ANOTHER FUNCTION

２月２１日/来年度から、情報デザイン学科のK先生と新しいジャンルの授業を始めることになりワークショップを始めました。先ずは実験から始めています。再来週は念願の電気街探検です。事務所は月曜日から新しいスタッフとこれまでのアルバイトの引き継ぎが始まります。新たに開設するサイトも１月末公開予定でしたが、あと一ヶ月は掛かりそうです。そんなこんなで、中途半端な日が続きますが３月はすぐそこです。「春は、すぐそこまで。」と言い換えても良いかもしれません。土曜日に大阪からMさんが上京して来ました。現況を伺うと、コントラクトはそこそこ、レギュラー製品の納入は堅調、物販がサッパリだそうです。安物が席巻する市場は全体としてみれば縮小経済、それは自殺行為だという話をしました。景気の二番底が回避されたという見方はありますが……….。暗い話はそれくらいでにして、インドのカレーが美味しかったとMさんがいうので近くのパキスタンカレー屋さんに出掛けました。ホウレン草とチキンのカレーが美味しかったです。但し、インドでは野菜カレーだけだそうで、Mさんのインド旅行記など伺いながら、企業の合併の話、それに伴う従業員のリストラの実態など、やはり暗い話は尽きませんでした（笑）。Tarja Tryggが現在、香港のアートセンターでソーラグラフィーの大展覧会を開催中です。下記URLにてご覧下さい。

February 21 /
I would begin the class of a new genre in the next fiscal year with Prof. K ubota in the information design subject, and we began a workshop.At first we begin an experiment.It is the long-cherished electricity street exploration week after next.In my office, the transfer of the new staff and the past part-time job begins on Monday.It was going to show the site to establish newly in the end of January, but seems to take one month more.In various causation, a half-finished day continues, but it is there immediately in March.When “spring comes immediately to there”,you may express it in other words.Mr. Murakami left Osaka for Tokyo on Saturday.The contract is pretty good when it asks him about the present situation of the economy, and the delivery of the regular product is steady, and product sale seems to be no good.The market which a cheap thing sweeps overAs a whole,the market which a cheap thing sweeps over is reduction economy,it had a talk that it was the same as a suicidal act.There is the viewpoint that the second bottom of the economy was evaded,; but … … …We cancel the gloomy talk in it, Mr. Murakami says that Indian curry was delicious during he took a trip, after that we went to the Pakistani curry shop nearby.Spinach and curry of the chicken were delicious.But it seems to be only vegetables curry in India.While hearing Indian traveler’s story of Mr Murakami, as for the story of the merger of the company, the actual situation of the restructure of the employee with it, after all that the gloomy talk was not over(lough).Mrs. Tarja Trygg is holding a large exhibition of solargraphy now in the art center of Hong Kong.Look in the following URL.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=108325675845071

２月８日/本日、本江先生と青木さんが、展示の打ち合わせに参りました。お見送りした直後に、突然にバタバタと本江先生が戻って来てビックリ。忘れ物を取りに来て、サッと出て行かれました。何か重要なものだった様子です。私は新たに開設するホームページの書き出しをしているのですが、写真や資料の年代順整理がなかなか出来なくて進みません。もっと早くにやれば良かったのですが、今年は区切りなので急いでいます。デザインに行き詰まると、資料整理をやります。現在の強い味方のアルバイトは今月で終了です。それもあり、急いでおります。出来上がったら、是非ご覧下さい。この一週間は、天候に敏感になります。勤め先に遅刻出来ない事情があり、ビビっております。雪よ降るなといっても、お天気ですから駄目ですね。有田HOUENは転がり出した様子です。今年はいろいろと決算的な仕事の多忙な年かも知れません。仕事の山は春、その後秋口までダラダラと続くのでしょうネ。地場産業振興事業も新たな地域の方々とお会いすることになりました。これを軌道に乗せるのは時間も掛かりそうですので、容易なことではありません。新たな目標ではあります。この際、焦っても仕様がないということでしょうか。

February 8 /
Mr. Motoe and Ms. Aoki came for the meeting of the exhibition today.Mr. Motoe came back noisily suddenly, and I was surprised right after I had seen off Mr. Motoe.He came to take the thing left behind, and he left really so quickly.It looks have been some important thing for him.I write the homepage to establish newly, but there is not readily the chronological order rearranging of a photograph and the document and does not advance.It should have done it earlier.Anyway, I am finished hastily because it is an turning point of my work this year.It does document rearranging when at a loss for a design.The part-time job that is a strong supporter is the end now by this month.There is it, too, and I hurry.Look by all means if completed.For this one week, it becomes sensitive to weather.There are the circumstances that cannot be late for the workplace and is scared.Even if I say that “do not fall snow”, it is no use because it is weather.Arita HOUEN seems to have begun to roll.It may be busy year of the settlement of accounts-like work in various ways this year.The peak of the business of the work is spring.It will follow slowly afterwards until early fall.About the local industry promotion business, I will meet new local people.It seems to need time to put this work on the railroad track.Probably it is not to be easy for me.However, it is a new aim for me.At this chance it will be that there is no help for it even if I get impatient.

