My Pooh-werBook

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Image of the bandaid put on my PowerBook as the battery nearly comes off while carrying around.

Well, now here let me figure out all the problems that I've recently raised and just left unsolved!

~ Winnie the Pooh = Winnie the Farter Bear suspicion ~

The son of the author A. A. Milne named his teddy bear "Winnie" after the bear "Winnipeg" that had been the star of London Zoo at that time and always loved it; he had a memory that he had come across a swan named "Pooh" during a family trip.

They say "Winnie the Pooh" was made by combining these two stories

I see . . . but, what I still don't get is its Japanese name! They've omitted the key "Winnie" and abbreviated the words to "Kuma no Pooh-san(Pooh-san the Bear) . . . Is that a good idea? Is that a last resort the translator made after wondering which to take, combination of sounds or understandability??

If I were the one on the mission, I would give more priority to the sound that kids may like and the pun of the original title, so:

"Winnie ga Pooh(Winnie does Pooh)"

- could be the name I would think up(So you really wanna take the whole story in the direction of fart thing, huh?)

. . . You know I did a translation of a picture book once. Pretty scary huh. I bet I'll never get any offers again in the future.


~ What is G of G-String? ~

The word G-String has been recognized already in the end of 19th century. However, its origin is still a mystery though there are various stories about it!

It's quite unlikely that it comes from musical terms (G-string of string instruments) considering there's a record that Americans called the fundoshi that the inhabitants of the Philippines wore as G-string. The relevance is too low.

As a result of survey, the most feasible theory I thought was that it came from the riding whip made of leather! The literature of an early date mentions it as gee-string! Gee is a shout used in horse riding, and whips were commonly called "string" in America in 19th century.

Leather whip Looks very much like Filipino inhabitants' fundoshi Leads to the modern string-pants G-string (T-back) ! !
How is that!

Well, the truth of G is still cloaked in historical mystery. Having that said! At least it has proven that fundoshi is the original T-back!

Now I'm satisfied


P.S. It seems like my Kuma Chang's got a lot of comments and trackbacks, which made him pretty much satisfied
Thank you!

Ultra Blue United Blog has been started

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Weeeeeeeep !

What a pity ! !

Mr. Positive of the day

You know, there's an entry field where you enter your name and stuff when you send an email to me, right?

It seems like, some people get stuck with it like "I can't find any 'occupation' that fits me in the drop-down menu." They're the people like working housewives, graduate students, and so on.

Well, today I got this spiffy email so let me show it to you

"I'm a rouninsei but I selected 'university student' in the menu. I'm positive."

. . . So, I would like to reward this 18-year-old W-san with the honor of "Mr. Positive of the day" ! !

You're such a nice guy!
You made me move to tears! I'm sure you can make it! Yes!

Good luck to all rouninsei-sans around the world


Oh yeah! You know what, this site has been powered up by the maintenance last night-!

The greatest point is that you're now able to see the images on your ke-tai!! All the previous images can be seen now as well, so all the people who was thinking "Shoot, I can't see it (chut)," please check the "Back number" too when you have time

Farewell!


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(NOTE by Nuuk)
"rouninsei" ... a senior high school graduate who is preparing for another chance to enter an university or college.

(A long excuse)

Isn't it creepy to talk to a rag doll?

or

Hikki did you go nuts . . . ?

- Don't say that to me-!
:weeeep:

I've been like this for 23 years-! ( boomerang line)

Yes, I've preferred to talk to rag dolls rather than to play with friends since I was a child! Hmph! Yes I can't sleep without my Kuma Chang! Hmph Hmph!
Pon pon!

Everyone will understand how I feel if they face my Kuma Chang with this beautiful skin relief and color just like that of the Namib Desert dune, which is called as the most beautiful dune in the world, and with this silky smooth fur! (Somebody please stop me as I feel like I'm getting more and more creepy)

Seriously, I think this is a very nice way to communicate yourself if you're defiant or a type of person who's been holding back your ego for ages. It makes you realize the feeling that you never knew yourself! It's a therapy!

Only my Kuma Chang was able to come in the dark cold room in my mind, with a big smile on his face!

I think this is not just me, but I always get a number of opinions at the same time in my head: emotional opinion, theoretical opinion, and such. And eventually I make one move after considering the direction of each opinion. If I talk to someone, I'll guess the reaction further and further and think "Alright, I'll take this way!", which is interesting. So, playing with my Kuma Chang stimulates my brain very much, just like playing go or chess by myself

When I was a child I gave completely different characters and voices to each 4 dragon rag dolls and played with them, which encouraged the growth of my multiple thinking I believe(like composing a quartet song), and imitating various voices trained me very well as a singer!

:Gasp: as I recall . . .

I was like, thinking "Huh, she's too old for that . . . " when I was 6 years old, watching my mom play with those dragon rag dolls . . .

Blood will tell.


I thought of writing about G-string panties today, but gotta quickly upload this first as this site will shortly go down for maintenance!

A short break

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:scratch: :scratch: :scratch:

"Hehehe Look, Hikaru-chan me can do the dee-jay thing"

'That's great, my Kuma Chang! Let me take your photo!'

*click*

'You look so cute in the photo!'

"Hehehe Then me is like a photogenic teddy"

'My Kuma Chang I love you so much!'

*smack*

"Woow Hikaru-chan, that's exciting~"

'Now I gotta go write some lyrics, what are you gonna do my Kuma Chang?'

"Me feel sleepy now :mumble: :mumble:"

'Then you don't have to wait up for me'

"Hehehe good night Hikaru-chan :mumble: :mumble: . . . "

'Sweet dreams, my Kuma Chang'

I'm sorry, Bach-san

I had been listening to Bach's "Air on the G String" on a loop-play mode in the background while I was writing yesterday's message

Today I was again listening to "Air on the G String" in the car, and found myself again having picked up a song that perfectly suited those themes like "Fundoshi," "T-back" ! !

Such cases, that you'll fail if you try to use foreign words in English just as they are, are shown on TV from time to time, right? Like for example, Americans would never understand it if you say "gaadoman(security guard)" just as "guardman" to them.

The same could go for "T-back."
In English, those panties that are thin like a string at the back are called "thong" or "G-string."
Ahem.

