Grandpas

Grandpa Pursley - Im sad the young generation family doesn't have the advantage of knowing Grandpa Pursley. He was awesome and not in the mold of any stereotypical grandpa. He constantly casually cursed like a sailor and told stories about brawling and manure and such. He would tell me his political views and personal views and views towards other people like he was talking to a peer, not a kid. This made me feel like an adult for that time. He had a charisma, a loud grumbly voice (for a little guy), and was hilarious. He had allot of pride and his own funny way of putting things, like when he called the house he would say "Let me speak at your dad". When he did I thought my dad was in trouble.

Grandpa Alho (Vernon) - I was young when Grandpa Alho passed but I remember him as very stoic but I remember him laughing allot. When we would arrive he would instruct a female family member to feed us immediately and someone would cook homemade ramen or chicken long rice. He had a very artistic hand for a career military guy. I think he could have easily been a wood carver and craftsman himself for money but he did it all for fun. He had IMMACULATE tropical gardens that we ate all the fruit off of. He had amazing artistic wall hangings and decor everywhere that appealed to the little artist in me.

Great Grandpa Alho - was lean and shortish like Grandpa Pursley. I remember he always smelled like whiskey and had a glass of it in his hand, as permanent as the constant satisfied smile on his face. My memory was that he was quiet but not shy. Grandma did all the talking, organizing, cooking and commanding it seemed. He had a bit of an accent (probly pigeon). I remember that I didn't always understand what he said. I always got the sense he love his family very much.

Hawaiian Tata'u

Among the coolest things Hawaiians invented: tattoos and surfing. The original word for tattoo is 'tata'u' (pronounced tata oo) but sailors passing through pronounced it 'tattoo' as we call it today.

Happy Birthday to Joyce!

Happy Birthday to Joyce!

Need a New Printer?

Staples is having a special on printers. If you bring in an old or even broken printer they will give you $50 off your purchase of a printer of $200 and up. I have a broken printer anyone can use to get $50 off. Also Carrie has a coupon to get $20 off. So you can potentially get $70 off a new printer. Let me know if you're interested.

Things We Take For Granted...

...as pointed out by Louis CK and Eddie Izzard.

I'm Back

Ok, I've benn slipping on the blog for a while. Some cool things have happened since the last post:

Uncle Ken organized a family reunion with all the siblings, kids, and kids kids that could make it, which was pretty much everyone.

Me and Carrie got married. Thanks to everyone for showing up and all the the very thoughtful gifts! I didnt think much about gifts during the process and I was touched by everyones thoughtfulness and beautiful presentation.

Erika Pursley-Paulson and Steven Paulsons son Grant is having a first birthday near December 13th. More details will be posted.

Everyone had fun at Joyce Paces daughter Noalani had a birthday recently passed at Frogs Bounce House. I cant remember what other birthdays passed in my absence from the blog updates but Ill try to hit all the upcoming ones.

Some fun artwalks passed such as Carrie Canfield-Pursleys debut headlining photography group show, a painting/fashion show, and a 28 artistgroup show. See www.kavikaworks.com for details video and pics.

Hawaiian Language 2.0

Aloha kakou (Aloha to all), so I've been trying to learn Hawaiian as some know. Its a beautiful language. Thank God it's resurged. Many language schools opened up in Hawaii led by original native speakers. But still there needs to be more speakers or it will be in danger again of becoming a dead language! Aunty Puanani gave me a link about language classes in Anaheim.

It's pretty hard (but worth it) as any non Latin based language is for Latin based language tongues. I know the family knows there are 7 consonants along with the 5 vowels in Hawaiian, as opposed to the 27 letters in English, but the difference is bigger than that. English has 27 letters but 42 sounds Hawaiian has only about 15 sound variations as taught in modern times. Though less sounds the words are typically longer than English You have to listen for very subtle pronunciation differences!

For particularists, original hawaiian has more variations in sounds like 3 'v' sounds, but that's not in my lessons. It is long an involved but here is a random find disposition on neo-Hawaiian language vs original Hawaiian.

Ahui Hou (until we meet again). Imua (forward) Hawaiian.