Kiyo's Bath

Sorry for the late hour.



There's something about this VL
Egg and macaroni salad
That I like.

And now,
Some of the things I've talked about to this point...


























I love you all!
(↑ The battle cry of someone who causes ire)
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To those of you who went to check out about the thing on the 28th
On the 24th,

Thank you all very much!!

Really, really!!

I'll wholeheartedly
Deliver Han-Nama to you.
I know what I want to say.


I just act like I don't.


Waaah...
It's really soon...


Maybe I'll lose 10 kg...






It's impossibleeeeeeeee?


Reallyyyyyyyyy?




So, let's just stop with that right now!



At the very least
Let's keep from eating garlic the day before!

Or rather, on the other hand,
Everyone, eat some garlic, and come on down!

Ah, of course, either one is fine! (I know)



Suji-gyudon aaaaaaaaaaaaa

so gooooooddd!

“So good”, I said!


...eh, whatever I say about it is okay with me, though!


It's all good with ABN-club! (Club President HASH)


This has been an incoherent blog, a long time coming.
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“Mwahahahahahaha
You've fought well, my adversary!

When you're in this state, I have a way to defeat you...

I'll finish it, right here, right now!”


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Ka-shiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnn！！！
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“Kuma..pi...”

Phew...

I killed yet another insignificant thing.

(In the middle of fantasizing about “Fist of the North Star” and “Goemon”) (←What an airhead)

※ This is a potato I bought at the supermarket.
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I went to see

Cunning Takeyama-san's solo live
“Housou Kinshi 2009” !!



To be entirely honest,

I'm so glad I went!

There were so many things that were so great!

I laughed, and was suddenly moved, too...

I happened to end up sitting next to DAIGO-kun,
And we greeted each other while saying what a shame it was that this was our first meeting.

I probably was really disgusting, with the way that my body temperature goes up when I laugh and all.

Other distinguished people made their appearances, too.

I can't talk about that, though, because it'll be a spoiler for other people going to the shows.

Or rather, I guess I can't really say anything now,
But those of you going to the final show tomorrow,
Look forward to it!
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Yo!!

Um...

I..I...I'm so touched!!

"CRAZY" COOL (Tigers)-JOE-sama
(He allowed us to appear at one of their fanclub shows)
YOU-sama too
(Before, he came to see our shows any number of times)
I'm putting today on record as being the closest to all of them,
And MORRIE-sama, as I've ever been!!

What's more, everyone
Was so kind enough to remember me!!
They were so kind enough to know of me!!

Just as I thought, even with other people around,
I couldn't say a word.

I went to the show with my friend you
And we watched the show together, unable to keep our minds at ease.

We did a cover of that song once, and then here's a song I'm hearing for the first time in my life!
The stage, of course,
Was impressively lit
Making it a show that burned the essence of visual aesthetic into us.

My whole body is covered in goosebumps.

I'm sad that I didn't get a chance to meet with MINATO-san,
Shinya-san's strong drumming also resonated in my heart.
It was amazing!
Really, thank you for such a good show.
Thank you so much!

SHUSE-san was also there, next to me.
How great...I really want to see that show again.
Since my excitement hasn't cooled off yet, a little while ago,
The curry I made yesterday had cooled off, and I just forgot to turn the burner off when I was warming it, while I was running around.

I skinned my knee,
Just like when I was in sixth grade.
It hurts.

But, the curry is good.

So, from a guy like that,
Here's a bit of a troublesome announcement.

Since there was so much demand for one,
We've decided to hold a signing to commemorate the release of my blog book, “HAN-NAMA”!

The place is in Osaka.

Thank you so much, thank you so much!!

Since the details weren't quite put together yet
When I announced it on the radio,
I'll announce it again right here!

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

And now, thinking that we should answer everyone's requests, we're holding a book signing in Osaka!