. . . Which means, no other songs could be better background music than "Air on the G String" !

w(' o' )w Oooh~

(I'm sorry, Bach-san)

Now I've got a simple question: I understand that they are named "~string" as they are string-like pants, but why do we call them "G-string" of all other names? Where does "G" come from . . .

. . . It seems like, nothing good comes of it when I say "simple question" on this site . . . like "Winnie the Farter Bear" of the other day and "T-back" of this time . . .

I'll go check it out and hit the sack soon, so that I won't have to write a message with the title "T-back keeps me awake" tomorrow

But, that said, I really wanna tap the potential of G more and explore my brain by imagining or considering this and that, before I look up the origin of G and easily find out the truth . . . !

Aww! I know it in my head that I shouldn't waste my time on things like this and go short of sleep but my heart just doesn't listen to me!
Oh boy, what a hardhead my heart is!

Alright do whatever you want.

. . . Yup

Ukyaa-!

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Peace sign of joy!

I learned it from some emails and went to 2channel to see a ":ponpon:" thread!

Professionally, I find the image of 2channel a bit scary, but I like its unique sense of humor and the process that new terms are being made, so I often take a look at several sites compiling interesting posts in 2channel, to learn those terms

I'm thrilled to know that it's used a lot! Awww!
:!ponpon!:

I almost felt like joining in, but I had no idea how to post . . .

Maybe I'll keep ponpon-ing too myself Until it dies out! (lol)

Have a good night

Fundoshi keeps me awake

I can't believe I didn't sleep well again last night, following that jigsaw puzzle thing the night before last . . .
My thoughts on Fundoshi just kept me awake.
:stewing:

It was already time that the morning sunshine shone in through the curtains, when I was asking myself hugging a pillow why it made me feel so unreasonable that Fundoshi was called as "Classic Pants."

I mean, Is there any possibility that calling Fundoshi as Classic Pants might set up a wrong equation as if the origin of pants is rooted in Fundoshi? I believe pants are the clothes that originated in the West, aren't they??

Can you call all those men's underwear such as trunks, briefs, boxer briefs and whatnot as "Modern Fundoshi" as a whole??

That's what I want to say!
Have you got it?

At first I thought I'd have a bunch of reactions like "Hahaha! What are you talking about~!" or just "Wow!" after my last message, but holy crap!
"It's been in the media for some years now"
"Hikaru-san you're a little behind, not knowing about Classic Pants"
I got emails like that!

So they think something is wrong with ME not knowing Fundoshi has been in style, right?!

I say those who wear Fundoshi are supposed to be the ones behind the times(about 200 years)! So you say I am the one behind the times?

Don't be silly.

By the way, my dad said he wore "Akafun" in schools' swimming classes. That's red Fundoshi.

"So I know how to gird it. Hehe." That's what he said.

"Wow . . . That's great . . . " That's what I could only say.

(Though I say it myself I think my dad is cute. Really.)

I wonder if some traditional schools still use "Akafun" in their swimming classes?

Oh, and you know, I found a great thing, which made me excited! I was listening to my dad's detailed explanation on the structure of Fundoshi and . . . Hmm? So the side part is corded like a string? And the back part forms into a string shape as well while wearing it? Hmm . . .

!

Tha

That's . . . !

That's very close to T-back isn't it?!
Uh-huh! So that means Fundoshi is the originator of T-back
Phew I feel good now. I think I can get a good sleep tonight


. . . I wonder how random I could possibly be. What nerve I've got to spend a sleepless night thinking about things like this. Well, please just take me as one of those delicate artists!

Bwa ha ha !!!

All I can say to conclude this is, say, that I would name Fundoshi "Classic T-back" if I were going to sell it! (I think I wouldn't sell Fundoshi actually, but you'll never know what will happen in your life)

I say, this name clearly represents that I have zero (or rather, a minus?) amount of business sense . . .

Thank God I'm a musician
The End

Fundoshi Revolution

Today I went to the studio and people said to me,

" . . . You look drowsy, didn't you sleep well?"
"Hikaru-chan you look painful, are you all right?"

That's what I was said ! !
:shocked:

"Well I was rehearsing the tour in my head till dawn, hehe" or "Well I've got some worries" . . . that's what I'd like to say, but I can't lie because I showed the images of the jigsaw puzzle yesterday!

Oh well, lying is not a good thing

"It's just, er, I was like, doing the petit jigsaw puzzle till morning . . . "

That's why everyone gave me a wry smile(or just drew back?).

Huh, it's pretty hard to live honestlyhumph.


And now regarding Fundoshi(rare phrase), I saw it in an article this morning! It read that "Fundoshi" was popular as a Father's Day gift in some department stores!

At first I took it as a joke, but I read the article and found that it was really sold and indeed popular. I don't get it! It takes a long time for my sleep-deprived-because-of-the-puzzle head to understand it!

On top of that, its trade name was "Classic Pants."




Classic

Pants . . . ?


Is that okay?!
Something is wrong isn't it?!

Did they make sure to obtain Fundoshi-san's agreement?
Like, "Effective today, we would like to call you as Classic Pants. Do you have any objection to it?"!

The article also had comments from some who purchased it, which were like "I get a good breeze" or "It takes a little courage to put it on underneath my suit."

Hey wait! In what dress would you need no courage! (I wonder when you put it on, Fundoshi, in the first place)

This is perfect as a Father's Day gift of this year . . . I guess? It makes me very wistful to imagine my dad wearing fundoshi and stuff . . .

But people used to wear it in the past, yeah

You're a failure as an artist if you're obsessed with a fixed idea! Alright! Vive la Classic Pants, not Fundoshi ! !
Hurrrray

This is the Virgin of the Rocks

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At first I decided to go to bed as it was late and finish the puzzle tomorrow, but I was too obsessed with it to sleep so I got out of bed and finished it!

Cheers!

Phew~! I feel great
Aww~! I have a stiff neck~!

It's hard to say "Er, well . . . It's sorta because of Petit Jigsaw Puzzle . . . " if I go for a massage and they ask me "You have a very stiff neck and shoulders~, did you work too hard?"


Many people start from the edge part, but I prefer to play my hunch I pick up a piece with my fingers, let my mind empty with no evil thoughts like "I hope this fits here" and move my hands with the feeling like I turned something same as the piece material, then something tells me "this might fit here." Sometimes it doesn't fit though I thought "It must be here!" and later I finds out it's just upside down. Then I think "So this is surely the right place! I'm not too bad~," and this kind of case makes me very excited!

