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　 Clare de Lune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvUepMa31o つきがとってもあおいから http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6q6Nr84QEg ぜんぜん違う曲だけど どっちも今晩　あたしにささぐ

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 　 Tableware section, Daimaru Tokyo. I always admire Kaikado copper tea caddies, and wonder how I can be a lady with such elegance and simplicity. http://www.kaikado.jp/english/goods/copper.html 緊張感と繊細さと温かみのある、そんなきれいな人になりたい。

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Me and my father with the Nakanoshima Osaka Lion. Unintentionally, the ad across the river says: We human beings have the happiness to eat meat - Dairiki   神農さんの帰り ライオン橋前にて　はよとらな、と母撮影  「人には、肉を食べる幸福がある」って広告 うつりこんでるとは知らず。

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　 One shrimp burger, small french fries and hot coffee for my dad. One MOS cheese burger and hot coffee for me. 甲子園口で食べて帰ろか。 まようなぁ。海老カツにしよ。 母：お昼、それだけやったん？　

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　 I wanted a company so I made a glueman. ボンド＝酢酸ビニル樹脂のにおい　大好き。 Elmer'sも好きだけど、やっぱり コニシボンド木工用。    

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I was thinking. Witness for the Procecution http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051201/ 「女優 actress」というくくりが男女差別にあたる という人がいる。 男も女も「俳優 actor」だ　と。 けど、マレーネ・ディートリッヒが　「俳優」って、どうも。 やっぱり 「ジョユウさん」ってあがめたい。

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　 On my way back home. I was going to calmly read Naoya Shiga. But let me YouJive instead now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yBFcLcEUmk&feature=fvwrel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM 新大阪行きN700 日本の風景を楽しみながら「ある一頁」を読むはずだった けど　突然 JIVE!　な気分

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　 Midnight documentary. Ralph Lawrence Carr.  Who? And I got wide awake and cried. It's a wonderful life. 3.11後、日本では 「戦争からたちあがった日本人」の特集が多いような気がするんですが。 「忍耐、我慢、復興、乗り越えられる」って。 そんな中、先日 戦時中の米国で、反日感情に反対し 日系人を温かく受け入れたコロラド州知事がいたということを知った。 皮肉だけれど、震災がなければ 彼の存在を知ることはなかったかもしれない。 素晴らしき哉、人生。

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　　 I grew up with the kid and the dog: http://tosho.nishi.or.jp/kids/pdf/yondegoran2009.pdf Didn't know till today that the book guide "Read, it's fun" has been handed out only within my hometown. 　 知らんかった、 「読んでごらんおもしろいよ」が西宮限定やったとは 表紙の子どもと犬の絵、誰もが知っていると思っていたのに。

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I'm entirely for energy-saving efforts in this post 3.11 disaster.  And basically I don't care going up and down crowded stairs. But after two months, it's getting tough to stay cool with out-of order escalators at most railroad stations in Tokyo, especially when I'm carrying full of holiday goodies from home, D&D pesto jars after work, with stilettos on. If there were red-capped porters, I

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Bonsai artists at Shunkaen Bonsai Museum Cutlery craftsmen in Tsubame, Niigata Leek growers in Fukushima and Edamame farmers in Hokkaido. I'm just in awe with them.　改めて。

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On and off, the book was on my mind for 18 years.Freshman, 1993: An Osaka Univ. professor recommended that "Shrimps and Japanese (1988)" along with "Bananas and Japanese" might help get a broad picture of international economics. Looked interesting, but a bit nerdy.Then two major earthquakes: Jan. 17, 1995 & March 11, 2011Weeks ago, March 24: It occured to me that I still wanted to read the "

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Better watch outChinese pandas are coming to town「賃貸　パンダ」のgoogle検索結果、396,000件。なんか、あさましいなぁ

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As beautiful as a __.What would you say? 　どう言おうとかまわないのです。　　『読書からはじまる』（長田 弘）

