What’s a moment in your life that felt like it was straight out of a movie?

[ What Was The Moment? ]

[ The Very First Time That You Became A World Champion In Your Federation Competing In Powerlifting Bench Press ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What’s the first book you ever finished and still remember to this day?

[ What Is The Book You Remember? ]

[ Before You Went Through The Riot That Took Your Career Away You Tried To Read As Many Non-Fiction Books On Serial Murderers As You Could Find ]

[ Post- Riot … Now You Have Trouble Comprehending What You Have Read From One Paragraph To The Next ]

[ When You Were In Your Late Teens You Read An Article About John Douglas, An FBI Profiler. That Totally Fascinated You. Getting Inside How Serial Murderers Thought Was Also Very Fascinating ]

[ You Filled @ Least (2) (18gal) Totes With Just Books Based On Serial Murderers ]

[ The Very 1st Serial Killer Book Was Titled, “The Yorkshire Ripper” & It Was About A Serial Killer In England ]

[ This Guy Was Brutal ]

[ He Was Given The Name “The Yorkshire Ripper” Because The Brutality Of The Crime Reminded The Law Enforcement Over There Of The Infamous “Jack The Ripper” ]

[ One Murderer That Was Never Caught ]

[ Of Course This Caused Conspiracy Nuts To Go Nuts ]

[ Authorities Never Figured That Murder Spree Out ]

[ You Don’t Remember The Victims Names Or How Many There Were ]

[ Then The Yorkshire Ripper Slipped Up & A Woman Got Away From Him ]

[ A Survivor ]

[ So Many Victims & One Survivor ]

[ But They Still Did Not Have A Suspect ]

[ One Day The Survivor Noticed A Calendar Hanging Up In A Store, Advertising A Trucking Company ]

[ The Man Of That Month Was A Picture Of The Man That Attempted To Kill Her ]

[ That Was How The Yorkshire Ripper Was Caught ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

If you had an unlimited budget for 24 hours, what would you do?

[ If You Had An Unlimited Budget … ]

[ You Would Pay Up To (5yrs) Of The Cost To Run A Camp That Is For Families With Disabled Children That Is Called “Camp Attitude” That Is Located  Here In Oregon ]

[ You Would Set-Up College Scholarships For Students That Are From Your High School ]

[ You Would Set-Up Scholarships For Needy Families ]

[ You Would Triple The Yearly Pay Of Every One Of The Caregivers That Are Working For You ]

[ You Would Make Some Kinds Of Scholarships For Kids & Teenagers That Are In Foster Care ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

If you could erase one movie from your memory and watch it again for the first time, which one would it be?

[ Which Movie? ]

[ You Would Probably Like Watching “Shawshank Redemption” Again ]

[ You Have Watched This Movie @ Least (5) Times, So Watching It Again Would Be Refreshing ]

[ Ever Since You Worked In Juvenile Corrections, You Think That You Would Have A New Perspective Since You Did Work With Inmates For Over (5yrs) ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What are the biggest benefits of minimalist living?

[ Well, Your Home Owners Insurance Policy Would Be Fairly Inexpensive ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What’s the most fun way to exercise?

[ The Most Fun Way To Exercise For You Was Going To The Gym ]

[ You Loved Lifting Weights ]

[ You Miss Going To The Gym ]

[ The Buzzing Going Through Your Body After A Good Work-Out Was Wonderful ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

How would you improve your community?

[ Your Community ]

[ On A Nice Saturday, You Would Love To Get Everyone Out Of Their Homes, Apartments, Trailers Or Tents To Meet Each Other ]

[ Where You Grew Up There Would Be One Day In The Summer Where People Would Clean Off Their Picnic Tables That Sit In Their Backyards All Winter. Then The Streets Would Be Closed Off. Then People Would Bring Their Tables Out To The Street & It Would Be One Big, Happy Picnic With Your Neighbors ]

[ People Never Moved As Much As They Do Now ]

[ You Have Been In The Same House Now For Almost (18yrs). Everyone Around You Now, Were Already Here. We Are The Newest People In Our Neighborhood ]

[ The Reason You Would Bring Everyone Out On One Day Is So People Could Meet Their Neighbors ]

[ You Could Meet The Shy Family That Has Lived Next Door To You For The Last (2yrs) ]

[ You Could Meet The Young Couple Who Adopted A Child ]

[ Neighbors Do Not Even Know The Names Of Those That Live Around Them Anymore ]

[ The ‘VID’19 Was The WORST Thing That Could Have Happened To Society ]

[ Now … Everyone Is A Stranger ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What’s something most people don’t understand?

[ What Don’t Most People Don’t Understand? ]

[ That’s Simple … Each Other ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What is the last thing you learned?

[ The Last Thing You Learned? ]

[ You Cannot Really Answer That ]

[ There Is Not A Last Thing ]

[ You Are (62yrs) Old & A College Graduate ]

[ One Important Thing That You Learned Along The Way Was If You Keep An Open Mind, You Can Learn Something New Every Day ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?

[ Your Autobiography ]

[ Your First Sentence Would Be, “I Came, I Had A Thought, Then I Wrote A Story” ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~