Was Randomly Talking To My Mom About The Maui Fires A Bit Back And Everything Going On In Maui Now, Post
Was randomly talking to my mom about the Maui fires a bit back and everything going on in Maui now, post fire, and it really got me thinking.
Growing up, I adored mountain fires. Being a kid in West side Waianae, mountain fires were a yearly thing since our mountains were so dry. Since Waianae is so dark(bc it's not a city like in the Windward side) you can't even see the mountains at night, making them blend in with the pitch black sky.
My living room had 2 wide sliding doors looking towards the mountains and whenever the fires came around, it would illuminate the fine mountain ridges. It was beautiful. I'd find myself sitting by that patio door every night just to see the dancing lines of blaze drawing the outlines of the almost invisible mountains, paired with the soft smell of smoke. The slight smoke filtered by the distance was one of my most pleasant and also memorable scents of my childhood.
I think it must have been weird for my parents then. Imagine seeing your child ritualistically sit by the open patio screen, staring out into the night in an entranced state? Plus the fact that it would be like that for a full month. Creepy...I'd even run out to see the fires the moment I woke up.
Another thing is a more cultural aspect. Pele. The Hawaiian goddess of fire and lava. Also my favorite Hawaiian Goddess growing up. Sometimes I'd find myself talking to the flames, miles away from my patio door as if it were Pele herself. I'd thank her for the beauty her flames provided as well as the beauty it would soon bring for these mountains.
Like I said, Waianae mountains are dry. Dry mountain = dirt colored, crusty grass aka brown mountains. Not your typical luscious green mountain full of life and care that you'd see on Hawai'is touristy ads and commercials. No. We don't have that in the Leeward. Thats why after the fires, our mountains would turn into a beautiful green, full of life and just beautiful.
This isn't really a comment on the Maui fires bc I have a lot to say about that, but with how nice a day I had, I kind of wanted to share a piece of my childhood.
I do have other stories of personal encounters with local legends and myths from family, but I wrote too much in one sitting and is probably gonna sleep.
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A few F-0-Z Sketches
Nationality guessing
141 guessing Oz's race(before knowing her cultural background):
Gaz: *Studying Oz's face* Hispanic?
Soap: Aye. Definitely Hispanic
Oswald: Nope. Guess again
Ghost: Egyptian? Somewhere middle east
Oswald: Way off
Price: It's-
Oswald: You read my file. You don't get to partake, Price
Gaz: Are you some type of asian?
Oswald: Partially, yeah
Soap: FILIPINO!
Oswald: No. But I guess you can say they could be classified as a cousin
Ghost: Ohhhh. I got it now
Gaz: What is is?
Ghost: I'll wait for you two to figure it out
Soap: Pshh...did we say Spanish already?
Gaz: Yes- OH! Polynesian!
Oswald: Bingo! Wasn't so hard now, was it?
Price: Eh. If I hadn't read your file, It would've took a miracle
Ghost trying to teach Oswald English dilect:
Ghost holding a soccer ball: Football
Oswald repeating: Football
Ghost: Okay. Now Scone
Oswald: Scone
Ghost: Good. Now biscuits
Oswald: ...
Ghost: Biscuits
Oswald: ...Cookies
Ghost: Alright...how about chips
Oswald: ...French fries...
Ghost sighing: Tea?
Oswald: Coffee
Ghost: TEA!
Oswald: COFFEE!
Ghost: JUST SAY BLOODY TEA!
Oswald: I CAN'T
Ghost: ITS NOT THAT HARD. JUST SAY THE BLOODY WORD
Oswald: ITS NOT MY FAULT AMERICA GOT TO US FIRST!
Ghost: AAAAAA
Oswald: AAAAAA
Overheard in the mess hall:
Ghost: This is the last time I'll say it. Eat the bloody tomatoes!
Oswald: NO. If you don't stop pestering me, I'll do to you what my ancestors did to Captain Cook
Ghost: ...
Ghost: Fair enough
Boom Buddies
Ghost: I request to transfer
Price: Any particular reason to why?
Ghost: I can't stand those two *points out window to Soap and Oswald*
Soap: *tying a bunch of C-4's together*
Oswald: You sure this will be enough to wake the whole Barracks tomorrow?
Soap: Aye! With both our brains combined, we can create a nuke!
Price and Ghost: ...
Price: You make a fine point Simon, but i'm gonna need you to hide those C-4's tonight.
Instant Coffee stash
Early in the morning while waiting for the heli to take them home:
Oswald: *Pours Maxim coffee packets into a mug of hot water*
Gaz: Since when did we bring the coffee machine?
Oswald: Hm? We didn't. Soap left it back at base
Soap: *Sniffing the coffee scent* Since when did we have coffee? Were ye hogging a secret stash from us?
Oswald: No...?
Price: *Overhearing everything* Hold her down
Oswald: WAIT NO-
Soap and Gaz: *Holding Oz down*
Soap: *Reaches into her vest and grabs out a stash of Maxim coffee packets* Ye did have a stash!
Gaz: *Takes a pack* Tsk tsk. How could you, Oz. And from your own team?
Soap: *Sipping from his mug* Aye. We've been coffee starved for a week, Bonnie
Oswald: Bring your own packs next time!
Learning Pidgin
In the mess hall:
Mana: Eh brah, you seen dakine? Can or what?
Oswald: Can. I just seen 'em da udda day at dakine at dakine, and she said can
Mana: No can brah, I tought she stay wit' dakine
Oswald: No brah! She broke up wit' dakine to end up wit' him
Mana: Hah?
Oswald: Yeah brah! It was nuts cuz when she did 'em she was doing dakine-ah. So at first she said can, now she saying no can
Mana: Oh, I tought you said she said can
Oswald: No brah, dakine said can
Mana: Oh dakine said can
Soap and Ghost across from them: ...
Ghost: I have no idea what I just heard, and I choose to ignore it
Soap: Aye. I think it's some secret government code
Original Audio from the legend Tumua
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Pidgin Bible
Soap: I hear ye a Christian
Oswald: Yep, I even have myself a portable bible
Soap: Oh? Well lets hear it lass
Oswald: Ahem. *pulls out pidgin bible*
Oswald: Da time wen eryting wen start, God make da sky an da world. Da world come so no mo notting inside, no mo shape notting. On top da wild ocean dat cova eryting, neva had light notting. Ony had God Spirit dea, moving aroun ova da watta.
Soap: I THOUGHT YE SAID YE HAD A BIBLE!
Oswald: THIS IS A BIBLE!
Rudy: *To Laswell* Yeah, it's been great. We've been working with them for a few months and I'd say they're pretty professional
Soap: *Screaming in background*
Alejandro: *Rushing to calm Soap down* I TOLD YOU NOT TO GET SPICY! YOUR WHITENESS CAN'T HANDLE IT!
Ghost: *Holding in tears* He didn't, I just slipped in some ghost peppers
Gaz: *Busts out laughing*
Rudy:
Rudy: Anyway, anymore questions?
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