Lika’s Log

I don’t hardly watch the news on TV anymore. I read online bits & pieces. I get sad & depressed readding about disasters. Its freaky. I remember being mesmorized by the 9/11 on TV when it happened. Especially seeing the 2nd plane hit - live. All the media just focused on the disaster, you know. Over and over and over. It can really get to some people. Its called “turn off the TV.” I know huh?

The media is there to infor and educate. But at the same time there’s a certain amount of de-sensitization going on. Disasters start to become a normal thing. Its like; Oh another fire. OH another tornado. OH a frkng earthquake….

OMG & the earthquakes in China….the upcoming Olympics. How do you even plan being in a foreign country when disaster strikes. Like the Tsunami….scarey shit. You can’t hold back or control Mother Nature. Geologist will all tell you that the California/West Coast earthquake is inevitable. Its gonna happen sooner or later. We all hope for later but how late is later and how soon is sonner. There’s been a whole lotta shaken going on in this world today so ya’neva know……

I can’t get sad if I don’t know there’s something to be sad about though right? I think as individuals we gotta think globally but act locally huh? We do what we gotta do. Whatever works.

I always think….. Ok this happens to me….what do I do? Plan A…. Plan B…. Oh wait, I don’t have a plan.

I mean how do you plan for natural disasters, you know what I mean? You do the best you know or think you know. What happens happens. Ya’think?

I keep my vehicle filled with gas. Just because. Thats me. My son says “MA you always get plenny gas what you saving it for; you ready to leave if get one natural disaster.” Depends - define natural disaster. Cause I mean if I’m gonna get messed up is some kind of disaster, I just assume not be on a road or highway. I would rather stay home, ya know. LOL

I can’t dwell on it though, I get miserable, sad and depressed. What can I do? Pray.

Ok yeah I can do that.

I walked 5 miles yesterday morning. Who would have thunk it? I haven’t walked that far since I was a kid in Waipahu; walking from one end of Waipahu - Wigwam(?), GoodyGoody Drive Inn - and back down across da “use to be new” high school. Those days it was rare for kids to have cars so most of the time we walked to where ever we were going.

Well yesterday morning I participated in the Sovereignty Day celebration of the Ft McDowell Yavapai Nation. This walk commemorates an incident/a standoff that happened on May 12, 1992. Background information:

During the early 1990’s, several tribal casinos, including Ft McDowell, were in operation in Arizona. In accordance with the provisions of the federal 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the tribes were waiting to sign gaming compacts with the state government. At the time however, the governor opposed Indian gaming and called upon the US Attorneys’s office for support. Unannounced raids by FBI agents on five Indian casinos wer ordered. At the first light of day on May 12, 1992; the agents invaded the Ft McDowell casino seizing the community’s 349 gaming machines and loading them into moving trucks. Community members witnessing the raid took immeidate actiion. They called other community members, tribal leaders and the news media. Soon, using every available car, truck and heavy machinery; a blockade of the casino’s access road was organized. The violence, a three week standoff between the trive and government ensued. The Arizona governor ultimately was persuaded to sign a gaming compact with then Ft McDowell Yavapai Naiton Presdient Clinton Pattea, paving the way for Indian gaming in Arizona.

There was a lot of people. It was a leisurely pace, not a race and it was led by the Veterans color guard. There was three rest stops/breaks where there was water and fruits provided and the porta potty. There were people of all ages, all races and there was a horse drawn wagon at the very back filled with the elderly. There were kids on bikes and razors, babies of all ages being pushed in their strollers. It was a really nice morning. Not too hot and not cold, it was good day to walk 5 miles. We walked from the Casino to the Recreation Center. At the Rec Center they had a short program and they fed us Indian Tacos, hamburgers, hot dogs and a really huge, ono cake. Whatever pounds we lost walking five miles, we gained it right back eating lunch.

FYI: Indian Tacos: A fry bread (flat puffy deep fried bread usually the size of a dinner plate - yes cholesterol) topped with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese and salsa &/or chilies. (In New Mexico they usually ask if you want red or green chili) Very ono and fattening.

They also had a raffle. They had some awesome prizes. The main prizes were 2 sets of tickets to the DBacks game. Also one of the prizes was tickets for two to all of the Casino’s special performances/concerts/shows for the rest of the year. No, I did not win anything, shoots. The also had a bunch of other neat prizes.

