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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Homeward Bound
(beach near the rental house)
I'm on a break.
O'ahu, Hawaii. I think I might like it more than Maui. The North Shore is charming, the windward east side is beautiful (think Jurassic Park), the interior is peaceful, and the city of Honolulu is crammed full of shopping, great food and stunning sunset views presided over by majestic Diamond Head. But that's a topic for another post (one overloaded with photos). And I'm pretending that my life is at a standstill.
Being away on this break came at the right time because of a small controversy for B at work barely worth mentioning. If I told you, well, let's just say it's an illustration of how unkind and reactionary people can be. Funny how fans and peers seem to always assume they have all the information to have an informed opinion. And that they think important decisions are made cavalierly without very careful exploration, research and planning. And that change is somehow alien to the process of film-making. I remember exactly what it was like to see things from that perspective, so all the unkind words don't bother me that much. Because I remember what it looks like from their perspective.
I'm not sure my mom is well. A emotional episode day before we left was like a stomach punch, it was so unexpected. She's 80. I know this is a factor, and I'm holding my breath to see if she's just tired of using the "polite filter" that we all use... or if she's losing it slowly. I just have to remember she's 80. A certain percentage of this is normal. Somewhere under all the ravages of a long (and healthy) life, she's the same. I can't believe I have an 80 year old mom. I blinked, and she went from 60 to 80.
I'm sitting in the back yard of a house on Oahu that we're renting with good friends, listening to ABBA on the sound system, and thinking about a sunset beach walk maybe. My mental creativity is on vacation too, so sorry if this post is so... pedestrian. We've been watching the Olympics every night in the man-cave media room on a 100 inch screen tv, and eating wonderful things like homemade guacamole and brie & crackers.
Favorite new discovery: Chocolate Haupia Pie. God. it's like the best chocolate cream pie you can imagine.
I'm not in the least interested in stepping into the pool, but it's pretty to look at, surrounded by coconut trees and birds of paradise flowers. So breezy and there are birds and water noises and I don't want any of it to stop.
This house is so strange. The owners have so much money they built a house that sprawls with 2 master suites, one at each end. They have a professional grade dishwasher that does an entire load in 6 minutes, a 10-grand sub-zero fridge, a Wolf brand stove/range, and an ice-maker that will make 100lbs of ice a day. Our bedroom has its own w/d (the dryer has a steaming rack inside it where you can hang clothes to unwrinkle). And it has a a master bath with a 7 foot oval bathtub that could seat 3 comfortably and a double shower (nozzles from 2 directions) surrounded in marble. Holy crap. Crazy house. Crazy economy with low rental fees. Wait til you see photos. Some of the house just makes me go "What the hell were they thinking?"
Probably no post til Monday... I'm behind... so I have houses to post and thoughts tumbling around inside my head just waiting for a normal day on which to express them. But for now... I'm on Aloha time. And there's Chocolate Haupia Pie in the fridge waiting for me.
~Shephard :)
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