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Dream

12:08pm JST Wednesday 16 March 2005

Flying a hot air balloon was the plan. But first we had to find an appropriate place from which to launch. For some reason, no one had done this before, so we weren't sure what to expect.

There was some theft or vandalism nearby, and I had to crawl through the kitchen window to get into the house before going out the front door to the other side, but janette helped me so that was no problem.

Gateway data

12:03pm JST Wednesday 16 March 2005

CD/track             Wave I / Discovery 2: Introduction to Focus 10
body position        flat on back with legs bent
CD player            Panasonic SL-CT510
headphones           Audio-Technica ATH-T3
ambient temperature  ~12 C
clothing             red flannel pants, white T-shirt, red flannel shirt, Hitomi-knit cap
working nostril(s)   right
emotional state      calm, wide awake
physical             fine
head                 thinking about Perfect Numbers
stomach              empty and fine
bladder              empty
pain/soreness        right knee a bit sore
phone/door	     off/locked
time allowed	     30 minutes
ambient light	     daylight through curtains
ambient noise	     far away city noise (my window is open)
date/time            12:10pm JST Wednesday 16 March 2005
location	     Millenium House, room 20

12:48pm

I closed the window near the beginning; people were too noisy. I fell asleep before he said we were at Focus 10, but then came back to Focus 10 at that time. However, I didn't maintain that for long and was asleep as he was describing ways to recall events and stuff. I wasn't sure if he said front or back, but I dreamt that I tried to do what he said, "place your fingers lightly on the front/back of your head and you will be able to recall anything you have ever experienced." I think he says two things; one for the front, and one for the back.

TJ Bike

2:08pm JST Wednesday 16 March 2005

Okay; today I'm going to ride TJ Bike to a station name I can't pronounce, but I know where it is on my map. But it's my big wall map of Tokyo; I'll need to bring it with me or photocopy it; my Mapple map is just not detailed enough to rock around Tokyo's tangle of streets.

1:20am JST Thursday 17 March 2005

I'm back. Just got back.

Biking-wise, I rode TJ Bike from Motosumiyoshi, around the Emporer's island, over to Shinjuku, down past NHK to Shibuya and back home.

I didn't get lost all the way past Gotanda, but consulted my map a few times (I brought the wall map) to get to where Highway 1 turns left when it encounters the Emporer's island. Was nearly able to get to Jimbocho station, but then realized I was really close to Korakuen!! Got well-lost on the way over there, but was really close when I asked a guy where it was. Rocked over there and got this picture of TJ Bike near Thunder Dolphin, hopefully the first of a long series of TJ Bike pictures.

On the way back, I saw the same guy and his friend; he offered to take a picture of me, which I gladly accepted. One really cool thing is he read 全然大変じゃない on the side of TJ Bike. Whooo!

Got lost-ish on the way back to Jimbocho, which surprised me; I must have missed a turn or something. Got there at 5:45 and texted Hitomi, who arrived at 6:10.

She escorted me to ICI where I bought a tent (40,000 yen) and a sleeping bag (15,000 yen) after testing both of them out in the store. The tent was more than I expected, but it's -*|Gortex|*- whatever the hell that is, three layers, and supposedly waterproof. The sleeping bag was less than I expected.

I was able to set up and collapse the tent and sleeping bag by myself. I checked all the seams in the tent and sleeping bag and tried flipping and flopping around in them to see if I'd be able to sleep with no worries.

Everything seemed cool, and I was excited to have them, so *bang* I bought them both.

Was happy to find they both fit in one of TJ Bike's bags. Awesome.

Hitomi joked that it would be her room in my room.

Nearly said bye, but zipped over to Denny's and chowed; I went for super high calories and told Hitomi how Wende used to not eat all her ice cream and give the rest to me after I had finished mine, which became a joke after a while cause she always got flavors I didn't like and since I had finished mine, I was stuck with her ice cream aftertaste instead of my own.

Dropped her off at Jimbocho station and then rode to Shinjuku pretty directly; had to ask for directions only once. However, I arrived at the back side of Shinjuku, so I didn't really know how to get to the main street that I know between Shinjuku and Shibuya. Got pretty much lost going to Shibuya, but finally got there (also via the back (NHK building) side) and rolled slowly through all the crowds with yamamba radar on, but saw none.

Once I reached Shibuya, I perfectly knew the way home, so I was surprised when I *didn't* perfectly remember. After the Suzuki shop I didn't effortlessly remember where to turn left. With a bit of time I found myself choosing one direction which turned out to be right.

Got home, rested in the entry for a bit before pushing TJ Bike up the stairs. He was heavy.