Yeah, that blue station wagon is one year older than me, makin it 25 now. The sad thing is I learned to drive in that same car, and its still at my parents house! My parents are moving next summer so hopefully they leave the junked cars behind.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Saturday, September 11, 2004
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Three years later and its still a trip... |
Man, I still have a hard time believing the World Trade Center is gone. I stayed the marriot between the two towers in july 2001. The Picture is from our room, and you can see the Ground Zero plaza before it was demolished. you can kinda see the edge of the big ball fountain. Right after that trip I moved to Hawaii and I've been here ever since, so I havent had a chance to visit New York Post 9/11. Its just so sobering...
Monday, September 06, 2004
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How does this always happen to me? |
The only good side of my terrible luck lately is the fact that its all gotta even out soon and my luck will get better...right?
Saturday, September 04, 2004
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Island Football returns from the grave |
Well, consecutive nights of working till 4 AM have finally paid off; Our first issue of Island Football magazine This year finally got finished and came back from the print house. Its a magazine that covers all aspects of football in hawaii. High school football is HUGE in hawaii, since their high school players are often the size of NFL players. Hopefully I'll be able to put up the website soon... at any rate, we're back in business after a year hiatus. And yeah, thats a foosball table behind the magazine. We have mad tournaments in our house amongst the roomates.
Sunday, August 29, 2004
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damn, stuck in my room again... |
New semester started, and it's been crazy up in hurr. I just finished the layout for next month's issue of island Football magazine. I've been doin so much work lately that I've been stuck in my little room all day workin! That sucks. The only break I get is to go to class or my other job at the newspaper! Check out my Fiji flag, fools. Holler!
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
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Go robot, go robot, go robot... |
Theres nothing better than going to a late showing movie with a friend who is as obnoxious as yourself! Case in point, I, Robot. The movie "loosely" (see: not at all) based on the Isaac Asimov novel. I got to admit, it was better than expected. Given this summer's cinematic crap-fest, for e.g. King Arthur, Harold & Kumar, and (shudder!) AVP, I didnt expect much from Will "big willy-style" Smith. But the movie was okay! It made it alot better that whenever I made robot noises to spice up as boring part, everyone else in the theater laughed. To achieve the full effect, after watching I, Robot, watch the episode of Sealab 2021 called "I, robot". It is so funny, you'll cry laughing. Go pirate that cartoon off Kazaa today!
Sunday, August 15, 2004
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A return to super chill |
Its weird coming back to the islands after being in California. I went from doing stuff almost every day with one of my siblings or parents,constantly driving places at top speed, to absolutely nothing. Not that its a bad thing, its just how life is in Laie. my friends and I had to force a trip to the mall in an attempt to achieve self-entertainment. On the way home we were behind some fool driving 35 mph, and I wanted to take off my shoe and throw it in his face as I passed him. But then I remembered that the speed limit is 35 through alot of Oahu, and figured some of my family's road rage had rubbed off on me during my visit. I felt a million times better after a nap. Really, all adults should have a naptime, especially at work. can you imagine how much less stress would be in the workplace if everyone took an hour nap after lunch? It seems that somewhere in the middle of precious pre-teen youth "the nap" loses its coolness, and its only after years out of practice we realize we shouldve been napping all along! I think I'm on to something. Let me brainstorm on it after another nap.
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
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Gotta love "Hawaiian Time" |
I'm finally back on the island. Its good to be home but I already miss Cali. It was nice to be home with the fam. I had to wait 2 hours at the honolulu airport for my friend to pick me up, but i finally made it home. On the way home we say the movie "Collateral". Tom Cruise is a crazy mutha. Jamie Foxx (see "I might need security") didn't disappoint, either. The movie looked like it was filmed of a digital camera or something. "Manchurian Candidate" was way better though. Damn, that movie was crazy! That same night I had some crazy dreams that I was in the movie. I thought i might be some brainwashed "Al Qaida" or something, but I figured if I was, I'd probably drive a better car.
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
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its El Capitan, fool! |
| This mountain is insane. Honestly. This picture really doesn't do it any justice. Crazy fools rock climb El Capitan all the time and it literally takes days! They sleep in little tents or in hammocks that they bolt to the side of the vertical face! Think about that for a second. Yosemite's a trip! | 
El Capitan Originally uploaded by russdogg. |
Monday, July 26, 2004
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yo yosemite |
| Well, I'm still in Cali. My damn family convinced me to get my flight changed to 2 weeks later. So I'm still here in Fresno. Why the hell would I stay 2 more weeks in 105 degree weather? Dont ask me. I'm tryin to make up for it by hittin up all the places I havent been to forever, like Yosemite. That place rocks. |  russ_yo_small Originally uploaded by russdogg. |
Thursday, July 15, 2004
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-Haha! That guy wrecked! |
-Dude, isnt that your brother? yeah.Thats basically the coversation between my brother Carl and his buddy. Wait, rewind... First of all, this weekend at Pismo Beach rocked! Camping on the beach, riding quads on huge sand dunes all day, shootong illegal fireworks, watching two of my brothers drink ther asses off, and watching hippies burn a giant effigy made entirely out of junkmail. Could it get any better? no, but it sure could get worse. I flipped my brothers Honda 450cc quad, which to him was no biggie cause he also has a new yamaha yfz 450cc quad, and flipping it did nothing to it except break off a 5 dollar flag. It was a big deal to me though cause it rolled over me and it was damn heavy! As a result I bruised a bunch of ribs and also can't move my left arm more than a few inches due to (presumably) some torn tendons in my shoulder. Of course my lack of insurance does nothing to help the matter! Thanks to up above I was born a half caste! Since I'm Indian I got a free check up at the good ol' Indian Health Clinic. They just gave me a perscription for beefed up Motrin since its an anti-inflammitory, and I'm getting an x-ray tommorrow. When I figure out how to post some of my pics on here you can see the quads and hopefully my x-ray. Oh, and I'm for sure buying a quad now. Being a dumass and hurting myself aside, it was bitchin!
Friday, July 09, 2004
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Every indian wants to be the Chief... |
Its my native duty... well not really but you gotta be wondering, why else would I drive 5 hours each way through the Mojave desert just to sit in a hot room and listen to a bunch of people swear at each other? I'd like to say that my sole motivation is "responsibility and duty" since I am related to them, and it kinda is, but its also got alot to do with money. Why else would I waste time with a bunch of people who don't like me solely because of my last name? I hate to sound shallow, but my cousins can be really mean, especially when they are arguing over something they really don't know much about. My brother, the Chairman of our tribe, is working hard to to make our tribe a lil cashflow, but he's receiving alot of opposition from other tribal members that hate my family because we don't live on the reservation anymore. It doesn't matter if my brother has excellent ideas; some haters down there hate the idea if they didn't think of it first. There are so many opportunities for a "sovereign nation" in the state of California to make some serious bank, but you gotta work hard at it. I went down to the reservation to vote on some of these issues, and to check up on the status of my 1 acre parcel of land just chillin down there waitin for me to build my mansion and retire at 35. So hopefully "the gods" are smiling down on me. Maybe it's in my blood, but I really have no desire to have a 9-5 job and the sooner I make my bankroll the better, ya heard me?
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