Busyness spoils tolerance
Unlike the previous month, things have been moving at top speed since the beginning of this month. It's always like this at this time of the year. They only give me about a week to translate interviews after it is done, which certainly makes me feel pressed. I somehow manage to deal with this pressure so far. The first interview I interpreted is the one with Chuck Rainey. We exchanged emails some years ago for the reason I don't remember so I didn't feel he was a total stranger. But an editorial staffer DI, who has met Chuck before, said to his coworkers that he is slightly a nitpicker. I think it's got to do with how DI sees people. He doesn't seem very open to everybody. I'm afraid that his tendency as such unconsciously appears on the surface that eventually closes the gate to his heart for other people to enter. Poor thing! I find, however, many Japanese people are more or less like him. Is it something like the instinct to protect oneself? I don't kn