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My coworker has got a butterfly in a jar. Eek!But for me, it is more than gross.It reminds me of a Hesse's bitter story of how innocent boys got into moths and butterflies,ending up extremely competitive and envious. 「そうか、そうか、つまり君はそんなやつなんだな。」

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"Dad, thank you for the card," sis wrote."What card?" asks Miyoko, my mother."Oh, I sent her a green card.""・・・? Oh, you mean greeting card?" あっ、グリーティングカードね？　まぁ響きはちょっと似てるけど全く別物よーーー。

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It's lunch time.Same Lawson on Sakurada-dori.walking lazily around andfound retro match boxes.So cute, but what for? No, I'm not going to buy them, okay?Reluctantly flipped a box and read "made in Hyogo.”Oh, that's where I'm from,Now got a reason to get myself a pack!木曜の昼休みにローソンうろついてたら、こんなものを兼松日産農林のマッチなんで昼からマッチ買うねん！　てつっこみながらレジへ。3種類あったけど、鳥さん（燕印）にした。ガチガチの目的、なんかいらないことってあるでしょう？

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It's 7 am and Tokyo station is already swirling with holidaymakers.席について、これから静かに読む。

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Looking for a graceful snow globe.White and gold.日本では　スノードームともいわれる、あれです。探しまくってまで欲しいわけでなく「ふと見かけて　あっと思ったら」というくらいなのですがこれというのが、どうも・・・

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The Nikkei Marketing Journal (Oct. 13 issue) reports that there's a good-old-day shop Matsunoya near my apartment, which opened this past January.Nine months, and belated first visit.In the late afternoon, the shop was cozily dark and smelled woody and spicy.徒歩3分。めっちゃ近いやん。ブリキのちりとりや藤の脱衣かご。ところで、ブリキ（blik)ってオランダ語やったんやね。

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Don't know why, but I always scrabble a lot of arrows (--> ya) while on the phone:Company, ya.who, ya.to whom, ya.please call back, ya.number, ya.A rain of --> marks.Actually, I don't think I can take phone notes without them.Probably my brain recognizes --> as a "got-it" program code.

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The "World Great TV Special" on NTV wasn't that "great."But I had enough laugh and awe, especially when I sawUgly Ms. Takeshi Kitanohttp://www.ntv.co.jp/marumie/takeshi/index.htmland Mic Rig (Specially built car for "the Fast and the Furious")http://www.cinema.com/articles/594/fast-and-the-furious-the-production-notes.phtml

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Sometimes I wonder why I'm in Tokyo.わたし、何してるんやろ？関西帰りたいーーー　ってどうしようもないことあるけど東京は東京で　自然にあふれてるし意外と居心地良かったりもする。Ohshima Island, Tokyo. December 22, 2009

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When was the last time I started up a day with orange juice and a cheeseburger?http://www.mos.co.jp/shop/?act=2&md=1&scd=04170端っこの席でemailしよ　とその前にまず久々なんでふむふむ、がさごそ

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My weekend escape...Gallery Kingyo (Japanese only)http://www13.plala.or.jp/sd602kingyo/index.html明日は歯医者　いやいやかえりし、ギャラリーいこっと。

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Toranomon Pastoral is now getting a thing of the past...虎ノ門パストラルホテル（旧東京農林会館）がパストになっちゃった。

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Samurai art shop,"Modern" Tokyo kitchen,Yellow and red cab on Sakurada-dori.Messy.This is Tokyo, too.会社の帰り　こんなとこも通ります。

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I've been kind of sad lately.So I really had to see my florist, Fleur Chantant during my lunch break today.The shop people are just amazing.I would call them flower therapists because they instantly tell what I need as I enter the shop.Today, they recommended me a plant called water mushroom, with shiitake-like round leaves.And it's working.上品で上品過ぎないとこがいい。お昼休みに「ちょっと見せていただけますか～」てふらっとよってもどうぞどうぞ、って

