Entries this day: Snow! change_of_plans_for_tomorrow gateway_data1 gateway_data2

Snow!

4:58pm JST Wednesday 29 December 2004

It snowed today in Tokyo! I flopped around in bed for a long time not wanting to get up cause it was so cold, but finally nature called me and was like, "hey man, get up," and I was like, "I wanna shave my head first," so I shaved my head over the sink and I kept seeing things falling outside, but I didn't have my glasses on so I didn't notice it was *snow*!

Shaved, peed, ran outside a bit, but not for long; the snow was cold!

Super big clumps of tiny flakes, but Jackie said they had been even bigger earlier in the day.

I took my three new shirts to the cleaners to get the creases out and have done a couple loads of laundry today, plus made and ate some Roboyaki.

Mostly just kickin' it inside due to the snow.

change of plans for tomorrow

5:53pm JST Wednesday 29 December 2004

Louise just called me and said she had to disallow me from bringing a friend to the party at Louise's house tomorrow. At first I was like, "grr" at Louise, but no matter; I understand the position she's in (it's not her party, per se, it's just at her house). I misunderstood the type of party it was when I got the invitation.

I told her that I therefore would not make it a priority to go to the party.

Anyway, I haven't heard from Satoko about whether she still wants to meet me (go to the party).. it would be ironic if she showed up tomorrow (she has directions) but had to be uninvited. Ah well.

- - - -

I talked to Satoko; we are going to meet at Kosugi and then rent a movie and watch it in my room. This is a big chance for me to just be friends friends friends.

gateway data1

7:26pm JST Wednesday 29 December 2004

CD/track             Wave I / Discovery 5: Exploration, Sleep
body position        flat on back with legs bent
CD player            Panasonic SL-CT510
headphones           Audio-Technica ATH-T3
ambient temperature  20 C
clothing             socks, blue slacks, black knit turtleneck, knit cap Hitomi made
working nostril(s)   right
emotional state      calm, tired, but I've slept a lot today
physical             tight back muscles
head                 fine
stomach              fine
pain/soreness        left middle finger
phone/door	     off/locked
time allowed	     all night
ambient light	     almost none
ambient noise	     almost none
date/time            7:32pm JST Wednesday 29 December 2004
location	     Millenium House, room 20

8:44pm

I stayed for both tracks on the CD. My heater turned off just as I was at the Focus 10 point on the first track. I could smell the gas fragrance that happens when it turns on or off. I am certain this was 'real' because the heater had been on for a while, I heard it beeping its warning that it would turn off soon, and it was off when I finished.

There were times during the first CD that I was feeling vibrationally, or slight downward motion. Most times I was just relaxed, or at most, lucid dreaming. At one point I was definitely like "woah this is it" (sans exclamation point), but even that was too excited and stopped the experience. Once I heard my nose snore which woke my mind up though my mind hadn't been too far gone at that moment.

A couple of times I was nearly in lucid dreams, but not of flying calibre. Just like I was seeing dream images but knowing I was dreaming.

During the second track, I mostly fell asleep completely

gateway data2

12:34am JST Thursday 30 December 2004

I'm going to jump to the next wave of CDs.

CD/track             Wave II / Threshold 1: Introduction to Focus 12
body position        flat on back with legs bent
CD player            Panasonic SL-CT510
headphones           Audio-Technica ATH-T3
ambient temperature  19 C
clothing             socks, undies, long sleeve turtleneck, Hitomi-made knit cap
working nostril(s)   right
emotional state      calm, a bit tired
physical             tight neck muscles
head                 tiny bit headachey
stomach              happy
pain/soreness        almost none
phone/door	     off/locked
time allowed	     all night
ambient light	     almost none
ambient noise	     gas heater fan
date/time            12:53am JST Thursday 30 December 2004
location	     Millenium House, room 20

1:35am

Well. Interesting. Given Monroe's speech and reading "don't have preconceived ideas about what this will be like," I think I noticed different things that I would possibly have ignored.

When we moved from Focus 10 to Focus 12, my brain felt like it was bending, like the left hemisphere was stretching out of my head. Also, my hands and forearms felt really lovely warm. These feelings did not completey go away as we went back to Focus 10. I fell alseep near the end of the track.