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TRUE: Two Tuesdays ago I went to Ootoya for some food and on the first bite (of a mouthfull of lettuce) I bit my tongue so hard the blood did not stop for 15 minutes.

TRUER: Last Tuesday I went back to the same shop and ordered the same thing. Coming out of the mens room I was super sure that my camera strap was secure on my left shoulder. A sudden “vppp” sound followed by the kind of sound that can be only described as “a mechanical camera falling 4 feet and landing on it’s top” quickly assured me that it was not secure anywhere but on the floor. The dope photo illustration* makes things look way worse and far more 8-bit Nintendo-Tetris colored than they really are. The rangefinder is a little off but other than that it looks fine.
I was ever so slightly disappointed** that I did not at least get a Character Scuff on the top plate out of the deal but waxed pinewood floors tend to be kinder to breakables than their stony concrete cousins.
Looks like a trip to Ginza’s Leica service center is in order for this week. I’ll have to take that spectacled, lab coated, and smiling technician up on his promise for the free Leica check-up that he mentioned the last time I was there.

* not my eyes or mouth. Thank you google. The inset photo is courtesy of a 6th grader who took it with my camera.

** a joke!