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Big typhoon

5:56am JST Sunday 5 December 2004

Japan is boring and only numbers its typhoons instead of names them. This is typhoon 29, I think.

There's a big typhoon going on outside; it's really neat because there's lots (and lots) of wind yet very little rain. Just a slight drizzle. But the *best* thing is how warm it is! yay warm weather!

I know it could be the beginning of the end of the world via climate change, but I love warm weather.

I'm surprised more people aren't awake; the house shakes during the gusts and it's definitely noisy. weather.com says it's 19 degrees C, and will slowly drop to 16 by 6pm (67F - 61F), and reports the wind is 32 mph (but doesn't report the speed of the gusts).

It's warm enough to ride my bike to work! Except that I don't want to get that wet (it's only drizzling, but I would be soaked by the time I got there), especially considering I (also) don't know how to ride to OM.

Morning trains

8:20am JST Sunday 5 December 2004

The trains are jacked up on Tokyu Toyoko line this morning. - they are not runnig on time. They are running, though; so I guess they're not "jacked up" so much as "not running on time" or "like London trains"

I'm tired this morning after having been awake to watch the storm for a bit. I got 1 sleep cycle plus a bit of a nap last night.

Nihongo funny brain emails

2004年12月05日

今日私は足らなければならなかった。その時一ばん早く足だった。車ニだいの間で左の車より早く足って、その車の前に行って、私の脳はうれしかった。でも、私の足はできないと思った。

足さんはゆっくりになった。それから、脳にイメルをおくった。

「脳さんへ

足です。すみません、休んでいます。

じゃあね、足より。」

脳さんは足のイメルをもらって、読んで、いた時、きんきゅうのイメルを もらった。

「あぶない！私たちは転んでるーっ！大変！」

その後、脳さんは他のイメルももらった。

「脳さん　ごめんね。

さっきのきんきゅのイメルは内耳があげました。

もし、脳さんが聞きたいことがあったら、どうぞ。

がんばって、内耳より。

脳さんはあたまがいい。何をしなければならないかしっていた。

脳さんは足さんにイメルと絵を三枚あげた。

「足様、

つぎの絵はすごくちかいみらいの絵かもしれない。

足様が選んで下さい。

脳。」

三枚の絵は

1. ころんで、手をがした。手首があおあざになっていた。手首は紫ぽい がかってた。

2. 鼻をけがした。歯がおれた。

3. ズボンがやぶれて、ひざをけがした。

いじょろです。

足さんはもう一つイメルを脳におくりました。

「脳さん

見て下さい。私たちはズボンをはいているから、ひざは大丈夫かもしれない。
だから私たちはひざをけがする事はきにしない。

バイバイ　　足。」

脳さんはもう一つイメルを足におくりました。それは絵とみじかい文。

• 体は車の下にあります。

「私たちはいっしょだ、ぬ。」

脳さんはイメルを早くおくらなければならなかった。だから「ぬ」と「ね」 をなおす事ができなかった。

足さんは「あ、そうか。それは大変だ、ね。じゃ、がんばろ」と思った。

その後は、足さんががんばった。おかげで大丈夫だった。

Running!

1:57pm JST Sunday 5 December 2004

On occassion, I need to run quickly. Or, I choose to run quickly. Earlier today, I chose to run quickly, and somehow I got over my normal run speed into a superrun speed, that I can't/don't always slash rarely reach. It's kindof a fun fast feeling like, wow; I didn't know I could run this fast!

When I go to the quintark exchange area, almost invariably, the sidewalk is blocked, so without even considering the sidewalk as an option, I go to the street, between the curb and traffic. In this case, even that part of the street was clogged with parked cars and people, so I went between the first and second lanes, and, because I had limited time, I ran.

Not as fast as Superman, but definitely as fast as Spiderman (running, not swinging), I ran between the lanes, with cars on each side of me going through the light. I was in superrun mode, and I realized it would all be wasted energy unless I could pass the car directly on my left. So, I challenged myself to pass the car on my left and cut in front of it...

and I got to an even higher super high burst of speed for several strides and passed the car. Yes!!

Triumphant, I veered in front of the car, back toward the curb. At that moment, my legs decided they were done.

My legs put on the brakes before the message reached my brain: "Hello, brain. This is the legs; we're going to stop now."

While my brain was busy reading the delayed message from my legs, it got an emergency broadcast: "BRAIN, WE ARE FALLING," followed by the details "specifically, we are falling forward, and rumor has it that the eyes say we are falling forward over concrete in the middle of traffic. Sincerely, the inner ears."

"ps: if we can be of any further assistance, don't hesitate to ask."

My brain picked up the hotline to my legs. It used a video chat mode to get the point across more quickly. "Legs, have a look at these photos please. They are an artist's rendition of the immediate future." The photos came through, more like sketches in animated .gifs with three frames:

1. my hands turned to hamburger meat on the street with really badly bruised wrists

2. my nose and teeth bloodied, some loosened, some possibly knocked out

3. rips in my jeans and skinned knees

"These photos," my brain explained, "are part of just one possible future. There are other possible futures that include no blood. The choice is up to you."

Meanwhile, I noticed I was tipping forward with my legs running well behind me. I wondered what was going on and what was going to happen.

My legs analyzed the photos, then replied to my brain, "as you can clearly see, we are wearing pants; the skinned knees won't be all that bad, we don't care."

My brain, with a hint of exasperation, sent one more photo:

• my body, on the street, with breathing facilities disrupted, and a car driving over it

with a note written across it, "we're all in the together" with "this" misspelled because my brain didn't have time to proofread it.

My legs looked at the last photo, looked at each other, looked back at the photo, shrugged, and were like, "hokay, we'll catch up."

They each pulled out a small bottle of energy drink and drank it. Refreshed and with a renewed outlook on life, they gave that extra bit of effort and caught up with my body.

I found myself back upright, with all my balance regained. I was like, shew; that was close, thanks body, for pulling together, and wow; we ran supafast!

My legs were like, "we ran fast; you guys were up there worrying about stuff. We had everything under control."

Um, yeah legs; okay. Well, thanks for running so quickly, then.

Study

7:58pm JST Sunday 5 December 2004

Met Hitomi in Yokohama, chowed a bit of expensive ice cream at AM/PM and asked her if she wanted to hang out with me and watch a movie and stuff. She asked me if I had a lesson with Akiko tonight.

Holy cats, batman! I forgot about my lesson with Akiko!

I told Hitomi I wanted to give her 1000 yen, which was true and a good opportunity for me to practice that grammar.

We took the train to Motosumiyoshi, then Mimibike to Saizeria (Hitomi on the seat with her legs on the top tube or the down tube and me pedaling and straddling her legs) where I studied for a bit and then left Hitomi to study during my lesson with Akiko. I am amazed by how different Japanese custom is for showing emotion or reaction to a story. I was like, "Daniel and I saw models (a ship, airplane and tank) coated in milk chocolate" and she was like "yes."

Mate, this is not an everyday experience. Say wow.

big fun studying

12:08am JST Monday 6 December 2004

Awesome. Just spent nearly three hours studying Japanese. I think that is the longest I have concentrated on Japanese for nearly a single span. Spent the huge bulk of the time writing in Japanese the same story I had written in English about running.

At some points, we were both in tears of laughter due to the story and my poor Japanese writing skills and the funniness of the moments.

I'm tired now or I would make *this* funnier.

We rode Mimibike home, me peddling and straddling Hitomi's lap.