Mahalo, chawan_cut
Auntie MariaLani says:
Hoo wee! Da Gators fans gonna wear white... dey must be da good guys. Of course- we kona be decked out in Warrior Green so you can see us mo bettah! Jes look for da ti leaves in one corner of da stadium near da endzone.
So- Who kona play?
DA GREEN TEAM
OFFENSE
LWO—1 Greg Salas
LSB—5 Michael Washington
LT—50 Laupepa Letuli
LG—61 Keith AhSoon
C—55 John Estes
RG—51 Clarence Tuioti-Mariner
RT—78 Keoni Steinhoff
RSB—85 Aaron Bain
RWO—89 Malcolm Lane
QB—12 Greg Alexander
RB—4 Leon Wright-Jackson
You notice one position missing, eh?
QB??? whatchu theenk??? GA? BR? IF? JS?
GOING BE Greg Alexander- the Grrrreeeeat!
DEFENSE
LE—94 David Veikune
LT—93 Keala Watson
RT—99 Josh Leonard
RE—58 John Fonoti
LLB—44 Adam Leonard
MLB—13 Brashton Satele
OLB—17 Solomon Elimimian
LCB/NB—2 Ryan Mouton
SS—7 Erik Robinson
FS—Keao Monteilh
RCB—3 Jameel Dowling
CB—23 Calvin Roberts
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK—86 Dan Kelly
P—49 Tim Grasso
LS—Jake Ingram
KR—89 Malcolm Lane
KR—2 Ryan Mouton
KR—7 Jovonte Taylor
PR—5 Michael Washington
Fo da White Hat Team:
OFFENSE:
WR—9 Louis Murphy
WR—6 Deonte Thompson
LT—75 Phil Trautwein
LG—63 Jim Tartt
C—56 Maurkice Pouncey
RG—55 Mike Pouncey
RT—77 Jason Watkins
TE—81 Aaron Hernandez
QB—15 Tim Tebow
RB—25 Brandon James
RB—33 Kestahn Moore
DEFENSE:
DE—8 Carlos Dunlap
NT—90 Lawrence Marsh
DT—92 Terron Sanders
DE—49 Jermaine Cunningham
SLB—16 A.J. Jones
MLB—41 Ryan Stamper
WLB—32 Dustin Doe
CB—4 Wondy Pierre-Louis
SS—35 Ahmad Black
FS—21 Major Wright
CB—5 Joe Haden
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK—38 Jonathan Phillips
P—17 Casey Henry
LS—43 James Smith
KR/PR—25 Brandon James
KR—33 Kestahn Moore
So, Warriors, two outa tree, eh? Tree outa tree mo bettah!
GO WARRIORS!!!
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Lots of Hawaii-themed events in Florida now because of tomorrow's game.
The University of Florida's Cultural Plaza rolls out the spirit of "Aloha'' tonight with Hawaiian-themed parties and a special concert, while downtown Gainesville hosts a free concert at the Community Plaza and the monthly ArtWalk throughout downtown.
Tickets to "Hula at the Harn'' and "Club Aloha'' are available at the venue doors for $10 each, while tickets for Hapa are $15 to $30 and can be purchased at the door at the Phillips Center (392-2787), or through Ticketmaster.
Feature story on Ivin Jasper.
Ivin Jasper was a mess in the days after former coach Paul Johnson left Navy for Georgia Tech last December. He couldn't eat. He couldn't sleep. He couldn't get rid of the pain in his stomach. All because Jasper, Navy's quarterbacks coach for six seasons, was faced with a choice.
Should he follow Johnson, his mentor and friend, to Atlanta, and help him pursue a national championship? Or should he stay in Annapolis, and help Ken Niumatalolo, his mentor and friend, try to maintain Navy's recent run of success?
Niumatalolo, 43, remembers being wowed by Jasper's arm strength. Jasper, 38, remembers seeing tears in Niumatalolo's eyes after Niumatalolo came off the bench to lead the Rainbow Warriors to a last-minute, 31-24 win over San Diego State. He also remembers being a little scared of the no-nonsense Johnson.
Orlando Sentinel notes on the Dolphins.
Undrafted rookie receiver Davone Bess locked up a roster spot by returning four punts in the first half for an average of 11.5 yards, including one for 22. He also had a 20-yard catch and a 30-yard kick return cut in half by a penalty.
