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car off for a fix

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2024.05.12

We ran over a spike of some kind, and the car dealership from which we're renting "Sergio" took it away to get the tire replaced. As with everything in Japan, it was all done just so.

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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

—Sigmund Freud