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Who’s your favorite musician?
The Invisible Man
Ioften wonder what people do when they’re by them- selves. There is so much freedom in solitude — no one to see or hear you, so no one to judge you. Being married leaves so little time for that, although my wife respects my privacy when I need it, for the most part.
I think what you do when you think you’re by yourself says a lot about you. As an example, when I’m by myself at home working on something, I whistle. To be exact, I whistle the theme song from The Andy Griffith Show. Is that weird?
ARLINA AGBAYANI
External Affairs Manager, Honolulu
“Pink. She has strong vocals and is amazing to watch
in person. I got to see her in Vegas and she was fantastic.”
MICHAEL SUN LEE
Actor, Kapahulu
“Prince. He’s a singer, songwriter and plays multiple instruments. I saw him at the Blaisdell when I was a kid — he was great.”
COLE STRONA
Musician, Honolulu
“Joe Dart because of his slinky neck (movement).”
LEONA CASTILLO
Executive Assistant, Wahiawā
“I love Bob Seger and Southern rock music.”
If I’m by myself watching the Bruce Lee movie, Enter The Dragon (for the millionth time), I will recite every line of dialogue out loud, verbatim. The same goes for the following movies: The Big Lebowski, 300 and A Quiet Place. Well, not A Quiet Place, I was just seeing if you’re paying attention.
My wife is a fabulous cook. But no matter what she makes, I’ll wait for her to leave the kitchen before grabbing the salt shaker to season my food, whether it needs season- ing or not. I’ve been busted doing that and it’s not pretty.
I’m not known for using a lot of profanity. I never swear around children or people I don’t know. But when I’m alone driving my car, no one swears more than me. Not even Samuel L. Jackson.
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U‘I’m Here For You’
ndesirable challenges such as layoffs, health crises, death or divorce are a part of life. When others we care about go through hard
times, we want to say something comforting, yet often end up not really helping.
For example, saying, “It will be OK” or “You’re going to be fine” denies the painful outcome your friend is fearing. Saying, “I know how you feel” is not helpful either, since you really don’t, as each experience of pain is unique to the person going through it. “Everything happens for a reason” is also not appropriate. Though it may be true, they don’t want to hear this as they are going through the pain.
What to say instead? Something like, “I’m here for you” or “How can I help?” shows solid support.
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I guess it’s kind of a stress reliever and always better than acting on road rage. It’s amazing, though, the kinds of things that set me off — like people who drive at or below the speed limit in the fast or passing lanes.
How about people who don’t use their turn signals? Or those clowns that steal the parking space that you’ve been patiently waiting for? Then there are those folks in the coffee drive-thru that hold up the line because they’re looking at their phones.
I’m usually by myself when I have to pick up a quick dinner for the family from a fast-food drive-thru. Being alone without witness means I can sneak hot fries from the bag on the trip home. I have to make sure no one can tell that I’ve done that so I have to “fluff” up the bag of fries to make it look untouched. There is no amount of willpower that can prevent me from sneaking some fries.
Being alone with my dogs, Buddy and Wilson, presents another kind of environment where I’m not ashamed of what I do in front of them.
When I’m watching television with them and I see a dog on TV that looks like one of them, I’ll actually yell out, “Look, Buddy and Wilson! You’re on TV!” It doesn’t dawn on me that they have no idea what I’m talking about, although once I did see both of them roll their eyes.
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