bananas

Bananas always make me feel a little silly. I peel one, and I'm instantly transported to childhood, making little monkey noises. I can't help it.

The same thing happens when I go into an authentic Japanese restaurant. I automatically become stereotypically comically Japanese, then punctuate my cartoonish nonsense with a protracted exaggerated gong. It's obnoxious. I've told myself to stop these two things, but that hardly helps.

Happy Presidential Inauguration Day, and
Good luck to our new president, Barak H. Obama.