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Kukui

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

About Me

It seems that I'm one of the very few true San Diegans left but with ka na'au he Hawaii (a Hawaiian heart).I believe I was born in the wrong era! I think I should have been a young woman of the 1940's. I love my life here and have a very eclectic taste in music, movies, and life in general. But I think the old-fashioned sense of style, music, mannerisms, pride in who we are, the way a man normally treated a woman during that time is quite lost.Right now I work at San Diego State University(part-time) as well as USD on occasion. I also teach Hula dancing and Belly Dancing from time to time. When I'm not swaying and rocking my hips to island beats I enjoy dippin' it down low and bringin' it up slow. I spend most of my spare time swimming and dancing when I'm not out having a good time with all my family and my buddies.I'm a member of the San Diego ESL group, always full of good times, good people, and some good 'ol learning.I'm also a volunteer in the doula program at UCSD in Hillcrest.I'm hoping to have my Commercial Pilot Certification, CFI, and Instrument Rating by 2008. I want my wings! It started when I was 16 and has been on the back burner much too long. And one day I will be flying in the bluest and most peaceful of skies in a P-51 Mustang. I will be in that plane one day...I will! And if I end up a lucky girl twice I'll get a flight in a Blue Angel as well - crossing my fingers.I'm a pretty laid back individual who's just trying to enjoy life as best as I can while being productive at the same time!I'm described as a bubbly little nut, one of my many nicknames is Kukui (it's a little nut in Hawaii)But just because I have a nutty nature doesn't mean I'm a few colors short of a full crayon box....my box is full!My talents include dancing of course, writing, drawing & painting, swimming, and chugging Irish Carbombs like no other!I consider myself to be very strong.....I can break open a fortune cookie pretty damn good!I love history and archeology, it's absolutely fascinating to me.I'm addicted to Su Doku puzzles...love, love, love them!!I don't have any enemies that I know of, I've always gotten along with everyone very well...there's love and goodness for everyone around you if you're willing to give it and not expect anything whatsoever in return.I'm not big on fast food except for Panda Express and In and Out...OH SOOOO GOOD!!! And Cold Stone, ooohhhh YUM...looove my ice cream!I work hard and play harder.
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My Interests

Aviation (apsiring pilot), polynesian dancing, belly dancing, swimming, drawing/painting, history. I enjoy writing my own works as well as collecting quotes, lyrics, lines from a movie or the tely or any individual. I love writing on my own mostly because it soothes me but it's also a sense of accomplishment...something permanent. Along with collecting any sort of words from other sources in a form that stirs something deep inside myself and hopefully someone else as well. And finally an interest we should all pursue - Living a good, happy, and fulfilled life! Blue Angel I also love marine biology. Dolphins are my favorite animals as well as whales, but actually the Killer Whale is the largest in the dolphin family...

I'd like to meet:

The most gorgeous, elegant, classy, and SEXY man I've EVER seen! Beautiful bum too!!! The Delicious Alex O'Loughlin.As Miss Etta James so delicately put it in the video below: ...Ooo all I wanna do, all I wanna do is Cook your bread Just to make sure Your well fed... Sing it Etta Honey!!!Pretty decent shot of the beautiful bum here as well as perhaps an innocently playful side ;)I'd like to meet the bush pilot that got back into this plane! Michael Buble. Delicious ;) He can sing to me anytime!

Music:

In no particular order - One Republic! A Fine Frenzy, Daughtry, Timbaland, Colbie Caillat, Blue October, Hinder, Joss Stone, Maroon 5, Three Days Grace, Rihanna, Panic! At The Disco, Beyonce, Evanescence, Cold Black Clown, Creed, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sara Bareilles, The Cranberries, Scatuscube, Motalio, The Fray, Five For Fighting, Coldplay, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, The Corrs, Jack Johnson, Anna Nalick, James Blunt, David Gray, Snow Patrol, Lifehouse, Dashboard Confessional, Weezer, Alanis Morrisette, 311, Supergrass, Jimmy Eat World, Secret Machines, All-American Rejects, John Mayor, 3 Doors Down, Hoobstank, Pixies, Sugarcult, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, John Legend, Sarah McLachlan, Dido, Jewel, Natalie Imbruglia, Joss Stone, Christina Aguilera, Ben Folds, Kelly Clarkson, Uncle Kracker, Mariah Carey, Sheryl Crow, Santana, Nek, Juanes, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jones, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Sarah Brightman, Enya, Point of Grace, Dulce Pontes, Monica Salmaso, Lila Downs, Aterciopelados, IZ, Hapa, The Sunday Manoa, Robi Kahakalau, Fiji, Makaha Sons, Keali'i Reichel, Telek, Matato'a, Te Vaka, Whirimako Black, OK! Ryos - I love the composer Hans Zimmer, John Barry, James Horner, Cole Porter, and how can Gershwin be anything but magical. Also love the oldies, but goodies: Bobby Darin, The Platters, Righteous Brothers, Connie Francis, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Goldsboro, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Vinton, Elvis, actually too many to name from as far back as 60 yrs ago.

