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Bank configuration

1:47pm CDT Monday 30 July 2007 (day 13642)

I went to a new WaMu branch, and was a bit surprised to find little islands for each teller instead of a big counter behind which they all stood. Quickly enough I figured out where to go, so I figured I was all good, but just to make sure I was like, "I've been in Japan for four years; I have a check I'd like to deposit, but I don't really remember how."

She filled out the deets for me on the deposit slip, told me where to sign and stuff, and then asked in what denominations I wanted the withdrawl. I didn't want a 100 dollar note, but I wanted to *see* a new 100 dollar note, so I told her that. She said it was no problem to break the 100 after I had seen it.

She put my check into an envelope, and tossed it through a brush-protected slot on her counter.

wha?? My surprise-face gave away my surprise; I had curiously poked my fingers through to see what it was like, I thought it was for trash!

"[I see you're surprised(, and I know what you're thinking);] did you put trash in there?" she asked me.

"Nope, but I did think it was for trash," I said, confirming her hunch.

"It's okay, as long as water doesn't get in there."

She explained how this system keeps their hands off the cash, saying there's a big safe down there.

How deep? How big? A safe for each island? "Wow."

And then, instead of giving me the cash, she gave me a recipt with a five digit number on the bottom

 Please proceed to cash dispenser to 
 obtain cash amount noted below.  
 Voucher and access number below
 expire in 1 hour or at branch 
 closing on the calendar day you 
 conduct this transaction, whichever 
 is earlier. (Above is the business 
 date of this transaction, which may 
 be different.) PROTECT VOUCHER AND 
 ACCESS NUMBER AS YOU WOULD CASH.  IF 
 YOU LOSE THEM YOU MAY NOT GET YOUR 
 CASH.  See the rules applicable to 
 account and services for details.

Amount to be dispensed:   $150.00

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Had she not explained wtf it was, I woulda been like, "WTF?"

But she saved me that bit of confusion and showed me the machine (which certainly did *not* look like a cash dispenser to me; I wish I had photographed it. It basically looked like a counter with a keypad on it and a slot through the counter, below which was a paper shredder.

Except this paper shredder is the coolest in the world: it gives out money!

I got the $100 and $50 bills, both of which were old, so I immediately went back to her island, though she had moved to the center of the room where she was taking a phone call in Spanish.

She finished, then asked if I was finished with the note.

"Yep; it's an old style hundred."

I handed it to her, and then showed her a 5000 and 1000 yen note. I shoulda showed her a 500 yen coin as well, but I didn't think of it.

She marveled at the Japanese notes a bit, and especially enjoyed the bufont hairdo of the man on the 1000 yen note.

We talked a bit more as she was inserting the 100 dollar bill into an envelope and depositing it into her counter slot. Another five digit piece of paper later, I was the proud owner of five random twenties.

[ closing punchline ]

Gateway data

2:20pm CDT Monday 30 July 2007 (day 13642)

Series               Going Home
CD/track             CD 5, track 2: Homecoming 
body position        on back with knees bent
CD player            Panasonic SL-CT510
headphones           Audio-Technica ATH-T3
ambient temperature  30 C
clothing             underwear, sleeping bag
working nostril(s)   left
emotional state      happy
physical             relaxed
head                 fine
stomach              happy
pain/soreness        none
phone/door	     off/closed
time allowed	     hours
ambient light	     daylight through slats
ambient noise	     air conditioner induced wind
date/time            2:22pm CDT Monday 30 July 2007 (day 13642)
location	     guest bedroom at Maggie's house
intention            support Chez

4:12pm CDT

I didn't fall 100% asleep, but I was asleep during each period of silence on the CD.

Journal

7:37pm CDT Monday 30 July 2007 (day 13642)

Super special thanks to Maggie for storing my journals for these 5 years.

Super d'oh! to me for one little situation: no Volume One.

At one point I had given it to Molly for transcription purposes, but I don't know where it is now. Molly looked on her shelves today and didn't find it.

Brandt, who I met on the 49th voyage of PB, has started strayform.com, a way for artists to connect closely with fans.

I'm thinking of doing an art project of photographing and hosting all the pages of my journals. I'd optimally like to get Volume One in on the action, but ¤·¤ç¤¬¤Ê¤¤¡¢¤Í¡£

d'oh zz

11:28pm CDT Monday 30 July 2007 (day 13642)

The internet connection here has been hella slow.

And the check I mailed to MKP this morning was left in the mailbox with a note: 41 cents, not 39 all highlighted and stuff.

Damn. And I had seen the mail carrier as she came through; I should have asked her if it was all okay.