Pookie65|W|P|Your site is going to look great. Love the shades of red and the logo. I've bookmarked and will add to my blog links. Kudos!
Glenn Ingersoll|W|P|I updated my DIR link! ... Hm. Sleepy 'round here. Lexie|W|P|You have pretty cool blog here. What's up with these weird posts? Anyway, I like your blog and will proably be back.
Take care.
Lexie
Oh and another cool site is a exercise to burn fat fast site about other weight loss stuff.
|W|P|112493244942775552|W|P|Sculpt|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com Sean|W|P|New look since I was last by, nice! Getting back into things is the hardest part for sure, too much of a price to pay with hurning the next day!Glad things sound like they are going well for your though.
-Sean
WaywardPuppy.com
savante|W|P|When are we gonna see you holding up a dumbbell with underwear on? :)paul
Spencer|W|P|What Savante said get in them undies! nfwnohow|W|P|strengthnet is always awesome isn't it?Right on gettin' back on!! We all have times when we have to take a week or a few days off... it's good for you. Don't be too hard on yourself, just don't fail to get back on!
:D
Now I wasn't all that athletically inclined when I was in high school... but hell, if a guy likes that wants to throw a few passes, you can bet I'll re-arrange my schedule anytime!! No time like the present to learn a new sport, right? =)
Hmmm maybe I should go back to hanging at the beach and re-train as a swimmer again like I was in high school? Now I wasn't a competitive swimmer but we had a killer P.E. program that included training for a biathalon at the end of the year... Hmmm... I do miss doing laps in the pool.
Dang... should I just go back to the gym already?? So many choices!! Football, ocean swimming, the gym.... yikes!! What to do?!?!
Hmmm... you know, I think a combination of all three activities would likely build this incredible body. Maybe that's the real way to go.. sports... fun, wet cardio and a killer gym routine. Yup yup, I think we have a winner! Anyway, to Beast and Gock, hope you liked this last pic ;).
Have a great week everybody!|W|P|112469915876550173|W|P|Hotties of the Week 8-22|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com Pookie65|W|P|Guy in red shorts is a YES I WOULD. 1,2& 4 are a bit too cut for my taste. nfwnohow|W|P|Actually I think #3 is my favorite of all, but they're ALL quite incredible... thank you!!! I'm not as much of one for the super super ripped look as beastey-boy is... but I certainly wouldn't mind being in contact with or having the bodies of ANY of those guys.Furthermore I find it both remarkably flattering and humorous that you would include me in the "muscle stud" category... Beast yes... me... not yet. Thank you. ;)
RYN: Actually building computers is just a side hobby... I'm professionally more of an uber-geek like Beast... I'm the Director of I.T. for a local quasi-governmental authority (of which I can not name in this forum). So... I'm sort of a super-geek. :p
*hugs* any minute now... that baby... not yet... but any minute now!
Dionysus|W|P|This post has been removed by a blog administrator. Dionysus|W|P|It’s time like this when I see such great body photos that I truly hope there is a life after death, then I pray to the higher power if I get a chance to come back Please, Please, Please, PLEASE let me have a body like 1, 2, 3, or 4 or at least a little more meat
Sangroncito|W|P|I'm getting hot! purpletwinkie|W|P|Jonah! When do you find time to take these pics of me?? Are you lurking in the bushes? Behind parked cars? :) Jim|W|P|Bachelor number three! He looks like a he would still eat a carb or maybe have a drink ;) Steve|W|P|#'s 1 and 3, please. Send them along right away. Donnie|W|P|WOW, BFLJock! You've outdone yourself again! I'll have a set of hottie #3. Can you imagine a set of identical twins who looked like him and both were totally dedicated to your "pleasure"? "To sleep, perchance to dream" that matt guy|W|P|not too bad...not bad at all! hahaha Ethan|W|P|very hot!! .|W|P|Super HOT as always. I saw that you e-mailed me today. I was fast asleeep. I am getting off work earlier now that school is in session. Billy|W|P|Makes me feel like I should be at the gym right now rather then here. brandon|W|P|is that stan mcquay? I liked all of them. You sure know how to pick em!
