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『69』を読んだ。 あとがきに村上氏は、「1969年に生まれた人々は、ひょっとしたら（1987年5月）高校生ではないだろうか？できればそんな人たちに、読んで欲しい。」と書いていますが、 知らなかった！ この作品のことを。もう通りすぎちゃったよ！ でも、高校生の時にこれを読んでも、理解しなかったと思うな。うちは進学校でもなかったし、だから特に世の中のことを批判するような頭もなかったし。過激なことをすると、あとが面倒だし、あんまり好きじゃなかったな。それに 特に何ができるってわけじゃないから、何かに疑問を持つとかって言うのは、私の役目じゃないって思った。こういう考え方を持つ人間が、学校の先生たちに 家畜にされた人間 っていうことなのかな？いやいや、 家畜なんかで人生終わらせたくないですよ！ また、村上氏は、「 これは楽しい小説である。 」と言っています。青春を一生懸命生きているって感じが伝わって来た。共感したのは、「数少ない例外の教師を除いて、彼らは本当に大切なものをわたしから奪おうとした。彼らは 人間を家畜へと変える仕事を飽きずに続ける「退屈」の象徴だった 。 ・・・・・・・彼らをただ殴っても結局こちらが損をすることになる。唯一の復讐の方法は、 彼らよりも楽しく生きること だと思う。 楽しく生きるためにはエネルギーがいる 。」 「 想像力が権力を奪う 」・・・楽しく生きる力が権力を乗り越える。。。 （うんうん。。。'共感してます’） ・・・確かに、学校教育を終え、就職し、世の中のことが段々分かって来た今は、村上氏の言っていることがよくわかります。それと、この人は凄いと思う。そうですね、確かに、私を家畜としようとした先生たちには、復讐してやりたいですね！でも、私も村上氏のように思いました。「彼らよりも楽しく生きよう」って！確かにエネルギーはいる！ 病気なんてしてらんないや！！ 69年・・・。以前、"King Lear"のレポートを書いた時にPeter Brookの映画を取り上げ、その辺の時代背景も調べたんだけど、また調べてみる気になりました。また、 佐世保 ・・・。行って、自分の目で色々見てみたいです。そうすると、この物語で言う「 楽しさ 」っていうのが身にしみて分かるかなって思います。 補足です。一つ書き加え...

My good friend is working for GAP and gave me a special card which offered 25% discount. I love the fashion sense of GAP, also CM. Just finding some CMs on youtube .com, I enjoyed watching them and found Madonna on the CM. 今日は、GAPへ行き、服を買った。友達から２５％OFFの葉書を貰ったので。。。YoutubeでGAPと入れて、 検索すると、合衆国でやっているGAPのCMが見れます。それで、マドンナがCMに出ているのを見つけました。 She was getting popular when I was a junior high student. It was the time when she was in the early 20s. But I didn't fancy her just because I felt her emphasize what she was a sexy woman. But in her 30s, she became more muscular and looked stronger. She was not only a sexy woman but also a strong woman, and her dancing was fantastic. (it had been fantastic in her 20s as well) And in her 40s, she was given a birth, and became mother. Compared with her 30s, she looked more generous like a mother.(yes, she was a mother) I don't know how to describe her 50s, but definitely she is a cool and great woman. When I become 50, I would like to b...

I read the Declaration of Peace by the Mayor of Hiroshima. I especially focused on the experience of a man and a woman who are now over 75 years old. All survivors are around 70 years old. There might not be so many more years left to hear their voices in person. (music: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence『戦場のメリークリスマス』）

This is my favourite music, "Just the Tow of Us" by Ralph MacDonald. Especially I really need his sound in summer, which heals me from such humidity. Of course I love Glover Washington Jr.'s version too. 私の好きな夏のサウンドの一つ。パーカッション奏者、ラルフ・マクドナルドの『Just the Two of Us』。 もちろん、グローバー・ワシントンジュニアもいいけどね。 By the way, last night, there was a big dinner with my family. But the thing happened after taking a bit Umeshu (liqueur), which I got panicked.  I felt my heart beating so fast and couldn't stand up. I've got high pulse around 100/minute. Actually I have had a problem with my thyroid for a long time. But it is OK when I don't do any hard excesses.  However, I sometimes forget what I have this sick.  And then,   then, I had 2 glasses of it.  I love it but I really feel I have to give up it.   .... a bit sad.... Anyway, my sister helped me a lot. And I could survive. あ、そうそう。。。昨日、死にそうだった！梅酒を飲んで、「明日は早いから」と言って、家族の会食を 早々に自分だけ引き揚げたんだけど、途中で気分が悪くなり、しかも、脈がすごおく早く...

I've been reading 1984 and 1Q84. Both are interesting, but as for 1984, the author George Orwell wrote it in 1949. That's why he regarded the time as the future cosmopolitan. There is something hard to accept such a modern concept of 1984 for me, because it is past already. That is what I am thinking of the story. In 1984, it developed but not enough. Instead of CDs, there were records or cassette tapes. No mobile phones, no computers at home, but still I could have a wonderful time. If such analogy life came back, it would be nice. It might be a bit awkward but I could feel more humanity. The music was popular around 1984. That's still cool, isn't it!

She, who is a librarian in a small town, is now crazy about reading books. She was not able to read such amount of books when she was a student. Everything was just routine, but she managed to handle all her duties including studying at school. Nobody knew what she had such feelings, which she couldn't enjoy things from the bottom of her heart. However, one day, strong wind, gale blew her away and something got off from her shoulders. And then, suddenly everything totally changed in her life. It meant that she recovered from her matter. On top of that, she has had a quick mind. Not only that, she began to be interested in art, sports or reading. Realising that there are so many beautiful things in this world, she hopped and said aloud, "What a beautiful world!" As if she tried to make up for the lost time in her school days. Now finally it is time to come to wake up and have meaning of living for her in this world.

To be honest, I couldn't tie bunches of papers with strings properly.  It is not difficult to do that but I couldn't do it or other words, I tied loosely. I might have been very silly... I was always struggling with it.  And I had kept secret about it. Fortunately I couldn't have any chance to do it for my job. 実を言うと、新聞とかをひもで上手く縛れなかった。 恥ずかしい話だけど、いつも私が縛ると、紐がぶわぶわになって、中身がずれたりしていた。恥ずかしいから、誰にも言ったことがないし、幸い、仕事でもそういう場面に出くわしたことがなかった。 But it was time to do it finally...  The lady, who I call her H-san here and asked me to help her factory job, found out my secret and said, "I'll teach you how to tie properly." with smile.  And she was never disgusted at me rather polite.  でも、今日、ついに・・・。Hさんという倉庫で働く女性の仕事を手伝った時に、大量に紐で縛るということがあった。いつも通り、紐はぶわぶわ・・・。そして、Hさんが言ったのは、「紐の縛り方を練習しないかんね。教えてあげるよ」 と。正直、紐がちゃんと縛れないって、恥ずかしいのだけれど、Hさんはバカにした態度が全くなくて、親切に教えてくれた。 I was very embarrassed because I couldn't do such simple thing at my age.  But now I can do it! It might be silly but I am sat...