■Date and Time: 11/28 (Sat) 2 pm ~ End of signing

■Location: Asahiya Shoten Tennouji Mio

We are holding a book signing to commemorate our sale of kiyo's latest blog book, “HAN-NAMA”.
Beginning at 11 am on November 24 (Tuesday) we will distribute numbered tickets for the signing at the Tennouji Mio store. (first-come-first-served, 200 tickets)

On the day of the event, we will accept the numbered tickets, as well as the tickets inside of the book, for a copy with the author's signature. To participate in this event and receive a numbered ticket, it is required to submit your name and phone number.
Please participate in our event with excitement!

■Item Information
『半生　HAN－NAMA』　
ISBN978-4344-99152-1 Price: 1400 yen + Tax Sale Date: 10/23/2009
Publisher: Ameba Books Distributor: Gentosha

■Other Important Guidelines
・No photographs will be allowed the day of the event.
・On the day of the event, a line will be made determined upon arrival.
・Copies reserved by telephone will not be eligible.
・Please direct all inquiries about the event to us via telephone after 11/24.

■Inquiries
Asahiya Shoten Tennouji Mio 06-6773-0107
Ameba Books 03-5459-0344

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There it is.

What should I say, I'm sorry...
It wasn't that we wanted to pretend that we weren't going to do a signing when we really were, or anything like that.
I'm saying this again, but please direct all your questions about the event to them via telephone after the 24th.

Ah...PSYCHOMANIA　I CAN HEAR THE RAIN
PROMISED LAND　I'M IN A COMA ah...
I can't get enough...they're amazing

A long time ago, I got really attached to PROMISED LAND while trying to recreate the percussion on a synthesizer...
Maybe I should try playing it back again, even though it's been so long...

Also, shu-chan
Happy Biiiiiiiirthdayyyyy
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Sesame Oil
This is kiyo.

Yesterday night, or should I say this morning,
Was the peak time for the Leonid meteor shower.
Did you all see it?

As for me,
There was nothing but bad weather over here.
Geez...

How will it be this evening?
Though it's cleared up considerably now.



This is some anpan with fresh cream inside
That I bought from a small bakery.
I bought it just for the heck of it,
And then was surprised at how delicious it was.

Those times,
They're such happy moments, aren't they.

About four years ago, at my local bakery
I bought some white taiyaki
And was surprised when I ate that, too.
It was like, “What, tapioca?!”

Ah, sorry~
In the middle of the night again...
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I'm in trouble.


My responses for the fanclub magazine!

Somehow,
I'm strangely torn between using
This or that.

However, it's fun.




By the way

The things they sell at the 711
Under the supervision of Kouji Matoba-san



Choco-La-Chou



Of course it's true of the custard inside as well




The chocolate on top is so delicious!

Of course it would be.

So, see you later
I'll go back to writing my lies (the fanclub magazine) now.

Sorry for updating late at night!
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Mmmnnn this is good.




It's so good...





It's just a simple potato






But it's delicious...


I'm so glad to have come across
The Irish Cobbler.

These pictures are really bright.

I also made curry, but I just had potatoes in it really.
I can't get enough of that sweet potato taste when you put the potatoes,
and just potatoes, in your mouth...

In my curry (and not just curry, either)
Potatoes are a major player.

My timing in switching to curry was when my plate ran out of potatoes.
So, being that the potatoes had already become part of the curry, they were still good, but as you expect, I was still somehow unsatisfied.
It's okay if there's no meat or anything in it.

Eh, but if you do put some in, make it chicken.
No, really...thanks a lot for the potatoes!
Mr. Assistant.
They're really delicious!


Ah, surely I'll be updating at the same time as shu-chan today!

Eh, of course he'd be aiming for those so-called identical digits, right?

Oh, man, I typed 'potato' so many times today.
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This is kiyo,
Who is rather fond of
The little bit of pain one feels
When his back is itchy and he's scratched it a little too hard.

It's not really a preference so much as it is...
That feeling like you've been disturbed...?

It's similar to that foolish thought you would have when you were thirsty during your club activities at school,
“Ah, last night, if I would have just had one more sip of tea, maybe I wouldn't be so thirsty.”

Speaking of the throat, yasu,
I dunno if you can say he's okay,
But rather that he's having surgery so that he can be okay again.
So, relatively, I don't think he's okay right now.
I want to see him do his best to endure and get through this.
(Please send your messages and stuff directly to him as much as you can, in letters and such.)

