Front Yard

I can sit in my front yard (shirt on this time), and I'm fifty yards fromt he ocean. The tide is out right now, so the spring-fed lagoon we swim in, protected by a grass-covered rock outcropping, is cold, less brackish than usual, and low. My gauge of the tide is a rock pile most of the way out to our little natural breakwater. At the highest tides, the tip of the pile is just covered by water. Right now, I can see a good two or three feet of the pile. Out beyond the rock pile is an arm of land, all sharp lava rock, that connects to the shore a few houses to my right. Out at the end of the spit today are a half-dozen fishermen, casting into the warm open water. If I stare long enough I might even see fish jumping, though maybe that's just the blue water sparkling.

Tuesday

I got sunburned yesterday. I've got pretty sweet pink coverage on my shoulders, my upper arms, my chest, but strangely only a stripe down the middle of my belly. The left and right sides of my belly were curiously shaded by my pectoral muscles.

Hilo Weather

For Monday, August 30th

2004 -- High 86, Low 69
Averages -- High 84, Low 69
Records -- High 88, Low 65

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I'm Moving To Hawaii Tomorrow

I'm moving to Hawaii tomorrow. I think I'll need to cultivate a look for while I'm there. I'm going to need to be quite thin, and rather languid, though I should be fit enough that with one look you think "this island dude may be languid now but he could spring into action at any time." To accomplish this I'm going to need to maintain a pretty consistent level of stubble, just enough to cover my square and important chin. My hair will be short, well-groomed but unkempt. I'm not going to wear anything but white button-down shirts. Some will be short-sleeve, though I'll also wear some long-sleeve ones and just roll those sleeves right up. You'll find me with two or three shirt buttons undone, or maybe even the whole lot of them, as if I was doing something relaxed and yet still awesome when you came up and I just pulled this white cotton button-down island shirt on to meet you on the lanai. I think I'll be wearing something around my neck, something woven and natural and extremely significant. Obviously I'll only wear flip-flops, though if I need to go to town or schlep a kayak or a crate of mangoes, I'll strap on some gym shoes with no socks. Yeah, that's what I'll do. Glad that's been straightened out.

Pics

I went to Alaska with my friend Abe and posted a bunch of pictures on the internet. You can look at them here.