I need a new computer. My dad just bought a new computer this week and I just spent the last 5 hours setting it up with wireless internet and configuring the Windows Media Center 2005 system he has.... He bought a brand new Sony Vaio Pentium D 820!! He even upgraded the darned thing to 5.1`Surround Sound and a 19" LCD flat screen monitor! The thing that really sucks is that he has a DVD burner on his computer and the hot sound system and the ability to watch TV on his computer, and he probably won't even use half of the things that this thing does! All that hot perks and they'll go un-used.... sigh.... Oh well. The one thing he does really like is that I installed a wireless card in his system and set up a router with my cable internet access so now he's moved up to the world of high-speed internet access instead of using "dial up".
Anyway... here I am on my ancient Pentium III 550mhz computer that slows down every day =((. Anyone got $2,000 for a new computer?? I know I don't =)). Guess I might not be taking any trips in the near future if I want to upgrade my life.... ahhhh c'est la vie...|W|P|112469844285024136|W|P|I need...|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com savante|W|P|Hock the old one and get a new one :)Paul
nfwnohow|W|P|now you know what I do for a living, right?the p3-550 won't render you much... maybe $100. You'd be better just to keep it and have two computers when you buy your new one.
Now - you don't have to spend $2,000 to have something that works REALLY well... for about $1,000 you could build your own kickass computer (like I always do) but only if you're feeling adventureous.
For about $1,200 I could get you a nice Dell Optiplex GX280 w/ p4 3.2, 1gb ram, 80gb HDD, DVD Burner, 17" flat screen, 3 year warranty, etc... etc... using my "special discount". Now shipping to Hawaii might be something else... but consider it. It wouldn't be as good as the computer I can build for less, but it would be a Dell w/ a 3 year warranty. Sonys are GREAT computers too but usually overpriced. Save your money and don't waste it on the HP/Compaq crap... Gateway 2000 is also a moderate joke.
If you're into laptops (most people are even though I HATE them)... I've had the most luck with Toshiba and Sony laptops in terms of bang and reliability for the buck. Dell laptops seem to lag a good 6-8 months behind in technology and they're still expensive and Gateways are even worse. IBM laptops rule but are always overpriced. Granted, you WILL pay $2,000 for a good laptop.
Spencer|W|P|I myself will only own a dell desktop I have so much good luck with them dude!As far as a laptop I have an HP and it's been good so far going on a year and still works great.
Pookie65|W|P|Keep on working out like ya have been and you'll be a wealthy Fitness magazine coverboy. You stud you. Sangroncito|W|P|I feel your pain. My computer is going haywire lately and I need a new one, too. Donnie|W|P|I love my new Sony Vaio RB38G desktop. He'll love his too. Tomas|W|P|get a new imac, they come with a camera built in. hot computer. under 2g for a 20 inch. thats CDN too. AND that has a dvd burner and such.... wireless. and its way nicer than a windows piece of shit...
Aloha mai! Greetings! I think I've always been fascinated by supernatural powers and psychic ability ever since I was a little kid... and growing up in a Catholic family and going to a Catholic elementary school, I often wondered what "Heaven" was really like. Do you pass away, go into this tunnel with a white light at the end of it, meet St. Peter at the gates and then grow wings and sit on clouds all day long with family and friends?? Well... when I was a kid, that's what my idea of Heaven was.
Now I don't know how many people out there actually believe in spirits and psychics, especially with all the "crack-pot" phonies out there... but, personally, I've seen too much and been a part of way too many spiritual things to deny the existence of spirits... and I like to think that there are people out there who possess an ability to communicate with those who have passed on.
Anyway, the point of all this babble, was that I've been recently reading a book by world-reknowned psychic Sylvia Browne, and what her "take" is on life after earthly death... and I must say, if her version of "Life on the Other Side" is even 75% accurate, I can't wait to "get Home". The thought of meeting all your family and friends from not only this current life, but every past life that you've ever had... and then getting to "live" in a "world" where you are not limited by physical limitations... imagine being able to be the jock that you always wanted to be, or the musician that you only dreamed of being... all the while doing research on your life and other lives that you've come into contact with to find out exactly why you were re-incarnated into your most recent life... finding out why you had the friends that you had, or the relationships and failures that you endured... those are only some of the things that occur in everyday life on the "Other Side" as Ms. Browne puts it.
