Around midnight I started to get things ready to list, but realized I should not do this middle-of-the-night routine, and put the stuff away. I relaxed and settled down for the night, and tried some practicing but my octave exercise didn't go that well so I went to bed at 2.
I woke up at 10, which was 8 hours' sleep and I didn't have to drag myself out of bed, I was ready to get up. This is the way to go.
I turned on the radio and they were explaining "white replacement theory" which I used to believe in long, long ago. Whites are indeed a minority in Hawaii and some even a put-upon one because rich whites use racial policies to keep poor whites out; to hinder them becoming competition. Plus the evil, hyper-individualistic culture white people have will always put them at a disadvantage. That's not skin color, it's a maladaptive culture. As an example, if you had Maasai trying to get along in the modern world, if they kept their Maasai culture, they'd be at a huge disadvantage. Believing that any work but herding is beneath them and that all cattle literally belong to them would make modern life very difficult for them (fortunately, they have lots of land and cattle and don't *had* to enter the modern rat-race but this is an example).
But after being on the mainland for a while and especially in "flyover country" I can say that whites are not in any danger of becoming extinct. The theory is dumb and maybe, broadcasting it on the radio as they did, more people will see through it.
It's almost as dumb as ISIS's theory that if they commit atrocities then the world will turn against Muslims and bring on some kind of huge holy war, in which the Muslims will win, of course. In reality non-Muslims get together with the vast majority of Muslims who are decent people, and fight them.
In better news, on r/Hawaii they're talking about something called Hana Career Pathways where, if you make less than $38k a year, work less than 20 hours a week, and make less than $20 an hour, you can get trained as an HVAC tech, commercial driver, carpenter, IT tech, pharmacy tech, etc., for free in the community colleges back home. That would have been just the thing for me back when I was a young adult there. At my age, I think I'm going to take my chances with Social Security and busking, but it's great to see a program like that in place.
Of course the young people using Hana Career Pathways will have to arrange how to live while taking the program, but most people in Hawaii, being non-white, actually have supportive families. And, I wish I'd known it at the time, but a lot of money can be made working half-time waiting tables or the old reliable panhandling (or busking, which pays a bit less but allowed you to keep some dignity).
I'm getting to like this early schedule so far. I got in an hour of practice on the flute, photo'd up a batch of things to list on Ebay, and packed a dozen things.
Unfortunately, I was about to head out with the things and my bike's front tire was as flat as a pancake. It's an old, thin tire and the tube I had in there was a really weird one that, when you pump it up, the valve stem inflates also. That's where it failed. So, no going out today.
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