I talk to myself. I always have. The more I am alone, the more I talk to myself. And I\u2019m alone a lot these days. This by-product of solitude is now a requisite for solitude. I talk to myself and I get damn irritable when someone interrupts. Don\u2019t derail my train of thought. I need this time with myself.<\/p>\n
\nWhat do we talk about? We replay all the conversations of the day. If we haven\u2019t had any conversations, then we replay the conversations we read in books or heard on TV. When I\u2019m teaching something, I recite my lessons. When I\u2019m learning something, I recite my lessons. You might just be dozing in line, but I\u2019m whispering to myself: otto<\/i>, husband, compare daijobu<\/i>; kaeru<\/i>, but a different kaeru<\/i>; ha-re<\/i>, the sun and blue means clear skies; ha-re tokidoki kumori<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I talk to myself. I always have. The more I am alone, the more I talk to myself. And I\u2019m alone a lot these days. This by-product of solitude is now a requisite for solitude. I talk to myself and I get damn irritable when someone interrupts. Don\u2019t derail my train of thought. I need this time with myself. What do we talk about? We replay all the conversations of<\/p>\n