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Try saying that title five times fast! :crazy:
6:30am (even though my camera says it's 6:38pm! lol)overlooking the Honolulu skyline.. can any of my hawaii friends tell me exactly where this is taken from? Oh and this is three shots.

I get many comments like, 'I wish I lived in such a beautiful place..' 'wow if only I lived in hawaii so I could take such beautiful pictures..' and of course, it reminds me to be grateful for where I live, although not for the 'beauty' (the reason) that most people would think. I wanted to show a different side of hawaii with this shot, and maybe more to come like this. I was going to name it toxic paradise but thought it too cliche. So toxic beauty came to mind, but still not sounding right. Suddenly toxicity of system of a down passed through my head, thus, toxi-beati-city. Pretty clever huh? :P

I hope to show that hawaii is not all just some dream to live in. It is not all paradise. There are trade-offs we make to live here. Of course things like cost of living and rediculous taxes upon taxes created by our very liberal state are things to deal with. Currently we may have the lowest unemployment rate in the country, but this along with some of the lowest paying jobs in the country, and a growing rate of homelessness.

The reality is we all have things we can complain about, and we all have things to be grateful for. I heard a quote once that said, "The greatest day of our lives is when we take responsibility for our own attitude." It takes effort to see the good in things, in people, in circumstances, but I think it is worth it in life to train myself to do so.

If these just seem like random flowing thoughts, heyyy you catch on quick! :lol:
By the way, I am not trying to make myself sound like I have this great optimistic attitude and blah blah blah.. no way. I used to have a terrible attitude, and I am in the process of changing that. If anything, maybe this is a snapshot of what is in me now! :X Anyway, enjoy.
Thanks for your comments :)
Image size
556x806px 170.2 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A95
Shutter Speed
1/1002 second
Aperture
F/5.0
Focal Length
10 mm
Date Taken
Aug 28, 2005, 6:38:54 PM
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addiicted's avatar
wow.


I'm fallin' in love with this pic <3.