Lousy Thieving....

So, I am a bit bummed out because for the first time in all of my travels, I was robbed of something other than a decoy wallet.
Good news is, it wasn't irreplaceable. Bad news is, the theft included my computer's power cord. (WTF?)
This is troubling because at the moment, I am precisely in the middle of nowhere in Indonesia, closer to Australia than I am to Jakarta- closer to timelessness than the information age- and certainly nowhere near a Mac store. Now I have an extremely well designed, state of the art, 3.6 pound $1000 backpack ballast.
I know it might seem like, hey man, you are at the beach, you should just chill out! Why don't you go to Komodo Island and see some giant reptiles? Well, I will do that, but dammit, I want to use photoshop...
grumble grumble
Being gone this long, I realize that I really like having a couple of things that make anyplace home for me, and the computer was a big part of that.

Ok, aside from the temporary loss in faith in humanity that is inevitable from being robbed, I am happy because I am with a huge crew- Paula, Arturo, Alex (my sister) Lindsay and Lauren Harrell, Julie, and Zubeyir. It's pretty sweet to have such a big crew. Aside from causing huge crowds of very bored locals to form around us whenever we go anywhere with backpacks, it's entertaining to have so many friends around. I don't really know how it worked out this way, but I am glad that it did!