Two things

Ok, the first thing I want to tell everyone is that I ate the new Double Down from KFC. It is delicious, lots of chicken, cheese and bacon(obviously), but the commercial makes it seem like it will be this HUGE thing. It was much, much smaller than I'd anticipated. They claim it has 590 calories with 31g of fat and 10g of saturated fat though, so maybe I've just become a fatso.

Secondly, I have to write something about the Jazz. Jerry Sloan is awesome. The Jazz roster is made up of ten players that were either drafted in the second round or undrafted. Talk about getting the most out of your roster. In fact, if you were to compare the starting 5 from the Jazz and the Nuggets(their current playoff opponent), you would see a huge disparity in their original draft position


JAZZ STARTERS

Deron Williams(3rd pick, 1st round)
Wesley Matthews(undrafted)
CJ Miles(34th pick overall, 2nd round)
Carlos Boozer(34th pick overall, 2nd round)
Kyrylo Fesenko(38th pick, 2nd round)

NUGGETS STARTERS

Chauncey Billups(3rd pick, 1st round)
Arron Afflalo(27th pick, 1st round)
Carmelo Anthony(3rd pick, 1st round)
Kenyon Martin(1st pick, 1st round)
Nene(7th pick, 1st round)

On top of this, the Jazz have two regular starters who were second round picks( Kirilenko, Okur) and their sixth man Paul Millsap is also a 2nd rounder. The Nuggets have Ty Lawson and JR Smith, two more 1st round pick who get significant minutes. In fact, the only player on the Nuggets that isn't a first round pick, and who gets regular playing time is Chris Andersen









Sweet!






So basically, the Jazz is a team filled with players that other teams didn't think too highly of, while the Nuggets team is filled with top draft picks. Just thought of that the other day.

Funny NBA pics

Hahaha, I came across some awesome NBA pictures that were hilarious today. Check em out.







Every one of these is priceless. I think the last is my favorite. Short shorts make everything more funny.

Freedom!

So the past few weeks have been pretty busy for me. I'm kind of taking care of a few places while the owners are gone, and that, combined with midterms, church callings, getting graduation stuff ready, and working was getting me all stressed out. Then today, I realized that I had left my phone charger at the house of the two that I didn't stay the night at.

At first I was a little worried about it, but I was feeling too tired after work to go and track the charger down, so I didn't. It has been one of the more relaxing days I can remember since I moved to Hawaii. Total freedom. In fact, I'm gonna leave it off for a few more days, and see how long it takes till I miss it. If I want to get in contact with someone, I'm just going to go to their house, and if they aren't there, tough luck. I'm not making any predictions, because it might only be one or two days till I come crawling back, but hey, maybe I'll love it and do this long-term. And if any of you need to contact me, just use Facebook I guess.

Tsunami, what tsunami?

Yesterday on the way to work I heard the first wail of the hourly sirens that were to warn everyone on the island that there would be a tsunami, likely to hit around 11:30.

Because I was cleaning a place up on the mountain work I noticed that the ocean was at low tide, and I saw probably hundreds of boats heading out to sea, where it was supposed to be much safer. Streets were closed, and except for one or two loonies, the beaches were evacuated. I was stoked to watch the huge wave come in, crashing against the 30 story hotels in Waikiki, and I was more than a little excited by the prospect of canceled school next week( I have midterms). I was a little nervous too, mostly because my dad kept sending me text messages reminding me to have a weeks worth of food and water ready.

I later found out that a tsunami is not a single, enormous wave, but a series of surges that raise the level of the water, and are coupled with waves. Interesting. Well, 11 o clock came and went. The tide rose within a matter of minutes, which was unusual, but no huge swells or surges affected our shores. Hilo, on the big island, had a bit of activity, but it caused no damage or anything. Our tsunami watch was lifted by 2:00 pm. Nothing. Is it wrong of me to say the lack of destruction and spectacle were disappointing? Because it was.

Taking a Break

I'm really trying to pound this ten page paper out tonight if possible. About the Gujarat riots in India in 2002. Pretty mush the most awful stuff ever. The paper's due Friday, but I'm going to try not doing the last minute thing for a change. Maybe. Anyway I needed a break, so I went down the street to 7-11 and bought a soda, and then got on ESPN and read a great article by Rick Reilly. It's about why sports are so great. Check it out. Also, Cranberry Sierra Mist is delicious.

Haircut!

Ok, here are pics of my hair before, during and after my mostly self-inflicted haircut.

This is my sad, somber, pre-cut face.













I did it myself for the most part, and I probably should have left it at about this length.






























This is around the mullet phase.









A SWEEEET little tail!









All my hair in the sink...



















It's basically a long buzzcut, but I'm proud of it.
Pretty short, but oh well, it will grow back.

Smell Bad!

Right now in my class there's some kind of a burning, chemically smell. Kind of like birthday candles...and Nair(don't ask me how I remember how that smells, I can't remember). I'm getting light-headed right now, but my professor doesn't care. UH is seriously a crappy school. This is like something from a Roald Dahl book(I'm thinking Matilda, but I don't really remember any foul-smelling incidents in there to be honest). Maybe I can convince my professor to let class out early...