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jiji and daddy

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2010.03.18

Kenny' maternal grandparents, "Jiji" and "Kazu" are with us again. It's caused a bit of confusion.

Just as with previous visits, Kenny has trouble keeping the words "Jiji" (meaning grandpa) and "Daddy" apart. He addresses Mari's father and me with both words as the whim strikes him. I'm not sure how he can "remember to confuse us" when he doesn't see his grandpa for months at a time, but it's surfaced again.

rand()m quote

In the wake of 9/11, we [in America] have made the decision as a society that we can never again create something in which we can take pride, for fear that someone will destroy it. Moreover, we must suppress any trace of individualism, lest someone have the desire to rise above the bland sameness that protects us. I have, alas, no idea how to recapture our courage.

—Anonymous post to boingboing.net, 2009