{"id":86427,"date":"2018-01-02T14:16:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=86427"},"modified":"2018-01-02T14:16:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:16:43","slug":"first-day-of-the-year-scarface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=86427","title":{"rendered":"First day of the year:  Scarface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i don&#8217;t know how normal people spend their new years, but this is how i spend mine.  first, i refuse to work on this day because it&#8217;s like my only day off.  so it&#8217;s my time!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_0782.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>there is no way in the world i&#8217;m going to miss the first sunrise.  i don&#8217;t like to surf with people on the first season of the year, i just want to be in the empty ocean and connect with nature.  so driving to my secret spot is like driving to Disneyland.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-02-at-1.16.56-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"746\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i get out, ride some perfect empty waves, and when the golden sun popped up from the ocean, i felt a chill going through my body.  i felt like a kid riding Splash Mountain for the first time.  i wanted more!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_0787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86429\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then go home and it&#8217;s still 8am.  perfect time for my traditional mochi soup.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-02-at-1.18.33-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86423\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then my nephew Micah calls me for a foil session.  sounds like a good idea!  i rode some waves still learning.  then after my 8th wave, i started to feel confident.  so i tried to do an off the lip, then i fell down as the board was coming up.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-02-at-1.17.56-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"786\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86419\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i felt like Mike Tyson punched me in the chin!!!!  shit, blood!  shit, stitches!!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_0803-e1514868668229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i drive to the emergency room.  the doctor sees me and says &#8220;welcome back.&#8221;  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_0835-e1514868489468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86421\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i told him again &#8220;hey Doc, i have to surf tomorrow so do what&#8217;s best for me.&#8221;  he said &#8220;yeah, i know, so i&#8217;ll just glue you up and you&#8217;re good to go.&#8221;  now i&#8217;m good to go.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_0778-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>why go to a firework show when i can just look out my window and have the best show in the world.  local style&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dad30990a9c493b2bc2a49a0f97cd414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today news:  can you believe that Recreational Marijuana just got legalized in California????  that means anybody can go buy it and smoke it!  i hope that never happens in Hawaii.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Minimum-Wage-Poster-June-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1237\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86424\" \/><\/p>\n<p>as of today, the minimum wage goes up to $10.10\/hour.  still not enough&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/m11420101210112317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>did you know a lady surfer got bit in the leg by a shark yesterday at Laniakea?  yeah, it&#8217;s probably one of those sharks thats feeding off that dead whale.  it&#8217;s not the best time to be surfing out there now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i don&#8217;t know how normal people spend their new years, but this is how i spend mine. first, i refuse to work on this day because it&#8217;s like my only day off. so it&#8217;s my time! there is no way in the world i&#8217;m going to miss the first sunrise. i don&#8217;t like to surf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}