２月２日/昨夜来の雪が少しだけ残っている。明日は節分というのに、全く困ったものだ。我が家の梅もビックリだ。梅は花が咲いてから雪が降ると実をつけないと言う。桃ノ木もあるが、桃もビックリである。本日は寒かった。明日は少し遠くに仕事に出掛ける。雪のないことを祈りたいと思う。今朝の空は奇麗だった。そろそろprint&paintとgalaとfudeya purchase の各サイトが完成に近づいる。今月中旬には、公開予定だ。公開なりましたならば、お楽しみ頂きたい。あまり俗な話もなんだが、モンゴル人の横綱はやはり外国人だと思う。彼が日本人であれば、もう解雇だと思う。国技である相撲の横綱が、一般人に乱暴して怪我をさせる。しかも、以前に謹慎処分を言い渡された経験があり、その際は母国に帰国してしまった。これでは、野球の助っ人外国人選手と同じ、野球は国技ではないからそれでも良いとして、相撲や横綱の何たるかを理解していないと思うのだ。特に土俵上で負けたときの態度は神に奉納する荒ぶる祭事とは全く違うものを感じてしまう。相撲が終わったら、憑依した神を送り出し、人間に戻って礼を尽くして頂きたい。美学というものが、全く欠如していると思わざるを得ない。

February 2 /Only some snow of the last night stay since night-time.It is really troubled though tomorrow will be traditional end of winter.The plum in my home is astonishment, too.It says that the plum cannot assail a fruit when it snows after a flower bloomed.There is the peach, but the peach is astonishment, too.It was cold today.I will go for work slightly in the distance tomorrow.It wants to pray for a thing without the snow.The sky this morning was clean.Each site of print&paint and gala and fudeya purchase gets closer to completion soon.It is going to show it in the middle of this month.Please enjoy it if it became publicly.I do not think the too common story is a good idea, but think that after all a Yokozuna of Mongolia is a just foreigner.If he is a Japanese, it already thinks that he is discharge.A yokozuna of the sumo that is the national sport roughs up a commoner and hurts you.He has the experience that it was ever announced confinement to the house disposal by association of sumo, besides.He has gone back to the mother country on this occasion.
It is the same as foreign helper of the baseball in this.Because baseball is not the national sport, it is assumed that it is still good and thinks that it does not understand the essence of sumo and the yokozuna.In particular when he lost on a sumo ring, his manner is not good.I feel a thing totally different from the satanophany of the termagent to dedicate to God.If sumo is over, the sumo wrestler sends God who did satanophany out from own and want you come back to make etiquette for a human being.I cannot but think that he lacks aesthetics really.

１２月２６日/仕事納めの日。今年も一年間、有り難うございました。TOTODO大和田さんの本の引き取りと、購入した本の納品で今年も終わりました。夕方から事務所の人間だけで、新宿まで忘年会に出掛けました。食事終了後、時間つぶしに入った喫茶店でカプチーノをお願いしたら、葉っぱの柄ではなくて面白い絵柄のカプチーノで驚きました。以前にも一回だけ、私を好意的に描いた似顔絵が出て来て驚いたことがありました。このラテアートを描くバリスタにも世界一を決める競技大会があるらしいです。何事も職業的なモチベーションはそのプライドが根源のような気もするので、結構なことだと思います。

December 26 /The day of the finishing my work for this year.For one year, I give thanks in having been taken care of by all of you this year.Owada of TOTODO took over his book and came to deliver the book which I purchased, and the work of his this year was over.I went for a year-end party only with the staff members of my office to Shinjuku in the evening.After the meal end, we went to the coffee shop for kill-time.When I asked for cappuccino, I was surprised because the cappuccino of the interesting pattern that was out of character of the leaf came out.The portrait which it drew me on favorably before comes out, and there is only one time of memory that I was surprised.There seems to be a tournament to select the first as Barista drawing this Latte-art in the world.I thinks that the pride of the craftsman is basic with the professional motivation.That is good.

１２月３１日/本日は今年の最終日です。KINDSという留学生支援組織のお手伝いで数人の留学生の年越しを拙宅で行いました。夕ご飯を食べて、カードゲームをして除夜の鐘が鳴るのを待ちました。一口にカードゲームといっても、各国でルールや内容が違い確認しながらのゲームは大変におもしろかったです。ダウトというゲームは皆が知らないらしく、ありもしない数字１４とかを平気で叫ぶので、ダウトを叫び返されたりしてカードを抱え込んでおりました。大笑いしながらのゲームは久しぶりに楽しい時間でした。

December 31 /It is the last day in this year today.I celebrated seeing the old year out with several foreign students at our home to help a foreign student supporting group called KINDS.We finished eating supper and waited for ringing bells on New Year’s Eve to sound while doing a card game.A rule and content are different in each country even if they say a card game.We played a game while confirming it, but were very interesting.The foreign students do not seem to know a game called the doubt.Because it appealed for number 14 that there were not them unconcernedly, it was appealed for doubt back and had many cards.The game while it roared with laughter was happy time for me after a long　absence.