Palm Beach Post's negatives on Miami's game:
The not-so-good: Lex Hilliard’s 3-yards-per-carry average, Jalen Parmele’s 2-yards-per-carry average, Davone Bess’ fumble on a punt return, Reagan Mauia’s drop and Jayson Foster’s 5 yards on three punt returns.
Hi Garret!
I stay building today's post so keep refreshing ;-)
Arizona State just completed their indoor practice facility...and now it is destroyed!
A fast-moving storm tore though the Valley on Thursday night, bringing hail, high winds, spectacular lightning and hard gusts of rain.
The storm damage included Arizona State University's $8.4 million indoor practice facility, said Mark Brand, ASU's assistant athletic director for communications.
Hi Liz! Our "friend" at the San Jose Mercury News who criticized the Warriors all of last year is back again.
HAWAII (plus-35) at FLORIDA: Nine months after losing big to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, the Warriors will lose even bigger to the Gators in The Swamp. I’m thinking 52-14, something like that. Gimme: Florida.
Phil Steele made this prediction:
Hawaii was in the Sugar Bowl last year so the Gators will not overlook them. Florida is my #1 team this year while Hawaii is rebuilding. Florida does have Miami Florida on deck who they have not beaten in their last 6 tries but still roll to an easy win. PHIL’S FORECAST: FLORIDA 49 Hawaii 13
Liz,
You can rule out JS for the QB spot since he's been running Florida's offense, not UH's offense in practice. Aside from that, probably at least 2 of the 3 choices will play tomorrow.
Geez...
Starting to feel like A-house.
Sorry dat was me forgetting to sign off on the other account
Great Morning All!
Woo Hoo! One more day 'til SATURDAY!
GO WARRIORS!
GO ROAD TSAIKOS!
Mahalo Liz for the updates. Have a safe trip to Da Swamp.
Sorry about making such a mess so early in the day. :-(
d1- no worry, I been zap em.
Liz,
Thanks for cleaning up. haha
Liz,
Are you going to the CC in Orlando today?
Good Morning Tsaikos but more importantly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRIDE!!!
d1- I stay on da odda side of the state- gonna eat kalbi with my family before heading to the greydog station for da midnight bus to Gainesville!
Happy Birthday Pride.!
Hmmm...maybe I should get him a hat for his birthday?
Hauoli Lahanau, Pride.
For real- you stay one bolo head???
no need buy HIM hat, buy EVERYONE else sunglasses!!
Liz,
Too bad. It's a big state. Too bad you couldn't carry-on your Prius!
What happened to alnbama(?) who was gonna give you a ride to Gainesville?
Happy Birthday Pride!
Stretch,
LOL
Gee, but if Pride. wears sunglasses now you think he'd get mistaken for Telly Savales?
heheheh
Liz,
Kalbi in FL?
Hmmm...do Gators have short ribs?
~•~•~•~•~•~•~ Happy Birthday Pride!!! ~•~•~•~•~•~•~
__GGGG_____OOO______WWW_____WWW__AAAAA_____RRRRRRR____RRRRRRR____IIIIIII____OOO_____RRRRRRR____SSSSSSS__!!!!
GG________OO__OO_____WWW_W_WWW__AA__AA____RRR__RRRR__RRR__RRRR____IIII_____OO__OO__RRR__RRRR__SSSS_______!!!
GG__GGG__OO___OO_____WWWWWWW___AAAAAAA____RRRRRRR____RRRRRRR______IIII____OO___OO__RRRRRRR____SSSSSSS____!!
GG__GGG___OO__OO_____WWWWWW___AAA___AAA___RRR__RRRR__RRR__RRRR____IIII____OO__OO___RRR__RRRR_____SSSSS___!
__GGGG_____OOO_______WW_WW___AAAA___AAAA__RRR__RRRR__RRR__RRRR__IIIIIIII___OOO_____RRR__RRRR__SSSSSSS__!!!!
Happy Birthday Pride.!
brew808,
You nevah go sleep, or wat?
Have a great day Erryboddy!
HiHo....
...just like in the Disneyland commercial...
"I'm too excited to go to sleep...."
Plus, it's PRIDE's b-day! I thought it was Pride smiling.... but no, it was just the sun beaming through the window! I suppose I should have known,.... not bright enough to be a Tsaiko!!!
__GGGG_____OOO________UU___UU___HH___HH___!!!!
GG________OO__OO______UU___UU___HH___HH____!!!
GG__GGG__OO___OO______UU___UU___HHHHHH____!!
GG__GGG___OO__OO______UU___UU___HH___HH____!
