Aloha Airlines

Aloha Airlines, one of the three main airlines based in the Hawaiian islands, is dead. And of course, befitting a society with a plantation mentality (the idea that you gotta yoke yourself to a business or corporation or larger, non-state venture to be prosperous), people in Hawaii are sad.
They don’t know what’s going on. They [...]

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they have tusks

today was a bit warm.
but i was terribly depressed by this whole under taking. each monday the weight of it all comes down on me when i get up and think: “Oh, i have to go to work. I’m here because I’m an english teacher…” and most days it doesn’t matter, because in the grad [...]

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the problem

i’m listening to Of Montreal
and drinking blueberry tea
everything is great
almost

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Turbid

sometimes i think i’ll go explore the wetlands around my village. korea has a lot of water fowl, they say. so i go out. and you know what i see.
Turbid waters everywhere.
but a fair number of waterfowl.

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staying positive

some times i hate living here. actually, all the time. this is the worst place i’ve ever lived. whenever i get over one distasteful aspect of this place (isolation, pollution from yard fires, etc.) something else pops up to fuck with me (yellow dust from china, environmental degredation, my crap apartment). it’s like i can’t [...]

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