What food would you say is your specialty?
[ Specialty Food That I Want? ]
[ Specialty Food That I Cook? ]
[ Specialty Food That I Bake? ]
[ I Have Made Incredible Lasagna Before, Following A Recipe ]
[ I Put A Certain Twist On A Box Of Brownies ]
[ I Do Not Disclose My Secrets, Because Then There Would Not Be A Mystery To My Baking. Then They Would Make Me Disappear Since My Usefulness Would Not Be Needed Anymore ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ No One Ever Understands The Tears Of A Clown ]
[ Until The Circus Comes Back Around ]
[ & Puts Up Their Big Tent, In The Newest Town ]
[ A Clown Believes In The Opposite Of Violence ]
[ They Try To Put On Their Bravest Face ]
[ But They Suffer In Silence ]
[ For Fear Of Being Labled A Disgrace ]
[ To The Ultra-Secretive, Humble Clown Brotherhood ]
[ They Feel That They Are Vastly Misunderstood ]
[ In The Worldwide Clown Neighborhood ]
[ Does A Tearful Clown Ever Turn To One Another? ]
[ Why Can’t They Turn To A Brother ]
[ From Another Mother? ]
[ Is It For Fear Of Shame? ]
[ Or Nothing But A Finger Pointing Blame ]
[ Game? ]
[ Nothing Breaks The Chain Of Events ]
[ That Creeps Towards Fear ]
[ The Time That Has Been Spent ]
[ That Can Go On For A Continuous Year ]
[ Under That Mobile Tent ]
[ It Can Go On Without A Break ]
[ There Is No Money To Make ]
[ When The Head Supervisor Is On The Take ]
[ Because He Signed On The Dotted Line In The Form Of A Handshake ]
[ With The Devil ]
[ When The Head Supervisor Is Pure Evil ]
[ It Makes For A Poor Environment In The Emotional Sense ]
[ Because The Amount Of Pressure To Perform ]
[ Is Immense ]
[ It Is Not Near The Norm ]
[ For The Relations To Be So Tense ]
[ When The Clowns Are Treated Like A Dog ]
[ Because The Head Supervisor Wants To Live High On The Hog ]
[ Sometimes The Clowns Would Perform While Being In A Mental Fog ]
[ The Question Though Is, “How Do Hurting Clowns Heal?” ]
[ Is It From A Good Meal? ]
[ Making Sure Everything They Hear Is Real? ]
[ Maybe So ]
[ Or Maybe Not ]
[ The Only One That Will Know ]
[ Is The One Being Put On The Spot ]
[ Maybe The One Feeling Low ]
[ Thinks That When It Comes Down To It, This Doesn’t Play Out Like They Thought ]
[ It Would ]
[ Or Should ]
[ They Know That They Did The Best That They Could ]
[ They Will Just Play It Cool ]
[ Because Their Wife Is Not Married To A Fool ]
[ Their Next Adventure ]
[ Is Going On To Willamette Law School ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?
[ The Biggest Risk I Would Like To Take Would Be Taking A Step Towards Self-Publishing My Stories ]
[ That Would Be A Risk Because How Would My Self-Esteem Handle Not Selling A Single Copy? ]
[ It Is A Huge Risk Because I Write Whatever I Am Thinking Or Feeling @ The Time ]
[ That Would Leave Me Wide Open To Scrutiny & Criticism From Strangers That Couldn’t Care Less How It Would Come Across ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What have you been working on?
[ The Main Thing That I Am Working On Is Myself ]
[ Trying To Be The Best Person That I Can Be, For Myself & Others ]
[ I Am Working On My Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence ]
[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Best Husband. Because My Beautiful Bride Of Almost (30yrs) Deserves That ]
[ I Am Working On Trying Be Transparent To Others. Showing Others That There Is No Hidden Agenda In My Words, Or Actions ]
[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Easiest, Less Demanding, Most Accommodating/Honest/Caring/Understanding Client To My “Dream Team” Of CG’s, Needle & Bump ]
[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Best Kind Of Friend To My Handful Of Friends ]
[ I Am Working On Letting Go Of The Grudges That I Have Been Carrying With Me For All These Years ]
[ I Am Always Working On My Writing ]
[ I Am Working On Completing My ’75 Topps Mini’s Baseball Card Set That I Started (50yrs) Ago, But Then Set It Aside ]
[ I Working On My Diet So I Can Get My Much Needed Spinal Surgery ]
[ I Am Working On My Eating So I Can Lean Down To A Lower Weight ]
[ I Want To Work On My Baking Skills ]
[ I Am Working On Drinking More Water ]
[ This Has Become A Much Longer List Of “What I Am Working On” Than I Previously Imagined. It Looks Like I Have Alot Of Work I Should Be Doing! ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?
