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house-renting blues

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2020.08.03

We've now lost a couple of homes we'd wanted to rent. We've got a third option now, it's way out in the burbs (believe it or not it's possible to live in do-we-need-a-car-here territory in this country), not far from where my friend Richard and his son live. We have to effectively apply for the place sight (site?) unseen before the owners have even moved out.

rand()m quote

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

—Anne Frank