Some community members spoke of their experience of May 12, 1992. They said that there were FBI agents with their sniper rifles on the roof of the casino pointed at the people. People credited the women for organizing the community. They said it was a very spooky three weeks because there was always guns pointed in their direction and they were thankful that there weren’t any casualties. More so they spoke to the children and told them the reaction of the community and its positive outcome is the definition of sovereignty. The community standing up to the government was an example of exercising the Tribes sovereign rights. Because of this Tribes actions they have set a precedence that other native communities & the state of Arizona have benefited from.

Sovereignty is a hard word to explain. The best explanation I think was this book my professor used in Pol Sci class, it was a book written by somebody Kicking Bird, I think. Anyways - the explanation of sovereignty that I understand is that - its like a bundle of sticks. One stick you can easily break but a bundle of sticks is not easily broken at all. To me its the opposite of divide and conquer.

So while I’m on this subject I may as well put in my 2cents worth about Hawaiian Sovereignty.

As long as the Hawaiian people are divided in as many factions that there are, the people will be dominated/conquered by dominate society. Meaning notting going change. It is important to BE TOGETHER as ONE sovereign nation. Not nationalist, seperatist, Ainokea-ist, different island, west side, east side, LEEWARD side baybee, nah nah nah. But do you know what I’m saying?

As a local wahine born raised ova deya in da aina and as a person who has lived on three different Indian reservations - I was thinking the Hawaiian people have a lot of good examples of sovereign nations. There are lot of good things to be learned and many mistakes could be avoided. And granted the Hawaiian people are not Native Americans. They are not of the Americas. They are of Polynesia. Hawaiians should be/are a class of its own, having been wrongfully & illegally overthrown. Yet they constantly get “lumped” in as Native Americans, Indians whateva you like callem.’ Sometimes the government is like, ok Hawaiian are Native Americans so den we going give you funding from the Indian monies and the NDN’s are like eh, wait dey not Native Americans. You guys wen illegally kakaroach from dem and now you including us. Wotsupwit dat?

As long as there is IN-fighting and or factions among the Hawaiian peoples themselves, there will not be a sovereign Hawaiian nation because get way too much huhu there’s no pono-ness. Peoples blaming each ada, dem da one NOT you guys da one; dey dis, dem dat blah blah blah. Y’all need to ho’oponopono, get it together, get your land base, your social services, medical care; there needs to be a UNITED infrastructer. Stay all chop suey now, lets make one strong Nation first anden if you like beef - go for it. First things first, ho’oponopono and get it together. Easier said den done yeah. I mean come on now - get real, you not going kick out all da haoles. Da tourist maybe….LOL oh wait we need dem fo’fill da hotels. Eh wait comeback, juss make shua you go home doe and no buy house ova hea. Stay ova deya…

Sometimes I think da Hawaiian people are being played. Because as long as there are these factions - moe powa to da powas dat stay awreddy. Notting going change. The major change that needs to be done is aquiring land base and having a sense of solidarity. But hey wot da hell do I know, I live mainland. Too bad so sad. Lucky you live Hawaii anden!

[From this mornings emails.]

Summary of My Year on the Computer

I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the e-mail about rat poop
in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel
with every envelope that needs sealing.

Also, now I have to scrub the top of every
can I open for the same reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick
girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital
for the 1,387,258th time.

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I
receive the $15,000.00 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are
sending me for participating in their special email program.

I no longer worry about my soul because I
have 363,214 angels looking out for me,
and St. Theresa’s novena has granted my every wish.

I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually
horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even
though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.

Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get
answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends
and make a wish within five minutes.

Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola
because it can remove toilet stains.

I no longer can buy gasoline without taking a man along to
watch the car so a serial killer won’t crawl in my
back seat when I’m pumping gas.

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people
who make these products are atheists who refuse
to put, ‘Under God’ on their cans.

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave
because it causes cancer.

And thanks for letting me know I can’t boil a cup of water
in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in
my face… Disfiguring me for life.

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I
could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone
will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from UPS or Fed Ex
since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise..

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and
don’t support our American troops or the Salvation Army.

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask
me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with
calls to Jamaica , Uganda , Singapore and Uzbekistan

I no longer have any sneakers - but that will change
once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.

I no longer buy expensive cookies from
Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.

Thanks to you, I can’t use anyone’s toilet but mine because
a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat
to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.

