Entries this day: Plant_planting Rock_hopping ikea_shopping

Plant planting

8:20am JST Monday 15 March 2010 (day 14600)

Went rock hopping yesterday after waking up nice and late. ((Hey! I'm 14600 days old today! Only 400 days to go on my non-kissing program. Wooohoo!)) um, so anyway, on my way to the beach, I carried the plant that had lost all its long stemmed leaves during winter while living in the shower room of Chez Soness. Soness is actively appling feng shui techniques to the house, and "dead" plants don't fit the bill. I planted the plant in a wooded area near the beach and took careful note of its location so I can check its progress during the summer. Yay for growth!

Rock hopping

8:27am JST Monday 15 March 2010 (day 14600)

The entry called Plant Planting was originally called Rock Hopping. After planting the plant, I went rock hopping on the T of rocks. Basically hopped to the top of the T, hopped to the right, and then across to the left, and then just on the way back mis-hopped a bit and clipped the front of my left big toe. Didn't stop hopping until I got all the way over to the right again. Hmm blood, so I changed my "no blood; no problem" rule to "not much blood; no problem." Maybe "no meat; no problem" would flow more easily. Pressed the skin flap down onto the toe and slapped the blood onto my white T-shirt to 'clean' my hand and display my trophy a bit more prominently, and then got back to rock hopping. Actually rock walking at that point cause I was a bit puffed and the NIN shuffle in my headphones had turned to "A Warm Place," which flows gently into the ears.

Got my breath back before the music got bumpin' again so I click fast forward a couple times until getting to a live version of "All the pigs are all lined up" which features both fast and slow parts. Back and forth along the top of the T, occassionally seeing little blood spots from my previous passes until I got even tireder and sat down for a while in meditation, enjoying the sun and warmer air, plus far less wind than the previous day.

Stood up after about 10 minutes, and saw the foot shaped blood design on the rock. wow! and then went gently walking to the base of the T while I got back into the rhythm, and then realized I should go back and take a picture of the blood splotch, just for the memories and stories online. Sat down to get the photo that includes my shadow, and then got up to get the photo that is fully lit, then rock hopped alternately fast and slow up and down the length of the T, which is much smoother than the rocks making up its upper arms.

Tired again, so headed off the T to explore a bit. Found myself near some steps and did a crazy step aerobics dance thing, up-down-up-down plus spinning and spinning and down-up-up-down spinning the other way while upping and downing.. supa fun and relatively hard, I think! I likes it. :-) Train has arrived; bye!

ikea shopping

pm JST Sunday 14 March 2010 (day 14599)

(written 8:42am JST Tuesday 16 March 2010 (day 14601))

Soness and I went to Ikea to look for a desk and yellow curtain; she's ready to release her old desk, get a more feng shui happy desk, and put a curtain in the middle of the living room to give me a bit of privacy at night. Wow!

In the 45 minutes we had remaining after dinner of swedish meatballs and something else, we didn't find the optimal desk nor curtain, but bought some pictures, candles, and ice cream, and met Ulli and Sara(h) at the bus stop. Chatty chattery between Soness and Ulli at the stop and on the bus, and then I chatted with Ulli a bit while walking from the bus to Shin Yokohama station. They seem pretty cool, and knowing Soness, we'll see them again, probably for the 5th annual Chigasaki BBQ, if not sooner.

Arrived home, pulled the TV and VCR/DVD player out of the closet where I've been using them as a table (TV is not connected, but Soness used the DVD player to watch movies), and will release them soon cause I set her DVD player on her computer to region free. Changes are happening!