[267] This time - 2007/02/12 (Mon)

My favorite picture.
You might say this is just a mediocre picture,
but somehow or other, to me, this is my favorite one.
I took it on the roof of 101.

The 10th was completely filled from morning until night,
so I was really completely exhausted.
The celebratory fatigue is a luxury fatigue, but still. (^_^)
I'll be writing birthday posts for a while.

Of course, this time was a surprise too (at the Taiwan launch).
Up until then, I was utterly deceived, but as one would expect, it leaked out.
Everyone was sorry about it, but...
well, time and again I had escaped the scene of the crime. (^_^)

Even with everyone doing the surprise, the dropped hints were no good.
They were seriously dropped, too. Maybe I was dropped a few times, too...? (tears)

Well well, every year for the week around my birthday, I'm out of it. (^_^)
I don't realize if there's something there or not, so every day I'm nervous.
'This year, I will not be deceived!' (^_^)

Eh, occasionally, even a surprise is something to smile about.
The one with the best smiles so far, was when, right in the middle of recording,
suddenly the staff came in holding cake, naked. (^_^)
At the time, we were right in the thick of recording, and no one had slept in about two weeks,
so I thought, They've finally cracked, huh? (^_^)

Everyone, take your surprises moderately. (^_^)

[266] Thank you!!! - 2007/02/10 (Sat)

Today, I was quite busy all day,
but, well, I still gave a happy shriek. (^_^)

With all the congratulations from everyone,
and various private congratulations,
I'm half happy, half shy,
but frankly, I'm just a middle-age guy of a splendidly good age. (^_^)
Truly, thank you.

This year, too, I'll be a lovely old man. (^_^) I think that's what I'll try and aim for.

Sorry, but I've still got a whole bunch of stuff to do after this... (^^;)
It's short, but we'll talk again tomorrow.

P.S. How many pieces of cake did I eat anyway... (^^;)

[265] Reluctantly exhausted... - 2007/02/09 (Fri)

First off, thank you very much. m(._.)m

This morning I woke up feeling great,
and went to that famous 101 Building.

Please enjoy even this sight seeing mood for a while.
It was really tall~ The distance from the ground to the heighest point is more than 380 m or something. *
I'm not even afraid of heights, and my eyes were still swirling in my head. (^_^)

The elevators were absurdly speedy too,
from 5F ~ 89F only took about 40 seconds. **
I swear my ears were ringing. (^_^)

Aah, I want to have more free time...
I went to see a little bit of the music district, but...
the electronic district was there, and to this otaku, it was some kind of Tamaran town (^_^) ***
Next time, I'll have to go privately and take along my otaku friends.
I guess I can say whatever, it is pretty close.

Oop, it'll be noon pretty soon...
I'll have to continue tomorrow. (^_^)


[ * in fact, taipei 101 is some 509 meters tall, or 1671 feet. i don't know about you, but i'd be feeling a little dizzy looking down from that high up.
** taipei 101 holds the world record for fasted ascending elevator speed. almost 17 meters a second, or about 37.5 miles an hour.
*** i believe he is refering to Tamaran hill in tokyo, which is a place known for it's many bicycle riders. ]

[264] Everyone!!! - 2007/02/09 (Fri)

Have you eaten already?
Yeah, I'm pretty drunk. (^^;) *

It's been a long time since I got to have a drink.
Already, it's mixing with the fatigue, and my head is spinning...

This, be it long, short,
but the filling is really thick. (^_^)
This tour, too, is safely completely finished!!!

Korea's the best!!

Taiwan's the best!!

And, of course, Japan's the best!!

With this one, I think I could finish all the tours remaining in history. (^_^)
In stepping up to this, I'll aim for even more activity,
and Satan's army, it'll aim for world domination,
and I try and plunge steadily forward. (^_^)

Eh, again from tomorrow, I'll update my journal without a care,
so everybody please be nice.

In closing, a single word for Taiwan.

Thank you for the lovely birthday party.

I'll see everyone again!!!

P.S. Again, a completely exhausted demon... (^_^)
Aah, and I waited so long for a chance to take photos...
Sorry...


[ * not any notes on this particular sentence, but i just wanted to apologize for the oncoming lack of comprehesibility in this post. he was, as he said, pretty drunk. on the other hand, i think i'm going to count myself a member of satan's army now. (^_^) ]

[263] Safely - 2007/02/08 (Thu)

I was able to finish the first day.
Please, have a reward in my place. (^_^)

My physical condition wasn't very good today,
but with that certain guy standing on stange, I flipped out. (^_^)
This time, too, I got a lot of energy from everyone.
The country changed, but the people's smiling faces haven't. Good thing, huh? (^_^)
I always get healthy. (^_^)

Tomorrow, well, it's already today, but, I'll gallop out.
Tomorrow's will be a better live than today's...

Well then, I'm off to the bath and then to bed... zzz.

