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minecraft

17:37 Wednesday 17 January 2018 JST

時々ときどきマインクラフトと 言いうゲームで遊あそ んでます。なんでこのゲームが好す きなのかはゲームの中なか で子供こどもの時とき の夢ゆめを作 つくれるからです。木き の上うえに家 いえが欲ほしかった ら、どうず作つくって下く ださい。海うみの 下したにグラス屋根 やねの人参にんじんの 農場のうじょう？これも作 つくれます。山やま の間あいだにグラスの水 みずの滑すべり 台だいがいいな。大丈夫 だいじょうぶです。

Sometimes I play the game Minecraft. Why do I like this game? In the game, I can create my childhood dreams. Want a house in tree? Go ahead and make it! Want a glass roofed carrot farm in the bottom of the ocean? Go head; you can make it. A waterslide between the mountains would be nice.. No problem.

根気こんきがある人ひ とはもっと専門的せんもんてき な物ものも作 つくります。ある人ひと は時計とけいを作 つくった事ことがあ るし、びっくりですけど、電卓でんたくも 作つくれます。

People with patience can make technical things. Someone made a clock. It's surprising, but you can make a calculator.

作る事つくることもできるし、破壊 はかいする事ことも できる。ゾンビや魔女まじょ、 鬼おに、か他ほかの 動物どうぶつを殺ころ せる。マインクラフトは素晴すば らしいと思おもういます。

Things can be made; things can be destroyed. You can kill zombies, witches, demons and other animals. I think Minecraft is great.

more meetings

12:22 Wednesday 17 January 2018 JST

We had a great meeting last night with seven men in the circle.

This month has 5 Tuesdays, so normally we would skip the 5th Tuesday.

This month we will have a meeting on the 5th Tuesday.

Soon I imagine we will meet every Tuesday and have the co-gender group meet on a different day.

speaker bio draft

13:14 Wednesday 17 January 2018 JST

Often seen walking barefoot around Tokyo, Rob likes baring his soles as well as his soul. "The long term goal is to reduce the suicide rate in Tokyo" he says with a wistful gaze. "It just seems like such a waste of human potential for someone to kill themselves instead of talk about their problems."

To facilitate talking about problems, he leads peer counseling circles in Tokyo. One is just for men using protocols from The Mankind Project (mkp.org) The other is co-gender, because "as far as I know, nothing like this exists for women in Tokyo (and I can't join a women's circle)."

Speaking about the value of emotional literacy and how it can transform relationships of all varieties, Rob speaks from experience. "I met people from The Mankind Project in 1996. I was delighted to meet people who could be authentic and even vulnerable with one another. They seemed to relate to one another on a deeper level."

Attending the New Warrior Training Adventure in 1997 was "huge for me. It was the first time in my life I realized I was a man. I was 27 at the time."

work

18:34 Wednesday 17 January 2018 JST

First three classes were fine today, though I have been asked to blow through a book super fast to let one class catch up with another class. I don't think that's how it works.

In other news, JB has a new owner, who seems nice enough that I can keep working here. Really curious as to how much they paid!