Here's doodle and the lease to my new apartment. actually, upon closer inspection, the torn-up bit was the Pet Agreement that he wouldn't eff anything up. doodle is punk rock.
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yes, i signed the 6-month lease on the little cute apartment, which i learned later has 6 apartments in front, plus there is a house in the back with 2 apartments. sound familiar?? i know it'll be no 5941 but that is kind of a coinkydink, don't you agree? i move in the 31st and am racking my brain on how to make it visitor-friendly, since it's sooo teeny. o how i wish timmy would come be my interior decorator...
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(sorry about these, the blog demons want to make this whole thing one paragraph, which i am not down with. so asterisks it is.)
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so yeah, we're getting out of the jungle. in the meantime, my assignment is to find all the best bits of the jungle and enjoy them. yesterday was the Champagne Ponds, a series of inlets sort of like the Tide Pools, but manicured, deeper, and with more marine life, i.e. sea turtles! yes the champagne ponds, which are quite deep in spots, wind their way through a "gated" community (try to keep the riff-raff out of something like that -- no way). They are warm and lovely. and i got lots more sun, so i am feeling a little less White. while i was there i commented that i needed to get some sun to get the haole off me, and a local told me he didn't think i needed to worry about that b/c i was still breathing. apparently "haole" only refers to the uptight uber-tourist types. so phew.
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i'm still waiting to hear about jobs, and getting a little restless. i actually would like to be working, fancy that. i am going to volunteer at the Volcano National Park next tuesday, helping them organize their botany and entomology collections. sounds like a great way to learn about hawaiian flora and fauna to me. and meet some smart people. where my biologists at?
also, i'm feeling better and planning on hitting the farmers market on saturday, so i'll probably go ahead and get this whole durian thing behind me.
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tonight i'm going to a goodbye party for the lady i bought my car from. she's leaving for australia on saturday. she lives close to the lava flow, so all us party-goers might take a hike and go look at that action. which reminds me of something that i would love to photograph for you all, but am not able to: the stars. they are amazing here. i don't even recognize the constellations because there are so many extra stars in them. some of you know that this island has the highest elevation with the clearest air in the world, and there are multi-million dollar astronomy labs on top of Mauna Kea. all the streetlights on the island are special lowlight sodium lamps to keep the ambient light to a minimum, and ensure that those observatories get the best possible view of the night skies. someday i will go up there for their stargazing program but til then, hiking out on the lava with more stars than i thought could possibly exist, watching molten lava flow into the sea.... that sounds pretty good to me.
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hope everything is warming up for everyone, and happy 2nd day of spring!
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