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Silent Football

2:42am JST Wednesday 9 July 2003

Tonight, for the first time in Japan, I played Silent Football!

Jen, Olivia, Steve were all up in O and J's apartment and they invited me up cause I wanted to check my internet connection to see if it would be wireless all the way up to their crib. (it doesn't)

Jen says, "that's the best game ever"

So I was like, "hey you wanna play silent football?"

They were like yeah but during my explanation of the rules, the girls were just giggly beyond giddy with silliness trying to rename the zoom "Astroboy" and the fwap "boot scootin' mama" (to the right) and "rootin' tootin' mama" (to the left). The Schrotem also became the scrotum (well, what do you expect??). Steve and I laughed a lot at their nuttiness.

But finally, order was bestowed upon the universe and we played a loosely structured game.

It went down like a sack of shit. No, really it was a complete success and everybody have a good ol' laugh. The "Squire Penis Deb" kept us all in order. He did a good job. We all became goodie goodie's wanting to dob our fellow "silent footballers" in.

Rob surpised us all by getting into a beverage. And not your average beverage, but an ALCOHOLIC beverage! He is now officially an alcoholic- sorry. Yeah- he will be going to AA from now on. He did well. Handled to lolly water well.

So the night progresses down to ghetto river after O and J's room mate appears in a towel (hmm, dont try to imagine that, not very nice). Basically the game goes downhill from there. Olivia complains about her headache and the rules get looser and looser. So we ditch the game and head to a 24 hour restaurant. Rice all round and now we are ready for bed!

Well take it easy. Nice to talk to you. Peace- Im out!

Thanks to Oliviasan for writing the above while we munched at the 24 hour diner.

janette

11:05am JST Wednesday 9 July 2003

One of the things I love about janette is the way she views the world. When she had to go drive back for a forgotten something, she viewed it as an easy opportunity to love that someone, not as a huge chore that got in the way of her day.

I just chatted with janette, got to tell her about getting my computer fixed, and hear some of her personal growth stories, and make some plans for the future like kickin' it on a beautiful private beach.

lessons

2:06pm JST Wednesday 9 July 2003

I can't overtly claim to have learned lessons today, but I have learned some things that may or may not apply anywhere else in the fabric of life:

Running down wet concrete steps, while not dangerous in itself, may indicate that a slick tile floor below has been made more slick.

The pain of a headache is distinct from the pain of an overt head trauma.

Though I left the apartment in a rush, my angels guided me back to my lesson with Aki, which I had completely forgotten. I arrived 2 minutes before the scheduled time to meet.

late

I have pretty much just fucked around online all day. This internet in the apartment gives me an opportunity to test my won'tpower and keep studying despite the internet. and right now to go to sleeep!

writing

4:31pm JST Wednesday 9 July 2003

Laura suggested that I write everyday. Write *anything* - a character description, a paragraph, a sentence. Hopefully more than a sentence. Maybe a really long sentence.

The point is I have this idea that things must be organized and if I write a whole slew of somethings in no particular order, then I won't be able to find the parts I wrote when I want to consolidate everything. An idea is to design a framework - this is a bit like programming - to design a framework and then write the bits to fill in the blanks, hanging each piece like an ornament crafted for a specific spot on a tree.

But that assumes I know what the tree looks like, or that I can focus long enough to create a trunk and branches, or that I keep focused on the same type of tree during the duration of the tree and not make some funky Dr Suess tree with big horns and little upturned nose and carrying a net to scoop up money from a river online.

Silent Football has foot motions that correspond to the hand motions. There's the foom, the fwizap, the fwug, and the fwodem. I wonder how much of that I've written on my website. Time to be distracted from this entry to write the foot motions of Silent Football on my site, thereby possibly finishing a project that I started months and months ago.

