26 July diary.
31st
Today was the first day of rehearsals a voice actress’s anniversary live show, held in Kyodo. I used a bike-share service to get to the studio for the first time. Our team got back together for the first time since May. The rehearsal went off without a hitch. On my way home, just as I realized I'd left my tool bag on the shared bike, so I went back to the station. Fortunately, my tool back was still in the bike's basket, and I was able to picke up it.
30th
For breakfast, I had leftover hayashi rice from the night before. I worked on a TV shoot themed around musical songs. I met some familiar musicians, as well as singer-actor whoes show's I've been working on this month. The shoot was scheduled to run late into the night, but in the end, it finished almost on time .
29th
I woke up 4:30 a.m. for a TV shoot rehearsal at Diba. I ended up eating breakfast in three separate sittings, The rehearsal wrapped up almost on schedule. I didn't have lunch because I happened to miss the chance to eat.
28th
I took the Nanbu Line to commute to the office because the weather forcast predicted it might rain in the eveninig. I worked on some tasks, including delivering a DJ table to Shibuya.
27th
I went into the office via the Nanbu-Line since the forecast called for rain in the evening. I got through my tasks by midday. So I decided to take the rest of the day off. I ended up taking a quick nap in the early evening.
26th
I woke up before 5 a.m. I hadn't slept very well but I couldn't fall back asleep. I went to a nearby Family Mart to buy eggs for breakfast and made some toast with egg and sausage. After that, I took a short nap. Then, my wife and I went to Yaoko to buy some eel for dinner. For lunch, I made instant salt ramen with fried bean sprouts and boiled egg, and enjoyed it with my wife. In the afternoon, I watched some Fuji Rock live streams online.
25th
I woke up before 7 a.m. I hadn’t slept very well, but I felt relatively okay since I hadn’t had any alcohol the night before. I went to a beef bowl shop near Tobitakyu Station for breakfast and had the morning set meal. Afterward, I had some free time before work, so I rested at the hotel. The show went smoothly throughout the day. Finally, I went back to the office and unloaded the gear from the show.
24th
It was purely a setup day for the arena show, so our section's work wasn't scheduled to start until the evening. My son left home in the morning for his train-related hobby activities. For lunch, I made fried rice and enjoyed it with my wife and daughter. I spent a relaxing time untill evening. I noticed that the weather forecast was predicted heavy rain near the venue, so I left home earlier than planned. that way, I managed avoided it. Our team set up the gear until about 22:30, then we headed to a hotel near the venue and stayed there for the night.
23rd
I headed to Tobitakyu to load the gear into the venue. Today was just a loading day, so I finished the work within an hour. On my way home, I stopped by Chofu. It was a scorching hot day.
22nd
I commuted to the office on my bicycle. I prepped the gear for the arena show.
21st
Last night, I fell asleep unintentionally and didn’t take a bath. This morning, I took a shower as soon as I woke up. I headed to Yoyogi-Hachiman for a rehearsal for an arena show. When I stopped by a convinience store, I dropped my sunglasses, without noting and by the time I realized it, I couldn't find them anywhere. Still, the rehearsal went off without a hitch.
20th
I woke up before 9 o'clock and left the hotel right away. I returned to the office, unloaded the gear from yeasterday's show, and dealt with band members who came to pick up their gear.
19th
I woke up 4:30 a.m. and headed to Osaka for a singer-actor's show. I had breakfast near Shin-Yokohama Station before boarding the Shinkansen. The show went off without a hitch. Afterward, we had a wrap party to celebrate the end of the shows series.
18th
I woke up before 6 a.m. My son left home in the early morning for his school club activities. This morning, I looked up recipes for the air fryer. Then I headed to Shibuya for a TV shoot theme around old-fashioned, popular Japanese songs.
17th
I could hardly sleep last night. This morning, I rode my bicycle to the office. I prepared the gear for the show in Osaka the day after tomorrow and loaded it onto a tranportation truck. After work, on my way home, a heavy rain caught me off guard. It come on so suddenly that I couldn't do anything about it, and I ended up soaked.