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Fifteen years ago today I was in Los Angeles.Hedrick Hall. Black long one-piece.Kiss from a rose.Dreaming of you.そして15年後の夏実家で独り　高校野球を見ています。なんか、違うなぁでも　こういうのもいいねぇ

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Home for the Obon holidays... 新大阪までまだまだやなぁ

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Cologne series 4 citricoNadiff (東京都現代美術館）にて。オフィスでコッソリかいでいる。

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Now that I've seen William Eggleston's works,everything, even a bus parked at Mori 37 Bldg. looks different in color. きいろとみどりに反応してしまう

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So happy that Hokusho will be back!北照　19年ぶり2回目「夏の甲子園」出場 (小樽ジャーナル)http://otaru-journal.com/2010/07/0726-1.php河上監督と年賀状をやりとりして19年。。。なんでこんなに嬉しいんやろう　というくらい嬉しい。

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Hi from the Alps. ヤッホー。

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コタツタコカブノブカモグラグモラリラリラ♪http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/dvd/detail/_isbn_9784097264149

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Now heading to my parents' home.Nozomi 15, car 5, seat 15A.今晩の阪神ーヤクルト戦ABCフレッシュアップベースボール解説は福本さん！楽しみやなぁ

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"that's lingo for a strong tornado on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which measures such storms."-Meet the tornado paparazzihttp://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_960209cf-8116-5aff-8d61-846c174e23be.htmlThe tornado paparazzi. Sounds fun. But I'd rather join the rainbow paparazzi if there are any.

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I just couldn't get it.The logo. The font.The vanilla & honey monster soaps.Now, after a decade of hatred, I'm getting into Lush.It instantly makes me happy and punky.Even its alleged link to Sea Shepherd or other radical activists doesn't stop me melting away with Strawberry feels forerver.自分にラッシュなんて絶対ありえないと思ってたのに今や、ハッピー＆カワイイ店員さんが大好きで。彼女（彼）らに会うと、はしゃげる。ややこしい理由、要らない。六本木店、楽しい！

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Look, 1952 Gizaju, side-notched 10 yen coin. Take it. It's a good omen. おつりにギザジュウ混じってた。 ヤッタ。

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"So that's it??"Foreign tourists sigh at Okakura Tenshin Park.Yes, that's it. Neat and humble, and that's why I love the place. 今度いつ東京くるの？

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Overjoyed to spot Tokyo Sky Tree now tall enough to be seen from Yanaka Cemetery.東京スカイツリーって。そんないちいち大騒ぎするもんかなぁ？て思ってましたが谷中霊園散歩しててふと発見、「いやっ、見えるぅーーー」って異様にはしゃいで家にカメラ取りに帰ってしまった。

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Perhaps manga fans are familiar with these Japanese language onomatopoeias, gaan, ga-gaan that show strong shock, awe (or disappointment).I know I'm so behind, but that's how I feel about Lady Gaga lately - struck by a mix of flashlights and rainbows altogether.By the way, the phrase 'gaga over gaga' had nearly 40 million Google results so far. Lady Gaga を聴いていると、 自分の中からパンクな自分がはじけ出てくる感じ！

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My wardrobe - Mostly black, khaki and white.無地ばっかりやなぁ。。。

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There's no privacy. No voyeurism either.What we've got here in Yanaka is casual window-to-window Hi! with neighbors.東京暮らしに疲れましたでも　谷中を離れるのには後ろ髪ひかれていて。

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Australia plans plain-packaging rule for cigarettes-- BBC News"From July 2012, manufacturers would be required to drop all colour and branding logos from cigarette packets ... The law will require all tobacco products to be sold in a standard colour and style,"◆たばこ容器のロゴ印刷禁止、豪政府が新法案。 （05/07/2010 日経MJ）たばこ、嫌。が、ロゴ／フォントに自由のない世界はもっと嫌、むしろ怖い：... 例えばもし明日　日本が「丸文字星人」の奇襲を受け占領下において、「全ての書物は丸文字表記」が強制されたとしたら？？

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Telephone Remakehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHXgFU7qNI"there's a powerful poignancy to this music video from a war zone, featuring young soldiers who could die tomorrow"--- U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan make a 'Telephone' connection with hit video remakeBy Sarah Kaufman, the Washington PostYouTube ってもうどれから観たらいいかわからないから全然観てなかったんですけど...

