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そして心の火が消えないように･･･｡
May. 15th, 2009 08:08 amHappiness is: sitting on the streetcar with a gorgeous warm breeze wafting in, drinking iced coffee and listening to Da Pump.
We are having a heat wave (which I can't say without starting to sing the song.) and it is supposed to get up to 103. (According to J who just came in, it was 80 where he lives. Which is...somewhere in the East Bay, I think.) But right now it is gloriously warm!! This is my first day in the city without a coat this year! (I think.) But it's definitely the warmest it's ever been at 8 am!! Usually it's cold in the mornings, no matter how warm it gets later on. But not today! I can't even explain how excited this makes me! Also for like the first time ever, I am sitting at my desk with just a short-sleeved dress on, and I'm not cold at all!! I'm almost hot!!
I hope it stays this way! I wish we had a heat wave every day!!
I sometimes forget how much I love Da Pump. I pretty much love almost every song they've ever done, especially on their last three albums. I mean, 'Shippu Ranbu' is on my list of perfect albums. (which, in case anyone's interested, also includes Hikki's 'Deep River', TAI's 'Almost Here', and FOB's 'From Under the Cork Tree'.) They were doing some of the most creative things in the Japanese music industry today, what with their fusion of traditional Japanese musical elements and Western Pop. And just look at all the genres: not just j-pop and R&B, but dancehall, reggaeton, latin music, bassa nove, gospel, etc etc. And DP is especially good for summer. As soon as I stepped outside, my mind went to two places: shima-uta (aka traditional 'island song' folk song style artists like Kosuke Atari and Rimi Natsukawa) and DA PUMP.
We are having a heat wave (which I can't say without starting to sing the song.) and it is supposed to get up to 103. (According to J who just came in, it was 80 where he lives. Which is...somewhere in the East Bay, I think.) But right now it is gloriously warm!! This is my first day in the city without a coat this year! (I think.) But it's definitely the warmest it's ever been at 8 am!! Usually it's cold in the mornings, no matter how warm it gets later on. But not today! I can't even explain how excited this makes me! Also for like the first time ever, I am sitting at my desk with just a short-sleeved dress on, and I'm not cold at all!! I'm almost hot!!
I hope it stays this way! I wish we had a heat wave every day!!
I sometimes forget how much I love Da Pump. I pretty much love almost every song they've ever done, especially on their last three albums. I mean, 'Shippu Ranbu' is on my list of perfect albums. (which, in case anyone's interested, also includes Hikki's 'Deep River', TAI's 'Almost Here', and FOB's 'From Under the Cork Tree'.) They were doing some of the most creative things in the Japanese music industry today, what with their fusion of traditional Japanese musical elements and Western Pop. And just look at all the genres: not just j-pop and R&B, but dancehall, reggaeton, latin music, bassa nove, gospel, etc etc. And DP is especially good for summer. As soon as I stepped outside, my mind went to two places: shima-uta (aka traditional 'island song' folk song style artists like Kosuke Atari and Rimi Natsukawa) and DA PUMP.
