It’s Friday Yeay!
I stopped by Whitehall Bay this morning on my way into work. It is a really nice spot near downtown, it was quiet, with all the fishermen getting ready to go out, the sailboats sleeping in the harbor and no cruise ships today. (yet?) I took a video on my phone to post here, but apparently it didn’t work, because I can’t find it.

I’m going to start stopping there more often.

Thursday and I have no idea what to post about. I’m reading a book, Tropic Of Cancer, by Henry Miller. It was published and banned in almost every english speaking country in the 1930’s. I thought it’d be great because it has a womans boobs on the cover, but so far, it’s kind of like reading one long sentence spoken by someone who is just babbling. But I like the foul language and I’ve only finished the first chapter, so we’ll see.

Not much to say today, I’m kind of tired of this week already, although it has been pretty productive so far. I’m ready for the weekend again!! Here’s some random pics:

Although the boats in front are much closer, they still look much smaller

The moon and the wingtip coming back from Miami.

I go to work and wear swim trunks under my pants. Then at lunch I go swim, rinse off and dry off and put on a dry pair of identical swim trunks underneath. Then I go back to work and hang the wet ones up to dry. Then after work I stop and swim again on the way home, rinse off, put on a dry third pair of identical swim trunks and ride home. Then I hang them on my bike overnight to dry.
I always keep a pair at work, and in my scooter storage place, and I’m wearing a pair. I have more than three, I have about 10 pairs of identical swimtrunks
Nobody knows this.

Stolen from Geek and Proud.net, who stole it from somebody else. Although, I think it’s backwards, shouldn’t Oscar be red, most dangerous at the top and Elmo be green?

Here’s the Japanese version, stolen from NeatoRama. A really good website to check every day

Yesterday I received the letter saying that my request for permanent residency has been approved! All I have to do is take my passport down and have it stamped (with an entry stamp that doesn’t expire), and collect a certificate! And I think I get a special ID card too!
I am very excited. One step closer to becoming Caymanian!

Thursday night I was sitting on the seawall behind the Esso at Four-Way-Stop smoking a cigar with two of my friends from here, talking about old times here, 60’s and 70’s, and I was thinking “What a privilege to be here with these guys, hearing these tales. Most people don’t to get to hear this”

The next day I get my residency letter. Coincidence?

When I lived in Missouri, I got my drivers license when I was 16. Then I moved to Maryland. In Maryland, you have to be 18 to get your license, unless you take drivers ed, then you can get it when you’re 16.
I was new in town, so I decided to take drivers ed during summer school. I figured I’d meet some people from my future class.
Since I had a valid drivers license, I used to go around and pick up all my friends for drivers ed.
That’s called irony.

Costa Rica was great! My third trip. This one was too short.

OI Girls Parents Front Yard

OI Girls Parents were the Best Man and Maid of Honor

The clouds came in through the valley from the Caribbean, rose at an angle up the mountains, then died as soon as they could see the Pacific

The front yard view at night