[66] Greedy Days - 2006/07/28 (Fri)

I've been worried for a while.

When they started talking about Macs packing Intel chips,
loyal Mac user that I am, I just couldn't imagine it.
Of course, as a Mac user, I have that sense of rivalry with Windows. (^_^)

I just wouldn't want to see it, the real thing...
It doesn't need any Intel chips! I cried,
but now, right before my eyes,

'Oh, this is the rumored... nice...'

It was love at first sight. (^^;)

'Man, I want one..., But I've already got an iBook...'
'These just came out, so I'll just be patient... Yeah... Oh but I want one...'

Crossing and uncrossing my arms in front of the nearest PC and grumbling for 30 minutes, if the clerk had looked, I might hav seemed a little suspicious.

Well, even my workroom has been taken over by my G5's enshrinement,
so, what do i need a PC tower for? I've been worried about taking the plunge.

For the time being, I'll have to be patient

until my iBook gets beat up...
Will an pointless monster appear? (^_^)

P.S. Ach, I forgot the roadshow. (^^;)

[65] Two Months~! - 2006/07/27 (Thu)

The first month felt awfully long.

Every day I thought about what I should write.

The next month passed more quickly than I thought.

Deciding what to write became a little easier.

Every day something happens that's serious.

But then, I think that every normal person out there

lives with emotions like

laughter, tears, anger, joy, everything.

Whenever I've stumbled and had nothing to write about,

days like today, it's okay to reflect a little.

That's what a diary is. (^_^)

P.S. Thanks to these three folks (animals?) for always working so hard!

[64] Tea Seller - 2006/07/26 (Wed)

There should be a coffee shop on every street,
like Starbucks, Tully's, Doutor, don't you think?
I could sure use it, I love coffee.

In Kansai-ben,
we call it 'O-Chashibako' (^_^)

I always used to think it was strange,
coffee-selling franchises.
I figured it wouldn't sell here, where tea is nationwide,
and I never thought people would drink it so cheerfully.

I think that a customer base for fashionable things is already in place.
Places like the famous Tsujiri of the Gion District are alwasy congested,
and you can probably mention the tea places called Japanese Cafes.
I think that there are quite a few of this type of cafe in the city.

Just as I was thinking, tea as fast food..., absolutely not...,
what did I find, but a store following that image.

It appears to be called

"KOOTS"

Only five stores in the Tokyo area, and 10 stores nationwide, but
it certainly feels like a store with a Starbucks system for tea.
Yeah well, people often think alike, you know.
I thought it was possible one day.

When the days of selling green tea to coffee people come,
maybe 'O-Chashibako' really will become tea. (^_^)

Maybe next will be will be black tea?

P.S. That photograph from yesterday is beyond scary, isn't it (^^;) I was trying for that when I took it, but still... (^_^)


[woo-hoo! a big shout out to the chaps at the sci.lang.japan list!]

[63] A Truly Scary Story (^_^) - 2006/07/25 (Tue)

Back then, I was still working as an ordinary company man.
It might be difficult to imagine now, but
I worked like a dog everyday
from 8 in the morning until 12 at night.
See, nearly everybody in the company retired at once,
and so we were incredibly busy...
Of course, even with my poor physical condition,
I couldn't afford to take a day off of work.
If I let myself have even one day off, the work would just pile up.

One day, I started getting a fever...
A cold? I thought, and sure enough, when I took my tempurature and it was 38 degrees...
I've always had a weak constitution, and so a little bit of a fever didn't worry me,
so I took a cold remedy to hold it off and went to work.

The next day, my fever hadn't gone down. But I went to work.
The next day, my fever still hadn't gone down. But I kept at it and went to work.
Same thing the next day, and the next...
Thank goodness, I had one suppository remaining from a family member's old prescription,
and so with a little daily help (^_^) from that suppository, my temperature fell.

At that point, I really thought it had just been a cold.

