[629] A Tiny Visitor - 2008/05/31 (Sat)

For some reason, Eneru has been dropped off to my custody for these three days.

Already, he's a jumble of cute! The pampered brat hasn't been far from my lap. (^_^)

The photo's hard to make out, but he's sleeping with her head in my armpit. (^_^)

The clever devil has escaped has excaped my camera. (^^;) Well, I did have orders of 'Upload Prohibited!' but still. (*big (^^;)*)

Man~ Like this, I really can't get any work done... (^_^) But he just won't get off my lap. (^_^)

I'll be satisfied for a while... (^_^) Truly, such a good kid... (*joy*)

P.S. I've been thinking lately about original goods, that I'd like to make some, but what do people want? I don't have any weight loss drug. (^_^)

[628] Long time, no live testing (^_^) - 2008/05/29 (Thu)

I thought that it would be hot and seem like summer in a little while, and it's raining again... Aaah, substitutes. (^_^)

Whenever it rains, my body gets all heavy, so I've become a sort of human weather forecaster. (^^;) Ah, heavy... Eventually it'll fall... I hope. (^_^)

So, it's been a while, but I've been quietly doing some live testing. (^_^) So far I've tried every single supplement available, and just to mention the recent ones, there's been black oolong tead, black vinegar, tomato juice, maka... etc, I've tried everything from beginning to end,

but, these are of the health food and supplement groups, and on their own, like this, the manifestation of the benefits are hard to see clearly. You feel like you're getting thin, you feel like your body is looking good, but when you rely on feelings many things become facts... (^^;)

So, you know, this time I found something! On the net (^_^) I found something that is supposed to lower your body weight by 6-10 kilos in 2 weeks ~ 1 month. (^_^)

Eh? Another trick, you say? Yeah, well, it's two weeks, so we'll swiftly see if it's not a winner, now won't we. (^_^)

In the event that my beautiful flab is repulsed after two weeks, I'll stealthily tell you all what supplement it is. (^_^)

Even if there is no such reaction, I'll consider my feelings on the matter, so please be gentle. (^_^)

For the time being, I'm restricted to one meal a day and no drinking, although this isn't really a change...

Well then well then, pray for efficacy~ (^_^)

[627] Boy!! Two whole years!! - 2008/05/27 (Tue)

As expected everyone dislikes reptiles it seems... (^^;)

But if you get the chance, you should definitely get up your courage and try to touch one. Just restrict yourselves to pets. (^_^)

I was wondering what would make a good subject to photograph when I buy a macro lens, and I thought I'd go to my friend's house and see if he'd let me take some photos again,

but for now I'll hold back on the upload. (^_^)

P.S. How did it manage to be this many years... Everyone always leaves me words of thanks, but the I'm the one who should be thanking you.

Without everyone's support, I would have had no reason to continue this far.

I'm thinking we should go forward even from here, laughing together, crying together, doing all kinds of things together.

'Thanks for the past, and also thanks for the future.'

Man~ still, I've grown even in these two years... (^^;) The growth's been nothing but 'flab' but still... (bwahahah)

From now on, I'll do things at a rich laid-back pace.


Thanks so much for sticking with me.

Well then well then~



[ zomg, two years! well, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to take this opportunity to thank you, too, for all the support you've given your lowly neighborhood translator. as long as he keeps writing, i'll keep translating! ]

[626] Precious Life Experience (^_^) - 2008/05/27 (Tue)

I got an 'Mac Teaching' SOS from a friend once again, and the telephone, well, I couldn't teach him over the phone, so when I went as Mac sensei to his house,

but right from the beginning I was stopped, it was like some kind of reptile kingdom. (^^;)

Speaking of reptiles, when I was in my teens, there was a reptile boom, and in Kawahara in Kyoto, if I'm not mistaken, there was a store called 'Alligator.'

Right at the entrance were alligators and things, and I have this memory of being able have tea and stuff while you touched the reptiles

but at the time, I simply didn't have the nerve to touch one of them. (^^;)

I have had some experience being touched by a snake, once there was a python or something wrapped around my neck in Okinawa, but still. (I don't remember it, I was completely frozen...)

But this time, my friend raises them, and he was like, 'They're tame,' so I thought I should experience everything, and resolutely decided to come into contact with one. (^_^)

Man~ Until now, I've been prejudiced agains reptiles-- Even the snake in this picture, once I got used to him, is a pretty cute fellow.

The way it feels... The underside is nice and cool, and the top was like a nice snakeskin purse? ... (^_^)

I guess they can grow up to three meters... Also, he said if you're an early riser you can feed them your bait yourself... (^^;)

Setting aside the long shot jokes (^_^) does anyone here raise reptiles? I can't take care of things, so I can't keep them, but I have gotten a little interested. (^_^)

People who have an aversion to reptiles should try resolutely going out to have some contact with them.

I'm perfectly fine. (^_^)

[625] My Embarrassing Secret (^_^) - 2008/05/25 (Sun)

The truth is, I've been into making bread lately (^_^)

I've still got a ways to go on mastering it, but making bread is mostly Leave It Alone play, so even if you don't have that much time, you can make it! (*joy!*)

Well, honestly, we won't discuss flavor (^^;) but it's completely additive free, so I fell like it's good for the body. (^_^)

Man~ It's harder than I thought... When I get a delicious taste, I'll upload the finished product.