16th
I worked on a TV shoot I'm in charge of. A veteran singer performed, accompanied by some of our staff. A small problem came up when we were wrapping up all the gear and taking it out of the studio — some gear got left behind, and we couldn't grab it because another shoot had already started there. But I managed to retrieve it after a while.
15th
This morning, I overslept a little, though I still managed to arrived at work on time. I guess I drank too much last night. I worked on a few tasks, then headed to Shibuya for a a blocking rehearsal ahead of tomorrow's TV shoot.
14th
Today was the second day of the rehearsal for the arena show. Just like yesterday, everything went off without a hitch. It finished later than I expected, though.
13th
I headed to a studio in Wakabayashi. It was my first time there in several years. The rehearsal for an arena show has started. I met some band menbers I hadn't seen in a while, The rehearsal went off without a hitch. I made sure to check on a few things I was unsure about during the rehearsal.
12th
This morning, the weather forecast said it might rain, but I rode my bicycle to the office. Almost all of our section members were at the office, but we realized we didn't have much work to do today, so we decided to take a half day off.
11th
Last night, I went to bed earlier than usual but I couldn't get enough sleep. I woke up around 5 a.m. and had toast for breakfast. Afterwards, I tidied up house and installed the PayPay app. For lunch, My family and I had kebab sandwiches that I pick up as takeout near Nakanoshima Station. It was my first time using PayPay. The sandwich was so good that I really loved it. After lunch, I went to some nearby shops to pick up ingredients for dinner. I couldn't decide what to make, since I'd be having dinner without my wife -- she had plans to go drinking with her coworkers. Then, I went back home, and I couldn't resist falling asleep, so I took a nap for about an hour.
10th
I rode my bike to the office. I worked on some tasks in the morning. Then, I headed to Shibuya for a meeting about next week's TV shoot. and afterward headed back to the office to knock out some more tasks.
9th
This morning, I picked up a truck from the office and headed to the venue in Marunouchi for the second show of the singer-actor's concert. The show went off without a hitch and was fantastic, just like last week's show. Finally, I returned to the office, and Iwano was still working on changing the strings of the upright bass. So I helped him before we left the office.
8th
I headed to Daiba for an unscheduled task involving equipment transport. I noticed I had back pain when I started work, and it's been getting worse since then. I loaded the gear onto a truck for tomorrow's show.
7th
I took the day off. I finished up some desk tasks this morning. I had planned to have lunch with my daughter, but she got out of school late, so we ended up having lunch later than planned.
6th
This morning, I attended a meeting about scheduling for our section. Then, I spent the rest of the day working through my tasks.
5th
It must have rained heavily last night, continuing until early this morning. For breakfast, I made toast with bacon eggs, and salad for my daughter and myself. Then my family headed to Yokohama Chinatown. I chose a Hunan restaurant and enjoyed a claypot rice withpork trotter skin -- one of restaurant's specialties -- along with a few other dishes. We also enjoyed some streer food while walking around town. Finally, I bought some food for dinner that we always buy whenever we visited Chinatown.
4th
I got to the office an hour earlier than usual. I unloaded the gear we'd used the day before. While I was storing it, Yoshimura asked me to fix a hi-hat stand that had something wrong with it from his work the day before. I couldn't fix it right away, but I managed to fix it in the end. Recently, I've felt like I haven't been sleeping enough. Maybe I have a sleep disorder. I wrapped up all the work and took the rest of the day off.
3rd
I headed to the office in the early morning to pick up a truck and drove to the venue. Today was the first day of concert for a singer-actor, held in Marunouchi. The shoe went smoothly, and the performance was marvelous. After it ended, I went back to the office with Kobayashi.
2nd
I went to the office, prepped all the gear for tomorrow’s work, and finished some desk tasks.
1st
I cleaned the air conditioners in the living room and bedroom. For lunch, I made a bowl of natto spaghetti for my son. While my wife and I had bowls of clam ramen. In the afternoon, I visited some stationery shops to look for sheets of dot stickers for work, but I couldn’t find any. I bought some paperbacks at a secondhand bookstore. For dinner, I made pizza with grilled potatoes and onions.
