We made a new friend in Hawaii.

So originally we had a plan to go visit and photograph the Byodo-In Temple, but apparently you need to pay for a permit for that… soooo… we decided to go back to Shark’s Cove and snorkel again during high tide instead.
My oh my! This time, with the high tides, came LOTS of fish… EVERYWHERE. We spent a lot of time swimming around and following them, sometimes just floating and allowing them to surround us. There were a couple of creepy moments where currents formed and we got caught in them, but thankfully they weren’t strong enough to be too dangerous.
Oh, and at another point in time, I looked up and see a looooong shape in the distance– what looked like [...]

In 48 hours, Alicia and I will be on my way to Hawaii.
We keep watching videos and contemplating on actually going through with this this year (Mom- Don’t watch the video, because I know you’re going to freak out even more, haha):

The Waimea Rock is a 30-foot jump, by the way. In case you were wondering.

So for today, I will leave you with a video about a friend of a friend who was the first to document a great white in Hawaii. Oh, and he swims with it, too:

Depending on if my friend will be back in Hawaii to join us again, Alicia and I may or may not be doing the same. Only… we’d rather stay inside the cage.

This makes me reconsider bringing an underwater camera with me on my oceanic adventures:

octopus steals my video camera and swims off with it (while it’s Recording) from Victor Huang on Vimeo.

while trying to get video of a wild octopus, it suddenly dashes towards me and rips my shiny new camera from out of my hands, then swims off, all while the camera is recording! he swam away very quickly like a naughty shoplifter. after a 5 minute chase, I placed my speargun underneath him and he quickly and curiously grabbed hold of the gun as well, giving me enough time to reach in and grab the camera from out of his mouth. I didn’t feel threatened at all during the [...]

Here’s what you might have missed last week:
• You’ve Got to Know Your Limits with a Boombox
• Piano Cover of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”
• Elissa and I found a Hollywood Video store that was closing down…
• The only other thing I want for my birthday this year (other than my annual Hawaii trip)…
• DVD Release: Bandslam
• Augmented Sculpture
• Mean Disney Girls
• Christian Siriano Claw Shoes at Payless
• RIKETS: “All American Death Cult” Details Revealed
• Inside Gaming Plus: PlayStation Move Interview w/ Tom O’Connor from GDC
• The Nightmare Before St. Patrick’s Day
• Tetris Chair
• E! Online Exclusive: G Tom Mac on Corey Haim
• The Depp Hatter’s Tea Party
• The Fountain of Youth was found by a jellyfish
• Open wiiiiiide….
• More Panda Cupcakes

No, really.
Well… sort of.

Apparently these guys can reverse their growth process and change back into the immature stage after already growing into their adult one. Crazy.
For more info, click here.

Yeahhhh, I know, I know. It took me forever to get this up, but ya know, I’ve been a busy gal, haha. Anyway, here’s the video:

Here’s some more random video footage from May 2009′s Hawaii trip smushed into 10 minutes (and 29 seconds).
Alicia, Elissa, Karri, and myself went out there for a week to celebrate my birthday and just get away from a lot of the craziness we were all dealing with. Coincidentally, our friends Phily and Alex were out there at the same time, as well.
Like a lot of the other Hawaii vids, there are a lot of inside jokes that nobody else is going to get…. so you’re basically watching another video of us being goofs. But hey, [...]

Are you a fan of the Axolotl salamander?
Well, so am I and there’s a nice little Facebook fan page for these little guys at www.facebook.com/TheAxolotl!
I expect all of you with Facebook profiles to join… because really… who CAN’T be a fan of these adorable little creatures?

Uhm…. WHAT.

Cute and creepy at the same time.
http://www.axolotl.org/
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Here’s another video from my Hawaii trip back in May:

May 2009 in Hawaii. After a brutal hike through Waimea the day before, we decided to take a day off and just grill and relax.

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