.jellies.alohadayparade.

Today was the annual Aloha Day parade. Since I haven't been around for the festivities for the past 4 years I was unaware that they shut down the ENTIRE Ala Moana park from 1 am until 10 am, leaving only Kewalo Basin open ... Fortunately, we got there at around 5:30, narrowly beating the guys with permits who tried to kick us out. Since some of the guys had already gone into the h2o and everyone had already fed the meters [not to mention the fact that they hadn't put up any signs notifying the public that the lot was closed] we got to stay put and watch Steve A. call the permit-bearing messenger a ding-dong.

The swell didn't come in AT ALL [liars], however the influx of box jellies did arrive per scheduled [10 days after the full moon]. Yesterday they were out in full force in the channel between Concessions and Big Rights. Along with a few of the other guys, I got stung multiple times by jelly babies, leaving me with oodles of itchy scratchy bite-like dots all over my arms, legs, feet, back and stomache. Looks like chicken pox.

Since the waves didn't arrive today everyone is saying that it will arrive tomorrow. I don't believe them but I'm bringing out my longboard just in case.
One of these days I swear I'll be able to shortboard in waves bigger than 3 feet.