So I travel the same route to work every morning and little by little I ( Read more... )

Situation: Your professional photographer boyfriend wants to hire some beautiful swimsuit models for postcard pictures. Before you and he started dating he sometimes took photos of swimsuit and occasionally topless models. Although your boyfriend has dated many, many, women before he met you, he has never dated any of his models and claims he ( Read more... )

Howie and I are, surprisingly, fine. Getting sick left us too tired to fight so it stopped the cycle of verbal abuse. Time washed our hurts away so neither of us had any reason to defend ourselves or pick on the other person. Lately I've been reading on the topic of kind communication. The Biblical theory is that bitter words come from a ( Read more... )

I am reminded of how blessed I am to have such a wonderful home base. I love knowing that I have a nice home, with loving people, to come home to. My Mom and Dad are always willing to help and I am so lucky to have them ( Read more... )

So, so tired today. A mild case of the flu has left me sitting at my desk, even after getting enough sleep, barely keeping my eyes open. It reminds me of high school math class and how I could always tell when I was falling asleep because my writing would get really bad. I thought I knew the shapes of all the letters so I could draw them with my ( Read more... )

I am so glad I took the chance to come out here even though it was an expensive choice. I am 27 and this is what I should be doing - daring to find out what makes me happy ( Read more... )

Yesterday I eagerly tried the Vanilla Frappacino, SB's newest creation, but don't waste your money because it tasted like watery milk on ice. Milk and water are both tasty but under no circumstances
should they be mixed together, at least not with high expectations.

A sanctuary in the city,
That's what this place is.
Water runs and drowns out,
Everything that surrounds me.

The water purifies and washes away.
My spiritual self is drawn here.
How odd to pray amidst so many people.
Yet the water makes me feel so alone.

I've noticed that people who have lived in Hawaii a long time often talk about how good other places are. The receptionist yesterday talked about how she wanted to move to Sedona or Scottsdale in Arizona. People in Hawaii take vacations to Las Vegas and think it is the best. Isn't it funny that people get jaded even on paradise? I think humans ( Read more... )

I haven't set foot on Hanauma Bay since July 20th, the same day Melissa, Minh and I met Howie for the first time on the Diamond Head trail. Yesterday, armed and eager with my new snorkel gear, Sarah and I took the #22 bus to the front entrance of the bay. Always pleasant news to someone on a tight budget we discovered that there is no entrance ( Read more... )