Aloha. It means hello and good bye.
There was a time when I heard that fun fact so often that I was ready to sucker punch the next person who said it. Of course those were the days back when I was on my last co-op in Hawaii and I was considerably more tan. In other words, back when I was spoiled rotten and I got to spend a whole three months in Hawaii during one of the snowiest New England winters on record.
Fast forward to mid 2009. I was no longer tan. I had forgotten what palm trees looked like. Then things really got bad: the economy plummeted and big firms pushed their first year associate start dates back. Still, I was one of the lucky ones. My firm deferred the litigation kids to January and the corporate (and obviously cooler) kids to March and they were nice enough to give us stipends. Post-bar exam, this gave me a full six months of freedom, so I did pro-bono legal work with a professor and I picked up a job as a tour guide at Sam Adams, giving beer tours to the slightly inebriated masses. This was not a bad way to spend the days. But then my personal life hits the skids in a big way and I found myself with an interesting choice: Kick around for the month of February in Cambridge, trudging through snow and wallowing in personal strife, or regain former glory on warm, sunny beach in bikini while snarking on the unsuspecting. I opted for the bikini and the snark.
So for the month of February, I’ll be returning to the island of Oahu, specifically back to Waikiki Beach where I’ll be tanning, blogging and finishing my novel set in Hawaii and based on my oh so snarky blogs. Or in Jersey Shore slang lingo I suppose my status for the next month will be BTW: Blog. Tan. Write.
A word on the book, it’s a work in progress. It’s nearly done but missing some key chapters. Oh yes, and a title. I’m going to be posting a chapter every few days or so and linking it here for you to read all serial style. Try and contain your excitement. Of course, please don’t feel pressured to read it. Feel free to skip it, read the blog, or just look at the pictures.
The next time I post a picture here, I won’t be wearing mittens. The mittens are coming off.
Aloha.