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Piranha:Foreign word in a Japanese dictionary that is the closest to my family name.I wonder if there's anyone who, as a way to easily memorize my name, associates me with the sharp-toothed Amazon fish.[ピラニャさん]どうでもいい発見、をまたしてしまった。ちょっと発音が似ています。どうでもいい　のついでですが市の電話帳には　枚田／比良田さん　が載っています。

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Betnevate ointment does a great job on my spring forehead rash!よりによって「ベトネベート」って名称... ベトベト妖怪っぽい。が　おまじないの言葉のようで、それもあってかスゴイ効いてます、助かってます。引用元：第一三共ヘルスケアhttp://www.daiichisankyo-hc.co.jp/products/details/betnevate_cream/index.jsp

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"If you want to age successfully, you have to look back over the earlier part of your life and understand what it was about. If you can do a life review with a forgiving heart, your last 30 years will be quite transformed."--- Jane Fonda, The New York TimesForgiving Heart か ...「自分て何、自分のこれまでって何やったんやろう」って責めがちな最近この言葉、タイムリーにグッときました。

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谷中生活9年。ゆったり昭和な時が流れていることでおなじみの「谷根千」エリアではありますが銭湯事情は結構変化しています：・今年2月、徒歩5分のとこの「世界湯」（古今亭 志ん生も通ったという）　が、惜しまれつつ暖簾を下ろす。　速攻解体されたので、ビビった。・入湯料、400円から450円（10回回数券は 4200円）へと、11%上昇。　物価高騰やなぁ...自分の「初音湯」セット：柑橘系。突如　先週ようやく LUSH に手を出した。意外と好きだ。

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Free pocket tissue with 6 silver reflecting stickers!春の全国交通安全運動の一環でしょうか。日暮里駅前で、ボーイ＆ガールスカウト？のお子さんが　ポケットティッシュ配ってました。いただいちゃった。反射材シールついてる〜　なんか嬉しい。

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I was going to flatter my mother by saying,"You look like Jane Fonda in this photo (with Richard Perry)... SORT OF, as far as your hairstyle and makeup are concerned."But before the Soft-of line, she was quick enough to blush and brighten her eyes,"Do I??? Do I look this beautiful??" listening to me no more.But the thing is, she instantly got so cheeky and sweet, and DID win - to my myopic eyes -

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My mother and I are enthusiastic about this buff cocker spaniel that we found at Baby Doll, a pet shop on Nakayamate-dori in Kobe.I've even listed candidate names for him - Buffy, Latte-chan, Kobe...母＆私「犬飼いたいねぇ。絶対柴ちゃんと思ってたけどコッカースパニエルも可愛いねぇ…」が、父は「飼うんならワシが死んでからにしてくれ！」と拒絶中。

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Never imagined I'd be so into Céline. セリーヌがちょっと気になります。

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なんか旅行したくてウズウズ。それで、福岡行きました。ひよ子　買いまくった…　・ひよ子　・桜ひよ子（春限定）　・ひよ子のピィナンシェ（九州限定）　・ひな羊羹（塩、栗、抹茶、梅　＋桜）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　写真：ひな羊羹引用元　http://www.hiyoko.co.jp/tuhan-f/shouhin/shohin_f20.html　　

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しかたべた　たしかはじめて　ああおいしかったhttp://www.r-anton.com/

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visiting milan nov. 22 thru 26 (back home 27th)looking forward to seeing my sis.でもイタリア語わかりませんケコゼクェスト　ってあったっけ