P.S. Actually, I went and bought a mini-tripod. (^_^)
I should go take a picture of Taiwan's night view, huh...

[262] At last - 2007/02/07 (Wed)

It's tomorrow. Well~ I've still got a temp. (^^;)
For now, I'm taking pictures of the scenery outside the stadium.

It's been a while since I've been in Taiwan, I really missed it.
I stayed only about a week during Moon Child
but even now, I still have vivid memories of this place.
I guess I could wander around in search of memories.
Maybe I'll upload some interesting photos.

Well, I should sleep as much as I can in preperation for tomorrow. (^_^)

P.S. Tonight's dinner was Shouronpou (^_^) It was so good I ate it in a trance, *
and I forgot to take pictures.


[ * shouronpou is a shanghai dish. some sort of meat-filled dumpling from what i can tell. ]

[261] Nigiri - 2007/02/06 (Tue)

Have one (^_^)

Somehow, the influenza got bigger. (^^;)
Well, all I'm doing is sleeping and eating, sleeping and eating...
I think to myself, Hurry and get better! and then I seem to overeat more than usual.

At least for the time being, my fever has gone down at last.
Of course, it has been three days of seriously rolling waves. (^_^)

The fever did go down though, so I went out to buy dinner,
but I had only gone a little ways, and already my body felt heavy...
Current status: completely convalescent... (^^;)

Ah well, I'll put on my fighting spirit. I'll go on with a samurai spirit.

P.S. This time, I'll have my PC. I'll try and update if I can.

[260] A new day has dawned~♪ (temporarily) - 2007/02/04 (Sun)

Went to the hospital,
took the medicine,
got an injection,
ate a meal,
sweated plenty,
finally, I'm completely healthy again, my strength has returned!
I met the morning quite refreshed.

I was in a great mood, humming the title tune.
I even ate breakfast, and then tried taking my temperature,
thinking, well, it'll only validate my feelings, I'm cured...

Heeheehee, heeheehee, well now, what's my temperature~♪
'Gyaaaaa!! 39 degress-----!!!' *

Iyeee~ I practically fainted from the shock. (^^;)
I had to get to the hospital from the swift shock attack. (^_^)

'It's influenza, so we'll prescribe you some Tamiflu.'

This time, I do seem better. (^^;) My fever's gone just fine.
I'm really sorry to worry you. m(._.)m
They prescribed a fever medicine that's effective on influenza, too,
so, with a little luck, I'll get some relief from this bouncing fever.
After this, I'm getting some nutrition into my body, and going firmly to bed.

Of course, except for this time, I don't usually go to the hospital when I get a fever.
Usually my high fevers last a week or so.
That is to say, every time I get influenza...
With things like that for me, there aren't any effective cold remedies, just a completely self-made cure. (^_^)

Everyone, even if you think it's just a cold, get an influenza exam.
Uh, and please forgive my runny nose. (^_^)

P.S. The February 24th Chimaera-crew sponsered
national dancing tournament "street dance contest" is coming~
Advance ticket sales end on the 16th,
so if you're going to get one, please hurry.
This time, we've got a lot of dancers entered,
so I think we'll see an extremely hot battle unfold.
It's cold weather, but everyone'll be in the Fukuoka BEAT STATION
so it'll be the hottest place in the whole country!!
Check it out!! (^_^)


[ * that would be 102.2 degrees...
** i just want to point out cute errors. YOU, baby, station is s-t-a-t-i-o-n, not s-t-a-s-i-o-n. ]

[259] The demon outside~ - 2007/02/03 (Sat)

Because you asked, I got myself to the doctor~ It's a virus~
I've already scattered a bunch of beans. (^_^) *

Eeh, the fever had only gone down a little bit this morning, so I went to the hospital.
'Umm~ I'm going overseas next week...'
I was saying something like that, and they gave me a big fat injection,
and it did give me some temporary relief, but the fever came back again. (^^;)

So in the end, there's nothing to do but cure myself. (^^;)
You can't always rely on medicine.
Just have to steadily lower the fever and repell the bacteria.

Oh by the way, I ate a proper meal!
I'm a so-called Food Fighter, so even a fever does not dull my appetite. (^_^)

Everyone, don't forget to gargle and wash your hands.
As for me, I'm going back to bed for a while.


[ * scattering beans is one of those things like throwing rice at weddings, it's supposed to drive off evil spirits. ]

[258] Today - 2007/02/02 (Fri)

I haven't risen to your expectations, I'm really sorry. (^^;)
With excessive writing, and all the words about Music Station *
I confirmed my schedule in a hurry without thinking.

Well, for good or evil, I had a high fever last night
and collapsed, so I was saved from having to perform.

Yeah~ I didn't catch my end-of-year illness,
so it seems to have come on all at once.

I started feeling sluggish around the day before yesterday,
but after the Korean live, as after all lives,
I become an invalid, so I didn't think much
of just being tired.

