SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1998 MEETING #130
Held at the home of JOHN ENRIGHT VILLAGE OF LEONE
Present:
JOHN ENRIGHT / KATHLEEN KOLHOFF / MARISA DEWEEES / LESLIE WOOD / Miss FISAGA KOLHOFF / Reggie Malala (briefly) / TAU HUNKIN / TERI HUNKIN DAVID HERDRICH Master Liam Enright Master Cody Wood
Oh and By the Way:
Meeting #129 was a secret meeting. Notes were taken in invisible ink due to the sensitive nature of the material. It was held sometime last month at an undisclosed location, probably in Sogi.
Meeting emerged out of disorder: 5 pm sharp. In the old days, the fine for LateNess was a penny per minute. At that rate, secretary probably owes about $43,200 in fines. In USD. No Tala accepted.
Our illustrious President wants to make a new bumber sticker: Public Servants = Public Enemies aka The Coming of Rage in Samoa He's scaring me. And it's bumber sticker. You heard me.
Per Marisa. We all look older today. No offense. None taken. (However, Marisa, the lupe in your freezer may have company next month.)
OLD BUSINESS
1. We paid the $390 we owed to Southeast Museum of History. This is part of the financial report. Don't tell anyone.
2. Dead people and ethnic jokes are allowed in the minutes. No, we are not politically incorrect. We are incapable of any such thing. We don't never use double negatives.
3. Leslie reluctantly accepted the old minutes. Ha, like we care what Leslie thinks.
4. Secretary wanted to know where this ____ comes from. Like we care what the secretary thinks.
Treasurers's Report:
We really did pay #390.oo to SE Museum of History. Treasurer has $634.66 showing in the bank statement plys about $10.00 in her purse and around $300.00 in an envelope in John's office. It's nice to know we're diversifying. John's office, Kathleen's purse, and Dean Witter. Who could ask for more?
The incessant Bottom Line: And exactly how much are we making on this deal? Leslie offered a surprisingly wonderful suggestion: Let's sell those books on the dock when the next cruise ship comes in. Way to go, Les!
And as long as we're discussing Fire Sales -- hey how about that Metro fire. And Soupy Sales. And the Keystone cops. Officially known as the Pago Fire Department.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Dotsy needs to go to Honolulu. The premier for "Damien" will be held in Honolulu on July 16. It would be a great idea for John (as our President) to accompany Dotsy on this journey.
2. Siuleo now has a WWW page, which is costing us nothing. Thanks be to Kathleen and her hard wowrk. It is an ongoing project, and directions for adding to it are attached. A photo of John Kneubuhl will be added, as the founder of Siuleo. Enright also wants a photo of Tom Cruise included. No one really know why. But the pink pointy shoes he has been wearing lately may give us a clue.
3. There is a wine problem in Samoa. No good wines here lately. We also have a whine problem. NO good whines here.
4. Carol Avis called us (from Australia). She interrupted the most important business. Leslie told her she's late and must pay a fine. Tau asked Carol about the kangaroo problem. she said that she misses us.
5. Leslie said that she is temporarily out of business for a few centuries. Or maybe it was out of cents for a few businesses. Anyway, Leslie said womething.
6. Real sex/phone sex/computer sex is available at some 688 exchange. Forgot to get the numbers.
7. Latest radio production of "Think of a Garden" is available from the President.
8. Carol is still on the phone. She heard about our drought. Her instructions: Drink lots of alcohol and save water. Don't flush the toilets. Unless you like to see them go counter-clockwise.
READERS: 1. Kathleen for Carol Avis: a poem entitled "Steering" Per John: There is great confidence in this poem. She attacks it. It's a journal poem -- courageous. Very confident! John gave it an "A". It doesn't falter, it has a message. Narratively, it reaches an end. And she didn't say "G'day mate or talk about kangaroos".
2. Marisa DeWees * a remake of "Perhaps Tomorrow" (maybe it will work this time) John asked: When did you start using short line lengths? They reminded him of pop-it beads.
Reggie Malala came in to say that we were way too quiet. She wants us to be more playful. Maybe raucous.
*"TuiaTua" as told my Julian, age 8 John said "That's publishable" with gusto. Marisa said that it was yet another rewrite. John stated that it was both "clear and compact" and re-writes are what we live for.
3. JOHN ENRIGHT * 3 Images BEGGING for meaning * "Thursday" (Marisa wanted to know when John wrote this.)
Tau told us storing about sleeping chickens which can be hypnotized by onions held under their noses. While they are sleeping in trees. The onions. Under the trees in their noses. Or something.