Now I can go to bed with no worries

Have a good night
:twinkles:

I stepped forward a little!

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This is where I came!
I regret the time loss caused by my taking a shower in the middle! Just a bit more!

But all the remains are just blackish pieces only, and I've come to the point where there's no way but try out each piece with a possible shape one by one

For your information, it's tweezers placed on the left side. I haven't used them yet though. (lol)

Alright ! ! I'll finish this within tonight after I come back from work ! !

Be ready for it! Virgin of the Rocks

How I spent this afternoon

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There's nothing to do until tonight, how do I spend this afternoonHow about just goofing offGotta take a good rest: I started my day off with thoughts like that.

Then I found myself working on a puzzle called "Petit Jigsaw Puzzle," tiny but composed of 204 pieces, of Da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks" . . .

You may have trouble seeing it but It's a match placed on the right side, to show you how tiny the puzzle is. The tweezers were in the package when I opened it, which made me surprised. It's true that a male adult may need tweezers to do this. My "4th grade" sized hands don't need them, though! Haw haw haw haw haw ! ! Heheheh ! ! (Weeeeep. I adore mature hands)

Looking at the clock I found it was already 5pm in the evening. I spent the afternoon just working on the Petit Jigsaw Puzzle like crazy, while I was supposed to just relax and goof off . . .
Don't be silly

I feel my shoulders hurt bad . . .
My eyes hurt, too . . .

Please read the last *"I escaped death" message* if you haven't

Someone who thought I gave birth to a baby when reading "I was born about 1 month past the due date" part at the very bottom of my yesterday's message, sent a "Congratulations!" email to me.

Oh my Guts Ishimatsu!

It's me who was born! - this sounds weird(lol) That's about the time when I was born! Aww~!
:ponpon:

Also, it seems like some of you found it a bit surprising that I had been hit by trucks twice.

The second time was some time before my debut. I joined the track club though my school had no playground, so I had to go to Kinuta Park at a distance by bicycle. You know, I can't ride a bicycle~!! (lol)

On the day one of the club I learned that I had to ride a bicycle and found some dangerous roads like 246 were also on the route. I thought I would die for sure if I biked beside those roads on which heavy trucks and such drove like fury, so I rode on the back of the bicycle of a girl called Bonnie, standing on my legs.

Then just before we got to the park, my sneakers slipped.


. . . Huh? Why am I backing away from Bonnie's back?

THUDDDD! ! !

SCREEEECH! !
"Hikaru----!!! Oh My Guts Ishimatsu!" (Bonnie didn't say it actually)

"Hikaru-!!! Oh my god! Are you alright! Oh no!! You're bleeding!!!"

So, I ran for 2 hours in Kinuta Park, bleeding from both my elbows and both my knees, on the day one of the track club in a bright sunshine and green trees (I take this opportunity to apologize to the family on a picnic and dating couple who were surprised to see me. I'm sorry! Hehe)


Having learned from the day one experience, I borrowed my senior's bicycle ready to die, and tried to ride a bicycle on public roads for the !first! time. (Does it really mean I have learned from the experience?)

It's often said that children who can't swim become capable of swimming in fear of their life if they are pushed into a pool, and that's exactly the case for me.

The following are all my screams in my heart, unspoken:
"(Eeeeeeeek!! I feel the wind blast from cars in my cheeks!)" "(I, I'm gonna be killed!)" "(Dad and mom thank you for raising me up until today!)" "(Nooo! Here comes the turn! I don't know how to turn!)"

I barely managed to ride a bicycle with my hands in a cold sweat, almost slipped off the grip. Human potential, or life force, is just amazing - the moment I was about to cross the road thinking like that, a small truck struck me from the side like:

! ! POW ! !

Luckily I was undamaged, only my senior's bicycle got twisted up, but the driver ran away without checking my safety!
That hurts, that hurts a lot!
:ponpon:

(Later I apologized to my senior and paid for damage)

On that day I ran for 2 hours in Kinuta Park, briskly.

I really don't know if I'm lucky or unlucky, but anywayz I've gotta be more careful! It's often said that what happens twice will happen thrice, though . . . No! I gotta be positive! It's also often said that third time does it -

Does it mean I'll be dead next time?
Oh my Guts Ishimatsu! ( overuse)

I'll watch out for myself so that nothing will happen next time!!


I always put on some music without English or Japanese voices in the background while writing messages, and today I somehow chose Mozart's Requiem.

I played it just as I like it but it fits today's theme!


For your information, here is what I, who don't use "ponpon" in the real world but keep using "virtual ponpon" here, usually do when I'm angry:

"Ewwww. This sucks, I go home now! "

That's what I say.

It's my favorite lately and I get angry on my own for nothing just to say "This sucks, I go home now!"

Oh, time to go to work. Gotta get ready for it! I'm still in pajamas and haven't washed my face yet!

Situations that made me think "I escaped death . . ."

Today's stories may sound a little radical to some of you!
That's why I'm writing this in the midnight while good boys and girls are asleep, considering educational problems. (Yeah that's right, I fell asleep right after I got home and just woke up now)


Number 1. Last year. I thought of chilling out by lighting some aroma candles with nice scents in my bedroom, so I lit them up and shook out the match wildly to put out fire then the match slipped out of my hand and flew off to somewhere. I thought "Where is it?" and looked over my shoulder, then found my futon quilt was burning.
I hit at it desperately with my pillow and put out fire

(cough cough)


Number 2. When I was 21. I was taken a blood sample during a checkup and one week later I got a call saying "Please come to our hospital quickly." Gosh this is my first time! What's wrong? - I thought and went to the hospital, and they said "Er . . . Utada-san, It seems like you have not received a measles shot yet . . . "

Huh?

"I think you'd better have it immediately, so I already have it available here today. Would you like to have it?

Oh . . . Yes, I'd like to have it.


Well

Eh?????!!! What? Wait a minute!! So I hadn't received a measles shot yet, right?? What's goin' on! Isn't that required by law? (Kaasan Doushite~ Aw, it's no joke. Why, mother? (T 0 T ) )

So? Does it mean that the reason why I could survive without measles despite a lack of immunity was because anyone around me had been vaccinated and no one had spread pathogen? Is that right, Mr. Watson?

