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[xanga] hawaii, i’m old

Posted June 28th, 2004 in , ,

yes, i’m back from hawaii. it was awesome. the main thing from my trip, besides the perfect weather and the fact i got to swim everyday and see awesome volcanoes, was that i got my advanced open water scuba diving certification. woohoo! i went on seven dives during the two weeks, got to see some amazing fish, lots of eels, sharks, and sea turtles. but no, no squirt from finding nemo… in any case, i’ve actually been back for a week and a few days, but i think i’m finally back on a schedule. i had major jetlag for awhile. i…

thanksgiving

Posted December 2nd, 2003 in

my thanksgiving could have been a lot better. i did get a lot of sleep in and a whole lot of relaxing and doing nothing, which is always great… except for the fact that coral dermatitis broke out in my hands thursday morning! basically, i went scuba diving in jamaica, grabbed onto some coral growing on a mooring rope while descending with the rope (brilliant idea, jamaica diving people - i’m never descending with the rope ever again!) and 10 days later it broke out as an allergic rxn in my hands - lots of swelling, itching, swelling… just like poison…