What time do you go to bed and wake up currently?
[ I Do Not Have A Specific Bedtime ]
[ I Do Not Have A Specific Wake Time ]
[ If I Am Lucky, I Will Fall Asleep By 0130hrs & Sleep Until 0800hrs Or 0900hrs ]
[ If I Am Unlucky I Will Wake Up Around 0430hrs & Not Be Able To Go Back To Sleep ]
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life?
[ I Don’t Use Any Strategies To Increase Comfort In My Life. But I Do Have A Strategy That I Use To Increase Comfort In Other People’s Lives … I Listen. If They Are In Need Of Something That Maybe I Can Afford, I Try To Get It For Them. Or If I Have Something Extra, I Will Gift It To Them ]
[ She Came Into Your Life Like A Flash ]
[ Her Love Could Not Be Bought With Cash ]
[ Now Your Heart Is Just A Pile Of Ash ]
[ That Pile Is All You Have Remaining Of The Time You (2) Were Together ]
[ Her Moods Changed As Fast As The Oregon Weather ]
[ Sometimes It Rained ]
[ When She Got Angry & Hostile ]
[ What Did She Gain? ]
[ For Awhile? ]
[ Then She Would Refrain ]
[ From Giving You A Smile ]
[ Those Times Did Neither One Of Us A Bit Of Good, She Would Say ]
[ If It Was @ A Job ]
[ She Wouldn’t Have Earned Any Pay ]
[ But It Wasn’t, So You Could ]
[ Even If You Couldn’t ]
[ You Would ]
[ They’d Say, “Sorry, Mike” ]
[ “This Is Not The Best Way” ]
[ “To Earn Your Pay” ]
[ It Seemed Like That Night After Night ]
[ & Day After Day ]
[ You Were Concerned About How Does One Learn To Touch? ]
[ Not Too Little ]
[ Or Not Too Much? ]
[ How Does One Find The Balance Between The (2)? ]
[ You Could Throw A Shoe ]
[ But Wouldn’t That Be The Wrong Thing To Do? ]
[ Says, “She?” ]
[ Says Who? ]
[ But It Wouldn’t Be Hard ]
[ To Use The “UNO Reverse” Card ]
[ What Would That Mean ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things? ]
[ Would It Mean Having A Clear Path? ]
[ In The Subject Of Math? ]
[ Or Being Given A Shield ]
[ From The Next Woman’s Wrath? ]
[ Would That Wrath Be Not Needed Or Unwanted? ]
[ So You Will Be Undaunted? ]
[ In The Face Of Evil ]
[ Trying To Stay Civil ]
[ Maybe, The Best Thing Would Be To Just Walk Away ]
[ Then See If It Really Mattered ]
[ When The Next Woman Chooses To Stay ]
[ Because You Don’t Like Feeling Battered ]
Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
Describe your most memorable vacation.
[ The Best Vacation That I Had Was When I Went To Jamaica For Our Honeymoon ]
[ Walking Around Our All-Inclusive Resort Was Beautiful & Relaxing ]
[ We Were Even Able To Take A Boat Ride To The Island Of Kokomo, That Was Made Famous By The Beach Boys ]
[ We Were Able To Walk Around The Whole Island In Under An Hour ]
Mahalo nui loa,
Lopaka DeVoe
[ There Are Times When You Look @ The Trees Surrounding Your Property & Some People Could Think That You Might Be Lying ]
[ But When The Sun Starts Setting ]
[ You Can See That Some Of The Branches Are Crying ]
[ You Have Not Seen Nor Ever Heard Of Such A Thing ]
[ What Is Next? ]
[ Finding Out That The Leaves That Are On The Ground Can Sing? ]
[ The Bushes Alongside The Driveway Have The Ability To Send You A Text? ]
[ You Have Racked Your Brain About The Number Of Blank Texts That You Have Chased ]
[ Now You Find ]
[ That The Texts Are Not From People That You Have Never Faced ]
[ You Have Heard Of Wild Stories ]
[ All Of Them Were Extremly Boring ]
[ They Would Be Extremely Sure & Fit ]
[ Into Dreams That Had You Snoring ]
[ Even Though The Answer Kind Of Makes Sense ]
[ It Still Has You Riding The Fence ]
[ On Whether Or Not The Answer Causes You To Feel Tense ]
[ Most People Who Will Hear It ]
[ Would Immediately Yell, “Bullshit!” ]
[ They Tend To Have To Hear It Themselves ]
[ Instead Of Being Told A Story ]
[ From Someone Else ]
[ Then They Would Become The Story Tellers ]
[ & Then Everyone Else Can Be ]
[ The Ones That Think That You Are One Of Those Truth Sellers ]
[ Trying To Sell You The Truth Through An Act ]
[ Not The Ones That Lay It Out As A Fact ]
[ If Someone Is Taken Aback ]
[ You Should Cut Them Some Slack ]
[ It Wasn’t Too Long Ago ]
[ Where You Only Thought In Terms Of White Or Black ]
[ You Thought That Everyone That Believed Was A Heavy Drinker ]
[ Not A Deep Thinker ]
[ It Is Funny How Things Change ]
[ Because The Story Was Rearranged ]
[ Not Pre-Arranged ]
Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
What’s your definition of romantic?