26 June diary.
1st
Early in this morning, I headed out form the offce and headed to Kinuta and Nishiazabu to deliver some gear. Back at the office, loaded more gear onto another truck, and drove to Shibuya, where I unloaded it at the venue and set everything up. After that, I went back to Nishiazabu to collect the gear. I used a share bike to ger to Nogizaka.
2nd
I headed to Shibuya to set up some horns - saxes and trumpet for a documentary shoot. After that, I went to the office to prep some gear for this weekend's event and knocked out a few desk tasks. I then headed back to Shibuya to retrieve the horns and dropped them off at the venue that hosts a weekly Tuesday TV show. There, I ran into a veteran singer and his management team and we had a quick chat before the show. By that point, I didn't feel like leaving, so I decided to stick around through the end and helped wrap everything up.
3rd
I woke up early. A typhoon was approaching. My daughter's school had already announced its closure the day before. I managed to get some tasks done before breakfast. My son's junior hi schooI had announced a delayed start, but my wife decided to let him take the day off. I took the day off as well. I asked Claude and Chat-Gpt alternately about how to print RAW photo files, giving each slightly different questions to compare their responses. I also studied English using DUO.
4th
I commuted to the office by bicycle. I got the equipment ready for an event in Morioka and loaded everything into transport truck. Afterwards, I checked some gear for a tour that kicking off next week.
5th
I made my way to Morioka for the setup day of an outdoor event. The weather was bright and sunny, but cillier than I anticipated. It brought back memories of the same event last year. Afterwards, Kinoshita and I headed to an izakaya where I'd been with Mocchi the year before.
6th
The opening day of an outdoor event went off without a hitch. Once the show wrapped up, the rest of our crew headed out for drinks at the same izakaya as the night before.
7th
The second day and final day of the outdoor event went off without a hitch. We had expected it to be an extremely busy day. but things went far more smoothly than anticipated. Afterwards, we wrapped up with drinks at a cozy Fukuoka-style izakaya nearby.
8th
Kinoshita and I left the hotel in the early morning and headed back to the office. A shinkansen had made an emergency stop due to a power outage caused by an earthquake, but it recovered after a while. I unloaded some gear form the previours day and stored it away. For lunch, I had a cup of curry-flavor instant noodles for the first time in several years.
9th
I spent the whole day working on our weekly Tuesday program. It featured a theme centerd on The Beatles.
10th
We held a rehearsal for an African band in Shinanomachi. I got work again with a familiar crew that I have worked with on nearly annual foreign artist tours we've done in recent years. The band asked for some equipment that hadn't been confirmated beforehand, so I managed it.
11th
Today was the first day of the African band's tour, with the show held in Shinjyuku. Since the venue was located far from Shinjyuku Station, I used a bike-share service to get there. The loading dock was in rough shape, but we somehow managed to load and unload all our equipment. I also received the gear that had been arranged the day before. The show went off almost without a hitch.
12th
I took a day off. I woke up early morning but I took some nap in a day. I spent in home almost whole a day.
13th
I left home early, before 6 a.m., and headed to Ichihara for the second show of an African band’s tour. Our crew had planned to meet up a station but no one was there when I arrived. I thought I had the wrong place or the wrong day, but it turned out I was correct. The band member who had missed his flight-and so couldn't make the first show- finally rejoined the tour, and everything went off without a hitch. After the show, I returned to the office and prepped all the gear for a day-after-tomorrow's rehearsal.
14th
I took a day off. I woke up before 6 a.m., and knocked out some tasks, finishing everything up by morning. For lunch, I made fried rice and enjoyed it with my family. After lunch, I went out to pick up some ingredients for dinner. Afterwards, my son and I went for a walk in a nearby residential neighborhood on a hill. It was relatively close to home, but it was actually my first time visiting the area. we really enjoyed it.
15th
Today, I headed to a venue in Bunkyo Ward to take over the tour for an African band. After that, I made my way to Okubo for a rehearsal at a voce actor's ceoncert. I rode a share bike from Higashi-shinjyuku. The rehearsal wrapped up a bit earlier than expected, so I headed back to the office to finish up some work before taking the following day off.
