animal, vegetable and mineral sealife

fear not - the chihuahua of smugness (who sounds like an edward monkton creation) has been subdued.  i found his spiky little collar and cinched it up good, so today he will be reduced to making occasional frantic leaps above the windowsill and yapping mostly in a part of the house that is easily ignored. 

things are still good in hawaii though!  in addition to getting some exciting squid work done, we headed to the local aquarium in the afternoon and then went swimming at a nearby beach, where the water must have been about 75 degrees.  although snorkelless, i had goggles on and was able to potter out to the reef to see some nice little fishies, including a female trunkfish, a moorish idol, and - oh, the delight in typing this - several humuhumunukunukuapua'a!  (down, cesar, you small yapper-type dog!)

although i did not get any photos worth sharing either at the aquarium or in the sea, i did get suckered into buying a wee souvenir in the aquarium giftshop.

hey - at least i was strong in monterey bay and didn't come home with this guy, however sorely i was tempted!