Then my throat started getting scratchy,
and I got a headache and chills,
and I thought, Mm, that's not good, and when I checked my temperature,
it was something like 38.5 degrees... **

I was horizontal all morning,
but my fever hasn't completely gone down, and instead, it seems to have gone up.
It went down in the evening, as expected, so I tried taking some fever medicine.

Due to that, the fever seems to have temporarily gone down.
And I'm finally upright. (^_^)

Could it possibly be influenza?
If it hasn't gotten better after three days, then...

Everyone please be careful of colds.
Colds don't go away just because you become an adult.
When you're a child, you can still play, even if you have a little fever.

M? Get myself to a doctor, right now?
Yeah, I know, but still...
Although today I seriously couldn't get up. (^^;)

If the fever hasn't gone down by tomorrow, I'll resign myself then.
(It's just that I hate doctors...)


[ * a TV program they were on that evening.
** that's about 101.3 degrees farenheit. jeez, YOU-kun, i know you don't like doctors, but for crying out loud! 101 degrees!? ]

[257] Promptly (^^;) - 2007/02/01 (Thu)

On the menu today, Pork kimchi and seaweed soup. (^_^)
Incidentally, this morning's snack was the Korean ginseng juice,
and this afternoon it was the Korean ginseng in sugar.

I should think about continuing like this for a while with kimchi cooking...
At present I can't make anything but pork kimchi. (^_^)

It was my first time making seaweed soup,
but it is possible to be tasty and absurdly simple.
With this, my recepie count increased by one. (^_^)

But, today's side dish was the beloved white rice...
For a while, I didn't get to have any white rice, there was only white tofu. (T_T)

With silver, the fan club trip, the Darts event, Taiwan, *
there'll be a strict ban on flab eventually. (^_^)
I'll try to refrain from carbohydrates as best I can.
That would seem to do the trick, but I've got a constitution that gets fat instantly.
If I relax, I'll be 5 kilos before I can blink...
I've already collected a medium sized abdomen. (bwahahah)

Remembering it even now, on that fan club trip those many years ago,
we toasted each other with all the fans,
but suddenly someone's stomach
got pinched and
someone called out,
'Oh no! Flabby flab!' ...

Uh... next time I'll be doing the pinching, (^_^)
so please prepare yourself. (^_^)

Well, still, even if I can't get super flabby, (^_^)
eating delicious things against my better judgement,
and rapidly eating sweet things, well. (^_^)

The day will come when I'll have to start doing sit-ups... (^_^)


[ * i have no idea what's up with that "silver" part... also, has he been writing novels this month or what? jeez, YOU-kun...]

[256] Korean Version (^_^) - 2007/02/01 (Thu)

Not Daikon-kun, Korean ginseng-kun. (^_^)
I got it from a Korean fan.

When I first saw it, I thought, what? This is? Some kind of pseudo-daikon?
But no, it does look like Korean ginseng after all, doesn't it.

I got all kinds of Korean ginseng stuff,
not just dolls, but juice and drinks and sweets
and all sorts of things,
so I'll have to start using it straight away.

At any rate, that was some amazing energy,
the enthusiasm and cheering in the entire stadium.The whole building was shaking. (^_^)
The energy of each person was in a whole different league than in Japan.

And somehow people weren't collapsing in the middle of the show,
we heard from the staff. Maybe just one or two people.

Of course you're wondering about my eating habits. Because I like hot foods, I ate a lot.
When I experienced that kind of power, I thought, I won't be defeated by this!!
and I think I'll need to share the powerful Korean Ginseng luck after this. (^_^)

Also, the Korean people all have nice skin.
There were a bunch of light-complexioned, bright-skinned people.
As a beautiful skin maniac, I was a jealous as I could be. (^_^)

I'll continue the kimchi and genseng diet for a while.
Only a three day stay in Korea, and I'm all huffed up about skin. (^_^)
It must be scary, that kapusaishin and saponin power. *

Bad skin! I want beautiful skin! I think I'll go for it.
I'll report later on that one, too. (^_^)

P.S. The Japanese of the fans who came out was really advanced.
There were fan letters written in Japanese. Reading them,
how could I not be really touched? It really filled my chest. (so pleased!)
I don't know how many people watch this HP from Korea,
but I'd like to borrow this space to say 'Thank you' from the heart.

Thank you for the best night.

We will definitely meet again.