Thank you too for all the endless advice Andy Rooney
has given us. I can live a better life now because
he’s told us how to fix everything.

And thanks to your great advice, I can’t ever pick
up $5.00 in the parking lot because it probably
was placed there by a sex molester waiting
underneath my car to grab my leg.

Oh, and don’t forget this one either!
I can no longer drive my car because
I can’t buy gas from certain gas companies!

If you don’t send this email to at least 47,000 people
in the next 47 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea
will land on your head at 5:47 p.m. this afternoon and the
fleas from 47 camels will infest your back, causing you to
grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually
happened to a friend of my next door neighbor’s ex-mother-in-law’s
second husband’s Cousin’s beautician.

Have a wonderful day… AND a scientist from Argentina ,
after a lengthy study, has discovered that people
with insufficient brain and sexual activity read their
e-mail with their hand on the mouse.

Don’t bother taking it off now, it’s too late!

I think if women remembered, truly remember the pain, the serious comfortable-ness of shitting out a child they would not have moe then one child. In fact if women seriously vividly remembered and related their physical hardship of bringing a child into this world, they would scare the bejesus out of the next generation and maybe kids wouldn’t have kids. LOL But I think with the mircle of birth comes the mircle of “how soon we fo’get” the true painful pain that one goes thru is erased with the joys of motherhood.

Some people deal with pain better then others. We all have a different “threshold” of what pain is. Some of us are more wusses then others. Some have a high pain tolerance, everyones wired different right. I think from a young age we develope the mental toughness or mental wussy-ness of what we equate pain to.

I had to fill out forms for a new yearly spread your legs checkup kind of doctor. So I was doing my homework of filling out the forms. Well one form, 12 pages and then some. Having to fill in the HISTORY of surgeries and what nots, I had to refer to a journal that I kept during my “challenging times.” There’s all the dates, doctors appointments when I went in and passed out and what not; what I did or more like what I couldn’t do.

Its strange to go back and read about how “not so good” I was feeling. Yet I functioned like nothing was wrong and my body just wanted to lie still and not move. Well I did a lot of that, but I think I also should have done more of not moving. I kinda know better now. I think I learned what helps me heal. We all know what makes us feel bad or sick but we all dont’ pay attention sometimes to the things that help us heal and make us better. Or I don’t I think. Cause in looking back, I know there are things I shoulda, coulda, woulda done different or better. Then again hind site is 20/20. Live and learn.

I think if I was truely afraid of not getting SICK again, not having to be in the hospital for one thing or another; then I would really loose weight. You know what I mean. With health issues everythings related and I feel like if I know that getting my rear in gear and DOWNsizing, I will be a healthier person . Right? Right. (As I eat a piece of cake.)

I know what makes me bigger then I should be. I know what I need to do. So I do both? DUH. Burn more calories and eat less calories. Then again you know, THERE’S NO CURE FOR HUD HEAD YEAH! *L*

For the record I do not have the 2008 Krispy Kreme Calendar. You know me I get anykind ukupila lolo stuffs from lolo peeps and I pass’um on. I’m da messenger, even do some peoples tink I da one stay making’um up. NOT, I tell you. LOL

Ok - so back in day - 2005 - as close to Y2K dat, I wrote about da Krispy Kreme Calendar dat somebody wen email me. And I figga juss YOU guys yeah da one read me. So I wen send YOU guys da Krispy Kreme Calendah right? Neva mind, as too long ago fo’rememba. BUT I tink you would rememba one calendar wit wahines who are tons of fun. Literally. XXXL in XL Victoria notsoSecret lingerie la dat. Hud NOT2SPOCK, you know wot I tawking about.

Anyways. Try go look 11-26-05 I wrote about dat Krispy Kreme Calenda. And still yet, yestaday or da ada day; I still stay getting comments can you send me da Krispy Kreme Calendah. NO. I no can. Cause I no like. LOL

I wen put in da post, if you like’um I go send’um to you. And the first two dozen or so peoples/strangahs, da first month or so after da post I did. No problem. Den nobody wen ask. Cause old news right. But still yet now 3 years later - HELLO - Can you send me da Krispy Kreme Calendar? No I no can. *L*

That post has gotten da MOSTEST POSTEST ever. 149 Comments ova da past tree(3) yeas. Hooo da kine. Fat girl fan club, wot?