I know some will probably read this and think I'm a total whacko or whatever... but I bet that EVERYONE at one time or another has experienced "deja vu" or had too many coincidences in their lives to know that there's something strange going on every once in a while in life... all of these things have already been pre-determined by you before you entered this life in a detailed chart that you personally set up for yourself for this life... it's a chart that was created to help you accomplish your "goal" on earth, whatever it may be...
Anyway, if anyone is even remotely curious about the mere possibility of there being an afterlife, and maybe even just for the fun of it would like to know what it might possibly be like there... you should check this book out! There's a link to it here or in my "On the Bookstand" section of this page on the right-hand side... enjoy it! I sure did... now I'm even more intrigued to read more of her books.|W|P|112445660362613749|W|P|Going Home...|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com nfwnohow|W|P|I know enough and believe enough to say...there are things in this world and universe that extend far outside the range of standard human reason and understanding. Everything is connected by the universal matrix of things on multitudes of dimensions and degrees of conceivable existance. What we understand as "spirits" may be something else entirely in reality - but the existance of things beyond the human scope of standard understanding and perceptability is certainly a FACT. What really happens when we die? I guarantee that you'll find out!!
How can humans insist that their senses are flawless? We use the weakness known as "persistance of vision" to watch TVs, CRTs, and film.... otherwise it would just be flashing pictures or scanning lines.... and yet we think we're keen enough with our senses to know for sure that there aren't other dimensional ways to exist other than ours? How silly!! how arrogant..
You're so correct... and there are a few humans gifted with the talent to touch other places a bit.... in different ways. I've met more than one.
Sangroncito|W|P|I just hope my family and friends who are on the other side can't look down on me and watch while I'm jerking off or going to the bathroom! savante|W|P|I do believe in an afterlife actually. There are so many things we still don't know about our existence...:)Amd that deja vu feeling? I get it quite often actually - which is plain weird.
Paul
Donnie|W|P|No BFLJock, I don't think you're a "total wacko". As a lapsed Catholic, I truly believe there's something "after". I cling to that belief with both hands because I long for the day when I can hug my Gramma again.See what you've done, you made me all "misty-eyed" thinking about it. Thanks BFLJock...I don't think about her as often as I should. :-x
Jim|W|P|Explanation of what happens after this life is important, if only for the piece of mind that we arent just dust at that point.Its interesting to me how many perspectives there are on 'afterlife'.
If you get a chance also try 'Tibetan Book Of The Dead'. Its a difficult read if you arent familiar with Buddhist concepts but fascinating just the same.
that matt guy|W|P|You're definitely not "wacko" my friend...leave that term to Michael Jackson. I agree with you and I hope there is something "after" or I'll be really pissed (even though I'll be dead...my 'pissed-offness' will linger somewhere).To make light of Sylvia Browne, whom Montel loves so dearly, I like to see Betty Butterfield discuss her.
You can see one of her little flicks about Syliva here.
Dionysus|W|P|I’m a firm believer in both psychic abilities and life after death and being from the south I also think there are spirits/ghost, although I’ve never encountered any I sometimes have that feeling of someone or something is watching/guarding over me =D
Now you know that some of these camera voyeur guys are lucky bastards... to get a shot like that.. yum!! I know it seems a bit adolescent to some, but I always had fantasies about being with some hot looking frat boy who had just a firm stomach, not really some abs... but like the kind of guy that you'd likely find at a baseball or football game then lounging around the frat house later on. =)
Oooh.. lift that shirt man! Damn!!! A light 6pack with the nice "v" line...
Ok, like the first guy in the post... I love me some frat boys... and although this may sound kinda sad, I think a hot lean guy with a beer in his hand, a backwards cap and university apparel is really hot! Boston University huh? Dang.. I need to look into a Masters program there :).
