Thanks (2010.2.12 23:32)

For your many kind words,

truly truly thank you.



For being born in this era,

for the miracle of being able to meet all of you, I'm grateful,

and I'll try with all my might

to live a long life. (^_^)



Incidentally, in a birthday to remember,

I somehow broke my cell phone. (^^;)



So I couldn't get the all important calls from friends. (big ^^;)

The emails reached me though...



Plus, I only realized it was broken yesterday. (^^;)

I'm really tied to my phone. (major ^^;)



To borrow this space,

"Really sorry about that..."



So,

at one year older,

I'm still called robot (^_^)

I'm still called old man (^_^)

but I'll try for a lifetime of service~



Well then well then, see everybody in Niigata~

From the demon realm... (2010.2.9 22:05)

a present. (^_^)


Finally, everything is a NEW model. (^_^)

At first, I installed the bindings that I used before, but I guess I shouldn't have bought that whole other board.
(^_^)

Man~ Still some time left to go in the land of enjoyable problems. (*joy*)

The brand is "NOAH'S ARK" which is one I'd never heard of, but maybe it was fate, maybe it's my friendly relations (^_^) but somehow, this turns out to be their second season as a core domestic brand.

It feels a lot more limp than the board I've been using, so I'll have to play around with some jumps and airs. (^_^)

I'd better get right out and do some practice. (^^;) But you might say... Why exactly? (major ^^;)

However, with "NOAH'S ARK" from Sata-sama, has an even more profound meaning. (^_^)

And this design is super adorable. (^_^)

I'm grateful to Satan-sama... And grateful for being born in this season. (^_^)

I've got this new board, I've gotta get to those snowy mountains and get some practice... (^_^) This year, I WILL slide~

Bean-Throwing Day (2010.2.3 22:36)

Did everybody get to eat a lucky roll?

February 3 is bean throwing day, so:

"Evil out~ Good luck in~"

Good fortune always seems to turn up at my house somehow. In this case, Good Fortune means "Clothes" specifically snowboarding clothes. (^_^)


Of course I bought it, yes... (^^;)

The recent trend has been for either the super flashy type or the tight type, or the type that looks like casual wear.

It's been a while since I bought snowboarding clothes, but tight lines seem to be the fashion, and HOLDEN seems to be the brand that's ahead of all the others.

I am a BURTON believer (^_^) so I bought BURTON, but I didn't expect to find so many of them left on the shelves, so really tight lines must be popular.

HOLDEN is super expensive, and they're sold out everywhere on the net, and even at the store, they didn't have any in my size. (^^;)

Well, the tight stuff that's popular right now is really stylish, but to be perfectly frank with you, it's kind of difficult to be all SPUNKY and KAPOW with a kneepad. (^_^)

Talking to the people in the store, it's the butt pad, nevermind a knee pad, that you really want,

but, yeah, I think anybody who's snowboarded even once will understand that if you do not have a butt pad, that is when you will fall right on your bum. (^_^)

I've had to learn it myself repeatedly (^_^) but it really hurts when you fall down.

Ah, for people who are snowboarding for the first time, please get all of the necessary pads. Without them, there will be a world of difference, like between heaven and hell, I'm not kidding.

As for me, for now, I've got my super fancy type all ready for next season. (bwahahah) This year, it's SPUNKY and KAPOW. (^_^)

Well then well then.

P.S. New shoes, and clothes, and bindings. I wanna try them all out today. (^_^)

Major Snow~ (2010.2.2 03:12)

Somehow the snow piled right up in front of my house... (^^;) It's really been a while since we got this kind of snow in Tokyo, hasn't it?

Aaah, after training today, I thought I'd see how my snowboarding gear looked. (^_^)

Mm? Did I buy a complete replacement set?

Actually, I'd already gotten a pair of NEW shoes. (^_^)


I'm slowly buying it all. (^_^)

When this kind of snow piles up, I can slide around a little in front of my own home. (bwahahah)

Everybody don't get injured on those odd snow-covered roads. Be careful.

Imoya (2010.1.28 23:11)

I went out with my friends to buy some snowboarding gear, and we stopped for a little tea water.

I haven't had any tea water like that for a long while. I used to go all the time, but I can't remember all the locations and stuff. (^^;)

However, as usual, when you buy at one place, it's okay to lose your way a little, and there are a ton of snowboarding stores.

