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Sports

MĀNOA — As the University of Hawai‘i's offensive line left Micah Alejado scrambling one last time, the left-handed quarterback eluded San Jose State's defense for a final heave from near midfield. 

Alejado's desperation throw floated in the Mānoa air for approximately four seconds. If one of four Rainbow Warriors positioned in the end zone were to catch it, all the ugliness of the team's lack of offensive execution would have been temporarily erased. 

It was not to be. The throw caromed off Kejuan Bullard Jr.'s hands, the final play of a 20-16 loss for the Rainbow Warriors. Hawai‘i fell to 1-4 in the 2026 season, its Mountain West championship hopes taking an early fatal blow at 0-3 in conference play. 

Despite 12 penalties for 85 yards, most of which were committed by its offensive line, UH held on to a slim chance for victory until the very end. As San Jose State's team stormed the field to collect the Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy for the sixth consecutive matchup, many of Hawai‘i's players stood still on the field dejected and in disbelief. 

"Obviously, we're not in the best place right now as a team," Alejado said after the game. His return after a 9-4 season in 2025 was the basis of a 

 for the Rainbow Warriors heading into 2026. "You look at our schedule and don't expect to come out 1-4, whatever it is. For the team, it's obviously tough, but I guess it's football."

Hawai‘i had a chance to take an early lead in the first quarter, but a Cam Barfield handoff on fourth and inches was ruled short at the San Jose State 4 with 1:52 left in the first quarter. An Alejado interception set up San Jose State's first touchdown of the day, a 10-yard pass from former UH backup quarterback Luke Weaver to 

Campbell alum Kamaehu Kopa-Kaawalauole with 12:01 left in the second quarter. Weaver's throw was nearly intercepted by Matagi Thompson; instead, 

Kopa-Kaawalauole had a clear path to the end zone after securing the catch. 

San Jose State doubled its lead after Weaver found a wide open Carson Clark for 12 yards with 6:08 left in the second quarter. After seeing his team execute the play, SJSU offensive coordinator and former UH player and coach 

 was animated in his celebration. The 14-0 lead was an advantage the Spartans carried into the half. 

Hawai‘i showed signs of life in the second half, producing three straight scores and two stops. Yet the 'Bows still trailed 14-13 after that sequence, as two of those point-producing plays were 

 field goals, the other a 58-yard touchdown pass from Alejado to Devin Alves. 

Alves' score was the final touchdown of the game, as San Jose State's Trajan Sinatra hit two field goals to pad its lead, including a 30-yarder with 1:15 left. 

Following a 27-yard return by Blaze Kamoku, Hawai‘i had one minute and eight seconds with no timeouts to score, starting from its own 29. Two short passes to Barfield, as well as a Alejado rush up the middle, caused the 'Bows to spike the ball three times in their final possession. The 'Bows did not attempt a deep pass on their final possession until the failed Hail Mary. The Rainbow Warriors emulate the two-minute drill often during practices but ultimately weren't able to get the score they needed on Saturday. 

"It'll be difficult if you don't get the ball out of bounds. You got to stop the clock somewhere, somehow," Hawai‘i head coach Timmy Chang said. "There's kill situations. There's things that we do during practice that get you ready for it. But it's a difficult situation, definitely on our side. But I thought they executed as well as they could."

In the victory over his former team, Weaver completed 19 of his 28 passes for 246 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Meanwhile, Alejado was 23-for-35 with 341 yards, one touchdown and a pair of picks. 

Weaver, who showed no ill will towards the Rainbow Warriors in the wake of his departure, was seen hugging many of his former Hawai‘i teammates following the game. 

Next up for the Rainbow Warriors is a road contest at Arizona State on Saturday, Oct. 10. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. HST, and the game will be televised nationally on FS1. 

"It is really just one day at a time," Chang said of his team's outlook. "You clean up these little things, regardless of who's in there, who's playing, it comes down to to execution, discipline, all the things that we build our program off of. These are the things that we just got to truly understand. There's beating them up, but you know, they feel down already. So the message is how do we get better? How do we stop the things that hurt us?"

