i was in my favorite toy store this past weekend, the apple store. i couldn’t believe how crowded it was. since apple started making user friendly and affordable computers, millions of people have switched from windows. i switched about 10 years ago and that was one of the smartest decisions in my technical life. i can never go back. but i just have to stay away from the apple store because i want everything in there…

this is a 1.5 liter bottle of water. i drink 5 of these a day. beer, juice, soda, and jacksan tastes good, but nothing tastes better than pure water. without it, we’d all die…

the other night when i was drinking some korean soju with my old time friends, an interesting story came up. holli was telling me about a guy that walked up to her the day before as she was leaving shirokiya at ala moana shopping center. he followed her into macy’s and started talking to her and asked questions like “how’s you day and where are you going?” holli said he was very polite and clean cut. the only reason why holli talked to him for a little is because this guy came across as an uncle? or old time friend? i guess he had this way of thinking that they knew each other. as soon as holli got the negative vibe, she turned away and walked the other direction. then holli told me, the guy introduced himself as Elton.
WHAT@@##?? OH MY GOSH@@##!! said candace who was sitting one seat over from holli.
candace said that this guy came up to her the other week in sams club as she was by the flower section. he started asking her questions like “what kind of flowers do you think my mother would like? and kept on talking. the guy was very polite and clean cut. he introduced himself as Elton.
how crazy is that? i just couldn’t believe it? what are the chances of 2 of my best friends trying to get picked up by the same guy at 2 random places? we were all in disbelief????? so here’s what i have to say to this guy…
“hey Elton, what’s going on dude? if i was stupid, i’d think the only girls you tried to pick up were my 2 friends. but i ain’t stupid. what’s going on? are you playing the “odds” game? try to pick up 100 girls, get rejected by 99 but score that 1? and going to the shopping malls in day light to pick up on mothers? yeah, my friends kids were right on her side when you went to talk to her. that’s screwed dude. it’s not only screwed, it’s scary. i wonder how many women you picked up with that technique? wait, don’t answer because i don’t want to know. just wanted to let you know that i put the word out that if another girl i know meets you, i told her to take a photo of you and you are going to be on the beginning of every blog i do. it’s going to have your photo saying on the bottom, WATCH OUT FOR THIS GUY ELTON! i’ll even send your photo to guy hagi and ask him to put you on the news. just stay away from my friends!”
**one more thing. i’m so proud of holli and candace to walk away from that creep. it could have been worst. what if they both called me and said “hey kirby, i have a new boyfriend, his name is Elton.” haha… way to go girls…

Jalee Fuselier is Miss Hawaii!!!

good morning. 6:30 am and where is the south swell? everybody’s been talking about the south swell that supposed to be here today. all i see is small waves and a lot of people. i’ll be watching and as soon as i see a set overhead, i’m heading to the beach. until then, i’ll be relaxing my body from a long day yesterday. have a nice monday!

yesterday was just like any other diving day. load up the car the night before, drink with friends, come home late, wake up early, and go dive all day….

kyle, cathy, toda-san, takami-san, and i went out to the west side for one reason. and that’s to dive deep in the blue water and try to catch a big fish….
**we were diving out in about 120′ of clear blue water when the current pulled us out to 200′. i see a “rainbow runner” swimming near a big shark. i go down to try to spear it, i miss, i reload, then i see more and more rainbow runners coming around eating the bait we had. then at the corner of my eye, i see more and more big dark shadows coming up from the deep blue. i had my video camera strapped on me so i turned it on, and filmed the sharks getting nearer and nearer. one 8′ turns and makes a straight line to me. i had my spear gun out to keep the distance but it kept on getting closer and closer. i wanted to see how close it would come to the camera mounted to my mask. the thing came right up about 4′ away before it turned. cool… then more and more came as kyle got picked up by the boat first. next thing you know, i was alone in the deep blue ocean with dead fish bait floating all around me. the sharks started going into a frenzy eating everything i sight. it was me and 5 big sharks all around me taking bites of the fish we cut up. i’m not scared of sharks but 5 sharks in feeding frenzy? just a little nervous? i was in the water for about 5 minutes dodging aggressive sharks coming from every angle. top, side, bottom, and from behind. it felt like hours. i got out of the water in one piece and am lucky to have my hands and legs…. i’d be lying if i told you i wasn’t scared for a little while… and guess what, i was filming the whole thing and my battery was dead… haha…

**we were looking for big fish all day. i seen a huge ono as soon as i jumped off the boat but i didn’t have my gun. missed opportunity again!!! i was bummed out but still stayed in the water cutting up bait and waiting, and waiting. finally, i got the chance. a big ono came in, i dove down on it, i put my spear right through his body. my first big ono!!! i’m feeling pretty good now but will be feeling a lot better when i’m dipping some fresh cut pieces into shoyu and wasabi. i feel like i’m living in a dream world…


there’s not a single person in this world that was happier than me at this moment. thanks toda-san for taking this photo i will keep forever….

wanted to thank kyle and cathy for a wonderful day on their boat!!! i took this photo as we were driving home. we were all dead tired. hope you all had a great sleep…