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June 16, 2013

My Life in Hawaii: A Retrospective, Part IV

The final chapter...for now...

From April 2012...

Calling the show that was challenging to me for so many reasons, none of them related to calling cues
Surviving the show experience through the support of good friends
We also produced Late Night's Ubu Cocu, which was wonderful and a welcome break from working on Ocean's Motion.

...To April 2013

Joe performing rakugo at the Buddhist temple in our neighborhood with Bento Rakugo

Creating and performing gombeyata puppets for our Southeast Asian theatre class (with Ray and Matthew)
From May 2012

My brother marrying the beautiful Kristen Kellar!

Visiting Three Coins Diner in Tampa after a year away. Oh, and we also got to see friends and family while in Florida...

...To May 2013

Shopping with Rachael
Spending time at the beach after finals week
And on into June 2012...

Conquering Koko Head for the first (and last...at least for me) time
Getting my library card!
And what are we doing now?

Still going to the beach

Still being ridiculous
Still being stupidly cute in love with each other
Aloha, from paradise. Can't wait to get off the island! This time next year we will be preparing to move to--well, we don't know where. The adventure continues!

June 15, 2013

My Life in Hawaii: A Retrospective, Part III

The saga continues!

From January 2012...

Taking our first epic hike up the Old Pali trail
Adventures in cooking with the starfruit tree in our yard in Kaneohe
Exploring the Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden

...To January 2013

Shooting rifles at Koko Head range
Lulu getting her very own box to live in...
...which she's just slightly too big for...
...and never leaves.

From February 2012...
Doing our Indonesian randai show: The Genteel Sabai




Moving into a new apartment in Honolulu during tech week for TWO shows


...To February 2013

Designing sound for Late Night Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Continuing a crochet obsession born in December

From March 2012...

Creating the set for Ubu Cocu (directed by Tyler and Nicole, with Joe in the title role)

...To March 2013

Attending the USITT conference in Milwaukee...

...And spending an afternoon in Chicago on our way home


June 14, 2013

Being Healthy

Rachael has issued a health challenge for the summer. Each participant had to declare an amount of weight to lose or a size of clothing that they wanted to fit into. My goal is 10lbs or my size 6 skinny jeans. Because I am not a size 6 anything, skinny or not, which was not the case before we moved here. We have ten weeks (from June 1) to accomplish our goal. Losers buy dinner for winners.

I've been using a pedometer app on my phone, Striiv, which has been great, because it is also a game and you earn new things in game by exercising. It auto-syncs with my calorie counter app, My Fitness Pal. Anyone using either of those who wants to become friends in-app, let me know! The calorie counter is easy to use because it has a barcode scanner. I can scan foods in my fridge and then just input the servings that I ate. It's making me so aware of how much I eat, that I've done this:

If you eat out of a measuring cup, you know exactly how much you've had!
Also, my calves and abs are killing me. Joe says it's because those muscles are remembering they exist. I say it's because exercise is evil.