My days continued without sleep and at night I had feverish nightmares,
and exactly one week passed.
Without any more suppositories, I had to go to work with a fever.

On that morning, I somehow managed to do some work,
but by the afternoon, I had chills in my whole body...
I couldn't stop shivering.
My senses weren't very clear.
But, in my head,
I kept thinking I had no choice.
"Keep working, keep working."

Really, I didn't have even one free moment to take a break,
but my manager saw my ghastly complexion,
and had just one word for me:
'What are you doing here? Get to the hospital!'

And still, I dismissed the idea at first. Taking a rest was too much of a bother,
and I wanted to avoid going to the hospital as much as possible...
Except, my fever hadn't gone down that much, so it was actually a good idea,
and so I ended up heading for the local hospital.

I headed for the hospital on foot, huffing and puffing with my high fever,
and for some reason my ankles hurt.
What? Why does it hurt so bad? I said, and when I tried to lift up the cuff on my pants...
my ankles had swollen up to twice thier regular size!
"That's weird... Why my ankles...?"
Gradually, walking became painful,
but somehow I made it to the hospital.

At that time, I was already thinking that it was not a cold.

Doctor 'Wow, how long have you had a fever?'
Me "... More than a week..."
Doctor 'Why didn't you come in earlier!'
Me 'I, well, I couldn't take of work...'
Doctor "Well, for now, can you fill out these forms for urgent hospitalization?
Me "What? I mean, hospitalization? ...Absolutely impossible! It's impossible."
Doctor 'Three more days, and you'll have no feet."
Me '............' speechless.

Feet? What? I said, the information not completely sinking in,
but it seemed that somehow or other my state of total exhaustion had weakened my immune system and powers of resistance,
and germs had bred in that section of my weakened body.

How did my fever affect my foot...?
Breeding in the weak section of my body...? Oh wait!
Now that you mention it, my ankles always hurt from snowboarding in the winter... (^^;)

Except why the germs chose to breed and invade my feet when the rest of my body was weak,
the doctor couldn't explain.
The pain in my legs from snowboarding had long since healed.

But when I had a fever, why didn't my foot hurt then?
It was the suppository, the suppository. In trying to get the fever down, it concealed the source of the illness.
You could say my crude tactics were the origin of the injury. (^_^)

And so, not taking even one day off of work turned into to two weeks off of work.
It was really a bother for a person such as myself who hates hospitals...
Actually, it made me think hard... maybe it's better that I get a medical examine as early as possible. (T_T)

'It's my own body, I should know it best.'
What a big lie. (^_^)

People who hate hospitals, if you think, my body's doing strange things, huh?
get to a hospital right away.
You never know what will happen if you delay.
And of course taking a break is important.
People with amazing endurance, even they need a break once in a while.

A truly scary story (O.O)

P.S. Good thing I've still got my feet...


[good. freaking. lord, that was long. although, i can totally sympathize with being sick all the time and not wanting to go to the hospital. still, YOU-kun! take care of yourself, huh? ki wo tsukere ne?]

[62] - Yet Again - 2006/07/24 (Mon)

Yesterday, I had motsunabe... (^^;)
The motsunabe index is high these days.
Despite spice being bad for everybody...
Well, we called out the inevitable. (^_^)

However, really the time goes by fast.
It seems like only yesterday I came to the capital.

In Tokyo, you can study many things.
At times, you can lose many things.
And also, get wrapped up in much love.

In the dark, I was just running blindly, and
I was anxious about things I couldn't see,
I felt like I was being crushed by the pressure,
how many times did I almost break,
but I was rescued by the smiling faces of everyone at lives,
and, of course,
watching and learning from 'that someone' who keeps running and tries harder than anyone,
and somehow I haven't frozen yet (well, occassionally, but) I really went for it.

Is it possible to grow as a person just a little?
Well, honestly, it feels like nothing much changes after your teenage years (^^;)

Here is one lesson...

