yay ! they're
finally runnin
articulated
[stretch] busses
on da #1 line !
Friday, August 29, 2008
my macbook is still partially charged with free solar electricity from da petes' farm in ulupalakua, upcountry maui. went for a long weekend retreat, extending the surfmonk metaphor to their remote mountainside enclave, for all practical purposes a monastery, as far as i was concerned ... sank gratefully into cool, almost chilly nights cozy in bed alone. communed with the fruit trees, flowers, pigs, the horse; but especially the dogs, some of whom came lovingly to me from my dreams: the big black dog and the big white dog, who in my dream turned from one to the other, appeared on maui side by side before me, begging their alms of affection, nurturing my spirit in return. came on the heels of a night pilgrimage a couple weeks before, up to the top of makapu'u to view the perseid meteor shower, the elusive pleasure of stars shooting across the heavens. now it is late august already and feels like it, even here in hawai'i. the angle of the sun is unmistakable. surfed with turtles today.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
working on a self-imposed surfmonk existence - writing in my dream journal as i drink my morning coffee, surfing, working on my new recording, writing 'blog entries, defrosting food - well, until my next paycheck anyway ... fed my last $2 to the lucky lions on hotel street during the 888 olympic block party in chinatown on friday. still wriggle inside with pleasure when i remember the visceral experience of having firecrackers going off as the lion nibbled up my body and took the bill from my giddy hand with a hidden body part into its hot, humid mouth ... ! made for a heightened state of consciousness with which to witness the olympic opening ceremonies at 8:08 ... 'what channel is it on???' asks beefy keali'i @ ke kai's. '... eight ... !!!' i tell him ...
needless to say, the ceremony was a heightened state of consciousness unto itself, so gorgeously massive and mesmerizingly perfect that i could not help but feel like i was witnessing an era-defining moment in the history of civilization; as china demonstrated, to a worldwide audience, its cultural power and vast potential.
after i sent out my 'happy 888' texts i got one back from jason that said -
Aw.... Thx.
Something
auspicious has
gotta happen
today. Oh wait,
I'm not Chinese. ;)
i replied -
da whole world is
chinese 2day !
[or at least it will
b someday
soon...]
don't you think ... ?
well, gotta go do xigong ...
^__^
needless to say, the ceremony was a heightened state of consciousness unto itself, so gorgeously massive and mesmerizingly perfect that i could not help but feel like i was witnessing an era-defining moment in the history of civilization; as china demonstrated, to a worldwide audience, its cultural power and vast potential.
after i sent out my 'happy 888' texts i got one back from jason that said -
Aw.... Thx.
Something
auspicious has
gotta happen
today. Oh wait,
I'm not Chinese. ;)
i replied -
da whole world is
chinese 2day !
[or at least it will
b someday
soon...]
don't you think ... ?
well, gotta go do xigong ...
^__^
Friday, August 08, 2008
From: kung >
Joyeux le jour de
trois huits. Hope
it's going well.
Did u make 8
wishes? One of
mine already
came true
trois huits. Hope
it's going well.
Did u make 8
wishes? One of
mine already
came true
From: baby G >
Doug + Stephen
are designing a
t-shirt for Kelly
for the State
Fair. It will be
baby blue and
say:
are designing a
t-shirt for Kelly
for the State
Fair. It will be
baby blue and
say:
CARNI
WHORE
Thursday, August 07, 2008
as i wait for the bus on kalanianaole, as i haul my recycling by hand and foot to aina haina elementary school, as i pick up my self-mandated minimum of one piece of rubbish from kawaikui beach park every time i visit [even when i have a surfboard under my arm], as i do these things i am subject to a dual sensation of contentment and sadness; the contentment of feeling like i'm doing my small part to add to the collective solution, the sadness of feeling like i'm the only one doing so, as new litter appears every time i visit the beach park, as my roommates thoughtlessly throw their recyclables in the rubbish, as the endless stream of one-passenger cars speeds past me on kalanianaole.
is this sensation just bourgeois guilt?
is my contentment self-serving?
is my sadness hypocritical?
is this sensation just bourgeois guilt?
is my contentment self-serving?
is my sadness hypocritical?
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Saturday, August 02, 2008
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