‎3/‎29/‎2014
wedding of u’ ly` yesterday at Oakland’s [resembling pre-millenium New York City which to^nddi.nh translates by quoting “the most violent city in California” and to^nan translates as “world trade center” returns] “Bi`nh Minh Qua’n” …. be’ nguye^~n … on the way there, having a conversation about healthcare, we must have indirectly all prayed and wished for the bride and groom and their family and “muo^n loa`i ddu+o+.c so^’ng la^u bi`nh thu+o+`ng; everyone live long and well” … : even though it is realized that everyone is really a stranger to everyone else at Middle Path emergence/point because of see/hear/say no evil … have the feeling of previous encounters with african-americans in literatures, e.g. malcolm x, news, personal encounters with uncle walter, etc. with u’ ly`’s husband to be … and offer in return the chance to feel to^nan … to^nan doesn’t know what he feels like for others … though die^~m di` ba said “dde.p trai” afterward … kennedy and bobby flay [or hollywood belushi] and martha stewart and maud and native american indian maya and morgan freeman and nelson mandela [and “page”] …. transparent glass tea pot … in appearance if not in fact they were educators and movers and shakers and quakers and gopher peace makers and page and lingerers [‎4/‎5/‎2014 Dave Lowe and co^ Be^’s gifts to To^nAn were a Robert-Palmer’s-Girls-Miami-Vice flamingo Hawaiian shirt and blue kimono/pajama/lingerie

curlycue chairs and filigreed lingeries = ca’nh hoa tho+`i loa.n ~ co’ so^’ pha^.n he^’t ro^`i …. ‎4/‎5/‎2014 SBTN Ngo.c DDan Thanh and Kim Nhung in curlycues …

] –did not brush teeth afterward–and charlie chaplain and and british but above all eternal dross/dreg/remainders/inheritors essence or equilibrium [ye^n] emergences/archetypes/familiars … [‎4/‎5/‎2014 that is those who have been changing forever until they could change no more because ‘the more things change the more they stay the same’ or ‘the only thing constant is change’ …] father said focus is fine but has starting problems at chinese herbal place preventing him from buying roast for chu’ ha^n … supposedly di` ba is prevented from going to wedding to care for ye^’n and gia ba?o etc. in san jose … dda^`u thai and ye^’n’s mother oanh–em nghe gi` kho^ng ho+~i em con chim no’ ho’t vang dda^`u la`ng– and return at italian restaurant in pleasanton before going to wedding … trying to apologize and patch up for being rude to gia ba?o ye^’n thanh so+n ….
day before yesterday: … hard to breath at the mall unless sit still [ngo^`i ye^n: “ma`y co’ ngo^`i ye^n hay kho^ng” said ba’c Ty’ to Gia Ba?o and he complies not with fear but with a pouting mouth “da^.n ba’c/ngu+o+i” because ba’c Ty’ store of “muo^n loa`i ddu+o+.c so^’ng la^u bi`nh thu+o+`ng; everyone live long and well” built up over night is gone presumably is gone to Gia Ba?o … “muo^n loa`i ddu+o+.c so^’ng la^u bi`nh thu+o+`ng; everyone live long and well”] and on return trip from u’ linh’s place to bring chu’ ha?i home … it was tropical … co^ tu’ have conversation with di` ba die^~m about her problems with ddu`m and his in-laws … scrambled eggs and strong homemade coffee and ba` da^.u co^ng ly’ pho+? for supper [‎4/‎22/‎2014 had after-supper conversation with co^ tu’ about why the christmas-new-year fruit gift {father gifts the in-law ho. vu~ and to^n ddi.nh used to care for the in-laws dda(.ng until di` ba came along pregnant with baby so to^n an care instead this year plus co^ khanh’s fruit tree that she cares for fits perfectly in … she deserves it … to^nan is only a catalyst} gift to her of winter coat and her gift of leather jacket to to^nan at about the time of playboy 50th anniversary with anh Lu+o+ng Duye^n Trinh resemblance {return stamps to ca^.u nha^’t return favor of coat to co^ tu’: stays in contact with ca^.u nha^’t through acting as go-between catalyst for exchange of pictures between ca^.u nha^’t and mother … consequence of this conversation with co^ tu’ was to^n ddi.nh no longer puts up pictures he took of mother for to^nan to exchange with ca^.u nha^’t} …to^nan said he shouldn’t talk too much since that should be reserved for parents etc. citing story about how co’ hie^’u dutiful son felt bad when his father could not whip him as strongly… though of course father had often insisted on open discussion between brothers “anh em chu’ng ma`y pha?i ba`n ca~i mo.i vie^.c thi` mo+’i ra anh em ra gia ddi`nh chu+’ …” meaning it’s not taking away from him or mother’s authority to discuss ca’c bi’ problems in the open with one another in the family …. athenian or “patriarchal-jewish” democracy or german “Godiva” democracy–Harry Orlynsky “ancient israel” and Tacitus “agricola and germania” discuss how these cultures foster open discussions for peace– ] and co+m ta^’m and ba’nh cuo^’n from Phu? Ho^` Ta^y across from Thanh So+n Hie^`n Kha’ch …
day before day before yesterday: … co^ Be^ and uncle David Lowe arrived and we went to pho+? sa`i go`n … daughter of proprietors and to^nan and sundays got minimized via a laugh-off to give room for others … conversation with Dave about ann frank and albert einstein and every-which-way brownian motion and how one pays for one way by acting out one’s way … e.g. one is what one theorizes/experiments about/with in similar manner as one is what one eats … and not 123 infinity but firt 3 minutes author …. to^nan tries to remain uncommitted in theory/experiment except for implicit/explicit commitment to “muo^n loa`i ddu+o+.c so^’ng la^u bi`nh thu+o+`ng; everyone live long and well” …