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"daddy is interesting"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2010.01.21

One of Kenny's classmates pulled her usual stunt when she saw me. She grabbed one of the classroom books to show me.

The book had a bear on the cover, so naturally I did my bear impression, squinting and making deep baritone huffing noises. She squealed and said, "ダデイ　おもしろい！"

"Daddy is interesting!" I'm not sure why she called me Daddy (pronouncing it the English way) but yeah I guess I am fairly interesting. Especially when I make random animal noises.

rand()m quote

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

—Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.