Kaikuahine

It means sister in Hawaiian. There's really six siblings I call brothers and sisters in total, but only one's been there my entire life. Alexis Llexia Gouldman, mah lil' sissss. She takes after my Nana, which says a lot if you knew how active and amazing my grandmother is. They have a bond I envy too, but that's not the point of this blogpost. My little sister stands a head shorter than me, but you'd think she's a foot taller with her swagger and determination. She's as fun as my dad and tenacious as my mom, and she and I have a similar taste in humor. All my friends thought she was hot growing up, to which I presented them a warning of a knuckle sandwich. Somehow she still picked guys bigger than me to date, and I'm 200 pounds of lean muscle. She was always the outgoing one of us, and has the merits from high school to show it. She's was varsity basketball like her freshman year, and could've done any sport she wanted. She also placed 36th in the 5k for Florida, and is one of very few people I know that can push me when we run. Ali is at FSU right now studying to be a dietician, and throwing down the hammer on some ridiculous nutrition courses that revolve around chemistry. (my downfall...gah I loathe chem.) I'm sure she'll live to 200, and she eats 'vegan' only. I put that in quotes to show she cheats sometimes and french fries are not something a dietician should be wolfing down, even if you's drunkskies. We have similar taste in music too, and she can recite every word of most Ludacris hits. Some of my favorite memories with her include: microwaving her Barbies, fighting over the front seat of a van in Japan until she bit me, macking on her high school girlfriends (to no avail), watching her succeed in sports and as of late, going drinking with her. Hey, vodka's vegan too. Through the divorce we bonded, and gained some other siblings.

On my mom's side we have Sean and Kayla. Sean is taller than me, takes after his dad's strong silence, and enjoys a lot of the same things as I do. We get along well.

Kayla is artsy and musical; she used to be quiet as Sean but has bloomed into quite the Hawaiian darling.

On my dad's side is Ryan, Matt, and Haley. Haley is the youngest of the six, likes guitar and is a smarty pants. She's a freshman in high school now, and her nickname is Ghetto Boo (mostly just to tease her).

Ryan is the second oldest, and I long to have passion like he and Matt. Ryan is an amazing tattoo artist; he has a sweet job that gave him permanent living priveliges on Okinawa at the Kadena Marina, and is engaged to a Filipina girl named Glenda. He looks like a hoodlum but is a down-to-earth, responsible dude.

Matt lives with me, another brother that's taller than me. He is a chef at an old folks home and is making moves to get back to Okinawa as a culinary teacher. They both have this great passion that is the hardest part of my life to find.

I love all six of these dweebs, and I think if somebody could sing we'd have a band. Ryan and Sean play bass; Kayla, Haley and I play guitar, and Matt is THE drummer. Ali can rap I guess... hah.