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Frustrating broken everything

June 5th, 2009

We should have stayed in Hawai’i. Everything has been problematic since coming home. My iMac’s keyboard died (due to it’s desire to drink some water) and it was a royal pain to get a new keyboard for it. Nikki destroyed her iBook’s power supply by dropping it off the couch, and then all of a sudden today, the magsafe connector for my Macbook will not charge. I’m not sure if it’s the battery or the connector. I hope it’s the battery so it’s covered by Applecare. I don’t want to spend another $70.

I blew a tire on my car Wednesday night, and tried to get it fixed on Thursday morning. They wanted a few hundred bucks for the tire and their effort. I called around and got a good condition used tire for $40. That’s more my speed. I’d much rather re-use a perfectly good tire with some wear than put a brand new mismatch tire on my car and have it over-correcting whenever i try to steer.

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Sunset Cruise: Honolulu

May 15th, 2009

We took a sunset cruise last night, which was a lot of fun, aside from the fact that Nikki didn’t like any of the food (filet mignon and crab legs). She did have a lot of fun cracking open the crab legs for me though. Our hotel has an awesome breakfast buffet, which we are about to go hit again. I just don’t get why everyone puts on weight here… We are walking around so much, and doing so many things we’re dropping pounds.

We also did the international marketplace yesterday, which was a lot of fun, and got some gifts for people back home.

Advice for anyone who comes to O’ahu: grab the “what’s happening on O’ahu” books from the airport kiosk. They’re all free, and you will find out how to get many of the same deals the tour group sells you but for up to 75% off.

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Sunrise Over O’ahu

May 13th, 2009

Basically getting to the island was an all day affair. We checked in, got a snack, and crashed. I vaguely remember parts of what was on TV. This morning, Our real adventure begins. Since we are hitchhiking on someone else’s internet connection, updates may not be as regular as we would like. The wireless here in the hotel is $12.95/day per computer.

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Boldly Going

May 9th, 2009

So the new Star Trek was pretty good. There are a lot of lens flare effects though, maybe a few too many. The characters match up well to the original actors, and all the traditions are still intact. Well done.

14 hours to go until the big day.

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Twil-Yech!

April 17th, 2009

Twilight is simply the worst movie I can recall ever seeing. The only thing worse than the acting was the writing. I understand that it’s intended to appeal to prepubescant girls with unrequited love issues, but they could have at least put something in the movie to redeem it for all the guys who were dragged to it or forced to see it (as I was.)

Never again. Absolute trash. I’d rather watch Leo use the yard for 2 hours than ever watch that steaming pile ever again.

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Ah-Choo! (mmm… Minty!)

April 11th, 2009

I just sneezed while brushing my teeth. No matter how much you’re aiming for the sink, you will always get some on the faucet… and the mirror, and the mouthwash bottle and the…

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Let’s Start the List

April 9th, 2009

What Did Leo Eat?

In the last couple of months, Leo has eaten a few things that baffle the mind.

October: An entire bag of peanut butter taffy halloween candy. Wrappers and all.
December: Half a bag of 3 Musketeers bite size candies.
December: Several packs of Reeces Peanut Butter Cups.
January/February: Misc. Garbage, a multi-pack of Extra Strawberry Banana Chewing Gum.
March: A full pound of dried apricots.
March: A huge bag of dry brown rice.
March: 3 bars of Euphoria Chocolate.
April: This is the one that shocked me… An entire loaf of bread that he snatched off the counter.

I don’t know of any other dog who eats all these kinds of things. The amount of chocolate he has survived tells us one of two things. Either the chocolate is of far lower quality than advertised, or some dogs are invincible.