I finally got a measles shot of my dreams (Congratulations, Hikaru-chan!)
It had been a funny story for us for a while, but I had sealed it once because my dad had become seriously deflated and I thought I'd better stop talking about it. Now I unsealed it

I had a lot of transfers and movings at the age when I was supposed to receive vaccinations and such and it was hard to ask doctors to issue a vaccination certificate and to submit it each time, so my parents asked our neighbor doctor to write a certificate randomly. Ha ha ha . . . it's really a "Like father, like daughter" case.

I, I'm alive I'm lucky


Number 3. When I was 10. The moment I tried to cross the street with no crosswalks, I was hit by a truck and got knocked off about 10M in the air with a thud. (I never forget that shock)

Luckily, I broke some bones and that's all.
I could've been dead if the timing had been 0 point something seconds off. Lucky me (?)


Number 4. When I was 15. I was hit by a truck again. Hehehe. "I'm a diehard type girl," that's what I thought soon after the hit.


Number 5. When I was -1 week. There was no sign of my birth although it was almost 1 month past the due date, which was December 25th.
Luckily, the caesarean operation was very successful.

I, I was born I'm lucky


Seems like I've still got 4 lives left in my quick calculation, huh? Gotta value them all!

Please value electricity and your lives too
o (*^-^*) o

"Ponpon!" test report

Yaaay! I got a test report of "Ponpon!" so quickly!

Thanks-beam!! *feeeep*

Let me show it to you right away!

Test condition: a woman living in Kanagawa(age 25), against her husband who is so into playing FF

Test result: "LOL, what is that!? Why are you angry, making like a raccoon dog? (lol)"


Hmmm . . . Is this . . . considered to be a case of success? (as she made him laugh, at least) Yes! this is a success!
This sure is! :ponpon:

Uh-oh, I just did ponpon for nothing. I've gotta be very careful about the use of ponpon! That said, all works are to be independent after being offered to the world

Er, but, it seems she got a high favorability rating! Lucky her! (Really?)


So, you ask me if I tried it yet? No way, not if I can help it!

Damn you!! You dork!!

"Punpun!" is an old word already!

You know, words always keep changing their meaning with the times, just like all living things.

It just amazes me that "itookashi" meant "very very cute" in the past. If you translate it in current Japanese it would be like:

"itookashi" = "terawarosu w"

You know what I mean


So! Hey you, over there! Don't you think that it's about time we renew those words like "punpun!"? After looking at it in various ways, I thought this could be a nice one:

"Punpun!" to be revised to read:

"Ponpon! (with tapping on your belly with your fist)"

Example:

"Damn! That hurts, @#. Ponpon! (with tapping on your belly with your fist)"

*What you have to be careful of is to keep your whole movement small and sweet. Don't do it in a big and strong manner. Keep your up-and-down motion of tapping crisp, like a wriggling small animal. It would be even better if you could make a fist with your other hand. (Don't you think I could be a women's magazine writer?)

Check it out! Here we go


Damn it! That hurts, @#-kun.
Ponpon! (:tapping your belly with your fist:)


See? What do you think? Huh? I say this looks definitely cute! Just try it! Try it looking at you in a mirror! First set the output of cuteness at 20 percent of Sato Tamao san! I'm pretty sure @#-kun will give you a big hug and get in love with you! (You'd have a disaster if you failed, though)

Actually this is still a theoretical storyline and has not yet been conducted by human beings. Volunteers wanted!! Waiting for your responses!

(You go first me)

(Er . . . You know, I don't feel my best today, so . . . me)

(Phew. Daring things are just in my imagination(Daitan na koto wa souzou suru dake) . . . me)


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(NOTE by Nuuk)
"punpun" ... imitative word to express the state of anger

Have you heard of "Gyarusaa"?

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Here it is! Cookies everywhere as far as the eye can see!

K-oneetama, the photographer, came to the studio with her homemade cookies!
:mumble: :mumble: . . . Wow! (native pronunciation)

Oh yes! It's delicious! (native pronunciation again)
Hmmm~:mumble: :mumble: It's been years since I last had a cookie

In the meantime, yesterday I learned the meaning of the word "Gyarusaa" by chance. That's the word you sometimes hear lately.

It's like, it means Gal Circle. Hmm . . . I see . . . Gal Circle . . .

I mean, I thought the "saa" part would mean "sir"(polite form of address to a man) of "Aye aye, Sr!" or "Yes, Sir!".

So I thought the word was born as an antonym of "Oyaji-gyaru," I mean, it would be derived like: "Gyarusaa" = "Gyaru-oyaji" = "Oyaji that has the characteristics of Gals" . . .

For example, I imagined someone like who was Oyaji but could type ke-tai mails super fast; or used Gyaru-moji basically; or wore dark-blue knee socks of Polo under suit trousers . . .

Er, yeah. You wouldn't find too many of such Oyajis, come to think of it (or perhaps none of them)

Hmm I feel painful a little
Parting always comes out of the blue, Sir . . .

:Wweeeep: Good bye Gyaru-oyaji, thank you for being with us, for a short period of time.

Hey Hikaru! Why do you cry out! You know Gyaru-oyaji will keep alive in your heart, don't you?! Gyaru-oyaji will laugh at you if you keep crying with a face like that!


. . . Lemme finish this around here for today, as this is starting to get out of control. I'll leave it to you for now

Good morning to you (-I'm trying to build buzz for this but seems like I can't make it)

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Well, here let me make a haiku. :hem:



Found something

Growing on the fruit

in a May morning

(with an extra syllable)




Have a nice evening (I'm trying to build buzz for this too but seems like I can't make it)

Writing with my heart . . . what is this?

Wonder if this is a well known story .. ?

Some little time ago. When I was watching TV over dinner:

" . . . this phenomenon of the Amazon greatly flowing reverse current is called 'POROROCA.' In the language of Amazonian Indians 'POROROCA' is the word that means 'destruction' . . . "


hnmm

Gasp ! ! ! !

P, POROROCA, they said POROROCA . . . !

It's a supermarket !

POROROCA is the POROROCA of which we see the signs, right?? The POROROCA food market, right? I used to go there a lot when I was living in Gotanda! (me off the hook right now)
So does this mean I bought soymilk in "destruction"??

