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Tottori, 2010.04.11

I don't get invited to a lot of weddings. In fact, today's was only the fourth I've attended when not a guest of someone who'd got the invite.

Today's couple was my long-time friend Jonathan and his lovely Manami-san. It was a full-on Japanese affair, replete with a visit to a shrine halfway up a mountain slope and then a well-orchestrated reception attended by parents (who sat at the furthest-flung tables) and friends. We were picked up at the hotel at around 10:00 and got home at 17:00 or so. What a fine day.

Congratulations Jon and Manami-san!!

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