'If you don't do anything, life seems far too long,
but when you accomplish something, it seems too short.'

Let's all try our best. (^_^)


[oh man, YOU seems very introspective lately, ne? wonder what's up... or maybe it's just the effects of the Obon Festival wearing off. anyhow, sorry for the delay, the paragraph about running in the dark had me pretty much hostage for a while, and the post he made today is practically an entire novel, so the delay might continue. (T_T) ]

[61] Obon Festival Gifts - 2006/07/23 (Sun)

From my friend, of course! I got a melon!!
So I took a happy Commemorative Photograph (^_^)

I'll write more tomorrow.

P.S. Really live with all your might.

[60] World Press Photo - 2006/07/22 (Sat)

No, this is not a scene from a movie,
not some CG, something you can confuse with reality.
Not that reality cannot deceive you...

Each photograph complains strongly of
sadness, compassion, anger
and before long, the tears were flowing...
Also, they made me consider my own powerlessness.

'Seeing is believing.'

Suburban people, please take a look if you getthe chance.

[58] Hospital - 2006/07/20 (Thu)

Of course it's the expected flood. (^_^)

In the sequel, I though that I would write something hysterically funny,
but today I didn't have the time (^^;)
Maybe another day.

Ah- don't expect too much,
it's just some of my observations (^_^)

Well, today, this space...


[ well, today and yesterday, i know they're not the best efforts, but... well, okay, no, i don't have any excuses. i'll come back to it later, maybe my brain will be screwed on better then. ]

[57] Weak Constitution... - 2006/07/19 (Wed)

If it was noticed, nothing but sickness...
If I thought about a cure, nothing but injury...
So many times ferried back and forth between school and the hospital...

When I remember my childhood,
I think I was that kind of child.

Now, though, I've grown very tall (^_^)
I became healthily average,

Actually..., I really hate hospitals.

I don't think it's the trauma or whatever,
but probably that your whole life goes by in a minute.

The heavy atmosphere that envelopes the inside of a hospital...
The antiseptic smell that pierces your nose...
The incomprehesiblly long wait times...

Well, I think that people who like the hospital are rare, but
at first, I said NO thank you, hospital...

Ah, this time I had to go. I got a crisp shot (^_^)
And then, cured! Relief!

Hospital material to be continued...

[56] Tobacco? - 2006/07/18 (Tue)

The other day, a friend of mine who said he stopped smoking
for some reason started up again!

'What? Didn't you say you quit?'

I asked, to which he said,

"Neo Cedar isn't tobacco."

Neo Cedar?? What's that???
It looks like tobacco, but...

But, right there on the package,

'Medical Supplies'

it says...

"I can't seem to forget this sensation of 'smoking'..."

my friend said.
When he gave me one to try,

Ugh... Nasty... What is this?
But I did miss that sensation... sii, haa, sii, haa, Super...

...,
Ha! ...Wait, wait!
I was almost tricked...

My friend says,

"I just can't quit this right now."

and so gets Neo Cedar poisoning...

So... we end up right back where we started... (^^;)

P.S. Upon later investigation, it seems there is a minuscule amount of nicotine
in Neo Cedar. So my friend might get nicotine poisoning after all...

We should dread nicotine, but... it's got such a cute name (^_^)

[55] ??? - 2006/07/17 (Mon)

Another thing I got from a friend...
People are so cooperative these days (^_^)

Oden-kun?... seems to be the main reaction.
Did you maybe just get this... thing?
Haven't really seen it on TV...

Well, when I first saw it, it was a shock,
it looked like maybe it some kind of strange space alien? (^^;)
But he's got those chubby cheeks you just can't resist (^_^)
Strangely refreshing...

Tarako-chan is good, Oden-kun is good,
understanding society through
characters like this, how fun!
If you're a hardcore indoorsman, at any rate.