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Led by those with close ties to the Islands, San Jose State earned its sixth consecutive victory over the Rainbow Warriors on Saturday night.

Hawai‘i football's Mountain West hopes dealt fatal blow with frustrating loss to San Jose State

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Michael Brestovansky

Crime & Courts

The woman charged with murder after allegedly fatally shooting a man in Kailua last weekend was turned in by her father the day of the event, according to a Honolulu police report.

Hilinaikailimakualopali Keeno, 24, was charged on Sept. 30 with second-degree murder, carrying a firearm in the commission of a felony and improperly keeping a pistol or revolver. She is being held pending a $1 million bail.

An HPD document — which was submitted on Tuesday, Sept. 29, to the Honolulu Circuit Court to establish probable cause to detain Keeno without a warrant — states that Keeno’s father brought her to the Kailua Police Station less than an hour after 

was declared dead of a gunshot wound to the neck in the Kailua Target parking lot.

The report states that HPD special duty officers, who were working security at the Kailua Fall Festival that day, were called to assist with a group of festivalgoers involved in an argument at about 8:26 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Officers escorted the group out of the festival and watched them head toward the Target parking lot, only to hear another altercation begin among the group minutes later.

During this new altercation, a pop resembling a gunshot was heard, and officers saw two men — one of whom was Keeno’s brother — assaulting a third. Both assailants were placed under arrest for disorderly conduct, while officers discovered Malone on the ground, covered in blood.

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At 9:39 p.m., Keeno was brought to the Kailua Police Station by her father, who told police she was involved in the incident and wanted to provide a statement in the presence of her attorney.

According to the HPD report, no interview was conducted with Keeno that night. Subsequently, HPD sought photographs and videos from the public to help piece together the event and identify the shooter.

On Sept. 28, another witness identified Keeno as the shooter, and HPD confirmed that Keeno has one firearm registered in her name, a Sig Sauer P365 handgun.

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Keeno’s preliminary hearing, when she will plead guilty or not guilty to the charges, will take place Monday, Oct. 5. She remains in custody.

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Hilinakailimakualopali Keeno faces a $1 million bail for a second-degree murder charge.

Woman charged in Kailua shooting turned in by father

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Kelli Shiroma Braiotta

Food & Dining

Business & Tourism

From the moment she opened her first cafe in Hilo three and a half years ago, business owner Savanica Johansen of 

“The vision (for my shops) was always just bigger — opening across the Islands, maybe even opening on the Mainland,” she says. “It was always just a big vision. This was always a matter of when (not if) — when we would open in Honolulu.”

Long before Coffee Girl came about, Johansen was a sales manager for Hilton. Part of her job including traveling; the first thing she would do in a different city was to look for cute coffee shops.

“I’ve always been a coffee girl,” Johansen says. “When I would travel (for work), I would just go to a different coffee shop every day. That was what I loved to do.”

At that time, Johansen recalls that coffee shops/cafes were not plentiful in Hilo.

“If I wanted to get coffee before work, the Starbucks line was so long,” she remembers. “It was so hard to get coffee; if I went on my lunch break, everyone was also there at the same time.”

During a trip to Australia, Johansen felt “really inspired” to start her own coffee business one day.

“There are beautiful coffee shops on every corner (there),” she says. “I kept saying, ‘I want to have a coffee shop.’”

Around 2018, Johansen left the hotel industry to pursue real estate, which she says “was her first dream.” She said her goal for the longest time was to be a luxury real estate agent. When the Covid-19 pandemic happened and life slowed down, Johansen remembers coffee was still a highlight in her life — specifically, in the form of white mochas from Starbucks.

“White mocha was my thing,” she laughs. “I asked my husband, ‘Can you please buy me one of those fancy, expensive coffee machines? It’ll save money.’”

For six months after getting a coffee machine, Johansen says she “dumped everything down the drain” and still went to get her fix at Starbucks because her coffee “was terrible.”

