What’s something you used to worry about but don’t anymore?

[ What Was A Worry In The Past, But Now Is  Not? ]

[ You Used To Worry Alot About Death ]

[ You Used To Worry About Living Alone ]

[ You Used To Be Worried About Dying Alone ]

[ You Do Not Know What Happened Over A Year Ago, But You Have Come To Terms With Death ]

[ Now You Embrace It As An Inevitable Part Of Your Life ]

[ There Is Birth, The Start, Then There Is Death, Where Life Ends ]

[ Worrying About Death Does Not Enhance Your Life ]

[ It Actually Hampers Your Life With Needless Worry ]

[ Your Eyes Are Wide Open To The Possibilities That Getting A Divorce Brings ]

[ Because It Is The Closing Of One Chapter In Your Life & The Start Of A New Chapter ]

[ But Then Again You Could Walk Outside & Get Hit By A Bus ]

[ Oh Well ]

[ New Chapter … ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What are your top 10 travel destinations?

[ Top (10) Travel Destinations? ]

[ Your (1-10) Destinations Will Be Your Next Home ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What is your favorite quote?

[ What Is Your Favorite Quote? ]

[ You Have Several ]

[ But Your Favorite One That You Like & Try To Live By Is … “If You Are Not Going To Do Anything About Your Problem, Then Suffer In Silence” ]

[ There Is Nothing Worse Than Someone Bitching About Their Problems, But Choosing To Do Nothing About It ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

Do you think everything happens for a reason?

[ For A Reason ]

[ When Someone Comes Up To You & Says, “Things Happen For A Reason” You Just Want To Look @ Them & Say, “Really, Then Please Explain (3) Events In My Life?” ]

[ 1. Why Did Your Biological Father Commit Suicide In Front Of You & Your Sister? ]

[ 2. Why Did You Have To Be The Lone Staff In The Riot? ]

[ 3. Why Did Your Brother Have To Die? ]

[ No One Can Give Me “The Reasons” Why Those (3) Things Happened! ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What’s your home decoration style?

[ What’s Your Home Decoration Style? ]

[ You Would Have To Say It Is Controlled Chaos ]

[ There Really Isn’t Any Style Name To It ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What’s your biggest dream?

[ What Is Your Dream? ]

[ You Used To Have A Dream Of Having A Family & A Forever Marriage ]

[ Both Of Those Are Now Gone ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What’s a promise you made to yourself that you’ve actually kept?

[ What Is A Promise You Made To Yourself That You Actually Kept? ]

[ There Have Been (2) That Come To Mind ]

[ The First Promise Was When You Were In (8th) Grade ]

[ You Went Over To A Friend’s House ]

[ He Already Had A Friend There, But No Parents To Be Found, Since It Was The Summer ]

[ Well They Both Started Drinking & Smoking On Someone’s Bong ]

[ Well, Within The Hour They Started Acting Obnoxious & Like Fools ]

[ You Just Got Up & Went Home Thinking That Doing Drugs & Drinking Was Stupid ]

[ You Made The Promise To Yourself That You Would NOT Touch Alcohol Or Drugs Until After You Turned (18yrs) Old & Graduated High School ]

[ During High School You Still Went To The Regular Weekend Parties ]

[ But You Kept Your Promise To Yourself By Being One Of The Very Few To Walk Around Sipping Coke Out Of A Can & Staying Sober ]

[ There Was Alot Of Peer Pressure To Break Your  Promise ]

[ You Did Not Try Anything Until You Went To College ]

[ So You Kept Your Promise ]

[ You Did Go To The Parties For The First (2yrs) Then Did Not Touch Another Drop For (10) More Years ]

[ Then You Got Really Drunk @ Your Bachelors Party A Week Before Your Wedding ]

[ The (4) Friends That Took Out Got You Extremely Drunk! ]

[ You Drank More That Night Than You  Ever Did Prior ]

[ The Day After Your  Party Was When You Made The Other Promise … No More Drinking ]

[ That Was March 9th, 1996 ]

[ So You Are (2) For (2) & You Are Proud Of It ]

[ Whenever You Drank You Never Got Sick Or Had Any Sort Of Hangover ]

[ More Than A Few People Thought You Were Lucky ]

[ You Did Consider Yourself Lucky ]

[ Because Later In Life … ]

[ You Found Out The Truth On Why Your Biological Father Put A Gun To His Girlfriends Head Than Shot Himself In Front Of You & Your Sister In (1966) … They Were Really Drunk & Were Arguing ]

[ Then Your Only Sister Dropped Out Of High School, Started Drinking & Doing Drugs After She Ran Away ]

[ The Last Thing You Ever Knew About Her Was She Was Homeless, Living On The Streets Of S.E. Portland ]

[ She Is Most Likely Dead & That Was Over (15yrs) Ago ]

[ Your Only Brother Went Out On The Town While Living In Las Vegas With His Daughter ]

[ He Went To Sleep & Never Woke Up ]

[ (3) Out Of (3) Family Members Are Gone Because Of Alcohol & Drug Abuse Problems ]

[ You Miss Your Brother The Most! ]

[ Drinking & Drugs Was So Intertwined In Your Families DNA! ]

[ Yes, You Consider Yourself Lucky ]

[ You Don’t Preach To Anyone About Drug &/Or Alcohol Use, Not Even To Your Own Kid ]

[ He Knows All That You’ve Lost & It’s A Choice For Anyone ]

[ Those Are Your (2) Best Promises To Yourself That You Have Worked Really Hard  To Keep ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

If you could have dinner with any fictional character, who would it be?

[ If You Could Have Dinner With A Fictional Character Who Would It Be? ]

[ You Do Not Have Any Interest In A Fictional Character ]

[ One Person You Had Always Wanted To Dine With Is Your Biological Father ]

[ You Would Have A Really Long List Of Questions You Have Always Wanted To Ask Him ]

[ The Top Of The List Would Be, “Why Did You Commit Suicide In Front Of Me & My Sister?” ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What is the best purchase you have ever made?

[ What Is The Best Purchase? ]

[ You Thought It Would Have Been Your House ]

[ But Then That Whole Thing Went To Hell ]

[ So The Best Purchase Turns Out To Be Your Brand New (2001) Volkswagen Passat ]

[ It Was Fast When It Needed To Be Like From Being @ A Red Light, Turning Green. It Was Great When You Needed To Suddenly Merge On To The Freeway ]

[ The Car Had Tiptronic Shifting ]

[ On A Straightaway Portion Of  Hwy (22) Going To Monmouth, Early In The Morning Of A Clear Day, With No Other Traffic ]

[ You Pushed The Speedometer Past (115mph) ]

[ It Was Both Exhilarating & Scary ]

[ Your Steering Stayed Straight & Did Not Shake @ All ]

[ You Did Not Drive Her Very Much, Only About (47,000mi) Over (10yrs) ]

[ She Held Her Value When You Traded It In For Another Vehicle ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~