Day 6: Waikiki

The day started off slow. We woke up, milled about and were lazy until about noon. Then we drove to the Waikiki neighborhood of Honolulu. We parked outside the Zoo and headed for lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise. My brother and I each partook in a It's All Good burger which contained 1 beef patty, 1 slice of swiss cheese, 1 slice of jack cheese, 3 pieces of bacon, sautéed mushrooms, fried onions, 1000 islands sauce, lettuce, avocado and a bun. It was bloody delicious! After lunch we headed over to the international marketplace to get some trinkets. I managed to get most of my gift-buying done for my friends (I got Christine's surfboard necklace and the back scratcher I promised Nate, as well as other stuff), excluding Justine and Adria. While I was making these purchases, my brother snuck off and purchased a ninja star (Awesome, pointy action!). After the finishing our adventures in the marketplace we proceeded back to our transportation unit (Stupid, bloody, fucking SUV), stopping on the way to purchase shirts that gain colour from UV rays from a store where I bought a shirt in tenth grade when I was last here. We then proceeded to drive to the Honolulu Mall, though we had originally planned to go to the zoo (it was closed). After much trouble in rush hour traffic we eventually made it to the mall, where we split into two groups, my brother and I in one group and everyone else in another. After vaguely looking around in a store or two and finding a map of the bloody place (the mall is open air, which is actually pretty cool) we decided to hit up an electronics store. my brother had decided he wanted a DS after playing around with mine (he used to have one ages ago (before the DS lite was introduced) but got rid of it due to lack of interest. First we checked in a RadioShack, where they were sold out. We then proceeded a few shops done to some sort of video game store (similar to EB, but not EB) where my brother stood in line while I went to Sam Goody to look for CD's. My brother eventually met me there where he gave me the news that, while they did in fact have DS', he wouldn't buy one there... they only had pink. After receiving this news I purchased 3 CD's with some birthday/christmas money. I picked up these albums:

Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? - Harvey Danger (only $5!)


Dinosaur Sounds - Catch 22


All Hands on the Bad One - Sleater-Kinney

I'm pretty happy with the albums, I've only ever seen two Catch 22 albums in stores back home, one I don't have any interest in buying and the other one I already had on my computer, but I haven't heard any songs from Dinosaur Sounds yet (glee!). Sleater-Kinney are an awesome all-girl punk rock band (I'm listening to them right now and I really like the songs). I already had the Harvey Danger album on the computer, but I've wanted a physical copy for a while now. The album has some really great songs (Spencer will agree). After, buying said CD's my brother and I proceeded through the food court so my brother could get some shorts (it's hard to get them the right length) and some shoes, and so I could check out Hot Topic (really disappointing actually, though there was one awesome thing there). After this we headed to Barnes and Noble Booksellers, after making a brief stop in the food court so my brother could get a Pepsi. In the store I (finally!) purchased a copy of Bone: One Volume Edition, which I am enjoying quite a bit, I also bought Reaper Man from the Discworld series and the original I Am Legend (which is better then the current movie if only because it has vampires instead of mutants (though the movie was pretty awesome (for the first half anyway))). After this we ran to Sears to search farther for a DS. We had no luck there, either. We then went to a Longs Drugs (crappy clone of London Drugs) where we were supposed to meet the rest of the family. Instead of finding the family my brother managed to find a non-pink DS (it was white, and while he would have preferred black, its better then pink). We then found my Dad outside of Longs, my brother ran back into the Sears to buy a copy of Final Fantast XII: Revenant Wings. Eventually, we had everyone back together and returned to the bloody SUV. It was about 9pm by this point and no one had eaten yet. We drove all the way back to Haleiwa and checked three restaurant for food. One was closed for the night and the other two were only serving drinks. IT WAS ONLY 9:30! Seriously, what the fuck man! We found the Pizza Hut to be open and purchased some pizza's there and returned to the Condo.

Also, Susan has been relocated to the floor under the TV stand.