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im on the bus. in hawaii. heading toward honololou. i ask this kindly old man sitting beside me when i should get off to see the downtown area. so he tells me. we get to talkin a bit. what a kindly old man. i get off. begin my drandom sightseeing. an hour later im wandering aimlessly thru chinatown, which has suddenly become crackton. and who is that yells to me across the street but kindly old man! let me buy you a drink he says. suspiciously i say yes. sooner rather than later, it all becomes suddenly clear. kindly old man is actually kindly old gay man. why am i increasingly the target of older gay men? and this guy was old. like old man river old. grandpa old. i think jerry seinfeld was on to something when he said people assume your gay when youre tall skinny and polite… it was a cool little bar though. kinda trees loungeish if youve seen that terrific little film. where the only customers are the regulars. kindly old gay man did suggest a nice vietnamese restaurant for me though, so i got that going for me. which is nice.

so hawaii is fun. ive been doing the extremely cheap version of hawaii, basically just walking around like 8 hours out of the day and taking the bus places. im in a decent little hostel in waikiki, which is like the tourist mecca, its kinda sickening but whatta ya gonna do. giant posh hotel at every corner. its interesting that hawaii is very much american (fuckin flags everywhere), but still like this island getaway paradise.

i almost walked into a washed up endangered seal but some lady yelled at me first. i walked up and thru a crater in flip flops and now my feet are messed. went snorkelling and got mad at all the people touching the coral. tomorrow im going to the beach where the world surf championships are held. and hopefully taking a bus tour around the island for a day. and maybe taking a big hike.

and then i’ll be home!
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