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9:55am JST Thursday 12 June 2003

Rain is a fine misty sprinkle barely perceptible. Tiny little dots appear on my glasses. I woogie my hand through my buzzed hair and no water runs down my face or neck. Not enough water to form a single drop.

Woke up without an alarm this morning (an alarm is rare for me here; I've used mine maybe 10 times, and I think all those times were before early May), though I was a bit groggy after being awake so late online and yammering with janette.

Shower seems to be collecting mildew again. I may scrub it down again. The rainy season is apparently good for mildew growth.

11:52am

Helped Aki learn how to give directions today. "Go this way (point) two blocks. Turn right and go to the second light. You'll see the park on your left."

I wrote for her instructions on how to get to Kawasaki Nova (how to get to the station, take the train, take the next train, etc etc)

Gave her homework: how to get to Kawasaki Nova without using the trains. She prefers taking the bus.

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Neo

12:45pm JST Thursday 12 June 2003

I ask if anyone has questions for me at the beginning of most of my Nova lessons. Sometimes they ask "how long are you in Japan?" or "How long Japan?" or "How long do you in Japan?" From now on I might tell them the number of days I've been here. (After correcting their English) It's a tiny way of shattering the crystal Nova way of doing things. It's not even against any of the rules, so it's my perfect little thing; I can tell people how many days I've been here.

So I worked it out.

I've been in Japan 77 days. This is my 77th day in Japan. Any students who ask me how long I've been in Japan (I'll probably be asked 4 times today) will find out that I've been here 77 days.

Being me, I decide I want a days-in-Japan counter on my site. I think I'll put it on my journal page only. Top right corner maybe. Next to the navigation icons. Might have to rewrite some perl.

Okay, I want to design it right *now*. Fuck Nova; I want to work on my site. Energy building, nowhere to go... I want to pull a Neo and just BLAM! Blast out of here.

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Stuff

5:52pm JST Thursday 12 June 2003

Just now I had a man to man lesson with a female who triggered me a little bit. Smile and nice teeth and all that. When she seemed so thankful for my suggestion that she look on google for hostels, I was sooo tempted to give her my email, "in case you have any problems."

I didn't give it to her.

At the very end, I was like "do you have any more classes?" as I always ask, and she goes "no; do you have any more classes?" and I had a break next (now), but got stuck on whether to answer I have two more classes, but go until 9 o'clock, or to.. and I just flipped a bit and wrote "I work until 9 o'clock" on a new piece of paper and gave it to her with the fantasy that she would show up discreetly waiting for me so we can talk and flirt.

And now I'm like "shit" what am I doing? and want her *not* to be here and *not* to show up, etc. She almost certainly won't come back, and if she does I can be like "whatever, dude," but that's kinda shitty - or really the shit thing was telling her that in the first place, but the real thing seems to be learning why am I alone in Japan?

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Work

10:17pm JST Thursday 12 June 2003

Home from work. Kinda sorta easy day today if I ignore being unable to write helpful comments. I never read the comments, or when I do read them I can hardly make them do anything useful for me, so maybe (!) no one can write useful comments @(@ some people write useful ones but I don't know what to do with them. (#) comments suck. 4() I'd rather not talk about it. (%) all of the above )^( none of the above. 7: some of the above. *: maybe.

The quote of the day happened during Voice:

I like Chinese food, but I don't like real Chinese food.

Three people called in sick today: Olivia, Jen, Adriana. All women. All part-timers. All from OZ.

Tonight at midnight we get paid.

Several people indicated they are low on funds. I just said, "yeah" and "mmm" and stuff.

I intend to write many sentences in Japanese tonight.

10:27pm

Go!

11:56pm

I wrote twice as many sentences as last time. Kinda too tired to write them here. Um,.. dammit. Okay I'll do it.

こんばんじゅうじはんからべんきょうます。

きょういちじにじゅうっぷんからくじまでかわさきではたらきました。

こんばん何をたべましたか。

こんばん何でべんきょましたか。

   日本ごべんきょました。

きょう何じから何じまでどこではたらさましたか。

何がいちばんすきな日本のたべものですか。

のりまきがいちばんすきな日本のたべものです。

みずをのみますか。

まいにちめずをのみます。

さけをのみますか。

あまりさけをのみます。

さけをのみませんか。

   ちょうと。。

てんぷらはいくらですか。

にじにとしょかんで日本のほんをよみます。

         日本の本

何じにどこで何をききますか。

よじはんいとしょかんでおんがくをききます。

だんのじてんしゃですか。

ここのおかさんおじてんしゃです。

きのうのばん何じから何じまでばんきょうしましたか。

きのうのばんじゅうじはんからじゅういちじよじゅうきゅうふんまでべんきょしました。

12:23am

Done. Good night.

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