１月１日/除夜の鐘とともに、増上寺を目指しました。途中、東京タワーの直前で新年が明けました。若い人達で一杯でした。大声を張り上げて走り回っている元気な集団もありました。目指す増上寺は混雑していそうな気配でしたので、予定を変えて愛宕山神社に参拝を致しました。到着すると、既に祭り太鼓の演奏が行われており、寒さも吹っ飛ぶようなエネルギッシュな演奏でした。その後、篝火の前でお神酒を頂いて帰宅致しました。留学生の人達も、寒さに負けず元気でした。帰宅後、若干の睡眠を取って朝は、おせちとお神酒、東京風雑煮を食べてもらい解散致しました。東京風というのは私の田舎の雑煮とは全く違うので、そのように呼んでおります。

January 1 /We aimed at Zojo-ji Temple with ringing bells on New Year’s Eve.We were the New Year on the way right in front of Tokyo Tower.There was full of young people.There was the cheerful group which it raised a loud voice and ran around.It was the sign that Zojo-ji Temple which we aimed at seemed to be crowded.Thus it changed a plan, and we did worship in Atagoyama Shrine.The performance of the festival drum was already　performed when it arrived.It was the energetic performance that the cold vanished.We had sacred sake before a bonfire and came home afterwards.The foreign student was cheerful without losing cold.After return, we took the some sleep.In the morning of New Year’s Day, we ate New Year dishes and sacred sake, soup　containing vegetables and rice cakes for New Year’s Day like　Tokyo’s.Because it is totally different from the soup containing vegetables and rice cakes for New Year’s Day of my country, it calls that it seems to be Tokyo’s like that.

１月５日/本日より、仕事始め。今年も宜しくお願い申し上げます。来週中には次回展の内容も決まり、情報をアップ予定で居ります。昨年暮れからの景気の悪さはひしひし感じておりますが、柳の枝のように、暖簾のように柔軟ではあるけれども機能する姿勢で参りたく存じます。もっとも、「暖簾に腕押し」というのも困りますが。今年は、全てにおいて正念場でしょうか。個人的に忙しい１年になりそうです。

January 5 /Today is the first business day in this year.Thanking you in advance in this year.The contents of the next time exhibition held in Another Function by the end of next week are decided.It is going to upload the information.I feel the badness of the economy pressingly from the end of last year.Though I am flexible, I want to go with posture to function like a noren like the branch of the willow.A thing is a good-for-nothing ”It is a waste of time” in fact, too.Will it be a crucial moment in all for me this year.
It seems to be busy one year personally.

１月１０日/昨年暮れのアメリカからの問い合わせに、歳末から準備した資料を返送しました。しかし、郵便局で一悶着がありました。現在、アメリカはテロ対策で国際貨物の中身の精査が厳しいらしく、内容物や値段を英文にて明記しなさいと言われて、思わず口答えしてしまいました。しかし、郵便局の民営化は進んでいるようで相手の対応はお客様に対するもので好感を持ちました。皆様、アメリカへの航空便は気をつけてください。

January 10 /I sent back the document which I prepared for from the end of the year to an inquiry from U.S.A. of the end of last year.However, there was one trouble at a post office.In U.S.A., the close inspection of the contents of the international freight seems to be severe concerning counterterrorism now.It was said that I specified contents and a price in an English sentence and has talked back unintentionally.However, the privatization of the post office seemed to advance, and, as for the correspondence of the　official, I had a good feeling with a thing for the visitor.The airmail to U.S.A. please be careful, everyone.

１２月１３日/午前１１時から新しいホームページの作成。午後６時頃、一応終了。

December 13 /I made a new homepage from 11:00 a.m.It was finished just in this case at about 6:00 p.m.

１２月１４日/午前中、ホームページ用データ作成。

December 14 /I made data for homepages in the morning.
１２月１５日/午後３時にY’sの安田さん来訪。今後の進め方について話す。

December 15 /Mrs. Yasuda of Y’s visited my studio at 3:00 p.m.We talk about how to lead future work.
１２月１６日/勤め先にて、作品審査。学生のインタビューを受ける。プレゼンテーションの課題だそうで、いろいろ答える。

December 16 /In a workplace, I did work examination.I took the interview of the student.It seemed to be a exercise of their presentation, and I answered in various ways.
１２月１７日/午後から授業。終了後ミーティング。かなり、疲れて研究室で椅子に座ったまま、少し仮眠。

December 17 /I taught in my class from the afternoon.I participated in a meeting after the end it.I was considerably tired and took a nap a little with having sat down on a chair in a laboratory.

１２月１８日/野暮用あり、銀座に出掛ける。出掛けると必ず直帰出来ない。またシャツをオーダーしてしまった。果たして今回はどんなシャツが上がりますやら。帰宅後、家人に言い難し。ここに書いたら、秘密ではなくなってしまうので報告。意外と怒られなかったので、拍子抜けしてしまう。

December 18 /I had trifling business and went to Ginza.When I go out, it does not return straight by all means.I have done order of a shirt again.What kind of shirt goes up this time as expected.After return, I thought that I cannot say that to my wife.If I wrote it here, it would be not a secret.Thus I reported it to her.But she was not angry unexpectedly, I got discouraged.