Some kinda dream

Went to laughing class today and learned some good warm-up techniques. This is what I have always been missing as I try to get other to laugh with me at work or in class. Usually, I just say "Hey, ok, let's laugh for thirty seconds." It works, but it always feels a little awkward. Today, we laughed for thirty minutes straight. The key was a good warm-up, starting with a "half-laugh" that only feels a little awkward. From this we could transition into full-on laughing and sustain that momentum for quite a long time. It also helped that that laugh-facilitator had a pocket full of laughing techinques, such as the elephant laugh, or the pig laugh.

I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening, right up until 9pm (when it has hardly even begun to get dark) working in the garden/field with Mona and Shed, the couple who takes care of the plot next to mine. I learned a lot, both about farming and Swedish language, and had the pleasure of not even seeing the computer all day.

I spoke with Tomoe on the phone ealier. She asked me (seriously) if I was planning to come back to Japan. She knows me well enough to know that I have been entertaining thoughts about how I could make this last longer... Anything to keep from going back to a dead city like Tokyo with so many people spending so much time and energy on so many things that matter so little.