E noho pū ka hā me ʻoe

I ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana i kekahi o nā lā hoʻāno ma nerd-lore, Mei ka 4 [me ʻoe], hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka moʻolelo o ke ola maoli o kahi keiki e makemake wale ana i nā candy a manuahi a me kahi manawa e hele ai i kāna iho.

I ka wā ma mua loa, ma kahi kaiāulu mamao loa, ʻo "Star Wars" ka mea ʻoniʻoni hoʻokahi i ka manaʻo o kēlā me kēia. Aia nō i koʻu manaʻo. Nā manawa a pau.

ʻAʻole i puka mai ʻo “The Empire Strikes Back”, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā prequels. Ua hōʻiliʻili wau a me koʻu mau hoaaloha i kā mākou mau helu hana a hana i nā hiʻohiʻona i pololei me ka hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomanaʻo. ʻO ia ka pūnaewele ma mua a ma mua o ka hapa nui o mākou ʻo VHS, no laila mālama mākou i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ke ʻano he kuʻuna waha e like me "The Iliad." Ma kahi paha o 10 a i koʻu nānā ʻana i ka lani lani, makemake wau e lilo i kekahi o kēlā mau hana.

I kēlā manawa, ʻo Halloween kahi pō o ka huhū nui, ke huli nā mākua i kā lākou keiki a hilinaʻi e hoʻi lākou i ka home ke luhi lākou. He manawa ia e hiki mai ana ka mea maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe ke holo nei i loko o nā keiki nui aʻe i hiki ke hao i kāu kāʻili. Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e paʻi i ka makahiki i ka wā ʻo Halloween wale nō ke kumu e kala ai e like me kāu ʻano punahele i ka lehulehu. E uku ʻia ʻoe me nā kanakē manuahi! ʻO nā lā ʻē aʻe a me nā keiki makua e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa iā ʻoe me ke aloha ʻole.

ʻO kēia kahi makahiki i ka wā i hāʻule ai koʻu kaikuahine ʻo Marcia i loko o ka wā ma waena o ka hele ʻana e ʻohi i ka candy a noho i ka home e hala, no laila hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kōkua iaʻu e kūkulu i kahi lole. Makemake ʻo ia e hana i kahi mea hoihoi, noʻonoʻo, maʻalea. ʻAʻole wau i makemake e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā haneli o Han Solos a i ʻole Luke Skywalkers e holoholo ana a puni ke kaiāulu. Ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua o koʻu mau hoaaloha e hoʻolālā ana e lilo ʻo Han Solo, no laila ʻo wau wale nō ka scrawny Solo ma hope. Makemake pū wau e pumahana. E like me koʻu mau hoaaloha, he hobo paha wau a i ʻole he limahana hana ʻehā mau makahiki e holo nei, ma muli o ka hanana ʻano ʻino o ka hau mua o ka makahiki e hāʻule ana i ka pō Halloween.

Ua noho māua ʻo Marcia e noʻonoʻo i kahi lole. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻeke o nā kāleka kālepa "Star Wars" i kekahi manawa, no laila ua hoʻomaka mākou e ka nānā ʻana ma o ia mau mea. ʻOiai aia he 10 mau kāleka wale nō i loko o ka ʻeke a ʻoiai ʻaʻole wau makemake e hele ma ke ʻano he mea hakakā a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he Kamāliʻiwahine Leia, noho mākou ma kahi Tusken Raider - ke kanaka one. He headshot maikaʻi kā mākou ma ke kāleka e hele aku ai, akā no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke koena o ka lole, ua hōʻaiʻē wau i kahi kiʻi hana mai ke keiki aʻe o ka puka. ʻO ke kiʻi a me ke kiʻi i ka lima, ʻohiʻohi mākou i nā mea a hele i ka hana.

Inā ʻaʻole iki a hoʻomanaʻo iki paha ʻoe i ka mea ola nāna i haku ʻo Luke Skywalker ma ke poʻo a hoʻāʻo e ʻōlapa iā ia i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo kēia ka manawa e ʻimi i ka pūnaewele no ka pana o Tusken Raider. Hoʻomoʻa ʻia lākou i nā humanoid noho wao nahele me nā makaaniani, kahi ea a me nā pepeiaohao hao ʻē e ʻoki ana i nā wahī e like me ka mummy.

Ua hana mākou i kaʻu ventilator ma ke kūlou ʻana i kahi pā pie aluminika e pili pono ma luna o kuʻu waha a ua hoʻopili ʻia kahi ʻāpana lole ʻeleʻele no ka pale. ʻO kaʻu mau aniani ʻelua mau kīʻaha pahu hua manu, ke kālā pena ʻehu. Ua wahī ʻia nā kīʻaha pahu hua manu hou ma luna o kuʻu poʻo me ka ʻeka. I mea e hoʻopau ai i ka ensemble, ua komo wau i ka ʻahuʻula kahiko i uhi ʻia ma luna oʻu me ke ʻano poncho, a me kekahi mau kāmaʻa lepo. Hāpai wau i kahi ʻau broom e nalu ma luna o kuʻu poʻo i ka manawa kūpono. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia wau.