Somehow, I haven't written about all sorts of things that happen in my daily life,
But if you think about it too much, you think it might be because you can that you don't.

This evening, you'll really be able to see the International Space Station
From Kansai over to Hokkaido.
It depends on where you are, but it looks like they're saying you'll be able to see it from about 5:19 or so.
Generally, it moves from the southwest to the northeast.

091109 ISS[Ameba Vision]


Anyway, since I'm in the mood for it,
I'm going to play around with more of my search keywords.
Please come along with me.

#147 “Gag”
#148 “Merits”
#149 “Impressions”
#150 “Meaning”

We already know this one.
It's not like I'm insisting upon it or anything.
If you really can't stand it, it might be good to let it go...


#115 “Legendary Relationship with Fans”
#116 “How to Read”

It's read “Densetsu no Fan to no Karami”.

It's the same reading as “The Sharp Taste of the Lightning Fan”.



#62 “Swimming Club”
#63 “Running in Bathing Suits”
#64 “Athletic Meet”

Are you ready?

I'll only say this once.

“I'm interested” (Only with women)




Oh, that was fun...
I'll do it again...

Since I also got some delicious potatoes from
One of the people in my company who does a lot of things for me
I think I'll eat some of those too.

Even so, “JIN” is such an interesting drama, I'm waiting until Sunday for it to come on again.


Ah, “Shiroi Kyotou” has started!

※kiyo-san in Aomori, thank you very much!!
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Right, right



This picture
Is one that HASH took at the same time.

Thinking about it again,
I suppose that I've known HASH and Miss MIZUKI about the same amount of time,
But how long had it been since they were together?
Of course, it'd become quite the Osaka atmosphere...

Mattsun said to yasu,
“He's come to look a lot like yasu's mom”, just jokingly,

But he really does...
It's like he could be yasu's older brother...
How funny.

The waiting room at the Budokan
And the Kouseinenkinkaikan...
Really felt like a festival hall.

Ah, my stomach hurts,

So I'm off to the toilet for a while!!

[Notice]

I'm out of the bathroom now


It's already come out of me
So I've left the bathroom
That's what I mean.


Living things are a lot like Russian nesting dolls.

I don't really know much about that, though.



Anyway,
I want to play around with my search keywords
Just a bit.

#113 “Dentist”
#114 “Explosion”

Don't be silly



#121 “Laughing so hard you're crying”

A　 E　 [aː]
Aaaahhheeeeeaaahhhh


#60 “Mouth Gag”
#61 “Canned coffee”

Please don't do something like that with the kind they sell out of vending machines.

#77 “kiyo”
#78 “Me”

What's that, assuredly
kiyo is me.

#98 “Male eyelash perm”
#99 “Self-destruction”

It's not self-destruction!!
It's actually really easy
(Right now there's no eyelash perm menu.)


#28 “Joe Hisaishi”
#29 “Isolation”

You're saying something dangerous now

Please add “-sama” to his name (Yeah, that one)

#71 “If you stick pencil lead in something, will it be left behind?”

Yes, it will.

My older sister's hand is proof of this.


#29 “To be honest, I'm a poor performer.”

That's not a very fond memory, is it.




#97 “If mochi gets stuck in your throat”
#98 “I won't look back anymore”

Hey...cut that out


Just to make sure, please say a prayer to keep something like that from happening.

#80 “Recipes with Pepper Flesh”


Wha...!! Hold on a minute!!

That's scary, so scary, don't do that!!

#101 “You've got nothing more to do, so get out”

Ah, that sounds like something from Shiroi Kyoto!

I also said that a little bit ago when I was in the bathroom..



(It's true! “Shiroi Kyoto” is going to be on again
Starting at 14:07! And “Long Vacation”, too! What a nice lineup!
Thanks!)

Whew...

I feel better!

Sorry for being here so late at night--
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This is kiyo,
Who knows that realizing everything makes you just a part.

