today's failure

that girl with the short black hair was obviously staring at me and I didn't say hello.

I walked past a tattoo parlor (a man was draped over a table, his bare back being marked with an elaborate pattern) and did not go in to talk about Japanese script.


today's success

I know her name is Janette and she knows my name is Matthew.

I walked straight into a BUGBEAR* at CalAnderson Park! --Tom no longer has red hair! (equally shocking)

*bugbear is a black pug puppy; he's a nibbler, and his ball has brightly colored ribbons that hurt my eyes.