Super Saturday

it's actually sunday as i write this, almost 1 am. wanted to talk a bit about what an amazing saturday i had. started out at 4 am riding out to kukaniloko with pilipo and leota to participate in ceremony on the fall equinox, sept. 20-21. we watched the swearing in ceremony of mahealani (forgot his last name) as he became kahuna for kukaniloko. it was pitch dark as we walked along the newly cut trail, among tall grasses (cows would have had a ball there!). i truly felt the presence of all kinds of folks other than ourselves and it made me happy. sometimes i get tired of thinking that we can actually make any kind of change at all. i don't think we can unless we have lots of help from outside this world. after the ceremony we headed over to dot's at wahiawa for breakfast (james, me, maria, robert, pono, kamuela, leota, pilipo). later we were joined by another couple who were at the ceremony. they trace their genealogy to queen kalama and gave us lots and lots of genealogy. it drained my energy. but talking with robert was really interesting. his major interest is in geomancy. luckily i had a little bit of knowledge about that, so didn't come across as a total idiot. the more he explained, the more fascinated i was. my energy level went up.

we got home around 10 am, took a shower, and hit the bed for a couple of hours. then we went down to palolo studio for some 'downtime', at evern's invite. it really was downtime! there was a karaoke machine set up. everybody brought food and some serious singing took place. i hadn't laughed so much in a very long time. and i didn't know all these folks around me could sing! jeff, who works at the studio, brought his saxophone and played a bit. check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okSksqM24AQ

i noticed my own reaction to jeff's playing. i felt like he was giving us all a present and i was honored by it all. we were there several hours, listening to all the attempts at singing and laughing at our silliness. kamuela put on his elvis persona. what a crack up. haven't had time to upload kamuela yet, but will tomorrow.