Yesterday, I snuck on to Dragon Quest,
And infiltrated the Budokan!

No, no, I'm kidding
That wasn't my reason for going
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

I went for the sake of someone else,
Under my own volition.

To everyone in Acid Black Cherry,
Nice work!

No, but really, on the way there and back,
And when I was hanging out backstage,
I left my DS on in my pocket, in transmission mode.

After everything was over and I looked at my status,
I saw that 6 people had stopped in.


Here's the pass I wore yesterday.



Meat-san [1]


I got so hungry.


Actually, I had so much going on
That I hadn't eaten much for about 2 days
So just seeing that made me hungry.

With the first indication of hunger,
I got annoyed,
So I took a picture of the little dog on shu-chan's cell phone.



“No Good Kid”, it says...

No,

I played “with”
That no good kid.


But, this guy



Even if I said we were going to play




He wouldn't do anything...


After that
Since I had no choice
I tried taking pictures from a lot of different angles
As “shu-chan's camera”.


So, right after I was playing...



Since he said he wanted to sleep...

Moreover,
Since I noticed that it was cold, I covered him in a wet tissue.

But, since he said he was of the 'hard futon' type



I put him like this and then put the wet tissue over him.

That's nice, isn't it.

Ah,
I tried to experiment with taking a picture of
What it would be like if a camera met a fellow camera!



So, you can see my camera there.

Which reminds me, shuuuuuujiiiiiii,
What were you taking pictures of
On my “Dragon Quest” screen?!

Did you put that dangerous bustier on me or something?!

Or maybe that Blue Guard!!?!??

And then, maybe, you tried running your tongue over the whole thing, from the R button to the L button?!?!?!

Try sending it to me--

※Sorry I don't have any pictures of all of us looking happy.

Of course, when old guys like us all get together
We get really involved in talking and reminiscing about all sorts of things that we all love
And we forget to take pictures.

Or rather,
I'm sure that one of my “Dragon Quest” characters being de-equipped of all his weapons and armor
Was surely you's fault...

When you're fighting a demon you've never fought before,
And you take the first blow, what's this...? You're fighting bare-handed!

It's as if you don't even understand your own place in the world...fuu...
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The subject line got cut off because of LJ's character limits; in full, it should read
Lastly, I'm Stopping Up My Nose With Paper (← I Don't Plan To Make This a Normal Thing. But, I'm Doing It Again Today.)
[1] The number 293 can be read in Japanese as ni-ku-san; "Meat-san".

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As you all know (Huh?)

I ended up at a restaurant
Sharing a table with a stranger.

He just breezed in
Ordered his food

And after he had eaten about half of it
Said “damn”

And desperately took a picture.



Since it was a little scary
I tried to keep from being noticed as much as I could
And just ate my okra and Tororo (or some kind of beef, anyway)
In the midst of this sweaty atmosphere.

But, I did take a picture, at least.


Or, rather, the miso soup that came with the meal
Was so good that I couldn't stop eating it.


Ah, this has to do with that s—t talk from yesterday (←timing)
But the 'ko' version is also perfectly fine.

Can I really say it's totally fine...?
But it's what might be expected from someone who calls both the police and the fire department repeatedly from the time they get up in the morning.
The “chi” version is the only bad one! Please relax! (Though no one was really worried)


Also,


Please don't get within a 2 km radius of me,
Who stopped getting drinks from the drink bar
After only having one.

I'm so stupid, right?

I'm so stupid, right

I'm so stupid, right

OAY

O
A
Y

YAO



...Yao!


※Ah,
Mr. you, congratulations on the 98th day after your birthday...no, now it would be the 99th day!!
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Shifting blame

Understanding

S—t

This is kiyo,
Drawn to women who say such words easily.

As I close my eyes, I find myself aware that I'm flying to Odawara.
That's extremely “easy”.

Soup made with sake

or

miso soup

or


Isn't that different?


All that
Is totally OK.



Oh, even so
All of you who are continuing
To read “Han-Nama” and recommend it to others
I really am so happy!
It's something to be thanked for!


