Auntie Sleepie(PART 1 OF 3)
Subj:Hi, Kato...
It's time we found you
a good girlfriend.
Date: 08/12/2011 10:25:14 PM
Pacific Standard Time
From: diane3760@canada.ca
To: barclay1720@aol.com
Hi Kato,
my truly romantic Taliesin!
How are things with you today?
I read the following article:
■"Memory Lane to Sendai"
(December 8, 2011)
Thanks so much for this jazzy jazz and all this fascinating information.
You, indeed, are a veritable warehouse of information ... a mini-Google, so to speak! Thanks again.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cIkQNti8_EU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Oh, my Goodness ... Superb! Amazing!
As you said, Oscar Peterson's performance is excellent!
Now, I love his piano even more than before.
It's party time before X'mas, isn't it?
Having a good time these days, lots of parties and plays and cocktails and dinners ... gotta love it.
It's been a long time since I've lived like this and am enjoying each day immensely.
I do miss going to the Joe Fortes library, though, and seeing you and the others.
The other evening, I enjoyed the Symphony, which was amazing, by the way.
Showing up on the stage was an imported saprano from Bulgaria, I suppose,
and a tenor who sounded as if he was from Italy but was actually a Canadian,
and the Bach Choir all conducted by the inimitable English conductor Bromwell Tovy.
Then, I ran into one of our fellow computer users, although I don't know her name.
She's a slim quiet sort of gal, attractive, in her late 40's I'd say.
She'd usually sit on the opposite side to where we sat, and it turns out one of her many jobs in life is as a greeter/seater at the Symphony.
She was happy to see me and told me she loves her job there and has recently moved to the east end.
So life changes for us all.
What's new with you?
Any new sweethearts on the scene?
It's time we found you a good girlfriend, I think.
It'll open your horizons even further.
See you soon, hopefully,
Love, Diane ~
Diane, I happened to come across with a mysterious, inspirational woman at the Joe Fortes Library.
No kidding!
I'm dead serious.
Kato, tell me about her.
I met her in last June.
You met her in last June?...You haven't told me about her at all since then, have you?
Well... no time for chit-chat about a one-night stand.
Oh, kato!...Did you really go all the way to the goal?
He, he, he, he, he, ... no, not to the bare skin...I'm just kidding. :)
Don't give me such a fib!
Oh no, I'm not giving you a fib. As a matter of fact, I met this mysterious, inspirational woman in the library, and indeed, I wrote an article about her at the time.
■"Spider Web Castle"
『蜘蛛の巣城』
(June 4, 2011)
Did you really write about her in the above article?
Yes, I did...but in Japanese. If you use the GOOGLE translator, you might be able to read it. Just click the above link and read it.
The other day, I used the translator, and read one of your articles, but couldn't understand the story at all.
Why not?
You see, Kato, the current translator is not perfect at all, although it's getting better. It seems to translate the nitty-gritty into a confusing mass when it touches the core of the story. I was simply confused when I read your article through the translator.
I know what you mean...well, in this case, I'll talk about her now.
Please do.
She was really inspirational, and quite fascinating in a sense.
By the way, Kato, are you saying, the woman you're talking about is the same woman I described in the above mail?
Oh, no, definitely not.
How come you're so sure about it.
'Cause the woman I met in the libarary is not in her 40s.
Then, she must be an attractive thirtyish woman. Is she not?
Oh, no...she is not definitely in that category.
What do you mean?
Well, as I said, she is quite a mysterious woman.
In what way?
Diane, have you ever viewed "Throne of Blood"---one of Kurosawa's best movies?
No, I don't think so.
Well, in that case, I'll jot down the story here.
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Its original Japanese title is Kumonosu-jō (蜘蛛巣城), which means "Spider Web Castle."
The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth to feudal Japan.
Plot
Generals Miki and Washizu are Samurai commanders under a local lord, Lord Tsuzuki, who reigns in the castle of the Spider's Web Forest.
After defeating the lord's enemies in battle, they return to Tsuzuki's castle.
On their way through the forest surrounding the castle, they meet a spirit, who foretells their future.
The spirit tells them that today Washizu will be named master of the North Castle and Miki will now command Fort One.
She then foretells that Washizu will eventually become Lord of Forest Castle, and finally she tells Miki that his son will also become lord of the castle.
When the two return to Tsuzuki's estate, he rewards them with exactly what the spirit had predicted.
As Washizu discusses this with Asaji, his wife, she manipulates him into making the second part of the prophecy come true by killing Tsuzuki when he visits.
(To be followed)