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A Walk in the Woods across the Indian Ocean

11:44am JST Tuesday 8 January 2008 (day 13803)

Via bookcrossing.com I got a message from a woman(?) named Chandanie from Sri Lanka.

Hello thunderrabbit,

My name is Chandanie and I'm writing you from Sri Lanka to ask if you might, please, be willing to
send me your copy of this Bill Bryson book??

I love his books but they aren't available here so if you would send it to
me I would really, really  appreciate it.

If you are willing, please let me know and I'll send you my address.

Hope to hear from you soon. Have a nice day!

Cheers,
Chandanie

Cool; this will be a good way to reduce the number of books I have laying around my apartment.

Finished spellcheck on novel

3:21pm JST Tuesday 8 January 2008 (day 13803)

I just finished running spell check on all the chapters in my novel. I found a place I need to rewrite, but other than that, I only have to sort all the chapters and figure out everything and there are still miles to go.

GET!!

5:19pm JST Tuesday 8 January 2008 (day 13803)

Waaaaah!!!!!!

Hi everybody,

Hope you all had a great new year! Everything is starting to get back to normal around the office
and we are all busy with the 60th orientation.

Along with 60th voyage preparation we are currently preparing for the next term of Tokyo GET, which
includes post voyage classes for students wanting to continue their studies with GET after the
voyage, and also pre-voyage classes for those wanting to get ahead before the voyage.

We are in need of an English teacher for the next term of Tokyo GET and also are looking for
repeaters for the 62nd voyage. Thus, we are offering a position of around 6-7 months which will
include teaching one term of Tokyo GET plus a repeater teacher position on the 62nd voyage. The next
term of Tokyo GET will begin on the 29th of January and will end on the 18th of April. You will then
assist the coordinator with pre-voyage preparations until boarding the 62nd voyage from May 14th to
August 25th, 2008. You can check out the itinerary for the 62nd voyage at
http://www.peaceboat.org./english/voyg/62/itinerary.html.

If you are interested in this position, please email us asap, or by Friday the 11th of January, and
we will provide you with further information on how to apply. We are sorry for the short notice,
however this position has come up unexpectedly given the number of Tokyo GET students increasing.

If you are interested in only the Tokyo GET teaching position or only the 62nd repeater position,
please email me. We are however, particularly interested in applicants who are able to do the TOKYO
GET term.

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon,

Warm regards,

Nat
 
Natalie Ferris
GET Program Coordinator
PEACE BOAT
GET Universal
http://www.peaceboat.org

I called her back and was like "ack!!!!"

Then I got a really excellent idea! To quote Daniel: "I'm a fuckin' genius!"

Hey Natty Nat Nat!!  (and everyone else who comes across this message!  :-)

As I just mentioned, I'm in a contract here at work so I am unable to accept your lovely offer to
help get some GETs speaking English around the world!!

BUT, I was just thinking: my contract ends in August, and the 62 Voyage sets sail in August, SO the
person who fills the position NOW will be leaving the office THEN.

I would like to apply for the 7 month teaching adventure that starts August 2008.  Woohoo!

By that time, i will have finished my contract here, and if all goes as planned, have gotten a
"degree" in Reiki healing.  So I can help people's 気 on the boat.  :-)

   Love Love
   - Rob!

I just noticed the lowercase i in there. The san serif font doesn't show up well enough for me to notice in gmail.

PBF!!

10:30pm JST Tuesday 8 January 2008 (day 13803)

Oh man; some of these are terrible.

Terribly funny!!!

Work

10:32pm JST Tuesday 8 January 2008 (day 13803)

Despite all indications, I got a decent amount of work done today as well. Heading home now.

zzz conversation with Ami

12:01pm JST Wednesday 9 January 2008 (day 13804)

Last night up until 2am; way later than I wanted. Ami happened to be in Nakameguro when I finally headed home around 10.5pm, so I stopped by the bar (her friend Lupan's) where she was chillin'. Told her about the email from and to Nat and didn't quite get the response I had predicted.

Ami seemed to see it as the end of our relationship because I fall in love with girls all the time (and back out just as quickly). Basically Ami was like, "I'll be worried for the 3 months that you're gone."

I had (though couldn't necessarily explain) several responses:

1. don't worry; be happy

2. I don't even know if I'll be accepted

3. the voyage wouldn't be until a year from now

4. I can stay faithful to you for the 3.5 months.

5. I want you to want me to chase my dreams

6. all we have is *now*; so be happy now.

It took 2.5 hours to go through the process, most of which was done standing by her bicycle near Hirama station, after which my right knee was a bit stiff and felt swollen on the inside, but I couldn't feel anything weird on the outside.