ACT XXI

Aloha `auinalâ!

That means "good afternoon" and I have no idea how to say it.

I'm in Honolulu, Hawaii, specifically Waikiki Beach, relaxing on the hotel room balcony, eating an oriental snack mix from the sketchy mini-mart and drinking the hotel water, which, surprisingly, doesn't taste like poo. We walked around the tourist/shopping part of Waikiki and grabbed a couple gifts for people back home, as well as a charger for my camera battery, so this blog will soon have pictures. Yay pictures!

My first impressions of Hawaii are these:
1. The indistinct division between inside and outside on many buildings is wonderful and, like puka shells in the '90's, should make its way over to the mainland.
2. Ice-cold leis around your neck as soon as you get of a hot, stuffy, plane are heavenly.
3. Everyone here is tan; my semi-pale skin is what sets me apart from the locals and drops me in the category with the tourists wearing sandals with socks and embroidered bucket hats. I am ashamed.

Also, I can't get "Pineapple Princess" stuck out of my head. That really has nothing to do with even being here since that song gets stuck in my head about once a week. We're going to get Thai food, I think, and good God am I excited.

posted by Jess @ 8:04 PM