Pride Parade 2008

Julien and I walked in the 2008 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday. We walked with my Men's group called Atlas. We had one of the largest attended groups in the parade. It was not as hot as it was last year and we had a great time. There were some real characters.


Julien got a little tired towards the end so he got a free ride on Dad's shoulders.

This was our group, Atlas. "Building a future where HIV transmission is rare" is our mission statement.


These are three of the Cycle Sluts. They must have parked their Motorcycles somewhere else. They are a real hoot.


He is pretty.

He is shiny.
He is cool!


Before the parade in the shade.

Abhay acting

Here are some picture mom sent me of the Abhay in a play he was recently in. Man is he huge.

...bathing like a mad Elephant

After bathing like a mad elephant

Jay Jagannath

Caught on Candid Camera

Look closely to see who's there at the New York Ratha Yatra.

Twins and me growing :)

 

May Day

Hi every one. I'm posting here some pictures and clips of Graeme on May Day, an event here where they celebrate traditional Hawaiian culture. Graeme is wearing black and red is pretty much the only kid with flowing blond hair.

More driving...

This is an addition to my previous post. I forgot to mention about driving by an active volcano. In this video you can sort of see it. When I point the camera to the left, you may notice the cloudy formation, the best glimpse of it is around the middle of the clip. That's actually the smoke plume from the volcano - or more specifically, the Halema‘uma‘u Crater . It's been pretty bad since March and is pumping dangerous amounts of sulfur dioxide into the air. At the town where I visited, many of the residents are suffering from various respiratory problems. That's not the only volcanic activity. There's other areas of lava spewing out and flowing into the ocean.

A day in my job on the big island

Hi everyone. I just wanted to share a bit of my experiences on my job which involves a lot of driving on the big island in Hawaii. First off, here is an example of the range of climates on the island:

Not bad eh? And that was just in driving 50 miles.

On this dayt, we went to Punalu'u Beach. It's got a black sand beach, turtles, and ducks.

And here's a video of a turtle.

So there you have a typical day in my job. What do you think?