Entries this day: great-day-today state-of-my-life-address

great day today

Today I woke up late, possibly because my covers were too warm.

I arrived late to SOGO, but apparently they started late so I only missed the beginning of the warmup.

During the core workout, I met Ting, from China, who helped me remember how to count in Mandarin.

During the pair workout, Valeriya taught me the first five numbers in Russian (here is what I remember)

• ar

*

• triter
• proky
• ted

hmm that's pretty bad. Internet says:

• a'deen
• dva
• tri
• chetyre
• pyat'

source https://waytorussia.net/WhatIsRussia/Russian/Part1a.html

Anyway, good workout and good lunch at the Mexican place with Dominique and everyone. I sat next to Dmitri; we mostly talked to the peeps across from us, one of whom grew up in California after her Japanese family lived there during WWII. She is in the process of getting a long term stay visa, by virtue of her heritage.

Got home then took TJ Bike to the shop; his back tire was completely flat this morning! The guy at the shop gave me a new tube because I had just bought a new tube and tire from him a couple weeks ago.

Then I updated two of the pages for my recent art:

• [Happy Worms](https://art.robnugen.com/hw19)
• [Magnetic Highway](https://art.robnugen.com/mh19)
• [Silo](https://art.robnugen.com/a)
• [Debugging Notes](https://art.robnugen.com/DN)

state of my life address

1. I am very close to finishing the goals I set in August for this

year: 1 website, 4 workshops, 4 sessions, better relationship with Lin.

1. Lin and my relationship is definitely getting better, mostly because

I have chilled out a lot about things that annoy me. Except for one: today I explained very clearly that her asking me to clean my room is ineffective. I am not going to clean it. the end. I did not add that I will clean it at my pace, but I do keep it clean at my own pace.

1. Yesterday the eye gazing workshop was cancelled, but Lughn attended

anyway. We sat together for some sessions, 3, 5, 8, and 8 minutes, respectively. She said it was great and many other superlatives. So happy to hear it! We will do at least one workshop at her place.

1. Today I told peeps from SOGO that I try to attend SOGO at least

twice a month.

1. As of November, I have started doing online sessions twice a month

with one of the men from my online men's circle.

1. As of 2 December 2019, I have gotten approval to work on AB again,

and just given the last of my souvenirs from the US to my friends, finishing with Ami, as we sat in Jonathan's near 目黒 station.

1. Lin, Jennie, and I are all doing fine. Lin's mom is fine, and set

to retire in the middle of this month.

1. Ma is coming to Tokyo with Madeleine at the end of December.

Looking forward to the trip and wondering how it will be paid!

1. I recently started drawing art again, with my latest two pieces

being Magnetic Highway and Happy Worms.

1. Marble Track 3 construction is still going strong. The total

video is ruffly 15 minutes long at this point.

2. Tonight Lin will be home late; I am writing this from the

Jonathan's where Ami and I met.

3. I worked for 4 hours tonight at Jonathan's a got a good bit done.
4. I had a banging headache on Tuesday after using my computer for 4

hours at the restaurant on Monday.

5. Just today (Wednesday 4 Dec 2019) I realized I can use Blender to

model MT3 pieces in 3D.  I have been wondering what software I can
use for that.  Now I wonder how plausible it will be for me to do
it.

6. Rin invited me to an event she is having in a couple of days. How

does her event look so good to me while my (barefoot) event looks
so unpopular?

7. Tomorrow will be the first day I work at BP on Thursdays. 3 month

contract to start.  Today Eriko took me to breakfast to talk about
plans for the lessons.

8. Today at JB, Hide and I talked about possible subscription

services.  I wonder about selling my art online.  I need to scan
my recent pieces and put them on Zazzle or something.  Or Zazzle,
because that is what I have set up so far.

9. Today I stayed at On The Marks hotel so I could have a private

room for my convo with my client in the US.  Having the room was
okay, but probably overkill.  I will just use a cafe next time.

10. I walked barefoot outside today when it was 2 degrees C (according

to my phone).  It was survivable because it was not raining.

11. I have paused playing with Urbit, and did not finish the 2nd week

assignment of Hoon 101.  It's just too low priority for me, with
too little upside.

12. I have been using sigils about once a week after having created

several some weeks ago.  I have not lit any candles recently.
Curious how my desire ebbs and flows.

13. I have attended 4 weeks of Japanese lessons at the ward office. I

just ignored an email I got from a Japanese language school (after
I signed up for a free level check) because they have a 10,000
registration fee. I ain't ready to invest that kinda money in
Japanese, sadly enough.

14. I am still using my 2013 MacBook Pro, and still thinking about

getting a new computer, and still thinking about not getting a Mac
anything.

15. Considerations for new computer: must be able to run DragonFrame,

Godot, hugo, VirtualBox, and connect to my wifi router + printer.
If those work, anything else I care about should work fine.

16. I have been getting myself off my computer by 10pm each night more

often than not in the past week or so.  Before that I more often
was computering past 11pm.

17. I am on my way to SCC (for private lessons with Azusa and Yasu)

and then BP (for the renewal lesson with 12 students over 12
weeks).  I think I have all the right things with me.

18. Finally, for the record, I told Eriko this time is the last time I

am willing to take lessons for 5000 yen per hour.

19. Update; She agreed to 10,000 yen per hour! Yay!