Movies:

So many favs...here's a handful! Taken (Spielberg), The Right Stuff, Pearl Harbor, The Count of Monte Cristo, Love the period dramas on Masterpiece Theater on the BBC, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Notebook, Good Morning Veitnam, Air America, Father Goose, Sayonara, The Last Samurai, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Office Space, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Iron Eagle, Flight of the Intruder, Basic, De-Lovely, Shining Through, Messege In A Bottle, Houseboat, Somewhere In Time, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Anna and the King, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Secondhand Lions, Shrek, Shrek 2, Chocolat, Vanity Fair, North and South, The Man from Snowy River, Walk The Line, High Crimes, Windtalkers, Robin Williams Live On Broadway

Television:

Moonlight, Dexter, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, The Unit, Numbers, Without A Trace, TLC channel, Discovery and Discovery health channels, Supernanny, Sex and the City, Two and A Half Men, Gilmore Girls (the wit in this show is great)! Masterpiece Theater on PBS

Books:

The Constant Princess, Kathryn, The Notebook, Number The Stars, Because of Romek, Roseanne, The Inheritance, Thin Air, Critical Condition, Mercy, Where The Heart Is, The Lady and the Unicorn, Three Junes. Anything of Jane Austen's of course, an absolutely incredible and admiringly daring woman of her time. I also own a very important book to me that was printed in 1883 - Riley's (James Whitcomb) Love-Lyrics with pictures by Dyer. I love his poetry and the wonderful sense of humor he often had which I imagine rare for a man of the 19th century. He has a very beautiful and romantic view of love as one would expect. But that sense of humor that does creep in once in awhile makes the love that he portrays more delightful when reading his wonderful, clever, and hopelessly romantic words. I've always imagined that perhaps his style and this book helped readers to feel any type of love in one's life seem all the more deeper and more deliciously appreciated but also portrayed as priceless. After all, I believe that love is something we should relish and rejoice in the opportunity of and it's love's dance that should matter rather than the sore feet at midnight. Just my opinion. I suppose one of the main reasons that makes this book special is that I sit there and wonder who in the last 125 years has held that book in their hands and even who they might have read it aloud to - that always makes me smile.

Heroes:

Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yeager, Jaqueline Cochran, Anna Leonowens, Princess Diana, My Kennedy Family, Pope John Paul II, Elvis Presley, Oprah, Marilyn Monroe, Diane Fossey, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman.And quite especially my brother Jonathan, aka - Jon Krupt himself. Jon goes through life and not around it and that alone would make someone an admiration to any who recognize that. He has always very independently, successfully, and with respect lifted himself out of any hole he has ever found himself in.Mr. Krupt himself My bro. Those of you that know Jon...dude, how can he not be our hero??!!! That kid is life itself and full of adventures and mishaps. Leonard...you're my hero too bro! You taught that little pimp everything he knows :-) Love you two hoodlums!

My Blog

Footprints in the Water

Beneath this balcony of stars beyond the search light's gazeWhere wait becomes dubbed with time amid the wavesThese nights are passed along the shore when the day is doneAs the seabird flies above, my...
Posted by Kukui on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:33:00 PST

We are America

We We may be worn, tattered but We are proud and free. We are beautiful, strong and hearty. We still hold our colors. We will always try to stand for peace, for those that can't stand on their own, fo...
Posted by Kukui on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:58:00 PST

Meaningful or Hopeless?

Some people spend their lives hoping for something to happen that will change everything. They look for power or love, or the answers to their biggest questions. I think really what theyre looking f...
Posted by Kukui on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:07:00 PST

What airplane pilots know

I am particularly fond of the Air Force "flare" comment.  I Fly Through the Valley of Death...I Shall Fear No Evil...For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing.  (sign over the entrance to the SR-...
Posted by Kukui on Sat, 08 Oct 2005 04:13:00 PST

Just a handful of my drawings

.jpg">.jpg">.jpg">.jpg">A work in progress...I haven't finished this one yet:.jpg">.jpg">.jpg">.jpg">The following drawings were done when I was in the 7th grade, back in 1994, to accompany a story I ...
Posted by Kukui on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PST