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D'oh!

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2008.01.24

Oh, the things you see without a camera. This morning as I left the apartment, I thought, "I should go back for my camera". But I didn't go back. Along the way, I saw some things that I wanted to photograph, but: no camera. Then at the end of the day one of my coworkers opened up the blinds on the west side of the building.

And there was Fuji-san, backlit by the setting sun, wreathed in blowing snow and starkly outlined against an orange vista.

All I had was my keitai. While better than nothing, it's not much better than nothing.

With apologies.

mount fuji sunset on a perfectly clear day

I consoled myself with some fantastic biscuits that my darling wife made for me. Mmmm, I ate them all.

rand()m quote

It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

—John Steinbeck, Cannery Row