I’m wrapping up a course in Japanese anthropology. The exam is tomorrow. It’s 6AM, haven’t been to sleep yet, am not going to sleep until 5PM (until my last exam is finished.)

My intention was to try out the suggestions you offered at a later date—over break. And of all times, I should be studying right now. HOWEVER, I just had an unintentional experience, which I believe fits under this heading that I’d like to share.

I just PhotoRead 3 200 page books and 400 pages of loose-leaf articles that compose a course packet. The articles are on all different subjects—there are perhaps 40 of them. The stack of articles took me 3 sessions to PhotoRead—I was going very slowly, taking my merry time. I did not preview.

ANYWAY, as I was going through the pages at one point I began to experience strange physiological phenomena. I noticed increased saliva, increased heart rate, and *censored*

Curious, I stopped to see if it was the ‘feeling’ thing you guys have been talking about or something else. It turns out that the article I was on was about Japanese barmaids or servant wenches... what do we call them these days?.... uh..
WAITRESSES! Yes that it! Japanese waitresses who willingly would take intense sexual harassment from Japanese businessmen.

Apparently this is a very big cultural tradition over there, where, after a hard day’s work—a 14 hour or so day—the entire section will hop on over to a land of neon lights, where there are many ways to Release their built up tension by talking dirty (VERY DIRTY) to their waitresses. And, of course, they Notice a whole bunch, and they Respond and Witness too…..but no touch

I’d quote you some lines from the article, but I do not think that would be appropriate here.

On a side note, perhaps you should consider adding something like this to your weblist of PhotoReading experiences. Something like: ‘A man PhotoReads the collected works of erotic fiction writer Anais Nin and experiences lucid dream.’ Sex sells, after all...

[This message has been edited by Brian649 (edited December 21, 2000).]