Thursday, January 27, 2011

冷たい... 寒い...

家の中は寒い、鉄さんが冷たい。 寒いプラス冷たい... 骨まで寒くなる。 助けてくれ!


Cold... So Cold....

A cold apartment... a cold Tetsu-san.  Cold place, cold atmosphere... chilling to the bone.  Help!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

ある夜の夕飯

石: 「.........................」

鉄: 「.........................」

何か話した方がいいかなと思って:

石: 「... 田中さんは、最近どうしているかな?」

鉄: 「... 知らない - 今まで通りじゃない?」

石: 「...........」

ダメだ! 話さない方がいい見たい....

田中さんは、鉄さんの友人で、今まで色々な田中さんに対しての話をしたのになぁ....



"Dinner One evening...."

Ishi: "........................"

Tetsu: "........................"

Thinking it would be best to say something:

Ishi: "So how is Tanaka-san doing these days?"

Tetsu: "I don't know.  Probably the same as before."

Ishi: "..........."

Well - so much for attempting to have a conversation!

(Ishi and I used to talk about her good friend Tanaka-san and what she was up to from time to time....)

Thursday, December 30, 2010

離婚?!?

「出来れば、離婚したい」彼女(鉄)が突然言い出した。

「.... んんんなに?!?.....」僕(石)が考えた。 言葉を出す勇気はなかった。 何しろ小石を鉄さんの方に投げるとミサイルが戻ってくる。

その先週の日から、鉄は、ものすごく冷たい - で、この石の僕は、寂しい+困る。 どうなるだろう? 不景気で、仕事がゼロじゃないけど、ゼロ近いに少ない。 未来は、一体どうなる?

2011年は恐ろしいです... かねぇぇ....

The Ishi and Tetsu Story

Divorce?

"I think I would like a divorce" Tetsu suddenly said one not-so-fine day last week.

"..... D... Divorce?  Did she really just say that?" I (Ishi) silently thought.  I probably should have verbally addressed the issue right then and there, but experience has taught me that if I figuratively toss a tiny pebble in Tetsu's direction, she answers with a full-force large iron cannonball.

Since that day, Tetsu has frozen me out and I feel like an unwanted stray dog in my own home.  Part of the problem or the (main) problem is the bad economy.  I have very little employment right now - just enough to pay for train fare and a few other things.  So... what's going to happen?

Is 2011 going to be a year of raging storms?  [Shudder...]