Liberty

02 Mar 2010 2 Comments

Reflecting and Ranting About Tsunami Day

Something I remember doing maybe once in college was pulling an all-nighter. I did one Friday night and Saturday morning watching the local news. Not because I was scared – I live three miles inland and had mixed feelings of a tsunami actually hitting Hawai‘i’s shores – but because I found the possibility and gravity of such a situation quite mesmerizing. Just like how my experience with the Hawai‘i earthquake in October 2006 was completely mind-boggling, so was this one.

Except this time, the natural disaster never happened. Phew.

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by Liberty in current events

16 Jan 2010 2 Comments

Relics from My First Rock Concert

The following is a recently found piece I wrote for a fan site, detailing my first-ever rock concert experience: BS 2000 and Le Tigre at Honolulu’s Pipeline Cafe on February 22, 2001. BS 2000 was Beastie Boy Adam “Adrock” Horovitz’s side project; Le Tigre was former Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna’s band. Horovitz and Hanna eventually wed in 2006.

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by Liberty in gigs, music Tags: Beastie Boys, BS 2000, gigs, Le Tigre, live

23 Dec 2009 No Comments

Muse: A Weekend to Remember.

So as you may know, I spent December 10-15 in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, to watch my favorite band Muse perform at two different radio station holiday festivals. Here are the highlights from that memorable weekend.

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by Liberty in gigs, music, travel Tags: gigs, las vegas, live, los angeles, Muse, music, travel

26 Oct 2009 No Comments

The Old and New in My “No Impact” Behaviors

No Impact Man follows Colin Beavan’s project of curiosity, as he sets out to discover what it’d be like to live as sustainably as possible for a year—taking his shopping/reality TV/caffeine-addicted wife and their toddler daughter along for the ride. Along the way, quite a few laughs are shared; I mean, come on, just imagine what kinds of clashes ensue between the Beavan couple! But it’s also helped me think a bit more about what my family already does and what I could do to live a lifestyle that’s a little more sustainable.

15 Sep 2009 1 Comment

Kanye Meme, Franzy Style

After looking and nearly dying of laughter at this awesome Kanye West meme website, I felt a bit… inspired. Click “read more” to see what I came up with.