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It might have been another Yomiuri-group tie-up article:Koji and the acting itch(4/4/08, The Daily Yomiuri)But why not Jump in and let's go, Lay back and enjoy the show? 4月だし、なにか新しいことを　と　 舞台を観に行ってきました山本耕史さん　すごい最高山本さん演じるヘドウィッグが　フガッ、ブヒッ　て鼻鳴らしたりパンキッシュにジャンプするごとにわたしの「思い込み」という殻（＝は？　舞台？　ヤマモトコウジ？）が　パリパリと引き剥がされていくようで・・・

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-19025652829692574302007-08-26T19:48:00.000-07:002007-08-26T20:11:06.413-07:00

A single woman with a fancy puppy is just disastrous!- or so I thought.Then what about a single woman with a WWF stuffed animal??Leo showing interest in D. Sedaris年甲斐もなく、東京駅構内のミニプラにてWWFのライオンのぬいぐるみを買ってしまいました。だってかわいかってんもん。それに　「売上の一部がWWFの活動に」って言うし。しっぽ振ったり（ライオンやけど？）、うなだれたりといろんなポーズとらせて遊んでます。

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So it was patchouli oilthat Madonna's album Like a Prayer was wearing.It was back in...2007 - 1989 = 18 ?Eighteen years and I still remembered the scent.あれ？　パチュリーってなんでこんなに懐かしいんやろと思ったら　そういうことでした。ヨネちゃんが強引に貸しつけてきて　とかいって　結局かなりの影響を受けたアルバムてっきりブランドの香水と思いこんでました。と知ったからには　今、もう身の回りパチュリーだらけー・・・にしたいところですが香りが香りなだけに、ここは「さりげなく」にとどめとこうと。ユニクロの石鹸

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See more glassSee more glassSaid my muji glassesSo I thoughtあれ？　結構　まだまだイケてるんちがう？ と　思い込むのも悪くはないかも

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(view from Sixth Ave. Inn, #331)The Seattle sky was much higher than I had thought.Tall, sensitive-looking bony dark trees against the bluish siver skyLooking back, I wonder if they were my Sam Baldwin in disguise.

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yada yada yadaうーーーーなんでなんでなんで

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Is this love, Is this love, is this love, is this loveThat I'm feelin?No, not "LOVE," not yet.But what is true is that it's been 4 days since I met this guyand I'm still walking one inch higher on air. ときめくと　なぜかいっつもボブ・マーレイ（サビだけやけど・・・）

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Two girls hired for our ISH booth's coffee couter were so cute.Especially Mika was cuter on the inside. Finding that the 5-day medical event was not so busy - rather boring - she casually studied her old world atlas at the counter when no visitor was around, saying that she wanted to enjoy a bit of "where are you from" talk with those medical professionals, 2/3 of whom were from abroad. Impressed

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7 stitches on the forehead+ 4 books (essays)+ 3 liters of icy cold tomato juice+ 2 sq. meters of the outside world looking upside-down= My 2006 Obon summer holidays(do people still say "sunny side up" eggs??just wondering)五月蝿かった ・・・　「八月蝉」かった

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I'm stuckCan't move a step forwardSo I sing,"You say tomato..."「二進も三進も」ってこれもラテンぽくない？　ない？こんなこと言ってる場合じゃないんですけど

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I think I'll give it "one or eight" take a chance not too hard but in a junko-ish mannerイチカバチカ　ってラテンな響きだから訳さなくても通じそうじゃない？通じないかな・・・などと　月曜の朝から考えている

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Sorting out old project documents, my eyes instinctively caught his blue-ink, hand-written comments on a draft paper. It was so artistic I just couldn't throw it away[手書き文字]ザザっとしてて、けどトメ・ハネのメリハリはある大きめの強い字が好きで具体的には　姉の字と　あと「裏窓」の"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HER?"あれ、彼の直筆ですよね？　・・・ジミー、なぜそこまで素敵。

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Yes I did! ...So how did you know it's my "words of wisdom" that I secretly say to myself every time something important is coming, either fun or serious, like a big meeting: I breathe in and go, "Okay Junko, enjoy the show!" or "Showtime, lady!"I know it's just ridiculous. But at least for me it works.

