Objects in the rear view mirror are losing...

Took a road trip to Boston this weekend. On the way, I travelled at night, less traffic, less stress and a larger possibilty of picking up some crazies. Now before u think I'm some serial hitchhiker-killer hear me out... Crazies are speeders that typically come out late at night when the lanes are open, traffic is light and the pigs are snoozing. Pick up one and you've reduced your risk of getting caught by 50%. Pick up 4 and you have an interesting adrenalized evening. A Mitsubishi Evo, a Subaru WRX Turbo, an Acura Integra and the Spyder. Connecticut passed by in a flash of convoy style, formation, precision speed driving. It is very important to use ur indicators at 125...especially with three guys around you mimicking your every move....

Boston- NYC 2 hrs 25 minutes.

And the price? Tolls Paids to use HOV (Highly Obscene Velocity) Lane- 310 $ payable to Massachussets State Police who clocked me 'braking' at 96 in a 65 zone ...on my way to Boston.





Remarkable stuff a google search will dig up:

Antisocial personality disorder (APD or ASPD) is a psychiatric diagnosis that interprets antisocial and impulsive behaviours as symptoms of a personality disorder.
The behaviors exhibited in this disorder--diffuse aggression, impulsiveness, and
disregard for norms and laws-contribute to unsafe driving. (See references 62 through 64 and 67 through 72.) The antisocial person’s often inappropriate quest for excitement and risk-taking behavior adds to the danger. The following diagnostic criteria are of special concern: (1) failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behavior (traffic laws and safe driving practices); (2) irritable, aggressive, pugnacious, assaultive behavior (overly aggressive driving); (3) recklessness regarding safety, e.g., driving while intoxicated or recurrent speeding.



p.s In case there are any troopers reading this... this is a work of fiction, officer and no I haven't been drinking and I don't have anything in the trunk.

Karmic Threads

"A butterfly taking flight somewhere may cause a hurricane somewhere else " -

So my blog on Monday March 06 included a quote from Zoolander -
"There must be more to life than being really really good looking.... and I'm going to find out what that is."

Then the next blog was all about shipping Nemo to Malaysia.

Then I get this in my email ... about 50 people fwd it to me...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4802796.stm

Funny how good looks, Malaysia, and being 'browndomly selected' to be banned from travelling are all tying up together. Hey Kamal, why can't u guys keep a hold on your women there...;). I REALLY WANT TO VISIT.

p.s. BTW...Didn't Zoolander want to assasinate the prime Minister of Malaysia? Deep Karmic threads....

"I wish I knew how to quit you".... Losing Nemo.

I had to baby-sit a cat for a friend for few days. It was quite an experience. After getting over the initial scrambling of getting food/litter for the cat and preparing to take care of another living thing, then waiting for it stop freaking out about being in a brand new place, things settled down. 'Nemo' began finding his way around my 'expansive' studio. Little by little his mannerisms and quirks started getting the best of me. The way he would try and rip open my prized persian rug, or play hide and seek underneath my bed, or freak out every time the door bell rang, or took to my captains chair like it was his personal throne. Which is what brings me to one of my points...Society has driven it into our heads(or at least my head...or maybe its just the voices in my head) that a straight man should have reservations about how he expresses his feelings for another male. So when it came to a cat that was male for some reason it felt awkard saying stuff like :

"He is so cute. " - "He is rubbing up against my leg. " "I wish he was mine" "Look at the way he is cuddling up against me"

I ended up trying to refer to Nemo as a female

Anyway after coordinating with three other friends to get his paperwork/healthwork in order I took him to Newark Cargo where they made me wait a mind numbing 4 and half hours before they finally took Nemo in. (I think I know why Homeland Security doesn't worry about Cargo...an "enemy combatant" would get bored to death before they could do anything). I spent those 4 hours sitting by his cage re-assuring him that everything would be ok in his 18 hour plus cross continental 692$ in cash flight. As they took him away Nemo meowwed a sad goodbye at me.

I'm really going to miss him.... err.......it.

Browndom Quote

Mahatma Gandhi said : "There must be more to life than being really really good looking.... and I'm going to find out what that is."

Wait ... that was Zoolander.

Accelerate Your Life. Die Early.

Has anyone else noticed how NBA games telecast on TV are peppered with ads from the armed forces? Of course the glitzy, high octane, adrenaline pumped ads depicting young men taking control of their lives and moving upwards and forwards are a great gimmick and just another aspect of our new world order. What I why wonder is why the targeted audience.... young 'urban' males who watch basketball. How come there are no such ads after the OC? or Gilmore girls? Anyway targeted marketing aside... I think the ads should be changed slightly to reflect reality.

For example:

'NAVY. Accelerate your life.' change it 'NAVY. Accelerate your life. Die Early.'

'The Few, The Proud ...the Marines.' - to 'The Fewer, The Proud, The Marines.'

'ARMY.' 'An Army of One' to ARMY. 'An Army of One'.