__GGGG______OOO________UUUUU____HH___HH___!!!!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Pride!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happiest of birthdays Pride! Hope all of your BD wishes come true.
Now where are my sunglasses?
Good Morning Tsaiko! TGIF!
Nice work Brew!
Gotta get ready for work.
BBL
Morning, Mates,
The weather is overcast today. I hope it's that way in Gainesville tomorrow, that would be ideal.
I'm getting ready to drive to Orlando later to meet the Tsaikos. Really look forward to that. Might never happen again.
Happy Birthday, Pride, hope the Warriors give you a great present tomorrow.
See ya all tonight after I return home.
I updated my blog if anyone wants to get the quotes without giving hits to the Advertiser.
Happy birthday Pride!!!
Yahoo! Bolo head is cool.
FloridaTed,
Have a great time at the first Florida Cattle Call! Since UH won't be playing in the Eastern Time Zone anymore (according to JD and Mack), this may be the last big Tsaiko gathering in Florida...until UH plays in the Orange Bowl one of times they make it to the BCS in the future.
And,
Good morning everyone!!! That climb up from the bildge gets longer each time.
I think this is the 2nd CC in Florida. D1 and F-Ted met earlier this year (I think).
But, this is a big step up from two to a whole lot of others! I hope they do not have to put 'gators on the endangered list after that meal.
'Gator in the style of kalbi, pulehu 'gator, teriyaki 'gator, sweet-sour 'gator, curry 'gator, BBQ 'gator, . . .
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Big Berfdey wish to the newly self inflicted bolo-one roaming the Honolulu docks.
Happy Birthday Pride!
Awesome birthday wishes for you!
Geezus Brew, wen do you find time to sleep! You must be all jacked for the game!
Hey a-joe-
I think we scared everyone away.
Boo!
is it safe to come out now?
(tiptoe-ing past the addahknows)
Good morning Tsai-kos!
Happy Birthday Pride.!!!
One more day! and VB tonite! :) Yeehaw!
Anybody wen go DisneyWorld yesterday or today? Where's C_C?
OK work today. bbl.
hiya! My sister's house is a Korean food haven!
morning tsaiko shipmates getting close to port of call so stay calm and wait a little moa
my shout out to pride with my traditional hippo birdie two ewe's beeg guy. see you around da deck lattta
lot of lip smacking about who da qb going be. no matta who ever is in just contribute your best. looking at the starters and wishing dem da bestest. will keep extra interest in the 5 named oliners.
wondering why not protecting have sub today so watching office now and you know me in da office....blogging babe but shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Liz,
Dat's wat that smell is...I thought somebody started their bbq early fo' Saturday!
Happy grinds! (look forward to the pics ;-) )
koakane,
Wat's da EIS plans fo' today?
sports-I posted fishing pix on my picasa album. Shoreline fishing here is awesome!
eh lizk was looking at da fishing pics. what you sis pointing at? look like some gators swimming near da bank. watch out girl or you going miss da game. bwhaaaaaaaaaaaa
Good morning Tsaikos and Ahoy mateys and wenches...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
Okay gang, here is some info on parking for Saturday mornings game viewing.
PARKING (at 6:00 AM)
Aside from the Genji spaces in the back lot, I think we can use all the SANOYA spaces too. Sanoya does not open until 11:00 AM on Saturday and the game will be over by then (if not the celebration party) :-).
There is no Tow-Away on Saturday for the makai side of King Street. The mauka side of King street is open as usual.
There might be street parking in the residential area, but not sure because it is early morning yet.
I will probably get there just before 6 to make sure things go smoothly. Can't wait to see everyone there.
d1 same as usual ...... we drink again
ONE more day!!
The excitement is growing. Now...where is my MacMackin clinic book? Did someone give it away on a Sunday?
Look Out Tsaikos! Another glorius day in Hawaii Nei. Ho hum....
Happy Birthday to our baritone section leader, the Prideful one. (Hope I can recognize you Braddah aftah your recent extreme makeover).
Can you post one Pitcha so we can let ourselves come down slowly?
Mahalo...
GO WARRIORS!
HAPPY BIRTHDY PRIDE!!!!!
And goodmorning to all you Tsai-kos
Thanks all for the birhday wishes. You guys beat my family to it. Youngest daughter forgot, and I still gave her lunch money for her first Friday during her first week at KCC.
Talk about spoiled.
