my favorite mooncake i had this year was a lilikoi mochi mooncake. i'm usually not a lilikoi eater since i find it to be too sweet sometimes but this one actually complemented the mooncake well. need to get it again next year for mid-autumn festival!

i should be revising/editing but i don't know. not in the right mood for it. instead of annoyance and anger which is the mindset i needed to write my drafts, i'm tired and dull right now. sort of as if i'm pulled at both ends and strained out like water in a towel. not very conducive.

it's time for copious amounts of drama watching, milk tea, reading, and maybe if i'm in the mood... some writing. all to occur this weekend. maybe a good hot pot sesh. need to mop up some grinds.

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can this fucking migraine go away? omfg. i have things to do!

this is absolutely terrible. those poor kids. i remember the chocolate milk was the only milk i'd drink with school lunch because skim milk tastes disgusting. i hope they all are okay and recover quickly. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/15/d...

this cdrama's actors are so pretty and umm, the first episodes? SPICY! *nosebleed* only problem is that it's still airing and nowhere near done. it's called love in the clouds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l55...

bird flu in hawai'i?! no fucking way! it's a presumptive positive for a duck at uh manoa. link to website about it: dab.hawaii.gov/blog/main/nr...

i find all my short stories are set in hawai'i and have hawaiian protagonists. interesting! i think i'm not comfortable just yet writing a full length work of fiction w/my kanaka identity. i always second guess myself and stop.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

my novella is creeping closer to that 25k mark... i should reach it this long weekend (hopefully)? and this is just the first draft-ish. 😫

i hate the taste of coconut, i can taste even the faint amounts that are added to dishes/pastries but somehow i enjoy haupia!? i have no idea lol.

I am always surprised by international lesbian day lol I'm Makana! I'm a mixed race nonbinary lesbian who writes science fiction full of mixed race nonbinary lesbians! my debut cyberpunk space heist novel HAMMAJANG LUCK is out now, and it's standalone sequel THE OBAKE CODE will be out Feb 17th!

THE WITCH ROADS ebook is currently on sale (US) for $2.99, so if you're curious & want to read a grimsweet tale of a humble deputy courier & her annoyed nephew, a possessed prince, & a ravenous fungal ghost plague, now's the time. Bk 2 of the duology arrives Nov 4! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

another mo'o in the house, lol.

so is comet 3i/atlas our alien overlords coming to show us what's what? lmao, how convenient the government is shutdown. nasa can't give us the deets. (sorry, reading all the conspiracy theories, i am amused)

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does anyone ever wake up with a random song playing in your head? yesterday i had echosmith - "cool kids" playing for some reason. see below yt video for song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSCz...

Honeybees are the very model of a modern minute monarchy. There's a female queen & her male consorts (drones) & the teeming masses of workers, who are sterile but anatomically & genetically female. Have you ever wondered how that happens, how it's maintained? Let's talk about it!

brah, how come no mo powah?! wea heco stay!

Trump is asking us to start choosing groups we're willing to abandon, and the only way to make him stop is to be clear we're not fucking abandoning ANYONE. Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.

kirk kurokawa, a maui artist that's mixed asian-hawaiian, who did the governor ige portrait is a stupendous talent. his paintings are stunning! website: www.kirkkurokawa.com governor ige portrait below.

i figured out i was intolerant/allergic to garlic when i would always think garlic is so spicy. like it would burn my tongue. but when i started cooking and used garlic my hands would get burns and erupt in rashes. that's when it clicked. also the painful stomachaches after eating.

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The insecurity and siege of El Fasher, #Sudan, have led to a surge in hunger and injuries of people trapped in the city. We call for immediate, safe and unimpeded access to El Fasher to deliver life-saving aid. The best medicine is peace.

Seattle City Council unanimously approved changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day, acknowledging Native American presence in North America before Columbus. time.com/3476651/seat...

my favorite plot in horror stories/movies is when indigenous characters get their revenge on the colonizers. or you know they have strange "accidents". i eat that shit up like candy, haha.

random but i across this fashion designer and her gowns are simply stunning! it's got the whimsy, fresh, and dreamy forest kinda feel to me. www.teutamatoshi.com

this is simply awful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlLi...

Hawaiians are coming together to buy land back from a billionaire investment firm in an unprecedented move. One-third of the island of Molokai is owned by Hong Kong-headquartered billionaire investment firm Guoco Group. Now, people have launched a plan to buy back their island.

ugh, the worst thing about summer time/hotter months in hawai'i is when the ants come back out! it's a war!

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

Toxic barrels off LA coast too dangerous to clean up, scientists say. While investigating whether the barrels contained DDT, a pesticide that makes seafood unsafe to eat, scientists found they’re leaking something else entirely.

i've only watched four episodes but i am OBSESSED. yes, i found a new drama to watch. he's definitely what romantasy fans call a "shadow daddy". plus he turns into a demon w/super powers that drinks blood. it's called "shadow love". www.youtube.com/shorts/wuySI...

with the price of coffee getting so high, it's the perfect time for me to break into my mountain of tea at home. i have mostly green tea, oolong tea, and some barley tea. i also have this specialty alishan high mountain tea from taiwan. think i should get some genmaicha, my favorite.

In a sane world, Fox host Brian Kilmeade would be fired and shunned for his depraved comments that homeless people should be euthanized. That’s sick (and deeply ignorant), but sicker still is that it’s tolerated.

welp, i've sent my story off. *fingers crossed*

The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation www.theverge.com/politics/777...

A kāhea. Please sign, repost, and share broadly especially if in Hawaii. Let’s show that Hawaii is united behind Hawaiians. #hawaii, #kanakasky

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has anyone ever read the "federal indian boarding school intiative report" there are 2 volumes looking into the histories of boarding/residential schools of indigenous/native american/native hawaiian children. pg. 69 has detail about the schools in hawai'i. www.bia.gov/sites/defaul...

hawai'i has joined the west coast health alliance. www.staradvertiser.com/2025/09/04/b...

good news for everyone in hawai'i! our health insurers say they will continue to cover covid vaccinations for those over 6 mos old, despite new fda guidance. they don't plan on changing their policies and will continue to provide vaccinations free of cost. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/09/03/h...

today is the birthday of our queen liliʻuokalani!

September to mark first official Hawaiian history month #HNN #HINEWS #HawaiiNews

had to skim read what i wrote so far for my wip (because i took a break and forgot where i left off) and i don't hate it! a victory in and of itself. my goal for this novella is 40k but i'm sure i'll surpass that. 😑 this novella will totally turn into a novel. 25k words right now.