Day 1637: A short story.

diva, acrylic, china marker & watercolor journal page

A quick story, not the one I originally intended but...

I came across an old license plate in the garage.

In the 80's, we had a new car, a Nissan 300 ZX!

We picked this personalized plate ...

 

The Japanese dictionary had said ... extravagance or luxury.

It was a Japanese sports car, a splurge so 

to us at the time, it seemed appropriate.

One day I was arriving at a tournament, 

and as I exited my car, a prominent Japanese Sensei 

looked at the license plate then at me and laughed.

Not a smile, or a chuckle, but a big long laugh.

Later he asked me if I knew what it meant?

I responded what I had read in the dictionary.

He said, "maybe sometimes, but more commonly 

it means spoiled."

Great!

A smile for Wednesday ...