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"I don't need Grandma!"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2010.03.06

The Boy wanted to talk to Grandma this morning. Until something even better came along.

When we first suggested to him that he could speak with Grandma, he leaped at the idea and started calling out his urgent need to see and speak to her (via Skype, as is our habit). But when 真理 tried contacting my mum (I was making breakfast) she couldn't get through. So 真理 instead played a video of one of The Boy's little kids' songs.

Naturally, my mum rang back and 真理 told Kenny, "It's Grandma."

The Boy, engrossed in his video, said, "いらない" (I don't need it). He .. didn't need Grandma! 8^(

rand()m quote

If I had my life to live over, I'd try to make more mistakes next time. I would relax, I would limber up, I would be crazier than I've been on this trip. I know very few things I'd take seriously any more. I'd certainly be less hygenic... I would take more chances, I would take more trips, I would scale more mountains, I would swim more rivers, and I would watch more sunsets. I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans. I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it all over again, I'd have many more of them, in fact I'd try not to have anything else, just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of my day. If I had it to do all over again, I'd travel lighter, much lighter than I have. I would start barefoot earlier in the spring, and I'd stay that way later in the fall. And I would ride more merry-go-rounds, and catch more gold rings, and greet more people and pick more flowers and dance more often. If I had it to do all over again - but you see, I don't.

—Jorge Luis Borges