Ok, now I know I live in the area of the world with the most beautiful beaches and there are tons of hot guys on the beach probably... but damn, where are the guys who want to have their picture taken? Three hotties on a beach.. what could be better? Hmmm wait, I already know the answer to that one heheh... a whole GROUP of guys! Heheheh...
Anyway, that's all folks! Hope you liked it as much as I did!! Nah... I said there was going to be a special hottie pic at the end... Well, a couple weeks back I posted a picture of a compact hottie, shirtless and donning a cap and a backpack. Someone identified him as Talvin DeMachio, a gay porn star... and a hot one at that! Well, I found another pic of him in my collection that's just above X-rated so it's safe to post on here.... Hope y'all like it!
|W|P|112417967742616763|W|P|Hottie of the Week 8-15|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com sixshooter|W|P|You must've been horned up to post those. Wonder what could have done that ... Spencer|W|P|hot damn hard at work thanks dude! who the fuck is in the bathroom? he-he savante|W|P|Love the new image! Does the blue blinking thing signify anything?Paul
Sangroncito|W|P|I'm feeling some movement south of the belt buckle looking at these pics! North Woods Guys|W|P|Great pics... Steve|W|P|Yeah, hotties... all of 'em. The 2nd & 3rd ones can do me. Please send them right away. Hanuman1960|W|P|Very, very hot!!! Dionysus|W|P|I'll take one of each I think I can pencil them in on my calendar (I can wish)Nice site BTW. =D .|W|P|YUMMY. Living in a college town (or close to one) I have had my share of frat boys in bed and this post reminded me of good times. ;) jetboy747|W|P|See, told you if you worked those legs you'd get a new look. And such a nice view. purpletwinkie|W|P|Would you stop taking pictures of ME and posting them on the internet!!! Donnie|W|P|Whew! I'm in "hottie overload"! I have to say that my favorite is the last one...Mr Talvin DeMachio!
Kohāikalani
He ali‘i ho‘ounauna ‘ino ‘o Kohāikalani. E ‘imi ana ‘o ia i hana kaumaha no nā kanaka. I kona kūkulu ‘ana i kona heiau i ka pu‘u Ka‘ulakalani, ua kauoha ‘ia kanaka e ki‘i i ka pōhaku ‘alā i Kawā, he wahi mamao aku ia. Ua ho‘omanawanui nō lākou i ka ‘auamo ‘ana, mai ke kai a ka pu‘u a ke kahua o ka heiau.
I ka lawa ‘ana o ka pōhaku, ua hō‘ea mai he mau kāhuna e nānā i ke ‘ano o ke kūkulu ‘ana o ka heiau, a i ko lāua ‘ike ‘ana i nā pōhaku ‘alā o Kawā, ‘o ko lāua huli mai nō ia i nā kānaka me ka ‘ī ‘ana, “‘Aue! He nui nō ho‘i nā pōhaku ma ‘ane‘i, ‘o ko ‘oukou ho‘oluhi ‘ia nō kā ia e hele i Kawā i pōhaku! I pa‘a ka heiau o ke ali‘i o ‘oukou, ‘o ko ‘oukou kino nō ka luaahi! I kauoha a‘e nei iā ‘oukou i ‘ōhi‘a, ‘ōlelo aku nāna nō e ki‘i i kāna, a na ‘oukou e huki i luna nei. A laila ho‘i paha, ola ‘oukou!”
Ho‘olohe nā kānaka i ke a‘o o kēia mau kāhuna. I ka ho‘ouna ‘ia ‘ana e hele ma lalo o ka pali i kumu ‘ōhi‘a, a pane maila kānaka, “E Kalani ē! Nānā ‘oe a kāu lā‘au e makemake ai, kula‘i ‘oe, a na mākou e hāpai mai i luna nei.” ‘Ae nō ke ali‘i. No ka ikaika loa, ho‘okahi nō uhuki ‘ana, hemo ke kumu ‘ōhi‘a nui!
