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Computer

1:11pm JST Thursday 26 August 2004

Talked to Paul today about taking over his computer job. Looked at his code and the other code and got a sense of the network that they have. He's working on rewriting code to print in a completely different format, but I don't know if I'll be able to take that over or not. I'll talk to OM about it.

Today

4:50pm JST Thursday 26 August 2004

Today I did the following (and more):

1. Had a really vivid dream that I didn't write down nor remember.

2. Listened to Paul talk about the computer stuff. I imagined writing what he was saying and realized I would need to use lots of parenthesis to keep track of all the asides. He reminds me of the way Kristen talks, but he stays generally on topic and has lots of quick asides. (She goes miles off topic with huge elaborate stories that somehow all link together.)

3. Sent 100,000 yen on its way home. Should end up with, I'm hoping, 900 dollars once it arrives in my account at home. I had to get help from the bank security guy, but from now on I'll be able to do it myself. (Before today, I had never really studied the kanji next to all the buttons, but I tried it a few times myself before I resorted to asking for help.)

4. Watched a bit of a movie featuring a rather attractive woman who I'm sure is famous, but I just don't know who she is. The movie had some other people too, who are equally unfamous to me.

5. Chose not to visit the bike shop in Nakameguro. (I may visit them on my way home after Japanese lesson tomorrow.)

6. Got a hug from Shoko who was elated when she found herself one step closer to getting the email of some guy she likes.

7. Watched the guys across the street work on the building. They had poured the concrete foundation yesterday and were removing the wooden frame from the foundation today. The foundation they poured is not a flat surface, but a grid kinda. And in the middle of each square there is a lump of dirt remaining. It's like they carved a grid of ditches into the dirt and poured a grid shaped wall within the ditches. I imagine the dirt will come out soon, and that it was left there just to make it easier to navigate the grid. (They can walk across the dirt instead of follow the grid.)

8. Put a bit of thought into Jesse's new internet money-making idea. It sounds pretty cool. Possibly do-able; well, definitely do-able; we just need the traffic.

9. Wrote this entry while on the train going to Shinjuku

10. Upon arrival in Shinjuku, received a text message from my first Gateway 21 student asking to cancel our lesson today (45 minutes before the lesson was to start; argh.)

11. Decided to use the time to study.

12. Was spotted by Saori, one of my ex-Gaba students. We briefly updated each other on our lives and exchanged connective data. Nice to see her again.