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Ami is okay

7:16am JST Friday 25 April 2008 (day 13911)

Ami called; she is okay. I told her I was feeling anger after she told me one thing then did another, esp. without letting me know the change, not answering my calls, and esp. since it's when she was drunk.

I'm recalling the difficulty in controlling my own brain with I'm drunk with the desire for sex, so I can sorta understand her situation, but not completely.

Cash not yet

10:19am JST Friday 25 April 2008 (day 13911)

No cash in my bank account yet. I'd like to know when it arrives so I can not stand in line to find out it's not there yet.

Day so far

1:28pm JST Friday 25 April 2008 (day 13911)

So far at work I finished that which I had hoped to do today before 3pm. (got CSV files output to show survey data). So now I'm going to go to lunch, which in this case (especially since I've already eaten), means I'm going to go see if I have cash yet in the bank.

Got paid cash

5:28pm JST Friday 25 April 2008 (day 13911)

Not the whole amount, but the amount I requested.

亜美ち

中谷さんから１６万円もらたんのでHISにはらたんので大丈夫になった。夜、Jasonの１２万円PCを買います。多分帰るは２３時ぐらい。ごめんね！

ちゅちゅ
路武

oops:

え、と

小窪駅に２１時４５分に会って、食べて帰るは２３時からので多分家に到着は００時あと。大ごめんね！

路武

Hung out with Ami

9:30pm Friday 25 April 2008 (day 13911)

Fun times hanging out with Ami in Mark City in the *other* half of Afternoon Tea cafe. This is the night she told me her dad was like, "if you're going to spend so much time at Rob's why don't you move out??" when Ami thinks what he really wants is her to stay home more. I don't want to move and my crib ain't big enough to hold all her stuff (still her same room from childhood, so she still hasn't done a move-out-purge). I suggested that Ami stay a bit longer (so she can keep her expenses down), and then move out in about 1.5 years.

- - - -

Hahahaha this is the night that Ami put her nose on my finger. Three times. I love Ami.

Rob Update

Hey everybody!

I'm just writing to say hi, and to give updates on the latest haps for me here in
Tokyo.

HI!

My latest greatest idea developed after I lost Francois back in February.

(for the short version, skip down to "AND SO")

After losing him, I thought how smart it would have been had I written my contact
information on Francois somehow.  I imagined that my domain name is least likely to
change, so I should use that.

It would be even cooler if Francois had had his *own* domain name; that would be
guaranteed not to change for the life of Francois.

I pondered this over some days and basically discarded the idea of getting a unique
domain name just for Francois, or in the present case, Jacques Rabbit (my planned
leporid replacement for Francois). Because then if I got even *another* animal, I'd
have to get another domain name, etc...  I don't want my stuffed animals to get
jealous of each other!

Then I wondered what I would actually put on the domain besides just my address.  

       "This animal belongs to Rob Nugen (robnugen.com)"

What a silly waste of a website that would be!

Then I realized was simply hoarding my future stuffed animals.  If they actually
have their own website, they should be their own owners!

Wait!  That's it!

I can get a travel website for stuffed animals!  I'll call it fuzzytravel!

Oops.  That domain is taken.  Okay, how about isfuzzywilltravel.com so I could make
domains like jacquesrabbit.isfuzzywilltravel.com and put a wiki on that website so
if anyone finds Jacques Rabbit, they can find his wiki and write about his
adventures!

The only detail: Jacques Rabbit hasn't yet been purchased: I asked my friend Kris
if she'd do the
honor, but rumor has it there are no perfect Rabbits in Canada, but she has her eye
on a giraffe!

I realized I could start any number of new animals myself, so I went to the local
Donki (the full name of the shop is donkihote, which certainly came from Don
Quixote, but the abbreviation is Donki), a crazy cramped chaotic capitalism center
where I bought a plush cow that looks like a headrest.  (Good thing I didn't buy
one of the neighboring giraffes!)

The cow is shaped like a U, so I call him U Cow, but his real name is Uncle Cow.

http://uncle.cow.isfuzzywilltravel.com/ will lead you now quickly to U Cow's new
wiki.

I also created http://u.cow.fly2.nu/ which is way easier to type.

AND SO

I'm inviting people to find a stuffed animal that would like to travel with its own
wiki!

Some people on this list (HI Mom!) have never actually editted a wiki, so here's a
great reason to learn how easy it is!  Wikis are cool in that they basically let
anyone with internet access make changes to the site!

Visit http://fly2.nu/ to read more, and email me back if you'd like to join the
fun!

Each wiki takes me a bit less than an hour to set up, so I've decided to set up
wikis for the first several (25?) animals free of charge, and then ask for a
donation, so hurry hurry! click right up!

- - - -

In other news, I've been attuned to reiki level 2, and doing the associated
energy-meditations each morning.  I'm enjoying using this with massage!  I plan to
be reiki 3 attuned next month, and hopefully level 4 past that, but it's up to my
reiki master.

- - - -

Interesting dynamics regarding cashflow these days: I'm officially out of debt with
credit cards and from my shoulder surgery, so to celebrate, I plan to buy a new
computer today!  It's actually a well-kept used computer from a local friend of
mine.

And Ami and I plan to visit Hong Kong this June (and need to pay deposit today).

BUT my company has asked if they can pay us all on the 30th instead of the 25th!

I believe everything will work out soon, but it's interestingly annoying.

- - - -

Back to fun topics, I'm getting more involved with PB again; I'll be
volunteering at the Global Article Nine Conference To Abolish War
(http://whynot9.jp/index_en.html), and I'm considering teaching for PB
again (on land), so I can be teacher coordinator on the ship!

Ami and I are considering actually doing a PB voyage as passengers; that
would be quite a trip!


I hope you're happy and filled with love!

    Blessings
     - Rob!

Vegetarian with Jason

11:49pm JST Friday 25 April 2008 (day 13911)

I've not played with it a lot, but I briefly scoped my new machine at Jason's house before he took me to an Indian restaurant nearer Shinjuku station than his crib. It was a nice restaurant; Jason sad it won an award like best in Tokyo or some such.

Mostly I talked, telling him about PB (whether he wanted to hear or not (but he did have good questions)) an finished with my shoulder break to end at the beginning of my story which talked about money as related to my shoulder break putting me in temporary debt.

Jason got some extra work for the next day (proofreading), so he had to roll out early; I enjoyed the rest of my meal (and the rest of his) in meditative silence. Actually, not so meditative, but mostly silent. Thinking about where I was, enjoying the food, listening to the Pakistani guy in white robe and red-n-white hat-thing speaking Japanese quickly.

The machine is basically in perfect condition considering its age. Two batteries, original box, original styrofoam blocks, including unopened dongles, thin styrofoam sleeve, untouched screen. Quite beautiful. I wonder how long it will last in my chaotic room.

Watching construction

2:04am JST Saturday 26 April 2008 (day 13912)

I got a late train home, and then stood watching some workers pour asphalt semi-near Kosugi station. I was there for nearly an hour watching them.

Zzzzz

2:06am JST Saturday 26 April 2008 (day 13912)

Now I'm home and have been making some cash of FFS. Haven't even opened the new computer. I don't really have anywhere to put it. First I'll need to confirm how to transfer my userspace to the new machine. Gotta decide if I wanna carry the new one around.. If so, might get a new case for it.

Might get a new wireless keyboard as well.