If you haven't heard by now, Hawai'i not only sucks but we have a lot of crystal meth, our food is junk and we're too slow-motion.

Wassup Wit Dat!

Those were da comments said by actor Scott Caan (co-star on Hawai'i Five-O) on E Channel's talk show hosted by Chelsea Lately. (CLICK HEA to see da interview)

Brah, in case you nevah know, you stay working and living (albeit part-time as long as Hawai'i Five-O is producing) in HAWAI'I! How you going talk stink about da 808 on national tv li'dat?

Wen I first heard about his rant, I was pissed! Then I actually saw da interview and couldn't make heads or tails of it since his words were eeriely similar to da Saturday Night Live skit done last year which was hilarious.

Da host, Chelsea, posed a lot of leading questions - dat he didn't dodge - and I tink wat made it "bad" was dat he was actually telling da truth as he saw it.... although da way he was responding was like smart-okole kine so you couldn't tell if he was joking or not.

His character on Hawai'i Five-O geniunely dislikes Hawai'i as well so it's easy to corelate his "fake" persona wit da real one but da characters he's played in da past - like in Varsity Blues and Ocean's Eleven series - he's a wise crackin' okole too so he must be somewat li'dat as well since he's been typecasted as such and it must be natural for him.

In any case, there's been choke backlash from it and of course Hollywood PR would dictate he kowtow to save his current career in da show.

But heck, dis is da "new" America wea you can say anything, anytime, any how, any way as long as you issue some sort of an apology aftah. Gone are da days of showing some restraint, class or any type of *gulp* dare I say, respect.

Surah we get one meth problem in da islands but wea in da United States DON'T we have some kine of drug problem? Surah our food sucks - at some establishments - but we have a plethora of eateries to please ANY palate. I don't see him losing any weight cause he ain't eating.

But you know wat? He has got a "right" to his opinions but brah, share your opinions wit your ohana, your co-workers, your agent - not blasting it on national tv wea thousands watch and are influenced by "stars". No mattah how manini you are in Hollyweird, your words still carry a lot of weight.

Aftah spending so much time in da islands, I'm surprised he hasn't caught on dat it's not just da bad mouthing dat kama'aina are upset about, you talking stink about "us" without any justification. Have you witnessed first hand drug use/abuse? And if so, is it prevalant EVERYWEA you go to say dat we have CHOKE crystal meth? So you don't like loco moco's and spam musubi's and mac salad - have you even bothered to ask wea you can get some of da grindz you crave? Have you noticed dat it's "slow-motion" cause we don't have to go fast? People are hea cause we ENJOY life, if we like go a gazillion miles an hour, we'd go to da mainland.

Da aloha dat people have hea goes deep and it's (you heard it hea first cause it's part of my future design) da 808 PRIDE dat we have dat makes us unique. "Aloha" and "Malama" aren't punchlines, it's a way of life and while not every resident believes in it, it is still greatly perpetuated from generation to generation and das wat makes Hawai'i, Hawai'i.... da 808 PRIDE dat we all carry within. We're proud to asscociate oursevles wit "Hawai'i" and not many places can actually mean it wen they say it.

So it "hurts" wen someone, anyone, talks stink about da 808, it's people and da lifestyle. It's something we can't fully explain, it's something that is shared and experienced if you open your eyes and your heart. Some like it, some don't and you know wat WWD! says to people li'dat..... you no like it, GO HOME!

No stay wea you no like be, no caan eat and no caan enjoy yourself - oh wait, you like your job and da pay yeah? You not going give dat up just cause you soooo miserable hea yeah?

But please braddah, don't evah flash da shaka again cause dat wouldn't be right now would it?

A few weeks ago during league bowling, I couldn't believe wat "Uncle" did.

Normally, our team sits in the back pit area cause we eat and have sodas but cause had people there already (not from our league), we sat in the lower pit. There was another league bowling their final game next to us while we were well under way in our first.

I was sitting in that empty seat and my "stuff" was on the seat next to it.... at least I was sitting there.

"Uncle", who is NOT in our league (sitting with his back showing in da pic), decides to make house and commandeer our side of da lanes as he takes his sweet @$$ time cleaning up.

I have no idea wat makes it right - or even acceptable - to use anoddah league's area WHILE the league is going on but how you can even do it without an inkling of thought or consideration is beyond me.

It may not be a big deal - or even a wasted breath - for some, but for me it is because it's actions like these that deteriorates the very meaning of morals and values. It may be just "one time" but wat about da next time? Or da time aftah dat? Pretty soon not going be one next time cause it's already going to be da norm.

Plus, he had CHOKE room on his lanes! No one was sitting next to him and had empty seats on his side so why he had to extend his "right" to our side is beyond me.

Now for all those who tink wat's da big deal and there was nothing wrong with wat "Uncle" did cause he just packing up...... wat if I told you dat in da second picture, he placed his hannah-battah tissue on da chair?