Wahines stay even asking if I know, who to contact cause dey like POSE fo’dat calendar. DO I LOOK LIKE A PHOTO PIMP? Ok, I could be. BUT NO, I do not know who to contact to pose for that calendar. DUH ~ juss go head make your own. You like showoff your cellulite - moe powa to you - its called www.shuttlebug.com - Go head make yo’fat girl calendar. Why you gotta ask me? hehehehehe

You know if you DAT big and you proud of your size - den hey as you dat, do what you like do. No ask me. Looking at dat calendar MAKES ME feel SLIM. I feel like I should fit into XS compared to da Krispy Kreme Girls. Its a good thing that people that LARGE have a lot of self confidence and no shame flash dey big everything in front da camera la dat woteva. BUT I have a hard time breathing just looking at the masses. I look at it from my healths point of view and my heart would get smoothered to death if I got dat big.

Bad enough my BMI stay telling me I stay obese and next to dose wahine, EH I small anden. LOL

That calendar was from 2003 I think or 01 and somebody just changed the dates. I’ve not received any newer version. And I sure as hell not going tell people if I did. LOL

Krispy Kreme - da company - I know no was their calendar fo’real BUT they did their Arizona employees really really bad. The store went bankrupt and closed its doors. WITHOUT telling its employess. How bad is that, they were at work one day and next day they came to work and had one note of the door. They are unemployed. Now this year I hear they are opening up one of their stores again. Hmmmm

Me I don’t need Krispy Kreme fo’make me fat. Food in general will do that. Especially since I’m a big dessert kinda person. Oh and whip creme. Big whip creme fan, ask Starbucks. hehehe

Didn’t I just say I don’t have the calendar. Yeah well……………………………

I found this in photobucket. OK I wasn’t going to do this because it is so unhealthy. BUT I’m thinking IF I put it here it will remind me WHY I gotta loose weight. Why its so important for me not to be BIG, muchless bigger.There are so much things that you CANNOT DO when you all HUGE like that/this. This is kinda sad if you really think about it. Anyway I would be…..

OMG PARRISH DA THOUGHT.

Ok guys why ain’t anybody writing writing.

At least Eric posted us pictures of chili manapua. EEwwll. Just cause Mexicans work in Chinese restaurants and vice versa; doesn’t mean dey gotta cross the food like that. Leave da manapua alone. Eat one bowl chili & rice on da side if you need to. I KNOW, ALL going come out da same way. Still yet doe just leavem’ separate, K. LOL

If you guys like me. And I know dats assuming way too much; but assuming you guy like me - you guys come in hea and look see if anybody wen post someting. Anden wen nobody post notting you wonda - ha’come nobody wen write? WELL YOU NEVA WRITE EDA. heheheheh
Yeah I’m tawking stink about allayouall readding dis.

So I’m sitting at a sorta fancy dinner table with a bunch of other people. One Indian lady says to me:

“You know I was told, Hawaiian people say those who have a mole close to their mouth are royalty?”

I look at her cluelessly because I know she doesn’t know I’m from Hawaii. I’ve never seen this person before. So happens my daughta knows her sista but I digress. Her and I both have large mole - dat sounds like a Rodent - ok, a large beauty spot close to our mouth.

I look at her and say; “I was born, raised in Hawaii and nobody has ever told me that one, I’ve never heard that. I was told it means I’m talkative.”

She looks at her sister who is sitting next to her and asks “Am I talkative?”

Da sista made funny face and looks at us and says “Yes she’s a chatty katty.”

It threw me off because it made me wonder. Where did she hear that from? Plus I don’t remember seeing any pictures of Hawaiian Royalty with a “beauty spot” by their mouth. Unless maybe was da guys had’um and most of’um had mustache, no can see if get or wot? I just went online search for pictures of Hawaiian Royalty and from da ones I saw, no had.

So my niele-ness remains, where did she hear dat from? Some haole made it up huh? LOL

I asked my niece in Kona, try go ask some kupunas around you if dey eva heard of dat. She said, “I going call you NT Royalty!” Lolo. Yeah, so y’all bow down. Nah nah nah no need bow, juss make me plate! LOL

Can you name these two? LOL Ok just one.

These two went to college together decades ago. Late 60’s maybe? They had no seen each other since way back when. They met up 4-19-08 at the Phoenix Indian Center 60th Anniversary Gala.

