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750 am

7:43am JST Saturday 21 May 2005

This morning's meeting is at 7:50. Only Shawn and I are here, yet. Nothing to report today so far but many people are snotty-nosed due to the dry air (?) dust (?); my right nostril is fine, and left is basically completely blocked.

Away we have gone

1:45pm JST Saturday 21 May 2005

Masahiko And Away We Went! Right at noon. Like within a minute (and I set my watch to the atomic clocks online) we left. We had passed out cups with champagne after helping people carry on luggage after getting our own luggage onboard after having our meeting this morning.

While helping people with their luggage, we were all like, "good morning!" "good morning" in Japanese to everyone, and for a moment, I recognized the value of Tatamae (the outward appearance): it feels good to see everyone genki, even if we're not 100% genki ourselves. So if we are all appearing genki, it helps other people feel genki. Hmmmm.

As we pulled away, I started to cry. I was surprised and haven't really pinned down reaons; happy to escape Japan; happy that I'm on PB; sad to leave Japan; scared about the future? Mostly the first two I think.

Hitomi said HI to me a couple times and I haven't been seeking her out, but I have introduced her when she's come up to me.

Had a lovely basic lunch (curry rice and shredded lettuce and tomato slice salad) on the back deck. Nice.

About to go to Broadway for our 2pm meeting.

Still have not sorted out my stuff in my room.

Today transcribed from tape

9:52pm JST Saturday 21 May 2005

(transcribed 1:41pm JST Sunday 22 May 2005)

Shawn says HI.

Somehow I lost my clear and green folders with paper in them. Been looking for them for a few hours. Just had a boring meeting where we were introduced to the passengers. Going to have a costume party.

10:01pm

I just shaved my head and beard with Dan's green shaver, but I have two uneven streaks of hair on either side of my head cause I had my glasses on when I shaved and a couple of missed spots for overall effect, but we're going to a costume party so I'm just going to put my hat on and then be all "Woah!! Nice Wig!" when I take it off.

10:20pm

Took a shower; I found the folders, I had tucked them into a manilla folder, so I was looking for the wrong color; they were on the chest of drawers in my room.

12:01am Sunday 22 May 2005

Just walked out of the party; met a dude named Kumau, who is playing a reggae mix, but I jetted out of the party. My ears are still ringing. Loud music and good beats. We had wigs and crazy stuff. I wore my hat and then switched to yellow wig and then gave it to someone, revealing my hair with crazed sideburns. Katt got pics of each side with me and Audrey.

I'm about to go up to the 8th deck, which is where we can walk outside; I'm at the door now and I was going to let you listen to the wind, but this is transcribed.

12:05am

According to my GPS, we are 310 km from Kobe and now traveling 31.4km/hour. We seem to be going well past Kobe, like 90 degrees tangential to where Kobe is. (later Pat pointed out that Japan is shaped more like an L than a straight line; we have to loop around the L and up north to get into Kobe.)

zzz Kanae

1:36am JST Sunday 22 May 2005

Just met / hung out with Kanae in the hall by my room. I had brought

1. my computer
2. its power supply
3. peanut/chocolate candy
4. my camelback
5. my tape player
6. my headphones

out into the hallway with the plan of eating the cocolate, listening to the cassette tape that I've been recording on this evening and transcribing it.

Kanae was wandering about in the hall and she said HI. Her English is really good; she's a CC (CC in our world means Communication Coordinator, and in the rest of the world would be called Interpreter or Translator) from Chiba, though she's originally from Okinama.

1:50am

man I'm realllly tired; falling alseep during this entry.

We talked about politics some after one of us mentioned the status of US politics.

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didn't get any audio transcption done, but.

I am so tired.

(transcribed the next day:)

The big door by my room is locked, and I tried opening it with the handle/switch thing to open the door and it was like "WAAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!" Plus a Bell like "RIRIRRIRIRRIRIRIRIRIIRRIRIRIRI" and I was like, shit! and turned it off really quickly; I had hoped it would be like "vvvvvvvvvvvv" and be all quiet.

After that is when I talked to Kanae and never transcribed this. Well haven't yet. hadn't yet.

The thing I like best is watching the water get smushed out of the way by the front of the boat. It's awesome and makes a wave that crests like awesomely.

a furrow

Shawn says it's a furrow, and says he doesn't say that, but that's what it is.

2:40am

I am using janette's quilt tonight.

(recorded three times to make sure it got recorded)

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