To
these he would add a uniform jacket and black... To
these he would add a uniform jacket and black briefcase when he went
to his university: a typical right-wing studentWhich is why
everybody called him Storm TrooperBut in fact he was totally
indifferent to politicsHe wore a uniform because he didn't want to be
bothered choosing clothesWhat interested him were things like
changes in the coastline or the completion of a new railway tunnelHe'd go on for hours once he got started on a subject
like that, until you either ran away or fell asleep
He was up at six each morning with the strains of "May Our Lord's
Reign"Which is to say
chanel top that that ostentatious flag-raising ritual was
not entirely uselessHe'd get dressed, go to the bathroom and wash his
face - for everI sometimes got the feeling he must be taking out each
tooth and washing it, one at a timeBack in the room, he would snap
the wrinkles out of his towel and lay it on the radiator to dry, then
return his toothbrush and soap to the shelfFinally he'd do radio
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callisthenics with the rest of the nation
I was used to reading late at night and sleeping until eight o'clock, so
even when he started shuffling around the room and exercising, I
remained
shop prada handbags unconscious - until the part where he started jumpingHe
took his jumping seriously and made the bed bounce every time he hit
the floorI stood it for three days because they had told us that
communal life called for a certain degree of resignation, but by the
morning of the fourth day, I couldn't take it any more
"Hey, can you do that on the roof or somewhere?" I said
"But it's already 60!" he said, open-mouthed
"Yeah, I know it's 6I'm still supposed to be asleepI don't know
how to explain it exactly, but that's how it works for me
"Anyway, I can't do it on the roofSomebody on the third
chanel watch j12 white floor would
complainHere, we're over a storeroom
"So go out on the quad
"That's no good, eitherI don't have a transistor radioI need to plug it
inAnd you can't do radio callisthenics without music
True, his radio was an old piece of junk without batteriesMine was a
transistor portable, but it was strictly FM, for music
"OK, let's compromise," I said"Do your exercises but cut out the
jumping partIt's so damned noisyWhat do you say?"
"J-jumping? What's that?"
"Jumping is jumping "But there isn't any
jumping
My head was starting to hurtI was ready to give up, but I wanted to
make
miu miu nappa my pointI got out of bed and started bouncing up and down
and singing the opening melody of NHK's radio callisthenics"I'm
talking about this," I saidI guess you're right
"See what I mean?" I said, sitting on the edge of the bed"Just cut out
that partI can put up with the restStop jumping and let me sleep
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"But that's impossible," he said matter-of-factly"I can't leave
anything outI've been doing the same thing every day for ten years,
and once I start I do the whole routine unconsciouslyIf I left
something out, I wouldn't be able to do any of it
There was nothing more for me
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