Random Awesomeness

Announcements, rants, affirmations and all else that doesn’t quite fit into the other categories are posted here. From poetry that probably won’t be made into a song, to in-the-moment expressions of thoughts and feelings that probably won’t make it into a story. I will share here, whatever comes to mind and heart. Occasionally, I also may take creative writing pieces from my past, revise and revive them to post here.

2/7/18: The Morning Practice (The Re-Mind)

Inhale, two, three, four, five, six… Exhale, two, three, four, five, six… Inhale, two, three, four, five, six… Exhale, two, three, four, five, six… I am so very thankful I am so very blessed To all of you my lovely friends My soul's exposed... undressed You fill my heart with beauty You clear my mind [...]

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1/24/18: The Morning Practice (The Payoff)

  In this place I get to gush Show me how Together Blush? Acknowledge times not aware Boldly now Poetic Where? I found the payoff I found the payoff I found the payoff Random noise can not compete Inhale, two, three, four, five, six… Exhale, two, three, four, five, six… Inhale, two, three, four, five, [...]

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1/17/18: Housing Search February 14, 2008

This next video was a fun little exercise. I needed to find a place in town so I wouldn't have to continue to commute from Waialua to my new Handi Van job. A good friend and I were seriously thinking of getting a place together. Anyway, you get the idea, I went on a tour of [...]

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1/16/18: Theodora at Kainoa’s February 9, 2008

The above screen shot is from 2008. It was the first video I uploaded to YouTube that was of artists other than myself. I was still living in Waialua, on the north shore of Oahu and my band Social Smokers was playing regularly at a bar in Haleiwa called "Kainoa's Pancake House and Sports Bar".  The [...]

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1/7/18: Smoke Em While you Can (January 17, 2008)

So Smoke em, while you can We’re all dying slowly anyway man ------------------------------------- The creative juices were certainly flowing back in early 2008. Despite the chaos of my life, I was writing songs left and right. Here's another video I put up on YouTube that same day I did Good Boy. It's called Smoke Em While you [...]

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1/6/18: Good Boy (January 2008)

Now I don’t do much of anything I don’t make such a fuss I just live to write songs and sing as I’m driving my bus ------------------------------------------------------- December 7th 2007 This is a screen shot of the first thing I uploaded to Facebook. Just after creating my account. It was a video. Probably saying something [...]

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1/4/18: The Morning Practice (Evidence)

Wake up, Wake up, wa, wa, wa, Wake up! ------------------------------------------- Mind: "I'm going to have to cut it short this morning." Body: "oooooch!!! aaahhh!!! Dang!!" Push... Release... Sit... Ommm... Ommm... Ommm... Inhale, two, three, four, five, six… Exhale, two, three, four, five, six… Inhale, two, three, four, five, six… Exhale, two, three, four, five, six… Ahhh... [...]

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12/31/17: The Morning Practice (Never Ending…)

Inhale, two, three, four, five, six… Exhale, two, three, four, five, six… Inhale, two, three, four, five, six… Exhale, two, three, four, five, six… ------------------------------------------- Look at the truth. Feel the real. Give up the comfortable lies. Embrace the glorious life... Of love. ------------------------------------------ Inhale, two, three, four, five, six… Exhale, two, three, four, five, [...]

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12/20/17: Deviation and Affirmation, A Cruel Paradox

Well I used to be a good boy, but that’s a long time ago If it was ever good for anything it’s in the stories I have told   ------------------------------------------------------------ Indeed,  This process of looking back and writing these stories about being a good boy is good for a whole lot. Perhaps everything. They bring up what [...]

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