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, if you’re a LOST fan, there’s some site footage in there for ya.
Oh, and sappy moments.
For a tour of our awesome Villa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kkjM4B_oKw
For Karri and I’s first morning in Hawaii while the other two were still sleeping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GACAf_EdagY
For the video of us hiking through Waimea to get to a LOST site on my birthday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4CluMVjeX8
For the video of myself, Elissa, and Alicia swimming through “the LOST waterfall” (and commentary by KarriXLin):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QDwCnvVBpg
“It’s like getting my sinuses pierced.”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHyB5YeiU2s
For the day after my birthday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrNLQwSC4tc

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.

For more videos: www.youtube.com/sarahdope

Here is a video from last May when some of my girls and I went to Hawaii for my birthday. In this one, we spent my birthday hiking for hours…

For my 26th birthday, the girls and I decided to take a very, very long hike through Waimea. – WARNING: This video is full of a whole bunch of inside jokes that you probably won’t get.
More: www.youtube.com/sarahdope

Oh man… I know it’s been a few days since I’ve blogged about anything. My apologies!
The “End of Summer” camping trip a couple weekends ago went pretty well considering our plans got intruded on by “the man.” Karri and I have camped at Tajiguas Beach before, and everything was fine… but apparently in the past few years, others have caught on. We arrived with a large crew as it was, and by the time we got there, about 50 other people were camping there as well. Sure enough, the cops rolled through informing us that if we were still there when they returned at sunset, they were giving everyone tickets.
We enjoyed our time at the beach while we could, then as the sun was setting, moved camp to an actual legal camping spot, Lake Cachuma.

I was suddenly reminded of the midwest back from when I used to camp in the woods… only this time I didn’t have any problems with ticks! Even though it wasn’t the beach, we all still had a great time.
This past weekend was Rami Dearest’s big “Sea Horse Sea Shell Sea Hell” party up in the hills. Talk about EPIC. The party was said to [...]

Not too long ago, my mother sent me a few old photos of my grandmother. I’ve been planning on having them printed out, framed, and hung up so I have something to remember her by. The follow photo is probably my favorite so far… It is a very, very old photo of her… with Mom’s PET GATOR.
And yes, that thing is real.

I have been looking forward to this day for quite some time. I have been itching to get myself back to Hawaii, but realistically (especially now that I am fulltime at my job), that most likely won’t be happening until my birthday next year. Since I can’t have Hawaii for the time being, I’ve been itching for any beach scenario, really. There’s nothing like digging my toes in the sand and finding my peace there while listening to ocean waves crash.
Karri decided we needed to return to this spot– we actually camped there together back in 2005 not too long after I first met her. I agreed. We started inviting a handful of our friends… and voila! We’ve got a killer group coming to our little camping adventure. I’m so excited that I am up a lot earlier than I really need to be… and can’t go back to sleep. Perhaps I’ll build a playlist on my ipod…

I decided to take a little time this morning to upload a video from my Hawaii trip in May.
As some of you know, I went out there with Elissa, Alicia, and Karri for my birthday, and a little pre-bachelorette trip for Karri… and well, we all just needed to relax anyway. On my birthday, instead of partying like I do every year, we did something else. We spent a few hours hiking.
That might night sound like fun to most people, but I can’t even begin to describe how incredible this all felt… and at the end of it, was this:

On my 26th birthday (May 9, 2009), not only were Alicia, Elissa, Karri, and myself in Hawaii, but we spent a few hours hiking through Waimea Park and ended up swimming through Waimea Falls (aka “the waterfall from LOST”).
Once Karri got tired, she got out earlier than the rest of us and capture this little clip of us. It was a pretty incredible experience…

Hawaiian Sunrise – 2 by =sarahdope on deviantART

…a JAPANESE SHIBA INU!!!
So cute.