I ka pau ‘ana o nā lālā i ka ‘oki‘oki, ‘ōlelo mai nei ke ali‘i e ho‘i ‘o ia i luna e huki ai i ke kaula i ho‘opa‘a ‘ia ai ke kumu ‘ōhi‘a, a na lākou e pahu a‘e ma lalo. Hō‘ole aku nei kānaka, na lākou e huki, a na ke ali‘i e pahu, ‘oiai ua ‘oi kona ikaika i ko lākou. ‘Ae nō ho‘i ke ali‘i i kā lākou noi. Huki kānaka i ka ‘ōhi‘a a hapalua like o ka pali, ho‘oku‘u lākou i ke kaula. ‘O ke kaka‘a nō ia o ke kumu o ka ‘ōhi‘a ma luna o ke ali‘i, a ‘o ka make nō ia o ua ali‘i ho‘oluhi nei!
Ma hope mai o ke au o kēia po‘e ali‘i ho‘oluhi, ua kaulana ‘o Ka‘ū i ka mākaha. He maka‘u nā ali‘i i ka ‘ōlelo a‘e, “He ali‘i nui mākou!” He ‘āina ali‘i o Ka‘ū; na kekahi ali‘i ka ho‘ounauna, ho‘okō kekahi; a na kahi ke kauoha, hana kekahi. Pēlā lākou i noho ai, a na kēia au na‘auao i ho‘okāhuli i ia mau mea a pau.
Kohāikalani was an evil chief. He sought burdening work upon his people. During the construction of his temple on Ka‘ulakalani hill, the people were ordered to bring particular smooth stones from Kawā, an area many miles away. They patiently bore the rocks upon their shoulders and brought them from the seaside all the way upland to the top of the hill where the foundation of the temple was to be laid.
When enough of the stones were collected, two priests arrived to oversee the construction of the temple, and when they gazed upon the smooth stones from Kawā, they immediately turned to the people and said, “People! There are enough rocks here, you are wearing yourselves out by fetching these rocks from Kawā. When this temple of your chief is consecrated, your bodies will become its sacrifice. Therefore, when he commands you to fetch the ‘ōhi‘a log, tell him to choose the log that he wants, and that you will help him pull it up here. Doing this may save your lives.
The people heeded the advice of the priests. When they were sent down below the cliff for a tree, they replied, “Oh Chiefly One! Take a look at the tree you want and uproot it, and we will carry it up.” The chief agreed. And due to his great strength, he pulled once and a great tree was uprooted!
Once the branches were cut and cleared, the chief proposed that he would go back up the hill and pull the ropes from the top while they pushed from below. The people quickly denied his request, saying that they should go uphill and pull while he, due to his great feats of strength should push the log from the bottom. The chief then agreed to their request. The men went upland and pulled the tree until it was half-way up the hill, and then they released the rope. The trunk of the tree rolled down and over the body of the chief and killed the oppressor.
Henceforth from the time of the oppressing chiefs, Ka‘ū became famous for its fierceness. The chiefs feared to say “We are great chiefs” lest they endure the wrath of the people. Beforehand, Ka‘ū was a land of chiefs. A chief would command and be instantly obeyed; one would give orders which were instantly fulfilled. That was how they lived previously, but from this time forward, all of these customs have been overturned.
I think we may need to renew that spirit soon enough the way this world is going...|W|P|112416194376545574|W|P|Nā Ali‘i Ho‘oluhi o Ka‘ū|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com
Oh my God, that work out nearly killed me... You know, it sucks big time when you're off of any workout program for a week or more. I was "out" a couple weeks ago because I was away at camp teaching, and I was "out" again last week because I was just too bloody tired to work out... (I think I was catching up on my sleep all week heheheh). So this week I got back on it, and I tell you... I could only completely 2 or the 3 circuits in the resistance training part of my program. OMFG are my arms sore! It was so rough for me that I began feeling faint and dizzy... now you know you're busting your ass when you start to get dizzy!
The good news is that despite my total lack of the drive the last couple of weeks, I only gained 0.5% in bodyfat.. so I haven't fallen that far off yet!