“I’m very, very picky with my coffee, so none of them tasted good (to me)," she says. "Finally, one day, I made something really good.

“My sister, who is a nurse at the hospital in Hilo, came over and tried it,” she adds. “She said, ‘Can you bring me a coffee for my night shift?’ I started bringing her coffee at work, and her coworkers wanted coffee, too, so I started delivering.”

Johansen credits her drink recipes to a lot of trial and error. The coffee deliveries were the catalyst to officially starting her business.

“It was still around 2021; they (my sister’s coworkers) said, ‘This is really good, but you should be charging us,’” Johansen says. “I was just making it for free; I started charging $3 for the drinks.

“I wanted something to do; I’m a very social person,” she adds, noting the struggles with social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic. “I just wanted connection. I feel like it’s so fulfilling to give somebody a cup of coffee and for them to be so happy. This (coffee) brought me more fulfillment than real estate ever did.”

At first, Johansen didn’t know what to call her business, but “coffee girl” was a suggestion from her daughter.

“I didn’t like it at first because it was just (geared) to one market,” Johansen says. “But most of my drinks are to this market — the girls who want the fancy coffees, who want the aesthetic.

“At that time, I was working for a lawyer part-time and doing coffee deliveries,” she says. “My lawyer was like, ‘This is a genius idea; a lot of people can resonate with being a coffee girl.’”

With her business name and social media account set, word started to spread about Coffee Girl, and Johansen realized having a physical location for her business was the next step.

“My business got registered; I wanted to do this right — in line with the health department guidelines — and get a shop,” Johansen says. She ended up funding her first store, located at 2100 Kanoelehua Ave., with the money from her biggest real estate sale.

“I put every single penny into my shop and opened my first location in March 2023,” she says. “It did really well; I was so happy with the response that I got.

“It was my first shop, but I wanted more; I just felt like it was made for me,” she adds. “I ended up getting the opportunity for my second shop, which is in downtown Hilo (42 Waianuenue Ave.).”

While opening in Honolulu was always on her heart, everything came together quickly this year. Johansen says she was on O

ahu for vacation in June and didn’t want to leave.

“I went home and was like, ‘I want to be in Honolulu,’” she says. “I flew back the next week, looked at spaces, and put in an offer (for this one). By the time I got the keys, it was August. We started construction at the end of August; we finished in about four weeks.

“I believe in myself so much that sometimes, I’m like, ‘Wow, girl … you need to check yourself,’” she laughs. “But honestly, sometimes I don’t want to think about it (too much) because who opens a coffee shop in 60 days?”

Coffee Girl’s Honolulu location officially opened on Sept. 26. While all of her stores are slightly different, Johansen says there are common elements in each one.

“All of my shops have roses; I love roses, they are my favorite flower,” she says. “They’re (the stores) all different colors — my first shop is pink, my second shop is a lighter shade of green, like a sage green, and this one is white and gold. They’re the same vibe, but different; I want them all to be destination coffee shops. I want people to experience all the Coffee Girls.”

She says that while her Big Island stores are inspired by French cafes, her Honolulu store features a more modern look. She says her cafes usually feature mirrors and heart-shaped straws for the drinks.

The menus across all three stores a mostly the same, according to Johansen. The café

’s signature beverage is its pink macchiato, a layered drink with white chocolate, vanilla, strawberry milk and espresso shots. Other popular options include the banana bread latte and chocolate haupia pie latte.

Johansen says, referring to the menu selection. “A lot of my drinks are inspired by my favorite desserts. I’m a big dessert person; I love sweets. I made the chocolate haupia pie years ago because I love Ted’s Bakery’s chocolate haupia pie.”

She notes that many of the drinks are designed as iced lattes, but hot drinks are available as well. Besides coffee, the menu includes frappes (blended drinks), lemonade, matchas, teas and kid-friendly options like hot cocoa and chocolate milkshakes.

“Our strawberry matcha is made a little differently here,” 

Johansen notes. “There are different products that I can get here (in Honolulu) that aren’t as easily accessible in Hilo.” 

