Elegantly Wasted

Think of the song "Elegantly Wasted" by INXS. Nice song, the lyrics don't really apply here but the title is spot on. This is me at the bar on Clarke Quay in Singapore. Just letting the time pass drinking margaritas and talking to BC and the barkeep. Man did that guy pour. You can just barely see his sainted hand on the right of the picture holding a water glass. That must be the indication that the night is neither young nor of any purpose anymore. Time. Time to go on back home to the hotel. This picture was probably taken at around 1130pm.

Big fight on the IPA server about my comments linking the Vatican and the Pedophile. My comments meant to add levity to a horrid situation. Interpreted by some as an attack on their religion. Big spool up. Flurry of messages. Gritting of teeth and pulling hair. Me telling Laurie, in my stupor, that she should be a strong woman with guns and grit and, as Malcolm X would say, "kill them if they come!". Slinking off to bed. Weird dreams that I can't remember.

Singapore is this huge city of Malls. Shopping. Shopping. Always shopping. Everywhere you look is another entrance to a skybridge to a mall. Food courts stretching for miles. Shoe stores and high tech and fashion. Happy, smiling Singaporeans doing what they do best...