This time, I should try to go to the rumored KI00 Land...
to meet that daikon... (^_^)

P.S. Everyone, stop worring about me...
I've got a weak constitution, I'm quite familiar with colds. (^_^)


[ok, i have no earthly idea what KI00 land is, but those lovelies over at sci.lang.japan i'm sure will be able to tell me before long. i'm hoping it's some kind of amusement park... although knowing YOU, it's probably some kind of grocery store...

ok, turns out the zeros are 90s language for missing characters. so it would be something like KI-- LAND in english. current guesses have the place in question as Kiddy Land, a childrens store, which, as you can see at their website, does indeed seem to feature a giant daikon radish... the schedule says he'll be in kagoshima on the 22nd and 23rd, fujiyoshidashi on the 29th and 30th, and in kumamoto on august 19th and 20th... ... ...does anyone really care about that information meredeth? (-_-) ]

[54] How Did That Happen - 2006/07/16 (Sun)

It seems I'm stuck with a summer cold... (T_T)

'How'd you catch a cold, you dummy?' you say, mm?

Yeah, yeah...

Maybe I loosened the screw somewhere? (^_^)

Everyone stay healthy.

[53] Shouldn't it be Raining... - 2006/07/15 (Sat)

Such absurd good weather... (^^;)
Thanks to that, I'm rapidly losing hope
for a let-up from this syrupy mess... (T_T)

Well, compared to Kyoto summers,
Tokyo is entirely preferable, but still.
Really the valley is HOT! and
the humidity is just horrible...

Ah, not just memories, also sweat spurts forth. (^_^)

Speaking of... is this not the season
of the Gion Festival? *

I love that festival... Memories from when I was young...
Men, well, we're weak against women in yukata. (^_^) **

This is the season for festivals and fireworks displays.
Everybody! This is our chance to wear our yukata!

P.S. My fellow photographers (^_^) you're all the genuine article... (^^;)


[ * gion matsuri: a festival in kyoto that spans the entire month of july. it started out as part of a purification ritual, and now it's a whole month of parties, w/ a big parade and floats and people in yukata. here are some pics of this year's floats. ** yukata: a summer kimono. kinda thin, usually springy colors, very cute. i myself am partial to chaps in yukata, rather than chicks, but WHATEVER. (^^)]

[52] Once-in-a-lifetime Encounter - 2006/07/14 (Fri)

With the forecast calling at long last for a few days of rain,
some of you might be disheartened.

If it continues to rain, the desire to go outside may vanish altogether.
Still, try to take a 'sora' photo every day...

This movie is the story of one innocent man,
but at first, well, it's a little boring (^_^)
Even so, as the story progresses, gradually
you begin to empathize with him,
and by the end, you feel like you have
experienced the protagonist's life yourself.

Being happy before you get popular, and the importance of that kind of happiness,
is something especially important to me...,
one person's life can make people think about all sorts of things.

Rainy weekends..., isn't it okay to look back on things every once in a while?

[51] What's THAT 2 - 2006/07/13 (Thu)

I got this from a friend
who's always looking at my HP (^^;)

This- this is the rumored Tarako-chan...? *
It's all the rage with the public, and there's a CD,
well, I think it's out already... **

'Huuuh... This thing...'

was my first reaction.

Squish! ...Huh?

'Tarako? ...What?'

So I gave it another feel.

Squish-squish! ...Oh!

'Surprisingly cute...'

Squish-squish, squish-squish...

and now I really like it... (^_^)

Thank you for sponsoring my post. (^_^)


[ * tarako: cod roe. yeah. ** hey hey! i figured something out! ... well, actually, as is usually the case w/ these things, i asked the people over at sci.lang.japan. i <3 those people. *** squish-squish: in japanese, it's punipuni, which is onomatopoeia for that sort of little squishy noise you get when you squeeze something that's squishy. squish.]

