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By Rance Rizzutto
This is the fourth time Deanna and I have worked out on the cruise ships. We’ll have logged over 16 months of cruise time by the time we get back to Chicago. If we have learned one thing about this lifestyle it is “Saved money spends fast.” Meaning, when we get back to Chicago there will be something that takes away the money we saved up. Whether it is car repair, first and last month’s rent on a new apartment…or more likely in this case, a new bed.
Luckily we are using our time wisely and getting ready to have the ball rolling before we get back so that we’re actually getting into the swing of things when we return.
One thing that we’re looking forward to doing is performing our two-person, award winning show The R&D Project present: Silent Treatment. “How can I find out more?” you are probably asking.
http://www.rnd-project.com is now up and running. We’ll be working on it as we cruise so check back often.
By Rance Rizzutto
Well…sort of. We went to a beach yesterday. I think it was Kanapali or something like that. On Maui, by a place called Black Rock and another place called Sheraton Inn.
There was supposed to be good snorkeling out there and Tamara (sadhat.blogspot.com) is visiting so we all went out.
When we first got there we found some waves that looked like they would be fun to body surf on. Just near the shore so we didn’t have to go out too far.
We may have successfully body surfed once or twice. The rest of the time was what could lightly be referred to as “unsuccessful.”
I got rolled pretty hard…a lot. The nice thing is it clears out the sinuses pretty well.
After that we headed over to the snorkeling. There was another cruise ship around the island so there were a bunch of people out there. I hate snorkeling in crowded waters. Too many dipshits swimming around looking at anything but where they’re going. So, I didn’t spend as much time out there as the rest, but there were turtle sightings and Jen and Larrance saw a spotted ray and heard whale songs out further around the Black Rock.
After we were done I took my camera case up to the shower to rinse of the salt water (the case is waterproof). While I was doing that a lady and her two young daughters walked up behind me. As I was rinsing the camera one of the little girls said “What are you doing, daddy?”
So, I’m a father.
By Rance Rizzutto
The volcano on Hawaii’s big island has been kicking into gear a little. While we were leaving Hilo last week I saw what looked like a big snowflake fall to the deck. Turns out it was ash from the Volcano.
The next day at Kona (on the other side of the island) went from sunny to pretty hazy. I thought it was just clouds but it turned out to be ash.
Today in Honolulu we met with some people at Laughtrack Theater and they called it “vog” (I assume, volcanic fog).
I guess it gives some people allergies.
By Rance Rizzutto
photo by Mike Kosinski
I’ll have photos later on Facebook and Flickr…but not that great.
Last week we went on a whale watch/snorkel excursion. Between December and March the whales come back here to…do it. So, lately we can see them splashing around a bit. In a few weeks they’re supposed to get really crazy while they teach the calves to breach.
While we were out on the boat for the excursion we had a mother, calf, and escort literally go underneath our ship and pop out right on the other side. My camera was being a real turd so my shots weren’t that good.
Yesterday we were in Maui and went to a couple of places with traditional Hawaiian names: Acid War Zone and The Blowhole.
The war zone is named because the salt spray from the ocean has eaten away the rocks and such, and blow hole is a hole in the ground that connects to the ocean creating a huge spray.
By Rance Rizzutto
I forgot to mention something that happened. Some of us have started playing tennis while working out here in Hawaii. We’re officially classified as “okay to pretty good.”
We found out from the prior cast that there are night courts (not Night Court) in Kahului where we overnight. The only catch was that you have to push the button to reset the lights BEFORE they go off or they take forever to turn back on.
Two weeks ago we went there for the first successful time. There was a time before when three people went and didn’t know about the light switches. As soon as they arrived the lights went out. But two weeks ago was successful. As we were playing a flashing red light on the light switch turned on to let us know it was about to shut off. We pushed the button and played on.
Last week…well, it started out well. But around 9:30 the lights turned out with no red light warning…and they wouldn’t turn on again. Not only that, but right as the lights went out I saw a gate shut and a silhouette of a person in the distance. I kept my eye on them as Deanna and Mike went to the other set of courts and turned that light on.
So, we moved our stuff to the now-lit courts and as we were quietly saying “there are people in the distance” the lights we JUST turned on…went OUT.
We took it as a sign and got the hell out of there.
Coincidentally, the ship was playing Paranormal Activity that night. ooOOoOOOoooooOoo!
