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living "under postponement"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kawasaki, 2020.04.14

Out for a stress walk just now, I noticed the wacky name of the neighborhood on a pole. It's "下作延". Literally, "under postponement". How could that be the name of a neighborhood. I've been meaning to record this for weeks now, glad I finally did.

Pretty fitting given that many of our plans are in question or outright postponed, but still. Wow. "Where do you live, Michael?"

"Underpostponement, in a short-stay apartment."

"Ehhhh?"

rand()m quote

Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.

—Ernest Hemingway