…courtesy of sue.

if you could have anything delivered to your doorstep each mornin, what would it be?

coffee. and something to make me smile.

suppose that right now you could be at your favorite vacation spot, reading your favorite book, listening to your favorite cd, and eating your favorite food. what would be your choices for those four categories and who, if anyone, would be with you?

london. chomsky or vonnegut. (right now?) vida la vida by coldplay. sushi. my family.

which animated character is your all-time favorite?

characters: master shake, frylok, meatwad, carl

if you had to write a brief message on a dollar bill that many people would eventually see as the currency circulates, what message would you write?

the unexamined life is not worth living – plato

if you were left alone for one hour with nothing more than a pen and a notepad, what would you be inclined to draw or write during those 60 minutes?

a blog entry, given my record, probably about girls.

if someone were looking for you in a bookstore, in what section would they most likely find you?

history, politics, or philosophy

over the last 200 years, or so,  the world has advanced and changed in many ways. nonetheless, can you think of at least one aspect of life that has remained virtually unchanged throughout the last two centuries?

i was gonna say bathroom breaks, but i like sueʻs answer much better: human nature.

rank the four seasons in order from your favorite to least favorite.

fall, spring, winter, summer

what is something you used to love but have outgrown or gotten tired of?

fanny pack

… seemingly without end.  (a glup of beer)

in the last two days i’ve been informed of two weddings of people i know.  actually, one i knew about some time ago, but today was informed that the actual wedding is this weekend.  no, i’m not invited.  i went to college with the guy and we were in the same fraternity.  truthfully, we weren’t really ever friends.  we were acquaintances who had friends in common.  if anyone thought i was strange, shy, and socially awkward in college would look at this guy and think i was normal by comparison.  this is not an exaggeration.  and as bad as i was with women, he was oh so very much worse. 

i’m totally getting one!!!

that’s right, ladies and germs, i’m officially 30 years old. that’s 3 decades, or 360 months, or roughly 782 fortnights (what the hell is a fortnight?), or roughly 1,564 weeks, or 10,950 days, or 262,800 hours, 15,768,000 minutes, or 946,080,000 seconds. i’m a geek….

to celebrate the momentous occasion, my mother requested i returned to the town of my upbringing, the place that, for better and worse, shaped the person i am today. she wanted to celebrate with me this milestone anniversary, which to me seemed a completely reasonable request, given the three decade marker and given the fact it’s been years since i last celebrated a birthday in the house in which i grew up.

with the 2008 democratic party of hawaii state convention a few days behind me, i want to take this time to reflect on the experience. i’ve been thinking about this post since i left the hilton sunday afternoon and i’m still not quite sure how to put all my jumbled thoughts and feelings into some coherent structure, but here i go nonetheless….

after a long, but somewhat restless sleep thursday night, i arose bright and early friday morning to attend to last minute errands and tasks before arriving at the convention hall before 10am. i started to setup the registration and credentials stations in preparation for the opening of registration at 1pm. in the frenzy of preparation and the with the stress of a first-timer, the 1 o’clock hour passed as volunteers and delegates began to arrive, without being thoroughly prepared.