November 24, 2006
November 09, 2006
Shameless Plug and Halloween
The Bishop Museum Press just got their first copies of our new edition of Pacific Island Names. The above is a comparison of the previous editions maps and the new ones...maps by me on the new one.
I'm inordinately proud mostly because it was a helluva lot of work, not that we're breaking any new ground. About 40-50 maps with HUNDREDS of labels and THOUSANDS of islands....glad it's over and very nice to hold it in my hands finally.
So if you need to know where to find (and yes they are real names) Blup Blup, Rat, Ngerekebesang, Yalewa Kalou, or Bikini (pronounce bick-in-ee I think), you NEED a copy of Pacific Island Names. Might not be in your local Border's but you can always use the Museum's website....
Enough with the shameless plug.
So Halloween was insane. Ma'ema'e goes full out, no holds barred for everybody's favorite pagan holiday. Nearly every kid, teacher, and staff were in costume and since the school is convenient to town, lots of media were there too. We got to see Lily on two different channels.
The two weekends previous we spent over at Dave and Kristen's creating the Carport of Terror 2.0 (see last year's CoT here) and on the big night.....?
TRAFFIC HELL.
Instead of slogging for an hour to get to Dave and Kristen's only to have to then turn right around we did the obvious. Went to Bishop Museum and waited in line for an hour at Treat Street....and then went straight home.
Didn't get a chance to don my costume, but the kids were happy and still gnoshing away at candy two weeks later.
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