Minamina, nui loa nā hoʻomākaukau a pau no kaʻu mau hoaaloha e hāpai ai. I ke komo ʻana o ka lā ma lalo o ka lani, a hoʻomaka nā hāʻule mua e hāʻule, ahu iho lākou ma luna o nā papa a hala loa, e kani ana i ke kō kō e kahe ana o ke kau. Ua hele wau i waho ma hope, e nānā pono ana i ka ʻāpana: kahi ʻano peripheral i hōʻike ʻole ʻia i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni blockbuster nui loa o nā manawa āpau. E hanu ana wau i ka cocktail o ka pena a me ka fue aahi i loko o ka pie pā ventilator. Ke nānā nei i ka honua ma o nā wēlau o nā kīʻaha pahu hua manu ʻelua, aia wau i koʻu honua ponoʻī.

Ma waho o ka nīnau e hele wau i ka pō wale nō, no ka mea ʻaʻole i ʻae nā pahu hua manu i kahi ʻike ākea a me nā ʻāʻū i paʻa i loko o ka mea hoʻoweliweli e hoʻopili i koʻu mākau kaʻa maikaʻi. ʻOiai me ke kōkua o kaʻu koʻokoʻo kaua / koʻokoʻo hele wāwae, pono wau e alakaʻi ʻia mai kēlā puka a kēia puka. Ua hele wāwae ʻo Marcia iaʻu i kekahi o nā hale o kona mau hoaaloha, a me ka hapa nui o nā hale ma waena.

I ka wehe ʻana o ka puka, ua alo aku nā mea hale ʻāno ʻole e kekahi kiʻi kū hoʻokahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia e lākou, e lūlū ana i kahi lāʻau ma luna o kona poʻo, e kani ana ka leo weliweli weliweli, "Gluuurrrtlurrrrtlllrrrrr!" Ua manaʻo wau e ʻoiaʻiʻo. E haʻi ʻia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i koe o kaʻu hiki i ka waha, ma hope o ka huffing ʻana i ka uahi pena no nā palaka ʻelua.

Ua kuʻi ʻia kekahi mau puka. Akā ʻo kekahi, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e hele ana i nā mea maikaʻi ma nā puka palekana, hoʻi i hope a nīnau ʻē aʻe, "No laila, he aha ʻoe, e ke keiki liʻiliʻi?" ma mua o ke kīloi ʻana i kahi ʻāpana o ke kanakē i loko o kaʻu uluna. ʻO kaʻu pane hoʻokahi i nā nīnau a pau “Gluuurrrtlurrrrt!” ʻaʻole lawa ka ʻike no laila e maʻa mau ʻo Marcia i ka mea ʻo wau ʻo Tusken Raider (he aha?).

ʻO kekahi o nā hoa aloha o koʻu kaikuahine he mau manawa o ka hoʻomanaʻo koke ʻana a ua hoʻokokoke loa aku e kahaha i nā paʻi kūpono a me nā hana i komo i loko o ka lole. Ua like wau me he hōkū lā ma kahi o keu keu.

Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana i kekahi mau poloka hou a kū ʻia kaʻu pā pai ʻelua mau manawa, kauō wau i koʻu kapa a paʻa i ka hale. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iaʻu ka nui o ke kanakē e like me kaʻu mau hoaaloha i kēlā makahiki. Ua hoʻi mai lākou i ka hale me ka ʻeke piha, hele wāwae i mile a hao i nā kaiāulu ma kahi mamao loa. E hoʻi maoli wau i ka home me kahi mea ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka wā ma mua o kēlā mau pahu liʻiliʻi o ka hua maloisa. Ua hoʻi mai wau i ka home me ka hilinaʻi e hoʻāʻo i nā mea ma waho iki o ka maʻamau.

I kēlā makahiki, ua aʻo wau inā ʻoe e loiloi a ʻokoʻa loa ʻoe, ʻaʻole paha e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nui o nā momona. Mai ia manawa akā, ua aʻo wau inā ʻoe e lele i kāu hae nerd, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ola wale nō, akā e loaʻa paha ka mahalo i ka poʻe i hiki ke pili. Aia kou poʻe i waho, ʻo kēia ka loaʻa. Hoʻopili ka poʻe āpau i kekahi mea, ʻoi aku kekahi ma mua o kekahi. Hiki iā ia ke lilo i kekahi o nā papa mele e like me nā ʻōlelo kamepiula a i ʻole sci-fi, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke nerd ma o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a haʻuki paha, kuke, kope. Kekahi mea

Inā ua hopu ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e haʻi ana i kekahi, "ʻAʻole kēia nā droids āu e ʻimi nei," a peahi i kou lima i kahi hana makehewa e hoʻololi i ka manaʻo o kekahi, he nerd paha ʻoe. ʻO ka wikiwiki o kou ʻae ʻana iā ʻoe iho he nerd ʻoe, ʻo ka hiki koke iā ʻoe ke hanu a ʻo wai wale nō ʻoe. E hoʻāʻo paha ʻaʻole e walaʻau, “Urrrrgluuurrrtlurrrrtlllrrrrrr!” a hāwanawana hoʻi, "E noho pū ka hā me ʻoe."