Stretch must have gotten the text message from one of the two birdie's real early this morning. Thanks for the birthday wishes big guy.
x
D1- they have a detached garage for garden stuff and tools called "the man room". It's where they smoke and It has the gimchi refridgerator too- the Warriors posted is on the door now!
and a big Happy B-Day to Pride. Eh, Pride, talked to Puna today...she was like, "Who the heck is Pride?" and then I remembered, oops, I should use your real name....LOL...She looks at me and says, "Oh, I know him." MWAHAHAHAHHA
At da risk of being smu'd, check out Corky's cartoon in da odda papah. hehehehe.
D1.
Everybody telling me their sunburned head horror stories. They all telling me for coverup. I betta get one papale real quick.
morning to da late risers looks like the second shift is making its way to relieve da late night crew.
oh wow just got handed some kope and an egg salad sand with chopped up grapes inside .... try wait now
Hi Pride! Hi Wena!
Koakane- sis is pointing to the place to cast to. Haven't seen any wild gators yet.
Liz ~ You Kona hear dem say, "Go Greyhound and leave da driving to us!" I know you will have a safe and pleasant trip. Doze guys drive tru all kine wetter and get you dere on time.
Meanwhile, it looks like you are enjoying a very nice family reunion there in 'Cola.
Like James, I was a bit concerned for the Gator's welfare because he would have been whacked with da slippah if he 'ACK up wid you!!
okay gang...have to hi ho
bbl...Esme and out
Over the side I goooooooooo.......
pride again a little dab will do ya. use baby powder which reminds me of da JJ commercial where da little keed say to da mom....."to bad you had to have a bald headed one"
having anodda sand to see if my first prediction was correct.
jm2375-mo bettah explain da toon instead of sending peeps to da SB.
FYI my sister pays the same or less for elec. here but their AC runs 24/7 at 9 cents a is hour!
Hey Pride,
If your daughter needs KCC textbooks, she can have the ones my daughter is pau with. We have a small collection of books.
Let me know. I'm trying to clear the clutter in the house.
Yeah James.
Introducing each other in public can be a bit difficult.
Eh let me introduce you to a Koamaaaah...I mean Tommy.
Hi Wena ~ Must be quiet with ST up in Gecko country. I'll bet you get a lot more things done when he's away!
Is the school keeping you busy? I do hope things are going well. Have a great weekend!
Go Wena!...er..Warriors!
Thanks, Kekoa!
Kalbi time. Jim's family just rolled in for his brother's wedding. I going pule.
kden afta da 4th sand can say da bugga ono
I'll check back later for your answer. I have to go for a little bit.
take it easy Tim oh I mean Keith
kden play time ova, office staff back from break
lattas tsaiko country
reminda if no can make jj breakfast esme house open bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa whoooooooooooosh
OK Liz - here goes.
Corky's cartoon - Coach Mac holding a press conference in the background. Caption reads "As I told you - it's going to be a game time decision". In the foreground, BR & GA are jan-ken-po-ing. "Two out of three?...OK, Jan...Ken...Po!..." hehehe
Off to staff meeting. bbl
Anybody eat gator yet?
It is AMAZING to me how much money the SEC teams get from their TV deals! Florida will make much more from their TV deal than UH's entire athletic budget.
The dollars are staggering. If the reported numbers are correct -- $55 million annually for 15 years from CBS, $150 million annually from ESPN for 15 years, plus the freedom to negotiate school-specific local deals -- this is a seismic shift. Every SEC team reportedly would be guaranteed at least $15 million annually from TV. Which means Vanderbilt, which hasn't been to a bowl game since 1982, now would pocket more from TV than Notre Dame, which has its own deal with NBC at a reported $9 million a year for football. Add in the local contracts and a team like Florida (10 years, $100 million from Sun Sports) could pocket an average of as much as $25 million per year for the life of the deals. Translation: Florida could earn more yearly in TV revenue alone -- before it sells the first ticket, collects the first booster dollar or sells the first t-shirt or wins the first game -- than the vast majority of non-BCS teams have to work with, even being heavily subsidised.
PRIDE of the Tsaikos!
Joining in the song - Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ...
Best wishes - as always!
Article also mentions that the SEC TV deal will mean that the WAC will get less money from ESPN than they would have if the SEC had created their own network. And they expect ESPN to ask the WAC to play on Friday or Thursday. At least UH has the late-night time slot that the SEC won't be using.
