A tall bird and a small bird

 A tall bird and a small bird .... 

 

Up at 10, cleaned up a bit and did "maintenance" on my feet, had natto and almonds and tea for breakfast.

I'd emailed my aunt last night and got a response, she's just as taken aback by current events as I am. I sent her a detailed reply, saying that I plan to move home to Hawaii in 4 years because I want to wait until I've got Social Security as a lifeline. But that depending on how things go, I might work on moving back there ASAP. Better to be homeless there, than dead here, I said. I also put in plain words, my "situation" here which is a place to live and $300 a week. The chance that she, with all her millions, might want to help me is very small but it is not zero. 

I got going at a little after 12. I dropped off some trash and bottles etc in Japantown, found a couple of books at the 5th street little library, and went to Lee's and got a couple of egg rolls which I took over to the college and ate at a nice place I've found, where I'm in the sun, out of the wind, and there's a trash can right there. There was a security guard right there too, but I ignored him and he ignored me. 

I rode over to Dai Thanh and got raw peanuts and dried cuttlefish and another thing or two, and on my way there I pondered that the homeless people I see are almost all white with a sprinkling of blacks - hardly any Hispanics and almost no Asians. I know one Asian homeless guy and he's pretty far gone but what's funny is I've kind of befriended him - at least he's appreciated the few bucks I've given him which is a rare thing among homeless. It's pretty apparent though that the more hyper-individualistic the culture, the more homeless people of that culture you'll see. 

I went by the Amazon hub and picked up bubble mailers and a book, "Berlin Embassy", written in 1940, that was being discussed on Reddit and I decided to buy. It's one of those print-on-demand books which is fine with me as the quality of those appears to be quite good. It's a large book, 8X11 inches.

Next was Nijiya for a big shopping trip. I picked up more of those egg mix things which are just in little packets on a sort of hanger, held on with double-sided tape. Because they're offered so casually and are not very big, I thought they were 89c or something like that. They're not. They're each over $3 - no wonder the stuff's so good. At least $12 of my shopping today was due to buying four of those. 

I decided to be different and got a couple of containers of sake that come in what are essentially tall slender milk cartons with a little pour cap on the side of the top. So, with all the stuff I got it was about $70. No more spending until Thursday.  

Last night I drew a picture of a tall bird and a short, compact one. There's a famous ink painting that I'm not sure is Chinese or Japanese, of, I think, a short squat bird next to some tall slender reeds. That was the sort of idea I had in mind.