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It occurred to me all of a sudden that I'd go to an aromatherapy salon near my place.I'm not going to go into detail here about how dreamy the 2-hour experience there was, but just one thing:I was admiring the honeysuckles I'd seen at the salon entrance while savoring after-massage tea and a cookie.* (*mixed herbal tea & "macrobiotic" naturally sweetened oat & fruit cookie made with soy milk, if

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4/21 Fri, 22:30A friend of my father passed away on Thursday, one day after they played golf together.J: "…So where is his funeral held at?"T: "Sanda. Sanda, that's where he lives."He's such a clumsy talker, plots far from intriguing, with no punch lines. But "lives." The usage of the present tense instead of the past one? That mistake, which was obviously unintentional, made me feel so bitter

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My house. Going up the stairs, I point at the wooden wall."Can you see a pattern here?I grew up thinking it looks like a rabbit sitting up."この歳になってもウサギさんや、と一瞬立ち止まってしまうのはまだ心が清い証拠かしら？（ということにしとこう）

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I had my breast lump removed on 3/6.One of the exciting moments was when Dr. Kosaka let me see the lump freshly taken out of my breast while I was still lying on bed. I really regret that I didn't casually ask this penetrating-eyed gorgeous doctor if I could keep the 2-inch-long rubbery mass; it looked like a well-made prop for a SF movie or something, worth collecting maybe.p.s. the lump turned

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You know this MAD TV's "you know what I hate" guy with a towel wrapped around his waist? I just loved him. So here goes mine (but I'm not half naked) ...J: You know what I hate?!Audience: Yeah?!J: The Dentist! Ah, I just hate the dentist... Because you never know, when you get seated and keep your mouth open, if you should keep your eyes open or closed! Yeah![Meiji anti-cavity Xylish gum (with my

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Isn't it amazing how just 2 cm thick of snow can make a difference to Tokyo?窓で区切られた灰色の空から大きい牡丹雪がほうっとこちらへ浮かび流れて来る。なんだか静かなうそのようだった。島村は寝足りぬ虚しさでながめていた。--- 川端康成　「雪国」

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"Sunday morning San-yo's rolling..." (whereMaroon 5 originally sings"Rain is falling")日曜朝といえば「初音湯」のコインランドリー。「ランドリー?!　昭和だね。」と驚く人が多いのですが自分の中では日常。 （になってしまいました）この前日は嵐でおや、ランドリー入口の排水溝にもいろんな葉っぱが。「ふきよせ」というお菓子を思い出してしまい。

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（たまには日本語で。）とあるレシピ（マカロニカレー）を検索していたらこんなサイトに行き着いてしまいました：柏市立旭小学校　給食メニューこういうの、ほんと好きー。で、今日の献立は　「秋刀魚のみりん干し、柚子香和え」　だったとのこと、オゥ・・・　オトナな献立やけど皆さん残さず食べましたか？（ちなみにタイトルは給食委員・日番の号令です。なので　へんな命令口調で読まないでください）

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1134354620812884212005-12-11T05:25:00.000-08:002005-12-11T18:30:48.823-08:00

Glow in the dark. Glow in the dark. Glow... ZzzI knew I'd love the stickers forever, but had never imagined that the mere thought of the words could lull me into sound sleep at night.Wish list: GITD PJs 「グロー・イン・ザ・ダーク」しかり（日本語名あるのかな、電気消した後しばらく光ってるシール）緑系のぼんやりした光をみると私は落ち着くようです。蛍、バンカーズランプそしてガラガラ冷蔵庫のライム味Jell-O。扉開けたままずっと眺めてたい！