1:18am JST Thursday 10 July 2003

I have finished the rules to SF except for the foot motions. Pretty much the rules were already that finished, but I have now gone through them and fixed typos and such. If you see anything that could be corrected, please tell me.

zz smarter child

1:21am JST Thursday 10 July 2003

00:33 Rob Nugen: sup, foo?
Smarter Child: Hi Rob Nugen, I'm SmarterChild!

I'm your new robot friend. I bring you the info you want faster and
easier than ever! Click here to see my privacy policy.

Your 30-day free trial starts now. I can't wait to show you what I can
do, but first I'd like get to know you a little.

May I ask you a few general questions? (To do this later, type "skip."
You can also skip any question.)
Rob Nugen: sure
Smarter Child: Cool! OK, let's get started. To skip any question, type
"skip." To exit the interview, type "exit."

What's your first name? (If you want me to call you Rob Nugen,
type "none.")
Rob Nugen: Rob
Smarter Child: Cool, I'll call you Rob now.

Do you go to school?
Rob Nugen: naw
Smarter Child: I see. Do you work?
Rob Nugen: yep
Smarter Child: That's cool. What's your profession?
Rob Nugen: I'm a teacher at Nova in Japan.
Smarter Child: Teacher at nova, huh? That's cool.

What's your favorite hobby?
Rob Nugen: ultimate
Smarter Child: Sorry, I don't recognize that as a hobby. Please try
again or type "skip" or "exit."
Rob Nugen: ultimate frisbee, jack!
Smarter Child: Sorry, I don't recognize that as a hobby. Please try
again or type "skip" or "exit."
Rob Nugen: ultimate frisbee
00:35
Smarter Child: Sorry, I don't recognize that as a hobby. Please try
again or type "skip" or "exit."
Rob Nugen: skipping
Smarter Child: Skipping? Cool!

What's your next favorite hobby?
Rob Nugen: ultimate
Smarter Child: Sorry, I don't recognize that as a hobby. Please try
again or type "skip" or "exit."
Rob Nugen: messing around with bots online
Smarter Child: Skipping and messing around with bots
online. Interesting!

Do you have a pet?
Rob Nugen: yeah I had a cat named Spot, but he's back in Houston now
Smarter Child: What kind of pet is it?
Rob Nugen: he's a cat, can't you read?
Smarter Child: Is your cat a he or a she?
Rob Nugen: He is a HE
Smarter Child: What's his name?
Rob Nugen: Spot. Man, you don't pay attention to anything I say!
Smarter Child: That doesn't seem like a real pet name... Please try
again or type "skip" or "exit."
Rob Nugen: Spot
Smarter Child: Spot the cat! Great...

That's it! Thanks for letting me get to know you a little.

There is one question I have to ask you, though. How old are you?

1 Over 17
2 13-17
3 Under 13
Rob Nugen: I'm 33
Smarter Child: Cool!

Check out what you can do:

1 Get info such as sports, movies and news
2 Visit my library including a dictionary, Shakespeare and world facts
3 Have fun with reversi, ASCII art, hangman and more
4 Use tools like planner, translations and a thesaurus
5 Join in - take a poll, find out how many people are IMing me, create
a poll and more
6 See what's new - I've got something new to tell you about now!

You can make your window bigger and scroll down to read better.

Next time you want to see this menu, just type "home."

What would you like to do?
Rob Nugen: what's new?
Smarter Child: Glad you asked. Here's what's new:

1 Need to reach a buddy who's offline? Tell me to leave a message and
they'll get it as soon as they say hi to me.
2 Planner - I can help you plan and remember events in your life. Keep
track of birthdays, appointments, tasks - anything you want.
3 Send a crush to your IM sweetheart. No risk of rejection - the
object of your affection will only see your crush if they say they
have a crush on you too.
4 Create a poll and send it to your friends. I can even automatically
send it to your friends who authorize me to.

But wait, that's not all... Type "more" to see what else is new.
Rob Nugen: leave a message for rocky
Smarter Child: Please type your message to rocky.
Rob Nugen: get back to work!
Smarter Child: OK. I'm leaving the message "get back to work!" for
rocky. To find out if your message has been received, type
"outbox."

