Hi everybody - Happy New Year!

Bunny and I got back from our desert walk yesterday - a few days sooner than we had originally planned. What happened was I accidentally stepped in a hole and hurt my leg. I can’t walk so good now so we came back. Not a great way to start out the new year but as Bunny pointed out, at least I wasn’t run over by a car or get bitten on the face by a rattlesnake. That’s Bunny - always looking on the bright side.

We did get some things resolved though. For one thing, a rough schedule for the first part of this year has been mapped out. I’ve been wanting to learn more about where I’ve come from. Not just literally (”I’m from Hawaii”), but also I feel like I need to understand more about where I’ve been and why I am the way I am, before I can clearly see the path I need to follow in the future.

I think I mentioned it before that I was born (somewhere) in Hawaii, right? Well I left Hawaii when I was pretty small because I was feeling really curious and wanted to see the U.S. mainland. That’s when I left home and not too long after that I met Bunny, we traveled around for a while, and then afterwards we settled here in the desert and started doing The Pinky Show. But lately I’ve been thinking about Hawaii more and more. There’s a little voice inside my head that keeps telling me that there’s something there that I need to understand before I’m going to be able to really understand the United States.

I called up my good friend in Hawaii (I lived with her before, when I was still kind of like a kitten) and asked her if we could stay with her while we do some research about Hawaii. She said yes, we can stay as long as we like. We still have to figure out some of the details and there’s a few things that need to be wrapped up before we can go anywhere, but I’m already starting to feel excited about going back and getting started.

Kim and Mimi haven’t decided yet if they want to go to Hawaii or stay here in the desert. They want to go but they also want to be here for the desert flowers they think might be blossoming this spring (we had rain this winter). I told them there’s lots of flowers in Hawaii - all the time. o.O

Daisy said he’ll come along if we need his help. I said “Of course we need your help.”

I know what you guys are wondering - if you all go to Hawaii, who’s going to take care of the ants? I think the ants can run around free for a few months, they’ll be just fine.

I’m going to write more in this diary this year. That’s one of my new year’s resolutions.

~ pinky

Pinky the genius stepped in a hole and stress fractured her leg. So we had to come back early (Wednesday). So instead of a peaceful walk in the desert we will continue our new year planning from the usual boring kitchen/dining/study table. Pinky forgot to mention in her diary that she stepped in the hole only about 10 seconds after saying “Wow look at all these holes!”

Bunny

Bunny and I are tentatively scheduled to fly to Hawaii to start work on our series of episodes on Hawaii on Jan 13 (that’s a Sunday). I’m pretty good at disguising myself as a suitcase but I think Bunny better start practicing otherwise this whole trip is not going to happen.

Kim and Mimi will be coming to help out whenever they can, but probably won’t be able to be there most of the time. They both have regular jobs as well as an upcoming non-Pinky Show project for which they have to be in India for a couple of weeks in February.

Daisy will meet us in Hawaii a little later. He’s currently in Paris for who knows what. He’s always on the move.

~ pinky

Pinky and I (Bunny) are now in Hawaii. We may not be able to post as many blogs while we are here (not sure about access to computers, etc.).

We are staying with a friend at her house in the middle of a rain forest. This is not like the desert at all and the humidity is making me all frizzy.

We have a busy schedule. Even in our first 24 hours here we have learned a lot. Pinky or I will report back with more as soon as we get some ‘free time’.

Bunny

P.S. Ahi poke is my new favorite food. It is SO GOOD.

[ Kim: What’s ahi poke? ]

[ Bunny: I found the picture below here. ]

We have a new Pinky Show Radio episode. Today’s topic: What’s Wrong with GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)? It’s an interview with Jeffrey Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology. It’s a fairly in-depth interview (almost 45 minutes) - a nice change from the typical 5-minute radio story or 1-minute news story. You can listen to the show here:

http://www.pinkyshow.org/archives/episodes/080124/

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