Oh, and Gock, I tried changing all kinds of shit in the template code to get rid of that space that appears in the first entry on my blog... but nothing seems to work bro =(. It appears to only have that space on Firefox... I looked at it again through IE and everything was fine. I don't know what it is =(. I'm back on Firefox these days too and yeah, it's a bit irritating... sorry stud!!|W|P|112415090794035795|W|P|Whew!|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com Ethan|W|P|Ive been loading up on cardio.....i know how those workouts can make you feel!! Donnie|W|P|I know what you mean BFLJock. When I weighed-in Sunday I shook my head in disbelief....lost 6 pounds yet gained 1% bf? Our bodies are weird machines! nfwnohow|W|P|well don't worry too much about it, the pictures you posted today make it ALL WORTH IT!! :pAs for taking time off and coming back hard - we all go through it. I'm about to end up with a few WEEKS off for a new baby but... I'm going to hit it super-hard when I get back on baby!
Chip|W|P|I am sorry to hear about that. My thoughts go out to you and the family. On another note. Once you decide to go to word press, it has a privacy function. I'm still learning what it can do. Also, I like the new design. :) Chip|W|P|ok, that is my blogger spot. I'm now at chipmanor.com Louis|W|P|My condolences on your uncle. May he be in a better place now. Sangroncito|W|P|It's ok to post about your personal things. The dark stuff is part of our life, too. Thanks for sharing that with us. May your uncle find peace wherever he is. Hanuman1960|W|P|My deepest sympathy to you and your family. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. savante|W|P|Sorry to heart that too. It's always difficult to lose someone you know. :( And from an aneurys... something so sudden - and probably something previously undiagnosed.Paul
sixshooter|W|P|You and your family are in my prayers.(Side note: I like the new look ..)
Spencer|W|P|Sorry you and the family in my thoughts! nfwnohow|W|P|sorry bflj.... death is something that is never really easy to truly comprehend on a logical level. Attempting to do so will just make you angry and more upset.The new "skin" is awesome, incidentally although I reject your distaste for firefox, only the best browser in the universe. :p I'll live with it. ;)
nfwnohow|W|P|briefly looking at your code - it looks like you might have a "div" for the right column nested inside the main "div" for the posting area thus making it so that any first or topmost post has to align with all the content on the right side. secondary posts make their own virtual "div" and therefore aren't subject to that restriction as they are interpreted by firefox anyway.Does that make any sense? Like I said, I just skimmed so I might have missed the "/div" in the right places. Sloppy code my friend, sloppy.... I know you borrowed it from someone else but... you need to clean. ;)
Jim|W|P|The suddeness always makes for longer periods of grief I've found. Good thoughts for you and your family, I'm sure they will find their way through this.
Here we are people! What BFLJock will look like in the future... Yes, it's an animated image.. thanks to Ethan at Bratboyschool.com for this awesome site that allows you to create a "Hero" image, and well, although it's just a drawing, wouldn't this be an awesome body type?? Hehehe... It's not "over the top" and I thought it looked pretty cool.
**Update** Ethan wanted me to make sure I give credit where credit is due, and he is correct! Thank you to Jay & FB for coming up with the Super Hero converter... go check it out here! Thanks again guys! That was fun!!
Oh... and for some reason, if you have Firefox, the new blog design I have puts a big space at the end of the most recent entry in my blog... I don't know why that is... seems to be something only limited to Firefox, sorry guys!!|W|P|112390927794603718|W|P|New and Improved!|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com Ethan|W|P|the credit has to go to jay $FB...they provided it for me.....but thanks though! :) Steve|W|P|Very cool look! And, your site loads faster now. I think ever since you put that disclaimer at the top of the other one, it took FOREVER to load... and I'm not a patient man. Looking good! Jay Six|W|P|Well, I can't take total credit, either. I didn't create the program, I just use it like crazy. But thanks for the shout-out! Donnie|W|P|BFLJock, love the new look...both Hero and Blog. I used the HeroMaker and made myself over. .|W|P|Love the new look and the super hero rocks. I checked the site but didn't ahve time yet to do it. .|W|P|We administer the Myer-Briggs Type indicator here at work. I am actually certified to teach a course in this. I am an ENFJ. nfwnohow|W|P|LOL... very interesting stuff actually. I've been trying to sort out what's wrong with my head for YEARS and I've taken 100's of these silly things. ;)Every time I do the Keirsey test or a different form of it, I come out different.
