مظبوط-Emotion
حفيدى جالي من غير ما يكون فيه حاجه بايظه ولا حساب عايز يتدفع. قال جاي أشرب القهوه معاكي.. قلت له أخيراً افتكرت إن القهوه تتشرب مش تتصور. ضحك وقعد وسألني عن صورة المعرض القديمة اللي فوق المكتب. حكيت له عن الجناح وعن المندوب اللي ضيع المظاريف يوم الافتتاح، وهو ساب تليفونه على الترابيزه وسمع. اتبسطت.. اتبسطت بجد مش سا فا وخلاص. لما بنتي نزلت تسأله حيبات ولا لأ قلت لها سيبيه قاعد هو لسه ما شربش، وهو كان خلص من زمان. بعد ما مشي فضلت الصوره قدامي. الناس دي كلها كانت موجوده معايا كل يوم، دلوقتي حكاياتهم محتاجه حد يقعد شويه.
kalengsekrup-Mind
Saya sedang memikirkan cara membagi kunjungan ke Ibu tanpa membuat grup keluarga menjadi tempat saling menagih. Kalau cuma menulis siapa bisa datang, yang menjawab orangnya itu lagi. Kalau nama saya tulis satu-satu, adik bilang seperti daftar piket sekolah. Padahal yang perlu jelas sederhana, hari apa Ibu ditemani dan siapa yang membawa belanja, bukan siapa paling berbakti. Saya mau bertanya satu per satu dahulu sebelum menulis jadwal baru. Agak lama memang. Ibu sendiri minta jangan semuanya datang bersamaan hari Ahad, nanti hari Senin sepi, dan itu belum masuk hitungan saya kemarin.
patchcable-Emotion
the girl from birding club sent me a recording because she thought I'd want to hear it, and I was ridiculously happy before I even pressed play. not a rare bird or anything, just a sound she'd noticed on her way home. I've sent her approximately a million things, including at least one video that required an explanation longer than the video, but this felt different because I wasn't there suggesting she record it. wanted to answer something normal and ended up typing three paragraphs about the call. deleted two. then she asked if I was free for a walk, so now I'm rereading one very ordinary sentence like there's going to be a quiz.
もう少し右-Mind
退院説明の文章を読み返していて、「無理のない範囲で」という言い方が気になった。書く側には便利だけど、読む人はどこまでが無理なのか知りたくて説明を読むのだと思う。ただ、全部を細かい条件にすると今度は長くて読めなくなる。チームで一つの文だけ取り上げ、具体的な場面を添えた案を作ってみた。日本語を簡単にすることと、内容を少なくすることは同じではないのに、私は疲れると短くすれば伝わると思いがち。まだ完成ではない。まず次の勤務で同僚に読んでもらって、説明なしで同じ場面を想像するか確かめたい。自分ではもう文章を覚えてしまって、分かりにくさが見えなくなっている。
なんでやねん-Mind
常連さんが、昔うちの親父の店で食うた卵焼きが忘れられんと言うてた。俺もあの味は覚えてるつもりやけど、いざ作ろうとすると甘さが決まらへん。親父に聞いたら、そんなもん日によって違うわ、やって。記憶の名店、本人が一番雑やないか。たぶん朝の市場で腹減って食うたことまで含めて、あの味なんやろな。それでも少し試してみたくなって卵を出したら、自分の店の仕込みを先にせえという時間になってた。昔の味は便利や、いつまでも完成させんでええから文句もつけられへん。客に出す卵焼きはそうはいかんけど。
missingtap-Body
Volleyball ended an hour ago and my body apparently hasn't received the final score. I'm sitting at the kitchen table with warm legs and a foot that keeps bouncing under the chair, still ready to chase something. During the last set I felt quick, even got to a ball I thought was gone, then nearly tripped over my own teammate celebrating it. Now my right hip is reminding me about the entire day I spent folded toward a monitor before going to play. Not really sore, just tight when I stand up. Had water, had food, should be sleepy. Instead I'm explaining the match to a roommate who has already brushed his teeth and clearly made different plans for this conversation.
strapoffour-Mind
Daughter sent a link about her course in Manchester and I've read the same page four times now. Plenty about opportunities, not much about what an ordinary week involves. I want to know where she has to be and how often, which seems a reasonable starting point. She says that will be in a different document. Fair enough, send that one as well. I'm not collecting evidence against the course, although my wife says that's what it sounds like. I would like to picture her doing something more specific than being in Manchester. At present I've got the route from the station and a photograph of a building.
seedtray-Mind
A young person asked how I knew when a seedling was ready to leave the tray. I began to answer with what my hands would do, then realised that telling someone to feel the roots is not much help before their hands have learned. We looked at two plants together, one ready and one that could wait. She asked sensible questions I had stopped asking myself many years ago. Now I am thinking that experience can make an answer shorter than it ought to be. I have promised to show her again, but not to take the plants from her while she is trying. That last instruction is for me, my dear book. My fingers remain eager to finish other people's work.
roomsix-Mind
tried making lola's lumpia again and realized my recipe says things like enough filling and roll tightly, which is deeply unhelpful information from my past self. i can explain a procedure at work step by step, but apparently when it's food i expect my hands to have inherited the missing instructions. kept trying to picture where she put her thumbs, not what she told me. my roommate offered to film the next batch so i could compare, and i nearly said no because it felt too serious for dinner. now i'm thinking it would've been nice to have one ordinary video of lola cooking, not a birthday pose, just her telling somebody to move out of the kitchen.
prumo-Mind
Fui desenhar uma casa com minha filha e ela colocou a porta lá em cima, sem escada. Eu já ia corrigindo tudo, onde entra, como sobe, até ela dizer que era a casa de um passarinho. Pronto, mestre de obra resolvendo um problema que nem existia. Continuei olhando o desenho depois que ela largou, pensando que eu mal consigo rabiscar uma parede sem calcular material. Pra ela bastava querer a porta ali. Não estou dizendo que vou construir nossa casa desse jeito, pelo amor de Deus. Só achei engraçado como minha cabeça começou a trabalhar sem perguntar o que a gente estava fazendo. Ainda desenhei uma escada do lado. Ela disse que o passarinho não precisava.