1st, Sincere gratitude to Nike of Samothrace, for leading us to the latest victory (we've got the admission to invest!) that I've prayed few weeks ago here in my blog. 2010-01-31
21 Letter of thanks
1st, Sincere gratitude to Nike of Samothrace, for leading us to the latest victory (we've got the admission to invest!) that I've prayed few weeks ago here in my blog. 20 Full moon
On 30th January 2010, full moon appeared.I didn't have any special feeling about it. Full moon, new moon, meteor stream, Halley's comet, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, don't stir my interest much. I just like to look up the sky, especially when sun rises.
Night sky's attractive, that's true, but I can only see the Great Bear and Orion, Mars and Venus at most.
So I looked at the full moon nonchalantly, listening to the iPod. And suddenly I thought of animals like cats looking at the moon. Or wolves. I thought that they might also listen to the music that only they can hear, looking at the moon without any reason. That's their way of party. I felt myself as if I were able to sense like wild animals.
Nature is always very close to us, far closer than we expect, isn't it?
2010-01-27
19 Sunset
A rock band called "Polypropylene" is now on the amateur-band battle for the debut at a major record. One of the members is my classmate in junior high, and I certainly decided to start my little campaign to support them. Just access to the following site (mobile only, iphone are not accesible, sorry!) and download their song "Sunset", and it will add one vote for them!
For readers of this blog I already sent my notice of this campaign, but it is worth telling you again here, because
サンセット by ポリプロピレン
優しさを渡しにきたよ
温もりを伝えにきたんだよ
きみがぼくに生きる全てを
教えてくれたんです
their music and tastes are actually good, or I sense it's good.
Lyrics are litltle too sweet and naive for me, but they have a certain feelings that I can easily share with. Maybe that's the air (I don't think of any other expression) of icy , purely clear sky of our hometown.
Here's the site for the vote
http://mobile1.indies.jp/atop.asp?aid=1002414
2010-01-24
18 Wall Street Sign
たまには仕事柄のことも書きましょう。あらゆる産業はイノベーション、革新が必要で、要はずっと同じことを必要なだけ片づけていても進化はないのであって、金融も然りです。革新的な金融工学や商品やシステムを取り入れて、金融も成長しなければならないし、成長し、発展してよいはずです。
しかし、グローバル経済というのは扱いやすいものではなかったようです。
金融は、これからも高度で革新的な発想で新たな仕組みを生み出しても良いと思うのです。ですが、革新の向かう方向が、「新しいすべり台を作る」だけではなくて、「滞っている階段をすべり台にする」「滞っているすべり台をもっと滑るようにする」、つまり滞りをなくす、それはどういうことなのかを考え実現することが必要なのかもしれません(願わくば、できるだけ分かりやすく)
もちろん新しいすべり台を作る情熱も大事で、もし真に革新的で高度なすべり台ができたなら、いくつもの問題をいっぺんに解決できるすべり台になるかもしれません。
イノベーションは絶やせません。
しかしもうちょっと大事なことは、たとえば環境や文化もあるわけです。結局のところ、いま世界にいる人たちで何とかしなくてはならないのですから。そうすると、滞っているのはつまり人材なのです。
(地球は毎日あまりにも早く一回転するので、みんな振り落とされないようにそこに立っているだけで精一杯で、動くべきときに動くためには、ちょっと思い切り跳びはねてみたほうがいいかもしれません。)
話がそれましたが
Wall Streetは通りなのですから、ためこむところではなく、通すところになればよいなと思うのです。
17 Green Day
(thousands of confetti with skull image printed on)Today I was in an arena live of Green Day, on their "21st Century Breakdown Tour."
Fabulous, magical, superb, or any word you could imagine when you are kid and having somthing really exciting moment, and at the same time, they're so mature and cool.
This is the only band which I have been listening since I was a teenager, and which I can still join in the live to shout, scream, sing along, jump to the feet, swing a light pen over my head like a fool to tell how I adore their talents and attitudes.
When they started thier career on the major records, I was high school kid and everyday I watched them playing on MTV when I got home from school. I liked their straightforward lightness in the dirty sense of humor.
They are grown up, so am I. They are grown up to be a Grammy Awarded artists and one of the most respectable rock'n roll figure in the world, of course I am not. Still, I feel like they're my dear fellows.
Now they're truelly glorious figure. I never know such guys who can play such wonderful rock tunes which attract even 4-year child, while attacking politics, injustice or distortion over the society. But not only that. This time I have re-discoverd how they are becoming really artistic figures.
The backscreen on the stage kept me surprised and excited. Starting from shining NY scyscrapers, it changed every each song and they're all fine art works. I'm sorry if these head-banging kids on the front row have missed the artistic view.
So, in the middle of moshing, at one moment I was reminded of my teenage adorenalin, feeling thrill with joy, and at another I was admiring their wonderful staging with cool, analytical senses.
"When I come around", "Longview" and "Basket Case", these songs really could WAKE ME UP. "Wake me up when September ends" made me almost crying because I remember a friend who passed away in last September. "Static Age" really kicked me up in a very good sense. "King for a Day" made me happier than ever.
One light, one mind Flashing in the dark
Blinded by silence of a thousand broken hearts
"For crying out loud" she screamed unto me
A free for all
F**k èm all "you are your own sight"
("Minority")
Seriously, how far could they expand their talents? What kind of faith could drive them so far? But how far they go, I hope I will be coming up to them, walking alongside with them.
(I'll see you, Billie!)
2010-01-18
16 Post It

「今かかっている曲は何ですか?」
本当に居心地良く長居できたあるダイニングにて。食事よし、座席よし、眺めよし、環境よし、込み具合よし、飲み物よし、気候よし、気分もよし、と、こうした要素がうまく調和したタイミングでした。
カフェなりダイニングなりで長居するには普通「何か時間をつぶすもの」が必要。理想的なのはそれほど難しくない内容の、でも目を通さなくてはいけない仕事関連の書類です。就職活動のレジュメ書きなども悪くありません。ただ学問は不向き(眠くなるので)。小説は、面白いものなら時間はつぶれますが、どちらかといえばこれは移動時間や空港のラウンジなんかが最適です。何もなければ携帯のメールボックスの整理をするという手もありますが、これはややつまらない仕事で、コーヒーを飲みながらという時間には勿体ない。一方、携帯で誰かと喋りながらカフェ、は意外と贅沢な楽しみです。気持ちのいい環境にいながらさらに電話をすることで、外界を遮断して周囲の誰にも邪魔されない、個人的で居心地の良い空間を作り出すからです。といっても、「ショートラテ!」「ライトシロップトールモカ!」「パーソナル、ショート抹茶クリームフラペチーノ!」などという合唱がしょっちゅう上がるようなカフェでなければ、もちろん電話などはできません。
でもまれに、窓の外や壁の模様やスタッフを眺めているだけで、他になにも要らずに過ごせるひと時があります。このときは音楽があまりにも良く、心地よかったので、帰りに「今かかっている曲を教えてもらえますか?」と聞いてみました。そうして書いてもらったのがこのPost itです。
Ready 2 wear / PC synergy
とあります。西海岸のラウンジもののグループのようです。
最近は、こういうところで音楽と出会うことが楽しくなってきました。レコード屋さんで試聴機に居座るのも好きですが、「これかっこいいですよね」とPost it を書いてくれる人は、レコード屋さんではなかなか出会えません。
15 Planet quakes, but

Dear Friends who are kindly seeing this page,
We never be able to stop the planet quake.
But we can donate to the Republic of Haiti.
Please join and support their act if possibe;
日本赤十字社
(ハイチ地震救援金/2月12日まで)