'spose that makes me schitzo? :p
Louis|W|P|Thanks for the props :)You have a really great blog
Donnie|W|P|My temprement is Guardian. Recovered Believer|W|P|Just trolling around and found your cool blog... Will be back....Thanks
You are savvy, sassy and always on the go!
Even if it means borrowing someone else's
car without asking! Sometimes you say
the wrong thing at the wrong time, but
that's why we all love you!
Which Golden Girl Are You? purpletwinkie|W|P|Wow. I'm Rose Nylund. I never knew! Spencer|W|P|I was Blache when I did it a while ago! I love the show so much I got it on DvD true gay man here! Rick Barnes|W|P|Blanche Devereaux"You are sexy, charming and full of life. You always have a date on Saturday night. Most women glare at you but that's just because they're all jealous"
Wow, I am so excited! And the women are jealous. My day has started well Muscleboy!
Life in the Okanagan is grand. It has been in the mid to high 30's for weeks now, hot and blue sky, lots of eye candy, most too young for me but always good to such a view.
cola boy|W|P|You too? I got one two days ago and thought "Oh, boy. It's reached into our blogs now." Moby|W|P|you should switch to wordpress. they have built in spam reductioin that totatlly rocks! Donnie|W|P|I know what you mean BFLJock. I had to turn off anonymous comments a while ago. Mine were weird comments just listing different words.
Hālo‘i ku‘u maka ke ‘ike aku
I ke kū mehameha i ka pō anu
Hu‘i hewa i ka ‘ili o ku‘u lani
Ma ka lānai luna o ‘Iolani Hale…
Tears well up upon seeing you
Standing alone in the cold night
The skin of my chiefess aches in the chill
There on the upper veranda of ‘Iolani Palace…
- from "Kulukulu Waimaka o Ka Lāhui" written by Randie Kamuela Fong, 1998.
Hey everybody... well, as I was saying earlier this week. Something detrimental has occurred here in Hawai‘i that may have a catastrophic effect upon the future of my old high school, the Kamehameha Schools.
The Schools were founded by the Will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last of the royal Kamehameha line, as a means to improve the socio-economic futures of Native Hawaiian children so that they could compete with the rest of the world and become "industrious men and women." The school opened its doors in December of 1887 and throughout its 117-year history, has operated on an admissions policy adhereing to the Will of the Princess, giving admission preference to chidren of full or part Native Hawaiian ancestry.
I, myself, was one of the very fortunate individuals to receive my education from Kamehameha, and in a time when Hawaiians are at the top of every health hazard, socio-economic crises, and prison population list in the islands, it made me proud to know that there was an institution out there just for us that was helping me climb out of that abyss.
And now, unfortunately, there are anonymous persons and groups who are challenging Kamehameha's Hawaiian-preference admissions policy. I find it very interesting that although there are several private institutions on this island alone who provide comparable educations, that these anonymous plaintiffs would choose to attack Kamehameha. All of Kamehameha's operations and faciilities are supplied and paid for by the Bishop Estate, a private entity that was also created through the Will of Princess Pauahi. The Schools receive no Federal funding whatsoever.
Secretly, we all know it's because the Bishop Estate has become the wealthiest private land owner in the last 30 years, becoming a billion-dollar entity. However, back in the early 1970s, before the Estate was forced to sell of large tracts of its land, the Estate and the Schools were very poor, and NO ONE wanted to go there. But now that the Estate and the Schools have come into all this money, everyone wants a "piece of the pie." There are even businessmen and lawyers out there who are attempting to attack every bit of Native Hawaiian entitlements that there are, thus stripping us of everything that we have left.
Anyway, this past week, the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco ruled against the Kamehameha Schools and against its admissions policy in a case called "John Doe vs. Kamehameha". Of course, the party who is attacking the Schools wishes to remain anonymous... what kind of shit is that?
