woosh

whaddup homefries. i'm heading offisland today. i'll be in hilo for the next two weeks and then maui for about two and a half weeks. internet will be internet cafes so don't assume i'm dead. yay.

lookin to come back around feb. 18th

peace!

haha, man, this kid could SURF. it was cool to see. he wasn't strong enough to get into the wave by himself (his dad would push him in) but once he caught it he could definitely ride it.

look at mom applauding him in the background, haha. 

greased fingernails

so i popped the valve covers finally...and found at least one problem, or result of some other problem (i'd have to dig deeper). some pics to show on raimi's page, of course.

in short (explained better there) i have a lotta bent/broken pushrods. a $50 fix max...but the fact that they're bent means that in the meantime they could've been whackin' against everything else (lifters, valves) which would be a little harder (and expensive) to fix....

but there's hope! oh my love....*kiss kiss*

leaving for the neighbor islands on tuesday for...possibly a long time (work)...internet access will be limited if there's any at all (considering a laptop) so burn it off while you can.


*scrubs fingernails*

check out this badass parking job. notice that i'm ALMOST in the road. yeah...that was all she wrote. drove all the way home, ON THE FREEWAY (the onramp was downhill...i picked that one), across kalanianaole, and up hawaii kai drive...stalls on a hill comin' down on kahului but starts up again before she rolls to a stop....and stalls COMPLETELY right the fuck where you see her now. unbelievable. i almost crashed into that hibiscus bush there on the right 'cause the steering wheel is a bitch and a half to turn when the car's dead (the brakes lock too).

of course my neighbors were standing across the street chatting. hah. she sounds like all hell, i'm not even kidding. i'm sorry raimi! but she's home.

oh btw she just needed to cool down a little (she was overheating) and she started up again a few minutes ago (4 hours after this pic) and i got her into the garage. my mom was horrified to hear it and my dog jumped. sounds like a 350 cubic inch lawnmower....something is definitely banging in there. a lot. but she's home. and i'm leaving the island on monday for POSSIBLY two months...so at least she's home so i can relax about it.

$894

if i can revive her, it's worth it. 

sooooo this is why raimi died. boo. that's the timing gear that goes on the camshaft...she basically ate herself and spit her teeth in my oilpan. definitely not something that's RARE in a car this old, though. says GM on it so there's a really good chance it's originial.

of course, when this went, somethin' else went crazy as well and now my car backfires like a mother fucker. i drove somewhere near 10 miles at 25 mph. it would take me about 200 yards to GET to 25 mph (too much gas made it backfire....). i had to be VERY careful...he had to drop the idle to about 500 just to keep it from backfiring at idle....and it backfred at like...900 rpm? so yeah....i accelerated REEEEAAALLLY slowly. i'd periodically put my hazards on when someone behind me was lookin' antsy.

i was kind of advised not to try and drive'er home but i explained that if i could get'er home i could do the rest of the work myself (something's fucked up in the valves)...so i tried it...and...read on (next post, which you probably already read 'cause it's above this one...even though i haven't even written it yet....how creepy!!!)

*raimi crying* 

gmail

so every once in a while i'll check an email in gmail and reach up for the 'archive' button...when OOPS! i hit the 'all' button. and without thinking, i correct my miss and hit the archive button and aaaaall the emails i was planning on answering eventually get thrown into the lump sum of my life.

does this happen to anyone else?

i was thinking of emailing gmail suggesting an 'undo' button....

but then i thought i'd find out if i'm just retarded....



*meep*

raimi

$900

took mom and vanessa surfing today :) we went to baby makapu`u first, but the waves were absolute shit so i convinced them to go to diamond head which was 2-3 ft.

vaness was kinda scared 'cause she's a wimp. but she did okay. she caught a few waves, even stood up on one! my mom caught two (twice improved over friday, haha) and is getting a little more comfortable with the board. i think she's getting hooked. i think when my sister leaves i'm gonna take a belt sander to that board and get some weight off of it, then reglass it. should be a lot lighter after that (and possibly even more buoyant). vanessa's gettin' pretty pscyhed too :)

and my knee is DEFINITELY surfable. leaned into some hard turns to see how it felt and it held up just fine. liiiiittle bit sore, but i think i have to start strengthening the muscles around it again....

the WANA in my foot, however (from i don't even know how long ago) is hurting again. there's definitely somethin' stuck in there pokin' around near my big toe joint...hurts like a bitch when i move it around.

i love my life. 

pictures

pics better serve to describe my weekend:

http://www.fotofinity.com/firephile

also linked at right somewhere (under 'mine')


happy new year