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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Some Adventuring around Oahu

Today I woke up bright and early at the crack of 4:30 am and went with some of my friends to go adventure around Oahu on a photo extravaganza.
We drove out to the east side of the island and watched the sunrise and took pictures.....



It was oh so pretty!!


This is some birdie tracks in the sand...


Then we drove out to the Blowhole and took some pictures....




Emerson, Joey, and Keighley


Emerson found this hat that probably blew off of some lice infested head. Just kidding, well he really did find it, but I'm not so sure about the lice part....


The Blowhole

After that we went into Honolulu and went to eat at the Original Pancake House. We saw this sign outside of the elevator and it made me laugh...


Then we were off to the Pali Lookout. They had a sign warning about bees... I've never seen a bee warning sign before, but after being there I decided it should have read "Caution Mosquitoes that like to suck you dry of all of your blood, run for you life!!"



Emerson found these sunglasses, it was better than a yard sale kind of day, everything was free!


Don't ask..


The view from the Pali Lookout.



So, lately I've been really into old bridges, and when I find one that is covered in rust and moss, I get really excited. I don't know what it is, I just like em.



This is Keighley





More bridges!!


We then headed to the Valley of the Temples. There is a Buddhist temple there and it had some pretty cool stuff... and another bridge....


an old rusted and weathered chair... you gotta love it!!


They have this area with a bunch of bamboo and people write their names on it and sometimes profanities, but I managed to find one with my name on it, so I took a picture.


There is also a gong that people can gong at, and it is said that anyone who gongs it will have happiness and the blessings of Buddha. I gonged it twice, so double Buddha for me!



Emerson and Joey doing some sort of male gonging ritual...


Muah

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Honolulu City Lights

I went to the Honolulu City Lights with my friend, Holly. It was cool. Here are some pictures of all the coolness:













me and Holly



translation: Merry Christmas!






I'm a mermaid!


They also had some trees on display. I took a picture of this one because it was an 80's tree...



and I thought that this picture ornament of Michael Jackson and E.T. was really funny...





I also did some light painting while I was there. Here are some that I think turned out pretty neat:


Monday, December 21, 2009

Updates

I updated my photo blog, in case you want to check it out. http://www.simplereflectionsphotography.blogspot.com

Christmas Creations

So, I've been working on a few Christmas cards and stuff for people and I thought I would share my so called "Christmas Creations" I just have to say that I love Photoshop!




and this is my new and improved photo CD cover.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

The Real Day One: SUCCESS

Okay, so I got up and went running. I almost ran a full mile, which is pretty good considering I'm out of shape and am not a runner. But today, I'm pretty sore. Is that sad, pathetic?? I guess I need to run more often. There's the Aloha Run in February that I'm considering doing. It's 8 miles, which I don't know if I could run 8 miles, but I'd feel good about running some of those 8 miles. So on to day 2...

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Day One: FAILURE

So, I haven't started yet. I decided I would start on Friday morning, because I should have all the pictures I need to edit done and the projects with deadlines done and I don't work that day, so that is my new reformated goal. Running on Friday.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

I'm going to give it another go...

So, I decided that I'm going to give running another go. I bought some new shoes so that it doesn't hurt my knees, I've got my ipod all pumped up and ready, and I'm feeling newly motivated to run. So I'm going to give it another go. I often get unmotivated when trying to run, but hopefully this time I'll stick it out. After all, it's not going to kill me. The last time I decided to start running, I ended up tripping over a teeny crack in the sidewalk and getting some major road rash, or sidewalk rash. This time, I'm going to concentrate really hard at not falling on my face. It's been a while since I've clumsily fallen and my scars are pretty much fading, so maybe I am getting a little less clumsy. I know, I probably just jinxed myself, but I'll give you an update tomorrow on how my first "let's try this again" "I'm not clumsy" run goes. Wish me luck!


(This is my newly made desktop picture... ya know, to motivate me. ha ha)