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Now that year-end holiday lights are on in town, I thought it wouldn't be too early to announce here one of My 10 Tiniest Yet Most Eye-Opening Findings of the Year 2005, which is... "Cooking dry-packed beans can vapor away the most stubborn stress." Okay, here's how it happened:1. On a debilitating weekend in September, I was cooking dry-packed feijao preto beans. (instead of S&W cans, to make my

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1131586437345999452005-11-10T01:00:00.000-08:002005-11-09T17:46:21.813-08:00

Ultimately, as far as I am concerned, learning a foreign language (English and Spanish. Si, estoy estudiando espanol!) might be all about re-appreciating my own language, Japanese.That's what I think whenever I come across Japanese words that sound undeniably to-the-point, like Nidone.Literally, Nidone (nee-doh-nE) means second (= nido) sleep (= ne). But don't you think how easy it is to picture

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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Saturday afternoon.Lying flat, no contemplation.Isn't it sort of dark for 4 p.m.?Trying to listen to the misty rain.I know, I've got to get up and do something more productive, but let me just enjoy this ceiling-gazing for a moment...One more minute, one more minute, and one more of that. もう少し、もう少しだけ　を　もう少しだけ

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1129620275020623192005-10-18T03:40:00.000-07:002005-10-18T17:10:38.526-07:00

Okay, I know nothing about acting. So if I praised an actor for his performance, he might feel humiliated rather than be flattered, like, let's say, a high-school celeb girl (maybe this analogy is humiliating too, though), when she makes a grand late entrance into a lab to show off her new bohemian-like knitted stockings, to find her plain auntie teacher wearing exactly the same. So please be

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1129096686642574782005-10-11T03:31:00.000-07:002005-10-11T23:00:53.360-07:00

Had my hair chopped off this past weekend - almost 10 inches - and now I feel so cute!One problem, if any, is that the James Brown song keeps playing on and on and I cannot get it off my mind: I feel good, lah-di la-di la-di da...というわけで　今秋のテーマは「雰囲気のあるショートヘアの女性」ってそんな歌口ずさんでたら駄目ですよね・・・

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1127977897903478402005-09-28T04:06:00.000-07:002005-09-29T17:21:24.620-07:00

It was another ordinary and orderly Sunday afternoon. I was folding (and sniffing) the laundry, and AFN radio started playing this song that went like, "The weatherman says goodnight... the refrigerator stops, and suddenly it's quiet." And suddenly, flashback memories of the studio apartment on Landfair Ave.: how the on-and-off whirrs of the pale fridge made me feel so all alone in the dark. And

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Something was so wrong with me the other day when I went to see a gynecologist. Every glass I saw was half empty. It was nothing but a just-in-case cancer test, but I was all occupied with this imaginative "unfortunately…" ICU scene, and dragged myself back to Shin-Ochanomizu Station past busy Guitar Street, with my AV modes fixed at "display: bw; mute: on".But easy come and easy go. The moment

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I think my mind has got a strange mesh filter, which takes away all these big rocks and keeps sand inside; I forget about main events but clearly remember tiniest stuff.It was this past Saturday that I went to Acty Osaka for the first time in years, to find out that an old sandwich restaurant had been replaced with a not-so-trendy-anymore Asian-fusion diner.And I started wondering when was the

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- Two tickets for Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography: Free- Mini outdoor bossa nova concert at Yebisu Garden Place: Free- Getting mesmerized by the breezy sound of Matsumonica's harmonica, and knowing my friend was feeling exactly the same: PricelessThere are some things that money can't buy... [お金で買えない価値がある]自分が何に心を動かされるか、自分でも全く予測できません。先日は、マツモニカさんのサウンドに、キュンとなりました。「キュンと、って・・・年考えろ」って？いやほんと、

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I don't know about Rachmaninoff either, but this line really gets me:Take your potato chips and go. - The seven year itch (1955)余計帰れなくなりますよそんなキュートなセリフ言われたら。