[ * soap ingrediants. also, OMGs! you mean i'm in the same month as my prey!? ... however temporarily ... ]

[255] I'm home!!! - 2007/01/30 (Tue)

Honestly, Korea is an absurdly hot country, isn't it.
We got to do a live with more spirit and energy
and it was really the best party. (^_^)

Also, our music crosses over into Korea, and our cultures intermingle through the words, those were the kind of things
I realized even after only two days.
And that feeling hot makes me want to run back to to Taiwan. (^_^)

So, the live was a huge success,
but again afterwards, I got swept up in the moment and overate,
so actually, it was a complete regression. (^_^)

I'll try hard again starting tomorrow. (^^;)

Also, while we were on tour, this HP had its eight-month anniversary.
I was thinking that even though it's been such a long while,
everyone's stayed so supportive. I thank you from my heart.
Let's make it a whole year together like this. (^_^)

For the time being, today we've got this. Already seems to have degenerated... (^_^)

P.S. Even Korea, as usual, was a hard slap. (^_^)
Smiles cross borders, too. (^_^) Yeah, well~ it was fun. (^_^)

[254] Can't sleep... - 2007/01/27 (Sat)

so I wrote down a recepie. (^_^)
The most simple cabbage and tomato sauce dish.

1. Put randomly chopped cabbage on a plate.

2. Lightly salt and pepper the cabbage.

3. Put the tomato sauce on the cabbage.

4. Sprinkle just a minute amount of basil powder over top of that.

5. Enchant further with a uniform covering of cheese.

6. After 5~6 minutes on the range,

you'll be finished with droopy and piping hot cabbage-chan. (^_^)

Actually, I want to carefully cook it in the oven,
but the storefront gets filled with an attention-grabbing smell either way, so... (^^;)
Even so, it can be delicious. Definitely give it a try.

Well then, until next week!!
Let's try hard in Korea, too! (^_^)

[253] I made too much... - 2007/01/26 (Fri)

I tried making something
with the leftover ingrediants from yesterday's unohana.

Later, I'll be away from home for a while,
so when I clean out my refridgerator,
if I can use them all up, it'll be an amazing amount of stuff. (^^;)

If I do that, I'll can get the rest in the freezer, and I can eat that when I get back. (^_^)

Today, it was hot and salty konnyaku, finely chopped burdock,
cooked cabbage in tomato sauce, stir-fried doubanjan pork, *
and of course, yesterday's unohana. (^_^)

I ate the first pork in a long time in order to gain stamina.
Immediately my stomach swelled up with the meat.
Well, with this, I'll have to try harder!!

Well, starting tomorrow, I'll be away from home for a while,
so the menus will take a break. (^_^)

Well then, if it becomes some kind of incident-filled journey, (^_^)
I'll make a report when I get back, so have fun.


[ * doubanjan is a spice used in chinese cooking made from red peppers and broad beans.]

[252] Unohana - 2007/01/26 (Fri)

I made too much. (^^;)

However, I chopped up the ingredients, stir-fried it,
seasoned it with dashi, haa, finally ready,
but when I served it in the bowl, and went to put the konnyaku on as usual...,
What's that? I forgot something... (^^;)
Eh, too late now... I'll use it tomorrow. (^_^)

These days, cooking seems to have become a stress reliever. (^^;)
On tonight's menu, tofu steak, fried tofu and bean sprouts,
and then we'll be serving splendid beans
in reduced drippings from the tofu in the picture. (^_^)

It's healthy any way you look at it, right?
Well~ it'll cure your body.
Tasty and wholesome would be great, huh? (yay)

Well, tofu is good, and vegetables are good,
they are good food for your body, but your stomach is instantly empty again... (bitter smile)
Mm, just a little longer, patience, patience... (^_^)

Okura used to remind me of my mother's cooking.
I made this myself, but somehow, it still had that warm flavor. (^_^)

P.S. Bit by bit, I'll try everyone's menu...

[251] Today - 2007/01/24 (Wed)

it's Oden faire. (^_^)

I was thinking I was going to eat a proper meal,
but after eating only one meal for a while, I couldn't start eating again so suddenly. (^^;)

On this cold night, the hot oden was supremely delicious. (^_^)
Somehow, my body and soul are warm...
If I had some hot sake, too... Sheeew... *
Ha-, wait wait wait, if I could just stop having delusions... (^_^)

Everyone, what do you like with your oden?
As for me, surprisingly, eggs are my favorite.
Well, nothing like giving the impression of being full of strange tastes.
With the egg yolk melting in the dashi, ** it's an effective use of materials.

My mom used to get angry at me when she would make oden at home when I was little.
She would say, You only get one egg a day! (^_^)
It's probably because of that experience that I still thinks eggs are special to this day.

These days, nobody gets angry, so I eat three of them at a time. (^_^)
Eh? Too much cholesterol intake? ... Yeah, probably. (^^;)

Of course, I had some daikon, too. (^_^)
The daikon sucked up a lot of flavor, too, so I was also delicious. (^_^)

These days, you can buy oden at the convenience stores,
but if you make it at home, it's simple, so anyone can make it tasty.
Definitely needs some hot sake though. (^_^)


[ * i wasn't sure what sound effect to put here. it's that noise when you think, "damn that would be tasty!"
** a soup stock made from fish and kelp.
also, enough reading material for you lately? (^_^) i will catch up~ i will catch up~ i WILL catch up~ only 28 pos-- wait, only 28!? HELL YES~ (^^;)]

[250] Again with the food posts... - 2007/01/23 (Tue)

Tonight, Chinese faire. (^_^)

A friend came over to see my new guitar,
so, thinking he'd be hungry, I made something. (^_^)

I found some lobster in the fridge by chance, so today he had Lobster and Chinese rice.
Of course, I didn't eat it. (^^;)
I was next door with vegetables and natto and tofu. (lonely)

My friend is a guitarist, too,
and the moment he touched yesterday's Les Paul,
he gave it his stamp of approval, saying,
'Oh, Success. This is nice. ♪' (^_^)

After that, we put on some light CDs and stuff and had a music lecture,
and my friend had to rush home.