16th
My wife and I made our way to Shinyurigaoka to see the movie Michel. We booked the first screening because there was a couple's and one of us qualified for the over age-50 discount. We weren't big Michel Jackson fans. but the movie was more interesting than we expected. After the movie, we pick up a few things for our son and grabbed lunch at Saizeriya.
17th
I made my way to Heiwajima for the final rehearsal of the voice actor’s hall tour. The studio wasn't close to the station, and since there were no bikes available at share-bike dock, I ended up walking instead - it took about 20 minutes. The rehearsal went off without a hitch. Afterwards, I was able to use a bike-share to get back to the station.
18th
It was rainy morning when I made my way to Shibuya for a TV shoot I was in charge of. The actress performing--one of the show's main MCs--sang a few songs while I handled her guitars.
19th
I headed to the office. I knocked out some tasks in the morning. Afterwards, I prepped some gear for tomorrow's show of a voice actor at Osaka. I also arranged some drum tuning.
20th
The voice actor’s 15th anniversary debut tour launched in Osaka. Since we'd only planned a day trip, the schedule was jam-packed-- but we pulled it off with barely a hitch.
21st
I left home and headed to the office earlier than usual because of I want to see the foot ball world cup Japan game. I enjoyed it with my wife and daughter. Afterwards, I took a short nap. In the early evening, I heard that a trouble of my son and his friends. I told with my son in detail and adviced him and my wife to deal with it.
22th
Perhaps I drank too much last night. I woke up around 8:30, had breakfast, but then fell back asleep and ended up sleeping though most of the morning. For lunch, I had a bowl of curry rice -- the third time in a row. I commuted to the office. I prepped the gear for tomorrow's show and loaded it onto a transport truck. I was tempted to drink, but decided not to have any alcohol tonight.
23rd
Today marked the second and final performance of a voice actor's 15 th anniversary tour, held in Bunkyo Ward. Everything went off smoothly without a single hitch. Our crew managed to clear out just before the venue’s deadline. To celebrate a job well done, the whole team headed to Kabukicho for a well-deserved party. I capped off the night by checking into a capsule hotel I'd booked in adevance.
24th
I made my way to Shinjuku from Shibuya. There, I attended a rehearsal for a TV show with a concert theme, which was held at the office.
25th
I woke up to find myself having fellen asleep in the living room,so I junmped straight into the shower. I them made my way to Okubo for a rehearsal for an actor-singer's concert. Things wrapped up sooner than I had expected.
26th
I woke up at around quarter to eight and jumped straight into the shower so I could catch the Japan football game. My wife and I watched the game at home, then continued watching it on the commute train. The game had just finished by the time I arrived at the office. Later, Kei -- a member of a voice actor's band -- stopped by our office to pick up his gear. We chatted for a while. In the afternoon, I decided to take the rest of the day off.
27th
I headed to the office to receive the gear from an African band's tour and stored it away. Afterwards, I took a half day off. I made my way to Kuji to have lunch at a Chinese restaurant that I had been wanting to visit for nearly months. I tried a bowl of fried rice --which is the restaurant's signature dish-- and it was absolutely marvelous.
28th
I made breakfast for my daughter and me. I felt melancholy from the morning. Last night, I realized I had made a mistake in an estimate, and I think that was the reason for my low mood. For lunch, I made fried rice for my family. I tried to recreate the dish I had eaten the day before. I got it pretty close, but I felt that my home stove lacks heat intensity needed to achieve the same quality. Today, I had a late-night work shift, so I left home before 6 p.m. I had dinner at the office. in the end, I finished work earlier than expected.
29th
I took a day off today. I prepared a dinner dish before noon. For lunch, I made "natto spaghetti " for my daughter and me. After lunch, I spent the rest of the afternoon just taking it easy.
30th
All of my family woke up at 2 a.m to watch the World Cup football match featuring Japan. We enjoyed it, but Japan lost the game in the end. After the game, we went back to sleep. I headed to Shibuya for a rehearsal of a TV show. For lunch, I had a ramen and fried rice set -- a very popular dish at the broadcasting station's cafeteria that I rarely get a chance to eat, since it sells out quickly. The rehearsal went smoothly and finished almost on time. I made my way home before evening.
