firstly, i will NEVER EVER go skydiving again. i almost killed both myself and my tandem master. i freaked out as soon as we stepped out of the plane and i grabbed behind me to the sides of my master's pack. i think i did that instinctively because in moments of panic like that i just wanted to grab another human being. apparently grabbing the pack is that last thing u wanna do, as u can pull very important clips off. the tandem master pulled the chute really early cuz i was flipping out and endangering out lives. it took forever to get down. we got very wet going through the clouds! and the view of o'ahu below me was amazing. i got some good footage up there. =)

yesterday my friends and i took the first of a two-day surfing class through UH (university of hawai'i). we got transported over to diamond head, which is a beautiful beach. the closest i got to standing up was up on one knee. =/ my shoulders and arms are so sore... but now this morning we're headed to go kayaking. we crazy. we'll be kayaking to a small small island off the east coast of o'ahu. it should be great fun! and tomorrow, off to north shore for some cliff diving action... call me extreme janet.

went to the first club since i got here that i did not enjoy. this place had a long ass line, for reasons we know not of. nothing was so great about. the wait would have been about an hour and a half. well one of our friends talked to the bouncer, eventually got the girls in the for free but the guys had to pay 20 each. we split that among all of us, but as soon as we got inside i already didn't like it. damn crowded, dirty men all around that just stare, the dance floor was non-existent, and the music was just your typical radio music. never going there again. i felt so unsafe and smooshed. one of my friends got her ass grabbed. never going there again, either.

in more happier news, i do believe that distance makes the heart grow fonder. benji and i are doing as good as ever, and this time apart is really fostering that. =) this is quite opposite to what is happening to many people here on this hawai'i program... =/ that's other drama...