Entries this day: Dream Imagekit The_Artist's_Way_season_III Yokohama_with_Lin

Dream

10:00am JST Wednesday 12 January 2011 (day 14903)

With Tammy and RC in Japan, we had a request from someone to make ginger ale from scratch, but it would require more time than was available before the restaurant closed so they told the guy to try again after the holidays. The basic issue was buying the syrup required a license because it was so much syrup.

Tammy and RC had to leave, so though I was barefoot and a bit worried about gashing my foot on the escalator, I took them up the escalator in a shopping mall to the shinkansen tracks, and the shinkansen was on display with its outer shell off so that people could see the curious seats inside. They were all plush with recliners and TVs like in a living room, and since Tammy had planned ahead, they were able to bring their inflatable tent which folded up into a nice mattress about a foot thick and they placed that on the ground of the train to sleep on the way back.

The train operator began to put the shell of the train back on, and I wanted to help, but I told them not to help because even I shouldn't help, but when the guy told me I shouldn't help, I gave him the finger snarkily and then went barefoot down the escalator to get Tammy and RC their present. I remembered the syrup wasn't available so that I couldn't get their present, but didn't get back up before I woke up.

Imagekit

4:47pm JST Wednesday 12 January 2011 (day 14903)

I am beginning to get my head around Django-Imagekit, which I intend to use for my images online. The next major step for me is to be able to upload images without using the admin interface; I need to be able to upload images per user, and I would like to be able to upload images like Dropmocks. Maybe I'll be able to unravel his code now that I've been goofing around with Django a bit. (jeez I hope it's written for Django.)

Hmm; it's not. Oh well; the code is easier for me to parse now anyway, so that's good.

The Artist's Way season III

12:43am JST Thursday 13 January 2011 (day 14904)

Soness has led The Artist's Way workshops at Ben's Cafe in Takadanobaba twice in the past year, and I didn't join because I had to work long hours. Now I'm not working long hours, so I joined this, the third "season" of The Artist's Way in Tokyo!

We had a good turnout of like 11 people, many of whom I know from The Pink Cow, or Ben's Cafe (Yoshiko, herself). There were maybe 5 people I didn't know previously.

Arwen was there, and I really hope she stays for the duration. She's a lovely person, and I'd like to get to know her better. Divy was there, and I am sure she'll stay for the duration. She's a lovely person, and I'm looking forward to getting to know her better! Same for the rest, but right now, those two stand out the most for me.

Yokohama with Lin

12:49am JST Thursday 13 January 2011 (day 14904)

Lin and I hung out in Yokohama after she drove us from Shibuya. 3 hours of hanging out with her past in a flash; I so enjoy her company and talking talking talking. I'm really quite confident in my plan to marry her once I get some financial footing sorted.

We talked about my basic plan of applying for 1 job / company / recruiter per weekday until I get an acceptable job, or until March 1st (and then we'll think about another strategy), while still living with Soness and helping with her new website, and building our internet based businesses.

Lin has been asking for a bit questions like, "are you sure you want to marry me?" and "since when did you decided?"

I told her the real shift happened when we were in a hotel before we really got together, and I, though horny, asked her to just let me wash her back in the shower. She said, "are you sure you're okay?" and I recognized I was sure, and said "yes."

She got into the shower with a towel wrapped around her derrier, and only showed me her back... and I suddenly remembered we have done this before. I'm talking past lives, and omg samurai Japan, or is it the Tom Cruise movie I remember, but it sure feels real, and I can nearly taste it. This connection runs deeply.

"So," I said tonight, "that you trusted me to not do anything, and that I remembered we had done this before.... That's when I started to be sure."