Author: CD Damitio
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Van is Dying – Uh-oh (Flashback to 2004)
In 2004, I was living in a minivan I bought for $175. I should have stuck to VWs. I called this one Pig and usually had hands black from working…
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Anarchy as Religion – Religious Anarchy in Social Context
This is another essay from 2000. Again, my credentials as an anarchist are not clear since I can’t put myself in a box. I’m not sure what to call my…
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Amazon’s Amazon Coins are No Play Money – Exploring Virtual Currency
The world of virtual currency is nothing new. However, Amazon.com just unveiled a new virtual currency. It will be coming in May and lots of people are excited about it…but…
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Critical Mass Honolulu – Making the Streets Safe for Bicyclists.
This article first appeared in Ka Leo, the University of Hawaii student newspaper in 2008, but there were a few things in it that were cut that I thought were…
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Flashback 2004 – Living Rough Again On Oahu
Living Rough Again on Oahu by CD Damitio (I wrote this on a blospot blog back on June 25, 2004 I’m glad this isn’t my life any longer.) Alright…I can’t…
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Never Mind the Bullocks…Where’s the Passion Fruit?
Never Mind the Bull, Where’s the Passion Fruit? by CD Damitio For the bulk of the existence of the human species, men and women have not kept pets nor tended…
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Social Justice, Society, Education
I wrote this essay back in 2008, as of this publishing of it, my student loans add up to more than $45,000 despite my having paid back nearly $10,000. My…
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How to Deal with Aggression – Blackberries and Work
Blackberries by CD Damitio Blackberries are the scourge of the Pacific Northwest. To those who have never dealt with them, it sounds lovely to have a huge blackberry bramble growing…
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Hawaii Mind Body Spirit Expo – Kooks Are Us
Flashback 2005. This was one of those bizarre days I shared that I still think about. I posted this on my old blog and it inspired a long string of…
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Good Friends You’ve Never Met
This is an excerpt from the Original Slackville Road. It didn’t make it into the re-release. Here’s the thing…it’s a true story. It happened to me and a buddy in…
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Tourism and Reality in Southeast Asia
Tourism and Reality in Southeast Asia by CD Damitio While watching the food channel the other day, I came across a disturbing thing. Initially, what caught my attention was a…
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Tourism, Women, and Power in Southeast Asia
Women and Power in Southeast Asia by CD Damitio Society is a complex organism that reflects the diverse use of power by the individuals and groups within it. Sometimes obvious…
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Like Sands Through the Hourglass
Like Sands Through the Hourglass…. by CD Damitio No matter who a person is or where they may be growing up, there is no doubt about the fact that they…
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Living in a Not Material World
Living in a Not-Material World by VagoDamitio In looking at the material world around us, it is easy to suppose that everyone sees the same things, the same way, the…
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I am Disturbed
I am disturbed that whatever art I make will probably be used to sell something at some point in the future. This is only true if my art is deemed…
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The Time of Rice
Time for Rice. Rice Time. The Rice for Time. Timing Rice. by CD Damitio It is easy to forget that time is a human construction. Not to say that things…
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Another Madman Writer: Anthony Mathenia
A couple years ago, my novel Douchebags, Fags, and Hags was in a competition with a bunch of other novelist’s novels. It looked like the winner was going to be…
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Waist to Hip Ratio in Male to Female Attraction
Like Sands Through an Hourglass Figure by CD Damitio In the battle for the hearts of minds of future anthropologists, behaviorists, and popular science buffs, two competing camps have risen…
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If you want to fight the power, you have to know what power is
If You Want to Fight the Power, You Have to Know What Power Is by CD Damitio Throughout the recorded history of humankind, and presumably even prior to that, human…
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I love Fairhaven
I wrote this little blurb for the local Bellingham newspaper The Every Other Weekly back in 2003. I love Fairhaven by CD Damitio I absolutely love where I live. Mountains,…
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How Mass Media Shapes Personal Identity
This one made it into the book. I wrote the original version in 2008, during a period when I was living in Hawaii and taking anthropology coursework while also watching…
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Badjao : Sama Dilaut of Tawi-Tawi Sea Gypsies
The Sama Dilaut of Tawi Tawi: Facing Change in a Modern World by CD Damitio Throughout the world, there is a huge danger that modernization and globalization will destroy irreplaceable…
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Is Human Nature Anti Nature?
This one made it into the book. I wrote it in 2008, for an anthropology course, though it ended up being a genuine argument rather than just an academic exercise.…
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Happy New Year – 2013 – The Year of Completed Projects and Fun
My duty is to complete my mission and have fun doing it! Happy New Year to all of you! 2013 is going to be incredible. Even better than 2012 and…
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