The Mini Me's

Aunty Chris took the kids for an outing last Sunday. 

They were stoked that they got to ride in a sport (ok, sporty) car.

A good time was had by all.

Here's hoping.

Like so many millions of people, I'm on Facebook and yes, it's totally addicting. Like all fads or diseases, there is a classic infection curve. Slate has a great story of one of the mini-fads within Facebook - The 25 Random Things.

The graph shows the growth of 25 Random Things in the facebook world. With my low, (relatively) unhip, and (for the most part) trusted friend count, I didn't get hit up to do my own until February 10 well after the epidemic had begun to peter out.

I'm hoping that my unsociability in the real world (reflected by my paltry Facebook friend total) will save me when ebola or bird flu goes airborne, or people start turning into zombies. 

I'll be up in the hills with a shotgun and MRE's by that time. 

*Note to self. Find out where to get shotgun, how to load shotgun, how to fire shotgun, research zombie physiology to exploit weaknesses. Don't forget can opener for MRE's. And MRE's. Bug spray. Sunblock. Couple books. Definitely a guitar....

Alright.(Some of) you asked for it.

Got some grief that I've been slacking. 

Pull up a chair and pop a 12oz. of your choice: this might take a while.

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Punahou Carnival

malasadas.whiteelephant.games.midway.rides.booths.friends.nomud.announcements.gyros.hamburgers.ferris.whee.lfun.house.

Oh the lines

Ferris wheel: going up!

Quite the view from up high....

Not actually scared...

Getting too big for this...

Finally! Jake get's to go on the REAL rides!

This is gonna ROCK!

Hey....wait a minute. Why do they lock us in? Um...hold on....

Joy

Aftermath - parents.

OK. While I'm faking, Kim is Boom Boom Out Go the Lights.

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New Year's (Chinese)

Tradition: go to Chinatown and watch Lion Dances

Gotta give them the lychee for good luck ;)

DRAGON!

Couple pics by Jake.

Picture 15 of a 234 part series. 

Pretty girls in Corvettes. 

Jake's favorite photographic subjects.

From on top of Dad's shoulders - quite the crowd scene.

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New Year's (Western)

Tradition: bouliabaisse and hang out.

In you go !

Dad prepares to dig in....

Adding insult to injury.

Lobster + crab + butter + poi + garlic bread (not shown) = mmmmmmggmmfgrgrg*

*Note - sound your stomach makes when quite pleased.

Another tradition. 

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Uncle Kahea and Auntie Ying's wedding.

A great wish was granted by Uncle Kahea/Uncle Jacob when Lily and Jake got to be part of the wedding party as  Flower Girl and Ring Bearer. 

We also got to be part of the rehearsal and dinner where O‘ahu was treated to an islandwide....

BLACKOUT! Fortunately for the happy couple, that was pretty much the ONLY thing that went wrong with the ceremony or anything else that weekend....they got it out of the way nice and early.

Got some cool pics out of it though. Not so cool that people didn't complain when I made them the masthead. Fine!

We'll go with the traditional....

Getting hammered on virgin mango martinis

Playas.  

And I don't mean Mexican beaches. Wait. Maybe I do, since should it be Playahs....? Is there a correct spelling for Ebonics terms?

Can you see two things wrong with the gestures in this photo?

Looking handsome

Mom and Kalei do a hula

Signing the cast

Dad goes with the Jackass theme....

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XMAS!

An Easy-Bake oven for xmas....


and Lily officially joins American Girlhood.


Xmas present time! Got all sorts of goodies from all over....

Got a Wii from Tutu Kane: Jake in mid-lightsaber duel. 

Reason 1.2 billion why living in Hawaii rules....

....when your Auntie Bandit get's you a Slip-n-Slide for Xmas, you can use it THAT DAY !

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Caution: Nerd Zone below.

Haven't been showing off the models lately vie this venue since I've become a little self-conscious since it's just a bit dorky. But damn! I'm getting good ! 

So suffer.

Kinda proud of this one. Painted to match the plane of an Iraqi defector who flew his MiG-21 to Israel in the last 60's. They put it to use to learn about their opposition and even had it on standby as an interceptor.

What was fun was the painting. Did it all in one fell swoop. Of course that meant a serious job with the...

Masking tape. About 5 hours of work, cutting, planning, testing, for about 2 minutes of spraying.

Kim and I are complete BSG nerds now. She got me a Viper kit for my b-day.

I've wanted to make one of these since I was 10.

Last one promise.

An Israeli F-16. One of the ones that took out Saddam Hussein's under-construction nuclear reactor in 1981. Interestingly, one of the pilots on that mission, Ilon Ramon, was at the controls of Space Shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated on reentry. That's his plane that I made....

First in flight one I've made. Here's a look at the base made from scraps from around the Museum....

An actual quote....

From the new chairman of the Republican National Committee:

"Not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job."

Wow.

He's the former Lt. Governor of Maryland - did they privatize the executive branch or something?

Teachers? Cops? Firemen? Road repair? The public sector makes up nearly 20% of the workers in this country.

The GOP today are Hoover redux.

Don't know why....

but watching this video sure makes me want to play music. Would have embedded it but it's disallowed.

What's not to like?

• Electric guitar


• Feedback


• Dune reference


• David Lynch's Dune reference


• A level of seriousness that makes you wonder if in fact what you are watching is meant ironically or not

Way cool