thank you.

thank you mom. for instilling individualism, passion, love of music, empathy for others, and adventure in me. thank you for all the support and encouragement you gave me. you were an amazing woman and my heart warms at the thought of you. i miss you very much.

thank you dad. for always being there when i need you. thank you for being dependable and loving and giving. i love you.

thank you aaron, tanya, monica, darwin & sophia, and the unga's. for so many years of laughter and adventures.

thank you shine. for sharing your heart with me. for joining our lives together with such grace. i love every day with you.

thank you besties. for always being there for me. for having fun and being silly and remembering to laugh and making me feel good about myself and compassion. i am eternally grateful.

thank you radiohead. for making genius music and having phenomenal shows that drag me all across the country and sometimes outside of it.

random

some pictures from my phone.


i am a good baby sitter.

elyjah. i miss him!


jack-o-lantern i carved before halloween.

i took the holes out of my face. for my job. i kind of miss them a little. bored/tired on my graveyard shift.

if i wrote you a symphony...

our struggles are becoming less by the day and i am grateful for that. our smiles are abundant and our love is endless. we are creating a home together. my heart feels like it is going to burst at the seams; there is so much hope and happiness stuffed in there.

acrobats fall

gold leaves fly off skinny branches
cold gusts under their bellies
twirl like acrobats
doing somersaults in midair
fall to the ground
like a parachute forgot to open

kiss in

my girlfriend and i are in this promo video for the kiss-in on august 15th.

hawaii, so far

i have been in hawaii for 24 days. here are some of the things i have done, via my camera phone.

the pictures loaded in backwards and i am too lazy to reorder them. so, they start with the most recent.






laie falls

hiking laie falls trail

sign outside someone's gate by the beginning of laie falls trail


coconut husks in my neighbor's yard. that sign is not at my neighbor's yard.


isaiah and elyjah. nephews.



shark's cove. niece and nephew, indica and elyjah

my friend's daughter, eva, chowing down on some pineapple on the 4th.

sunrise at kakela beach

laie point
laie point

nephew elyjah
nephews and niece. isaiah, elyjah, and kajlee on a swing at clissold's beach


me and my nephews, elyjah and isaiah, at waimea beach park

laie days

my days in hawaii are long lasting. every inch of my skin is painted and plastered in sunlight. the air is thick and it hangs low and clings to me like spiderwebs as i walk. the roosters are screaming trumpets in the morning. there is nothing to alarm about. seems quite unnecessary to rouse my senses this early in the day. i do miss the quiet and still. light breathing and silent airspace between my head and anywhere else. this house is a cacophony of clashing and banging and lumbering footsteps and hollering tongues.