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Good evening folks, time for my nightly blog. As the memories of my most horrible day last week slowly fade into the archives of my do's and don'ts I find myself in high spirits. I take back my favorite spot on my recliner near my fireplace. I turn the lights down low, light the fireplace, pour myself a nice cup of coffee and light a cigarette. I put Lionel Richie's greatest hits into winamp, sit back and let my mind wander back to a time when..... -------------------------------------------------------------------- My True Love Hath Heart There never was a woman could say, And say it true, That she was love of any, O my love As I love you There never was a loyal Promise given Faithful and Free, As loyalty to you, Because I love you, Is given from me. Lord Byron |
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The Story Of Rob And Puanani Part 1  The year was 1983. The Cars, Flock of Seagulls, Devo, Lionel Richie, Donna Summers, Debarge, Journey were at the top of the pop charts. This was the second age of the "Big Hair". Heavy Metal was at the pinnacle of it's popularity. Iron Maiden, Y & T, Scorpions, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Dio, Ozzy, Led Jepplin and AC/DC were the rocking bands of my days. Wasn't too long after the Veronica X disaster. I was hell bent on keeping my eyes open and living with two feet planted firmly in the moment. After all I lived through my first crush what more did I need to know? LMAO!!! Oh boy was I in for a surprise! |
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My side kick, Richard, Was a kid from my street that I kinda adopted. We hung out together every available moment. In fact, we hung out so much that everyone thought he was my little brother. We never told anyone that we were brothers but I guess we both liked the idea so we never went out of our way to correct anyone. One fine Friday evening we found ourselves at the ice palace like we always did on a fine Friday evening. The whole extended gang was there. My best high school friend John was waiting for us out in the parking lot. Wendall and Tina were fighting as they often did. The twins, Puanani and Noelani were at the window paying to get in. Troy, John's cousin was telling stories of how he once fought down 5 guys that jumped him. We used to call Troy "Commander McBragg" cause he was always full of bullshit stories that were more far fetched than the last story he told. Joy and her pretty cousin Evette were there trying to get me and John to talk to them. Julaine and Lauri were coming out of Burger King with their dinners. There were five new faces I spotted right away. I knew them from School. Amanda and her little sister Robin, Dayna, Dana and Janie. It was the first time they came to the palace on a Friday night. I had Dayna in my cooking class and always talked about how fun the ice palace was and how cool our group of friends were. All of a sudden a girl, Maile, came running up to us and hugged us in turn. Maile was Richards age so when she got to him there was all kinds of discomfort. Richard accidentally touched her boob when she went to hug him causing a series of blushes and giggling. When it finally subsided John looked over to me and asked if I was ready to go in. After I shook my head in acknowledgement he turned to Richard and asked.... "How about you Playboy?". From that moment on Richard was known as Playboy. As the night wore on, speed skate faded into free skate, into couples skate, into free skate. On one speed skate I was lined up with John to one side and Puanani to the other side. Flirting like i always do I told Pua "Catch me if you can!". Tio, the DJ told everyone to go and I was off! Now of all the people skating there I was one of the fastest skaters if not the fastest! On the straight a ways at least! I was about 4 lengths ahead of the pack going into the first turn. Here it comes... All I have to do is lean into |
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it.... BAM! I loose my footing and slam into the boards. Everyone was cracking up. I got up and dusted my self off. Pride hurt far more than my ass! And started back into the skate much more gingerly this time. Speed Kills! After the speed skate we skated around flirting like we always do. I ran right through Amanda's gang knocking over 3 of 5 of them causing a angry chase and ending when I completed a full circle around them and stopped spraying them with ice. Then zing I was off again. I spot Julaine and Laurie on the other end of the rink doing their best to keep Laurie on her feet. Perfect opportunity to make a little trouble on that end of the gang. I skate at them at full speed and just before I run them through I stop spraying them from head to toe with ice and causing Laurie to to fall over. This caused yet another chase this time ending in Julaine taking a hard flop right on her tush. I spot Joy and Evette looking at me with a look that came with daggers and dared me to try that with them. Zing off I went spraying them from head to toe and skating off without even missing a beat. Evette took up the chase and chased me around the rink 3 times before I finally lost my feet on a turn and went heeling into the wall head first. I laid there for a few seconds hoping that if I acted hurt that Evette would not do anything to me. It worked. I started to get up when whoosh out of no where Pua snatches the hat off my head and takes off. I chase her for a few laps but that little girl was quick. She skated with my hat on for the rest of the night. This was the way of things in those days. I hung out with my friends. I made trouble to all the girls. I just had a good ole time. Little did I know that life was about to get much more complicated. It was the last couples skate of the night. I rarely participated in the couples skates. Really, I only had having fun on my mind those days. This night I decided to ask Pua if she wanted to skate. She still had my hat on. She said yes and when Tio announced the last couples skate I led her out to the ice. I held out my hand to her and she took it. We started out skating holding hands. As the song |
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wore on I spun around and led her around the rink skating backwards. Looking at her as if it were the first time, I realized that she was stunning. She had sincere eyes and a mesmerizing smile. As I stared into her eyes, which were staring back into mine, something magic happened. I am still not sure who kissed who, I don't even really care. I just remember thinking "Oh My God I'm kissing her" And just enjoyed the moment. That was one of the only times in my life that I was actually living in the moment. Thankfully the song lasted two or three life times and the kiss outlasted the song. It just seemed like we fit together oh so perfectly. I was on cloud nine and my head was swimming in the ocean of Pua's presence. It was the most perfect encounter in my life. When we finally broke from that, my first and sweetest kiss, we parted and skated off in two different directions. I really wasn't sure what happened next. I thought about this moment for a very long time and when it finally happened I was totally lost. When I reached my half of the ice palace gang Playboy was standing there with his jaw hanging to the ground. John just smiled and bumped me with his arm. I hit the ice to find Pua and spotted her right away skating in the middle spinning in circles. She was acting how I felt inside. I skated up to her and spent the rest of the very short time we had till the ice palace closed. It was a sweet night that burned itself into my memories like a photograph that i can take out and look at any time I feel lonely for her. She lived a short distance from the rink but caught the bus 5 or 6 stops to get closer to home before she had to start walking. We sat together on the bus and when it got to her stop we parted with the parting of our hands. That was a mostly accurate accounting of my most sweetest night. It will live in my heart for always as my most memorable time of my life. And so we end the first chapter of this multi part story. My heart cries with happiness from recalling that night so I can write it down for you. Thank you all! |
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I am In every part of my heart Yours XXXOOO Rob
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