Prince Kuhio Day 2024

Prince Kuhio

Another no-holiday holiday has come and gone. Of course, the day was … well, same ol’ shit. Lots of tourists are in Waikiki for Spring Break, mostly groups of young hotties. Strange. Why are there very few groups of guys? If only Prince Kuhio could see the cheesy theme park that Waikiki has become. Sheesh!

Preparations are being made to pay off the 2024 estimated taxes. The appropriate tax forms have been ordered. Whatever penalties accrued from the last tax year will also be paid. The whole affair has become really tiresome.

There was much “gnashing of teeth” about the estimated tax bullshit, which was essentially a clash with the miserly ways. Conceding to pay $2,000+ in estimated taxes just after paying the same amount just one month ago is a “shock to the system.” However, the end of the miserly ways is seemingly “on the horizon.”

Exploiting any available discount will still be a priority, but concerns about “saving” money are diminishing. The conundrum is that there is nothing to purchase aside from food. And, of course, there will be no capitulation to the exorbitant pricing in Waikiki. The latter is just ridiculous.

Evening outings to the International Marketplace have been few and far between, mostly because of the abhorrent weather. Sunday evening was fairly nice, so a quick jaunt was made to Target® in Ala Moana Center. The ambient temperature was warm enough to warrant the purchase and consumption of a pint of Häagen-Dazs® coffee ice cream. Yum!

The Watch Series 9 is still functioning primarily as a health monitor. So far, nothing out of the ordinary has been logged. Chronic insomnia continues to be a problem, although sleep monitoring may be disabled soon. The data is somewhat valid. However, the data is useless without any kind of intervention.

Incidentally, the estimated tax bullshit has exacerbated the chronic anxiety and melancholia. Add in all of the geopolitical machinations of the Fascists and the threat of thermonuclear war … complete nervous breakdown is imminent. The Watch Series 9 has been tracking HRV, a metric that has been correlated to stress. So far, the correlation appears strong.

Addendum: The late no-holiday holiday afternoon was quite pleasant weather-wise, so a quick jaunt was made to Target® in Ala Moana Center. A pint of Häagen-Dazs® ice cream and a banana was procured for dessert for $4 and some change. The pint of ice cream alone sells for $10 in Waikiki.