"MIKE I WENT TO A SUSHI STORE..."
"CUB... YOU.DON'T.LIKE.SUSHI!"
"NO, I HATE IT, MAKES ME WANNA PUKE"
"SO, WHY YOU WENT THERE?"
"I BOUGHT ANOTHER THING, SOMETHING APPEALING TO THE TASTE, NOT SOMETHING REALLY GROSS, LIKE SUSHI"
"THEY PUT SALMON TO SUSHI"
"YEAH, I HATE SALMON"
"CAUSE IT'S CHILEAN?"
"CAUSE IT'S GROSS!!!!"
"WELL..."
"LOOK, SINCE THE 1800 WESTERN PEOPLE ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EXOTIC THINGS. SALMON HAS A PARTICULARLY GROSS AND INTENSE TASTE, MAKES YOUR BODY SHAKE, PLUS IT'S FROM CHILE!!! THE PERFECT FORMULA TO SELL IT AT GOLD PRICE, NOPE, I DON'T LIKE IT."
"WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS???"
"BECAUSE I FELT INSECURE ABOUT MY JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY, LIKE I WAS ASKING MYSELF "AM I DOING IT WRONG??? I WRITE THAT RIGHT??? COULD A JAPANESE GUY JUST READ IT???" SO I TOOK A PAPER WHEN I WAS THERE AND I MADE THE NUMBERS FROM ONE TO TEN. THEN I SHOWED THEM TO A JAPANESE GUY AT THE STORE. AND HE TOLD ME "THAT LOOKS GOOD, IT'S PRETTY, YOU DO GOOD" AND I TOLD HIM "SERIOUSLY??? I THOUGHT I SUCKED AT THIS..." AND HE TOLD ME "NO, LOOK, THIS IS HOW I DO IT" AND HIS NUMBERS DID NOT LOOK GOOD."
"AH, OH, I SEE"
"WELL, IT'S JUST GEOMETRY AND VISUAL MEMORY, YOU KNOW???"
HERE THE PAPER
MY CUB NUMBERS AT THE LEFT
JAPANESE GUY NUMBERS AT THE RIGHT
