good morning. wow!! solid north/west swell. waves look solid 6′ plus but the conditions look kind of morning sickness out there. no wind but a little mixed up. it’s 6:15am now and nobody’s out at pipe or lani’s. town is small but fun. a couple guys out at bowls surfing chest high waves in the poison water. the state posted contaminated water signs yesterday because of the recent rain washing our streets and shit into the ocean. that sucks for me because the last thing i want is an infected eye. no way man…. i’m taking another few days off from the ocean. thank goodness i jumped in yesterday.. anyway, have a nice and safe day…

we call these kumu’s and munu’s. or in divers language “goats”. i guess because of the 2 whiskers? these goats are the best eating fish in hawaii, and also the hardest fish to catch. why? you can’t find them. well, unless we take you to our secret spot. then i’m going to have to spear you right after the dive. haha…

wanted to thank kyle for sending me this photo last night. another shot of a happy diver showing off his teeth. and get this, i forgot to brush it that morning. haha… gosh, i’m so happy. it’s amazing how the ocean can pass on so much energy to me. and i felt so clean that i didn’t take a shower last night. haha.. just joking.. see, i can finally joke again. and once again, sorry for being a bitch for these past 2 weeks. that wasn’t me, it was somebody else….

ok, now this is not a joke. our stock market is screwed up. yeah, the smart people that saved money for their retirement just lost 40% of the value in the past year. and the not so smart people that didn’t save money are up shit creek. we had almost 600 house foreclosures in september alone. and the worst ain’t over yet. that’s crazy….

everybody follows america’s lead. and when our stock market crashes, the rest of the world follows. the japanese stock market hit a 20 year low. and to imagine, that was one of my many dreams. yeah, to be a stock trader on wall street. i could imagine how stressed those guys on the tokyo stock market are right now. hang in there boys. let’s get the ball rolling again. i wish i could put on a suit, hit wall street, and make it happen. i don’t like to see people suffering financially. it’s not a pretty sight….

this morning, i had to make one of the biggest decisions in my life. surf or dive???? my day back in the ocean, what should i do? dead winds, sunny skies, perfect for surfing or diving. decisions, decisions, decisions….

after 10 seconds of contemplating, i chose to dive. why? because there’s a north/west swell coming wednesday. plus, if you seen the kind of waves i surfed in indonesia, you wouldn’t want to surf yet either. and when your surfing, you have to deal with other people trying to snake your waves and stuff. but underwater, it’s just you and the ocean. can’t beat it….

so it was off to kaneohe to hook up with kyle nakamoto and james oshiro. felt like we were on our boat trip in indo again….

i went out only to get wet and jump in the water. i had no idea we were even going to catch fish. especially after indo. we ended up spending some quality time catching a lot of quality fish. cheese!!! it’s been a while since you guys seen my teeth right? that’s because i haven’t been smiling too much lately. see what the ocean can do to ones soul… from now on, it’s all teeth baby….

after diving, i went straight to nijiya market to pick up the ingredients for tonight’s dinner. wish you were here….. have a great evening…

hey, i got some dinner for the whole week. i’m so happy!!!
this week no fresh gohan ga get shimashita. sugoi ureshi desu.
watashi ga yatto genki ni modorimashita. gaman shite kurete arigato
gozaimashita…