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Finished classes

4:17pm ICT Friday 30 July 2010 (day 14737)

So, today was officially my last day of my last thai massage class during this adventure in Chiang Mai. It's been great, and I'd love for it to continue, but I told Soness I'd be back, I told Alfonzo I'd be back, and I told Yogasan I'd be back, plus Emiko, Yurika, Traci, etc.

Man; I've got less than a week remaining in my three month adventure!

The class, Advanced + Stretches, featuring Trayl as the instructor and Shawn and I as students, featured a lot of cool alternatives to a lot of the stuff we do in the beginner sequence. We won't use all of them, and may not even use most of them most of the time, but we have them available.

Market

6:24pm ICT Friday 30 July 2010 (day 14737)

Linh invited me to join her, Dot, Yannick, and two others from their class at Wararot (sp) Market, where Dot planned to show them some shtuffs. Linh noticed some red leopard print fabric and suggested it would make a great shirt for Johnny, so I bought 1/2 a meter (the shortest they'd allow) for 50 baht (150 yen ($1.30)). Not sure when there's time to make a shirt, but Linh seemed optimistic.

Party plans

6:28pm ICT Friday 30 July 2010 (day 14737)

Tonight is Japanese buffet party time for several students of Sunshine and associated friends. It was going to include a birthday cele for Elle, but she decided it would distract her from visiting with her mom and sister who are in town. I plan to meet her tomorrow for fabric purchases for janette. (Elle's mom can take them back to Austin, and deliver directly to janette!!)

State of My Life

6:30pm ICT Friday 30 July 2010 (day 14737)

State of My Life Address

1. I live between Big C and the train station in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in a big apartment for 3500 baht per month, featuring private bathroom, and a bottle opener the shape of an air conditioner right outside my window.

2. My finances have largely come to an end; I'm down to my last 4500 baht in my wallet (though I should get part of my deposit back from the apartment), so I probably won't be doing much this week, though Flight of the Gibbon (zip lines) might just be my last zinging fling.

3. Over the past year, and especially while I've been away, my I-group seems to be disbanding; we'll prolly have one last meeting in August or September, but

4. I don't know how much longer I'm going to stay in Tokyo. My work plans with Alfonzo might not be coming through, and work with Fred in Austin might.

5. I'm excited about the idea of going back to see my bro and mom, though nothing is set yet.

6. I've been working on Uncle Cow's and Johnny's websites, using Image-Dropbox on Github.

7. I've been riding Bouncy Black Bike around town, though he's a bit small for me. TJ Bike is hopefully waiting safely and patiently in Chigasaki bicycle parking. Not sure what I'll do with him if I head back to Texas; I still want to do a mega bicycle ride. I guess I can get funding or raise money for something by riding, similar to the funding model for MS 150.

8. My computer (white MacBook), features 問題児 sticker on the cover, a pink label written by Tik (which was used to label the extra key to the lock that she held for me in the ImmEco office), and a sticker featuring a yin/yang spiral thing with i-ching bars surrounding it covering the apple shaped light on the cover.

   On the inside, the Get Firefox sticker is largely gone, and there's some identifiable remains of a DQ logo on a napkin that I used to cover the sticky left over from the Shark energy drink label that I recently removed.

   There are also three stickers from プリクラ booths in Tokyo on the inside cover, and a red sticker with white capital T just to the right of the camera on the top inside cover.

9. My iPhone hasn't seen much use in the past three months. I think the last person I called was Shara (a few times), two months ago.

10. Most recent new software is Minefield, the pre beta version of Firefox 4.0. BUT, at one point it was like, "update available," and though it listed the same version, 4.03b_pre (I think), it no longer had Tab Candy button! wtf?? So I'm not using it any more.

11. Aight; everyone is here for dinner so bye!

Yummy buffet

12:01am ICT Saturday 31 July 2010 (day 14738)

The buffet was great. I started with ice cream, and finished with the same, but explored some healthy options as well. Johnny got naked and went home with Claire. U-Cow got some funny photos and we nearly hung him from the chandelier intentionally and then accidentally when Melanie batted him and at the top of his arc he hit a ceiling support, but would have landed near the top of the huge chandelier.