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mayumi at Pink Cow

8:53am JST Wednesday 4 November 2009 (day 14469)

After work last night I met Mayumi at The Pink Cow at 8pm for what was hopefully going to be her introductory lesson, but the teachers I had invited to come were unable. The night was Games Night at The Pink Cow, where poker is played and other table games are welcome. I invited Mayumi to stay for a drink and hang out with peeps. She got a burrito as well and mostly hung out with me, which was fine; we talked about just how delicious the burrito was and a bit about programming; I think she said she's also a programmer.

I know she said she wanted me to teach her PHP, but I assured her I can't teach PHP in Japanese, so she said she would learn English and then I can teach her. Done deal. She asked how long I thought it would take to learn English which makes me imagine she believes there's some magic pill or Matrix download that will do it. Those technologies don't yet exist as far as I know so I guess she's left with studying and practice. I suggested she move out of Japan to immerse herself in English. When she discounted that possibility, I suggested she watch her favorite English movie ten thousand times until she can quote the whole thing.

Busy night so the burrito was a bit slow coming out, and busy talking so a bit slow going down, but I saw her to the door just after 10pm.

Before meeting Mayumi, I was talkin' to David, Dorothy, and Lauren (sp), all of whom played poker while I was chatting with Mayumi. Their numbers grew through the evening as a guy named Karl joined, and Craig, but otherwise I lost track. I disabled David for a little bit with a bit of a back massage; he was like, "thank you; ... you're covering ... up ... my thing." and Lauren was like, "whaaaa?" and I was like, "I'm standing way over here; I don't know what thing you're talking about," carelessly leaving the preposition at the end of my thing, and he goes, "my tell," as in the poker term, meaning no one can tell what he's thinking cause he can't even think with all the massage action on his shoulders.

super Anna garden girl

9:40am JST Wednesday 4 November 2009 (day 14469)

Got home to find Anna bundled up for warmth as she surfed for gardening tips. In the kitchen were a pair of dirt holders, each with about 50 little cups filled with dirt, ready for seeds. Wow! She said she'll work on them tomorrow and needs a warm place for them to sprout. Hmmmm. Warm. Hmmmm.

I showered then started falling asleep while looking at source code from work so she headed upstairs and I konked out downstairs.