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AM Meditation

9:38am JST Thursday 24 May 2007 (day 13574)

9:57am JST Thursday 24 May 2007 (day 13574)

Meditated for 17+ minutes. This time seemed not so much like it was unbearable, but that I needed to stop because I have a lot to do this morning. I dunno if that's the same thing in my brain masquerading as a different reason.

Day's plans

9:37am JST Thursday 24 May 2007 (day 13574)

1. * meditate

2. * shower / clean bathroom

3. * cook lunch

4. * bring book for Ami

5. * paint

6. * meet Ami for lunch

7. * go to work

8. * go to Cyril with Yurika

Fred plans

11:43am JST Thursday 24 May 2007 (day 13574)

Operation Fred is well under way. I've made contact with Suzanne, and sent her my flight deets, and a tentative plan for meeting people on the first couple of days.

airport
dad's house
Suzanne's house
sleep

work
Maggie's house
Suzanne's house
sleep

drive to Austin
shock Fred
etc

I'm getting pretty excited, though there are still a couple months to go.

Genki jyanai

12:23pm JST Thursday 24 May 2007 (day 13574)

I genkily called back and she was like, "why are you so genki?"

Oh shit.

I won't take any more time off for pleasure. Work work work work work work.

Basically I think the actual problem is that the school is poorly managed. There are no substituted teachers to substitute for others. I was working under the two rules as I understand:

1. give three weeks' notice for days off.

2. outside of class, do what you like.

I gave three+ week's notice.

Perhaps if the rules are applied in the opposite order, then I wouldn't take time off to do what I like. Too late now, though.

I'm going to give notice and quit.

Lunch with Ami

1:18pm JST Thursday 24 May 2007 (day 13574)

Went to a park near Hiro- for lunch with Ami. I was a bit distracted with the phone call I had just received, but Ami was understanding.

Vegetarian Roboyaki featuring garlic, spinach, carrots and cheese turned out pretty yummy and filling.

Gave Ami the Earth and space science book that I had bought with Hitomi some years ago. Don't necessarily expect to get it back, but either way is okay.

Wondering about appropriate actions. For now, just living in the moment as best I can.

Work

5:19pm JST Thursday 24 May 2007 (day 13574)

Work wasn't uncomfortable today. That's a nice blessing. Got some parts put on Marble Track 2. Met Yumiko, a tour guide who will be practicing giving a tour of Meiji Jingu in a couple weeks. I'm going to attend. I've been there many times but have never had a tour, esp not in English!

cyril with Yurika

10:19pm JST Thursday 24 May 2007 (day 13574)

Cyril's magic show ruled. He did a coin through table top trick 3 times: once from his hand to his other hand below the table, the next time he removed the top cloth so the table was glass, and the next time the coin went through the glass into the hand of a woman from the audience (through the glass). Totally wild.

Then he magically put the coin into a full can of beverage. There were six beverage cans lined up; she rolled a die to choose a can; he gave the remaining 5 cans to audience members; he shook the can gently to let us hear the (liquid only) sound amplified through his mic; he dramatically jammed the coin into the can; the woman tilted it and we heard a resounding clunk of coin inside; poured it out and the coin remained trapped inside. Cut the can to remove the coin.

He hung up a sealed bag with a new wine bottle in it; he had a girl choose and sign a card, which she placed back into the deck; she shuffled the deck; he "grabbed" the card from the deck and it disappeared. Looked through the deck to find no card; her card was inside the sealed bag, inside the sealed bottle.

During intermission, some guys hung a yellow box from the ceiling. Cyril told a kid from the audience he could have the present; kid came up on stage and Cyril put the kid's shoe into a box labeled "shoe cleaner"; the shoe cleaner malfunctioned and caught the shoe on fire; Cyril sent the kid away; "oh wait, one more thing: your present" and got the box out, got a bag out of the box, a box out of the bag, took the wrapping paper off the box, took the kid's shoe out of the box.

*That* trick, I must say, is my favorite magic trick. I've seen it performed live three (3) times (twice as above, once up close and personal with Austin's watch and me and Mr The Bibbster closely guarding the bag in which it appeared (in a baggy, in a box, in a box, wrapped with rubber band)), and would love to see it again and again.

He had a dancing flying handkerchief of mischief, which looked a lot like it was on a string, except we certainly couldn't see a string, and it went into and out of a bottle. Pretty crazy.