happily, r. found the tiny chip i lost with these pictures inside. i felt funky today, but mister was happy and friendly. he goes to greet people and i follow him. he knows people more than me. i'd be more of a solitary boy without his social charm. he went to a girl sitting on the stone wall of the point today and sat by her and put his paw in her lap. she was waiting with camera for her friends to come and propose and i thought of the time we walked into a proposal in osaka garden on wooded island and they said this is like a golden blessing. that's what it seems like every day with mister. i want to be with him and if i can be more like him and i think i am slowly under the tutelage of his buddha nature coming out of my thoughts and into the world. i wonder if i'll ever be as open sweet and unguarded as mister. i wish everyone could be.