When he went, he said,
'Thanks for the warm home cooking ♪ It was delicious,'
and I was very happy.

I guess, I'm becoming a good house husband, absolutely. (If I do say so myself.)

P.S. I'm healthy again, so I'm thinking I'll gradually start eating again tomorrow.

[249] I bought - 2007/01/23 (Tue)

another unnecessary thing. (^_^)

Yeah well, with the Asian Tour, all my instruments are being shipped out.
So now, without a guitar on hand,
I couldn't lean on just the one guitar until tomorrow.

It's so troublesome. (^_^)
Being without a guitar until the middle of February,
with no practicing, actually would have been extremely troublesome.

I didn't have a choice but to buy one, but I didn't want something too good,
so, I just looked for some cheap basic guitar and bought it.

Then, I tried playing this one,
and it was relatively cheap, and had a nice sound. (yay!)
Since this is my first time having a Les Paul, well, I probably should practice, huh. *

Only, compared to playing my usual guitar,
the sound on this one is of course vastly different. (^^;)

However, guitars these days are expensive, huh?
4~500 thousand isn't normal any more, are they?. (!)
On the top end, they're about 2 million,
but who on earth buys those things, seriously...
If you're wondering about how many tens of thousands of yen this thing cost me, (^_^)

well, with all the stuff I just said, the guy thanked me for quite a while.
Actually, I was already pretty excited about it, but still. (^_^)

Well then, I'm off to practice. (^_^)


[ * a les paul is a gibson model guitar. YOU-kun's newest toy set him back about US$2000.]

[248] Two day party boy (^_^) - 2007/01/21 (Sun)

I had takoyaki today, too. (^^;)
There was a lot of octopus left over yesterday...
I didn't want to waste it, so I tried some takoyaki again today.

As you might expect, takoyaki by yourself is lonely,
so I called a music friend of mine who lives in the neighborhood,
and, again, had a takoyaki and WII party.

He even tried making takoyaki for the first time,
and made quite a hard struggle of it. (^_^)

But his virgin takoyaki was very moving. (^_^)

'The Kansai person who invented takoyaki was great!'

The floured things quickly filled my stomach,
but instantly, I was hungry again. (^^;)

When we played WII, still I was hungry... (^_^)

P.S. Speaking of, it's been nothing but food posts, huh... Maybe I'm a little hungry. (^^;)

[247] Takoyaki!!! - 20/01/21 (Sun)

We met for a friend's birthday party at my house.
Thinking to make it a best case scenario, I made it a takoyaki party.

It's standard faire in Kansai,
but since I came to the capital, I haven't made much takoyaki.
And of course, takoyaki is tasty.
I went out to buy the takoyaki supplies the other day, and had a bunch of fun. (^_^)

I was eager to get cooking.
They weren't overturned quite skillfully. (^_^)

Also, after the meal...
The customary swarming of the WII. (^_^)
In addition to enjoying everyone's presence, we got to spend meal time together, so we killed two birds with one stone.

I ate the floured things today, and so sat very still.

Also, I continued the WII party for a long while... (^_^)

[246] Karanabe - 2007/01/20 (Sat)

Again, I was invited out.
I crashed a drinking party for the first time last summer,
but that time, I got super drunk,
and practically exploded,
so, well, I wasn't up for drinking this time around,
and with the conviction of self-discipline, I had Oolong tea again today. (^^;)

If you think about it, that pot is dangerous, huh?
It's nothing but vegetables,
but I overate without realizing it.

I feel like I could be full for three days. (^_^)
What to do if I suddently rebound...

Well well, everyone, have fun this weekend.
As for me, it's the Battle of the Appetite. (^_^)


[note: karanabe, like motsunabe, some kind of japanese dish that involves throwing stuff in a pot. that's my kind of cooking. probably the only kind i could handle. (^^;) ]

[245] Fruits - 2007/01/18 (Thu)

Has this lifestyle started yet? (^_^)

Today, I mixed in some fruit yoghert.
I thought about eating it with the vegetables,
but, talk about one meal a day, after just this yoghert,
my stomach was full. (^^;)

One day of light eating, and it seems my constitution has improved. (^_^)
Well, I was overeating to begin with, but still. (^_^)

Ah, after a while, I hit the scales to get my spirit up.
What did I behold! I must have lost weight during the tour!

