#Hawai'i Island

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sea hawk by BarryFackler Via Flickr: Hawksbill Turtle

[noeavoiding]

Adam Nagaitis as Ryan || American Star

[floridagirlboy]

go check out @nevgovhater's marching band headcanons. done with that? ok. good. time for orchestra headcanons.

gov is the conductor. i need not say anything else.

1. ALABAMA — second violin. just strikes me as the type. he doesn't like to sit in the front or back, he prefers middle of the section.

2. ALASKA — double bass. specifically 2nd chair. he has the skill to be principal bassist but he has zero interest in being a section leader.

3. ARIZONA — cello. not sure why. i think they started out as a violinist, decided it wasn't for them, and then switched over to cello. they sit in the second row. 3rd or 4th chair.

4. ARKANSAS — first violin. in the back. got put into this class on accident and just hasn't switched out. used to be a second violin but switched sections later on. his old sectionmates haven't forgiven him.

5. CALIFORNIA — started out playing the viola. could not get along with them (they play around too much for his taste). accidentally broke his shoulder rest and that was the crucible for him switching to cello. he's a cellist.

6. COLORADO — viola, middle of the section. half-asleep at most rehearsals. people outside of the viola section forget he's there. always has an unreasonable amount of pencils on his person, all his section borrows them. only time he is not stoned is at a concert.

7. CONNECTICUT — concertmaster/principal first violinist/first chair. the kind of guy who slowly turns and stares at you after a song during rehearsal if you fucked up a chord really bad. will get onto his sectionmates for not bringing their stuff and say something like "next time i'm just not letting you borrow it" but he always does. he's a provider to his section. he cares about them a lot. same with the rest of the orchestra. just wants everyone to do their best. also he has tiny erasers on him to chuck at florida when he won't pay attention.

8. DELAWARE — second violinist, second chair. not sure why. just is.

9. FLORIDA — ...principal violist. he is the bane of gov's existence. main guy who drove california out of the viola section by being too silly but keeps begging him to come back. he has referred to this incident as the "viola section divorce", much to california's irritation, but he's started playing into the joke as well. he's a really good player but cannot focus to save his life. takes the most incomprehensible sheet music notes you've ever seen. you can't read half the notes on his sheet music because he wrote over them in the process of marking it. really good teacher to his section outside of the joking around way too much.

10. GEORGIA — second viola, has been florida's stand partner throughout all of orchestra. one of three people who can decipher florida's music (the other two being florida and louisiana; louisiana isn't even in their section, but florida taught him viola for funsies). dozes off immediately after rehearsal ends, but not during it.

11. HAWAI'I — first violin, second chair. chats with delaware sometimes since they sit next to each other. the only person she trusts to borrow her tuner, rosin, or cloth is alaska (and, lately, rhode island).

12. IDAHO — second violin.

13. ILLINOIS — first violin. i think he plays cello at home though.

14. INDIANA — cello.

15. IOWA — ..cello. maybe.

16. KANSAS — second violin or cello.

17. KENTUCKY — second violin or viola.

18. LOUISIANA — viola, second chair. florida's stand partner. he holds onto everything except the sheet music (which is surprisingly the only thing florida does not lose). actually joined orchestra because florida kept pestering him to. he got really good really quick because he has prior music experience.

19. MAINE — back of the bass section.

20. MARYLAND — clarinet

21. MASSACHUSETTS — first violin.

22. MICHIGAN — second violin.

23. MINNESOTA — first violin.

24. MISSISSIPPI — viola or second violin.

25. MISSOURI — viola.

26. MONTANA — second violin.

27. NEBRASKA — cello.

28. NEVADA — cello or first violin.

29. NEW HAMPSHIRE — cello.

30. NEW JERSEY — second violin.

31. NEW MEXICO — viola.

32. NEW YORK — cellist. wishes he was a violinist or violist sometimes but you'd have to waterboard that information out of him because he makes fun of the upper strings all the time.

33. NORTH CAROLINA — second violin. used to be a viola but switched over because his brother kept pissing him off.

34. NORTH DAKOTA — first violin. also switched sections to escape his sibling (former second violinist).

35. OHIO — viola.

36. OKLAHOMA — viola.

37. OREGON — first violin.

38. PENNSYLVANIA — first violin.

39. RHODE ISLAND — principal bassist. first chair because alaska doesn't wanna be there. he is so much fucking smaller than his bass that it's outright comedic. he sits on the stool to play and his feet don't even come close to the ground. perfectly capable of carrying his bass strength-wise but the size of it makes it a bitch, so alaska helps him. sometimes hawai'i if alaska is busy.

40. SOUTH CAROLINA — viola.

41. SOUTH DAKOTA — second violin.

42. TENNESSEE — first violin.

43. TEXAS — second violin. picked up the violin and he is not a fan but he's been with it so long he just doesn't know how to switch instruments. wishes he was a cellist. stares longingly at the cello section. he is allergic to shifting.