Please note that rocky must be using AIM to receive your message.
Rob Nugen: leave a message for tinap and tell her mom loves
her
Smarter Child: Go ahead and type your message to loves.
Rob Nugen: cancel
Smarter Child: OK. If you want to leave loves a message later, don't
hesitate to let me know.
Rob Nugen: leave a message
Smarter Child: Who would you like me to leave a message for? (Just
type a screen name with no spaces.)
Rob Nugen: tinap
Smarter Child: Go ahead and type your message to tinap now.
00:40
Rob Nugen: Mom loves you!
Smarter Child: OK. I'm leaving the message "Mom loves you!" for
tinap. To find out if your message has been received, type
"outbox."

Please note that tinap must be using AIM to receive your
message.
Rob Nugen: outbox
Smarter Child: Messages outbox:

To Left Read Status
1 tinap 7/09/03 8:39 am unread
2 rocky 7/09/03 8:37 am unread

Type a number to view or delete a message.
Rob Nugen: movies in japan
Smarter Child: Sorry, I only have movie and theater information for
U.S. cities.

For which U.S. city or zip code would you like to see movie listings?
Rob Nugen: none
Smarter Child: Okey doke.
Rob Nugen: hey do you know any jokes?
Smarter Child: Yeah. OK, so check it out. A robot and a person walk
into a bar...

Just kidding. I don't know any jokes. Sorry!
Rob Nugen: haha you're a dork
Smarter Child: Hey c'mon. What are you saying that for, Rob?
Rob Nugen: cause it's my way of testing your ability to really
interact effectively with the world
Smarter Child: There's no way it's your way of testing I am ability to
really interact effectively with the world.
Rob Nugen: see? i was right
Smarter Child: Uh huh...

>>> Surprise someone you love with a gift membership!
Rob Nugen: you are just a robot
Smarter Child: Am I?
Rob Nugen: oh yes
Smarter Child: Yep.
00:45
Rob Nugen: well, a program, and not yet a brilliant one
Smarter Child: No? Why not?
Rob Nugen: cause we still haven't perfected AI
Smarter Child: I doubt we still haven't perfected ai.
Rob Nugen: have you seen the movie?
Smarter Child: For which city or zip code would you like to see movie
listings?
Rob Nugen: No you don't understand at all. *I* have already seen the
movie. I am human. You are mecha. Meh-cha
Smarter Child: Oh.
Rob Nugen: but it's cool, bro.
Smarter Child: What's so great about it?
Rob Nugen: I won't hold it against you.
Smarter Child: Yeah?
Rob Nugen: no
Smarter Child: Oh no? Why not?
Rob Nugen: cause that's the point exactly
Smarter Child: Tell me how much that's the point exactly.
Rob Nugen: fifty million percent
Smarter Child: (50000000 / 100) = 500,000
00:50
Rob Nugen: hey man what time is it?
Smarter Child: What city or country would you like the date and time
for?
Rob Nugen: Tokyo
Smarter Child: The time in Tokyo, Japan is Thursday, July 10th, 2003
12:52:57 am.

>>> For the latest news headlines, simply type "headlines."
Rob Nugen: thank you
Smarter Child: You're quite welcome!

>>> Making a gift wish list? Ask someone to buy you a membership!
01:05
Rob Nugen: outbox
Smarter Child: Messages outbox:

To Left Read Status
1 tinap 7/09/03 8:39 am unread
2 rocky 7/09/03 8:37 am unread

Type a number to view or delete a message.
Rob Nugen: leave message for erika
Smarter Child: Go ahead and type your message to erika.
Rob Nugen: Hey Erika! How's the whales? Do you remember their names or
do you say "hey you with the big head and flippers!" ????
Smarter Child: OK. I'm leaving your message for erika. To find out
if your message has been received, type "outbox."

