Like Camping...
Good evening, ya'll...anyways, its sunday night and im very tired...but i did want to post something cause i feel bad that i never post anymore...so this will be short and sweet...just some pics and explanations...ill write more sometime this week...(i also just wrote a bunch and it got erased, so im pissed off that i lost all that work)...our friend took us on a oceanside drive today...she took us to the western side of the island...we had never been to this side of the island...it was gorgeous...and we went at sunset too...it was breathtaking and calm and rural...very pure and peaceful...i had to take pics from the back of annie's truck, so they didnt turn out that well...but i think the top one is kinda lovely...
this is just a pic of one of the oceanside villages...see the town bell...who needs television or radioes or even blowhorns to get the village people's attention when you got a nice bell like that?
this is one of the very few cemetaries ive seen here on the island...usually the people are buried in the front yards...i think this was a family from the village's gravesite...it sounds morbid, but i think cemetaries can be so pretty...and serene...
this picture is obviously a little blurry...but i think it captured the feeling of the oceanside drive very well...it was so calm and beautiful on this side of the island...it reminded me a lot of camping...not only because of the rural aspect but also of how the people were enjoying themselves outside with the trees...the houses are small and rustic and close together...with open doors and lighted porches...and all the people sit outside and cook and talk and chillax...and kids run around and play while dogs frolick along with them...the houses look like the cabin up north or old trailers...but the people dont mind...because theyre outside...not in the house...its hard to explain but the mood of the island simply reminded me of camping...its very nolstalgic and tranquil...memories of the nature and relaxation and togetherness of the land (in gotham) and the camp sites i used to go to when i was young (muskego, mukwonago, etc.) flooded my sentiments...and then theres me...driving by in the back of a pickup while the villagers waved and said "malo"...it was so jellystone camp site...just people and nature and companionship at its most placid and organic best...just like bogus bluff...cept without the loud, obnoxious pollution of four-wheelers...and instead of a river, they have a beautiful, dazzling sea...
all along the ocean, every mile or two, they would have memorials at shorelines for people who drowned in that beach...this beach alone had 23 deaths...including a girl from tafuna who died there just this year...as you can see, theres a rescue alarm bell...but im sure by the time the villagers hear it and call for help, its probably too late...i even saw a momument for "all the korean fishermen lost at sea"...in other words, as wonderful as the ocean is, its also dangerously treacherous...many, many samoans get swept away by it every year...lets hope i dont become a memorial while im here...
okay, ill briefly tell you guys about my nice and long weekend (we had friday off because of veterans day...i swear, teachers have a sweet deal)...but i dont wanna go into too much detail cause i have more pics that id like to post later this week...anyways, thursday night we went for a drive up a mountain and eat at Krystal burger...the best burger joint on the island...so fattening...yet so damn tasty...their banana splits are to die for...then on friday we went to a friends house for dinner and drinks...once again, it reminded me of camping...we just sat out in her front yard and drank and talked and listened to music...and we were surrounded by other cabins, er i mean houses, that were doing the same thing...it was very chill...we also went to a club that night and walked to mcdonalds at three in the morning...that was thrilling...samoan streets in the middle of the night arent the safest...but no wild dogs attacked...and i actually got walked home by a bunch of samoan boys who spoke no english...cept they did ask to watch movies at my house...i didnt think that would be a smart idea though...on saturday i didnt really do that much...a lot of lesson planning and sleeping...then on sunday (today) we went to have brunch with a family from church and we went swimming and went on our oceanside drive...now im posting on my blog even though im hella tired...but i do it for the people ;-)
alright, im gonna go now...sorry for the boring ass post...on wednesday ill write more...and ill give my top five obsessions...by the way, wasnt last sunday's desperate housewives (not last night's) like the best episode ever?...now that was some excellent television...that show is back to its old self...oh, and what'd you guys think of the 10 person jury on survivor?...since thats an even number, i have a feeling that some of the jury will be eliminated somehow...dont ask me how...im sure mark burnett and jeff probst have something fun up their sleeves...i kinda hope so...i think this season has been kinda boring and bland...lost was awesome on wednesday, too...but now it goes on hiatus till february...thats gonna suck...and are any of you watching heroes?...im guessing not...but that too is excellent television...
this is just a pic of one of the oceanside villages...see the town bell...who needs television or radioes or even blowhorns to get the village people's attention when you got a nice bell like that?
this picture is obviously a little blurry...but i think it captured the feeling of the oceanside drive very well...it was so calm and beautiful on this side of the island...it reminded me a lot of camping...not only because of the rural aspect but also of how the people were enjoying themselves outside with the trees...the houses are small and rustic and close together...with open doors and lighted porches...and all the people sit outside and cook and talk and chillax...and kids run around and play while dogs frolick along with them...the houses look like the cabin up north or old trailers...but the people dont mind...because theyre outside...not in the house...its hard to explain but the mood of the island simply reminded me of camping...its very nolstalgic and tranquil...memories of the nature and relaxation and togetherness of the land (in gotham) and the camp sites i used to go to when i was young (muskego, mukwonago, etc.) flooded my sentiments...and then theres me...driving by in the back of a pickup while the villagers waved and said "malo"...it was so jellystone camp site...just people and nature and companionship at its most placid and organic best...just like bogus bluff...cept without the loud, obnoxious pollution of four-wheelers...and instead of a river, they have a beautiful, dazzling sea...
okay, ill briefly tell you guys about my nice and long weekend (we had friday off because of veterans day...i swear, teachers have a sweet deal)...but i dont wanna go into too much detail cause i have more pics that id like to post later this week...anyways, thursday night we went for a drive up a mountain and eat at Krystal burger...the best burger joint on the island...so fattening...yet so damn tasty...their banana splits are to die for...then on friday we went to a friends house for dinner and drinks...once again, it reminded me of camping...we just sat out in her front yard and drank and talked and listened to music...and we were surrounded by other cabins, er i mean houses, that were doing the same thing...it was very chill...we also went to a club that night and walked to mcdonalds at three in the morning...that was thrilling...samoan streets in the middle of the night arent the safest...but no wild dogs attacked...and i actually got walked home by a bunch of samoan boys who spoke no english...cept they did ask to watch movies at my house...i didnt think that would be a smart idea though...on saturday i didnt really do that much...a lot of lesson planning and sleeping...then on sunday (today) we went to have brunch with a family from church and we went swimming and went on our oceanside drive...now im posting on my blog even though im hella tired...but i do it for the people ;-)
alright, im gonna go now...sorry for the boring ass post...on wednesday ill write more...and ill give my top five obsessions...by the way, wasnt last sunday's desperate housewives (not last night's) like the best episode ever?...now that was some excellent television...that show is back to its old self...oh, and what'd you guys think of the 10 person jury on survivor?...since thats an even number, i have a feeling that some of the jury will be eliminated somehow...dont ask me how...im sure mark burnett and jeff probst have something fun up their sleeves...i kinda hope so...i think this season has been kinda boring and bland...lost was awesome on wednesday, too...but now it goes on hiatus till february...thats gonna suck...and are any of you watching heroes?...im guessing not...but that too is excellent television...k, love ya and miss ya...
-JOE
"I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."
-Herman Melville, Moby Dick
posted by Samoa Joe at 4:07 AM
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I watched another episode of Heros last week and I didn't hate it. I was extremely annoyed that Lost is done until feb. That sucks! What about gray - are you watching that?
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