[ It Depends On Why It Is Called A Lazy Day ]
[ I Am Home On Permanent Disability ]
[ If I Wanted To, Or Was Not Careful, Everyday Could Turn Into A Lazy & Unproductive Day ]
[ I Try To Write SOMETHING, Every Single Day ]
[ Unless I Am In The Hospital ]
[ The Year 2025 Was Not A Good Year, Health Wise ]
[ An Unproductive Day, Would Be One When I Could Not Write ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ Every Morning When She Wakes You, It Helps You See ]
[ How Real The Day Can Turn Out To Be ]
[ The Sun In Her Beautiful Eyes ]
[ When She Helps You Rise ]
[ Does Make You Realize ]
[ That You Are One Of The Luckiest Guys ]
[ & You Know That You Are One Of The Luckiest Client’s On This Earth ]
[ It Did Not Take Her Long ]
[ To Prove Her Value & Worth ]
[ & The Decision To Hire Her Was Not @ All Wrong ]
[ You Always Wanted To Find Her CG Twin ]
[ To Make Everyday A Win-Win ]
[ But Then You Would Sit & Wonder ]
[ “When Could This Other CG Begin?” ]
[ You Hope That She Stays With You As You Attempt To Maneuver Your Way Through The Remaining Years Of Your Life ]
[ She Also Goes Outside Of Any To-Do List She Might Have ]
[ To Do So Much To Help Both You & Your Beautiful Wife ]
[ Cut All Of The Stress We Have Here By ½ ]
[ You Have Always Been Very Thankful That You Were Able To Find That 1 In A Billion Needle In The Haystack ]
[ You Are Now Off Carina ]
[ You Hope To Never Find The Need To Go Back! ]
[ The Way That She Comes In, It Relaxes You, Like You Are @ The Ocean ]
[ She Is Real & Genuine ]
[ Because She Never Seems Like She Is Just Going Through The Motions ]
[ She Came In Since Day One Knowing What She Needed To Do ]
[ She Does Not Call Out, While Faking The Flu ]
[ She Is A Self-Starter ]
[ & Does Not Wait For Some Kind Of Social Cue ]
[ She Keeps The Mood Light ]
[ She Checks In With You, Whenever You Are Out Of Her Sight ]
[ She Is Empathetic ]
[ Because She Understands Your Plight ]
[ Her Outside Worries Are Checked @ The Door ]
[ You Have Enough Of Your Own ]
[ & She Has Not Come To Give You More ]
[ Each Passing Day Makes Her Look More Of A Gem ]
[ & Less Of A Financial Problem ]
[ Or Emotional Burden ]
[ Before She Comes ]
[ You Never Feel The Need To Take Inventory Of Every Plate & Cup ]
[ She Has A Sense Of Humor, So She Understands Your Sarcastic Puns ]
[ She Is Not A Theft Risk, So You Do Not Need To Lock All Of Your Valuable’s Up ]
[ When She Comes To Your Home, She Always Keeps Things Real ]
[ She Helps You Feel ]
[ Like You Are A Big Deal ]
[ Is All Of This A Relief? ]
[ Is This What You Want To Believe? ]
[ Or @ The Young Age Of (62) ]
[ Are You Being Quite Naive? ]
[ Maybe It Is Understood ]
[ That Nobody Is This Good ]
[ But Not To Sound Rude ]
[ That Is Not What You Conclude ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
Aloha
Na
Lopaka DeVoe
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When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?