[YOU's photo contest]

as promised, i have managed to bust out w/ a translation of the rules for YOU's fotocon. here they are, ladies and gents, and you'll all be pleased to know, the contest is open to international peoples. ...you might be sad to know that you are required to be a member of his BBS though... T_T

Contest Period

Entries must be postmarked between July 13, 2006 and August 12, 2006.
Winners will be announced August 22, 2006.

Conditions of Entry

Entry limited to BBS members.
Only one entry allowed per person.

How to Enter

Entries will only be accepted by post. Electronic submissions will not be considered.
Please submit your entry in the form of an L-sized photograph [L size is 3.5 by 5 inches]. Please send your entry, along with a piece of paper listing the information requested below, to:

〒 150-8681 渋谷郵便局局留め 第一回ＹＯＵフォトコンテスト係

International entrants, please use the following address:

Shibuyayuubinkyokudome,Tokyo,150-8681,JAPAN　「YOU Photo Contest」

--- Requested Information ---

1. ID registered with the site
2. Address
3. Name (with furigana)
4. Age
5. Email Address
6. Pseudonym, if desired
7. Occupation
8. A brief comment concerning your photograph.

------------------------------------------

Warning

Because entry is restricted to BBS members, the viewing of other users' entries is prohibited.
Please note that entries cannot be returned.

Announcement of Results

The winner will be announced on YOU*OFFICIAL SITE.
We have prepared a wonderful gift for the winner.

Regarding Personal Information

Once judging has been completed, all personal information will be destroyed.

So there we have it, boys and girls. otoko to onna. the fotocon rules. tomorrow's opening day, and remember, YOU said he's taking pictures made w/ anything from cell phones up through professional equipment, so get to it! the theme is そら which for those of you who don't speak japanese, [i'm assuming most of you] is pronounced 'sora' and usually means 'sky' although it can also mean 'look!' as in look out, look at me, etc, and the kanji usually used for sora can also mean 'empty.' YOU's said he'll take entries on all those themes. i think what i like best about this contest is the way it says, "we have prepared a lovely gift for the winner." specifically, a "suteki na purezento" which is literally a "delightful present." i think i want a delightful present from YOU... (¬.¬)

if you're in the US, you can check out the USPS international mail manual for info on mailing things to japan. enjoy!

[50] My Fragrance - 2006/07/12 (Wed)

Every day, it's sweat, sweat, sweat,
so, do you properly use perfume?

Perfumes that envelope me in fragrance...
properly used, puts you in a sunny mood, but
the standard is to like the sweet scent of womanly things.
There are many manly things that tune in on my nose though...

Goruche has always been my favorite. *
Recently, I like the aroma of Eternity.

Just one warning about using too much.
In a chance encounter with someone, 'Aa~ Nice smell~'
is the ideal, so, just a light shu, shu.
Not so much that you get choked. (^_^)

People could be a little more sensitive to aroma,
I was thinking today. (-_-#)


[ * goruche: some kind of perfume, obviously, but i'm not sure of romanization. also, is YOU obsessed w/ smell or WHAT? i've never seen somebody talk about scent so much in my life. either he's got one uber sensitive nose, or he hangs out w/ a lot of very smelly people.]

[49] Sweet Temptation - 2006/07/11 (Tue)

'Don't eat that..., Don't eat that...'

Even though I keep telling myself that,

today has cooled down

but it's warm in my mouth.

...Like, a haiku. (^^;)

P.S. By the way, the full moon this evening is gorgeous. Please, go have the ice cream of your dreams. (^_^)


[well, thank god he sobered up so i could actually read this post. plus, i'm thinking there's no way he has that much ice cream hanging around his house, so he had to have been in a grocery store somewhere, snapping pictures of the ice cream freezers. that? is a sight i would pay good money to see in person. ready. money. also, for those of you who haven't listened to Mirror in a while, i'm pretty sure YOU is a violin god in that song, so... what are you waiting for? turn on those MP3 players! (^_^) ]

[48] Poobah! - 2006/07/10 (Mon)

How about [when you're? see note.] gooby just out of the bath?
Well, it's the season for delicious chilled beer, huh.
I'm weak against heat, so I relish them especially!
Which beer does everybody like~?

