April 22, 2006

Jumpin Jack Flash

It was Earth Day and here in Hawaii that means Jack Johnson’s Kokua Festival at the Waikiki Shell. Armed with deli sandwiches from Brent’s and spiked bottles of Safeway Diet fizzy water, we set off to join the gang in Waikiki. As dusk fell, we relaxed and watched the park fill up. When we expressed concern to the four drunk people trying to fit in the 12 inch by 12 inch patch of grass in front of us, they immediately responded by assuring us they would make it worth our while and throwing a bag of marijuana at us. Call me wacky, but smoking pot in public with the strange drunk dude who’s got beer down his shirt didn’t strike me as the brightest idea. Now if we’d known the guy…