Shimono Shouta-san, Kochinda-san, and
TOMO-kun and KAZI-kun from SINCREA wrote about it on their blogs!
Moreso than that, they were very polite in sending me e-mails to tell me so.
Or, rather, I happened to come across it on HAL-kun's blog.
HIRO-kun, congratulations on two days after your birthday!

Which reminds me,
Mr. you, congratulations on the 97th day after your birthday!
I still have a long way to go before I'm finished thanking and congratulating you.
(↑ It's so mean to say that saying things like that too much cheapens the words!!)
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I talked like my mouth was running away with me again today

Just like me, really.



Everyone who was kind enough to listen,
and Shimono Shouta-san,
Thank you all so much!!

(Sorry, at first I got the link wrong...
What a horrible dictionary function this thing has...) (←It's the machine's fault)

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A little while from now, a bit past 9


I'm going to call "FM OSAKA BUZZ ROCK"!


How I will appear this time...no,
I'm keeping it secret from Shimono Shouta-san!

The other day, that video of the sea urchin omelet
Invited a lot of people's bitter smiles...


I'm keeping a secret from Shimono Shouta-san!


Those of you in Kansai, please listen!
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This is kiyo,
For whom every day is a car-free day.

If I had the money to buy a car, I thought today
I'd rather eat 1000 steaks from Odawara.
(I don't know what kind of car I could drive with that anyway)

Did you all see what shu-chan's got up?

That's so great, so great.

I've been on the Hakone Turnpike before too, but I remember being afraid of being blown off somehow while going to the bathroom.
But, it has the best scenery.

So, since shu-chan was kind enough to mention this first, it'd be nice to go somewhere for the Taurean meteor showers--

Oooh...nevertheless, my nose won't stop dripping.

I don't feel so good.

The CD player I have in my livingroom is totally broken,
and its component PSX parts, too.
As a result, I've been using the AUX on my PS3 to listen to things.

No, I guess it's not broken so much as just skipping around, and it's making it so that I can't fall asleep while listening to it...so I did buy a cleaner and try it out, but it's still skipping.

It's like if you told someone that both your arms were broken and that made them send you a back scratcher.


No, not really.

It's like giving a Madeline
To someone who tells you he's thirsty.

No


Washing blood with blood

No

Like taking a mummy and....

No


It's like writing in a notebook that you thought a piece of hair dropped in, so you move your pencil to avoid it

No




No, more important than all of that!!

“Han-Nama”!


You've really been waiting a while...

I wonder if most of you finally have it, today...

Those of you who don't yet, thanks to you, too.

Thank you for waiting, really, thank you.

If that's how it's going to be, maybe it'll be that waiting will make this even more delicious than fermentation makes some food.

On the other hand, I've become closer to some of you who already have the book and have been leaving me your impressions so far.

I'm putting them all together braving my tears. (← The correct use of this expression is “braving the cold”)

No, braving my tears, I'm reading every one of them.
(Ah, but they're tears of joy.)


There are positive and negative opinions, and that's fine.
That's just fine with me.

I'm thinking all over again that it was such a good thing for me to get everything together and publish another book.

Also, thank you for promoting it on your blogs and stuff, too.

Also, Kawana-sa....

No, I also have to thank Miss MIZUKI and Hashed (the booking manager working for Sachiyo Highplain out of Amagasaki that handles the bookings for LiveSquare, Hirakata BLOW DOWN, and Kyoto MUSE).

I can't write lyrics very well, and writing sentences in general as well as talking are not my really strong points, but I think that if you feel something from them, then that means it has some meaning...or maybe that it has significance.

(By the way, my nose still won't stop running)

There are signs of rain today

↓ This is chicken with pollack roe on top



So, see you later...maybe even in the night...
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I wrote this as an addition to yesterday's entry as well,

But once again,
I'm sorry!

Everyone, I'm sorry, really!

Today is the release date for “Han-Nama”,
But it seems that there are a lot of booksellers
Who are receiving it late.

Perhaps, probably, no, certainly
It's because I was making revisions like
“Oh, I want to do this this way...”
This happened for most of the book.

Those of you who reserved it,

I'm very sorry!

