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the comedy duo

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

I went to tell the kids that being January 1, it was time to go for a walk to the local shrine to "pray". Or, as my father used to put it, it was "rubber boots day". I found them sitting on a small sofa. It went like this:

Me: "Kids!"

The Girl: "No,"

The Boy, wearing his headphones: Looks at his sister and says, "What?"

At the shrine I paid my ¥100 and drew one of the worst fortunes possible. I am "not to move this year".