Karaoke and the song that hit close to home

We went to the karaoke bar, The Drunken Clam, a derivative bar named after the cartoon show Family Guy. An alright place that's very over priced.

While we were there we met a couple from Oregon, the guy does video editing for Coast to Coast the paranormal late night radio show hosted by George Noory. And she works somewhere for Japanese company which is why they travel to Japan every so often.

The guy sang this song from the 90's:



 In the song he talks about a girl who wouldn't change in the dressing room because she had birth marks all over her body. The lyrics go like this:

Once there was this girl who
Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room
But when they finally made her
They saw birthmarks all over her body
She couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just been there


I have the same thing. The reason why this blog is called A Thousand Little Galaxies is a metaphor for my nevi skin condition also known as moles. I have over a hundred different moles in various shapes and sizes all over my skin. They remind me of looking at the stars at night and the idea from the movie Animal House when they smoke pot and he philosophizes about whole galaxies living in his fingertips. It could be possible that civilizations could live on your skin, civilizations of bacteria are living on your skin at all times.

My moles actually have cause a lot of stress and depression in my life. They make me feel ugly and like a freak. Taking off my clothes in front of other people is difficult and I wear long sleeves all year round to cover them up. I envy people with beautiful clear skin who can walk on the beach without a care in the world. Because not only are they an eyesore they may one day kill me if any of them develop melanoma, a type of skin cancer.

It's a bit neurotic, I know. And it can't be helped. They have always just been there. And they will never go away. I have to live with them everyday and every night for the rest of my life.