Yeah, the way I see it, bread and udon every day. ... So I'll be eating nothing but carbohydrates? (^^;)

P.S. Op, nothing but food posts lately, huh... Think about that...


[ from one bread-obsessed freak to another, i can totally recommend bread + udon diets, yuu! (^_^) ]

[624]Udon~ - 2008/05/23 (Fri)

Somehow, well, this is good timing, and some udon was sent off from the fan club. (^_^)

Truly, always always thank you. While I'm being careful with my stomach, I get something to study. (^_^)

So for now, it's daily udon. (^_^)

However, it's been seriously cold until last week, but today was seriously summer...

I only left for a little shopping, and soon I was sweaty and withered.

It's because I'm not accustomed to sunlight. (^^;) I get instantly exhausted... (*big (^^;)*)

Everyone, get more moisture than usual, and seriously, be careful of heat stroke, please.

Well then well then, have a wonderful weekend. As for me, I'm staying in bed, since I've got to keep my energy up...

Of course, with udon power. (^_^)

[623] A continuation of the food stuffs, but... - 2008/05/22 (Thu)

The day before yesterday, my friend treated me to a meal in thank for some car photos I took the other day.

Sounds like my cooking master is some kind of rickshawman, doesn't it. Of course, he does have some powerful arms. (^_^)

As ever, his cooking senses are incredibile, and somehow, in his healthy goals, he doesn't use any meat at all.

Well, I was quite satisfied on the road home, but maybe because it was centered on vegetables, my digestion was good, and I was hungry again in the middle of the night. (^_^)

Yeah, my gas milage is pretty rotten... (^^;)

Finally, I couldn't take it any more, and I got up for a late night ramen snack. (*big (^^;)*)

Then, you know, I don't know if it was food poisoning or some miserable thing, and all night long I was writhing in agony, painful pain. (T_T)

Thanks to that, I was weak all day long, and yesterday's plans were completely canceled... (^^;)

Now, my stomach is gradually recovering, and I can easily down 'Udon.' (^_^)

And now you're thinking, Udon again?! Wasn't he eating nothing but yakiudon not too long ago. (^_^)

When your body is weak, warm udon is good for you!! Well, there's no evidence for that, but still. (^^;) I eat it when I have a cold, too.

When I subjected this udon to a light investigation, digestion of it seems especially easy on the stomach.

That can become a reason before you know it... (^_^)

This thing's getting long, but (^^;) I'll soon put a stop to late night ramen snacks. (*oh yes*) They're especially tasty after a drink, but still...

Next time I'll have udon! (^_^)

[622] Monja Monja - 2008/05/19 (Mon)

"Monja" is questionable when you look at the picture. (^^;) I totally love it that way... (*major (^^;)*)

These 2~3 days of nice weather has me almost feeling good. Thanks to that, I've even made some progress at work, but, well, when I thought I might like to go out tomorrow, there's another typhoon... (^^;)

My timing recently has been beyond bad...

Spring this year seemed short, didn't it... We seem to have rushed right into the rainy season with this raining for days on end thing...

When it clears up next time, I will definitely go out. (^_^)

Well then well then.


[ monja is a creepy pancake thing. i'm under the impression that it doesn't normally look so ... greul-ly. (^^;)

edit: okay, so maybe it is supposed to be greul-ly. still, it does look questionable. (^_^) ]

[621] The Bat Cave (^_^) - 2008/05/15 (Thu)

Sorry to get everybody worried... Even I'm not sure why I've been having these nightmares lately.

On days when my physical condition is bad, I don't try anything unreasonable, and I take things at my own pace, but still. I take my sleeping hours seriously, too.

Plus, my sleep quality is ultra-good. I get into bed, and in an instant I am passed out alseep. (^_^) But for some reason, every night I have a nightmare, and I wake up drenched in sweat...

Yeeeah, I must have picked up something evil along the way. (*angry*) For now, I'll toss around some purifying salt. (^_^)


At any rate, it's really cold... Where the heck is spring...

Everyone please be careful not to catch colds and things...

P.S. The damage from the 'Szechuan Earthquake' gets sadder by the day...

We might be restricted in what we can do, but there shouldn't be any limit to what we can do as fellow Asians.

Even now, even if you're just one person, don't stop praying for the rescue of the survivors.

[620] Lately... - 2008/05/14 (Wed)

The weather's been strange, hasn't it... It's not even the rainy season, but there's been clouds and rain...

Thanks to that, my physical condition is not remarkably excellent... (^^;) How is everyone doing? Really chilly... It's spring, but...

Besides, maybe because I'm so stressed out over here I'm practically unconcious, I wake up every day with nightmares. (^^;) Then I wake up feeling like crap...