Ok so its their religion. I believe in freedom of religion. BUT teenagers marrying 40-50 year olds, come on now? A bunch of horney men made this religion up now didn’t they? What, God said do this. Make plenny babies, banish da young boys so a bunch of ugly ass old men can have sex whenever with kids who going have moe kids and inbreed and come out all looking kinda da same. Ugly, I mean homely. Y’all know what I’m tawking about? *L*

Babies having babies. Thats in the bible? Ok yes, plural marriages is part of some cultures. I suppose if all you know is a polygamist society then thats what the normal is. YEAH because they are kept totally isolated from the mainstream world. They are taught anything outside of their family is evil etc. Life as they know it would cease. You figure these “women” do sex to procreate. Theres no romantic. No “good fun.” How sad not to experience “good fun” sex. But I digress……LOL

Texas is going to spend gazillion dollars on all these court fees, welfare whatevers, placement, relocation, shelter and all thats involved in social services. So my question is where IS the Mormon church on this? Are they not coming to the rescue of their fundamentalist cousins. Y’all are related. I think so anyway.

The Fundamentalist, polygamy people is what the Mormon/Later Day Saints started out to be. Didn’t it start out in the east somewhere, Pennsylvania. Ohio or something? East anyway. Didn’t Bringham Young and the Smith guy, they were polygamist and they got kicked outta there. So they then they holoholo-ed to da west, where hardly had anybody. Not even Mexicans and wasn’t that part of Mexico back then. Ok maybe not but anyways….

So these two dudes with their many wives - and ukupila kids found UTAH. Good nobody stay deya us can make baby up da yingyang and do woteva. I dunno what happened, I think its called progress; “somebody” said eh, wait dis ain’t right or maybe dey said “wait wait wait, I gotta feed how may kids?” OK - I dorono wot dey said. Some women prolly came to their her senses said “HELL NO, I ain’t doing dis multiply wife shit, ha’come you get plenny different wahine fo’screw wit and all I have is YOU, and you stay busy banging da younga ones, wotdahell?”

Well weren’t the Mormons living happily ever after till somebody said “Ok stop it, no more 50 year old screwing, I mean marrying 15 year olds.” And da hardcore guys said “shuttup us going stay true to da creaters of this church Young & Smith and us going be like dem fo’eva, us Fundamentalist! We are outta hea. So dey went down southern Utah, way way out in nowheres at the Utah-Arizona state line and they colonized ova deya. Colorado City. Fredonia. Bunch of out in nowheres kine place. There they lived polygamistly ever after.

SO now get TV. Get computas. Get cell phone. Now, the kids of polygamist families are like….wait wait, wait; teenagers & old men? How is that right; married and all. Thats an ok thing?

Ok us not suppose to judge. I not juding - ok I am only lilobit kine doe LOL - I’m ASKING…. How is it ok? Its condoned. Its the environment. Its all they know. Its brainwash. Its cultish. Ok - I’m being judgemental-ish. Do I end up in hell fo’dis? *L*

It has been “generations” that this polygamy thing has been going on. Its been “don’t ask don’t tell’ kine yeah. The mainstream Mormon church, yes Salt Lake City and every elder, apostal or whatever they are called know this history. So they SHUN the fundamentalist like they don’t know they exist and don’t know want anything to do with them. How Christian is that? Should not all the Mormon churches be opening their arms and taking in these displaced people in Texas? There are ukupila Mormon churches. Where I live there is one every half a mile. Same red brick style, with a good gym.

Notice on TV get plenny girls and harldy any teenage boys. Cause they bannish the boys so da old men don’t have competition or da old ladies don’t get something harder.
Ok~I’m going to hell for that one. LOL

I’m attracted to still life or inanimate objects - photography wise anyway. I took alot of pictures of “things” I know once gone gone, it probably won’t be replaced. Not for a while and not for the same price. there are very few people who are master wood workers and craftsman and make things for a public space like a hotel. Unless of course its a custom thing, then the person gets paid big bucks I’m thinking. Anyways here’s some of my architectural photography. As oppose to pic-chas of da wall. LOL

A picture of the moldings around the door. This is the door that connects the Phoenix Park Hotel to the Dubliner, an Irish pub and restaurant. They are known for their Shepards Pie. Its very hearty and stick to you ribs.

This is a closer look at some of the moldings.

I think this is over the door to the stairway.

A look at the ceiling.

Sconce on the wall surrounded by molding.

Ua pau, fo’now.