Puh. uphh. Gufffhw. Gufffaaaawwwwww!! I thought I'd faint in agony to death, buffeted by the tsunami of laughter that shaked my body like a boat tossed by big waves. Though I realized this a few years ago, I still come close to bursting into laughter like "hhm . . . upuhh!" every time I see the huge POPOROCA sign, small housewives go in and out under the sign and people with a bag that reads POPOROCA in their hand . . .

I'm conscious of "destruction" everyday.

Creation and destruction are an inseparable pair, right. You'll become unable to cope with your destructive urge if your life has been full of creation for years and years. That's why you need a little rest after production run, I guess.

I think, part of the job of being a mother is to destroy a part of her child. I think it would be nice if the child could understand it someday and thank her. (Cause you know, to give a birth to a new life could be the greatest production in this world! No wonder women have a bigger potential for destruction. There are a lot of self-destructive type of women who direct their potential inward, though.)

Even if you create things out of "nothing," it is still "reproduction" nevertheless. That's the feeling I get. Creators are like being born again each time, which is almost equal to dying each time. No massive destruction is no reproduction, I suppose.

It would be fine if it would take just your self-sacrifice, but if you relate to somebody around you, it may cause harm to them as well. I think that's not good. I think so but I just can't help it.

The best way could be to do both creation and destruction within your work, but seems like that's not how things work for me, I don't know if it is because I'm immature or every human being experience the same thing. To have the side-effects of your work spilled over your private life, is what everyone is worried about, isn't it.

If you are said "That's an excuse," that would make you feel so lonely. You may lock yourself in your room, being unable to go out.

Sometimes you find you have no idea what kind of a person you yourself are, don't you? I have this feeling that the image of "myself" is nothing but like a line easily washed away by the waves no matter how many times you carve it on sand. Sometimes I also have this feeling that the sea comes up and up, then swallows me and the small land I'm standing on all together.

I wish if I could be a fish and bird and human being.

Me that can only be found in my own inner world. Me that can only be found in the relationship with others.

I try not to think of it that much, because it kinda scares me.

Yesterday somehow I thought of it a little, when I passed by in front of POROROCA-san while I was moving.


=3 bURp ! !

So that's the end of the story about "destruction."

After the battle . . .

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

. . . I managed to get them separated ! ! !

I found they were firmly tightened in the back by a wire-like thing. Hehe.

And I had a big trouble to take it off . . . it wouldn't get pulled out and after I cut my hands and fought a bloody tough battle and stuff . . . it popped out! (the box looks tattered)

Phew. My life is full of fights. (:weep:)


Some people who looked at those yesterday's images told me "Hikki you seems to be an impatient type of person, from what I've seen of this messed-up box and your recent miniSD card incident."

Hey wait wait TANMA! (Come to think of it, I haven't seen anyone who uses this word lately . . . is it a dead word already?)
There are some astronomically-impatient people around me, but I am an unbelievably "un-impatient" type of person. UN-impatient I mean. Do you get it? Then let's call it "non-impatient"!

I don't mind at all to stand in a queue, I can wait for people no matter how long it takes(I myself is always late, actually), and I've never crunched up a candy . . .

That said, I have a feeling that something might be wrong with me after I see the images of this box in a miserable state . . .

It looks almost like a double of dead grazing animal eaten away by a herd of hyenas, double, daburu, Daburu~Ei~izouAki no D

You dork
You just shattered the image of SAKURA Drops!


Hmm. Suffice it to say,

I'm a . . . hasty person . . . I guess.

Well please just take it like that. I leave it to you.

Next time I'll take up "destruction" as a theme
Don't miss it(^_-)-:twinkles:


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(NOTE by Nuuk)
"TANMA" ... means "just a minute." generally considered as a dead word in Japan.

Hmguaahhhh!

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

Aww I can't open . . . this toy turntable(:sob:)

I can't open it, or rather I can't get it out of the box----!!

Hmguuhhhhh.



This sucks, I'm off to bed now!!!

Zoo, found right in the middle of Shibuya

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I just came from SONY PLAZA in Shibuya109 on my way back from work! It's been 6 or 7 years since I last went there, if I'm not mistaken!

It took a little courage to fling me-in-jeans-and-sneakers-and-men's-sweater into 109, the heart of hip and young Shibuya, but I enjoyed it quite a bit~! I've got a flood of things which are almost spilling out of the shopping cart~! Ma'am, do you hear me~!

Here they are! So many toys!

So you just said toys!? (lol)

2 water guns that you can play with in the bathroom, a red whale (with a baby whale), a toy turntable that you can play with in the studio, a pseudo-planetarium machine to light up your room at night, a cute honeybee-nailclipper and centipede-scissors for kids, a furry-furry flamingo pen(looks quite hard to use), some Barbapapa-shaped geeky stuff(impulsive buy, no idea what they are)! Just look at them!

These are like some *rewards* to myself if I call it in a OL(female office worker) style, as I've turned a corner on the studio works today. Hehehe(Ghehe)

It's like . . . I also found a whole bunch of cosmetics, manicure stuff and beauty goods out there(or rather should I say, the most part of the sales floor was dedicated for that kind of stuff), but those kind of things were giving off so much of a pinky girly starry aura that I couldn't reach out my hand to them . . .

I've been there a lot when I was a junior high school student though. It was such fun to go there for the first time in ages, which felt just like I went to a zoo~

Aw, I don't mean the girls were like animals in the zoo! (lol)

There were tons of bright, violent colored shoes! bags! leopard-skin stuff on display that looked like some animals living only . . . what can I call it? the rainforest? . . . in the Amazonian watershed or Papua New Guinea.

I also got excited with some very provocative clothes(which make you imagine some talks like "Hey Akiko! Where are you going dressed like that?""Shut up you dork!").

It was whole lotta "Wow! This bra is hot! Er, huh?? You mean this isn't an underwear?? A cloth?! This is made of very few fabrics isn't it?! Whoa~these pants look so warm and cute! Huh?? It's short-pants? Far from 'short'! " all the time.
. . . 109 is full of excitement

Phew~! It was jolly and I had big fun. I sorta felt dizzy, surrounded on all four sides by colorful things just like birds of paradise. It was like a "flood of life!!", I could say.


Tonight I'll go to bed surrounded by a heap of toys!
Yaaaay

A poem from my heart

Sausage octopus

Or

Apple rabbit

Or something.

Come to think of it


They are uber surreal

Oh My Pajama . . .

In the message of two days ago, I wrote that sometimes I go out in pajamas. And that nobody actually notices me.

