Post #372484 by ManFromT.I.K.I. on Tue, Apr 8, 2008 12:42 PM

On 2008-04-07 19:27, tikiyaki wrote:

So, where am I channeling these exotica tunes from ? It was never playing around the house, we never went to ANYPLACE that was tiki, we never vacationed in Hawaii, and I don't recall any backyard Luaus....

So, what's up with my tiki obsession ?

Hmmm, I'm tending toward past life experience?

For me, I've traced it to being subjected to the Enchanted Tiki Hut as a child. It could even be from seeing it featured on the "Wonderful World of Disney" before I ever saw it in person, but it made an indelible impression on me. Then, for whatever reason, the seed lay dormant and not even a visit to The Stockton Islander in college could awaken a single tiki tendency. Only the chance discovery of a lowly ceramic coconut shell mug in a thrift shop about 6 years ago brought it roaring to the fore.

Hope you don't mind me telling my own story.

I think in the end, you don't choose tiki . . . tiki chooses you.