eggrole

It has been almost a year since I updated this... I just started a wordpress eggrole.wordpress.com and I am going to try to write and post photos there regularly. I will still dump my art here, but I will also post new pieces on wordpress.

I am back at Christina's again for a bit. I am helping her pack as she is moving to the mainland at the end of the month. She has a good start on things, but there is a lot to be done still. Boring stuff I won't write about. I had quite a few adventures over the last month or so. On mother's day we had a cookout at Old A beach. It was nice. Dysfunctional family is the best description, given by Guy. Everyone drank and ate and was merry. We had 2 Moms present most of the day, Vikki and Lena. It was also Guy and William's birthdays (or at least a day or 2 close). I chipped in the last 15 bucks I had and a small bit of weed. They had a full BBQ going, skewers with meat, shrimp, veggies, and pineapples galore. When in Rome... so I had some meat. It didn't agree with me, but I had a good time. Played at soccer off and on all day. Pulled a leg muscle, and then another one (abdomen) yesterday as I climbed the tree right out of my hammock, dumb move.

I had a "run in" with an older local who told me I couldn't camp where I was b/c it was a county park. I knew this, but I was out of sight and very few, if any, people came that way. The only ones I did see were the people camping deeper in, John, Vikki, Louis, and William. Anyway, he 'scolded' me in a not so harsh was, and on is way out he said I could camp as long as I wanted on the other side of the fence. I wasn't far from it and thought I wasn't allowed to cross it as it was land for Hawaiian Children. There is a camp, real nice one I stayed at once and got scolded, again not harshly, ages  ago when I first got there. Anyway Norman, the local, says it is partially his land (in a trust) and that it was MY LAND ALSO! This is a HUGE compliment coming from a local to a Haole (white person) like me. I moved as he requested and found 2-3 even better, in some ways, sites. It is funny how Hawaii leaches you lessons with love and not harshness. So many times has this sort of thing happened, both directly to me and stories I've heard.

Also got my USB cord for the Zune Brent gave me. It is real nice, but the software it uses really stinks.

Lauren called the other day. Her Grandpap is very sick and looks to be dieing. The story is very sad and since it isn't mine I won't share it here. Suffice it to say, as sad as that situation is, I was glad to hear from her. She mentioned coming to visit and that stoked me for sure. Also congrats to her for graduating. School sucks. That is a big accomplishment in my opinion.

Well, Zen just woke up so I am going to go deal with that. I'll write more some other time. Seems he is the center of the world when he is around. I am taking it as either training or a lesson... or both.

Looking back and looking forward both share one thing in common. Looking. I am thinking this might be a good way to get my journals and notes into a digital format. Scanning might be nice, and fast, but it would not be searchable and quickly cut and paste editable. Either way I will do as many as I can on here. Then in the future sometime weave them together.

So it is my second day completely free. After Christina and Zen headed out Sunday, and I dealt with the car on Monday I have been playing constantly. Probably been smoking a one hit ever 30 minutes or so on average since sometime Monday. At least when I am awake. Last night I even got into a bottle of YEllowtail, a few Xannies, and more buds. All of this has lead to life at the eggrole center pretty fucking fun. I spend my days playing with the hacky sack, though I am still terribad at it. It is decent exercise also. Just jumping around for a while. Then I like to drum, sometimes to music, sometimes without. Sometimes I get into beat grooves, sometimes I just ramble into the day. I make sure to practice piano here and there through the day. I started yesterday. I know all the keys, and can run up and down with left and right hands. Still slow doing them together. I started twinkle twinkle today also. It is boring, but good practice when going up and down gets old. Dinners when Christina was here were usually pretty amazing. She'd have a pan of veggies for me all the time. Plus rice and nori. There was often more to indulge in as well. Now that I am solo again I am eating pasta, rice/nori (just ran out of nori, have 50lbs of rice). Nori is a dry seaweed wrap for rice. Add some sauce or veggies, whatever. That is a fast burrito like meal.

Also smoking so much I can't shake the munchies. Oh well, I have found 1 mac nut and 1 animal cracker at the same time is to die for! Sprouted bread is also good, and for you to. Must be kept in the cold for else it will spoil in the sun to quickly. Ha, I am rambling. Have been doing this since I started on a Jack Kerouac kick. "Dharma Bums" right now. I also just finished "Being Peace". It wasn't revolutionary really, but it gave a new found appreciation of standing in another person's shoes and seeing the problem from both sides. Being sympathetic to all, and striving for one peaceful global community.

Anyway, this was after a Castaneda kick. I actually need to get the last 2-3 chapters of "Journey to Ixtlan" done today. I hate being on 2 books at once. "Being Peace' was an exception because it was Christina's and I wanted to get it done asap. Now I should really get into more of her library instead of the stuff I can take with me... hmm.

Anyway, I think I am gong to go play in the gorge for a bit. It is nice and breezy. Just right for a little exploring!

Down into the gorge forever cursing the smell of bricklaying buffalo and their mad way of smoldering the earth in such a fine twiddle that you could almost miss it if you didn't stop to look.

So yeah I went to the ravine. There are at least 3-4 different moves I can practice there. Nothing high either, all nice and safe. Nothing I couldn't do, but I am sure i can harden them up with ground starts. Was really good fun. I had to overcome fear a few times in the moves for hard starts, but that is good practice. Got some good sun as well. Once face I could clear off nice would be great, but in the sun it was HOT.

Talking on AIM now to klinky. I am thinking about dinner. No nori, grr. More pasta maybe. I am thinking the gnocchi. Talk and talk and the sunset nears. I will have to pause this soon. I have been listening to Modest Mouse a lot today. I never liked them, but this album is great. I did many watercolors again. I think even a mixed media.

So I have not updated this in ages. I moved to Hawaii at the beginning of the year and never looked back. I did some work trade in Pahoa, then got "kicked out" sort of. Basically we don't mesh well. At least the one owner and I. I got on well with everyone else. Anyway... after that I was homeless for a while in Kona. That was sick fun. Living on the beach, church meals, snorkeling and reading the days away. now I am in Kawaihae living with a friend and her son. I am helping out and will watch the house when they go to the mainland in a week or so. Basically I get this amazing house to myself for ~3 weeks to meditate, read, do art, whatever in. It is immensely beautiful as well. I am working on getting some photos up to flicker and or here.

Been writing a lot also. I suspect I'll have a nice collection of short stories from Hawaii. I meet so many people here and so much happens that the stories and experiences just roll on in. I love it. So much that I am going to go read and write a bit now.

aloha

I'm in Pittsburgh now. It is less than 30 degrees almost every day. It is snowing now, something like 7 inches expected... I am leaving for Hawaii on Jan 21. It can't come soon enough.

Xmas was pretty good. Saw family. Saw some friends. Trying to see more before I leave again.

Been smoking tons of bud. Very little xan. Staying with Dad now. Ran out of food a day or 2 ago. He bought me some food, how awesome. I'll give him some money when I leave. I don't want to go out in the cold.

Drank a lot over xmas. Didn't seem problematic. Stayed in an old broken bed. The springs were shot. No one else liked it. I am light. It suited me perfect. Ate much meat over xmas. Seems more problematic.

Seems less "sad" here than expected. Still depressing in the cold. The people kept my mind off it. Not any longer though.

Still no tattoo. Must get started.