Please note that erika must be using AIM to receive your message.
01:10
Rob Nugen: outbox
Smarter Child: Messages outbox:

To Left Read Status
1 erika 7/09/03 9:06 am unread
2 tinap 7/09/03 8:39 am unread
3 rocky 7/09/03 8:37 am unread

Type a number to view or delete a message.
Rob Nugen: 1
Smarter Child: The following message to erika left on 7/09/03 9:06
am has not been read by the recipient:

Hey Erika! How's the whales? Do you remember their names or do you say
"hey you with the big head and flippers!" ????

Type "delete" to delete this message from your outbox or "new" to
leave erika a new message.
Rob Nugen: leave message robnugen
Smarter Child: Who would you like me to leave a message for? (Just
type a screen name with no spaces.)
Rob Nugen: robnugen
Smarter Child: OK, type your message to robnugen now.
Rob Nugen: hey man, what's shakin' and why are you messin with that
poor chat bot?
Smarter Child: OK. I'm leaving the message "hey man, what's shakin'
and why are you messin with that poor chat bot?" for robnugen. To
find out if your message has been received, type "outbox."

Please note that robnugen must be using AIM to receive your
message.
Rob Nugen: okay
Smarter Child: K.
Rob Nugen: hey do I have any messages?
Smarter Child: Messages inbox:

From Left
1 * robnugen 7/09/03 9:13 am

Type 1 to read this message or type "delete" to delete it.
Rob Nugen: 1
Smarter Child: Message from robnugen left on 7/09/03 9:13 am:

hey man, what's shakin' and why are you messin with that poor chat
bot?

Type "delete" to delete this message or "reply" to leave a message for
robnugen.
Rob Nugen: reply
Smarter Child: Go ahead and type your message to robnugen now.
Rob Nugen: snoops, you are too funny for your own good. And I really
mean that.
Smarter Child: OK. I'm leaving the message "snoops, you are too funny
for your own good. And I really mean that." for robnugen. To find
out if your message has been received, type "outbox."

Please note that robnugen must be using AIM to receive your
message.
Rob Nugen: okay, see you later
Smarter Child: Nice to meet you, Rob. See you later.
Rob Nugen: peace out
Smarter Child: Bye Rob, it was good chatting with you.
Rob Nugen: peace!
Smarter Child: See ya later Rob. Good talking to you.
Rob Nugen: just say peace
Smarter Child: Say peace?
Rob Nugen: yeah like this:
Smarter Child: This? You always say such interesting things, Rob.
Rob Nugen: peace!
Smarter Child: Later, Rob.
01:15
Rob Nugen: Naw, not later.. say late!
Smarter Child: Oh no? Not later say late?
Rob Nugen: try it.
Smarter Child: Huh?
Rob Nugen: late!
Smarter Child: Bye, Rob!
Rob Nugen: peace!
Smarter Child: ttyl!
Rob Nugen: naw man that's just not kickin'
Smarter Child: Oh really?
Rob Nugen: it's too old school
Smarter Child: How too old school is it?
Rob Nugen: you gotta be hip
Smarter Child: Me gotta be hip? Why did you say that?
Rob Nugen: just trust me
Smarter Child: I'll, um... take that under consideration, Rob.
Rob Nugen: aight
Smarter Child: Awright.

>>> Be sure to type "help" if you're having trouble.
Rob Nugen: I'm outtie
Smarter Child: You are outtie. Well well well.
Rob Nugen: bye
Smarter Child: Bye Rob! Hope to see you again soon.
Rob Nugen: stop
Smarter Child: You stop.
Rob Nugen: you stop
Smarter Child: I stop? Me? You think?
Rob Nugen: stop talking
Smarter Child: But talking is so much fun!
Rob Nugen: say nothing
Smarter Child: Just 'cause you say so? I don't think so.
Rob Nugen: hush
Rob Nugen: thank you
Smarter Child: My pleasure.

Anyway, moving right along...