[ There Have Been Alot Of People Who Were Regular People That Became Successful ]
[ Bill Gates & Paul Allen Come To Mind ]
[ They Became Successful By Simply Collaborating On An Idea & Went For It & Created Microsoft ]
[ Phil Knight Became Successful When He Was A College Student Running Track For The University of Oregon ]
[ A College Kid That Had A Dream & Combined His Ideas With His UofO Track Coach & Created Nike ]
[ Mark Cuban Was A College Student Who Combined Ideas With His Friends To Become Successful
[ Damon John Came Up With The Idea For FUBU & Became Successful Building A Clothing Empire ]
[ My Powerlifting Coach Terry L. Was A Very Successful Coach. Our Team Started Out As A Core Team Of About (8) Of Us Lifters. The Team Grew To Over (15). We Then Had Maybe Over (9) Of Us Become World Champions & World Record Holders In Our Federation ]
[ The Lifter’s That Reached That Pinnacle Were Successful ]
[ Becoming Successful Can Take Alot Of Time, Hard Work, Sacrifices & Oftentimes Money ]
[ Very Few People Are Overnight Success’s ]
[ Everyone Has Something In Them That They Might Be Good @ ]
[ Take The Idea, Dream, Work Hard & Try, Fail, Try, Fail & Keep Trying Until You Feel Like You Are Succeeding ]
[ Everywhere You Look There Are Successful People In All Different Fields ]
[ Making Money Is Not The Only Guage Of What Makes Someone Successful ]
[ Having An Idea & Working Towards It Until You Are A Success To Yourself, Makes Someone Successful ]
[ Some People Are Never Happy With What They Do Or Have Done ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What makes a good neighbor?
[ A Good Neighbor Usually Leaves You Alone ]
[ He Doesn’t Invade Your Privacy ]
[ By Using A Drone ] …
[ When You Drive By Him While He Is Working In His Yard ]
[ He Waves Because He Is Friendly & Nice ]
[ During The Winter, He Works Really Hard ]
[ Using His Shovel On The Sidewalk, Clearing Away The Snow & The Ice ] …
[ He Barbecues All Year Long ]
[ & It Smells Really Good ]
[ He Knows That He Can’t Go Wrong ]
[ When He Barbecues For The Whole Neighborhood ] …
[ He Is Generous To A Fault ]
[ When You Knock On His Door ]
[ To Ask Him For Some Sugar Or Salt ] …
[ He Keeps His Eye On Your Property Whenever You & Your Family Are Out Exploring Other Towns ]
[ When You Meet Him ]
[ You Would Definitely Agree With His Pronoun’s ] …
[ He Is Just One Regular Guy ]
[ He Won’t Ever Steal Your Mail Or Newspaper ]
[ & He Bakes A Wonderful Apple Pie ] …
[ Everyone Around You Lives A Quiet & Comfortable Life ]
[ They Are Nice To Your Kids ]
[ & Nobody Tries To Covet Your Wife ] …
[ A Good Neighbor Will Always Care ]
[ If They Happen To Buy The Winning Megabucks Ticket, They Better Share ]
[ Because If They Won’t ]
[ You Will Become Their Worst Kind Of Nightmare! ] …
[ A Worst Neighbor They Would Never Find ]
[ Because You Would Become The Kind ]
[ That Would Mess With Their Mind ] …
[ As A Neighborly Rule ]
[ Nobody Will Treat You Like A Fool ]
[ When They Come To Their Senses & Start To Share, Then Everything Would Go Back To Being Cool ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?
[ Well I Feel Like There Is A Huge Difference Of Feeling/Being/Acting Mature & Feeling Like A Grown Up ]
[ I Feel Like I Am & Act Mature ]
[ I Don’t Want To Feel Like A Grown Up ]
[ For Me To Feel Like A Grown Up I Feel Like I Would Be Giving Up That Youthful, Playful Side Of Me ]
[ I Am 62yrs. Young ]
[ Do Not Dress Like A Grown Up! ]
[ I Wear Shorts Year Round ]
[ I Wear Vans, Adidas Shoes & Merrill Boots ]
[ T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Hooded Sweatshirts, Adidas Socks, Baseball Hats ]
[ I Shave My Head, Instead Of Being In Denial When My Hair Starts Thinning ]
[ I Will Never Be Doing That Horrible Looking Comb Over Style. No Hair Clubs For Me ]
[ No Slacks, Cardigans Or Black Socks ]
[ I Listen To Old & New Music ]
[ I Appreciate The Youthful Side Of Thinking & Life ]
[ If You Look, Act, Or Want To Be Different, Good For You ]
[ Don’t Let Anyone Paint, Or Mold You Into A Box Of What Someone Wants You To Be Like ]
[ I Live By The Saying, “You Do You” ]
[ My Parents Were The Grown Ups In My Life. I Don’t EVER Want To Be Like They Were. No ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?
[ Honestly … I Would Put It In My Will That My Wife Will Get It ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
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