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I know it's been quoted too many times, but this is my first time: What's in a name? And I answer: That which we call an oakleaf hydrangea by any other name wouldn't have made me and my mother feel as sweet. (Look at the leaf, it's too oaky.) Ref: Floridata, USDA Plants Database[7/24（日）　実家の庭にて]母：　アジサイ、先月綺麗かってんけど。（房、）もう切ってしまった。　　　　　（葉っぱを指差し）　これもでしょ、それからこれも・・・　　　　　　あ、実はこれもアジサイやねん。私：　え、そうなん？　でも　アジサイ

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It was right after my Nozomi 68 super express passed Shizuoka, when, out of nowhere, a crazy idea came up to my mind, which turned out to be a magical way to enjoy the remaining 1 hour ride: Close my eyes and imagine I was driving that flying car I saw in the Episode II. It felt so real and even thrilling - another geeky pleasure of mine.のぞみって時折、プォーンっていう、ワープみたいな音を出しません？あれがまた、なかなかの効果音でして・・・

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1122163150198475022005-07-24T08:00:00.000-07:002005-07-25T00:39:40.200-07:00

So I'm always fascinated by people who can explain to me some things that are entirely new to me, in a few crisp words, like kids' newspaper headlines, and with respect. For example, 'Ogg.' We were sort of market-studying i-pod and the like at Yodobashi, when I got naive enough to ask this engineer how come 'Ogg' mattered to him, and his answer was "Because it's the format that goes with my PC,

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1121923390484652782005-07-20T07:48:00.000-07:002005-07-20T22:31:36.980-07:00

7/17 (Sun), 13:30: I was at Musashino with a friend of my sister waiting for our baguette, when she started flipping the Noritake knife and said, "This just reminded me of a ... whale."The behavior and remark could have turned out to be nerdy or I'm-trying-hard-to-be-a-cute-woman-ish, but it was so her, natural and artistic, which I thought was undoubtly adorable.Then, three days later, I found

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1120205609268056592005-07-01T03:08:00.000-07:002005-07-01T01:35:50.936-07:00

Self analysis: One of the minor reasons why I like cooking is because it has so many words and phrases which I like the sound of, such as blend until smooth, drizzle (nuts) over the cake, and golden brown that is used to describe when cooked food (e.g. pies, muffins, chicken wings) is ready.Golden brown. So lovely, especially when pronounced with a British accent. But what I like more is the

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1119599834960657232005-06-24T05:53:00.000-07:002005-06-26T19:28:13.230-07:00

So my father, born on the Pearl Harbor Day, has never cooked hard-boiled eggs. That's a critical domestic issue to address.But now I wonder, what about me, then? What makes me so sure I'm any better? So I googled as usual, because being egg-headed is the last thing I want to be. But I must confess I was beaten more or less this time, to find out merely in minutes, my complete egg-norance of the

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1118884635101389212005-06-16T06:00:00.000-07:002005-06-15T21:54:04.126-07:00

Surprising fact about my father that I learned this past weekend:I called my mother and he got it instead."Oh, she's gone on a trip… to Iceland or somewhere, I guess. (okay, that doesn't surprise me any more) …By the way, you called me at the right moment. Tell me, how do you make boiled eggs?"What? I mean, how could a 63-year-old man manage to spend his whole life without knowing such a thing??

junko Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09035818025134440988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13381759.post-1118713462368858702005-06-14T06:27:00.000-07:002005-06-15T18:47:04.840-07:00

Vetiver Extraordinaire: my Saturday perfume.I don't want to disappoint Dominique Ropion by describing this way, but the perfume reminds me of breezy LA afternoon, when I sit on grass under a big pine tree, flipping a textbook with fingers that still have a hint of the smell I got from lunch: orange & pumpernickel bagel w/ caraway seeds.editionsdeparfums.com「非凡」なほどに　「私の日常」な香り。ふと一句：草わかば　色鉛筆の赤き粉の　

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