Then I got this email

"I heard my friend say that he/she saw Utada Hikaru was walking around in pajamas."





OH MY

PAJAMA . . . ! ! !


. . . I assumed that nobody would notice me, as I caught nobody's eye and no one called to me either.

. . . So this means everyone turned a blind eye to me . . .

Sir!! Could this be what's called "misconception"?



Oh boy. So what you don't know can't hurt you. You got me! Ha ha ha ha.

I'll be more cautious next time

. . . or why don't you just stop going out in pajamas first of all? (lol)


Hmm, say the smell of natto is all over me. Some may have stuck to my hair or something. (That happens sometimes, you know . . .)

Okay honey, I'll take a shower first thenI'll be right back:glamorous moaning:
I just tried to say it in a sexy way, but I smell natto right now.
Ha ha ha ha.



. . . What am I doing here, having my office pay for the high server cost

Situations that make you too embarrassed to confess

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

Number 1. When your friend comes home to pick you up and then walks together with you in the parking lot and gives laughs through his/her nose saying "That sort of tiny cars would be zippy, but I wonder how it is like actually."

. . . and that is about your MINI Cooper, your beloved car.

"Ha ha ha . . . I have no idea . . . "

What an awkward situation~!


Number 2. When you are talking about someone not present, your friend speaks ill of that person.
. . . and that is your secret boyfriend.

"Ha ha ha . . ." (no protection, you just pray that the subject soon changes)

Whoa~, what an awkward situation~!

Number 3. When you are introduced to someone you don't know and you put on your superb best-first-impression smilesaying "Nice to meet you! ," then you are told "Er, uh, my name is *#%, I worked with you once on @#& project."
And somehow you pretend to remember the person like " . . . Oh! Yes! We had a hard time~!"

(you are full of wanting your best-first-impression smile back)

What an awkward situation~!


Number 4. When you come to Tetris talk during recess at your junior high and someone goes "I heard some real geeks use both A and B buttons to control the direction of rotation and stuff~" "Ooh~, that's gross!" "Those geeks must be gloomy, just playing games all the time!" "Ahahahahahh"
. . . and that's a very basic skill of playing Tetris for you.

"Hahaha . . aha . . . "

You just can't come out!


I have some bitter memories like that with Tetris. But . . .

I'm not that Hikaru anymore! I don't care about people's eyes!
I just wanna share my joy in having got Tetris DS with all of you in this world!

So, I've got Tetris DS!! OO Yaaa---y!!!

Alright! I'm gonna play it till my thumbs fall off, yes!!!

I'm so happy that I placed the unopened Tetris DS all over the studio and took pictures of it(I don't know what I'm doing now)

Here we go! :the best-first-impression smile: I'll tell you what it's like, after playing it!

Situations that make me think "I, I may be tired . . .?"

Number 1. The day that doors or walls keep hitting my shoulders.
(I don't mind it from like the 3rd time)

That happens. ('-' )(._. )('-' )(._. ) *nodding head*


Number 2. When I look up at the sun and think "Ooh what a beautiful moon tonight."
(It makes me feel good for a moment)

That happens. ('-' )(._. )('-' )(._. ) *nodding head*


Number 3. When staring at the cell phone screen then my eyes start to wander, and my one eye is in focus at ca. 1M away and the other eye is barely watching the blurry screen before I know it.
(But I can still read words and such)

That happens. ('-' )(._. )('-' )(._. ) *nodding head*


Number 4. When I can't understand the meaning of words and images in a manga then reread the same page a couple of times, but my brain cannot process information at all and I end up giving up and shutting the manga.
(Having this when reading "Death Note" is less *dangerous* than reading "Lunatic Zatsugidan")

That happens. ('-' )(._. )('-' )(._. ) *nodding head*


Number 5. When I go straight to bed after getting home, then wake up next morning and remember it that I've waken up once at midnight and uploaded a message half asleep, then check the content in a rush.
(It really scares me)
(Actually "Late-night English lesson" of the day before yesterday is the one)

Number 6. When I've gone to work with my pajamas on.
(I don't care if someone says "You look like someone escaped from the hospital . . .")
(Could be very *dangerous* if I start thinking "Why shouldn't we go out in pajamas?""What's wrong with pajamas?")

That happ

That doesn't happen ! ! ! (lol)

But that really happens to me! !snort! (Why be arrogant)
You say someone could notice me outside? It seems I look like a mad woman or poor fish or both of them, so actually nobody notices me because it's like people consider me as someone they shouldn't see! (Maybe I'll post this to "Trivia no Izumi") (Mom, I just heard the voice say "Don't do it . . . " in my head)


There's no twist ending at all.


And yesterday, I had quite a lot of energy! Got a problem with that?

I was trippingly skipping in the studio corridor which made someone walking past me scared; I jumped up trying to touch the sign and stuff like that hanging from the ceiling; I waved a weapon sparkling my eyes(cause it was just there) (something that looked like a saw); I had big fun with others by saying things like "Let's role-play Cat's Eye!"(I played Ai-chan because of my haircut)

Whoa . . .

Gotta say I really wasted my strength! (lol)

Bwa ha ha !!!

Please don't even think that I'm paying the studio charge just to do stuff like that My motto is not to be stingy with that sort of thing. I always give it my all. There's no waste in this world, if you could think of everything as a waste.

Is it okay if I finish this up here? Alright, that's all for now!

Bye~nara~

So, the above message is the one I thought I uploaded first.

Number 7, the additional one. When somehow the content of the message I've uploaded is gone and ends up something like a silent call.
(this one, of all the messages)
I, I may be tired . . .

Oh

Test test 1,2,3 is uploaded properly.

How strange??! What's going on.

Gasp! Could this be what's called the legendary "message spirited away"!!!

Stop being silly and just re-enter the message of this morning me

Alright alright okay okay I'll get right on it.

Test test 1,2,3

The message I just uploaded has disappeared???

I did check the message was up though . . .

Hmm???

The day katsu becomes a staple food

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O-san of SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING just visited the studio, and kindly gave us an unbelievably great thing!!
Look at this super-premium katsu-sando!!! Overwhelmingly thick! Its massiveness is unbeatable by any other katsu-sando!