Wait, what? That's odd...
My body weight dropped, but my flab quotient increased... (^^;)

So then, my muscles degenerated and changed into flab...
Heh... I haven't been keeping up with the weight training. (T_T)

[244] Vegetable Lifestyle - 2007/01/17 (Wed)

Has it started? (^_^)

Bit by bit I'm getting my fighting spirit on.
Another week and it's going to be urgent. (^^;)

I thought for a while of eating one meal a day,
and when I patiently waited all day with only the one meal,
after a while, I got dizzy. (^^;)

I'll report later on how effective the
natto, tofu, and vegetables lifestyle is. (^_^)

Ugh-- My stomach's empty already, and I just ate a little while ago. (bwahahah)

[243] Again today... - 2007/01/16 (Tue)

I was invited for a drink. (^^;)
It's so restricting when you're not allowed to drink...

Everyone else has draught beer, and I've got Oolong tea. (T_T)
Once again, patience...

If I can't drink, I sure can eat!
I had the chicken and eggs on rice on the menu. (^^;)

Can't drink = eat = getting flabby = even more not drinking = eating from stress = still more getting flabby = ......
Sigh, an infinite loop of flab... (^_^)

And I was just starting to lose the meat from New Years. (bwahahah)

[242] It got late. (^^;) - 2007/01/16 (Tue)

Today I went to a friend's live.
As expected, the band was good.

Recently, I've been going to see indie groups a lot.
It's because I can learn things by going to other peoples' Lives.

Seeing various bands and hearing various music,
it allows my burning energy to bubble out in secret. (^_^)

I was invited to the long-awaited launch,
but I've got so much work, and I couldn't drink,
so as a last resort, I got some Oolong tea and had to just watch the drinking from afar.

Thanks to that, I'm hideously sleepy.
If I drink, I'll be wide awake with my gasoline supply, so... (^_^)

I've been running for a while on an empty tank. (^_^)

Eh, the picture's not really connected (^^;)
I just thought the lighted stairs looked pretty. (^_^)

[241] Sorry to keep you waiting!! - 2007/01/15 (Mon)

Thanks for all the messages while I was away.
Coming back here made me feel really good. (^_^)

I didn't update, even though I wanted to,
and at any rate, it was all piles of snow and even my cell phone was down...

Eh? Flaunting my advantages? ... Sorry. (^^;)
But, but, I was craving a chance to go. (^_^)

And actually, after I said "Wanna go snowboarding together?" *
even Satan came along with me. (^_^)

He cheerfully agreed,
but he is a busy guy, and he made time especially for it,
so I'm going to borrow this space to tell him "Thank you." (*gratitude*)

However, when you snowboard for a long while, since you've already done something stupid,
the WII is a major mistake. Real muscle pain.
Even now, it hurts so much I can't move my foot. (^^;)

Incidentaly, that evening, we watched '24' together. (^_^)
It wasn't my first time watching it, but I was totally immersed. (^_^)
Even now, it's on my mind, on my mind. (^_^)

I'll go rent it tomorrow. (^_^)


[ * said in an adorable kansai-ben, i might add. ]

[240] PC connection - 2007/01/13 (Sat)

I won't be able to update for a day or two. Hold on a little while...

[239] In Hell (^_^) - 2007/01/12 (Fri)

It's been a long time since I've had lunch with Satan.
He said,
"We should go shopping together,"
so we wandered around the electronics stores,
and afterwards, we went to the arcade.

Arcades these days are amazing, huh?
It's a whole country of UFO catchers.
Well, with the home consoles progressing so far,
it's not necessary to go out to the arcades anymore.

I didn't dare try a UFO catcher,
I was sorely tempted to go for a whole set. (^_^)

Each play was 100 yen, so I'll have to bring a lot of money. (^_^)
And definitely go all by myself. (^_^)

Oh, we forgot to take some photo booth pictures... (^_^)


[ note: god there have been a lot of notes in this week's posts, ne? my note today is that i think this is possibly my most favorite post so far. not only because i suspect satan = gaku, but because i myself often joke about talking with satan. anyone got a free ticket to japan? (^_^) ]

[238] Speaking of, - 2007/01/11 (Thu)

I eat mandarins all year,
but it's been a while since I sat down at a kotatsu... *
Kotatsus and mandarin oranges are winter standards, so... (^_^)

In the old days, we didn't have air conditioners (^^;)
so eating mandarins and sitting at the kotatsu
was how you kept warm.

We used to toast rice cakes and things on the brazier.
Thinking about it now, having an open flame in the room was kind of dangerous. (^^;)

Then again, we can talk about heated bedding, and turn the conversation around to sleeping. (^_^)
I passed the winters just exactly like that.

It's just that they're so warm, kotatsus.
They warm your body and your mind, that's how I feel.

