Saturday, December 13
Our neighbor told us they spotted a bear in the area. We all know there must be at least one or two, because we basically share the habitable space, but so far we have never encountered one.
Sunday, December 14
I woke up at 3am because of the noise. I heard a beast breathing and running in our yard. I quickly remembered the story I heard yesterday and thought it was a bear. I got very nervous in bed. Darkness makes small things seem big. When I thought about it in daylight, it was probably a wild boar.
Monday, December 15
When I went into a pharmacy, I heard a familiar sound. The sound that instantly gives me a sense of comfort and lets me know that all my HP and MP are restored… It was the inn sound from Dragon Quest… They set this sound as a door chime, so each time someone comes or goes, we hear this “fully recovered” sound. I wonder if my dentist set the “level up” sound as an exit door chime.
Tuesday, December 16
I heard “Video Kills The Radio Star” when I was paying for the car wash. The machine suddenly played a specific verse of that song. Just because I chose bubble wash…? Bubble in Japanese is “awa”. I couldn’t stop laughing in the car during the wash.
Saturday, December 20
My mom and I were invited to the kindergarten’s Christmas party. We’d been quietly excited all month because we’d never been to an event like this. My nephew said “I will be a tamago,” and he was indeed a tamago. He was wearing a bright yellow tamago hat and a tamago costume and dancing shyly. At the end, he was wrapped in a norimaki ribbon with his shrimp, tuna, and cucumber friends. It was cute, but I was disappointed because our almost-weekly Just Dance sessions obviously didn’t do anything for his dancing.
This week’s track
XG – GALA