Lately, I've been buying only on the net, and my encounters with the latest snowboarding gear (^_^) are really dangerous.

Plus, the binding, the clothes, the board, boots, everything I see, I have to touch, then I end up buying everything. (^^;)

It is about time to replace my outerwear anyway... and I have been wanting some lighter boots... and my bindings are in rough condition...

I steadily make excuses for myself. (^^;)

This time, I won the battle with greed! (^_^)


Only bindings... (major ^^;)

Man alive, even just this took some effort. (^_^) More than my friend bought, for a while, it was touch and go. (^_^)

So, after all that, we were hungry, so we got some tempura at a place called "Imoya."

The price was great, at 600 yen for a tempura meal, and we got some delicious tempura.

I don't know if just the shops in the Jinbouchou area, but in the store we went to,

the owners were quiet, and the customers were quiet, and they were just on the verge of closing shop.

It's not much, but I wasn't brave enough to take a cell phone shot inside. (^^;)


A little snapshot from after the store closed. (^_^)

Maaan, as you'd expect, Jinbouchou has the best gourmet spots in the metro area. I'd heard rumors they were of a high level. (^_^)

I can't visit this gourmet find too much though... Or in the end, snowboarding greed will get me. (^_^)

Well, it'd only be a problem until I hit the slopes. (^_^) Even if I had completely new stuff, you'd have to be gentle with me, please. (^_^)

Well then well then, have a good weekend~

P.S. The first holiday of the new year has passed us by. Hopefully, this year will continue in peace and tranquility, too. (^_^)

Responding to everyone's love comes first...

And curing back pain. (^_^)

"Always, thank you."

THIS IS IT (2010.1.26 19:36)

I'm on of those who missed seeing it in the theater, but this time, I definitely put my hands on it.


The reputation around those around me:

"When we do our job, we definitely wanna look like this."

Everybody gives it big praise, so I thought, well I might as well. (^_^)

How long have I looked forward to this day? (^_^)

So, well, let's not think about that. (^^;)

But before that, a meal:


Pardon me... It's the same menu every time. (bwahahah)

For a while now, my number of meals has been on the rise, so I used up all my leftover ingrediants in one meal. (^_^)

I made a half and half blend of the miso base I talked about last time and the miso base I usually use, and it turned out really nice. (^_^)

Everything's been amazingly tasty lately, too. (*joy*)

And also, the promised desert.


This is a new model of the usual. (^_^)

Man, people who develop this stuff, they really understand what I like. (^_^)

But, it's strawberries, STRAWBERRIES!! Strawberry shortcake... My favorite thing!

Mm? There's really nothing better? Man alive, everybody,

when you say cake, I saw strawberry. (^_^)

Certainly chocolate, and mont blanc, and chiffon, and cheese cake, these are all my favorite foods,

but now that you mention it, souveniers for my friends are combinations of cakes, and when I give a strawberry one,

I have to have confidence that I'm giving the best. (^_^)

Once in a while, as a test, I'll combine strawberry tart with strawberry bavarois or something. At times like that, I generally keep it for myself. (^_^)

So, well, I had a bunch of reaction stuff to say about the strawberries, (^^;)

but I write about it and I get massively hungry, so I'm gonna go eat something.

Well then well then~ Everybody have something delicious~

Sorry I was out for so long. (^^;) (2010.1.21 22:51)

I was a little kidnapped. (^^;)

Yeah, there was a snowy mountain preview. (bwahahah)

So, i'm really into cooking for myself lately, so I bought myself a present. (^_^)


With this miso base, I can make another pot meal. (^_^)

However, earlier this year, I felt like I'd never snowboarded (^^;) but thanks to this, I finally got my intuition back.

Lately, I've been reading some snowboarding stuff, but the stuff that's already written is so amazingly high level.

In Japan, snowboarding having a renaissance right now, so it can't really be helped,

A snowboarding magazine I saw a while ago had an article about "Beginning Level Tricks." Aaah, now these are just normal jumps. (^_^)

When I first started, 99% of snowboarders were beginners, too, so jumping put you right up at the head of a class that just did gliding,

although frankly, these days I've got a long ways to go even to get up to beginner level. (^^;)

Well, in my case, if I broke my arm, my life would pretty much be over (^^;) so I have to exercise some self control and careful caution (^_^) so maybe I'll just hold off on those jumps after all. (^_^)

Everbody, please have fun, but take care not to injure yourselves.

Well then well then~