The wee hour PaB discussion began tonight with a couple of the usual suspects
Pema Pera: Hi there Hotaru!
Hotaru Myoo: Hiya Pema
Pema Pera: Looking definitely dazzling tonight!
Pema Pera: Your wings are so shining, I can hardly see you yourself (^_^)
Hotaru Myoo: hehe
Hotaru Myoo: I wonder what it is?
Hotaru Myoo: firefly burning brightly
Pema Pera: very brightly!
Hotaru Myoo: lol
Pema quickly cuts to the chase
Pema Pera: How are things otherwise?
Hotaru Myoo: strange
Pema Pera: sounds interesting!
Hotaru Myoo: the blinking thingy
Pema Pera: ah!
Hotaru Myoo: is what today was all about
Pema Pera: sounds like a turbulent day!
Hotaru Myoo: almost like our last conversation …
Pema Pera: yes, that was quite something
Hotaru Myoo: anticipated real time time
Pema Pera: the way that flowed
Hotaru Myoo: yes
Pema Pera: I hope to put it up on the blog soon
Pema Pera: a couple days behind . . . .
Hotaru Myoo: blinky blinky
Hotaru realizes what a commitment this project is …and an obligation
Hotaru Myoo: you have been holding the bulk of the burden
Hotaru Myoo: of the transcripts
Hotaru Myoo: I’ll do tonights…
Hotaru Myoo: but ..
Hotaru Myoo: I’ll have to say…
Pema Pera: oh thank you, that is nice!
It is late in Chicago and Hotaru has had many sleepless nights
Hotaru Myoo: the blinky blinky
Hotaru Myoo: has me with little to say…
Pema Pera: haha
Pema Pera: letting the light speak for you
Hotaru Myoo: light is dimming
Pema Pera: while you enjoy a fire fly like silence
The silence doesn’t last for long…
Pema Pera: may I ask — forget whether I asked already recently –
Pema Pera: may I ask, have you gotten a chance to write down some notes sometimes, taken while doing the 9-sec thing?
Hotaru Myoo darts right and left
Pema Pera: ah, we do have darts now in the pub in the forest!
Pema Pera: care of Storm
Hotaru Myoo: haha
Hotaru Myoo: no..
Pema Pera: might be nice to try
Hotaru Myoo: I have had litttle time for my own writing lately
Pema Pera: even if only for a couple hours
Hotaru Myoo: yes
Pema Pera: just a few words a few times an hour
Hotaru Myoo: I need to
Pema Pera: I’ve found that to give yet another dimension
Pema Pera: At first I told myself that I didn’t have the time, often
Pema Pera: but then I realized how ridiculous that was
Hotaru Myoo: sure
Pema is so right…what a great opportunity to take this to another level…
Pema Pera: how could I not have the time to write down three words :-)
Hotaru Myoo: you make the time
Pema Pera: and slowly it became more of a habit
Hotaru Myoo: haha
Hotaru Myoo: the habit
Pema Pera: yeah, or you let the words slip into the cracks of time
Hotaru Myoo: blinky
Pema Pera: don’t have to make those time cracks
Hotaru Myoo: blinky
Pema Pera: they are everywhere
Hotaru Myoo: blinky
Pema Pera: yes
Pema Pera: in the blink of an eye :-)
Pema Pera: a few words a few times an hour . . . .
Hotaru Myoo: honto ni
Pema Pera: sou da sou da
Pema Pera: soda soda
Pema Pera: Storm Scottish whiskey soda
Pema Pera freely associating
Hotaru Myoo: go for it
Pema Pera: first dinner
Hotaru changes the subject..knowing Pema is hungry and on his way out…:)
And creates a ball of confusion…
Hotaru Myoo: btw…
Pema Pera: then perhaps
Pema Pera: hai?
Hotaru Myoo: I’d love to hear about your meeting
Hotaru Myoo: with Tara
Pema Pera: which one — have so many meetngs
Pema Pera: ah
Pema Pera: and which Tara ?
Hotaru Myoo: the rl
Pema Pera: ah!
Pema Pera: the interview?
Pema Pera: ah, the after-interview rl meeting?
Hotaru Myoo: no
Pema Pera is slowly getting there
Hotaru Myoo: the second meeting
Pema Pera is not yet getting there
Pema Pera: ?
Hotaru Myoo: blinky
Hotaru Myoo: thought you had
Pema Pera: There is one Tara who interviewed me and whom I then met in RL
Pema Pera: but that is not our PaB Tara
Hotaru Myoo: yaya
Pema Pera: ah!
Pema Pera: no I have not met any of the PaB people in RL yet,
Pema Pera: apart from those I already knew and invited to come into SL
Hotaru Myoo: got it
Hotaru Myoo: I misunderstood
Pema Pera: Come to think of it, that is really strange, since I feel I know all the regulars so well by now, including you!
Pema Pera: And yes, I look forward to meeting here in Japan in RL
Pema Pera: will you bring your wings :-)
Hotaru Myoo: :)
Hotaru Myoo: love to
Winding it up..
Pema Pera: ah, my batteries are running down . . . .
Pema Pera: . . . . . even though I am not powering your glow :-)
Pema Pera: So in a couple minutes I’ll have to log off
Hotaru Myoo: if I can find a travelling set
Pema Pera: haha
Hotaru Myoo: k
Hotaru Myoo: I’ll hang
Pema Pera: if security will let you bring on the plane !
Pema Pera: extra wings
Hotaru Myoo: see if we get any late comers
Pema Pera: Thanks!
Pema Pera: No need to hang past 1:30
Pema Pera: half an hour is fine.
Hotaru Myoo: oki
Pema Pera: Well, I wish you happy dreams afterwards!
Hotaru Myoo: I’ll pluck the string on my finger
Hotaru Myoo: thanks a bunch!
Hotaru Myoo: cu Pema
Pema Pera: single handed string instrument
Hotaru Myoo: I’ll drop the note in google
Hotaru Myoo: ciao
Pema Pera: or you can just email me, to piet@ias.edu
Hotaru Myoo: oki
Pema Pera: that is what most people do and is simplest for me
Hotaru Myoo: great!
Pema Pera: thanks again, happy glowing, and see you soon!
Hotaru Myoo: mata ne
