[bonnie pink] 4/25/08 Diary Entry

When the Earth Day Concert at the Budokan ended, for a little while I felt completely exhausted, like a Bonnie Mountain. Thanks to everyone who came out. I became more aware that I should take a bit more of a closer look at my halfhearted eco life.
Today's pictures are some that were taken in San Francisco. I used to use a Contax T2 for taking pictures, but nowadays it's been a while... I like feeling like I'm taking them more than they're being taken.
It's a place of perpetually-hilly streets, trolleys, and a laid-back atmosphere that makes you feel like you want to draw a picture of it.
Long ago I loved to watch the American TV show "Party of Five" [Japanese title translated: "Under the San Francisco Sky" -trans] so I was thrilled to be truly treading that same ground for the first time. Also, as movies like "Sweet November" and "Serendipity" were also set in that lovely San Francisco scenery, I'd always thought of it as a place I absolutely had to visit someday. It's also important to leave Tokyo and feel absent-minded and relieved. [BONNIE PINK]

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Original Japanese entry here (under "[2008.04.25]").
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2008-onward

[bonnie pink] 4/17/08 Diary Entry

Guess where I am !
I'm in San Francisco for Bandai Namco Game Show !

Everyone, thank you again this year for your warm happy-birthday messages!
I'm spending my birthday week in San Francisco. I'm in America for another 15 days, but lots of people wishing me a happy birthday makes me happy. And I get to continue it for one more day, making 2008's 'irregular' birthday a double one, which makes me happy.
The rays of the sun are really strong here, so although I brought a hat, I bought another one just like it.
Ultraviolet rays are scary, but it's convenient to be able to walk through the city. At what cost!
But the brightness is bad for me and soon makes my eyes water, so sunglasses are a must.
That's right, I have to put on sunglasses all the time! Normally I don't wear them, but as a last resort when I was getting my license, I had to go to an optician to get glasses made, and when they measured me it turns out I'm 0.2 in both eyes... (cries)
The truth is, at lives I can't see the audience's faces. And at those times, it's happened that because someone is waving their hands at me, I think they're an acquaintance of mine and wave back, but once I get closer I see that they're a fan. (laughs)

I took a few pictures to show everyone what the scenery is like.


Hey hey, who are you waiting for there? With such a sad face...
It'd be nice if I was the person you're waiting for. You look so lonely.
It was pretty hard to leave this place.
I hope his owner pets him a lot after this.


Painting on the wall of a school at Haight & Ashbury. So colorful it seemed to really POP!
I felt the freedom you give up and forget about when you grow up.


Aahh! Another waiting one! At dusk... (cries) But since he's a spoiled one, I'm sure he'll be fed a lot of tasty food so it's okay, but how boring, a life of nothing but waiting... "I'll howl away, to get some meat in me" is what I thought he'd whisper in my ear but since he was making a kind of uneasy facial expression, I reluctantly gave up on coercing him.


This crab making a heart silhouette that cuts into the sky is so cute! Its body being made out of flowers is even cuter. Pier 39 with its row of delicious seafood restaurants and shops is a sightseeing spot along San Francisco Bay.


From the deck looking out of the restaurant window, I thought there were a lot of brown sacks lying around but it was actually a legion of sea lions... (sweatdrop) Sorryyy! They're a landmark and I didn't know...


Last night we went out for a birthday dinner (for me) to a seafood restaurant. The people at the restaurant knew it was my birthday so they brought out cheesecake and sang happy birthday to me! I was so happy...
Because the man who was our waiter asked "So, you're turning 22?" I went ahead and said "You got it!" [BONNIE PINK]

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Original Japanese entry here (under "[2008.04.17]").
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2008-onward

[bonnie pink] 4/11/08 Diary Entry

You doing well? It's already April. Today's rainy... ~April Shower~
By the way, a few days ago, I went somewhere in Shibuya to properly go and see the live of a friend, Tomoe Shinohara. There I encountered Miku & Alisa of Ya-Kyim. After she gave a great performance, I couldn't bring myself to go home as I was so as a way of cooling down, the four of us went to Starbucks for some tea. Tomoe-chan got excited about going to karaoke. Ya-Kyim also had been busy with recording company stuff and hadn't been doing fun stuff very often, so without even planning it we had a girls night out. I also have a live this month, so I have to work on my physical strength--nooo! Everyone come and see it. [BONNIE PINK]



Bonus: My latest favorite thing, a Banana-san cell phone strap. When I'm tired or not feeling very energetic I look at this strap and I sort of feel like I can keep going. I was shocked to come across it in a Daikanyama thrift store!

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Original Japanese entry here (under "[2008.04.11]").
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2008-onward