Entries this day: Megumi! Pink_Cow Soness

Megumi!

7:35pm JST Thursday 12 November 2009 (day 14477)

Headed up the street from Shibuya station toward the Pink Cow, I got pulled gently from my track back into unrushed reality by an unknown entity until I turned around to see Megumi! Wow! yay Megumi! I hadn't seen her in like a year it seems, at which point she was not sure how much longer she'd be working for United Nations doing videos on world issues (sustainability of life resources: water, food, land; sustainability of life: peace; etc) Awesome! She said she's still there and still not sure how much longer she'll be there. Gotta go to lunch with her sooooooon like in November cause she's going to head out of Japan for a month of chillin' and may not come back!

I asked if she'll be at Travis's なんとか party, but she hadn't gotten an invitation. I emailed him to see if I can bring her, but I didn't even remember the date of it so not clear if she can even come, but.

Told Megumi my life update: in Chigasaki living with Soness, not dating anyone, workin' hard at work on a project which should end sooooooon.

Yay! So great to see Megumi!

Pink Cow

10:35pm JST Thursday 12 November 2009 (day 14477)

Most interesting for me at The Pink Cow was a trick done by a guy named Frasier, a sleight of hand magician. He did the normal card-appears-on-top-of-the-deck, and had a vanishing (crushable plastic) beer bottle, and a new balloon doggie hidden between two nested bags... those trick I all figured out (not that I could do them; I just know the trick)

BUT he also did a trick that I love (though I probably know how it must be done). The show was finished, and he was walking by and Emi had put the tiny pink balloon dog inside her stocking cap. I saw Frasier walking by so was all, "yo Frasier! Emi has a trick for you!" and then noticed that she had taken the dog out of her hat so I go, "oh wait! Look over there for a minute!" while we stuffed the dog back into her hat and put it on her head.

"Okay check this out!" and he turned around and Emi set him up the same way he had set her up on stage, "what's your favorite animal?" and answered before he could answer, " a dog!?!" and then, "well wouldn't it be amazing if I had a dog inside my hat!" and pulled off her hat to reveal the dog! We all clapped and he acted surprised and Emi queried him a bit, "what would you have said if on stage I said my favorite animal was elephant?" He answered, "A dog!?!" and then did an awesome trick for us.

Basically, he took みつよ's ring, lost it, and then found it hanging on a link inside his zipped key wallet! I love that trick! I didn't see where the ring went during the period of loss, and I didn't notice him put it on the link inside the zipper before he showed us it was already there.

It reminds me of seeing Cyril on stage do that with a shoe, and of a trick I saw in Dallas with Mr The Bibbster and the magician working with Austin Roth's watch. Amazing! And I'm still talking about it.

Also got to talk to Moonie a bit before the bar got too smokey (which didn't take long after I got my drink), about how we almost met up last night but her possible student canceled so we didn't meet. "Let's meet up soon!" is an ongoing concept in Tokyo.

During my burrito chow, a woman named Sheena (sp) sang a few jazz songs. Her voice was great, but she seemed to be a bit unprepared in terms of sound check and experience. She seemed to downplay her singing and apologized for her dress (satin black, perfect for any exquisite evening), and was like, "sorry, the next one will be better," and "bear with me," while we were enthusiastically clapping each of her songs!

Mostly, I came tonight to see Emi and Keiko, who do live painting during some Pink Cow events. They painted during Sheena's set and V1 Rockets' set, during which I had to head out to catch the train Soness and I planned to get.

After last time I saw them, Emi had invited me to see their next show which turned out to be tonight, and tonight I showed them some of my paintings/drawings, and we agreed we should do a collaboration sometime soon.

I had to leave during David and V1 Rockets set. They sang a couple of originals including "Why" and then Radiohead's "Creep"

Soness

12:42am JST Friday 13 November 2009 (day 14478)

Soness was super genki tonight, on a sugar rush from drinkin a shirley temple and told me all about her evening which included briefly meeting an author she wanted to meet. Mostly show focused on not getting to talk to the author, but being stuck at the other end of the table after arriving late to the party ("who comes to a wine bar at 6pm??" "I don't know." "no one!") and having to not only talk to her friends who she can see every week, but a guy named Michael with whom she hadn't previously gotten along, but who has chilled out a lot since he had kids.

In Tamaya, we jokingly slow walked like the Hana Barbera(?) wolf that whistles dixie and says "man" after everything he says to the tune of the store-closing music. So funny!

At home, I sat with Soness for a bit, inviting reiki energy down for a calming effect for her and a back-fixing effect for me.