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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Rock Lobster

So the plan is to get those lobster gloves, since I've had several days of frozen fingers on the verge of losing them...but the weather's all nice coming up. Nice as in 30-40 degrees, so I'm not sure what to do. I should just get them just in case.

Two instances with almost gettin hit and me using arm gestures and nothing to throw. First is going east on Leavenworth pase Sheri's and a car pulls out of Avanza's to hit the interstate. Crosses over three lanes without even turning her head to check and I swerve around to go on the left part of the lane and turn back with arms up as in, "What the fuck?" She doesn't even notice that as she's turning the other way to make her way onto the interstate.

Second is going west on Leavenworth just past the Indian restaurant. It's dark, but I have my lights on, flashing. Car approaches Leavenworth, but as there are no cars around he doesn't even check for anything like pedestrians or a bicyclists. Rolling through the stop sign I'm watching his head the entire time so I already know what he's going to do and swerve out to miss getting hit and am about to pound the back of his car as he drives away and I flip him off. He seems to see me in his rearview as his head looks up and he slowly hits the brakes and I lift my arms up to say, "What the fuck!" He releases his brakes then presses it again as if hesitating to stop to see if he hit me or something? I stand up and start peddling faster to catch up and he drives away.

Not sure what to think about school except I don't like my anthropology teacher. She looks like that douche-bag friend of Brad's that I can't stand and she's way too animated and thinks she's funny in that Jeff Foxworthy type of deal. First day of class I sat in the front, but I couldn't take it so now I'm at the back of the room and now I have a laptop I can bring.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Just got back from dinner at the Drover. Best steak in a while, aside from the one at Tsukiji Fish Market.

The portable DVD player we bought for Ayana in paying off tremendously. I almost froze my fingers off the other day, but we'll see if these liners work. I like the idea of the lobster gloves Jeff recommended, but we'll see. If the liners don't work, it may be worth the investment. I couldn't feel my fingers at all and took several minutes before it started thawing out. Still no snow. I hope I get to go through one snow this winter. I guess it's good for biking, though. Over a month not biking (except the mountain bike around the neighborhood in Kaimuki, which doesn't really count) feels really good to get back on and fuck these assholes.

Gotta go read about the earth in a college text book that informs me of stuff you learn in grade school like lattitude and longitude and the prime meridian. Then my new book who Ayana seems to think looks like Joe.

Monday, January 09, 2012

Guess Who's Black?


Jhett and Ayana in Vegas.



Ayana and Grandpa at work before heading to our flight to Vegas.



Me and Pat after 16 years.



Last dinner with Grandma and the Lius.



Ayana after a night with my moms while Jeanne and I went out.



Me and Brian.



Right?



Punchbowl look out.



Grandpa Ohira's dug up headstone. We just missed the Obamas. Didn't get a chance to take pictures of the "Obama Ships" out in Kailua at their vacation home.



Gau Gee for New Years.




Our traditional New Year's bowl of Saimin.



Making the New Year's dumplings.



Ayana digging into Kalbi Beef short ribs.

Back home with a lot to write about but not now. Great trip with a lot of insight and stuff. I learned and appreciated a lot and it was great to see family and friends and friends starting families (sp?).

Good time in Vegas as well. Of course I gained weight due to less exercise even though I tried to stay active and tons of food. Looking for a restaurant to buy between Midtown and the Old Market to open a restaurant here in Omaha which will be the non-sushi part of Chad's ones in Vegas. Hopefully soon. Getting stuff together so when we do, we'll get it rolling quickly and right, which means another Vegas trip for training and stuff. Looking forward to that.

School started and feels good to be on my bike again. Free papers including the NY Times, 10 minute commute with heavy-as-fuck books...Need to look at the lockers in the gym and see if I can just rent one. I can't carry all this shit biking.

I realized one important thing on the trip to Hawaii. I put going to Zippy's on the list of things to do. I'm not sure why. The chili isn't that good and everything else on their menu sucks. Their saimin was one of the things I was looking forward to but there are so many ramen shops so fuck them. I'm not sure why they're so legion there...may have something to do with the fact that the radio stations never progressed after '94...except KSSK which all the offices and adults to retirees listen to. They were the only stations with newer hits.