Based on my oh so creative title, you might be asking yourself what these two things have in common…here is what happened in my world this morning:
I love Scooby Doo cartoons; always have. I loved how at the end when you find out who did it, the bad guy always said “yeah, and I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you pesky kids!” I thought Shaggy was so goofy and I loved his hippie gotee….I even agreed to go out with a guy in college because he was skinny, had wildly unkept hair, favored simple jeans and a t-shirt over anything else, and had that gotee….his frat brothers even called him Shaggy, and Pat if you’re reading this…sorry dude, but that’s why I said yes when you asked me out 
Anyway, this morning as I was driving to class, never in my wildest dreams did I think that THE MYSTERY MACHINE would pass me on the highway!! 
If I hadn’t have had to have been somewhere, I would have followed the guy and had my picture taken with it….yes, it was that cool. I’m certain that they were on their way to fight a crime..probably at a carnival or amusement park.
Five minutes later, I pulled into McDonald’s to get my morning coffee. This is what went down:
SCENE: Me in my car, with my favorite pink Roxy hat on, and a grey hoodie. I’m pulling up to window number one to pay Andrea (the McD worker). After the payment transition goes down, she begins to stare at me and says…
Andrea – “Aren’t you a professional surfer?”
Me – “……(awkward pause and slight laugh) No.”
Andrea – “Oh wow…you really look like a surfer I remembered in Hawaii, and she is riding professionally now.”
Me – ” No way, I used to live in Hawaii..the Big Island, Hilo side, and I spend a lot of time at those beaches.” (By now I could tell by looking at her that she was definitely NOT a Texan and her dialogue and accent was definitely Hawaiian)
Andrea – “No ways sistah, (yep, she spoke pidgin) I lived on da Big Island too! Maybe I saw you there and thats why you looked familiar.”
Me – “yeah, maybe….I lived on the campus of UH Hilo…at the BCM.”
Andrea – “No ways..I lived right down the street from UHH!!”
Me- “Wow…small world…
By now the cars were lining up behind me and I had to take off, but I was a little floored by the whole thing, because of its complete randomness…I should just go back to talk to her because I miss the language sooooo much.
Anyway, all that before 9am…
I’m gonna go surf now.
