House, beach, and jelly fish

Portuguese man o' wars SUCK! It's true. The little drifting bastards have all the intelligence of a fern and about the same amount of control over their own locomotion. Sadly, they have much better defenses than your average plant: they sting like a BITCH! If you've ever been stung by stinging nettle, it's similar in sensation, but about twice as intense. I was wading in the ocean the other day and one was washed against the back of my knee. After this less-than-enjoyable experience, I promptly exited the water via the nearest bit of sand, and with a bit of creative swearing, rubbed my leg with said sand. I also had one of them bounce down from my shoulder to my wrist to my foot, where it got stuck. Hurray. In other news, here is a picture of me and several of my roommates, at least the ones where were awake and mobile at the time I felt like taking a picture.

New house, new bed, same roommates

Well, we moved into our permanent (read: 5 month) residence tonight. I have fish prep at 6am tomorrow, so I should go to sleep. My new bedroom is attached to 2 bathrooms and the kitchen (by a nifty little hatch. I can have breakfast shoved thru to me OR order an alcoholic beverage from the live-in bar tender [I wish]) I'll put up pictures or something some time. Until that day arrives, goodnight everyone, and stay classy.

Hawaii

Well, I've made it. I've been here for just over a week now, and things are going pretty damn well. Email me if you want any specific details. Work is going pretty well, but my feet are too big and they don't have any boots to fit me, so I'm not allowed to do fish prep until they get some size 13's. There are a few new facebook pictures for those of you who are part of that. Right now we're camping on the floor of Uncle Joe's (don't ask, he's a local hero and a nice guy) and we get to move into our beach house the 25th. "Beach House" is a bit of a mis-gnomer (GNOME SORCERY!) because to be fair, the place is a good 100 yards from the beach. Let me tell you, that's a really long way. There are mountains and an ocean, my two favorite terrain types. I need to try to hike up to the top of the mountains in our back yard, but they are extremely steep. Anyway, more to come when we move into the house.

Los Angeles

Well, I made it LA, and it is big. I'm visiting with Mr. Roo and Miss Sally, and I swam in the new ocean. New ocean is cold. Pictures for those of you who know these wonderful peoples. I leave for Hawaii tomorrow and get there about 6pm east coast time and noon my (new) time. Sleep deprivation makes for odd grammer.