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Before TDL

8:15am JST Thursday 8 July 2004

Today Hitomi and I are going to Tokyo Disneyland! I'm pretty excited about it, although I might get a bit sunburned with no sun protection if we end up standing in the hot sun waiting for rides. Ah well.

(( Dude right beside me with snotty attitude because the card reader wouldn't read his card trhough his wallet. I understand. ))

Right now I'm in Oimachi station, waiting by the Rinkai line gates for Hitomi. I think this is the right place and time to meet her. Well, I think I'm early, cause I think we said 8:20.

Hmm; she just emailed me including a kanji that I don't understand.

Actually 2 kanji and a possibly new vocabulary word in hiragana.

TDL

2:40pm JST Thursday 8 July 2004

Ooops. I apparently told Hitomi that I hadn't previously been to Tokyo Disneyland. I sorta remember that, but I didn't remember it well enough to keep up the tale. She confronted me and I was like, "I didn't want you to feel bad," which is the only reason I woulda said that. Seems to be basically okay now, but tensions were high for a bit. I was like, "fuck this," and was ready to pack it up (and get off the Splash Mountain boat in a dramatic show of "I care less than you do," but I chose to stay in the moment instead of acting out. It woulda been pretty dramatic though. Worthy of cameras and network TV time.

We first rode Space Mountain, and, well, it's got pretty lights, but it's a weak ride. Practically no better than SFAW indoor ride Mayan Mindbender. It's got a few more twists and turns than Mindbender, but it's still pretty weak.

We road Big Thunder Mountain and then Peter Pan and Snow White and Haunted Mansion. I wanted to ride HM again, but we didn't. Rode the spinning teacups and I spun ours as fast as I could. Fun stuff.

Went through the Snow white Mansion tour and it was okay. Honey I shrunk the Audience was pretty good, and the Buzz Lightyear themed video game croseed with a wagon train style ride was pretty fun. I got lots of points but Hitomi got more.

6:58pm

Fun was had at TDL. We each have a bit of a headache from the sun, I'm guessing, but overall big fun. We rode Haunted Mansion twice to try and combine sleeping with riding/being in TDL. It didn't work fantastically, but Hitomi got a bit of a cat nap I think.

We talked through our differences and I think we're better off for it.

We're on the Rinkai line now, and I had a bit of an internet signal at Shin Kiba station, but it wasn't strong enough to check email, and I haven't gotten a signal since then.