Big Isle Adrift

My friend Dave sent this to me in the spirit of the holiday...

Santa's Gmail Account...


My friend Dave sent this to me in the spirit of the holiday...

Certainly has been awhile since I've put an actual post on here. I'll write something more meaningful tomorrow, but for tonight...take a look at the World Clock Gadget I put at the bottom of my Blog. It lists Birth/Death statistics based upon the WTO and other orgs, that i thought was interesting.

Hit the Now button and watch the Death stats soar!

Aloha friends and family!

For New Years I decided to grab the snowboard and headed out to do the once unthinkable...conquer the great Mauna Kea.

Snowboading...........in Hawaii???

Although there is no lift, I did manage to hitch rides from tourists and locals that were fascinated that someone would be crazy enough to snowboard it. I couldn't ask for a better gift. Hope you enjoy the pics!

-J

The hike didn't look to bad at first...

So, I wanted to post this back in October but work has been sucky and I've been too busy to even think about the blog...but this album is still awesome. Even after downloading the album months ago from the Radiohead's website: inrainbows.com, I still find hours upon hours of enjoyment from it. Although you still can get it free, without legal hassle...i suggest you put up some cash for this remarkable achievement in audiocentricity and distribution. Check it out...

-J

For those who I haven't spoken to since I stole Sarah and ran off with her, we're finally settling in and doing fine. We're still trying to develop a routine but excited that we finally have a chance to get into one together.

We spent last weekend recovering from the moving madness by resting on the sands of Hapuna beach near Waikoloa. Although the skies were glum for most of the day , it didn't dampen our spirits and patience finally prevailed as the clouds lifted for a few hours toward late afternoon. I played around with my snorkel gear as I tried out my new flippers and although Sarah wasn't able to get the tan she wanted, she had a good time nonetheless. We left close to sundown and headed south to Keahou and pigged out at Kenichi Pacific, my favorite sushi restaurant. Not a bad way to spend our first weeked together in our new home on the Big Isle.

This weekend we have been taking it easy, doing chores mostly. Since Sarah got off the plane she's been taking up a new hobby, cooking. Before we left, Sarah's family showered her with cookbooks and I've been reaping the benefits since. With that we headed out early on Saturday to the Farmers Market and stocked up on all kinds of fresh vegetables. I've never been so excited over something so stoopid as vegetables before. What can I say...I'm in good hands.

Well if Sarah can pull me away from the games today, we'll go check out some homes for rent; our new project. Wish us luck...we'll be in touch!

J

The past 3 days I've been hearing on the radio that Flossie was churning out there in the Pacific and gaining some strength. Now, I didn't give this much thought really as most of my attention has been dedicated to work and moving Sarah over at the end of the month. After a nice Saturday of Golfing and a night at the movies, I wake up this morning to a "Beware of Hurricanes" text from my friend Tim back in AZ. I hop on CNN to see this...



Looks like Flossie is a much tougher ol' broad than her wimpy name would indicate. From what I found on Accuweather, she's about 735 miles away from Hilo and has a maximum sustained winds near 135 mph with gusts reaching 165. Its traveling about 14 mph heading NW...basically heading straight for us here. My friend Cory has told me that it's something I shouldn't worry about. The rule of thumb around here is if the Hawaiian Civil Defense gives the hurricane a Hawaiian name...then I should start to worry. Think it wouldn't hurt to hit the Safeway and stock up on some food today to be sure. Should probably develop a disaster plan for work too...great, like I got time for that shiat.

-J

Howdy All!!!

So the big news around here is the Father's Day eruption of Kilauea. Although Kilauea has been doing this for quite some time, what's so special about this is that recent multiple earthquakes have caused a change of the eruption as multiple fissures were created. These fissures have caused a drainage of the lava that once resided in the Pu'u O'o vent resulting in a river of lava heading East out of the National Park boundary. Below is a map that displays the current eruption of Kilauea as of August 10th. The red section represents the current area of the flow to date.



As you can see, since the creation of these fissures, the river of lava has continued to push Easterly for a total of about 6 miles. Below is a fairly current pic of the event.



Kind of reminds me of the times where I use to leave the horses water trough on as a kid and it would flood and create rivers all over the yard. Ah...how I use to piss the parents off with that mistake. Anyway...I digress.

True, this might not be all too exciting for you mainlanders, but it's definitely a hot topic (bad pun) around here for obvious reasons: no one knows where it's going and who knows when Pele will turn the faucet off. Assuming it continues on a relatively Easterly direction, it could jeopardize a few subdivisions...remnants of Kilauea's destruction of Kalapana back in 1990. Hopefully, it will just head south and the only thing it'll really do is just attract more tourists. In case you're wondering...no, I'm not anywhere in the path of this thing...it's too far south of me.

Well, I'm going to brush off for now...gonna head out to see the Bourne Ultimatum. Can't wait. Stay tuned, more news to come...

-J

In looking for a really cool place to snorkel, I came across the Wikipedia article about the Puna District, my current place of residence. Have a read...i think it'll provide you a nice overview of my hood.

Typical Speed Limit sign...place is like Mayberry on crack.


Enjoy the read...
Puna - Wikipedia

J

No...honestly, I can't say that I felt anything from this weeks 4.7, 4.1 Earthquake at the Volcano. Actually, I was quite surprised that I didn't feel it as I was sitting in my office in Keaau, bored to tears dealing with vendor reps over purchasing details. Considering that I still don't have TV in my house...it's been what...5 months since I've seen the news? So, when I finally heard about the earthquake and the activity at Kilauea, it was the day after and I was eating a pretty good burger from Blane's at the time.



Now, Keaau...where I work most of the time, is about 30 - 40 miles away from the actual Volcano and the spot of the quake. Thought something of that magnitude would at least vibrate my chair a little. Strange though, just 8 miles down south of where I was, there was some action noted. Some of my poker buddies here were telling me that their homes in Pahoa received a nice shake. So once again, I miss all the action. But, its probably a good thing that nothing jeopardized the servers at work. Just one thing more I need to be added to my list...ya damn right I just knocked on wood. Should be interesting to see what Kilauea and the South Rift Zone does over the next month, whether or not Pele gets another belly ache. Here's what the latest Hawaiian Volcano Observator report says in case you all wanted some additional facts...

Follow Me YAY!!!

Before I forget...click here for a Live panorama of the Pu`u `O`o vent...she's been fairly active in the last month...

No This Way, YAY!!!

J

A'ight! I'll stop with the video posts and really get busy writing something tangible in this thing, I promise! For now, I have to share with you my addiction to Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken. I present The RACE...with actual Cannonball Run guests, Burt Reynolds and Dom Deliuse. I thank you my darling girlfriend!

J

"Stoopid Monkey!"

Triumph Weather Dog - For more funny videos, click here

This basically sums up Hawaii's weather...

Thank you Stefan for the laugh!

Brother's Birthday Party

Attention Friends:

A big thank you all for those who made it out to celebrate my 30th Talladega Nights Birthday Party and those who made the trek all the way out to Surprise, AZ for the "Brothers Kegger" at Pete and Johanna's. I had an amazing time at both and couldn't ask for a better way to reign in on my 30's. My apologies that I had to hurry back to the Isle and couldn't have decent 1-on-1 time with most of you. Don't think I had much energy left to do so anyway...really felt my age toward the tail end of last week. Hope to see you all soon. Will be in touch for sure.

Aloha, A Hui Ho!

J


Chi Chi's for all!

I am Jack's cellular decay...