I know that I have talked everybody's ear off today in this entry, so I'll just say that I was there at the hearing last year and can not understand how the judges could rule against Kamehameha based on the questions they asked both attorneys. All of their questions and judicial responses were pro-Kamehameha. Personally, I think there's been some political pressure and dealings going on here...
We are not sure what will happen to the Kamehameha Schools now, but the Trustees of the Estate have promised to fight this fight all the way to the end, and to never give up on the Will or the admissions policy, and more importantly, the proper education of Native Hawaiians. "John Doe's" lawyers have also sought a court order that would force Kamehameha to admit "John Doe" this academic year into the system as a senior in high school. However, the court denied that request until a proper hearing, and thusly, as it stands, the Trustees and admissions department at the Schools have denied "John Doe" admission into this coming academic year.
In response to this ruling against Kamehameha, pulic outcry echoed across the island chain throughout the last week, and especially this past Saturday with a rally and march for Hawaiian justice from ‘Iolani Palace to Mauna ‘Ala, the resting place of Princess Pauahi and the rest of the Hawaiian royalty. I have to say that it was awe-inspiring and truely an emotional sight to see a "sea" of red on the streets that morning. The Police Dept estimates that there were 15,000 people Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian alike in that march alone. I wish I had brought my camera!
Anyway, there are more details about the march and the general issue here in the Honolulu Advertiser over the last few days... oh and if any have questions, don't be afraid to ask me!
My question is... why would someone go through all that trouble, just for one year of school? And with the high academic standards and class requirements that Kamehameha holds for its students, I seriously doubt that he would be able to graduate anyway if he's only going to be there for a year.... Anyway, the saga of stripping Hawaiians of everything possible continues...
These people should be shot, whoever they are.
E ō e ka wahine hele lā o Kaiona
Alualu waili‘ulā o ke kaha pua ‘ōhai
‘O ka ua lani pōlua pō anu o ke Ko‘olau
Ku‘u hoa o ka malu kī malu kukui o Kaho‘iwai…
Answer, Lady who walks in the sunshine of Kaiona
Where mirages dance on the ‘ōhai covered plain
In the very foggy rain on the cold night of Ko‘olau
My companion of the kī and kukui of Kaho‘iwai.
- “He Inoa No Pauahi” is attributed to Prince Leleiōhoku and is a name song for Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, founder of the Kamehameha Schools. |W|P|112371915364733786|W|P|I Mua Kamehameha|W|P|bfljock79@gmail.com
|W|P|This post has been removed by a blog administrator. |W|P|This post has been removed by a blog administrator. CloudClipper|W|P|It's really sad how people are driven by money and not taking the time to realize how many people are effected by their selfish actions. I would love to extend my support anyway I can. Let me know what I can do.
Eli
Darin|W|P|Interesting post. As a fellow graduate of UH-Manoa (and marching band dude - DM 89-93) I always find the situation of the native Hawaiians...thought-provoking.
Hawai`i is very unique in the fact that even though you may have been born and raised in Honolulu, Pearl City, Kailua, etc. - you're not considered Hawaiian. However, if you were born in say...Salt Lake City - you are a Utahn.
While I understand and appreciate what the intentions of the Bishop Estate were when Kamehameha Schools was established - the demographic make-up of Hawai`i has changed considerably - as has Hawai`i. While intended to educate the native Hawaiian children - it is certainly more challenging these days to find a true full-blooded Hawaiian. Now, if I understand correctly, the amount of native Hawaiian blood "needed" to gain admission into Kamehameha is 1:24th? Or less?
My question to those oppose loosening the Admission Standards (which clearly has happened by merely looking at the above statement) is this: At what point do you start suffering a dimishing student body population and thus educating less students to the detriment of your own standards? Is that what Princess Pauahi Bishop would have wanted? I can't answer that. Who can?
Realizing that I'm a haole - and acknowledging the situation that American "Businessmen" put the Hawaiians in - I'm not here to tell the Hawaiians how to "run" their biz - but just to offer another opinion.
Sangroncito|W|P|Powerful post. I fully support any and all efforts to redress the injustices to the Hawaiian People, including this special high school. I'd like to bitch-slap that "John Doe" who filed the lawsuit. He's a coward and a pig.
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