Please wait a few more days.

Also, those of you who did manage to get a copy,

I'm a really sorry guy!

No matter which way you go, I'm sorry!

Also,
Thank you, everyone!
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A magic book
That will make anyone who reads it
Hate me just a little more than they do now




“Han-Nama”

I'm releasing it because
I trust those of you who will be kind enough to read it
With details that I've never revealed before.

(The release date hasn't changed, but depending on where you are, it might have been shipped early.)

To those of you who were kind enough to reserve their copies already, thank you very much!!


Since “Han-Nama”
Might not be lined up with the other books at the bookstore,
Don't wait outside the bookstore for it, but just have them order it for you.

Or

(Mobile viewers)



Here, for you PC viewers

HAN-NAMA/kiyo


￥1,470
Amazon.co.jp

Please order it here.

Since this is, of course, something I'm doing on my own,
Just like “ARTISAN OF PLEASURE” and “Gosadou”,
No matter what you do, it's still hard to understand.

So, everyone...
Go out there and advertise! Please! No, please!

What should I do...

I'm so nervous...

Why did I think I could put things like this into a book...

What's going on--
Is it like I'm trying to corner those lifelines in myself
That I've cut off somewhere?

It's a really complicated feeling,
To consider that I want people to buy a book that talks about such things.

Please take your time reading it.

So,
The other day, I went to Shin-Kiba
To see Antic Cafe live!




First, Shin-Kiba!

They go here on Tamori Club sometimes,
And I've been here once before.

Leaving the station, I had no idea where to go,
So I asked directions at the koban.

Seeing the show, from the guest area on the second level
I was like “Waaaaaaaah!”

Oh, and
They're way too good at impressions...
It was amusing.


Ah, right
The meteor shower
I watched it until past 5 this morning,
And there were a lot of shooting stars around 3 or 4...

In total, I counted 9.

Even so, there were only a few this time...

I think you should be able to see them today, too.
If you have the strength and the time,
Be sure to go see them!

Over here, right now,
There are thick clouds over my head.

Hmmmph.

So,
Let me say farewell with some shoddy photographs that I took.



Sorry they're hard to see in this one.



Whoa




This one's so close, but no!!





Orion


It was a night where
I, being too surprised by a stray white cat in the bushes,
Stamped his feet in frustration.

See you later.
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This is kiyo,
Special skill: running long jump!

I really did that, too!

I'm not kidding! (Not that you doubted it)

So, with that in mind,

Nice job, all of you in the meteor shower observation corps!
How was it?

As for me,
Actually...I'm going to start watching right now!

I'm a little scared of a few things...(← I fell asleep)



Ah--

I want to see those burning spheres...

Here, lately, it's been easy to see Jupiter in the southern sky.





There was a satellite there as well, and it was pretty again today.

So, maybe I'll go out and observe now.

So, then, everyone, let's all be careful about the cold, and hidden criminals, too!
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Beef filet: 5 kg
Potatoes: 3 to 4
Broccoli: 2 heads, cut into small florets
White onions: 2
Green onions: 3 stalks
Eggs: 5 (large)
Soy sauce: 3 tablespoons
Mirin: 50 cc
Salt: small pinch
Pepper: pinch

First, rub beef filet in salt and pepper, and cube.
Chop onions, and mince green onions into ponzu, then eat steak dipping it in.
After steaming broccoli, rinse with cold water, sponge off moisture, and refrigerate.

This is kiyo,
Who spent a whole evening doing just that.

What...what could you do with just that...

That's right, guys!

It's the Orion meteor shower, you guys!

It also includes the dust left behind by Halley's!
The peak time is tentatively tomorrow night~early dawn, but you can see it today, and were able to see it yesterday too~
(Warning: Estimates of peak times are often inaccurate.)

Last night, I was only able to confirm one shooting star out there, but how did all of you do?

The Orion meteor shower
Seems to be really active this time,
And next time it won't be. (Comparatively)


I suppose you'll be able to see them falling all through the heavens--


Ah, Mitomo-kun
Thank you for yet another trophy.
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