P.S. Hitting each other's feet under the table, that's a good distance, don't you think? (^_^)


[ * kotatsus are those little table things that are set into the ground and have a heat source underneath them. once again, tamaki-senpai has ruined a perfectly good japanese tradition for me. (^_^) ]

[237] I missed you - 2007/01/09 (Tue)

Super Mario. (^_^)
What's that? Why miss it?
I think most of you weren't born yet. *

When my friends and I were kids, everyone went in for Mario.
It was the Famicom's golden age.
That theme song is an immortal work, huh? (^_^)

If you look back at games we used to play, like this one,
games have really progressed, haven't they.
It's fun wondering how far they'll progress in another ten or twenty years.

Today a friend from France came on a visit to Japan,
so we had a long awaited reunion. Instantly, the WII came out. (^_^)
It seems to be popular in France, but getting your hands on one is difficult.
Even gaming has gone international.

Tonight, a toast to celebrate another reunion. (^_^) To friends. (^_^)


[ * that's really a shame. how many of you actually weren't born when the original super mario came out? i was born. i was ... two. ... oh my god. ]

[236] Coming of Age Day - 2007/01/08 (Mon)

If you thought there were a lot of awfully fancied up people around today,
that's just because it's Coming of Age Day. *

I miss those days... Those long distant days. (bwahahah)
It's really quick, the way time flies...
No matter how many years pass, to speak plainly,
I feel like mentally I never really stop being a teenager. (^^;)
Men will always be children, I guess. I'm ultra bratty. (^_^)

Twenty years old, huh..., I drove around on my motorcycle as much as I wanted
without any restrictions.
I went bike riding on the popular Hokkaido tour so many times.
I wasn't quite so anti-social when I was riding my bike...
Speaking of, I wrote a little thing about it a while ago, didn't I.

Is anybody going to a coming of age celebration? I don't have any memories of mine. (^_^)
Probably, I met with some friends outside the hall, a beer in one hand. (^^;)
... Ah, youth. (^_^)

To all the new adults, please be very careful of drinking too much. (bwahahah)

P.S. People who are going snowboarding, I am a jealous as I could be...
Am I seriously not allowed to have one of those "Go anywhere doors" ...? (^_^) **


[ * the second monday in january is seijin no hi, coming of age day, which celebrates 20 year olds joining society and becoming Legal.
** one of doraemon's tools, apparently, it's a door that you open it and you tell it where you want to go and step through it, and boom! there you are. i think i need one~ ]

[235] Muscle pain (^^;) - 2007/01/08 (Mon)

It's like I'm sore from playing games.
It's odd, I don't play for long hours...
If it's because of that, it could be some good exercise for me.

In anticipation, they should put not 'Brain Training'
but 'Weight Training' on sale. (^_^)

Then you could progress in that game, experiencing it
experience it virtually.
If I remember right, in the movie "Strange Days" they built a machine that could
experience other people's memories,
but this might not be so bad.

That way, I could go snowboarding and hot spring-ing
and still stay in the house. (bwahahah)

Yeah, how long am I going to keep dreamimg... (^^;)
Even now I wait in anticipation of Doraemon. (^_^) *

P.S. Already one week of the new year... Really quick, huh.


[ * for those of you who don't get this (such as myself until i looked up doraemon) the robot cat in question hails from the 22nd century. you really never know what you're going to get with YOU-kun. seriously. (¬.¬;) ]

[234] It's late, but... - 2007/01/06 (Sat)

I finally went for my first temple visit of the new year. (^^;)
The customary prediction was, excellent luck!! (^_^)

Well, New Year's Day I heard a number of lucky things,
but speaking them aloud might be too much. (^_^)

Waa~, such a good sign~♪
I have a premonition that this will be a great year.

Here's hoping 2007 will be a great year, for me and for everyone...


[incidentally, how has everyone's year been? besides the obvious "when is that girl gonna get off her butt and post some translations," i mean. (^_^)]

[233] At last - 2007/01/05 (Fri)

I bought a WII. (^^;)
I waited a long time,
but Santa never came. (^_^)

So, my first impression:
it's massive fun!

When I played the Famicom * for the first time, in the seriously remote past,
that fresh sensation has been resurrected. It's like, OO~ AMAZING! (^_^)

Only, I wonder how I must look,
laughing to myself **
and waving the remote at the TV. (^_^)

For now, it's the perfect thing to get. Perfect for lots of adults
playing around and making a racket.

If I decide to have a WII party, I'll let you know. (^_^)


[ * the NES for those of us overseas
** just as a nerdy linguistic note, this sentence literally was "exchanging HAHs with myself." i think that sounds cute.
also, insert jealous whining here on my own personal part. i want a WII~ ]

[232] Long lost strawberry. (^_^) - 2007/01/04 (Thu)

Once again, tempation. (^_^)
Let's everybody investigate the way of flab together. (^_^)

However, it is really due to eating and drinking too much over the holidays. (^^;)
Another rousing hurrah for kewpies! (^_^)

Everybody should definitely say hurrah to their kewpie friends! (bwahahah)

Ah, changing the subject, (^_^) today I went to check out a live house.
Surveying the scene from the guest seating at the back for a change,
everyone is amazing, with their headbanging. (^_^)
If I was moving around like that, I'd be in a serious way the next morning.
Experience has taught me well. (^_^)

My chiropractor says watch out for whiplash,
so everyone be careful of too much headbanging.

