ninety-seven

walked the dogs
this afternoon in sunshine; walked the
dogs tonight in falling snow

ninety-six

the re-opening night
of monte's proved to be tasty
from beer to lemon tart

ninety-five

traveled to cannon
falls for some riverside frisbee golf
before a round at carleton

ninety-four

went to northfield
for gifts and indian buffet lunch
before spending the night alone

ninety-three

had some pollo
en salsa verde and a margarita
before drinks at the depot

ninety-two

completed a treadmill
5k in forty-two minutes before drinking
a few beers with friends

ninety-one

my whole body
system seems to be a bit
out of whack these days

ninety

ate some mediocre
sushi and ran a treadmill 5k
in forty one forty eight

eighty-nine

today, i think
i am ready to start investigating
the next baby step, courtney

eighty-eight

right now courtney
has her head in my armpit
and cannot stand the smell

eighty-seven

today i fought
hard for my first disc golf
victory with a two under

eighty-six

tonight i watched
my friends get all wine drunk
while i was on duty

eighty-five

today that bum
friend of mine talked me into
eating at nick's pizza palace

eighty-four

i was offered
the chance to work in shanghai
at a camp this summer

eighty-three

i just completed
a treadmill 5k in under 3/4
of an hour, my friends

eighty-two

the first day
back blues got me already ready
to climb into my bed

eighty-one

drove to owatonna
for starbucks and target shopping during
the last day of break

eighty

watched the spark
finally vanish for the 'cuse over
boca and black bean tacos

seventy-nine (headlines)

BODY-CLOCK ON HST
ORANGE STILL STANDING AFTER SIX OTs
FOGO DE CHAO STILL FANTASTIC

seventy-eight

back in minnesota,
via denver, to find decent weather
and two very happy dogs

seventy-seven

walked around waikiki
shopping for hello kitty and aloha
shirts before flying home first-class

seventy-six

took a sunny
morning beach stroll, returned to honolulu,
and ate some great vietnamese

seventy-five

snorkeled molokini crater
(with unseen reef sharks) and found
a hawaiian disc golf course

seventy-four

safely topped haleakala
and crossed the ocean to mail
postcards from sleep lana'i city

seventy-three

drove the west
maui highway down one way roads
and around breathless jack-knife turns

seventy-two

flew to maui
and drove to ka'anapali for a
luau with lovely hawaiian ladies

seventy-one

today we discovered
there are varying interpretations re: what
exactly constitutes a beach resort

seventy and seventy point five

courtney led me
on a mao zedong inspired death
march through waipai'o weed valley

took a nighttime
stroll across crackled lava fields
with coffee and a flashlight

sixty-nine

flew from honolulu
to kona for a brewery tour,
some coffee, and killer snorkeling

sixty-eight

today we snorkled
hanauma bay in search of elusive
sea turtles and christmas wrass

sixty-seven (double-header)

hiked diamondhead crater
and walked through china town searching
for tea and dim sum

our cabbie, kevin,
tells us the tours he gives
produce only world class photos