This shot, it's not any change of mood, but eventually I'll be 'Demon Hikkikomori' ... (^_^)



... So crashing is no good? (bwhahah) *

P.S. There was an earthquake in China... It made me think, The weather's bee so weird lately, maybe Japan's going to have one soon too? Praying for happiness in the next world for those who dies and a speedy recovery for those who survived, We should make provisions for what may come...


[ * in this case, ochi, which i translated as crashing as in falling over dead asleep, also means punchline, so this sentence is a pun also meaning 'So the punchline is no good?' ]

[619] Earth Quake Report (bwahahah) - 2008/05/09 (Fri)

Two consecutive days of irregular comings and goings...

Today I thought I'd have a lie down, and went straight and got into bed. (^^;)

I thought I heard some kind of earth tremor. Like, grrgrrrgrrgrr.

Those of you who commute to work, are you alright? I wonder if it had any influence on the train schedule...

Ah... Somehow my eyes were completely open...


[ someone asked about what software/add-ons i use to translate, and since my early onset Alheimer's (^_^) has prevented me from remembering which post that was on, i shall borrow this space, as yuu so often says, to pimp my tools. OmegaT for the main a -> b process (and also for auto-translating phrases i've already translated, go awesome program features) + rikai-chan for a little pop-up with a translation of (m)any words that i haven't yet learned. if you've got firefox, i highly recommend rikai-chan. it'll at least give you an idea of what a page is about~ ]

[618] Nice weather, huh... (^^;) - 2008/05/07 (Wed)

Just when I was about to give up, the weather clears up splendidly. (^^;)

Too bad I was in the studio the entire time. (^_^)

It's alright though... I went out on a weekday when there was no one around... well, I was eager to console myself. (^_^)

Did everyone have a nice rest? Those of you who took trips, did you make wonderful memories? Let's all go for it together from this week on with a thoroughly refreshed spirits.

Next up is the OBon holiday. (^_^)

Well, I usually consider those days Hell Days, but. (bwahahah)

Well then well then~

P.S. The day the season changed? I found another pimple... I popped straight away... It was all shiny for a while... (*angry*)


[ ok, we'll skip over the actual post and leave our comment on what everyone's really thinking: what the hell kind of (flowery? hokey? All-Out European?) wallpaper is THAT yuu-san? (^_^) ]

[617] Children's Day~ - 2008/05/05 (Mon)

This has absolutely nothing to do with Children's Day, (^^;) I got a souvenir present from my friend, 'Ja Ga Pokkuri' ... Man, I got Ja Ga Pokkuri. (^_^) *

When I crunch away on it on breaks at work, they disappear right before my eyes. (^^;)

But once you start eating, you just can't stop. (^_^)

However, for this year's GW, the weather wasn't great, was it... Every morning before I go to bed I check the weather and when it clears up I get in the mood to go out and take a walk with my insomnia, but the weather was never quite refreshing.

Will it rain today? Will it not rain today? Every day when I get worried about it, the day when I would have gone out, well it's already passed... (^^;)

Well... That's alright... Even just a little taste of GW. (bwahahah)

I was just distracted by the wild delusions of getting out of here (^^;) but from today they are completely cut down. I must concentrate! (^_^)

Well then well then~



[ * i'm sure this is funny, i just don't get it. i'm looking into it... ]

[616] The annual event, - 2008/05/03 (Sat)

the Secret Live, I went to it.

The both of them seemed unchangably healthy. (^_^) And they're both such big big big elders at different genres...

A steady stream of laughs... Man, I learned a lot. (^_^)

But ten years? ... AMAZING. It'd like to one day congratulate this site on ten years, too, you know.

Well... Even in ten years' time, my writing probably won't have changed, but. (^_^)

Well then well then, I was caught in the rain and I'll probably catch a cold or something. I misplaced my spare umbrella yet again... (^^;)


[ the secret live! sounds mysterious! (^_^)

edit: of course now that i've posted the comment below, i find that i can't spell and that ja.wikipedia.org does indeed have an entry for kyai~n, which is what the ticket says... turns out kyai~n is a two-man comedy gig composed of hideki suzuki and hiroyuki amano. it was formed in 1991 from a couple of guys trying to make it as comics at Asai Kikaku, a talent agency. ]

[615] Curry Udon~ - 2008/05/01 (Thu)

Every day at the studio, we have nothing but take out, so even if it's good, we get tired of catering, and so here is my turn as YOU Chef: the day before yesterday I made everyone a curry pot, but

there was a huge quantity of curry and ingrediants and everything left over (^^;) and so today I made curry udon with the leftover curry. (^_^)

The strongish Kansai-flavor dashi was effective, and it turned out quite delicious.

Again, I forgot to take any pictures, (^^;) so it was in the middle of eating, but I took the shot anyway. (^_^)

The day before, regardless of the curry pot we were eating, there was hot demand, like, 'Do some curry udon~' and it was a big hit with everybody. (*joy*)

Man- actually it was more delicious than the pot, but. (^_^)

Of course, with curry, the hours that pass are tasty too. Reaffirmed. (^_^)

And again with the overeating... (^^;)

P.S. This month is two years? ... Truly sped by~ As always, thank you everyone for you congratulations. You warm my heart like spring. (^_^)