4. DAVID HERDRICH
* a web page created by David: "Samoa and Apollo" LINKING the two together forever on the www. Reggie mentioned the fact that she had the actual signatures of the Apollo 17 astronauts. David was ecstatic. Reggie graciously produced them for David to scan into his website. David was delighted.
Newsworthy:
It has come to my attention that all me are afraid of eyelash curlers. I sleep with one under my pillow instead of a gun.
Now I lay me down to sleep. Let's stuff these minutes down the gurgler.
Meeting ended: sometime after it began. Unless you were in another time zone when it began. Don't get me started here.
Held at the home of JOHN ENRIGHT VILLAGE OF LEONE -- Island of Tutuila
Present: JOHN ENRIGHT / KATHLEEN KOLHOFF / MARISA DeWEES / LESLIE WOOD / TAU HUNKIN / TERI HUNKIN / Miss FISAGA KOLHOFF / Master Liam Enright / Master Cody Wood
GUESTS from other islands and continents: JOE KENNEDY / JIM LANDRUM / BION GRIFFIN /
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Meeting merged from chaos: 4:50 pm
The President asked if we were all here. No one answered this question. It was too deep. Or perhaps he was awaiting a zen reply.
Minutes from previous meeting were noted and dismissed. John wanted to know if anyone found his pink pointy shoes. They have been missing since the last writer's group.
Marisa made her now-famous California palusami. It was so good that we couldn't even talk for a while. Too busy having one of those spinace aand sour cream food orgasms. We decided that we hould put our favorite recipes on our website. As long as they are delicious, wholesome, and good for our plumbing. Tau shaid we should only put recipes that do bad things to people. Tau may be the first known food terrorist.
Jim Landrum shared with us his research on Spam. Spam is officially in the Smithsonian Institution. (Jim said it's in the Congressional section. We like Jim; he will do well here.)
Treasurer's Report:
A correction was noted to the last minutes: The $300.00 which was supposed to be in Kathleen's office or her purse is now in John's office (or his purse). Kathleen will take the $10.00 to Maine, where it will be used mainly for Maine-ish type things. There is an envelope somewhere with an IOU inside, because the book money is being held in escrow in John's bank account. In Siuleo's bank account there is still $631.10. These high finances are daunting.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Dotsy is still leaving, although her passport may not be with her. John suspects it to be on one of the moons of Jupiter (10 perhaps). John will be accompanying Dotsy to Honolulu.
2. A Honolulu shopping list for John was passed around. It was decided that a sub-committee should be formed to discuss the music which John never heard, but which everyone wants him to buy.
READERS:
1. JOE KENNEDY
* An excerpt from a historical novel which he has written: RUFFIAN DICK. Based on the life of Richard Burton, the legendary explorer (not the movie star). The holocust of Burton's wife, stories of bad juju, and race relations in America (a spider with many legs) are all involved. Why a historical novel? Marisa asked. Joe stated: "Well, for one thing, I am NEVER AGAIN writing a book on ddrugs. Or a non-fiction. I thought it would be fun to write a historical novel." Whoa -- more work than the first two combined, and Joe is looking for a publisher on this. Or hoping for the good luck of posthumous discovery. He keeps all his stuff in metal boxes. (don't tell Kehau)
We deviated into discussion of past lives. Joe wanted to know why people like Shirley McLaine are always famous in their past lives. Why aren't they pedantarists or something? Carol Avis wanted to throw in her two cents. She called from Sydney to say hello and join the meeting. We are part of Carol's past life. So can we be famous now?
2. JOHN ENRIGHT
* a Haiku about Joe Kennedy (Tau thought it would be marketable as a T-shirt) * some Litanies from John * "Sixth Sense" * "Practice" *OD Potchum (apologies to John here, secretary unable to decipher her secret code)
Joe Kennedy said that "Loa Alert" and "Regulators" are still his favorite Enright poems.
3. MARISA DeWEESE
* "Dream Times End" (a re-reading) John said that it was Ondaji-esque. A compliment for Michael and Marisa.
*"Untitled" (but wonderful, per John) Jim suggested "Bang the Eardrum Slowly" as a title contender.
* "Tuia-Tua" a final re-write John said that this was a success story for Marisa. Joe pronounced it "evocative and polished". He liked the aspect of confrontation. (For the uninitiated, Tuia-Tua is the chief boogey-man of Samoan legend. He has his own chair at Atauloma.)
4. DAVID HERDRICH -- re-reading a scholarly work by his advisor
* An introduction to David's doctoral work has been written by David's advisor. David shared this with us.
(It was revealed that David's wife keeps plucking his grey hairs) Marisa wanted to know what happens when he gets grey hairs on his chest? Kathleen stated that it's most definitely Not his chest hairs that he is worried about.
