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July 2009

Eat That Watermelon!

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On Saturday, the extended fam headed to the Hawaii State Farm Fair at the Bishop Museum for some sun and fun. Like last year, the crowds were in full force even though we got there early. We became members of the Bishop Museum to bypass the long line for tickets.

Along with the kinda scary Backyard Monsters insect display, there were farm animals, kiddie rides, and all kinds of food. Here are some pics.

The highlight of the day had to be the Watermelon Eating Contest starring our own family prankster. While he’s not playing tricks on family members, triathlon training, or watching an Alien Ninja beatdown, he’s been known to win some eating challenges. Not the professional competitions, but don’t try to take him on. He’ll handily beat you as the crowds of the Hawaii State Farm Fair witnessed.

Let you witness the domination as well.

Watermelon Eating Contest at the Hawaii State Farm Fair 2009 from Gee Why on Vimeo.

Yes, the challenge wasn’t even close, and yes, that guy in black did upchuck pink puke! If the timing is right, maybe the reigning champ can defend his title next year. Time to start the hype!

Update: the lone female in the contest is none other than Martha, a contributor of ShareYourTable.com where she blogs her experience at the Farm Fair.

Vote in Honolulu Weekly’s Best of Honolulu

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Lookee, lookee, Honolulu Weekly has its annual readers’ poll asking for the Best of Honolulu. There are many subsections of the poll, but under the heading of “The Medium,” there are some pulpy topics like:

  • Best Twitterer
  • Best use of social media
  • Best local blog

Hmmmm, I wonder how’d I vote for these? For Best Twitterer, I have three choices: @ryankanno, @neenz, and @hawaii (they all influence me according to Klout). But I think my nod would have to go to @neenz for the sheer volume of useful and aloha-spirited tweets she publishes.

Best use of social media would have to go to KGMB9 News. Within the past year, this news station blitzed the social media landscape getting workers to blog and now tweet. The recorded and streaming news broadcasts are cool, and of course, you can’t overlook their interactive News at 5, getting input from the Twitterverse.

Best local blog… Um, of course, I’d have to push pulpconnection.net. That’d be a no brainer, but if I can’t vote for my own work then I have to go with the aptly named Hawaii Weblog. Ryan Ozawa has been blogging the Aloha State and Beyond forever, and his coverage of Hawaii-based issues is always excellent.

What about you? How would you vote? Go ahead and make your choices.

For your ballot to be considered complete, you need to fill in at least 10 entries from the entire poll. All votes must be submitted by July 31, 2009.

And don’t forget to vote pulpconnection.net for best local blog. 😉

Looking for Wireless Headphones

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I’m looking for wireless headphones as a gift. Rechargeable batteries, decent sound, works through walls. Looks like a solid product is the Sennheiser RS120 926 MHz Wireless RF Headphones.

Plus until the end of July, there’s a deal for a free set of CX 300 in-ear headphones. Awesome deal!

Hawaii’s Mean to the Homeless

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Now here’s an interesting distinction… Hawaii is ranked the 8th city meanest to the homeless. I didn’t know such a stat was tracked. But if our state is going to be in the top 10, why not shoot for the top stop?

Maybe we can tap the homeless for some pee power.

How about making a picture book or web site of our homeless? Now that would be mean.

As a side tangent is the Mango Man really still with us or not? There are conflicting reports of his whereabouts. There is a guy that sure likes the Mango Man in Kailua, but is it the original Mango Man?

And what’s with that homeless guy usually at intersections in Liliha? He usually wears Jordan brand clothes as he asks for donations. Those are some respectable clothes he got on.

So Long Converse Says DWade

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Dwyane Wade’s attempt to revitalize the Converse shoe brand is over. DWade is now a member of Team Jordan, wearing the Jumpman logo from now on.

So if you got some yet-to-be-released Wade 5 sneakers, you now have a collector’s item.

Does the shoe tongue say “Doubt Me”? Was Converse doubting DWade’s loyalty? Was DWade doubting Converse’s viability? What an appropriate way to end the DWade-Converse relationship.

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