Thursday, July 31

today is really la ho`iho`i ea, but we celebrated that last sunday, on the 27th. it was okay. lots of booths and kid games. i must be getting old because i'm constantly listening for new info or ideas, but seldom find them at these gatherings. maybe because that's not what these gatherings are for. actually i think it's about activists celebrating themselves. i can relate. we certainly don't do enough of that!

tomorrow evening i'm heading out to san francisco with cast and crew to do the re-enactment at berkeley and in ukiah. our club got a small grant from people's fund to cover airfare (actually we were short of money and had to kick in our own funds!). keanu's coming along as part of his, and our, attempts at exposure--exposing the truth of the continued existence of the hawaiian kingdom and the work of our ancestors who signed their names to the petitions against annexation of hawaii to the u.s. i think it's good work. and we never know who will be in the audience who may hear something that will cause them to take up the cause. if the queen were here today, she might be directing the re-enactment and the broader work of our club! last friday we did a performance for students at hawaiian studies. i thought there were a bunch of flubbed lines, but only the cast noticed! the students seemed to enjoy it and spent another hour talking with keanu after we had all left. good news! na opio will definitely have to pick it up! we're gettin' too old!

last week i went to kalaeloa with shad kane to look at the sites that are, ultimately, slated for destruction. made me very sad. but i took some videos and posted them on youtube. check it out: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kalaeloa+shad&search_type=&aq=f

i also took a ride to the omega station and took photos of the H-3 from underneath. i didn't realize there were so many buildings in the area, and all of them have been tagged. some of the artists did a great job! impressive. check out the video below: