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the family arrives

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2010.08.19

Mari's family has come for a visit. They're here because Mari has a performance on the weekend.

I always enjoy having Mari's family around. The family members all seem to get along well, and everyone is supportive of Mari not only in things like her performance but in raising a child in a faraway city with some foreign husband. Hooray!

The went to a kids play room that has not only toys but a ball room and inflated air bouncing rooms and mechanic construction sets and a variety of other things. Kenny's cousin Ki-kun really enjoyed it.

I spent the day catching up with work things and had an interesting interview in the afternoon.

A fine day.

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