aloha kaua from midsummer hawaii!  i'm in the middle of a three-week run of the show i'm in @ work - a "follies"-style revue directed by the legendary, notorious, one-and-only jack cione.  after getting through my stage jitters on opening night, i really am having a blast; but, i'm also still kind of shaking my head in disbelief at where my path has taken me over the last three years.  the other cast members have been very supportive and i'm getting great feedback from the audiences ... the experience has absolutely transformed me, in its own funny way.  

that being said, i AM looking forward to finishing our run next weekend, leaving behind the performance anticipation that's been humming in the background for weeks, and finally being able to fully relax into a summer mode.  more specifically, of course, to get my summer surf groove back.  now, in my ongoing surf versus turf dilemma, i have to say that my 'turf' activity - the show - completely takes up any 'surf' slack i may be fretting over, and i actually have gotten myself to waikiki a few times to rent a board for $5 from surfboard tom [who used to give our gay surf club a group discount at one of the main, legit beachboy stands back in the day], and enjoy some 'good fun' waves at canoes.  once i even ran into my ex as i was getting out of the water and he was going in - was nice to have surfing bring us together again like that, just like it used to.  

but south shore wave season is upon us, and it looks like there's a nice little swell rolling through this weekend: 3'-7'+ faces today, solid 3'-5' tomorrow, slightly kona [southerly] winds at a very gentle 5-10mph, so i see a sunday surf in my very near future, "sCrunGE!" friends!