For her Honolulu store, Johansen collabs with local bakers to feature a rotating selection of treats. Coco’s Cravings 808 (cinnamon rolls), Aloha Loaf (brown butter chocolate chip banana bread cookies) and Lyman Lattes (mini croissants) are a few of the featured vendors so far.

“I was not about to put an oven and a whole bakery in here,” Johansen says. “I was like, ‘Let me get some local bakers who want to collab and I can sell their stuff here;' it’s a win. I love what everybody does, and the hard work they put in.”

Coffee Girl Honolulu does offer a café menu, comprising dishes like grilled cheese ($10.95), chicken pesto panini ($16.95) and build-your-own avocado toast (starting at $14.95).

“I never used to do food when I started,” Johansen says. “We started with the build-your-own avocado toast, which is popular on the Big Island.

“People want a one-stop shop — they want to come in and get their coffee, get their breakfast or lunch, and maybe get a sweet treat,” she adds.

ahu store came together quickly partially because she “gets things done quick,” but also because materials were more accessible.

“When I do things, I fully commit,” she says. “All of my orders came in faster (here) than they did in Hilo. Sometimes, that’s the biggest thing; just waiting on stuff to come in. When I finally opened last Saturday, it was surreal.

“I couldn’t do any of this without God, every space, every opportunity was because of Him. He’s opened every door at the right time,” she says. “It’s definitely a lot of hard work and sacrifice, too; my kids back home sacrifice a lot. But let this inspire people who have kids; they can definitely accomplish their dreams.”

Coffee Girl Honolulu’s grand opening is this Saturday, Oct. 3 at 8 a.m. The first 100 customers will get a free goodie bag; after grand opening, the biz will be open daily from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“This location is just special because I always wanted to be on O

ahu,” Johansen says. “I love the city. Every time it’s Merrie Monarch (in Hilo), I get a lot of O

ahu customers. They’re like, ‘When are you going to open on O

“It’s finally here; it’s been talked about for years now, and it’s really been on my heart,” she adds. “I really felt like this is where I wanted to be. I made this for you guys; I made this for the O

Customer parking available at Azure Ala Moana (retail stalls available)

Open daily, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (open from 6 a.m. after Oct. 3)

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The cafe with roots in Hilo — known for its coffee, matcha and aesthetic decor — just opened its first Honolulu location on Keʻeaumoku Street at Azure Ala Moana. Its grand opening is this Saturday at 8 a.m.; customers can look forward to specialty lattes like chocolate haupia pie, banana bread and white chocolate strawberry.

Oʻahu has a new ‘Coffee Girl’

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Hawai‘i History

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The old Restaurant Row was built in 1988, and popular eateries like Studebaker’s and Black Orchid brought crowds to the plaza. As soon as you parked your car and got out, the mouth-watering smell of burgers and steaks overwhelmed your senses. Many of us remember shooting toothpicks through straws into the ceiling at Rose City Diner. We appreciated the assortment of restaurants open late after a night out. If you worked nearby, dinner at the Row was an easy choice.

But the success of Restaurant Row was short-lived as those restaurants, once popular, began closing their doors due to decreased traffic. Some attribute the slowdown to Aloha Tower Marketplace and Chinatown’s First Fridays. But no matter what the reason, we still have our memories.

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Stories of Waterfront Plaza, as it’s now known, begin with the history of the land and what was there long ago. Before the highrises of modern Kaka‘ako were built, this area was part of a coastal landscape of wetlands, fishponds, and salt pans. As Honolulu grew and changed, the place names remind us of what was once there.

Ka‘ākaukukui is an ‘ili, or traditional land division, that was located makai (inland) of Kewalo and west of Kukuluāe‘o. Trails that crossed the region connected Kou (now Honolulu) and Waikīkī. By the time the 20th century rolled about, that landscape had virtually disappeared.

