Have you ever noticed the T-shirts some people wear, and wonder how they could possibly think they were a good idea? Fit aside, I can't figure out why people make them or wear them - guess it's that supply and demand thing. Some recent sightings....a young guy with Hawaiian Lifeguard (big red cross and lettering) on the front of what looked like a brand new T. If you aren't a lifeguard, and he most definitely wasn't, are you hoping it's a chick magnet? Would you want to attract the kind of chick who wouldn't know the difference? A middle-aged woman sported the claim "I've got really low self-esteem". (It boggles the mind). A couple made me chuckle, "HAPPILY MARRIED (because my wife told me I am)" and "I was out of sick days, so this morning I called in dead". And don't get me started on Hello Kitty...
The other thing I've noticed are the multitudes of people who spend a good part of their day staring into little tiny screens on all manner of hand-held devices. It especially strikes me here when they're on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world and they're shouting into their phone or stroking a screen in an effort to communicate with someone who is probably on another part of the same beautiful beach. Eventually they'll all need interpersonal communication therapy to actually speak to someone face to face. Am I sounding old and crabby?
Well, I think it's time to head home. I'm starting to recognize the homeless people here and I even know the groupings that claim certain pavillions along the beach. There are the wounded armed forces vets, the local thugs, the mentally ill, and amongst them, the tourists who sit anywhere there's shade. The latter are the smarter tourists who aren't out getting burned crispy by the sun. There's also the fine line between looking tanned, and looking like you're spending as much time outside as the homeless. I don't have a shopping cart or a tent, but I do carry a backpack.
Aloha
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