Does more SEC equal less for everyone else? Not necessarily, but probably. There are finite resources. CBS and ESPN have hitched their wagon to the SEC with a staggering investment. And the key word is investment, which means you don't undercut that investment by programming against it much. The deal also gives the SEC the ability to negotiate local deals such as the $10-year, $100-million deal Florida recently signed with Sun Sports. The other SEC teams will lock down deals with regional cable, and ESPN Regional will continue to own that 12:30 p.m. Eastern time block on local stations that previously was distributed by Raycom. The ACC and Big 12 will probably still get theirs but we'll be surprised if their next deals match the SEC's. The Conference USA, Sun Belt, WAC types may find their next deals to be smaller and/or pushed more to the Internet and middle-of-the-week. In tough economic times, the money tends to gravitate toward to the proven brands. That is SEC football in particular and BCS football in general. The gap is going to get wider between college football's upper and middle/lower classes. Other conferences, and particularly those in the non-BCS leagues, will still find TV slots for their games but the dollars might be less for them and the competition for eyeballs now even tougher. It will hit the non-BCS harder than the I-AAs, who haven't relied on the TV gravy train.
Looks like the SEC will not want to play ANY nonconference road games! They won't just be not going to Hawaii, they won't be going ANYWHERE!
The money virtually ensures it'll be a rare event for an SEC team to venture out of its home stadium for a non-conference game. Most will soon be playing eight home games if they aren't already. Road games contractually won't be part of the SEC inventory (translation: the SEC teams and broadcast partners won't own those rights unless the opponent is also tied to CBS/ESPN). This becomes a bigger issue not just for on-air broadcast as broadband and archival games become moneymakers. The SEC teams and ESPN will want the multi-media control almost as much as they want the the gates from eight home games. Now they will have even less incentive to play away from home.
Happy birthday, Pride.!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRIDE.!
So how old is that in Shrek years?
Anyone seen or heard from Hawaiianbod?
Happy Birthday Pride,
I have a hat for your present! :-)
hey homey waas up? play nice today now and what going esme's tomorrow for da game?
Auntie MariaLani - I see you are picking GA to be the starter. What, you and kekoa know the same bird?
GO WARRIORS
koakane - Would be good to crash Esme's game party but I'll be at Genji's eating a breakfast buffet.
homey sorry porgot you go white sands with da family for bonding.
Alani picked ga,br,ef,gg,cb and even joe namath so what else is new bwhaaaaaaaaaaa
koakane - postponed the white sands for Saturday. Also, look above, Aunty went pick GA!
homey - Hawaiianbod sent me an email this morning. He is planning to be at Genji's tomorrow.
so broke bonding this sat or bringing da gang with you? any way going see some waves no matta.
what time going down?>
Eh, Wahine VB playing the #1 team in the country tonight! Good thing it is being televised. Gotta go check out Kanani and how she attacks those tall ladies on the other side of the net. Talk about welcome to D1 volleyball.
Stretch - Yeah, I'm supposed to pick him up!
homey wonda if she chooses according to day like time of day, all day, any day, day light, day dey come and she wanna go home
Koakane - I hope to be there for the pre-game meal.
eh I got smuud only k showing
k - I remember that song from "Beetlejuice".
H-bod - if you are lurking check you spam mailbox just in case...
your = you
kden moving hide out so no get caught
back bumby whooooshhhhhhh
or is that you = your?
homey - Hawaiianbod is supposed to be showing up for the festivities tomorrow. He's on the list at least....
homey...it's you=you're....
But I would only say that if I were correcting people's grammer...which I ain't...LMAO
(J)J - I'm his DD!
homey - you the DD??? Even with a 630am game, I would still be worried. BTW - the bar will be open.
Hau'oli La Hanau, Pride.!!!
Geevum, Warriors!!!
happy birthday mr. pride.!
you should go get one of those big straw hats the plantation workers used to wear and some "blues brothers" dark glasses.
what an image!
oh and no forget the palaka aloha shirt. too bad, arakawa's stay closed down.
warriors plus 35 1/2 pts.
Yippee...oh wait Bulla's out of town. No Li Hing Mui Midori Margaritas for us tomorrow.
Gotta cheer the Wahine on tonight.
al...A-Joe get one big hat too!!! Put him and pride together with da palaka shirts and da big hats...man, would be awesome....
Happy Birthday Pride.
(j)j,
Did you read the article yesterday about the Aina Ohana? Or did you ban the HA completely?
(j)j....i should go stroll downtown with pride. on the right and ajoe on the left.
people would ask if george ariyoshi was back in town.
heh, heh, heh.
GO WARRIORS!!!
