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Today

8:36pm ART Wednesday 15 February 2006

Despite the "very clear" message from the Runes, I haven't gotten closure with anything before stepping into something(?) with 左貴, although I have been slowly backing away from interest in doing anything interesting with her.

I helped her with some English today, although it seems she is more interested in the idea of knowing English than actually studying. I totally understand that, and am maybe projecting my own feeling onto her.

Today classes were held again for the first time since Rio; Fighting Goats played the game they wrote last time and Fantastic Rabbits basically worked on Peach Boy, an adaptation of a play they want to do. It looks like they will be able to get something done, though I don't know how well it will turn out.

I wrote a bit in Japanese today and Hime checked it; Akane was supposed to but she felt sick about 30 minutes before our lesson and chose to go sleep.

Just after 2pm I went up to Yacht Club to study and I found Kiichi, my Staff GET student there. I had totally forgotten about our 2pm lesson, but just magically luckily got there close enough to the time to make it look like I had not forgotten, and not even late enough to make an issue of it. Woah. Thank you, angels.

I need to get cracking on my Palestine presentation.

Except that tonight is the night りえ gets to shave chests: mine, Carl's, and Phil's, I have told people I am done for the night. I want to take a nap now.

shaving fun

11:37pm ART Wednesday 15 February 2006

My chest is shaved. Carl's has some bald patches where they used wax to rip hair out. Phil has the kanji for love shaved into his hair.

12:50am ART Thursday 16 February 2006

At Phil's suggestion, I have shaved except for my moustache. I remind myself of some of my gay friends back in Houston.

At my own suggestion, I shaved my head (actually buzzed, not shaved). Thanks to Dan for cleaning up a couple of missed spots.

As Carl was lounged on his bed, rubbing aloe vera onto his chest, he said, "man Rob, you look so weird right now."

zzzz

4:47pm ART Thursday 16 February 2006

As I fell asleep last night, I cleared my brain save awareness of my breath. There were moments that I felt thoughts come up, and I seemed to actually feel a physiological difference, like a brain-muscle contraction when my brain began to think words. If this was in fact happening, then it should be possible to tell with some sort of brain monitor if someone is thinking or not.

But better than that, I believe I have the beginnings of a physiological technique to control my own mind.