[ Your Definition Of Romantic ]
[ Is Kind Of Anti-Climatic ]
[ Everybody’s Definition Is Very Subjective ]
[ Because This Subject ]
[ Should Not Be Looked @ As Objective ]
[ Romance ]
[ Should Not Be Based On Facts ]
[ Everything Should Be By Chance ]
[ & How The Other Person Reacts ]
[ A Man Could Think That He Was Being Romantic By Buying Her A Rose ]
[ But His Partner Has Allergies ]
[ So It Affects Her Nose ]
[ She Won’t Like Candy On Any Day ]
[ She Thinks The Pounds Won’t Look Good On Her ]
[ Then When She Talks About Tooth Decay ]
[ She Seems So Sure ]
[ Romance Is In The Eye Of The Beholder ]
[ As The Guy Gets Older ]
[ His Resolve To Do Something Romantic Grows Colder ]
[ Instead Of Bolder ]
[ Sometimes People Will Look @ A Hopeless Romantic ]
[ & Thinks He Acts Like A Crazy Lunatic ]
[ Some Women Think Chivalry Is Dead ]
[ In The Water ]
[ Is It All In Their Head ]
[ Because They Never Saw A Sign Of It Coming From Their Father ]
[ When You Have Been Married For ½ Of Your Life ]
[ You Still Try To Do Romantic Actions For Your Wife ]
[ Try ]
[ Fail, Try Again ]
[ Don’t Tell Her A Lie ]
[ As A Way To Begin ]
[ Romance In A Marriage Is Still A Thing ]
[ Always Treat Your Wife Like A Queen ]
[ Then Watch The Kinds Of Comments That Will Bring ]
[ When You Try To Be Romantic It Is Not Meant To Shine A Light On Yourself ]
[ When You Try To Be Romantic It Is For Someone Else ]
[ Romance Can Have A Really Broad Definition ]
[ With Everything That Is Going On In This World ]
[ Being Romantic Is A Pretty Good Condition ]
[ To Have … ]
Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
What are you most worried about for the future?
[ I Worry About Cuts To Social Security ]
[ Since I Am On Permanent Disability ]
[ I Worry About Our Son, Because He Is Our Only Child ]
[ Will The World Be Kind To Him As He Ages? ]
[ It Seems Like Part Of Society Has Become Wild ]
[ With Their Rants & Rages ]
[ I Worry About Will We Have Enough Money To Comfortably Live Out Our Years ]
[ These Are More Than Worries ]
[ These Are My Fears ]
What is your favorite season of year? Why?
[ Spring Time Is My Favorite Season ]
[ Because There Is All Different Kinds Of Weather Here In OR ]
[ Plus My Birthday & My Beautiful Wife’s Birthday Falls In The Spring ]
How important is spirituality in your life?
[ Not Very Important ]
[ There Are Days When You Put On Your Boots ]
[ You Need To Walk Around ]
[ Looking For A Working Phone Booth ]
[ On Your Side Of Town ]
[ When All You Get Is A Dial Tone ]
[ It Reminds You Of The Days ]
[ When It Only Cost $.25 To Get A Single Scoop Of Ice Cream Placed On A Cone ]
[ When You Get Back To Your House ]
[ You’ll Give A Kiss ]
[ To Your Loving Spouse ]
[ You Will Walk Over To Your Roll Out Desk ]
[ Put On Your Rolex ]
[ & Find Your Rolo-Dex ]
[ You Will Spin It Around & Around ]
[ Stopping It ]
[ Only After You Are Satisfied With What You Have Found ]
[ The Search For The Card ]
[ Was Extremely Hard ]
[ Searching For The Card That Just Said, “L.S.L.” ]
[ You Needed To Call Them On Your Really Old “Motorola Flip Phone” ]
[ You Really Needed To Go The “Fabulous Family Of Five” House Because They Have Always Treated You & Your Wife So Well ]
[ They Treat You Like Part Of Their Family ]
[ We Treat Them The Same ]
[ Ever Since The Matriarch Said, “This Is The Way That Things Will Be!” ]
[ We Hop In Your VW Bug With Your Full “Man-Pack” ]
[ Then Open Your Bag ]
[ & Pull Out A Tape So You Could Put It Into My 8-Track ]
[ You Love Watching The “L.S.L.” Just Experience Life ]
[ The Sentiment Is Also Felt By Your Beautiful Wife ]
[ The Love Has Always Been Sent ]
[ To Sir Dan & Ms. Teacher ]
[ The Wonderful Parents ]
[ & Elizabeth Let’s Us Borrow All Of The VCR Tapes That She Rents ]
[ S. Seems To Be The Happiest Just Sitting & Drawing While Listening To “Duran Duran” ]
[ On Her Walkman ]
[ L. Is Putting Beads On A String That Will Obviously ]
[ Turn Out Really Groovy ]
[ L. Comes Out Of His Black Lit Room In His New Parachute Pants Sporting A Brand New Pair Of Chucks ]
[ When S. & L. Quickly Turnaround & Ask, “What The F#@k?” ]
[ Dan Comes Down The Stairs Sporting An Afro ]
[ Ms. Teacher Is Wearing Neon Leg Warmers ]
[ Tossing Her Big Hair To & Fro ]
[ Dan Quickly Runs Over To His CB Radio ]
[ Because The Families Name On The Radio Is “The Charmers” ]
[ Dan Almost Tripped On L.‘s Slinky That Was Forgotten On The Brightly Lit Bottom Step ]
[ It Was A Good Thing That He Moved To His Right Instead Of His Left ]
[ When Nicole Saw Ms. Teacher, She Was Wearing Knee High “Go-Go Boots” ]
[ Your Wife Gave Ms. Teacher (2) Brand New Movies Called “Tootsie” & “Roots” ]
[ Everyone Grabbed Some Jiffy Pop Popcorn & Their Favorite Bean Bag Chair To Watch ]
[ The Movies ]
[ On The 1967 Magnavox ]
[ With The Amazing 2-Speaker Sound ]
[ The Music Was Profound ]
[ Goodnight, Good Dreams & Love To You All ]
[ If You Ever Need One Of Us ]
[ Please Do Not Hesitate To Text Or Call ]
[ Mahalo Nui Loa ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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