disaster prevention

my landlady showed up this morning. she had to renew my contract. when we were done, she grabbed a saw and went outside and cut off all the trees in front of our house. she said they'd wreck the (brand new, huge, concrete) house of our neighbor.

now i have to wear sunglasses when i sit in my kitchen. and i'll have to ignore the tree stubs when i walk in and out of the house. one of them still has a martenitsa hanging on it. it looks so sad.

sometimes i can't help but think that the japanese overdo it.


depeche mode -- suffer well