Fair enough. Next meetup at Cafe Brazil, plenty of seats! Just don’t give a thumbs-up to the food unless you want some hobo in a hoopty to pick you up en route to Humboldt County. Momma didn’t raise no hitchhiker.

Some folks brought the party (thank you DJ Dp).

Aw, shucks. Don’t thank me Vinod, you brought in all the ladies! I only showed up because I happen to have a thing for bow ties.

man, wish i could have made it. i was supposed to be the bay…but schedule changes and all. will def. make the next one.

I was really looking forward to meeting you and seeing if you could, by accessing your impressive cybernetic database, correctly guess what my background is. I recently accused of “faking” by a DBD after a show and had to whip out my driver’s license to prove I wasn’t lying.

Never eat a cheap burrito the night before a meetup. Still fuming that missed out….

…which is exactly why I told you to eat only at Cafe Brazil. The worst thing I ever caught there was a wayward futbol and an irresistible urge to dance the bossa nova.

I must add that the festivities continued into the wee hours of the morning, until we were finally evicted by the owners of the little tart place. I cant wait long enough for another one!

Yep, four of us somehow managed to fit in more serious conversation about caste, identity politics, and, of course, the latest Bollywood filums until 1am. I will definitely plead my ignorance about the latter. The last Indian movie I saw, an incoherent remake of Fight Club, was so godawful it gave me an itch on the roof my mouth only the barrel of a gun can scratch.

Also, apparently jainrockstar found my biological sex to be totally incongruous with my online persona: I guess I need to less (or more?) gender neutral in my prose.

And, before I forget, I fixed the broken link on the Bollywood/Muppet Babies mashup Vinod had been over-hyping (kidding!) and the mp3 can be downloaded here.

I think its cool to have a shrimp uttapam and fries with curry. Why not?!

hmm. guess some people just love giving heed.