I'll just headbang slowly. But with a lot of oomph. (^_^)

[231] Ugh... - 2007/01/03 (Wed)

It's been gradually getting super cold, hasn't it.
As it gets colder, all my aches come out to play.

And they say 'I, I want to go snowboarding~!!!' (^_^)

Aah~, I want to glide, I wanna glide, I WANNA GLIDE!!
I want to be on a ski slope right now... Seriously.

Every day, I see reports of falling snow,
and I get delusional delusions. (^_^)

After plenty of gliding, a nice warm hot spring. (^_^)
Guh, I can't take it. (^_^)

Well, I know I can't go, but still. (T_T)
Still, I dive in, saying I can go during the New Years' holiday,
still knowing. (^_^)

Someone 'Will you take me snowboarding?' (^_^)
Ah, just like old times, huh... yes. (^^;)

Reminds me of my first glide. (^_^)

[230] Ta~rako ~♪ Ta~raka~♪ - 2007/01/02 (Tue)

I made tarako pasta. (^_^)
It's simple and tasty,
so actually, I make it a lot. (^_^)
The person who first invented this
is truly a genius in my eyes.
It's a Japanese and Italian collaboration.

Well, I went to make the year's first meal
and poof, it was really easy. (^_^)

Speaking if, I have a hunch that there have been a lot of years
where I didn't eat any special New Year's food...
I haven't liked New Year's since I was young,
and yet, strangely enough, I love eating. (^_^)

I should try making something next year, huh.


[note: does anyone else find that tarako kewpie oddly frightening? (^^;) ]

[229] First day of the new year - 2007/01/01(Mon)

How is everyone spending it?
As for me, I finally finished watching all those movies i rented.
The new year came and I promptly ate way too many potato chips. (^^;)

I'll be staying inside for the beginning of the year... (^_^)
If I don't go for my temple visit tomorrow. (^_^)

Oh yeah! This year's goal,
'Every day, bathe in the light of the sun!!!'

That's what I say..., every year. (^_^)

P.S. At last! I even saw Prison Break all the way through!!

[228] Mm? A date? - 2007/01/01 (Mon)

I tried getting dressed up for supper...
The new year was early, so you'll have to excuse me.

When I went to visit the shrine in the old neighborhood,
there was a huge line. (^^;)
Usually, no one's there...

It was freezing cold, so I couldn't stand it, and I came back home. (^_^)
Seriously, that line was clear to Tokyo...

Everyone, have a good year's first dream!!!

P.S. Have some Daikon tea (bwahahah)


[at least now i'm in the same year as my target. it's like a massive hunt, and i keep falling behind. he left a post recently that said, "i'll be out of touch for a while," and i was like yay! time to catch up! ... except he came back the very next day... (T_T) ganbatte, self! you can do it!]

[227] It dawned~ - 2006/12/31 (Sun)

A HAPPY NEW YEAR！！！
Have a good year this year, too.

After this, I should go to visit the temple, huh. (^_^)

[226] Well then, - 2006/12/31 (Sun)

New Year's Eve, so have you eaten your soba
and are you prepared to jump? (^_^)

Only 10 minutes left~.

[225] Preperations OK!! - 2006/12/31(Sun)

I rented a ton of movies,
I bought my junk food,
all my preperations for a laid back New Year's Eve are in order. (^_^)

Everyong, thank you so much for this past year. m(._.)m
I hope this HP makes everybody feel better next year, too, even if just a little.
Little by little, I'll go for it, somehow or other, with my weak hands. (^_^)

So for this year, too, the remaining hours, at least..., have a good year!!!


[ what's this? more posting? zOMG! this is what happens when my house is buried in snow and i had to get up at 8.30 am to get new tires. $198.93? is that even a viable total? (o.O?) ]

[224] The Sequel (^_^) - 2006/12/30(Sat)

I'll drink from now until the new year~.
And another drink in the morning the hangover, just to up
the tension (^_^)

Everyone please enjoy yourself with all your might
for the remainder of this year.

As for me, I'll be drunk this evening, too. (^_^) *

I would be the one to say such things, but
everyone, be careful of drinking too much!

In my case, alcohol is my fuel. (^^;)

Tomorrow: The Three Days Drunk Decision!!


[ * interesting tidbit: the word he chose for drunk in this case also means untrustworthy. heheh. ]

[223] Yeah!! - 2006/12/30(Sat)

The return of the year-end party.
The drinking party at the usual house.
Oh man, I haven't been drunk in a long time~.

The spring cleaning went well. (^_^)
So now, I'll drink until the morning~.