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a visit on a whim

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Vancouver, 2005.12.23

I decided to visit my family on the west coast on a whim. Because it turns out that with all the insanity I haven't actually taken a lot of time off and I'm about to lose what I do have because it won't roll over. I've invited my new girlfriend Mari to come with me. The visit will only last a week.

rand()m quote

Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.

—Anton Chekhov