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first night with the window open

the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Kokubunji, 2021.05.03

I slept with the window open last night for the first time this year. I've been a bit worried about mosquitos in this place because of the single-pane glass and the poor fit of the screen windows (not to mention gaps between floor and walls!) but at this point in the season those ladies are still sipping nectar and aren't brewing babies so they leave us alone.

We do have rather a lot of ants, mind you.

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