CSI Hawaii Update
I'm back in Japan completely unscathed in case you were wondering. Unfortunately I was not required by law to stay in the Hawaii area for any court appearances. But fortunately I also did not have to change my name and join the witness protection program. Although I have been thinking about what name I would take. What do you think of Maddawg Capone? No one would mess with me.
The first night after the body was discovered next door, I was lying in bed about midnight when I heard a bunch of noise in the neighboring room. (I can't get a night of peace in this hotel!) Some people were busy checking all the drawers in the room, cleaning the mess, chatting and laughing. I wonder if they do this on a regular basis. I really tried to hear what they were saying. It's pathetic but I even tried the old cup on the door trick as all good detectives do. But everything was too muffled. The first night two questions kept entering my head. 1. How many people have died in hotel beds I've slept in? and 2. Is there still dead body 5 feet away from me? The police and manager had made everything as low key as possible, probably to prevent hotel guests from freaking out and cancelling their stays. I really think only the people staying in our little corner and the hotel staff had a clue something happened. I assume they may have taken the body out late that night so guests wouldn't see. Anyway, as I lay in bed I kept watching to make sure no ghosts were making chairs float across the room or anything. (I watched too much Unsolved Mysteries as a kid.) I also wondered if there was a killer on the loose, but not enough to make me get out of bed and lock the door. The next two days, at which point my family finally arrived, staff were in the room completely remodeling. They put in new carpet, new beds and a new tub. That helped ease my feelings about question 1. My sister was curious and asked a maid what she knew. The maid said she knew it was a man and he was found naked on the floor with a nosebleed. (They are always found naked in hotel rooms on TV - this adds validity to those crime scene shows). In my last post I mentioned two nights prior I heard what sounded like a drug deal and the next night what sounded to be a man and woman fighting. In my mind he was either killed over drugs or he OD'd but I'm almost sure drugs were involved. Well, I guess since I gave away "Maddawg" to the masses I'm gonna have to go with a different name. Detective Conan signing off.
The first night after the body was discovered next door, I was lying in bed about midnight when I heard a bunch of noise in the neighboring room. (I can't get a night of peace in this hotel!) Some people were busy checking all the drawers in the room, cleaning the mess, chatting and laughing. I wonder if they do this on a regular basis. I really tried to hear what they were saying. It's pathetic but I even tried the old cup on the door trick as all good detectives do. But everything was too muffled. The first night two questions kept entering my head. 1. How many people have died in hotel beds I've slept in? and 2. Is there still dead body 5 feet away from me? The police and manager had made everything as low key as possible, probably to prevent hotel guests from freaking out and cancelling their stays. I really think only the people staying in our little corner and the hotel staff had a clue something happened. I assume they may have taken the body out late that night so guests wouldn't see. Anyway, as I lay in bed I kept watching to make sure no ghosts were making chairs float across the room or anything. (I watched too much Unsolved Mysteries as a kid.) I also wondered if there was a killer on the loose, but not enough to make me get out of bed and lock the door. The next two days, at which point my family finally arrived, staff were in the room completely remodeling. They put in new carpet, new beds and a new tub. That helped ease my feelings about question 1. My sister was curious and asked a maid what she knew. The maid said she knew it was a man and he was found naked on the floor with a nosebleed. (They are always found naked in hotel rooms on TV - this adds validity to those crime scene shows). In my last post I mentioned two nights prior I heard what sounded like a drug deal and the next night what sounded to be a man and woman fighting. In my mind he was either killed over drugs or he OD'd but I'm almost sure drugs were involved. Well, I guess since I gave away "Maddawg" to the masses I'm gonna have to go with a different name. Detective Conan signing off.
posted by Denver at 5:02 PM
3 Comments:
My goodness you lead an exciting life!! How did you end up in Japan? Did you major in education in college or is this tour of duty part of a mission program? Anyway, yes I am still at Wright. This is my 16th year to teach there. I've moved around (room and grade wise) a lot. I taught 6th grade for a couple of years then we experimented with a program of team teaching with 4th-6th grades. It went pretty well, but we only did it that one year. Next, I moved up to middle school Bible, English and Algebra 1/2 (Saxon's pre-algebra.) I taught in the middle school for about 10 yrs. and was even middle school principal for a few years! My next adventure was to move up to high school English. I jumped from teaching 6th-8th grade English to 12th grade English and high school girls' Bible while still keeping my 7th and 8th grade English classes too. I spent the next four years teaching high school English until this year. At the end of last year I had the opportunity to make a change and I was ready once again to do something a little different. This year I am team teaching 4th & 5th grades. I teach history, science, and Bible. I'm really enjoying the young kids again and it doesn't take me near as long to grade their papers as it did high school English essays and research papers! Keep me informed of what you do next. I bet your mom will be so glad to have you back in the U.S. again. Tell her "Hi!" for me! Thanks again for contacting me, you made my week!
dude---you always get the coolest vacations!
I don't know you. But I guess Blake does, so a transitive "hi!"
Anyway, that's crazy! As not cool as murder/drug OD victims are, that's so awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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