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February 17, 2006
A Coconut in the House of Representatives
Jason, J. Earle Tyler, Ellis, and Lydia, I dedicate this post to you:
You've likely heard that the House of Representatives recently passed a resolution stating that "no United States assistance should be provided directly to the Palestinian Authority if any representative political party holding a majority of parliamentary seats within the Palestinian Authority maintains a position calling for the destruction of Israel." You've probably also heard that the vote was an overwhelming 418-1, a rare show of unity in a Congress increasingly split on party lines.
All this leaves me with the unusual privilege of telling folks, "Hey, guess what! You know that lone vote against the resolution? Yeah, that was my home state's congressional representative,
Neil Abercrombie." w00t.
Perhaps this will actually help our tourist industry. Folks from across the nation, spurred by intense and peverse curiousity, can fly out to observe the strange and magical place that produced this political anomaly.
I leave, quickly, before the coconut puns start falling... oh dear.
Carefully Dramatized Life Accounts | By elissa | 04:47 PM
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Dear Elissa,
I walked by Abercrombie's office the other day and I thought of you, miss you a lot.
"Jumping Lights" is very intriguing, I looked at it for a long time. What were some of your inspirations for it? I'm curious:)
Love-beth
Posted by: beth at February 18, 2006 11:47 AM
Dear Elissa,
I walked by Abercrombie's office the other day and I thought of you, miss you a lot.
"Jumping Lights" is very intriguing, I looked at it for a long time. What were some of your inspirations for it? I'm curious:)
Love-beth
Posted by: beth at February 18, 2006 11:48 AM
Dear Elissa,
I passed by Abercrombie's office the other day and thought of you, missing you...
"Jumping Lights" was very intriguing, I looked at it for a long time. I'm curious as to what some of your inspirations were.
Love-beth
Posted by: beth at February 18, 2006 11:52 AM
it would appear that Hawaii has found its own "Strom Thurmond." best of luck
Posted by: Luther at February 19, 2006 08:21 AM
Beth, I miss you too. My "Jumping Lights" painting is a funny combination of a lot of different ideas. I've wanted to paint someone jumping in a skirt for a while :) Most of all, though, it's supposed to communicate tensions of dreaminess/insubstantiability and strength; hurt and delight; desire and fulfillment.
I actually painted a big version of that, with three jumping girls, for Rachel.
Posted by: elissa at February 20, 2006 05:07 PM
Neil's my hero! My office is actually right next door to another aspiring Hawaiian--Ed Case, candidate for Senate. Apparently he didn't agree with Abercrombie's attempt to drive more tourist dollars to your beloved home state!
Posted by: justin at February 21, 2006 10:09 AM
Dedicating a blog to me is a good way of getting a comment. I recently gave out the "Most random blog comment about me from someone I barely know" award. Check it out: http://kalsoomramblings.blogspot.com/2006/01/such-kalsoom-moment.html
Posted by: Ellis at February 21, 2006 11:57 PM
