Old poems.

Diamond Road
How I yearn to see the Diamond Road once more,
To speed down that margin upon fragments of the sun,
To peer out into the meager space betwixt my portal and another's,
To see the high towers flicker in the sun as they have always done,
To drift to the right, to lean towards the left,
To watch steel beasts jockey into position,
Oh, to return to the Diamond Road once more...

Sun
Sun, great Sun, what canst thou tell me of thine glow?
How dost thou conclude that the Darkness is rude?
Why hath thy golden arrows pierced Midnight so quickly?
Doth its sheer, bleak Contrast disturb thee?
What say ye, olde and warming friend?

Real
What's real isn't always what is "real"
Sometimes, what's "real" is the opposite of reality
There is one constant of which we should all be aware:
Keep happy thoughts and happy thoughts will keep you.

Rain
Embraced by the tears of an angry sky,
I can only look up and wonder "Why?"
But the cold embrace is still just that. . .
An embrace.

Nowhere and Everywhere
Sometimes...
It feels like you're nowhere
It feels like you're everywhere
It feels as though you're somewhere,
waiting for something or someone.

Sometimes you're just asleep on the couch.

'O ka 'ōlelo no'eau no kēia lā: "Hili hewa ka mana'o ke 'ole ke kūkākūkā - Ideas run wild without discussion" (Discussion brings ideas together into a plan).

Friday.

Last week Friday was excellent! Finally, a weekend spent out of the house (or not). Lost my phone on the HPU shuttle (purportedly, it's been taken to the lost and found on one of the campuses), left my power cords for my laptop at Mark's house (thanks for the pizza, Marksan) and managed to finish Nahi'ena'ena: Sacred Daughter of Hawai'i before they played Van Helsing for the third time on TBS last night.

Overall, a good weekend. Much enjoyment was to be had in attempting to do character creation with my new DnD party members. So far, the roster is as follows:

• Daniel: Human Cleric
• Bronson: Human Fighter
• Stephen: Elven Wizard
• Mark: Gnomish Rogue
• Derick: Aethereal Pansy? (Lol)

Mark had some insane rolls and ended up with great stats, excepting, of course, that he is a gnome AND a warrior. Basically, he can evade like no one's business, but once he's hit, he's down for the count. That's where I come in as the party healer and all-around support man. I haven't worked out all my spells for level 1 quite yet, but they should be good. Bronson hasn't even gotten to his equipment yet, haha! Stephen has most of his information written down for reference and even got his equipment set up. I'm not sure if Derick is really going to contribute, but hey, the more the merrier.

That's all for now. Wish me luck in finding me phone today.

Today's moment of stupidity: (in the Hawaii yellow pages listings under "Reading Improvement Instruction") "4 R Future Tutorial Service LLC."

And I didn't even get to loot.

[19:04] BoGgLe JoBbEr: since i know you'd just love to be in on it
[19:04] BoGgLe JoBbEr: me, mark, bronson and, i think, stephen, are trying to start up a DnD game :D
[19:05] spunkobob: oh lord
[19:05] spunkobob: I call gnome monk
[19:05] BoGgLe JoBbEr: sure
[19:05] BoGgLe JoBbEr: see
[19:05] spunkobob: ... just getting it out there
[19:05] BoGgLe JoBbEr: 'cuz this is the original problem.
[19:05] BoGgLe JoBbEr: bronson wants to be human
[19:05] BoGgLe JoBbEr: i'm a human cleric
[19:05] BoGgLe JoBbEr: and mark is going to be a human something
[19:06] BoGgLe JoBbEr: and the last room we were in had a door etched in blood, written in elvish
[19:06] BoGgLe JoBbEr: err
[19:06] spunkobob: wtf
[19:06] BoGgLe JoBbEr: elvish script written in blood was on the door
[19:06] BoGgLe JoBbEr: yeah
[19:06] spunkobob: where are you getting this crap
[19:06] BoGgLe JoBbEr: and since no one could read elvish, we kinda spent two hours
[19:06] spunkobob: lol
[19:06] BoGgLe JoBbEr: trying to find the door
[19:06] BoGgLe JoBbEr: bronson "knew" there was a door
[19:06] spunkobob: seriously?
[19:06] BoGgLe JoBbEr: but we couldn't find the opening
[19:07] BoGgLe JoBbEr: no, not seriously, but this is what conspired over the course of the story
[19:07] BoGgLe JoBbEr: so, we were all fumbling around the room, looking for stuff
[19:07] spunkobob: oh
[19:07] BoGgLe JoBbEr: door opens
[19:07] spunkobob: well yeah
[19:07] BoGgLe JoBbEr: "OMFG WTF MAYTE"
[19:07] spunkobob: I never EVER play as a human
[19:07] BoGgLe JoBbEr: nomadic elf pops out
[19:07] spunkobob: either gnome or half elf
[19:07] BoGgLe JoBbEr: of course, what happens
[19:07] BoGgLe JoBbEr: it attacks me after attacking mark
[19:07] BoGgLe JoBbEr: only after i attempt to charm it
[19:08] BoGgLe JoBbEr: because my charisma is just ungodly
[19:08] BoGgLe JoBbEr: failed attempt
[19:08] BoGgLe JoBbEr: i do a saving roll that also fails
[19:08] spunkobob: and a failed charm causes massive agro
[19:08] BoGgLe JoBbEr: and i lose my two-handed broadsword to the elf
[19:08] BoGgLe JoBbEr: so, the elf now has surprise on its side in attacking bronson
[19:08] BoGgLe JoBbEr: but, as we noted, the elf already had a dagger
[19:09] BoGgLe JoBbEr: so, not only do i have to fight hand-to-hand with an elf
[19:09] BoGgLe JoBbEr: but the elf is trying to dual wield a dagger and a two-handed broadsword
[19:09] BoGgLe JoBbEr: which looked hilarious
[19:09] BoGgLe JoBbEr: 'cuz on the one hand, it can go stabbitystabstab
[19:09] BoGgLe JoBbEr: but his movement and range are restricted because he's dragging a huge broadsword around
[19:09] BoGgLe JoBbEr: it's like
[19:10] BoGgLe JoBbEr: "Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss"
[19:10] BoGgLe JoBbEr: hit for 1 damage
[19:10] BoGgLe JoBbEr: Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss
[19:13] spunkobob: wow
[19:14] spunkobob: you went a little too in depth right there
[19:14] BoGgLe JoBbEr: just illustrating fer ya.

