Alchera #25: Things

Make three or four lists (5-15 items per list). Try to choose some of the list
titles Sei Shonagon uses.

Things About Which One is Liable to be Negligent

1. Homework
2. Cleaning one's room when nobody will see it
3. Writing long letters
4. Writing the lyrics for a new melody
5. Losing weight

Things That Especially Attract One's Attention on Some Occasions

1. A man squeezing oranges, facing the street
2. A peculiar ringtone in a cell phone
3. A stranger's house through the window, from the street
4. Curtains
5. Food as it's being eaten
6. Other people's conversations

Things That Give a Clean Feeling

1. A new book
2. An organized bed
3. Wet paper, or paper which has been become wrinkled from firm writing
4. My grandfather's hands
5. A silken dress
6. Very thin gold/silver chains
7. New bills and coins

Things That Look Commonplace but That Become Impressive When Written in Chinese Characters

1. Phones
2. Subways
3. People
4. Names
5. Grapes
6. Machines
7. Water