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Tuesday, 13 November 2007

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    The Holiday
    By Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach
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    My feelings...

    I dream about Hawai'i almost every night. 



    Kuu Home O Kahaluu

    Composed By: Jerry Santos
    Performed By: Barefoot Natives (they do my favorite version)



    E          A                 E                           
    I remember days when we were younger, 
                       A                   E       B7
    we used to catch `o`opu in the mountain stream
    E                  A                  E                         
    'round the Ko'olau hills we`d ride on horseback, 
                   A              E
    so long ago it seems it was a dream


    A                           E       A                           E
    Last night I dreamt I was returning, and my heart called out to you
    E              A               E                           
    But I fear you won`t be like I left you.  
                     B7           E
    Me ke `aloha Ku'u Home 'O Kahalu'u


    E          A                 E                         
    I remember days when we were wiser, 
                       A                E        B7
    when our world was small enough for dreams
    E            A                    E             A             E
    And you have lingered there my sister, and I no longer can it seems
             

    A                           E       A                          E
    Last night I dreamt I was returning, and my heart called out to you
    E            A           E                         B7           E  
    But I fear I am not as I left you. Me ke aloha Ku'u Home 'O Kahalu'u 


    B7                             E
    Change is a strange thing it cannot be denied, 
    B7                               E
    It can help you find yourself or make you lose your pride
    A                      E
    Move with it slowly as on the road we go
    A                               B7
    Please do not hold on to me, we all must go alone


    E          A                 E                            
    I remember days when we were smiling, 
                        A                    E      B7
    when we laughed and sang the whole night long
    E          A              E                  A                      E
    And I will greet you as I find you, with the sharing of a brand new song
             

    A                           E       A                          E
    Last night I dreamt I was returning, and my heart called out to you
    E           A                 E                         B7           E 
    To please accept me as you'll find me. Me ke `aloha Ku'u Home 'O Kahalu'u 


    E               B7           E
    Me ke aloha Ku'u Home 'O Kahalu'u





Tuesday, 06 November 2007

  • Currently Watching
    The Man From Snowy River
    By Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan, Kirk Douglas, Tommy Dysart, Bruce Kerr
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    Excitement in Nashville

    Yesterday, I finally found a dentist, and even better, this dentist even took Tricare, the military insurance! Woohoo! Exciting times. But that's not what I'm going to talk about. Not really.

    So anyway, I found this dentist, and they got me in yesterday afternoon due to a cancellation - same day service! I got my teeth cleaned, got those yucky xrays taken where they stick something in your mouth, wait until you can't possibly help yourself, gag until your eyes run with tears, and then they take the xray... anyway. It was cool because they had the patient chairs facing the window so you could look outside, or at your own tv. I watched a storm roll in and it was pretty cool.

    On the way home from the cleaning, I was talking to my mom on the phone and had the radio on in the background. They came in with a weather announcement. After living in Hawaii, we had weather announcements often several times a day, so I kind of got used to tuning them out (which I suppose is very counterproductive). Anyway, I caught a few phrases out of this weather announcement like "take cover immediately" and "seek shelter". That, combined with the fact I was driving toward darkness with lots of lightning, convinced me to hang up with my mom to figure out what was going on.

    I discarded my plan to take massive amounts of cans and bottles and jars to the recycling station and just drove home. When I got home, I turned on the tv to the local station, and looked at the weather report. The weatherwoman had two squares drawn over the Nashville map, in red flashing lines. Conveniently, I was right where the two overlapped. We had a tornado warning. She advised me to go to the most secure place in the house, which I took a few seconds to figure out was probably our bathroom. I headed there with a candle, flashlight, and my phone and left the tv on.

    Well, nothing ever really came of this tornado, that I know of. We got a ton of rain in a short time, some wind, and that was about it. So, I think my grand tally of the past two years is now:

    Tsunami warning - check (but the surge was less than a foot)
    Earthquake - check (6.2, I believe, plus aftershocks)
    Volcanic activity - check (though none threatened our house)
    Hurricane warning - check (though nothing materialized)
    Drought - check (even in one of the rainiest cities in the US, Hilo)
    Tornado warning - check

    Shad insists this isn't very much. We still have an avalanche, lahar, landslide/mudflow, sinkhole, flood, limnic eruption, maelstrom, seiche (Shad's favorite to discuss), blizzard, hailstorm, heatwave (I'm not sure if this summer in Nashville counts), ice age, and ice storm to go, if you count all of the natural disasters listed by wikipedia.

Saturday, 27 October 2007