In 1900, the Honolulu Iron Works moved to a block of land at Ka‘ākaukukui. The company had become an important part of Hawaiʻi's sugar industry, manufacturing machinery for sugar mills in Hawaiʻi and elsewhere. At its height, the Iron Works employed approximately 1,500 workers, many of whom lived in Kakaʻako.

As the sugar industry eventually declined, so did the need for the mill parts that the Honolulu Iron Works manufactured. After closing its doors in 1973, its buildings were gradually converted to other uses before being demolished. The final warehouse was torn down in 1982.

In 1985, construction at the former Honolulu Iron Works site uncovered human skeletal remains. The burial pits were found less than three feet below the existing ground surface, within an older sand deposit. Archaeologists associated the burials with Kaʻākaukukui Cemetery, which was said to have been used from the 1700s into the early 1800s.

Today, after more than a century of urban development, there is no visible cemetery marking the site, but that doesn’t mean there are no lingering remnants. Iwi kūpuna, ancestral Native Hawaiian remains, associated with Kaʻākaukukui continue to be found during modern construction and utility work in Kakaʻako.

Perhaps it is no surprise that places with such histories can also become the setting for stories of the unexplained. Over the years, people who have worked in and around this area have reported encounters they could not easily explain.

, in 2005. Soon after, I did book signings where I also shared ghost stories. At one such occasion, a very tall Hawaiian woman in a business suit approached me and said she was a manager at Restaurant Row. She went on to say she was having trouble keeping security guards employed because they would quit after seeing ghosts and spirits in and around Restaurant Row, which happened at all hours, even in broad daylight.

“These are big, tough Sāmoan and Hawaiian security guards,” she emphasized.

According to this woman, the guards said they saw half-torso apparitions floating through the parking lot, or heard voices calling their names. Worse, they would see spirits of children, covered in bleeding sores.

I was shocked to hear this, as I remembered that my late boss, Glen Grant, talked about the same thing on his ghost tours and in his books.

The manager said there was also a woman they would find crying in the theater bathroom. She went on to say that customers and employees would hear the woman crying miserably in the stall. Security comes and knocks on the door, the door swings open, and a woman is squatting on the floor, covering her face with her two hands, just sobbing. The security guard asks what’s wrong, and the woman removes her hands, and she has no face.

“If this is happening during the day,” I asked. “Then what’s going on at night?”

“If a guard isn’t getting physically assaulted, then something follows them in their car,” she said.

The woman seemed more frustrated than scared because she needed guards day and night to patrol and protect the row. She left before I could get her contact information to follow up. The restaurants all changed, closed, or made way for other businesses, but I often wondered how they finally dealt with the hauntings.

A few years ago, I was doing a personal ghost tour for some staff and students from Hawaii Pacific University. They had just recently moved to their new location at the Waterfront Plaza. I met them near The Row bar, and when I heard about their move, I asked how they liked it so far.

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Apparently, chairs move, computers turn on and off by themselves. The security company calls late at night because they can hear people in the offices talking, but no one is ever found. Someone even said that no one would be sitting at a computer station, but you can see the keys on the keyboard typing away.

I think they were surprised that I wasn’t phased at all by their descriptions. I just nodded and said that the place has been haunted since the beginning.

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Back in the day, when this complex was known as Restaurant Row, many of us enjoyed being pleasantly haunted by ’50s tunes at Rose City Diner or catching sight of celebrities at Black Orchid. But even then, some people were haunted by far more disturbing sights, perhaps owing to a cemetery that had been at the same location long ago.

What Haunts Waterfront Plaza

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Rick Hamada

There are times when a visit to the stream of consciousness does one well. 

I genuinely express a “no joy in Mudville” disclaimer when reporting on yet another severe storm and/or hurricane targeting our Island chain. And here we are again. This weekend has forecasts invoking words such as “life threatening” and “cataclysmic.” The potential for rainfall and flooding is almost biblical. The Big Island and Maui are expected to suffer the brunt of the impact and damage. I can’t imagine the effects on families who have endured so much in such a short amount of time. I cannot express enough empathy and prayers for those who find themselves in the path of such potential destructive impact. 

about four years ago. I was smitten with this Thai elementary school girl who was slaying classic and hard rock tunes busking on the streets of Phuket or playing in night markets. Even then she had a presence and an undeniable talent that was simply mesmerizing. Her performing maturity at such a young age grew to arguably the biggest stage for discovering new talent and that’s on NBC’s appropriately named, “America’s Got Talent.”  