Newsworthy:
Our Web-Page address is: https://members.tripod.com/~Siu_Leo_o_Samoa/index.html. Do visit often. Bring cookies.
Culture shock news:
Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" translated into Chinese to: "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave"
And finally: "OMNI" magazine sponsored a contest on "Theories". One of the winners had a theory which went like this:
The quantity of consonants inthe English language is constant. If omitted in one place, they turn up in another. When a Bostonian "pahks" his "cah", the lost r's migrate southwest, causing a Texan to "warsh" his car and invest in "erl wells".
(I have to know: If a man is standing inthe middle of the forest speaking, and there is no woman around to hear him.....is he still wrong?)
Held at the home of JOHN ENRIGHT -- VILLAGE OF LEONE -- Island of Tutuila
Present: JOHN ENRIGHT / CONNIE PAYNE / MARISA DeWEES / LESLIE WOOD / TAU HUNKIN / TERI HUNKIN / Master Liam Enright / Master Cody Wood
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Animal Farm convened: 4:40 pm
Each person present shared their animal-noise specialty. Chimpanzee, cow, horse and snail were all represented.
Minutes from previous meeting were read silently. John still wanted to know if anyone found his pink pointy shoes. They have been missing since writer's group in June. Marisa asked the secretary if she suffered from short-term memory loss. John said the secretary "glorifies" short-term memory loss. Reading the minutes gives you a great deal of insight into what other people thought you did last month. And what people with short-term memory loss thought you said.
Leslie voted to pass the minutes (with gas, or with stones, as you prefer). Tau won the contest on animal noises. Connie declared the minutes good. It was seconded, thirded and fourthed.
So -- does this mean the secretary can quit now? She wants to be treasurer next year. Does she have to run for this office? Lobby for it? Or just call her Mafia family to dispose of the body?
Connie said that she worked her butt off recently, working on Liam's room renovation. This is why Connie has no butt. John said there were no butts about it.
Somewhere in the living room someone asked the question: "Do you eat poki?" Someone in the kitchen answered, "Well, since you asked..." Names have not been revealed to protect the guilty. Kind of like government investigations. But WE WON'T GO THERE.
Marisa said that she loves cows. She has always loved cows. She always wanted a cow for a pet. John said he loves them too. For dinner. Tau revealed his history as a 4-H-er. He stated: I was a Samoan cowboy." Without a horse. Tau offered to teach the ukulele to anyone present. And the writer's group band did not play again today. So...Tau left us to go play catch with Liam and Cody. (Uncle Tau is way cool.)
TREASURER'S REPORT: This has been canceled due to the lack of a treasurer to report anything. We hope she is having a BLAST in Ohio or Maine or wherever she is today. With our money.
OLD BUSINESS: Show and tell from John: He reported on his trip to Honolulu with Dotsy. Per John; The film (Damien) is visually beautiful, all done on locatoin. It was far more professional than TV at the time. But...John also felt that the ending was inconsistent with the movie... a sort of "contrived documentary" where the "happy lepers of Kalapapa" were interviewed. John also said that the movie was hard to grade, but he enjoyed immensely the fact that there were pieces of John (Kneubuhl) present in the film. Dotsy was well, Dotsy. What a trip.
NEW BUSINESS: How about a "celebrate Dotsy" day? The trip to Honolulu was indeed wonderful for her...Her birthday is in the Spring - but hey, she won't mind. She won't even know.
READERS:
1. MARISA DeWEES
*"RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER" (a re-read to see if it is "worth keeping". John said "by all means" and encouraged her to do a collection
Tau went on a tirade about running into someone 3 times at Laufou. Leslis said that "family stalkers" are the worst kind. John said that upon his death, he wants all money which may be stuffed into his orifices to to be donated to Siuleo. This conversation went downhill real fast. Soon it became a rendition of: How much is that coffin in the window? Tau said that Samoans think of the coffin as a vehicle - hence, the showcase facing the street.
Marisa stated that "she has ADA for real" and asked John to turn the music down. She continued to read, and John said that her work was very disciplined, with images that came together like rosary beads.
* Winter-Vintage 98
(a remake of an old one, this is her first reading) Tau liked the imagery. He pronounced it "not Too Deep" then he left to start his own writer's group.
2. CONNIE PAYNE
* a poem of grave and treasured images which the Secretary ()aka the Idiot) has left somewhere. They have been relegated to the X-Filed.
In the interest of time and trees, these minutes will be cut off at the 2 page point. And Mark Twain reminds us that "no one was ever converted after the first 20 minutes of a sermon" anyway...
To all our friends, near and far, we wish you a merry Christmas. In case we forget.