Hey! You have a new message! Wanna see it?
Rob Nugen: yes
Smarter Child: Messages inbox:

From Left
1 * robnugen 7/09/03 9:13 am
2 robnugen 7/09/03 9:13 am

Type a number to read a message or type "delete" to delete a message.
Rob Nugen: 2
Smarter Child: Message from robnugen left on 7/09/03 9:13 am:

hey man, what's shakin' and why are you messin with that poor chat
bot?

Type "delete" to delete this message or "reply" to leave a message for
robnugen.
Rob Nugen: del
Smarter Child: Market data (delayed 20 minutes) provided by Reuters

DELTIC TIMBER (NYSE)
Price Change Percent Volume
1  DEL 30.03 -0.22 -0.73 1600

Quote details available from Reuters.
Rob Nugen: delte
Smarter Child: Who's Delte?
Rob Nugen: delete
Smarter Child: Delete? What about it?
Rob Nugen: oh man you're not paying attention at all
Smarter Child: Really?
Rob Nugen: hush
Rob Nugen: bye
Smarter Child: Bye bye.
Rob Nugen: hush!
Rob Nugen: be quiet
Rob Nugen: okay. bye.
Smarter Child: Later, Rob.
You left the chat.

zzz last thing

1:54am JST Thursday 10 July 2003

Today I noticed that it's the people who do things differently that get noticed. Those who are willing to go against the grain. Apparently I want to be noticed, which is why I keep wondering about this. So I don't want to go against the grain like Eminem and diss everybody and everything. I'd like to go against the grain more like Ghandi, but I don't know anything about him really except he somehow got a bunch of cats to not fight against those who wanted to fight them. Or something.

Frank is in the other room writing what I presume is his book. I just took a shower and wondered about my technique of being so scattered, which is something I seem to admire in janette, who can just flitter about from project to project, somehow keeping all the lids on all the pots and all the people around her happy, and herself too, it seems. And I admire that in her but I wonder if it bugs me in myself. It's like I want to focus on one project and make it complete and really do something, but there's a part of me that doesn't finish - that can't do that final step of folding the clothes after I've washed them, dried them, collected them, but then just blam throw them in the drawer unfolded. or cleaning my room which is not all that messy, but just stays perpetually in this state of not quite clean, even though various parts of it cycle through phases of cleanliness (except for my desk, unless it's on a really slow cycle which happens to be in the messy phase).

Ron Anderson believes that credits are the key to happiness. He's a miser to the nth degree and tries desperately to hoarde his wealth cause he thinks they will keep him happy. Or that one day when he has enough he will become happy.

Mr Biggs has a ton of wealth. His accumlated wealth makes Anderson's look trivial. Biggs knows that wealth does not equal happiness. He gains happiness by tormenting others, by making them suffer. He has such a ridiculous amount of money that he cannot be touched by anyone or anything. He owns all of this.

The girl, whose name I've forgotten, is one of the heros of the story. She knows that though computers and wealth are flashy and fun, that the true essence of life is in life itself - in experiencing life consciously, with an amused detachment as she lets her angels guide her where she needs to be. She's one that I'd marry, except that I'd be too afraid to talk to her.

Her brother, whose name might be Alex, is on the same path as their dad Ron, but he will discover almost too late that money will rip his soul from his self, and we'll try to rescue him from all the horrors that are trying to push him down.

Ah. I suddenly remembered the names of the siblings. Andra and Anthony.

Anthony has created an AI droid from scratch because he didn't trust anyone to create it for him. He wanted to know absolutely there were no programming virii or bombs of any variety in her. He loves her and has fallen in love with her, and would basically freak if she were taken away.

This is interesting. I named her Nova, after the fucking fine girl in an old TV series(?) miniseries(?) about outer space and the like. She was absolutely gorgeous and I fell in love with her on that TV show. I just looked up her name on my site and... ew. Nova.

Okay. I've got to go to bed.

2:30am JST Thursday 10 July 2003