{"id":1447,"date":"2008-08-16T10:19:16","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T18:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2008-08-16T10:19:16","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T18:19:16","slug":"almost-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/almost-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nAlmost paradise<\/a>
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\nOriginally uploaded by Alanna Spence<\/a>
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“Almost paradise” is the song that keeps running through my head, over
\nand over again. But its in a sarcastic way. Don’t get me wrong, we’re
\nstill having a good time, but the place we’re staying in is well… sort
\nof like taking a vacation in a run down San Jose apartment complex. And
\nsince I’ve lived inb all kinds of San Jose apartment complexes, there’s
\nno charm in it for me. They’ve fixed up the apartment pretty nice, but
\nall of the buildings are sort of dilapidated on the outside. Plus,
\nthere’s a herd of shrieking elephants living upstairs. Downtown hilo is
\npretty cute. Lots of thrift stores and pawn shops to riffle through so
\nwe can write our song “my pawn shop guitar.” Trust me, this is a good
\nthing.<\/p>\n

We had dinner at Pesto last night, a popular spot on the main strip. I
\ndecided their motto should be “Pesto, I’ve had worse.”<\/p>\n

My neck is still pretty painful, though it has improved greatly over
\nwhere it was a couple days ago. If you hadn’t noticed, the pain is
\nmaking me a little testy. I had actually temprarily forgotten about it
\nwhen I chose to dive head first into the swimming pool. Ouch! And then
\ndiscovered I couldn’t use my arms without lovely sharp pains shooting
\nthrough my neck. So I’m stuck with wading in the shallow end for a
\ncouple more days. And no kayaking either! Bummer, there are a few places
\nin hilo bay to rent kayaks and canoes, but here I am stuck with a pain
\nin my neck. I don’t feel like a sexy bride, I fel like a pathetic
\ninvalid.<\/p>\n

Today our order of business is to eat breakfast, relax, go to the
\nfarmer’s market, and relax some more. Monday we rent a car and do some
\nexploring. It looks like we’ll probably keep the car for the remainder
\nof our stay here and spend less time in the apartment. I wish my neck
\nwould hurry up and get better. Over and out.
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