GO WARRIORS!!!
I loved Mr. Tsai's write up this morning. Can't wait to see LWJ in the new alignment. Lokkin' over the rosters, I'm happy with my prediction for Pomai's Picks. It's all there, on the rosters, we have everything we need to beat dem Gators.
I think Pride. might end up getting enough hats to open up himself a store.
Best Birthday, Big Beautiful Bolohead Boy!
I just got off da phone with Pride and I told him how funny that story was about scarin' his grand daughter with his new 'do. He sez he has another funny story about the bolo cut which he will post here later. So stay tuned, Pride fans, and remember...
You heard it here first.
dj...
Haven't seen the story about the Ainas yet...but will read it when I get home.
Hey, I meant to ask you, did you paddle at DMHS??? Track??? Football??? I seem to recall your name for some reason. I know you were a Frosh when I was a Senior....but still
al...That's true. And I will walk behind you with my shades, aloha shirt, and fake earpiece...MWAHAHAHAHHAHA
DPK - You really are Keahi aren't you...???
>al...That's true. And I will walk behind you with my shades, aloha shirt, and fake earpiece...MWAHAHAHAHHAHA
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And I'd meet you guys for lunch. LOL
We should rig solar panels to catch the sun off of bulla's, pride's and A-joes chrome domes. We could power up our tail gates.
(j)j,
I played football all 4 years.I was in band and class vp frosh year. Was in track soph, junior and part of senior year. Paddled junior year. Was involved with student gov all 4 years in some capacity.
(j)j,
I also fractured my ankle the first day of frosh football practice. So the begining of the school year I was walking around in a cast. I still ended up playing at least 4 of 5 reg season games that year
by the way, GA has been named the starting QB for the game tomorrow.
GO GREG ALEXANDER! SHRED THOSE DIRTY SWAMP LIZARDS!!!
Eveyrone have a good time at Genji's or wherever you will watch the game. I might end up watching the game by myself but I will be up. See everyone next week, on the regular blog??
BTW - Monday will have a Na Koa lunch at Willows. It's a holiday so no excuse not to show up.
dj...maybe I remember you from the weightroom. I worked out there sometimes, even when I was a Frosh in college...
or maybe I'm just getting old...MWAHAHAHAHA
(J)J - shhhh, I was trying to get a lurker to come out and play.
Homes ~ Can I get an AMEN brother?
Hello everyone. Please enjoy watching tomorrow's game as we will be at joje's soccer, I hope I can find my headset radio.
IS IT SATURDAY YET?!?!?!?
(sorry for yelling...)
Very intrigued by the word "Frosh." It reminds me of a "Slush Float" from Byron's Drive Inn.
Happy Birthday Pride !
Liz -- re: 0537 post. Sounds like the title of a book-- Da Midnight Bus to Gainsville. Maybe that should be the heading of tomorrow's lifeboat blog page... :-)
Stretch: How much are the Na Koa lunches for non-members? And what are the other pertinent details (e.g., time)?
Hey Ronnie!
Do you have the champagne ready for tomorrow?
Kekoa - Or slush float from Rainbows
Wait your a Kamehameha Alum...slush float from Kenny's. We would always go down before band practice and get those...mmmmm.
stevem sounded more like a song to me.
btw, where keahi?
now he will tell us that alexander grew up in laie or something like that.
Thanks for the used books offer Wena.
So I take my daughter to purchase her books for her freshman year at KCC. She finds three books that she needs, and we proceed to the checkout counter. After the store clerk checks her books through he says, "that'll be $380.00." So I'm looking at him and not really focusing because I figured that he's talking to someone else. He says, "sir, $380.00?". I look at him with an incredulous look on my face and quietly remark, "$380.00? FOR THREE BOOKS? YOU'RE KIDDING ME RIGHT?".
It is then that I notice that the store is dead silent, and my daughter is trying to hide under the counter. Two security guards step in through the front door with their chests puffed out and then slowly back out when I glaringly stare back at both of them.
I stand there for about twenty seconds, looking back and forth between the clerk and the check register. I'm thinking that the clerk is going to stop and say that it is a joke.
At that point, the clerk says "hey you're a football player right?" I'm thinking yeah right Sherlock, don't try to make small talk with me. I say, "hmph, about thirty years ago." Now I try to avoid eye contact as he tries to engage me in conversation. I'm to angry to make small talk. I say, "can i see the receipt, how much do these darn books cost.?"