I love these talent shows. “America’s Got Talent,” “Britain’s Got Talent,” and I’m sure I’d love “Poughkeepsie’s Got Talent” if they had a show. I am so moved by the combination of the backstory; the expression of dreams being realized and (most times) a revealing of remarkable talents by some of the most unassuming personalities. Yes, I get emotional but then again, I cry at a good Hallmark card commercial. 

Nene Royal’s multiple performances earning her an appearance in the finals of the competition is one of the greatest strings of overt talent I can remember. Her initial audition was the best. She was softly spoken, shared she was 15 years old, and the next day she turned 16 was about as endearing as it gets.  

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Go to YouTube and search for Nene Royal and be prepared to smile. 

I have lived in or near Downtown Honolulu for my approaching 40 years in Hawaii. I grew up in the rural Midwest, traveled and lived in Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and suburbs in between. There is a sense of energy and activity in urban America, which I prefer and enjoy. 

Honolulu has a different vibe of any other major American city. Reno, Nevada lays claim to the motto, “The Biggest Little City in the World.” I’d beg to differ. Downtown has a definite small-town pace despite having some of the most density of people both living, working and now visiting. If there’s one thing that’s irrefutable is downtown tends to close around 6 p.m. during the week and earlier on the weekends. 

I know this may be an unfair blanket statement, but it’s pretty true. 

There’s no “nightlife” on the scale of other cities. I will say though that there are great destinations in town.  

The historic Hawaiʻi Theater offers an eclectic calendar of entertainment and events nestled in one of the most beautiful venues I’ve ever seen. Murphy’s is one of the richest and most storied locations along with the relatively new experience at the AC Hotel on Bishop Street. Inside you can enjoy a top shelf restaurant (The Dotted Line ((yummy)) and a selection of rooms that give a sense of comfort and escape. There are also excellent restaurants reaching into Chinatown that are growing in popularity and recognition. 

However, Honolulu is not a bustling center of entertainment and destination for a night out in the town. Nearby Waikīkī and Kakaʻako hold those distinctions. But I have a feeling that may not be for long. 

Downtown had a rep of being a dangerous place to visit. Perhaps the reason things closed down before dark. And, yes, having lived and worked for decades in town, it was a big part of it. 

But Donnie Hathaway elegantly sang “A Change Is Gonna Come.” And that change is underway with Downtown Honolulu. 

Of all the issues, it was always homelessness that proved to be the greatest barricade. We’ve gone from the A’ala Park “Hooverville” of the early 1990’s to until recently a dramatic decrease in homeless on Fort Street Mall to River Street to Hotel Street. There’s a great reduction in the number of individuals sleeping in the doorways of businesses. You see fewer troubled folks yelling at the sky. Despite the fact that homelessness is still an issue, these improvements connote a definitely improved and safer environment. The translation is more people are willing to give town a shot, and businesses are finding urban Honolulu a place to invest for a profitable future. 

Christine Camp of the Avalon Group is a champion of Downtown Honolulu describing it as "DOHO." Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s efforts to restore the troubled Chinese Cultural Plaza is a generational accomplishment with legacy implications and the multi-agency coordination between an invigorated HPD and Department of Emergency Management Service’s CORE and others are dedicated to the restoration of the urban center and other Oahu locales. 

I know perfection is unattainable, but the pursuit is a standard to which we can all aspire. 

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ASD columnist Rick Hamada shares woes about more impending storms along with Honolulu horror stories, hidden gems and small town issues. He even shares recommendations for new music by a young Phuket artist and TV shows highlighting talent.

Hamada: There are times when a visit to the stream of consciousness