as a younger man i didn't think i 'd have kids until i was in my forties. not because i wasn't a fan of children, but because i assumed i wouldn't be mature enough to handle child-raising until then. it was a logical yet totally illogical. so far the fun has outweighed the headaches, but stay tuned for the teen-years blog. be warned, if you're gonna have 'em, please (do the world a favor) be married and stay married.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
kids=joy
as a younger man i didn't think i 'd have kids until i was in my forties. not because i wasn't a fan of children, but because i assumed i wouldn't be mature enough to handle child-raising until then. it was a logical yet totally illogical. so far the fun has outweighed the headaches, but stay tuned for the teen-years blog. be warned, if you're gonna have 'em, please (do the world a favor) be married and stay married.
tree of um
finally, a photo. was it worth the wait? sorry bout the lag, it was so frustrating trying to load pics that i said, "i'm over this!" but now i'm un-over it, i guess. so yeah, enjoy... i'll try to do this more often.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Negativity: It's Contagious
this blog is about the complaining - the worst aspect of negativity. at work, a lady's toilet overflows so i send someone to fix it and another person to clean it. they do their jobs to her satisfaction but complains the whole time and even after the cleanup is comlpeted. the guy who cleaned it up reports to me (mind you this is an older gentleman who is honestly one of the nicest perople i know) and complains about her. i assure him that it is not his fault, that she is a "complainer" who has already complained about other issues and who, i suspect at this point, actually enjoys complaining. she caused an accident, we cleaned it up - end of story. but he continues, in his upsetness, to complain and complain very animatedly. it was so out of character for him, its like her kooties jumped on him. or more like her bad vibes and spirit jumped in him because it was coming from the inside, out.
watch out for those complainers, man, watch out.
watch out for those complainers, man, watch out.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
trav says:
Hey Vajayjay
Hows the Hilo family doing? Hope the trip was fun! Sorry took so long to reply, I just got internet yesterday.
L.A. is alright. I thought it was going to be a bit of a culture shock but it's not that much different than Hawaii.
However, there seems to be an abundance or surplus of Mexicans here, Diga me! muy bien! Warren and Pisha were like why are there so many of them just hanging outside of Home Depot.
I just checked out your blog, its an eye grabber.
Hugs and Kisses!
P-Dilly
Hows the Hilo family doing? Hope the trip was fun! Sorry took so long to reply, I just got internet yesterday.
L.A. is alright. I thought it was going to be a bit of a culture shock but it's not that much different than Hawaii.
However, there seems to be an abundance or surplus of Mexicans here, Diga me! muy bien! Warren and Pisha were like why are there so many of them just hanging outside of Home Depot.
I just checked out your blog, its an eye grabber.
Hugs and Kisses!
P-Dilly
Thursday, May 28, 2009
the movie critic
what i hate about movies... or maybe the way i watch movies, is how one hint if incredibility can ruin the whole movie for me. i saw batman begins on dvd last night. its pretty good. not as good as the dark knight mainly because heath ledger isn't in it, but whatever. so here's my beef, let me know if i'm being to critical...
bruce wayne meets lucious fox and "borrows" a prototype chest armor thing that is bullet proof and yada yada yada. in the train/subway scene, rachel accidentally tasers batman but its rendered useless because, of course, hes wearing the armor. later in the movie, batman gets into an obligatory fist fight with the scarecrow, who is not a superhero at all mind you, hes a nerd basically, who invented a neurotoxin-hallucinogen gas thing. anyway in the fight, batman is affected by body blows. he grunts and flops around like a stomach punch from a nerd really hurts even though hes wearing the armor. huh?
bruce wayne meets lucious fox and "borrows" a prototype chest armor thing that is bullet proof and yada yada yada. in the train/subway scene, rachel accidentally tasers batman but its rendered useless because, of course, hes wearing the armor. later in the movie, batman gets into an obligatory fist fight with the scarecrow, who is not a superhero at all mind you, hes a nerd basically, who invented a neurotoxin-hallucinogen gas thing. anyway in the fight, batman is affected by body blows. he grunts and flops around like a stomach punch from a nerd really hurts even though hes wearing the armor. huh?
Hilo ramblings: part 1
spent 5 days there, just got back on tuesday morning... nice trip. voggy as hell. on the one day where the sky was blue we went to the beach - onekahakaha for those who know. hadn't been there since i was like 5 years old. crowded... i mean it was packed! couldn't help thinking about how much of the water was actually sea water if you know what i mean. wanted to take photos, but camera, no batteries. what i noticed was that on the surface, in passing, casually, hiloans are really friendly people. smiles everywhere, not like honolulu. i say "on the surface" because i know that hilo can be, for lack of a more tactful word, scandalous. in line at ross', the lady in front of me was telling the ladies in front of her about her divorce - her husband "fooled around" and "wanted out." right there in a discount department store, no shame, so casual. another thing i noticed was that i was drawn to move back there. one thing that worries me about doing that, more than a job, or the vog, or the rain, or the lack of family entertainment venues, is getting "caught up." it's weird. this is not the diary-like blog i had intended. kaleb loves it there and wants to move. i asked him why and he said, "because i can play outside all day." true. makiki living is not conducive to outdoor activities. he actually learned to ride a bike... at 10 years old!
here are some of the main reasons i'd like to move back:
1. we have land to build a house.
