and the resorts and then i'll the military bases you know there is a writer i really like named steve erickson once wrote that the two great contributions of the american civilization are annihilation and fun. [laughter] he was writing that about las vegas and a piece about all the old nuclear test done in the nevada desert that i think that applies to hawaii as well. but that on the other hand, you know, it is still so much, so often the sovereign independent country it once was. the language, even you know english speakers, people who would say they don't speak for why and that there coined words are peppered into normal talk. if you are going to ask directions from someone, they would tell you to go malka or mckay. malka towards the mountains or mckay towards the ocean. it is such a singular place and it still has so many vestiges of its singular culture that it is kind of lost in a way. that is why -- there. i have a friend who was a teacher and i was speaking to him and some of his colleagues. i was talking about butchering his name and the pronunciation. i just said, i hate saying hawaii