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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2010.10.15

I've had occasion to have both myself and my son photographed for official purposes, recently. Really no comparing the results.

the boythe boy, aged 2¾
the boyme, aged 39¾

I guess there's a morale in there like "Love yourself and your family and don't go drinking お酒 with your friends." But, ah, who'd I be to trot that out.

P.S. Yes, I'd ridden my bike to the driver's license place with no helmet, and yes I've since had a haircut. Funny enough, Kenny's photo was more or less an action shot .. he refused to sit still for the photographer and happened to hold a usable pose for a fraction of a second while the photog blasted away..

rand()m quote

One day you will take a fork in the road, and you're going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. If you go one way, you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and get good assignments. Or you can go the other way and you can do something [...] for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and get good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you have to make a decision. To be or to do.

—John Boyd, US Air Force