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Breaking news to Colleen

11:12am JST Saturday 9 February 2008 (day 13835)

HI Colleenie Beanie!!

I am just forwarding this to you with a little pre-script:

I seem to have lost Francois.

I remember the exact moment I last saw him, and I can't remember what
I did with him past that.  It's the most bizarrest thing.

I haven't given up all hope.  I will be looking again today.  (going
to police, etc (I'm not actually kidding about going to the police;
there is very little for them to do, so they mostly help people find
places and recover lost items))

BUT, for now, no Francois.

I am considering how to rectify things in the larger sense.  Mourning,
new animal, possible animal travel website, etc.

Love Love
 - Rob!!


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Google Calendar <calendar-notification@google.com>
Date: Feb 9, 2008 11:00 AM
Subject: [Reminder] send Francois to Colleen @ Sat Feb 9 12:00 - 13:00
(Rob's  main calendar)
To: Rob Nugen

Rob Nugen, this is a reminder for
send Francois to Colleen

Sat Feb 9 12:00 - 13:00
 (Tokyo)

 Calendar: Rob's main calendar

12:38am JST Sunday 10 February 2008 (day 13836)

Ami and I went to Shibuya today; we rewalked the path I had used that night; I looked along the inside of the tracks (though it's hard to see all the way under the platform; what if he fell down there and the wind from the train blew him underneath?

We went to the lost and found of the train line and they said they report all items to the police, and since I've filed a police report, if Francois shows up at the train line, I'll likely get him back.

But,

Ami translated the likelihood of recovery as "zero percent."

Hmmm.

Shibuya day

12:42am JST Sunday 10 February 2008 (day 13836)

After looking for Francois, we went shopping at ドンキー ("donkey"), which I believe is short for Don Quijote. It's basically a cramped Japanese Wal-Mart, selling tons of stuff cheap as chips. We bought two shirts for me, several pair of underwear (though some are too small; I might just get some pictures of me in them for fun), ice cream (only 88 yen though I always see it for 103 yen elsewhere), some 140 gram chocolate bars for 98 yen (I had thought 105 was a great price (I can get 90 grams of chocolate covered peanut clumps for 110 yen)), and perhaps Ami got something else, but I don't remember. We looked at some sexy one piece body stocking things, but she was like, "no way," when I ogled the package with her in mind.

Ate my ice cream as we walked to Tokyu Hands, which similarly sells tons of stuff, but definitely not cheap as chips. I hadn't finished my ice cream before we got to the store, so I was standing next to some hip hoppin' speakers to finish when a store employee was like, "c'mon down" as he went past me and down to flights of steps to the little shop of hoodies, jackets, jeans, plus some hats and shoes.

After turning down all the jackets (I wanted a zipperless hoodie), I ended up with a new gray hoodie with black sleeves and INDIGO THIRTY stylized logo on the front and back. 7000 yen; I woulda bargained harder, but I appreciate that the guys are embarking on their own business venture with a tiny little shop 2 floors below street level.

In Tokyu Hands, we got a frame for my laundry bag. I've been wanting one for a while; I'm hoping it will help keeping my room clean; strewn laundry is a big culprit. Good thing I got it; I can't blame things on Francois anymore.

Bought foodage at Freshness Burger and then went looking for a love hotel to celebrate our relationship via physical connection. Took a long time to find a place that would offer more than 3 hours during the day, (and inadvertantly stepped into a few places that were *not* for couples, but for either Daily Health or something else); we finally found a place that offered 5 hours, which is not all night like I had hoped, but would get us to basically midnight so we could go all night at the other locations.

But, after a shower+bath and three romps in 5 hours, I was happy to head home.

We walked outside and discovered strange weather: it was raining, but there was snow on the ground! I wonder what coulda caused it to warm up from 6pm - 11pm while snow was falling?

- - - -

We stopped by the conveni to get some foodage and I decided to get an ice cream. 88 yen. Hmmm; I guess the great price at ドンキー wasn't their normal price. I bought 4 cups.