From the moment we took the lid off, we saw its divine form and let out exclamations of -
"Woooot!"
"Ohh . . .! What a . . . !" (@_@)

Then we did a "katsu-sando" photo session! (everyone took out their ke-tai and started to take photos of katsu-sando surrounded by us) (how silly human being could be)

On top of that, we got three packs of it.

I wonder how much a pack would cost? x

Does this mean that things are going well at SONY-san? x

Thank you so much, O-san! o

This katsu-sando defies the common sense of "katsu/bread" ratio. Bravo!

I've never seen such an aggressive katsu like this!
You are already a staple food! katsu
To those who say it isn't, bring it on!

" . . . Man, it looks creepy. (:mutter:)" My dad is a bastard, who mumbled like this! I don't think you are creepy! katsu
(I haven't eaten it yet, though)

I would like to create out-of-the-box works, and live a wonderful life too.

What katsu taught me . . . is . . .

Late-night English lesson

"Can you give me tips on how to learn English?"
"Can you give me any advice on how to improve my English pronunciation to a native speaker level?"
I get a lot of this kind of email, so why don't we have a one-point English lesson? It's late now but it would be nice if you could keep me companyUh~huh~?

You gotta do something about your Japanese first x

Okay! o

Alright guys, let's get it started~
Today I'll give you a one-point advice on English pronunciation~

Let me go straight into the topic. I say, when you speak those words that start with "y~," it would be nice to think of them something like "(g)y~." You close the back of your throat for a second, then pronounce gyu, gya, gye, gyo, gya, opening your throat! (sorry if this is a common thing to all people)
I thought you could find this kind of thing difficult, as you don't have a chance to speak using the back of your throat in pronunciation of Japanese.


When I was 13, doing recording in NY in summer vacation ---

Some boys my age were with me as vocals, and they were all made conscious of clear pronunciation very much, which might come from the trends of American vocal coaches. So when they sing something like "you~" strong, it really sounds like "nGyu~"(lol), I mean it. You'd even think "Huh? Is that a joke? Some kind of American joke? Uh~huh~?"
They were so cute, I remember.


This is just a tiny thing, but could make a difference I think.
Well, you don't have to take (g) really like nGyu~, but you could find the right touch if you do the practice with this extreme pronunciation thing in mind, I guess?
Or you couldn't? Uh~huh~?

:ding dong ding dong:

Oh, it's the time the last train leaves!

:slam: (the sound of my shutting the textbook)

Alright guys, don't forget to do your homework~
And don't cry too much at night or you'll cry your eyes out~

Studio photo of the day

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

That's the cameraman in the photo

About my upcoming tour

Regarding UTADA UNITED 2006, it seems like some of you are a little worried that I use the word "compilation" a lot in press releases and interviews.

It doesn't mean I'll finish my career nor this will be the last time.

There are some people that I may meet in the flesh once in a lifetime; some may be shy and new to the live concert experience; some could be wheelchair users who find it difficult to come; some could come from miles around.

A show is a living thing so you would see the one-night chemistry every night, even if I'm to do the same show a lot of times throughout the tour.

I wanna make the show the most memorable one of each one's life in the place, which means it has to be the most memorable one every night for me as well, right?

That means to get my act together, that is, to do a compilation.

I think putting my works of the past 8 years on the same stage will be something like super ultra fast-forwarding 23 years of my life and even having a sneaky peak into my future.
The past 23 years are equal to 201360 hours taking 5 days from it with leap years in mind, right? If the show length is approx. 2 hours, then the fast-forwarding speed would be 100680x, holy crap!

It's too fast to see isn't it? x

Woow~! I'm looking forward to it very much! o

I cried at the beginning of the encore, in the last show of Hikaru no 5 run, which I found unprofessional and regretted afterwards, but I really couldn't help it at that time!


Looking up at the big set-list-chan on the wall behind, sitting on the sofa.
From the studio on pre-production.

Episode 4: "Hole, Removal and Afterwards"

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

Sorry I made this title from one of Evangelion's episodes(before I knew it, as I've started to watch those DVDs again lately).

So. Of course, next time, service service! No, not that one! What do you think this thing in the photo is!?

This faded pastel-green color that gives off something medical(all those surgeon's suits, and kindergarten-like clothes you wear when having a complete medical checkup - their colors are like this) . . . this crooked, snaky and grotesque form that's unique to organic materials . . .

The answer is:

IT'S THE FORM, OF THE HOLE, INSIDE MY EAR ! ! !

It looks like this~.
Aww! Please don't stare at it too hard! ( Is this really what someone that uploaded the image said?)

My ears doctor made a mold of my ears, to make new in-ear monitors (something like professional earphones, that fit inside your ears) for the live.

The doctor kneads the cold clay-like thing, injects it into my ears by a big syringe-like thing, then pulls it out of my ears with a string after curing like when you use a tampon-chan!(this is the ninpou "you can say anything by adding '-chan' in the suffix") (why don't you use this ninpou casually, too?)

So these are what came out. These guys.

They will be sent to the vendor in America, to make the in-ear monitors!

I'm looking forward to putting the new ones Heheh


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(NOTES by Nuuk)
"Hole, Removal and Afterwards (Ana, toridashita ato)" ... she would have made this title from that of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" Episode 4, "Rain, Escape and Afterwards (Ame, nigedashita ato)."
"Of course, Next time, service service!" ... is said in the episode preview of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" each time.

This can't be happening Part2

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Yaa~aay! Look at this, look at this~!

The vending machine is fixed now~!

Which drink should I pick first to celebrate the recovery~ Maybe I'll pick Sencha(natural leaf tea)~
I'm all excited like this in front of the vending machine!

Hmm? A studio staff guy is looking at me trying to say something.

"Uh, this could be a shock to you"

Huh? What?

"In the meeting this morning, we were told out of the blue that the free-of-charge service of this vending machine was to be over tomorrow evening."




THAT


CAN'T


"It seems like a part of the cost-cutting thing"


BE

TRUE ... ! ! !



. . . So I got exactly what I deserve, I guess

Why this timing of all timings . . . Too good in a sense, isn't it.

As I really just can't take it, I'm gonna draw on all the staff in the studio and get all the drinks down until tomorrow evening! Drink up! Drain it! Drink up just like you're taking down the final boss!

I'm gonna gulp down premium Sencha!

Alright everyone! Let's join forces and make it! (Make what?)

Sub: Simple question

When you are relaxing after you think of hitting the sack and before you actually fade into sleep.

