Daddy Troubles

Yes. I am in India. The land of my origins. The place where my parents were born. The country in which my father resides. So will I visit him? No.

Why? Because I have no desire to see the man who corresponds with me by writing emails like this:

When you hung up on me, I realized you are incapable of
having a difficult conversation. In this matter, and from other
conversations we have had, it appears, emotionally you are a five year
old and that is how I will treat you from now on my child, till you grow
up.

Love, Daddy

Thanks Dad. Maybe you should take a good look in the mirror and think about who needs to grow up.

Stress free living

I've always been a nail biter... usually because of stress, work, and nervous habits. But look Mom, I've got nails! My life without work and relaxed style of living is really treating me well.

Random

To Do This

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit "random"
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on "explore the last seven days"
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

5 - Post it to FB with this text in the "caption" and TAG the friends you want to join in. (you can untag yourself if you don't want this photo up)

Copyright of my pic: Juliet at Studio 81, Preston, Lancs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piratemoo/3285358205/

Me Like-y

I was recently introduced to a song that i'm totally diggin right now... Swtichfoot's Mess of Me.

Mess Of Me lyrics

I am my own affliction
I am my own disease
There ain´t no drug that they could sell
No, there ain´t no drug to make me well

There ain't no drug
There ain´t no drug
There ain´t no drug
It´s not enough
The sickness is myself

- Chorus -
I've made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna reverse this tragedy
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
The rest of my life alive!

We lock our souls in cages
inside these prison cells
It´s hard to free the ones you love
Ohh, when you can´t forgive yourself
Forgive yourself!

There ain´t no drug
There ain´t no drug
There ain´t no drug
The sickness is myself

- Chorus -
I've made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna reverse this tragedy
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
The rest of my life alive!

AHHHHHHOOOOO!

There ain´t no drug
There ain´t no drug
There ain´t no drug
No drugs to make me well
There ain´t no drug
It´s not enough
There ain't no drug
The sickness is myself
The sickness is myself

- Chorus -
I've made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna reverse this tragedy
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
The rest of my life aliiiive!

A couple notes:
1) They sound good and 2) They're good lookin surfer dudes from San Diego... need I say more?

Lookin forward to their album Hello Hurricaine out on November 10th (although I'll prolly manage to buy a copy out here on the streets of Bangkok before it's even released ;)

Oh Really

Getting A Date:
How To Be "Just Friends"

How many times have YOU moved in the last 10 yrs?

Ugh. Boxes boxes boxes. Why are there so many boxes. How can I have so much stuff?

I'm wondering if I can count the number of moves I've made on 2 hands. Here's my count.

1. High school to University Dorms

2. University Dorms to Summer Camp

3. Summer Camp to University Dorms

4.University Dorms to Home to Summer Camp to Home

5. Home to Year Abroad

6. Year Abroad to Home

7. Home to University Fortuna House

8. Fortuna House to Home

9. Home to Friends house (2 months) to Anderson Apt

10. Anderson Apt to Willow Apt

11. Willow Apt to Mulberry Studio

12. Mulberry Studio to Frederikssund, Denmark

13. Frederikssund, Denmark to Malmö, Sweden

14. Malmö, Sweden to San Diego, CA

15. San Diego, CA to Home

I can't recall if Home was always Portland, because at times it was Palo Alto. I've driven 1-5 Palo Alto to Portland to many times to count. All in all that's a lot of moves!

Oops!

Gayatri says: sorry was reading you rblog..why was your car full of animals? on you rway from california to arizona?

Shobs replies:

oh haha - we were visiting Debbie Aunty, so it wasn't the car that was full of animals, it was her house! :)