark Brewer, you know he's a funny guy. If you don't know him, you will know he's a funny guy. Read This.
Finally: Disc Golf in Hawaii
In a moment of sheer serendipity, I stumbled across a co-worker who plays disc golf. Turns out there are two of my co-workers who play the monthly tournament sponsored by HDGA (Honolulu Disc Golf Association). There are a group of committed individuals (who perhaps should be "committed") that procure a one-day permit to set up a temporary course on one of O'Ahu's many parks.
The course for November was on the North Shore, and was originally designed by the two co-workers I was to be playing with. I hadn't played (throwing at baskets) in almost two years...this should be interesting.
Playing in a structured, formal disc golf tournament is very interesting if you can get past that nagging-inner-jock-tormenter that is screaming "NERD!"
There were three divisions: 1. Open 2. Am (amateur) 1 3. Am 2 -- Being new, the organizers placed me (graciously) into the low division- AM2.
I finished a solid 10 strokes behind my Am1 co-workers, but won the Am2 division by a full three strokes...not bad, but I should have been competing in the Am1 bracket.
Oh, and the best part...I hit a truck...hard...for money.
There was a closest to the pin (CTP) contest (put in a dollar, and the winner takes the pot). It was on the second hole and I threw my disc with the full intention of just putting the thing in the basket. If you've ever thrown a frisbee 150 feet, you know that aim is sometimes difficult. So, I let the thing go and I think it looks good, but then it kinda keeps going, headed straight for the road and a two stroke out of bounds penalty...Then miraculously, a Ford Ranger enters my peripheral vision and intercepts my disc perfectly blocking it's escape to out of bounds. After avoiding the angry-slow-down-and-look-at-you-though-I'm-not-sure-what-just-happened look from the driver of the truck, I walked over to the pin, looking for my disc. About five feet from the pin, nestled tightly against the base of a 50 ft pine was my beautiful Innova Champion Tie-Dyed Orc (with a slight smear of Ford Ranger gray on the top). I win the pot! That is a plan fiendishly clever in it's intricasies.
Sorry no pictures for some reason...I was too engrossed in the action (read: walking) to pull the camera from the bag.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
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