Got Aloha for a Teacher?
I'm a graduate student at UH, finishing up my thesis project (a collection of poetry) for an MA in English. I'm from Mililani, but I currently live in Makiki with my best friend Natalie.
"Perhaps I could make a living here merchandising my inchoate perceptions of the city fabricated in the smithy of a gigantic unfamiliarity. But could I see myself taking that as my life's work? I would rather be where I could see my work cut out for me, where I could tell what I was looking at. In other words my hometown." - Chinua Achebe
[what this means: I didn't always love Hawai'i, but after being away for college I realized that honoring the fact that I'm from a certain place, and thus have a responsibility to that place, adds a lot of meaning to what would otherwise be a floating, exciting, but rootless life. Now after living here for the last two years, I'm starting to see what there is to love.]
poetry, settler colonialism in Hawai‘i, postcolonial literature, representation, globalization, cultural studies, Hawaiian language, French, masculinity, gardens, hiking, science fiction, buddhism, food
(This is probably going to sound very cute and naive to you hard-core gardeners out there.) It's been a while since my last garden update, and I'm sad to report that I'm feeling a little down about the whole effort right now. I still love my garden, and I'm not ready to quit yet. But I've...
Successes since my last post: 1. the jalapeno seed sprouted! that made me very happy. I planted two more and am patiently waiting for them to emerge. 2. I put together the toilet paper tube seed starters. I'm still waiting for the tomato seeds I planted in them to sprout. 3. I started the potato...
I'm not sure when I decided I wanted to start gardening, but I do know that for the last year or so I've been putting it off. I'd been attending grad classes, working as a UH writing mentor, being the News Editor of Ka Leo, and holding down a part-time cashiering job, which left me little time to...
