"The Three Of Us In The Dark"-Carly Simon

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Here is a PROfile
of the THREE MOST INTERESTING
people
I met on My trip
To MAUI

#!

Mark...
An Army cutie on his way back to Iraq from a 15 day leave in Lousianna, not his TRUE hometown, but where he grew up for the most part of his life.

I met him in the Houston Airport on my way home...a 4 hour layover...and about 5 cigs outside...
He asked me for a light and we talked for almost an hour...
His main goal was to get drunk and laid while on leave...I would have done BOTH with him!!!!!!

His tales were horrific...and he candidly stated that we will be there for more than ten more years...
do not trust the PRESS

I fell in LOVE with his BRAVERY
his Combat shoes...
and the fact that he told the check-in agent to lose his baggage,
to give him some extra time
ANYWHERE
here in the STATES....

I would have taken him into the parking garage...
(never mind)

When we parted I hugged him and wished him safety...fell in LOVE

#2

Shaquita and Marquis...
Honeymooners from New York City
she is a Firefighter and experienced the 911
tragedy first hand...
She worked for almost 36 hours straight and then again for three months digging out bodies

.....I listened to her for 2 hours
and was AMAZED
with what noone saw on TV
...like MARK above said
"Do not trust the PRESS"

Marquis had some stories of his own...
He was called upon stage for a local luau
and became famous in three days...
evidently did the "HAMMER"
and got the crowd going!!!

We laughed and shared stories of the past as well as the trip...

I found it odd how complete strangers can share things together much more than good friends...
but we became good freinds and will be online.

#3
Odd to find a Number 3..soooo many to choose,
but a guy named Rudy Aquino
with a golden voice
he sang with Don Ho
in the Hey Day
and he played every night at the hotel....
a Wonderfu mix
of a one hour traditional Hawaiin show,
with the second hour of
Buddy Holly, Elvis,,,Gosh
lot's of stuff that a few too many Blue Hawaian's
can remember...
but I heard him on my lania when too tired to sit down in the Tiki bar
and met him in the courtyard after shows
...loved his SMILE
his zest for a unique show each and every night of the 7 day week
and laughed with him and at him and around him!!!

(There were about 23 other great people that I encountered...the Daytona Beach guests, a family from Chicago, a group from Phili, and Denver, and a guy from Ireland that had been living in Maui for 3 months...the hippie chick in Paia the cheered when the sun came out, and this windsurfer at "JAWS" that got 2nd in the competition upon injury...(maybe will share later in a Blog when I have not had so much wine!!!)_

GOSH I LOVE PEOPLE!!!!

"The three of us in the dark
Where do I resist
One has to go
One is just a guest
One is all a fire
One is all a spark
But here I am with the two of you
The three of us in the dark"
-Carly Simon