red, white, and bloated

it was the 4th of july yesterday. it was possibly one of the best days of the summer. it started out really really early, 8:30 am to go to the beach as early as possible to make sure we don't have to fight for spots. our original goal was to go to lanikai but it was a major fail since it was pouring over the pali. since waimanalo was just a right turn away, we hit up sherwoods! went to mcdonald's to grab some breakfast for a little picnic at the beach. cloudy day but it was okay for the most part until it started raining again. decided to drive further down to makapuu since it was clearing up on that side. complete 180 since it was hot, beautiful, and clear all around makapuu/sandy's side! loose money. cruised there for awhile and got nice and crispy! people there: gina, ning, kevin, vincent, lianna, danny, and neal.

a short break later, a bunch of us went to gyu-kaku for dinner. 99 cent kirin special, how could you possibly go wrong?!?! we ordered a bunch of food and a lot of beers. between the 5 of us that drank, we had a total of 19 beers. crazy? you betcha. most of us were drunk out of our minds. walked all the way back to phuket thai were were drank some more. just another beer for most of us. we then made the journey ALL the way to magic island side to cruise with lindsey's family because their condo is front and center for the fireworks. the guys had another beer there, phew. the fireworks were amazing with a lot of new displays.

ning wasn't feeling well so kevin and i took her home. afterwards, we walked back to my car and headed to phuket thai. by this time, 10:30pm (only), i was beyond exhausted. i should be feeling that way at like 4 AM, not before midnight. kevin got picked up there to go to dylan's house but i went to starbucks to meet up with gina, jared and friends. kanpai's was a fail but we sat around and told jokes for awhile. good fun. everyone went home but i stopped by TJ's to meet up with shon and some coworkers. went home around midnight, crashed.

the end.