He Mele Hou na Kalani

Aniani ka makani i ke kuahiwi
Moani ke 'ala o te tuahiwi

Onaona no ka maile i ka pali loa
Aia i ka pali nā pua nani

Nahenahe no ka mele a nā manu nei
Aia i ka mele ku'u aloha

Ua ho'ohelele'i mai ke kilihune
Ka lelehune 'o Wa'ahila

Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana
O ka maile, o ka pali, o Wa'ahila

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Softly blowing is the wind at the mountain
Wafting, the fragrance of the mountain

Fragrant is the maile on the high cliff
There on the cliff, the beautiful flowers

Sweet is the song of the birds of old
In the song, my dear love

The light rain has fallen here
The fine, windblown rain called Wa'ahila

Tell the refrain again
Of the maile, of the cliffside, of Wa'ahila

Recap of the last few days.

So, the trip to Kaniakapūpū was a spiritual experience that I'll never forget, that's for sure.

Today was great. Single life: 1 / Non-single life: 3679281923489728421.

Quotes for the day: "Nothing says 'Romance' like microbiology!" - Clifton.

[19:28] BoGgLe JoBbEr: but did bronson tell you his master plan for skipping class and getting away with it?
[19:28] spunkobob: yep
[19:28] BoGgLe JoBbEr: and were you there for the roast of me?
[19:28] spunkobob: breaking up with his 3 year gf and trying to salvage it
[19:28] spunkobob: no lol
[19:28] BoGgLe JoBbEr: yeah
[19:28] spunkobob: oh wait
[19:28] spunkobob: yes
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: okay
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: lol
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: 'cuz i had to retell magic mark
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: for his benefit
[19:29] spunkobob: the "you had a girlfriend?" from Stephen
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: damn you were there
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: i remember now
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: snickering
[19:29] spunkobob: yep lol
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: at my misery :D
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: XD
[19:29] BoGgLe JoBbEr: it was a fair pwn
[19:30] BoGgLe JoBbEr: no constitution roll could have been high enough to save me
[19:30] spunkobob: lol

"Status report, number one."

Eh, not a whole lot going on today. Still figuring out what my weekend's going to be like, weekend being Friday and Saturday. I need to start researching my papers early, seriously. No last-minute procrastination possible this time around.

Big fun will be Sunday when I visit Kaniakapūpū with my Impact of Tourism on Local Culture class. I think we take part in a clean-up effort, but I do know we'll be making 'ohe (bamboo pipes that produce sounds reminiscent of the pū kani [conch shell] and were used to communicate from the highlands to the lowlands).

Uh... let's see. Clifton, if you're reading this, you have permission to slap me intellectually, as I probably will not update this on a daily basis, but surely weekly.

Yeap. Song of the day: "I Will" by the Beatles.

Today is another day for firsts.

Yeap, I finally got caught by the man. Cops were out on the prowl, and I got caught in the crosswalk, figuratively and literally. I have been officially fined by the City and County of Hawai'i $70.00 to be paid within 21 days of issuance for the infraction of crossing the street unlawfully (basically, I picked the wrong day to go and buy stuff at Longs, and I'll be kicking myself for it until I feel the need to stop).

Sucks to be me. Half my paycheck is gone and out the window now, but I shouldn't complain, seeing as how I managed to find and buy the folders I wanted to get for classes. Yellow for math, green for Impact of Tourism, dark blue for History of Hawai'i, red for First Contact and Colonialism, and light blue for History of Modern Japan. I was getting tired of carrying a bunch of loose notes in my planner/composition book. I also managed to pick up another bag of those neat little hair-band-things for the mane growing on my po'o.

After I got home and surprised my parents with my sudden drop in funds, I got some time in on the steel string and started something with A#m7 and some other chord that I don't have a name for as of yet. It sounds good, but I have to work out the rest of it. Classical Gas has presented itself yet again as an annoying, but challenging practice for my picking skills (or lack thereof after playing 'ukulele for so long).

Current music of the day is split between Gabby Pahinui's version of "Aloha Ka Manini" and Nine Inch Nail's "Just Like You Imagined," recognizable as the song in the 300 trailer.

I think that's all for now. I'm hoping to finish my assignment for HoH (due Friday) tonight so I have nothing to worry about Thursday. Shoots.