My daughter meekly says, "dad if you want I can get them next week when my scholarship check comes in." to which I bark at her, "of course not, I can afford $380.00, that's not the point."
I notice that the two security guards have stepped back into the store but are backed into the corner with their chests no longer puffed out.
The store clerk says, "yeah, I remember you, what year did you play? Same time as Gary Allen huh?."
Now I give him a big smile, and say "yah, I played, same time as Gary Allen." I'm still not sure if he's confusing me with somebody else, you know one of the real football stars of my era. "He says, yeah I remember you, you were good." I say, "oh thanks", and gladly pay him $380.00, because now he's my best friend.
He shakes my hand...then the security guards shake my hand as I pass by them with my chest puffed out.
I hurry my daughter out of the store so that I don't hear the guy say to his co-workers, "nah, just joking, I never saw that guy in my life."
When we get to the car, I say to my daughter, "whoah, how was that? the guy remembered me." To which she rolls her eyes and says, "pffft, yeah, right dad, sure, okay"
The same one that forgot my birthday today. No respect from my own kids.
Does anybody know da phone numba, do one foa me rent new kids?
Ahem Rob14,
No mo Kenny's now; it's one McDonald's. :-(
WMojo- Make sure you storm the field right after Hawaii win!
Better check da helmet of all da players. Make sure that da Tsai-ko from the Big Island of
Hilo neva take one so dat he can get into da game tomorrow. I would feel sorry for all of dem lizards if da Big Hilo line up in a "0" technique ova da Gaytah center.
I can see da Big hilo drive da center five yards back and put da Tebow on his okole.
No, Big Hilo. your eligibility wen run out when you went grad from law school.
Only ting you qualify for now is for ref da 'ete bowl every year between da wahine law school grads and da wahine law school students.
Try ask da gaytahs if dey like play, i tink some of dem good enough foa play on one of da 'ete teams.
Kekoa - Amene.
jojo - Soccer rulez!
Das some good captains. Go gettum boys.
Happy Birthday Pride. !!!
I was going to write you a poem for your birthday, but I'm much better at reading them...
Pride,
For a mere $50 I'd be happy to call you on the phone and wish you a Happy Birthday in a "coed" sounding voice. I'd even call you "Daddy". Surely you can afford $50 if you can pay $380 for some steenkin books...
Ayah, Pride. As OK. Someday kids grow up and the simplest things in life will mean so much to them. Till then, we just gotta laugh, shake our heads and continue to love 'um, yeah?
Man, I need for you to come with me when I fill up gas in my car. Can stare at the cashier and question the cost of gas for me? I think they'll happy to give me the "Pride. Kama'aina Sovereignty Rate."
Pride. - That's why I buy my books from ebay. Because no one remembers a bench warming ex-wannabe baseball player...
A-Joe - need a lap dance?
Hi Rob!
Champagne!!! Yee Haw!!!
Homey- No. No. Just keep your skirt down and be prompt with the coffee.
Just got call from bhf2; he's arrived and picking up his car. Thanks stretch for midori's phone# so they can hook up at the Golden Corral in about an hour.
bhf2 is too funny: all the ti leaves he harvested he forgot at home, so ripped off some Kona. His hair dye job not what he expected, kinda yellow blue. Looking for some spray stuff--go Walmart :)
Rob, I haven't found out from ST where the team is staying in Fresno yet. Rich was going to ask him. I do, however, have a few options where other Tsaikos are staying. And we'll be safe during the game becuase Pauoa Boy will be in our group!
BHF2 needs the Pride. look!
happy birthday pride! I hope you drop by Genji's on Saturday...
Pride-
Can you get away for some lunch today?
Reading the print edition of today's Advertiser, I find the "Warrior Football 2008" insert with the lineups for the game. Mike has by-line on the"Security Force" feature. Don't see one for ST, but sense his hand in the "Backin' McMackin" story.
...fuud? Did the Kid say "lunch"?
Only if da birthday boy can do lunch. waiting for a reply. stay tuned.
DPK - hey hey! No BIO's!
pride. that was cute brah.
um next time try craigslist.com for used books or sometimes they post books for sale on the bulletin boards.
that is a good reason why losing jelly's bookstore was essential to the college kids' budget.
ATTENTION TSAIKO'S
i have nominated the warrior beat for best blog awards. please go to this link and vote. you may have to enter "warrior beat" in the search engine on top of the page. okay, so the warrior beat is behind by 980 votes but i am sure we can top that in a day right?
http://bloggerschoiceawards.com/?page=1
if we can hit a thousand just to see a brother lose his hair we can surely do this.
go for it!
