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Country: United States
State: Hawaii
Interests: Community Service, Fundraising, Food, Film, Fashion, Shopping, Real Estate, Canines, Crafting, Politics, Cultures, Travel, etc.
Expertise: Free Spirit...
Occupation: Other
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
1/11/2005
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| Shopping Day.....
So Michael did not fall for my ploy when I told him that I was going to
Office Depot to buy some organizational materials for our so-called
home office...you see, Nordstrom Rack is conveniently located right
next door...
I scored on some great Calvin Klein basic pieces for casual wear.
I know I don't really need them but shopping is not about "need" as we
all know...I really like Calvin. They also recently opened up a
Calvin Klein store at the Waikele outlets - nicer stuff for women than
men though. Anyway, the shoe selection at the Rack is bad.
Real bad. The best designer shoe deals can be found at Saks at
Waikele. Fabulous shoes. Rack is simply great for label
workout clothes (Nike, Adidas, Puma) and the occasional designer
specials. Pretty hit-or-miss though.
I would say that 1% of the local population "dresses up". It's
disappointing but that's the way it is. I do think there are
certain standards of decency that people should adhere to. For
example, when we first moved back here almost a year and a half ago we
attended a funeral where a girl was wearing a tank-top and cut-off
denim shorts w/ flip-flops! So wrong and so disrespectful.
And only in HI will you see folks wearing flip-flops (with their Aloha
print swimming trunks and tank tops) when they're pumping iron.
So unsafe. Interesting though how it is only the men in the gym
who do that.
At the end of the day, I did buy envelopes and manila folders at the Depot.
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| Kiku
Here is our other child. We used to refer to her as the "Hawaiian
Barkless" since she didn't bark when we took her home with us from the
pound. She was totally barkless until we got our second (Sachi),
several months later. Now, she barks too much and makes these
awful growling sounds when she assaults Sachi.
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| Healthy Pear vs. Healthy Bodies
So I joined a gym. I'll call it "The Gym". When I lived in
LA I was such an exercise fanatic. No surprise there. I
also ate well. I took care of myself. Shopped at Whole
Foods, chose fish over meat, organic over processed, lots of water, ate
lots of greens, etc...well, since I've moved back to Hawaii I haven't
been able to maintain healthy habits. I'm weak. It's very
easy to succumb to the "plate lunch culture". Hence, the 2-year
membership at The Gym. My attempt to return to healthy habits.
(This is not a New Year's resolution)
The Gym....first, what a bargain. It's by no means posh but if
the borderling-bare bones accomodations means passing the discount onto
the members then I'm all for it...I mean, it's not nasty and stinky
(there is AC) but they really pack those machines in. Went in the
morning today....90% women, older women (geriatrics). . .actually saw
the waitress from Zippy's (the Hawaiian version of "Denny's", but has
become an institution here) and I could have sworn she was still
wearing her hair net. Anway, nice not to have been surrounded by
nasty, predatorial men... I actually heard from the reception lady that
they usually surface on Tues. and Thurs. in the evenings...
I popped my head in the aerobics class and was quite disappointed with
the instructor -- I'll call her "Healthy Pear". Think of it this
way - it's quite simple - if you were to hire a trainer to help sculpt
your figure wouldn't you feel confident with someone who had a great
body, one that you would want yourself? Well, Healthy Pear was no
inspiration. It really didn't help either that she looked like
she just walked off the set of Flashdance (yes, remember the eighties?)
Well, let's see how consistently I can go to the gym...I haven't really
curbed my diet yet as I'm taking baby steps. I'm by no means fat
(can manage a size 2) but I want to live long and feel
better. Really.
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| blOGriNg...
What's the deal with folks who write like that? Maybe I'm just
not hip or down with it but, geez..I was just scrolling through the
blogrings on xanga just to see who and what is out there. Some
posts are downright strange and creepy, some are
borderline-pornographic (surprise, surprise), some are humorous, some
sound damn pretentious, some sound desperate....most just sounded like
teen angst -- the basic victim-esque "I am so misunderstood" deal that
frankly, I feel quite old. I can't imagine many 40 year olds
writing on xanga (not that I am - but to those who are don't worry
since 40 is the new 30) but I guess it's nice to have a forum to
share daily thoughts...well, I won't be so ambitious as to write
everyday but I'll do my best. g'night.
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| House of Flying Daggers...
So Michael (my significant other) and I saw House of Flying Daggers and
I just loved it. Michael was resigned to it -- typical "Hollywood
ending" he said... I guess I'm more of a sap.... Well, we saw "Hero"
with Chris & Cindy (my bro & his wife) when they were here over
the Holidays so I just figured we'd see the "companion
piece." I'd call it an arthouse soap opera with beautiful
cinematography & equally beautiful actors (I actually did an IMDb
search on "Jin" aka Takeshi Kaneshiro. ) The costumes were visually
stunning -- Michael actually met the designer, Emi Wada when we were
living in LA. I'm sure she'll get an Oscar nod for her talents
either for Hero or Daggers this year.
Michael's a big fan of Asian cinema. I've always loved Foreign
Films in general - I'm never really partial to any country or
region....Michael prefers them because they're not as "A.D.D." as
Western/American film. There's actually real conversation with
real acting as opposed to the video game aesthetic (Charlies Angels for
example)....don't get me wrong though...I do like watching
brainless/A-list actor movies just for fun - I like to be
entertained in that sense on occasion...
We just rented The Terminal (Zeta Jones and Tom Hanks) and Intermission
(semi- Indie flick with Colin Farrell). I just got the former
since it seemed like a pleasant family flick and we want to view it
with Pops. The Farrell movie must have obscene language by
default of the actor so totally inappropriate for Pops - we'll
watch it in privacy.
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