9/10/09- Joy is Taking the Bull by it's Horns

A few months before I turned 30, I made a list of 30 things/experiences that I wanted to do/accomplish prior to that milestone birthday. My friends and I called our lists the "30 before 30." Due to circumstances out of my control, I wasn't able to knock off all 30 things/experiences, one of which was to ride a mechanical bull. At that time, Hawaii had NO mechanical bull on any of the 8 islands and the closest one was in San Jose, California. Needless to say, I wasn't able to justify a trip to Cali just to ride the bull. So my birthday came and went and I wasn't able to say I'd conquered the beast.

Until last night! Thanks to some ingenious party promoters, a new event has started up at Honolulu's Level 4 nightclub. Called Babes, Bulls and Barrels, the event features a mechanical bull in the middle of a huge stage that provides a good view of the riding from everywhere in the club. Once I found out about it, I convinced a few of my friends to come with me to witness my ride. Although we stayed up way past curfew on school night, we had tons of fun and I am happy to report that almost everyone gave in to peer pressure and got up on the bull.


So far, my major souvenirs of the evening are rope-burned knuckles and bruised inner thighs.

It feels really good to have accomplished this task I set for myself almost a year ago, even if I didn't get it done within my time frame. Joy is never giving up on your goals!