Ah, if I value my health, I better cut down, huh... Discipline, discipline... (^^;)


[wow. i am super sorry. this entry is, like, COMPLETELY a mystery to me. i'm hoping? that he was drunk when he posted this. coz otherwise? i have got SO MUCH japanese to learn. the first sentence is especially non-sensical. there is NO SUCH WORD as gubi, YOU-kun, SORRY. and that very last sentence is... well, good luck. i think i'll go listen to Last Song or something and just WEEP. -_-#]

[47] Western Theater Sunday - 2006/07/09 (Sun)

I don't usually watch it, but
'Deep Blue' was on TV (^_^)

Of course, we can't forget the original shark movie, Jaws.
When I was very young, it was thanks to that movie that I didn't want to go swimming at the beach.

Especially frightening was that musical theme.
Even now that tune makes my heart beat a little faster (^_^)

Directed by The Spielberg!
And when he was only like 27,
what a genius.

People at the time said the number of people going sea bathing dropped sharply,
but surely that can't have been true?

Everybody be careful when you go swimming at the beach...

YOU's photo contest

i'm sure you remember him blathering on about his new camera, and then setting up a photo contest? well, they finally managed to iron out the details, and they've got an announcement page up about it. you can read the actual rules here , but since you're here, i'm assuming you can't read japanese. so here's a brief summary:

entries need to be postmarked between July 13 2006 (Thu) and August 12 (Sat). send the entry, along w/ a slip of paper with the info requested below, to:

〒 150-8681
渋谷郵便局局留め
第一回ＹＯＵフォトコンテスト係

of course, since we're all foreigners, we'll need to use this addy instead:

Shibuyayuubinkyokudome
「YOU Photo contest」
Tokyo 150-8681
JAPAN

[i think. i've never mailed anything to japan before]

they want entries in "L-edition photograph size." i'm looking into how big that happens to be just at the moment, but english searches were no luck, so i'm having to search in japanese. it might be a few minutes.

there were of course, the usual caveats, don't look at each other's entries, limited to BBS members only, they won't be able to send back your entry, and suchlike. i'll work up a real translation here eventually, and maybe i'll get lucky and find out what L size is...

* turns out L size is 3.5 by 5 inches. and of course, as YOU said, the theme is "sora" go look it up @ Jim Breen's EDICT and GO FOR IT!

[46] Sumer - 2006/07/08 (Sat)

is so hot~ (!)

It's been really hot lately, hasn't it.
I feel like I could pass out at any moment... (^^;)
Just when I've melted from this kind of early summer, real summer kicks in
and everything gets all syrupy. It's horrible (T_T)
Is everyone else melting too? (^_^)

Sunflowers are called summer flowers,
the sunflower always faces towards the sun,
but it's not defeated by the heat or the rays of the sun.
Too bad I can't learn by watching when it comes to not melting.

Sunflowers like this always make people smile... What's with that.
Actually, these are fake flowers, but~ (^_^)

Have a nice weekend...


[ meh. i'm a little loose on this entry. darn YOU and his casual style. (^_^) ]

[45] Photo Contest Open! - 2006/07/07 (Fri)

It's open sooner than I thought (^_^)
The staff really worked hard, so many thanks to them...

The theme for the first annual contest,
is also the theme of this HP, 'sora'...
everyone please take lots of photos
on all the meanings, such as 'look out!', 'sky' and 'empty.'

For people who say, I haven't got a camera,
you can use anything from a cell phone camera to a full-blown SLR camera, so please take some photos.

I hope we all have wonderful experiences during
this Photo Contest. Like the evening of the Tanabata... yeah (^_^) *

I'm sure I'll enjoy everyone's pictures. m(._.)m

P.S. For the time being, I took a pic on the theme of 'sky' with my cell phone.


