Good Talk- Gems

This is a totally cheat entry but I am inspired to share the gems of wisdom my friend drops on me during the times that I have little to no grasp on my life whatsoever. I'm sure you'll be able to ascertain the gist of the conversation based on context so...

He texted me, "Enjoy this status while you can.  You may think it's a bad thing but better you learn lessons now than later." To which I replied, "Ok, I'll try not to freak out that I'm getting older." First gem of wisdom, "Everyone is getting older.  And [it] just so happens everyone who got married is getting divorced, so if you time it right everyone will be single soon :)." I'm not sure if you could imagine my reaction but I literally laughed-out-loud and said "thanks." I said "thanks," OUT LOUD, TO MY PHONE. 

So he's either dropping gems on the regular or he's Confucius in disguise because his next text was in reference to my admitted hangover... 

"Drink with broke heart can lead to broke face."

 -DS

He's the best- I don't think I could master the art of simultaneously acknowledging a situation and its gravity, completely empathizing, while putting its seriousness in perspective (c'mon kid it's not that bad) & providing insight in such a humorous way. That description was probably way too complicated & doesn't do it justice at all but what I do know is that I am very grateful.  

Tangent

I seriously lucked out, one day about five years ago I showed up and said, "hey, could you teach me jiu jitsu?" & he [& his bro] haven't been able to get rid of me since, lol.

Weirdly yours,

-K

Current Tune Obsession

James Bay - Let it go

Upon happenstance who would have guessed the relevance of my recent discovery of James Bay's music.  Chaos and the Calm. 

Weirdly yours,
-K

My Anthem!

I'm pretty sure this is my anthem, I've been hearing this song on Star 101.9 for a while now & fell in love <3<3<3.  Today, I watched the video...and it's amazing.  Reminiscent of the music videos I used to watch when I was a kid- '90s in the hizzy.  

Shut up and dance [with me]! by Walk the Moon

Happy Aloha Friday!

Weirdly yours,

-K

12/13/14 Wedding Gig plus video

I told Monica I would send her this video a couple months ago (sorry chicka) but I finally threw a couple of the clips together! Thanks to my sistah Misty for filming ^_^ 

Man, you guys should hear the actual beginning to this version of A Thousand Years, there's cello melody & with the right cellist it would be absolutely bomb!  We didn't have enough rehearsal time & I wasn't confident enough to attempt the melody, the last thing I would have wanted was to mess up while Monica's sister was walking down the aisle...yikes! 

I think I cry or at least tear up at every wedding we play at and most of the times I don't even personally know the people being married. The speeches the pastors give about marriage & sharing a life with someone else & sticking it out through the tough times, knowing & trusting that the person standing across from you will always be on your side, always be that one person in your corner you can lean on when the world gets dark. Oh, and the vows shared, promising their other-half undying love & a forever future, it's just so sweet, it pulls on my heart strings. 

Anyway, I can't help it. Love man, love. Part of me believes every word they say to each other. And I like how the pastor makes all the guests/witnesses accountable too, if all the people at the weddings supported the newly wed couple & made it their responsibilities that the two people try hard for their other-half I think there would be less divorce, but that's just me. 

Recently, one of my friends was having a rocky time in their relationship & I felt bad because I think they're a great couple who compliment each other well, they are sweet to each other, & I've seen nothing but admiration & respect coming from each of them towards the other.  They were having difficulties communicating with each other during a stressful time, so if things didn't work itself out, I was going to invite them both to a movie  without telling the other & leave when they both showed up. Set 'um up on a blind date heh heh I thought it would be a good plan, but being the great couple they are, things worked out for the best, yay!

K here's the vid...ENJOY! This was also my first time wearing a tie, cool beans! Sorry, I didn't have a royal blue performance dress laying around lol. 

Weirdly yours,

-K(imcello)

Thanks for sharing this Surf News Network.

North Shore Hawaii from Ryan Larson on Vimeo.

I love laying back & watching the clouds roll by, it's the same feeling I get when I'm playing in the shore break & swimming under a wave. When you aim for that open space between the sand & the undertow, sometimes a small window but you know if you get your head into that puka the rest of your body will follow & you'll pass beneath the wave unscathed.  Under the water you can watch the waves break & the white water pass over you, just like the clouds in this video. You can sit on the sand beneath the surf & observe the beautiful chaos of breaking waves from another perspective, sometimes when the waves get thick & heavy the white water is so dense it blocks out the sun and things go momentarily dark, soon the waves pass and the water calms and clears only to be disrupted in another way, coming alive again with the crashing of another set. 

Nature man, nature. Always and always a drifter & dreamer. Surf & Love & Peace. 

Weirdly yours,
-K

"Every virtuous act has some Dark secret in it's heart; every risk we take contains a mystery that can't be solved."

-Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

No one listens to Turtle!

Haleiwa 11/30/14

Shred so hard broke da stick lol RIPieces 

Nah, it wasn't that big only like 2-3ft but I was sitting in the middle when a set wave came, turtled my board & buggah wen break in half, stringer and everything all bus. Luckily, I had my 5'2" fish in the car so I paddled back out. Snapped some pics, took my fins out, & gave it to some kid on the beach. I think I was most bummed about my Mitcho Kai sticker, love & miss you, brother. 

One uncle on the beach said, "you could just say it was like 10ft..." Haha thanks, Uncle. Board was old, we had a good run, got the specs & shaper's phone number so I might get a replica plus double glass all around lol. 

I'm actually pretty stoked, the first board I broke all the way in half!! At least it was on the North Shore! 

Surfers, we're a different breed. Keep it real & stay weird guys. 

"When the wave breaks here, don't be there or you're gonna get drilled!" -Turtle North Shore (1987)

Weirdly yours,

-K