Ho! Auntie and Kekoa get the scoops!
Pride.
OMG...ROTFLMAO!!!
So- as soon as I vacate the house for da bus, Jim's mome takes over my room. His bro is getting married here (in the area) tomorrow.
Talk about juggling family members!
jm2375- Thanks for the verbal cartoon- good one! Too bad the HA doesn't have cartoons any more... Tsai.
ohhh. da blue pincha crab was soooo ono. Had em for lunch wit da kalbi and den took one loooong nap until now.
Happy Birthday Pride.
I guess Pride has other plans. He aint answering his phone either.
(Jesse) James,
Got anymore Tsai-ko T-shirts in like 2XX left?
I have trying to convince three Boyd executives to attend the Weber tailgate at Richardson
WOW, there's an echo in here!
afternoon gang!
Pride. - great story, wow $380 for tree books, as stretch would say wtf!
hey jojo - take your laptop and sunscreen to the field tomorrow
homey - dd, good for you, are you picking up jesse too?
duffer- I been zap da echo :-)
hmmm. It's getting exciting... a few more hours until DA BUS.
al - tried to vote, i am so confuuused as usual
hi liz - be safe now and save your voice for tomorrow
Loa - nope, I have 3 passengers. I'm only the DD going to Genji's.
DPK - He knows it's you that's calling. That's why he's not answering.
Good idea Loa! Where are you watching the game at?
i think mr. washington scores the first td
duffer...I will have to check. I can get back to you next week on da blog.
jojo - prolly catch as much as can on my computer until i leave for a vb match
homey - good thing for caller id eh
Where are the others staying?
I made my reservation for Dec travel. I will be flying into LAX on Dec 24th (leave 23rd) and driving to Stockton to stay with Tani and Charlie until the 28th. I will the drive to LV and be there until the 3rd and come back to LA until I leave on the 10th. The kids and I are planning to go back to Disneyland so I may stay a few days with you and then a couple in a hotel...if you still will have us.
Start chilling the champagne. I'm not sure what I will be drinking...anything goes when you are among Tsai-kos!
Ronnie - Did you get the tickets yet for the Fresno game? Let me know and I will send a check your way.
RE: Al's 1211 comment
This is the same place as last year when we had ST up to 3rd place I think. Click here for the direct URL to the Warrior Beat page.
If you have signed up to vote last year, it will accept last year's user name and password. Note that using multiple email addresses from the same computer to cast multiple votes will not work (Garret tipped us off on this). Since it must track by IP address, a workaround for our more eager Tsai-kos is to use different locations with different IP addresses: i.e. other locations (home, work, friends, school, library, etc.) AND at every different WIFI hotspot.
If Warriors win the coin flip...offense or defense?
homey, I've always liked to defer to the second half....soooooo I would say defense....but that's me and I'm not the coach...
Homey - Defense, Lets them set the tone of the game when they stop the first drive.
Warriors score their first touchdown by pass or run?
Do the Gators drink the basic Gatorade or have they upgraded to Gatorade Tiger?
Homey
1. pass or run that's a hard one to call this year.
2. maybe they changed to powerade.
Must be Hawaiian plate day cause everyone looks like they are napping.
I guess I better get myself motivated to fix the fridge. Well just the icemaker, I think I'll just buy a new icemaker unit, take out the old one and pop in the new one.
See many of you tomorrow!
Homey ~ Try wait. I gotta revive da yellow bird that I choked da s**t out of...
K den - he said DEFENSE, and then went into a coma.
i'll say Defense and by a pass and run via interception
Anything going on tonight??
homey,
Offense.
LWJ buckaloose for the first TD...but it's a SHOVEL (not shuffle) pass, so score it as a passing TD.
(J)J,
Wat you had in mind Sailor?
heheheh
G2 instead of Gatorade Classic
SMU playing Rice now on Oceanic 222 or 1222. SMU's first offensive play? Bomb. Did you expect anything else? Too bad it was incomplete.
SMU touchdown on the ol' inside screen. 7-0
mad dog,
Well, I guess I should say. "Good Luck" to the Former Coach.
SMU scores TD. Announcers are mentioning it's weird to see JJ in something besides UH colors and the lei
(J)J - Wahine VB! If get something later...have Koakane call me...wait I have to get up at the buttcrack of dawn tomorrow. Have him call me anyways.
It's funny to see Wes Suan in a SMU shirt also
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