Haven't you ever reread the sent/received history of your ke-tai mails of the day, for some reason?

Today's my email history:

First of all I got an email from *#**%-chan in the afternoon.


Time: 5/7 14:44
From: *#**%
Sub: Simple question
-------------------------------------
What does "WINNIE" of
WINNIE THE POOH mean?
??
POOH is the name, right?


Time: 5/7 16:48
To: *#**%
Sub: Re: Simple question
-------------------------------------
Well actually this is the
topic I've been wondering
about for the past year.
Grammatically, Winnie is
the name and Pooh is the
common noun. Just like
Hikaru The Singer. So the
mystery is: what does
"Pooh" mean?!


Time: 5/7 16:56
From: *#**%
Sub: Re2: Simple question
-------------------------------------
Yeah yeah, that' s strange
...
What is Pooh?


Time: 5/7 16:57
To: *#**%
Sub: Re:Re2: Simple question
-------------------------------------
It sounds kinda dirty, huh.


Time: 5/7 17:01
From: *#**%
Sub: Re2:Re2: Simple question
-------------------------------------
Yeah.
It sounds somehow like Winnie
the Farter Bear...


Time: 5/7 17:06
To: *#**%
Sub: Re:Re2:Re2: Simple question
-------------------------------------
F-Farter Bear...! That sucks...!




Oh, it ends here.






Is - is that all? Is that all that's been recorded in my cell phone for today?

I say, this is...!
You need a lot of courage to make this public in a lot of ways...!
(But I did it Hehehehh)
RISUKU ga aru kara koso~Tatakau hodo ni tsuyoku naru no sa~


I mean, er, rereading this myself, this total nonsense makes me exhausted, wistful and sweet.
(Exhausted, mostly)


Gotta work hard again tomorrow

This can't be happening . . . !!

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

. . . Does this mean I get what I deserve


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(NOTE by Nuuk)
The note in the photo reads: "Dear customer: we regret to inform you that this vending machine is out of order. You can find another ones at the entrance and back of the studio."

Sequel to Licca-chan's card story

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

Thank you for your emails

This is one of the kind emails I got:

Has your cell phone been fixed yet?
Why won't the card fit in? - I asked someone I know about it. Did you insert the card the wrong way? (That can't be, though...)
Please let me know the follow-up, as I'm very much concerned about it.



(That can't be, though...)
(That can't be, though...)
(That can't be, though...)







. . . It seems like, it happens to you when you force the card into the phone reversed.>ALL
(My friend who took this picture for me for the record, pulled the card out of the phone . . .)

So how are you spending your Golden Week?

This day, a day spent leaving it as it is

Yesterday, I asked my staff K-san to buy 1 piece of something called miniSD card for me

You know, it's the one that looks kinda like a 2cm-or-so width miniature floppy disk. My own alias name for it is "Licca-chan's Floppy"(That sounds very sweet)

For the past few months I was thinking I really just had to get a SD card, along with feeling silly and dizzy by thought of going to a large electric goods store just to buy a piece of that tiny little thing.
Finally I got my very first SD card!!

Why didn't you ask it earlier x

Congratulations! o

I always sent the images taken by my ke-tai to my pc mail account each time when moving them to my computer. I realized myself that I'd been doing something that's much more of a bother than going to an electric goods store. Sure.

To throw off such a painful memory, I ripped open it! And thrust the shiny SD card into the drive on the side of my ke-tai!

Yaaaah!



. . . Huh? I felt something strange?

It's almost inside the ke-tai! Yaa!


. . .


Uh . . . an emergency came up.

It just wouldn't move at all even with all my might . . . I saw a part of the SD card sticking out a little bit . . . And it seemed like, the sticking-out part looked slanted . . . Just imagination, I guess . . .

Hmm. Putting any more load on my ke-tai leaving the slanted-card part unrepaired could be fatal . . .

I - I have no choice!! MISSION ABORT! MISSION ABORT!
Withdraw immediately!


Sir, is this what's called a catch-22 situation?

Why could I possibly be this decisive, when trying something for the first time plus handling a delicate part? (Kaasan Doushite~ Aahhh~)

I also can't close the drive lid because the card is sticking out . . .


The lid opening at an angle of ca. 80 degrees, and edge of the poor SD card clearly abandoned in the middle of something. This day, a day being spent leaving it as it is.

Gotta use it hiding "the dangerous zone" in my hand in the meantime, as someone would say "Hikaru-chan, something is sticking out of your ke-tai" if he/she saw this . . .

Umm what am I supposed to do for . . . this . . .

Extensive research

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

This one . . .

It's the cover of a magazine found in the studio.

Is it just me who's extremely curious about IT . . .

May greetings***

(this message is originally written in English. please check her official site)

A new beverage?

(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)

Today a bit happy and a bit sad thing occurred in the studio.

There is this vending machine in the studio that serves tea, cold chocolate and such in a paper cup.

Basically I just drink water and black coffee, so I've never thought of buying anything from it for these past 7 years even though I've walked pass it numerous times or looked at the assortment of drinks in a daze.

I was hungry because I'd forgot to eat breakfast this morning, so I thought of refueling myself with some sweet drink, got a thousand yen from my dad(I had no money . . .) and then bought one from that vending machine! The cold one, called "Gyuunyuuyasan(milkman)'s Coffee."

The last time I drank things like this was when I was an elementary student! - with thinking like that I took a sip delicately.



Y Y Y Yummmmmmy~~~!!

It filled my esophagus and around the bottom of my stomach with gentle happiness


As I wanted to explain this joy to the people around me, I excitedly said:

"Gugohh, gaa, th-this tastes so gooooooood!! Gyuuyuu-milk? Nah, Milk-gyuunyuu!! I mean it!"



. . . Huh?

"It's Coffe-milk isn't it, Hikaru-chan"



"'Milk-gyuunyuu" means "Milk-milk"(lol)"

Eeeeee! Absolutely!
You dork
This gotta be a bad joke or something that could bring the staff down! - that's what I wanted to tell myself. I'm serious.

It's like, this kind of thing always happens to me . . .

Oh, you ask me what "a bit happy" thing is?
Someone told me that I could get drinks just by pressing the buttons of that vending machine, without feeding it.

Congratulations to me! I can drink as much Milk-gyuunyuu as I like anytime from now on! :slap:

Music talk, a common one

Long long ago.

A little before