I don’t like it when I can’t look at all the paintings in a museum without repeating the paths.

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I like it when I can look at all the paintings in a museum while taking each path once.

The latter sentence is not exactly what I wanted to say..

Two Japanese lessons. 1) Binbo in Japanese means “poor” 2) the word for god and hair are the same.

It is said among Japanese shinto people that cutting hair brings bad things because it is the same as cutting god. My hair is getting long and I was being hesitant to cut it partially because of this idea.

Then, I rememberd that among 800 Japanese gods, there are some that are not so great, such as binbo-god. Binbo-god is supposed to bring you troubles, poverty, bad luck, etc and it follows you around everywhere you go once you get it. I feel like I run into problems often lately and maybe cutting my binbo-god would not be such a bad idea…

I like to stare at floors in public bathrooms and try to find out what the patterns are and what kinds of animals they show (unintentionally).

Sometimes, I wish I could pat my fish. I wonder if my fish sometimes wishes I would pat him..probably not. I wish he did though.

Has anybody succeeded in flying for seconds because of the strong wind against an umbrella during a storm? I always try by jumping when I feel the strong wind against my umbrella but no success yet.

Is it possible to slow down the process of falling by holding on to a big blanket, one person at each corner? How big does the blanket need to be?

How many He balloons do I need to float in the air?
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