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Life goes on brah!

2022/11/27 English

BGM: SION "冬の街は"

Today was a day off. This morning I wondered how I should spend this day. Finally, I went to the library and borrowed some books. John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "Avenue of Mysteries", and also Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield". It has been a long time since I last read John Irving's book. TBH I read his first novel "Setting Free the Bears" because I learned that had been translated by Haruki Murakami when I was a high school student. After that, I certainly read "The World According to Garp" and "The Hotel New Hampshire". But it was 30 years ago so I can remember nothing. I want to say that why can a high school student understand John Irving's depth?

So I started "A Prayer for Owen Meany". Then I found that the writing is really great. It certainly has the power to grip my mind so I can read it. Recently I even felt that every book has the same boring content so boring enough. But I guess this book would grip me more. Will I read his "The World According to Garp" and "The Hotel New Hampshire" since the reading I did 30 years ago? And also I thought that the fact that I can read John Irving again is evidence that says my life comes to another stage at last.

This afternoon I watched a documentary "Racionais MC's: From the Streets of Sao Paulo" on Netflix. I have a friend in Brazil and he sometimes tells me about that country. So this reminded me of him. But I thought that I couldn't understand well who was the "enemy" that Rationais MC's fighting against. I must say that I have lived in a too peaceful atmosphere. And I become a fan of that Rationais MC's. It also can be described as Brazilian "Straight Outta Compton". A really hard-core and vivid one.

This evening I watched George Clooney's "The Tender Bar". We Japanese have a net slang "Parent Lottery". That says the fact that we can't choose our parent(s). But in that fact, we must have a lot of things to learn. JR, the main character, has been taught a lot of things to grow up by many adults in the bar. He climbs the stair to become an adult step by step. He drinks really great alcohol. I won't say that I want to drink like him. I never want to live the barren, depressive days I spent once. But this movie tells me that the bars must have another elegant aspect.

> I guess this Xmas will be a "single bell" so I will celebrate it with a Japanese singer SION's great songs on Spotify.