9-8-10: The HSP Chairman's First Assigned Blog Post

Hi everybody! I'm the Hawaiian Secessionist Party's co-founder and chairman, Benjamin "Docta Haus" Saunders. I've gotten a lot of feedback about my last riveting short story, as well as a lot of questions about the $4.3 billion that mysteriously disappeared from the U.S. treasury and was recently found inside a large shipping container in the back parking lot of our Lihue office. Unfortunately, I only have enough time to answer one of these topics, and so, after legal council from several high-powered attorneys and my associate, HSP co-founder and U.S. Senator Kevin "Docta Jim" Hirata, I have decided to talk about the former.

On the topic of truth in my writing, I find that I merely take events in real life and extrapolate them to apply to my characters. Generally, my characters become more like what I want to be like in real life. Aside from that, anything goes. Take my last story for example. The name "Ben" is so boring. In reality, I wish my parents had named me something different. Something bold. Something deadly. Something whose venom can paralyze its political opponents and stop them dead in their tracks. Something like "Krait". Hence the name was born.

But on a more direct note, I do find myself putting traits of my own personality into the characters I create. Krait is fastidious and ruthless, but above all, he's a nice person. He knows that it's up to him to save these college students from turning their own brains to mush by watching a terrible remake of an excellent British horror movie. In this way, Krait echoes my own capacity for empathy and compassion.

Moreover, he is extremely dedicated to work that he finds interesting. When I am interested in a subject, such as learning Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" on the piano, or making under-the-table deals in Washington, I become very meticulous in how I execute my job. Such is characterized in the way Krait refuses to let a single detail go past his inspection when looking for "the goods", as he put it.

Basically, this is the role that truth plays; it allows me to take parts of my own personality and give them a new form to work with. Anyway, I'm afraid that's all I have time for. I must return to my undying service to the people of Hawaii. I thank you all for your continued support, and everyone have a nice day. And I'll see you at the polls! Thank you...have a nice day.