“It’s pretty cool that they seem to including people from various Polynesian backgrounds in this film - Auli’i Cravalho being Hawaiian, The Rock being Samoan, and and Taika Waititi being Māori.”

Active lava, yeah, you're right!

I would be proud of having open heart surgery! But I’m a nurse, and I know the craziness of cracking the chest open, being put on a heart-lung machine - you’re essentially dead while the machine takes over your life. I think it’s fabulously cool! Kudos to you for having survived that!

Yup :). At almost 14,000 feet, it snows almost every winter. There’s no lift of course, so you need 4 wheel drive and at least one other person to tag team driving you and your board back up. This year it snowed on July 17!

A guy told me this week that he and a lot of other people honestly think that all these public massacres with guns are an Obama conspiracy. Their logic: these things didn't happen until Obama was in office. The stupidity of this left me breathless.

You rock!

I’m Hawaiian, which was found by the Polynesians. So maybe it’s just here that we use the term Pacific Islanders. We have people from places such as the Marshall Islands, Samoa and Guam. Not sure if those places are considered Polynesia? Anyway, lots of different islands, which is where the ‘poly’ in Polynesia came…

Now they are Pacific Islanders. Polynesian is an old term, but I guess since this movie is set in the past, that is the correct term.

That would be Princess Diana, the huntress. Yes, the tabby has 4 white paws. Sorry the pic is blurry but it was taken in a dark tent. They love to snuggle and clean each other.

Hey! I heard you guys from Puerto Rico love your Coquis. Okay so here in Hawaii they are universally hated for their noise. Did you know that? Well, anyway, I’m curious, because I can hear them right now. 5:18 pm here, till the birds start chirping in the morning.. WHY DO YOU LOVE THEM???

You are so so lucky you’ve vacationed in 12 different countries. And all those countries have an Ikea store. But trust me, IKEA does not ship. One must go to the nice store to get cheap furnishings. I tried and tried to get IKEA furniture here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but according to their website, one of…

By the way, I wonder if instead of Polynesian they mean Pacific Islander.

ere’s Bruddah Iz singing “Hawaiian Superman”, which tells a story about the demigod Maui:

Well, they're earning their keep at least.

Yeah, those cute little paws just smushed that tiny frog. And they never eat them (can't say I blame them, yuck) so I have to dispose of them. Again, yuck.

I've only seen two presidential signs so far here in HI, and both were for bernie. Now I know why: beer, partying, weed and goats.

You are correct, probably. IKEA does not ship anywhere. That makes me sad.

Frogs. I live in a tent in HI, and these little ones, Coquis (which got here from Puerto Rico in case any of you have heard these little fuckers over there) either hop in themselves or are brought in by the cats. On a daily basis. And hop on me. Yuck.

Reason #240 why NOT to live in Hawaii: even though I have Amazon Prime, I cannot order the $93 mini fridge/freezer because, and I quote the non-English-as a first language speaker from Amazon, “It’s too expensive to ship”. What.the.fuck, Amazon?

For a month I stayed with someone who’s lived off the grid for decades. Her outhouse is more pleasant than a regular toilet. It’s in Hawaii, and instead of being all wood, the wall you face is screened, with vines and flowers growing on it, looking out towards a lava flow and jungle. There is lime to sprinkle on the…