2. i'd love to see my brother and sister grow up, participate in their lives a little.
3. the grandparents are getting older and i'd like to spend as much time with them as possible.
4. so kaleb can play outside all day.
one more thing i noticed is not just that everyone in hilo has a nice big yard, by honozoolu standards, but that 99% of the yards are well-groomed and nicely landscaped. my theory is that 1. people actually take pride in their property and 2. the pace of life is such that one can maintain a large property without feeling rushed or stressed or feel the need to procrastinate because of some other, more pressing issue.
maybe it's this pace that causes/affects both handsome properties AND the movie-worthy scandals. hmm.
oh let me tell you about my boy seth. this kid is a soldier. he's a warrior. a champ. or maybe he has no pain receptors. the night we arrive(thursday), he's off playing in my sister's room and messes with a mirror... those sorta full length ones that get mounted on walls. apparently this ones not so well-mounted and it crashes onto his face. i guess the frame of it bashed his mouth and caused his teeth to gash open his inner lip. it was bad. i had to stop myself from panicking. but as soon as we got the bleeding to stop he was fine. the next morning we woke up and looked at it and it was worse-looking aka gross. the gash was full of white stuff and it was more swollen... we took him to the hospital it was so bad-looking. but the docs said they don't stitch anything inside the mouth and so all we could to was montior it, wash it out with salt water a few times a day and so we did. you would think that salt water would sting an open wound like that, but seth was more irritated by the taste than anything. soldier. by monday, just 4 days later, when we asked to check it, he wouldn't let us. he insisted that it was "all pau, daddy." warrior. today, not even a week later, it looks like a coldsore. thats it. done. now i cannot fail to mention God in all of this. sethie handled the pain, but we prayed and prayed for his healing - a quick recovery and no infections... the mouth can be a dirty place. anyway i can't explain it. i've been stitched up many times and even with the stitches it's taken longer to heal than a week. if the cut was on his forehead he would've definitely needed stitches. so thank God that everything worked out and for blessing us with such an awesome little bugger who takes a lot of the stress out of child-raising. for visual reference, see the "sayonara" entry, hes the brown haired one (2.5 years old).
this is long, i'll stop now.
here are some of the main reasons i'd like to move back:
1. we have land to build a house.
2. i'd love to see my brother and sister grow up, participate in their lives a little.
3. the grandparents are getting older and i'd like to spend as much time with them as possible.
4. so kaleb can play outside all day.
one more thing i noticed is not just that everyone in hilo has a nice big yard, by honozoolu standards, but that 99% of the yards are well-groomed and nicely landscaped. my theory is that 1. people actually take pride in their property and 2. the pace of life is such that one can maintain a large property without feeling rushed or stressed or feel the need to procrastinate because of some other, more pressing issue.
maybe it's this pace that causes/affects both handsome properties AND the movie-worthy scandals. hmm.
oh let me tell you about my boy seth. this kid is a soldier. he's a warrior. a champ. or maybe he has no pain receptors. the night we arrive(thursday), he's off playing in my sister's room and messes with a mirror... those sorta full length ones that get mounted on walls. apparently this ones not so well-mounted and it crashes onto his face. i guess the frame of it bashed his mouth and caused his teeth to gash open his inner lip. it was bad. i had to stop myself from panicking. but as soon as we got the bleeding to stop he was fine. the next morning we woke up and looked at it and it was worse-looking aka gross. the gash was full of white stuff and it was more swollen... we took him to the hospital it was so bad-looking. but the docs said they don't stitch anything inside the mouth and so all we could to was montior it, wash it out with salt water a few times a day and so we did. you would think that salt water would sting an open wound like that, but seth was more irritated by the taste than anything. soldier. by monday, just 4 days later, when we asked to check it, he wouldn't let us. he insisted that it was "all pau, daddy." warrior. today, not even a week later, it looks like a coldsore. thats it. done. now i cannot fail to mention God in all of this. sethie handled the pain, but we prayed and prayed for his healing - a quick recovery and no infections... the mouth can be a dirty place. anyway i can't explain it. i've been stitched up many times and even with the stitches it's taken longer to heal than a week. if the cut was on his forehead he would've definitely needed stitches. so thank God that everything worked out and for blessing us with such an awesome little bugger who takes a lot of the stress out of child-raising. for visual reference, see the "sayonara" entry, hes the brown haired one (2.5 years old).
this is long, i'll stop now.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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