44. UTAH — first violin.

45. VERMONT — second violin.

46. VIRGINIA — first violin.

47. WASHINGTON — first violin.

48. WEST VIRGINIA — viola.

49. WISCONSIN — first violin.

50. WYOMING — bass.

[no-passaran]

How Military Jet Fuel Leaked Into Hawai'i's Drinking Water

One of the environmental and health catastrophes caused by the US military occupation of Hawai'i has been the water poisoning. This short documentary explores this topic and how it has been obscured to avoid responsibility.

[gameraboy2]

Orchid Island Hotel, Hilo, Hawaii

[cloudselkie]

If anyone in Hawai'i needs current news on the Mauna Loa erruption, HI Podd will be going live again with USGS scientists and the mayor of Hawai'i Island in approximately 30 minutes (4:30 AM local time).

[ker4unos]

MELANESIA, MICRONESIA & POLYNESIA RESOURCES

The Anthropological Masterlist is HERE.

Melanesia is an Oceanian subregion that includes Fiji, Vanuatu, and more. Micronesia is an Oceanian subregion that includes Kiribati, the Caroline Islands, and more. These two subregions have cultural similarities to the Austronesians.

THE CAROLINE ISLANDS ─ “The Caroline Islands are a group of Micronesian islands.” ─ Caroline Islands Information ─ Pohnpei Political Mythology

CHAMORRO ─ “The Chamorro, or Chamoru, people are an Indigenous Micronesian people. They are native to the Mariana Islands.” ─ Chamorro Culture ─ Chamorro Grammar ─ Chamorro Dictionary

FIJI ─ “The Fijian people are a Melanesian people that share the Fijian culture. They are native to Fiji.” ─ Fijian Information ─ Fijian Culture ─ Fijian History

THE GILBERT ISLANDS ─ “The Gilbert Islands are a group of Micronesian islands, between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii. Today, it belongs to Kiribati.” ─ Numbers in Gilbertese ─ Gilbertese Phonetics ─ Kiribati Dictionary

Polynesia is an Oceanian subregion that includes New Zealand, Hawai’i, and more.

THE COOK ISLANDS ─ “The Cook Islands are a group of Polynesian islands that belong to New Zealand.” ─ Songs and Legends from the Cook Islands ─ Cook Islands Dictionary

HAWAI’I ─ “The Hawai’ian people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to the Hawai’ian Islands.” ─ Kingdom of Hawai’i ─ Hawai’ian Mythology ─ Hawai’ian Dictionary

ILOCANO ─ “The Ilocano, or Iloko, people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to the Ilocos Region of the Philippines.” ─ Ilocano Information ─ Ilocano Pride ─ Ilocano Dictionary

MANGAIA ─ “The Mangaian people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to Mangaia.” ─ Mangaia Information ─ Mangaia Mythology ─ Mangaia Prehistory

MĀORI ─ “The Māori people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to mainland New Zealand, or Aotearoa.” ─ Māori Traditions ─ Māori History ─ Māori Language

MORIORI ─ “The Moriori people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to the Chatham Islands in New Zealand.” ─ Moriori Information ─ Moriori Information ─ Moriori Language

NAURU ─ “The Nauruan people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to Nauru.” ─ Nauru Information ─ Tribes of Nauru ─ American Relations with Nauru

NIUE ─ “The Niuean people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to Niue.” ─ Niue Information ─ Niue History ─ Plants and Animals in the Niuean Language

RAPA NUI ─ “The Rapa Nui people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to Easter Island.” ─ Rapa Nui Culture ─ Rapa Nui and the Art of Tattoos ─ Rapa Nui and Colonization

ROTUMA ─ “The Rotumans are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to the island of Rotuma.” ─ Rotuman Information ─ Rotuman Language

SAMOA ─ “The Samoan people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to the Samoan Islands.” ─ American Samoan Culture ─ Samoan History ─ Samoan Language

THE TOKELAU ISLANDS ─ “The Tokelauan people are an Indigenous Polynesian people. They are native to the Tokelau Islands.” ─ Tokelauan Culture ─ Tokelauans in New Zealand ─ Tokelauan Language

[themanhattanfoodproject]

We spent a week in Hawaii last month on the big island of Hawaii itself, and one thing I was looking forward to was eating lots and lots of poke. I am someone who does my research before I go somewhere, and something I figured out pretty quickly in trying to better understand where we were staying was that there were a couple of grocery stores in the immediate vicinity, and the better one for my purposes was located up the road from our resort village in the next one, in part because it was a local chain and the touted their house-made poke, but also because they had a loyalty program and a pretty decent-looking selection of private brand products.

Foodland Farms definitely delivered. We went there on our first full day in Hawaii to pick up some poke for lunch and local snacks for the room, and basically everything we got was a homerun. The lady working at the poke counter was happy to give us samples and was clearly very proud of the poke on offer, and she made it really difficult to pick a couple for our first forays, but it was of little matter because we’d get lunch here most days as it was on the way back from the tradeshow my husband was attending, so we tried a lot. 

Not pictured was the seaweed salad I had later in the week, and damn, I wish it was more widely embraced because it’s my favorite salad out there. It’s savory, it has great texture, and unlike salads made with baby greens, it can stand to sit for a while and not turn into soup. 

(Photo of the store from their website, because I didn’t get a photo while we were there, stupidly.)

