A few months ago, I met Kent, then a first-class Cadet at West Point. He had found me on CollegeClub and decided to Instant Message me. He just found out that he had been selected as a Fellow at the East West Center here at UH. He wanted to know how it was like going to school in Hawaii since he'd be living here for two years.

And then we found out that we had so many things in common--including our birthday. So, we decided to finally meet each other on the phone last Sunday. He called me from his home in TX while I was on Waikiki Beach and we each took a shot at the same time.

He's off to Ranger School at Fort Benning, GA for a few months, but we'll finally be able to meet each other in person when he moves out here on January 5th.

He's a great guy so far, and I know it's too early to think anything, but I think things will turn out just fine. I'll keep y'all posted.