To quote Lloyd Dobler "I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that."

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Kapa Kahi

So we had a bit of an earthquake 2 weeks ago.......and we keep having aftershocks




I awoke early on Sunday morning October 15th and was getting ready to go to town to work on the pier all day (cruise ship day). At 7am I was sitting on my bed and at 7:07 my room started shaking. Now we have earthquakes here quite a bit so this was no big surprise. I usually announce them to no one in particular "earthquake". But this time it git bigger and bigger until it seemed like a jackhammer had been strapped to the house. You know how they say that your life flashes before you?? Well mine didn't, all most worst nightmares were what came to mind. I looked at the doorframe, they tell you to stand there in an earthquake......my mind said "GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!" and I ran out of the house. I stood there in the drive and my neighbors came running down and the whole way I watched the earth between us move and roll and shudder.
For the next 2 hours I sat in the driveway with my little hand crank radio listening to the local police talk to their dispatcher begging to run home to make sure all was okay there. We couldn't use cells, or land lines. I was able to send out one email to my family about 5 minutes after the second big aftershock (5.8). And that was it. For the next 20 hours you had to take your turn using the few phonelines on the island that were working. I had to call this company that I do work for because the following day we were expecting 128 people to arrive from the mainland for a 2 week island tour. Up until a few hours before we left we were not sure what was happening. Oahu was without power until 2 hours before we arrived and then it was 2 days of airline delays and 128 really cranky passengers who complained that they say no evidence of the earthquake on Oahu so why were they delayed????? Friggin' old people. They can be so difficult (I am just really tired right now and need a break from people).
But I figured I would show all 3 of you what a mess the quake made.

To get an idea of how active the earth is here right now:
http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/

Monday, October 30, 2006

Again, I just let the money slip through my fingers.......

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE
CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS
F.C.T ABUJA-NIGERIA

DATE: 30/10/2006
Our Ref : CBN/IRD/CBX/021/04

Attn:Mr & Mrs Bloppety Bloop,

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT/NO:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/001

In Our records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the
federal government of Nigeria, Your name and company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their payments.

I wish to reinform you that your payment is being processed and will be
released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from the record in my file your outstanding contract payment is $45,700.000.00 (fourty five million,seven hundrend thousand US dollars).

Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your
record and also re-confirm to me the followings
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.

As soon as this information are received, your payment will be made to
you in a certified bank draft from central bank of Nigeria and a copy will be given to you for you to take to your bank and confirm it or the funds will be transfered to your bank account or home address directly.

As soon as you receive this letter get back to my office at once for
immediate remmitance of your contract funds to you and remember,you will not be notified again.

Regards,

Mr. Tunde Lemo
Deputy Governor,
Financial Sector Surveillance
www.cenbank.org

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Another MeMe.....Apparently I would not be an inconspicuous spy

I stole this from Kymm:

1. YOUR SPY NAME: (middle name and current street name)
Veronica Mamalahoa

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your dad's side, your
favorite candy)
Lenora Heath.....this could work

3. YOUR RAP NAME (first initial of first name, first three or four letters
of your last name)
K Sha......sounds white like me!

4. YOUR GAMER TAG: (a favorite color, a favorite animal)
Red Manta....this would be a better superhero

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Veronica Concord........yup

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters
of mother's maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet's Name)
Sha Ell Cho........She ran the convenience store near Luke's house

7. JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled
backwards)
Acinorev Llennodo.........She couldn't run for office because her name did not fit on bumperstickers

8. PORN STAR NAME: (first pet's name, the street you grew up on)
Prince Karen Pines...........uh, He-She?

9. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, the automobile your dad
drives)
The Red Runner........very inaffectual superhero, constantly running from things

10. YOUR ACTION HERO NAME: (first name of the main character in the last
film you watched, last food you ate)
Eddie Cheese.........again, not really an action hero as much as a Mob name