[ * tanabata: the Festival of the Weaver, which takes place on july 7.]

[44] Shall we go~ - 2006/07/06 (Thu)

I though it might be a neat little what's what for people in Kantou, but

this platypus? (Oh yeah?)

Maybe like the Kansai-Edition Suica or something~

ICOCA... called [ikoka],

it's EVERYWHERE!
...I was thinking, but actually it's really convinient. (^^;)

I should try some Kansai material until this kind of public naming, that would be nice~ *

But this platypus, so shameless...

[note: there are about a ton of notes for today, mostly based on the fact that the blue platypus is a logo of the ICOCA card used by JR West. Suica is the same kind of rechargable train card, only for JR East. also, * yeah, this sentence is obviously wrong, and it gets on my nerves.]

[43] From the Devil - 2006/07/05 (Wed)

I have returned alive. (^_^)

However,
partying night and day like this
is really a terrible way to celebrate.~
There are lots of people making me drink (drinking?)
and I can't just not eat cake.

Thus, today I was kidnapped. (^_^)

Everyone here's getting deeper and deeper into celebration mode,
so for a little while, it'll be daily birthday meetings... (please?)

[42] Actually - 2006/07/04 (Tue)

I bought a chan... (^_^)

Well, putting aside that little jest,
eh~ I have a report.

Everyone stretch their imagination, today I was taken captive (^_^)

And so,
my entry today is just a little short... sorry...

P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! TO DEAR MY FRIEND!!!


[ah, YOU... your english really needs some work... also, happy b-day gackt-san!]

[41] zarusoba - 2006/07/03 (Mon)

How does everybody like soba?

Myself, I've always had a fondness for noodles.
Ramen, soba, udon, pasta,
anything noodle I like very much.

I have a special weakness for ramen.
There was a time when I ate them six days a week. (^^;)
Of course, these days, I'm not quite that bad, but...

Let's forget I mentioned it.
Do you eat soba?

People always used to tell me that soba was good for my body,
but I doubted whether it was good for anything.

So, I've investigated all different kinds, and for some reason, 'Ruchin' **
seems to best for my body.

'Ruchin' has a kind of polyphenol that functions as an anti-oxident,
and so boosts the body's immune system, and seems to be effective at preventing signs of aging.

Furthermore, soba itself has plenty of protein, and it's good in
an amino acid diet.

All in all, it's just a really GOOD THING. (^_^)

Also, this summer's been so hot every day, so we should feel indebted to soba.
In summertime, people's appetites don't exactly boil over.

But is there no way to cure that thin body and cupie stomach?
It's one of the seven wonders of the world. (^_^)


[ * zarusoba: soba that is served in a little bowl/basket thing called a zaru. "often served with spices" my new dictionary tells me. probably could've guessed that from YOU's affection for it. ** ruchin: obviously, a type of soba noodle. i'm not really sure what makes it different, i'm not even sure how it would be romanized, but it is a type of soba.]

[40] What's THAT? - 2006/07/02 (Sun)

Wha- What the heck...!!

...Cupie-chan...?

Terrific... Beyond terrific... Especially the frog (^_^)
These were a big big BIG hit a long time ago~

I unintentionally held Cupie-chan with both hands
while I was in line at the register. (^^;)

Well, I go nuts for this kind of style.
It really makes me laugh. (thanks!)

[39] My Treasure - 2006/06/01 (Sat)

It's kind of technical-looking,
but it's not my insides. (^_^) *
It's important machinery.
Looked at like this, actually machines are powerful.
Maybe it could be called the Akiba System. **

Any opportunity to write in Geek-Speak.
(As if the camera weren't enough...)

I haven't got much time, so
today, here, I say... Have a good weekend everybody!


[ * for those of you who are unaware, the in joke between YOU-kun and his friends is that he's actually a robot in disguise. ** Akiba being a shortened form of Akihabara, japan's electric city.]