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living "under postponement"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kawasaki, 2020.04.14

Out for a stress walk just now, I noticed the wacky name of the neighborhood on a pole. It's "下作延". Literally, "under postponement". How could that be the name of a neighborhood. I've been meaning to record this for weeks now, glad I finally did.

Pretty fitting given that many of our plans are in question or outright postponed, but still. Wow. "Where do you live, Michael?"

"Underpostponement, in a short-stay apartment."

"Ehhhh?"

rand()m quote

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

—Abraham Lincoln