It's been months, but I'm back. Answering questions to the May 18 post.
1. What advice do you have for a high school grad getting ready to begin college?
Do not go too deep into debt. Pay off your college loan as soon as possible. Better, try and get a scholarship every year... or at least split your time so that you can work, save money but not too much as there are a lot of studies to do. Don't get the most expensive laptop since these things can be stolen or dropped. Plus computer tech changes so fast it is probably better to use a lower end PC or Mac vs. a high end model for schoolwork unless you are going to film school or something.
2. What advice do you have for a high school grad getting ready to enter the workforce?
Get a good resume together. Have good grades. Have a good work ethic. Be responsible and respectful of your employer and colleagues. Set aside some of your earnings for long term savings. Don't waste money. If needed, move to a more affordable state or locale.
3. What advice do you have for a high school grad who doesn’t know what’s next?
Find something you like to do and see if you can make money at it whether by yourself starting your own business or working for someone engaged in an activity or interest that you like. Focus and focus quickly.
4. What advice do you have for a high school grad whose high school years were disappointing?
If you can, go to a trade school or get some kind of work experience. Be positive. Don't fall into a life of squalor or crime.
5. What do you remember about your own graduation from high school?
We had no computers, no cell phones, no cable or TV streaming services, no internet, almost no nothing that was considered "high tech" except for hi-fi stereo, portable music cassette player/recorders and small TVs.
That all said, my Mom forgot the camera at home and I never got any pictures of my high school graduation... oh well... no biggie. Some of my friends came over to a small gathering we had at our house. Some of them I never saw again since graduation.
The one good thing was that the music from back in the day was better than a lot of the crap we have today. There was no rap music and that is a good thing.
Photo above from the Honokaa High School Class of 1975 L-R The Dragon school mascot, 1989; Class of 1975 on graduation night, June 1975; Class of 1975 - 2010 reunion; Old campus Honokaa High School - still in use today as part of the school.
This video reminds me of how we have all aged from the 1970s. This song by The Connells called "74-75" was released in 1993. In 2015 another video using the same song and people was made. Look for it here on YouTube.
My question is how many of your classmates from high school have passed on?
In my class of 168 graduates, about 30 have passed on.
1. Who was on the other end of your most recent high five?
Lisa.
2. To which movies, television shows, albums, or books have you recently given thumbs up?
Recently....
TV: Recent: 1883, 1923, Star Trek Picard - All on Paramount +. Also watching The Expanse on Amazon Prime. All thumbs up worthy shows... plus of course my old favorites such as Babylon 5, the original Hawaii Five-0, Crime Story,The X Files, Fringe, Doc Martin, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Classic Star Trek and Star Trek The Next Generation.
Record Albums: Most recently Whitehorse's album I'm Not Crying, You're Crying. There are a ton of classic albums that I'd give thumbs up to over the last 50 years.
Books: Lisa listens to a lot of audio books, and some I really like, but for now the titles escape me.
3. What’s happened to you recently that others would cheer about?
I always try to keep a very low profile. Therefore I don't do anything worthy of anyone cheering me on, except for at home with Lisa..... doing mundane stuff like getting my hair cut or using a new soap that she got for me (via Amazon).
4. What have you most recently and literally clapped for?
Some people who were honored at my workplace.
5. When has someone recently given you an encouraging word?
More than likelyLisa whenever I am feeling down. She is a very positive soul living in a negative world filled with a lot of personal pain. Visit Tropical Toes (one of her blogs)
The following questions come from the Friday 5 blog.
The song is "Just One Look" by Doris Troy. 😀
1. When did you most recently drop something off with someone?
I'm dropping off the mail today. One envelope to the U.S. Postal Service. There are plenty of someones working there. Otherwise the last time I dropped off anything with one person, was probably with my sister a few years ago.
2. Who is drop-dead gorgeous?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So who I may think is drop dead gorgeous may not be agreeable with you. Of course celebrities are easy to pick without getting personal. So in a nutshell...
Musicians - Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt
Actors - Sandra Bullock, Racquel Welch (RIP), Dawn Wells (RIP), plenty of others.
Models - Cindy Crawford
All of the above are now older women. Can't recall the names of women celebrities younger than me.
3. On what are you waiting for a price drop?
Any and all tech items... cameras, computers, related accessories. Mac Mini M2. Hope springs eternal here.
4. What were the circumstances when you once dropped the ball?
Good thing I don't play ball since that would be dropped more times than ever.
5. What news recently made your jaw drop?
Invasion of Ukraine by Russia. That was more than a year ago now. What the hell is Putin thinking? Butthead.
1. When did you recently pass the baton to someone?
A few years ago when I gave up being marketing director for Assistance League of Hawaii. I will be passing the baton (hopefully) as their newsletter editor sometime this year.
2. What do you wish you never fiddled with?
Updating this answer: My website that I forgot what the complicated password is! Ugh tried one of three recovery methods so far, not working. It involves tweaking some lines of code on the backend. Ugh!
3. What do you plan to reed in the near future?
I don't have a saxophone or clarinet, so there is nothing to "reed" in the future. Alas if it is "read" then perhaps a good book or magazine or something more than likely online that requires reading.
4. How’s the weather in your neck of the woods?
RAINY this weekend in Hawaii.
5. What have you lately been nuts about?
Cashews. I also like Macademias, Walnuts and Pistachios.
4. When have you opted for an imitation over the real thing?
Once upon a time I used to drink soda. I quit in the year 2011. Before that I chose Pepsi over Coke, which through numerous campaigns was touted as "The Real Thing". See the video at the top from 1971. Pepsi countered with "The Pepsi Generation".
5. In what way was today just like yesterday?
The sun came up, it set and will rise again. The sky turned into night, and will do so again at the end of the day. A daily cycle that is good so that you know the Earth's rotation is still intact despite some reports that the core has turned another way.
6. Bonus question: Too early for flapjacks?
If flapjacks are another word for pancakes, it is never too early nor too late for them. My Mom used to cook pancakes for dinner in the night.
From Scrivener's Friday 5 Blog: "Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the question there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!"
1. When did you hear (and heed) the Call to Adventure this week?
There is no adventure in the work a day week last week, this week nor the week ahead.
2. What challenges did you encounter on your Road of Trials from last weekend to this weekend?
Traffic, deadlines, overlapping tasks, lunch decisions, cost, and other agendas of the work-a-day life.
3. What kinds of temptations did you face this week?
Should I buy the new 2023 Mac Mini computer with the M2 chip, 512 GB SSD and 32 gigs of ram?
Can you resist the Apple marketing propaganda?
4. What was your Ultimate Boon (that is, your greatest reward) this week?
Surviving into Friday and laying low over the weekend.
5. If you canceled all your obligations this weekend (and the coming week) and had the Freedom to Live it any way you wanted, how would you spend the time?
Money worries set aside, traveling to some faraway place on a Boeing 747 (I feel safer in multi engine planes), safely landing there and going on a photo adventure taking pictures in the new place. In the late afternoon and early evening it would be relaxing to take in and photographing the sunset from a lounge chair on the beach. Going to sleep afterward would be nice.
