haven’t gotten together for a while with my old time friends. we eat, we talk, we laugh, and we laugh, and we laugh. everything and anything we talk about is funny. and the funny thing is that we can’t keep still. we ended up going to a restaurant, then to a sports bar, then to karaoke, then to another sports bar. started at 7 pm and ended at 2:30 am when the bartender told us to leave. my next year new years resolution is to spend more time with my friends. i didn’t realize how much i missed them.
candace, hope you made it to work on time. many kids in hawaii are waiting for their christmas presents delivered by the postal reindeers. and thank you for the cool snowmen glasses. i love it!
john, thanks for leaving us again without saying anything. we all had to ask for rides home after we came out and seen your car gone. and you took my dam christmas present that holli gave me home. OMG!
holli, thanks always for the little gifts here and there. and for always putting smiles on our faces. my life would suck if you weren’t in it. thanks for putting up with my selfishness and loudness for the past 30 years. and thanks for the christmas present that i won’t see till next year. yeah, john took it home.
russ, don julio 1942 bottle night coming up. mexican food, corona beers, and the finest tequila you’ve ever tried. always good to see a great friend with a big heart.

i finally got scolded by the staff at the gym for wearing slippers. i told him, “sorry dude, next time.” haha. gosh, the waves have been junk, the diving weather has been junk. great! great for the gym. good to be back in the gym seeing old friends and sweating like a pig.

remember one of my dreams of buying a boat, taking my friends surfing
around the world, and enjoying life? that was my dream since my first
boat trip back in 1994. throughout the years, i’ve ridden some awesome
boats and had some awesome experiences. every experience, i’m learning,
i’m watching, and i’m soaking in as much information possible. why? so
when that time comes, i know what the heck i’m doing. haha.
my first boat trip 17 years ago was a small 18m or 60ft sailboat with
small rooms and a tiny engine. we had 8 of us on board with 2 staff
taking care of us.
as for my next boat trip? meet the beautiful Alexandra. this boat, or
should i say yacht, is 50m or 164ft long. there will be 8 of us going
with 12 staff, including chefs and stewardess, taking care of any of our
needs. there are 2 speedboats, 2 three-seater waverunners, water skies,
wakeboards, diving equipment, satellite equipment, WiFi internet, all
the alcohol you can imagine, and of course, my surfboards. i don’t even
know what to expect. i don’t even think this is real? is somebody going
to wake me up tomorrow? what’s going on? i was invited to go on this
trip back in june of this year. honestly, i had to think about it. am i
and idiot? think about it? think about what? i really thought to myself,
“wait, this boat trip is in january, that’s when all my friends from
japan come to hawaii, that’s when the waves are at it’s biggest and best
on the north shore. what should i do???” i sat down for 1 minute,
slapped myself in the head, and told myself “hey dummy, this is a
lifetime opportunity. your friends will understand, the waves will be
there when you get back, so stop thinking so much and GO!!!” so in less
than 2 weeks, i’m GOING! the time has come for me to experience what
99.9% of the worlds population can only dream of. i’ll be sitting in the
jacuzzi every evening during sunset sipping on a glass of champagne.
it’s funny how i barely graduated from high school and look where i am
today? my high school teachers would never believe it. haha.
dream big. because let me tell you something: DREAMS COME TRUE!