Our 5th day in Hawaii would take us to the top of the tallest mountain in the world. Mauna Kea, a holy place for the Hawaiians and for all of mankind.
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We arrived at the big island of Hawaii on our fourth day. The first half of it was spent in a tropical rain forest. The second half along the magma flows of the Southern coast.

As we first arrived, I realized immediately how glad I was to get off of Oahu. We had left the tourists behind and were now in the real part of Hawaii. No more fake beaches ( Read more... )

On our third day in Hawaii, we began our day by going out to Diamond Head. Still sore and tired from scuba diving the day before, we hesitantly drove out to hike up the over 200 steps to find the cool view of Waikiki.

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Jenn and I arrived in Honolulu at 8:00pm, where her family picked us up and drove us to our hotel in Waikiki. We went to bed immediately.

The next morning we awoke around 5:30am and headed to the beach. Our Hawaii adventure was about to begin.
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Next Tuesday I'll be headed to Hawaii for 10 days. I'll have pictures up of what I'm doing. I plan to be snorkeling, scuba diving, and hiking around the volcanoes. If I'm lucky I'll get some good shots of magma. Will update again once I'm there. During some of the trip I'll be staying in a cabin on the main island, so I'll be detached from ( Read more... )

I've been playing tons of new games, and for an opinionated person like myself, this is great justification to give my senseless opinions on yet another topic:

Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionA great game overall, but flawed. There's more content than you can shake a wombat at, and the world is massive and detailed. The main story is decent enough, but ( Read more... )

I was driving through the college parking lot when someone behind me starting honking. Looking in my rear view mirror I could see them flailing their arms in frustration. They looked like they were in a hurry. I wasn't. When they finally got in position to get in around me, the school's massive speed bumps had something else in mind. I wonder if I ( Read more... )

For years I've always referred to the age of the SNES as the golden age of gaming, but this has suddenly and surprisingly changed. We have entered a new age of gaming that surpasses even the age of the Super Nintendo. Perhaps this is the platinum age ( Read more... )

Ron Paul gave a speech today at 3:00pm at the University Union building at UNT. I arrived several hours early to secure my space near the front of the crowd.

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Obama: Offers vacuous "change", as put by Kucinich who recently dropped out. There's nothing new to see here, folks. We'll stay in Iraq, he seems to like the idea of a war with Iran, and our economic problems will see no real change. ironic, since his platform is all about change and he represents just about the opposite of that ( Read more... )