Where Do I Begin...

I've been putting off this update for a while now because there's so much to tell...

We finally moved to Waikiki and I have been loving every minute of it! The apt is a studio so it is a bit smaller, but it's definitely worth it. The first night we were here, my car got hit by a delivery truck in the parking lot since we live right next to Food Pantry, but luckily the damage was minimal and they stuck around to give us their ins info... and there's always alot of noise and drunk ppl on the streets, but I'm guessing that comes with the territory. But it's amazing to be able to just walk to and from work and to stumble home from the bars and not having to worry about driving home! And now Mitch sold his car and uses mine so I don't drive anywhere and don't have to worry about anything!

Work has been going well too. I have been making good money and haven't gotten fired yet so all's well in the Changs so far. I feel like I've been going out a little bit too much, but then again, what's new? Everything is in walking distance so it tends to be calling my name at all times! Oddly enough, I don't go to the beach as much as I thought I would, so the other day we had a work meeting at 8am and then after that I went to the Ala Moana Beach w/ my girl Keala and then went to the Waikiki Beach w/ Marque and Rocky and then since Rocky's bf, Michael, works at Hulas we went and had a few drinks there before work. It started out innocently enough, but one drink quickly became two and then then Michael threw us a cpl of shots and before we knew it we were running around Waikiki trying to get to work outta our minds! So I had my first drunken night at work (which used to be the only way to get through the night @ Changs in Atlanta) and I made it through, but by the end of the night I was so tired and my face was tomato red from beachin' it all day!

For a while I was really scared to walk home after work at night because since I've been in Hawaii, three of my friends have gotten jumped for one reason or another and I feel like Waikiki is the new Harlem...

The first one to get jumped was this gay guy, Ricardo, or as I call him, Retardo, who everyone liked at work, but I just thought he was a greasy crackhead. I heard alot of stories about what happened... one was that he got jumped by three military guys, the other that he got jumped by a pack of trannies and a couple other stories but I'm not sure what really happened... but after that incident he flew back home claiming that he'd be back. I'm not even sure why he would want to come back because he had been sleeping on the beach and living homeless for the last months that he was here and why would anyone want to come back to that? Hawaii or not...

The second one was my girl, Melissa... A bunch of us went to this new club called LEVEL 4 and when we got there the line was insanely long so Mel went to the bouncer, did her thing and got us in, but not everyone else... we were both crazy drunk so the night was a blur, but the Jabawakkis were performing so we watched the show and after it was over we got separated and I figured she met up w/ everyone else so my ass stumbled, but apparently somebody knocked Melissa out because she woke up at 5 in the morning under the bleachers w/ a concussion! Again, I wasn't there so I don't know what the real story is, but the whole story sounds a little shady... either way I didn't hang out w/ her again before she left back to NY... she'll be back in September so we'll see....

And lastly was my girl Camille who's bf got jumped when he was smoking a cigarette right in front of Senor Frogs, which is a very pubic corner, but he got jumped by some military guys and when she tried to stop them they hit her in the face and she had a HUGE bruise on her face...

So all of this craziness has led me to believe that Waikiki is the new Harlem and for a while there I was scared to walk home and so I saved up to get a moped, but now I'm not so scared and I don't think I need one, but maybe I'll get one just so I can go to different beaches and get around faster... but just by living down here and seeing how harmless it is I feel more at ease with Waiks...

And just in time because Mitch & I officially have our first visitors! Antoine & Phoenix got here Friday to celebrate his birthday! I'm so happy they're here and they are in paradise and loving everything here! The first night they were here we went to Da Big Kahuna for a cpl of fishbowls and went to the beach at night and then the next morning we went to Smorgy's for some breakfast buffet and we were supposed to go to Roy's for his birthday dinner, but things got a bit crazy!

Marque & I got tickets for the Hula's Catamaran Cruise w/ Rocky and so we headed to Hula's after getting Antoine some Sunglasses from AX, which I hope he likes, and we got to Hula's and Michael was bartending and he made us a cpl of shots and some Mai Tais and got us feelin' good! Rocky showed up fashionably late and we took some more shots and went to load up at the beach and, of course, got another round of tequila shots before loading and then got on and it was sooo fun! The weather was perfect and everybody was tipsyyy~






After the cruise we all went to Tapas and had some food & drinks there and ended up at some guy's place in Hawaii Kai and it was an amazing house! Complete w/ a motor boat, dock, jacuzzi, etc! And they had grilled up a feast and had a whole bar... it was insane! By the end of the night we were all pretty tired, but I had the best time! Rocky & Michael are the nicest ppl~ AND they've been together for 7 yrs making them the only gay cpl I know who have a longer relationship than Mitch & I! But I really like them and it's respectable to see ppl who are so genuine.

I have been in bed all day watching The Hills marathon and just being a bum... Mitch is about to get off work and we are going to go to Roy's and maybe to a club later so I'm definitely going to need a redbull or two... and tomorrow we're going to a luau!

I really need to start updating this blog more often so that I don't have to do gargantuan posts like this!

Mahalo!