If you find yourself going to Hawaii Island and staying at either the Hilton Waikoloa Village or the Fairmont Orchid, do yourself a favor and sign up for a loyalty account for the Foodland Farms Mauna Lani and take advantage of the great deals and even better, freshly-made poke.

[mapsoffun]

Right after my last swim at the big Kona Pool at the resort on Wednesday, a lady sat down next to me and we started chatting while I dried off and waited for M to come back with our lunch. She had lived all around Hawaii for decades at that point, and had just successfully finished treatment for skin cancer, and I got some fascinating snippets of her life story, including how she survived three husbands, and how “most of them weren’t my fault!”

Here’s the rundown:

Her first husband was a rock star and they had a son together, but they got divorced about ten years later.

Her second husband, whom she met in her early thirties “when all the good men my age were already taken,” was at least 11 years her junior, and she got tired of him because she had to explain all of her jokes to him.

Her third husband was her soul mate, and they were married for nearly 30 years and he had recently passed away.

She also made a point to mention to me that there was a really cool beach between the resort and the airport where the locals go to, which ended up being ‘Alula Beach, a little cove which is part of Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park. It was so beautiful and peaceful, and while we didn't see any sea turtles, it was a lovely little respite. Located behind a harbor, admission is free and it’s definitely worth checking out if you want to get a real beach experience that a resort can’t fully provide.

[historyineverything]

Legends Of The Wailuku by Charlotte Hapai Published in 1920

Notes and Dedication: As told by old Hawaiians and done into the English tongue by Charlotte Hapai. To remember our happy hours of story-telling, this printed fragment is in gratitude dedicated to my grandmother, Harriet Kamakanoenoe Hapai.

If you would like to read the full book, you can find many versions in your library or online. This book is in the public domain. You can find it on many sites. Ex. Project Gutenberg and Google Play Books.

Disclaimer: The book is available in the public domain and may contain some historical inaccuracy. I summarize the book to the best of my ability or highlight excerpts of interesting facts. If you would like to add information, advise a current article/book, and/or critically analyze the book, it is welcome. Thank you.

[doctorwhoisadhd]

actually statistically, between jaylen and parker, most garages songs are about the fridays

[bikerlovertexas]

[yaworldchallenge]

🇺🇸🌺 Hawai’i

Region: Oceania / Pacific Ocean

One Boy, No Water

Author: Lehua Parker

285 pages, published 2016 - Part of a series

Original language: English

Native author? Yes

Age: Middle Grade-Teen

Blurb:

When you're allergic to water, growing up in Hawaii isn't always paradise.

Everybody loves Jay. I love my brother, too. Sometimes I wish I could be him--a surfing star instead of the weird kid allergic to water, the Blalahs' favorite punching bag. But that's not the worst of it.

In the middle of the night, I dream. There's a mysterious girl who lives in a magical place and acts like she knows me better than I know myself. We hide from the Man with Too Many Teeth. Some nights I wake up with my heart pounding and the urge to eat raw meat. It's just a dream, right?

But then I saw him, the Man with Too Many Teeth, walking along the reef at Piko Point.

Not even Jay can protect me now.

One Boy, No Water is Book 1 in the Niuhi Shark Saga trilogy. Told from an indigenous perspective and set in a contemporary Hawaiian world where all the Hawaiian myths and legends are real, the series explores belonging, adoption, being different, bullying, defining family, and learning to turn weaknesses into strengths.

Other reps: #indigenous

Genres: #fantasy, contemporary #mythology #family

My thoughts:

Why is a US state on my country list? Well, technically Hawai’i could be called an occupied kingdom (the US annexed the independent kingdom in violation of international law). But another reason is - because I want to! Several regions and territories that aren’t officially countries will be on my list just because they are interesting.

Review to come.

Bookshop.org link | Kindle link

[basuralindo]

If you've ever wondered why people in Hawai'i hate tourists, try to wrap your mind around the fact that there are CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, tourists sipping martinis and looking at fish within swimming range of the fresh corpses of local people who couldn't escape the overnight destruction of their entire town.

Try to comprehend that there are fully functional, high capacity boats passing through the waters in front of an area full of survivors who are stranded and in need of supplies, refusing to help. They are hosting snorkeling tours.

Really think about, try your best to actually picture over two thousand people unhoused and in need of shelter, with nothing but the clothes on their backs and nothing to return to. Understand that the island, stolen land, is littered with hotels full of air conditioned of rooms with beds and showers and toilets, each fully equipped to host hundreds of families for weeks, turning these people away because they're booked up with tourists who refuse to leave.

And understand that these tourists were offered free transport to return home or be hosted on other islands. Free. Courtesy of local tax dollars. 4,000 wealthy tourists were offered free flights shelter on Oahu and begged to leave the island, BEFORE the survivors were given shelter.

And enough still insisted on remaining and carrying out their vacations that people are left without shelter and resources while they enjoy "their stay in paradise".

[Edit]: This current situation, and this type of tourist behavior is horrifying beyond words. In other circumstances, the tourism situation is much more complicated, and I need to ask that people do not add on to this post unless they are local.