I saw him blow his nose and it wasn't pretty, wipe it clean and then put it down behind him on OUR seat. Wat was even more astonishing was dat aftah he wen put 'em down. He turned around as if he was just going to leave it!!!

Wassup Wit Dat!

It was minutes latah dat he actually started to pack up and put more stuff on da seat - did I mention had one empty seat RIGHT NEXT TO HIM?!

It was so UNBOWLIEVABLE! (haole version of WWD!). Maybe das why it's actually our team name dis year. No, really, it is. Hea's da shirts I made.

Needless to say, no one sat in dat chair da rest of da night.

Would you evah do something li'dat? Well, if you do, I wouldn't tink you come out and say dat you do but have you evah witnessed something li'dat? Wat do you do with your hannah-battah tissue? I dunno about you but I try to throw it away right aftah and if no can, I wrap it up in a clean one and I definitely won't put it down in a publicly shared space.

Sharing is caring and we gotta deal with hog-cheese kine people all da time.... but I gotta draw da line wen hannah-battahs are involved.

A couple blogs ago on No Talk Stink If You No Mo' Facts there were a few readers dat suggested I take da "high road" not needing to justify myself to an - imho - ignorant comment.

But why should I or anyone else for da mattah?

If someone speaks ill of you, would you seriously stand idly by? Would you allow your name and character to be dragged through da mud? Wen someone talks stink about you, you can either eat $h!t or clean yourself up.... I like to be clean.

It's not about lowering one self to the level of the idiot, it's about educating them.

Why would you allow a person who belittles you to feel like they got da upper hand on you? If aftah speaking your peace, dat person wants to ignore da "oddah side", then so be it but until then, how would dat person know if s/he doesn't have some/all of da facts? Surah there are some really uneducated, ignorant and biased people out there and das why they have to at least be presented with - obviously da information dat they don't know - and then let them decide whether they feel their comment(s) holds true or not.

I understand about people backing people up but dat only works ideally in certain situations such as a small group or face to face. Wen it happens in cyberspace wea who knows how many people read, those readers can read it and then leave wit their own impressions not evah knowing/hearing da oddah side. All they hear is da crap and if you hear enough crap without using toilet paper, you're okole still carries da stench which is still smellable from da road below.

How do you tink elections are won? (Wassup Wit Dat!)

While people close will always try to set da record straight, if it doesn't come out of your mouth eventually, it doesn't have da same effect. So wen someone decides to spew crap all ovah me, you bettah believe I going defend myself. Call me old school but I still firmly believe dat one's name and character is stronger than oak.

By responding, how do I give credibility to da nay sayer and lessen mine? If anything, I believe I strengthen it as those who don't know me, get to know a little more about me and those who do know me, are reaffirmed dat I'm da same person. Now if aftah speaking your peace, dat person still wants to continue biasly, then das his/her perrogative but without at least putting da oddah side of da mo'olelo out there, da high road is a very lonely road.

Really, wat would you do?

Or you no like use toilet paper?

I'm constantly amazed at how inconsiderate people are in one of the most common situations in everyday life.....

Elevator etiquette.

Here's the situation. You're in the elevator - regardless if it's just you or it's packed - and it doesn't matter which floor you're getting off - usually it's the bottom floor - but once the door opens a flood of people try to rush in.

Wassup Wit Dat!

We, da people IN da elevator, are trying fo' get OUT! It's simple logic. You can't fill a can a can dat's full so why try to pour more in? Imagine salmon trying to swim upstream during spawning season and you'll know exactly wat I mean.

Da Wife and I were at Ala Moana earlier tonight and da two times we went on da elevator, twice we had to fight da current. No mattah wea we go - it's especially worse in Vegas - but since wen did it become so life threatening to get in an elevator da moment da door opens? And to make mattahs worse, wen da heck did it become ok to just stand right in front of da opening preventing da people from going out quickly and not making a pathway?

Da first time, we had to go AROUND da salmon and then we get da shmall kine stink eye action going even though we were da ones dat had to go around them. Da second time I just wen 4x4 Bigfoot action with da stroller - Da Wife was carrying Da Baby behind me - and made a path..... everybody in da elevator followed.

Sam's Club in Pearl City is a mattah of cha-cha-cha'ing. Once da door opens on da bottom floor you gotta wait for da lolos outside da elevator to move their carts out of da way just so you can get out. Why they nevah just do dat in da first place just bewilders me. It's such a tight area and still yet nobody even tinks to make room. Then we dance. 1-2-cha-cha-cha. 3-4-cha-cha-cha. It's a dance you go through EVERYTIME.

Elevator etiquette is not a situation wea people are unfamiliar with and it's definitely not a situation wea you dunno wat to do.... so why does it happen all da frickin' time?

One last thing about Etiquette 101-Elevators, if you da last person to get off, hold da elevator door open till da first person gets in.

We've all been there but let's show some malama on a such a simple act of courtesy.

Or no be surprised if I run your okole ovah wit da stroller.

Up at 4:30 to get ready for 8.15 miles of running, walking, crawling fun........

Anybody else?