Relationship matters/Relationships matter #3: The spaghetti incident

We all probably have a "Spaghetti incident" in our lives. I thought I'd posted mine in my old blog but I can't seem to find it. So I'll give you a brief summary. Once upon a time, my family went to Universal studios. It was lunch time and we were all crabby and getting on each others' nerves. I wanted to go watch the "Beetlejuice" show and we had about an hour so we went to get some food. I wanted my own plate of spaghetti and meatballs but my parents were asking me to share some of their food or share with my sister. I was like "No. I want my own". And so I got my own plate of spaghetti. I had totally underestimated American food portions. What I got was way more than I could handle. My parents said that I couldn't go anywhere unless I finished that entire plate of spaghetti. "Beetlejuice" was about to start and my mom and sister went ahead to watch it. It was all very tormenting and finally when I'd eaten about 90% of my meal, I was allowed to go watch the show. One would think that I'd never eat spaghetti and meatballs ever again. My family still laughs about this (even though they don't remember which amusement park it was or what Beetlejuice was about). It's not even that funny.

Anyway, while these are moments that may seem annoying (aka sitcom moments) at the time, they're certainly not ones over which you'd give up your family or relationships for.
People seem to be giving up for smaller and smaller issues compared to what they tolerated just some years ago. Some say we grow to love people, some say that some people are just impossible to love, some say it has to be a gut feeling... I don't know what works or if different things work for different people. I just hope I have what it takes to stick it out and that I find someone who'll stick through it all with me.

Back to the Planet of the Sharks

Personally, I think "Planet of the Sharks" would make an awesome movie. 

Sharks > Monkeys, any day! 

Soak in laughter!

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "Soak no more"? That is the question Surf asked. At first, I couldn't think of anything other than soaking clothes prior to washing them but that would be a bit too bland and direct and my characters would have hated me.

Then I thought about tea bags.  The fun tea infusers (especially the sharky one) makes tea bag dipping and soaking seem rather boring comparatively. It would be really cool to have interesting new ways to achieve what soaking would otherwise do.

Living in Southern India, one can't help but know what it's like to be soaked in sweat (and sometimes rain). The heat doesn't bother you as much (even though we didn't have air-conditioning) when you're a child because you found innovative ways to cool off. Like water sprinklers meant for the lawns or water guns or hoses or even a make-shift "pool" made out of whatever you found.

And finally, one that stays true to the theme of my comic.  Yeah, yeah poor bunny.
Well, my advice is that if you're going to get soaked, soak in humour and/or goodness.

This post is for the Surf #Soaknomore contest on Indiblogger.