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Dream

10:50am JST Monday 12 December 2005

Riding bicycles with Jesse and someone else, going camping down by a river next to a small crowded town. I was driving Mr Van for some reason and had to find a place to park him before I could continue. I turned right into a little alley but found no parking spots, and had to back out. Looking back as I drove, I couldn't see much through the back windows looking over three rows of bench seats, but there were people doing random small town things like walking with strollers, selling from vending carts, riding bicycles, so I was a bit nervous about squishing someone, but everything ended up okay, and I drove into a hotel parking lot and asked if I could park Mr Van there. The guy was like, "yeah; over by the pool" and I was quite surprised, but happy to accept the offer. Drove through a set of doors they opened and into a wide tree-covered outdoor area, with a rock-lined pool in two portions connected by a small canal type thing. I parked Mr Van backwards in an area that was next to the pool but out of the way near a tree and when the manager came to check he was like, "I should have specified not *in* the pool" and I looked and to my surprise, I had driven one wheel out onto the pool, right along a wall that jutted out into the pool. Woah!

I explained to him where I had tried to park, and got back into Mr Van, which was now turned around facing the pool and there was a vehicle apparently in the pool facing Mr Van being driven by Dan Akroyd (*) who was waiting basically patiently for me to move. I backed up, and the manager suggested I just pull forward "over there," which I did and then got TJ Bike out of the back of Mr Van. I got all my bags and stuff together, and even had the new light I bought recently and was ready to head out, but Jesse and the other guy had already gone. It was all good, though because I had the tent and camping gear.

Finished

4:42pm JST Monday 12 December 2005

Well, not necessarily *finished*, but I have finished the first draft of my Executive Summary of My Experience in The Occupied Territories of Palestine and sent it to Ben, Sarah and Jason for critique. I am really glad to have gotten to a milestone in this project.

Michael party

12:19am JST Tuesday 13 December 2005

I'm feeling a bit cramped for time. Tonight was Michael's (Jesse's friend from Gaba) birthday party; we met in Shibuya and 和恵 with the cute nose was there. She laughed at my Japanese (saying how cute it was), so the one time she didn't laugh, I was pretty happy.

Michael got a dessert and photograph taken with a big hat for his birthday; everyone seemed to have a lovely time.

do soon

12:23am JST Tuesday 13 December 2005

1. fix TJ Bike's flat back tire (!)

2. sort stuff between take on PB, give away, and leave at Kellie's.

3. get packed

4. meet Tomoko at Lion in Ginza

5. check my Japanese bank account balance

6. confirm that my Japanese bank card will work overseas

7. * confirm that my credit card will work overseas

8. * get a box for my suitcase

9. arrange to have bag delivered to ship

9:58am JST Tuesday 13 December 2005

Ack. I sure am not really motivated to do any of these things.