Three months later.
Well I’ve been living in Honolulu for almost three months now and I am completely loving it. The weather is absolutely fantastic. There hasn’t been a day that’s not T-shirt weather. The mornings are absolutely beautiful with the sun rising over the clouds and mountains instead of meekly breaking through a layer of fog like in Oakland. Mid-day, the sun can be a bit harsh. However, under the shade, the temperature is just perfect for being outside. Rarely does the daytime high reach over 90. Evenings are just as perfect as well, nice for being outside but not too warm. Nights, with overnight lows in the 70s would probably be considered muggy and hot back in Oakland, but over here it’s perfect. I haven’t needed a jacket to go outside at night.
But Honolulu is still a city and has its share of urban problems. There’s urban blight throughout the city with decaying and dilapidated buildings next to some pretty swanky hotels. There are more than a few homeless people but it’s definitely not as bad as San Francisco. I haven’t seen any aggressive panhandlers or anything unusually gross, like two homeless people doing the dirty deed ( I’m sure that’s only the tip of the iceberg of what happens around the Powell St. BART station back in SF.)
I splurged a bit and bought myself a new camera- basically the cheapest DSLR out there. It took me a while to get used to a lot of the settings and the first few pictures that I took were not what I expected. I also learned a lot of about white points and white balance. I wonder if the Daylight white point setting is geared towards the sunlight of more northern latitudes since every shot I took with that setting came out decidedly on the blue side. But I also learned how to use a gray card and fix the white balance in post-processing so I’m really having fun learning a lot of new things. Most of my Hawaii pictures are here.
As for Whirled, I haven’t really logged on in quite a while and honestly, I haven’t been playing that many games since I got here. However, we’ll see how things go once I’m all completely settled in and doing the daily grind instead of exploring new places every week.
