10時起床。遅番最高。この時間に起きても全然焦らなくて良い。白米、昨日の残りの肉じゃだけ食べる。食後にコーヒ。10分くらいストレッチをしてぼちぼち仕事の準備をするが、勤務のためのメイクってなんでこんな面倒なんだろう。今日は日焼け止めと粉しかはたいたくらいだ。11時半出発、今日は電車を使う。職場最寄り駅に着いたら早かったので、駅前のスーパーに食料を確保しに寄る。サラダは食べたいので決定、あと主食。米かパンか悩む。と思ったら秒で決まった。秋野菜と豚キムチ丼。今日もご飯のために頑張ろう。最初の休憩でこの買ったやつを食べ終わって、暇になったのでやっぱりコーヒー飲みたいからわざわざコンビニに行ってブレンドのSとチョコを買った。別にコンビニコーヒーが好きなわけではない。外にわざわざ出てコーヒーを買うっていう行為園もが好きなんだと思う。まあ買ったからには飲みますけどね。

帰宅してもやし炒め、かぼちゃの煮物、白菜スープ、牛とごぼうの柚子胡椒炒めを力一杯食べた。

家で落ち着いてから、原百合子『繭、纏う』から適当に１冊取ってパラパラと捲る。既刊の続きを読みたいので本誌を追おうか迷うけど、バックナンバーをどこまでさかのぼれば良いか分からなくて、手をつけられていない。このマンガは線の表現が綺麗なのと、閉鎖的な女子校が舞台であやしげであり耽美な気さえもする。あと出てくるお嬢様方の淑やかなこと淑やかなこと……。この美しさに間違いはないものね。

この『繭、纏う』を皮切りに、物語に触れたい、何か文が読みたい、センテンスに触れていたい欲があふれ始めてしまった。まずしたことは、twitterにかみしのさんという方がいて、その人の日記がnoteで読めるのでとりあえず片っ端から読んでいく。その日記にはかみしのさんが読む本が何冊も出てくる。私は少しでも気になったものは即座に検索しお気に入りリストに入れたり、時には買って読んだりした。その中でも良かったのは三田三郎『鬼と踊る』短歌集である。この人の短歌は、等身大の生活を五七五七七という額縁で収めている。なんかこの話、長くなる気がするから今日はここでおやすみなさい。

In English.

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I woke up at 10:00 a.m. The late shift is the best—I never feel rushed when I wake up at this time. For lunch, I had just white rice and some leftover meat and potatoes from yesterday. After eating, I had a cup of coffee, stretched for about 10 minutes, and got ready for work. But seriously, why is putting on makeup for work such a hassle?

I left home at 11:30 a.m. and took the train today. I arrived at the station near my workplace a little early, so I stopped by the supermarket in front of the station to grab some food. I was craving a salad, so I wanted to pair it with a staple food. I couldn’t decide between rice and bread, but in the end, the decision was made in an instant—I went with a rice bowl topped with autumn vegetables and pork kimchi. Let’s work hard for the sake of rice today too!

During my first break at work, I finished the food I had bought earlier. I had some free time afterward, so I went to a convenience store to grab a cup of coffee. I got an S Blend and some chocolate. It’s not that I dislike convenience store coffee—I think I just enjoy the act of going out and buying it. Well, now that I’ve bought it, I’ll drink it.

After getting home, I had my fill of stir-fried bean sprouts, pumpkin stew, Chinese cabbage soup, and beef and burdock root stir-fried with yuzu kosho.

Once I had settled in, I picked up Cocoons, Clothing by Yuriko Hara and flipped through it. I wasn’t sure how far back I should go in the back issues, so I haven’t gotten around to it yet. This manga has beautiful linework and is set in a secluded all-girls’ school, giving it a mix of intrigue and aesthetic charm. The women in the story are so elegant and graceful—there’s no doubt about the beauty in this work.

Starting with Cocoons, Clothing, I found myself wanting to immerse myself in more stories—to read more words, to engage with different narratives. So, I turned to the diaries of a Twitter user named Kamishino-san, which are published on the site Note. His diary entries are filled with books he’s read. Whenever a book caught my interest, I would immediately look it up, add it to my favorites, or sometimes even buy and read it right away. One of my favorites was Dancing with Demons, a collection of tanka poems by Saburou Mita. His tanka captures life as it is, contained within the 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic frame.

I feel like I could go on and on, but I’ll leave it here for today. Good night.