26 May diary
1st
It was a rainy day off. I woke up around 5 o'clock and got some tasks done before breakfast. For lunch, I made seafood tom yam ramen and share it with my wife. In the afternoon, the sky cleared up, so I went for a bike ride around Fuchu and Chofu.
2nd
I cycled to the offce. It was a beautiful morning. I worked on unloading and storing the gear, and then handed over some gear for tomorrow's rehearsal. I took the afternoon off. Afetewards, I headed over to Mizonokuchi for a bit of browising and picked up a shirt and a few accessories.
3rd
I worked on the final rehearsal of voice actress in Gakugeidai. The rehearsal went smoothly. Afterwars, I headed to the office to release gear.
4th
It was very windy day, so I left home earlier than planned and headed to Futamatagawa. When I arrived, I stopped at a cafe before setting up the venue. Afterward, I headed back to the office and got some work done. Then, I went back to Futamataga to pick up the gear. I straight returned to home.
5th
I went to Ebina to deliver some large percussion instruments to a venue. I decided to stay in Ebina between the setup and load-out. I got some work done at the civic library, which is a well-designed spot. The load-out went smoothly and I headed straight home.
6th
I woke up before 5 a.m. and headed to Osaka for a show-a job I had been asked to help with by Okamatsu. The work went off without a hitch. After the show, I joined Michibata and Kobayashi at a teppan yaki restaurant, where I listened to their complaints about work-conplaints I could fully relate to, as I'm part of the tour myself.
7th
I woke up before 7 a.m. at the hotel and headed to Shibuya for a work that had been assigned to me. I had wanted to grab breakfast at Naniwa soba, a place I'd grown fond of during my mornings in Osaka. However, the shop was nowhere to be found. Instead, I picked up breakfast at "Kyo carnet"-and was pleasantly surprised by how unexpectedly delicious it was. I didn't sleep at all on the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. I managed to get the work done, though I was exhausted.
8th
I woke up before 6 a.m. but fell back asleep after a while. I cycled to the office. I received gear from Hashimoto and Lee for the show the day after tomorrow. I used a drum tuner for the first time-one I had recently bought after going back and forth on whether to purchase it-and it was every bit as interesting as I had expected. I also got some work done today.
9th
This morning, on the way to the office, my bicycle’s gear was broke, but I managed to fix it temporarily . However, when I arrived at the office and tried again, I couldn’t fix it properly. I worked on preparing the gear for tomorrow’s show and loading it into the transportation truck. Afterwards, I spent a little time researching drum tuning using a TUNE BOT. Then, I headed to Nihonbashi to set up the gear.
10th
I headed to Toyosu for the show that a voice actress's tour final. I used the share bike from Hibiya Station. I felt the show was emortional and so good so I enjoyed it.
11th
Today I went to the office 30 minutes earlier than usual to get a head start on the day's work. I also neededd to take my bicycle to the bike shop to have the gear fixed which broke two days ago. I cleared out the equipment from yesterday's show and put everything away. I also drew up some estimates for recent projects. Once I wrapped up work, I took my bike to my regular bicycle shop.
12th
I went to the hosptal for a follow-up appointment because I had received a poor result on my annual helth check. Afterward, I took my bike to the bicycle shop for a repair. I stopped by nearby supermarket three times. For dinner, I made some quiche.
13th
Early in the morning, my daughter complained of a headache- and today happened to be her school’s sports festival. She had put a lot of time and effort into preparing for it, and had really been looking forward to it. I tried to calm her down and help her find the best solution for herself. Fortunately, she managed to go to school and decided to give it a try. After that, I went back to sleep for a little while. Later, I headed to Shibuya for a TV shoot. A veteran singer performed. and Kimura’s team joined as the technical equipment crew.
14th
First thing in the morning, I stopped by the office before heading to Shibuya to drop off the gear. I returned to the office and got a few tasks done. Later, I made another trip to Shibuya to pick the gear back up. I wrapped everything up before evening and headed home.
15th
Today I cycled to the office. I stored some gear from yesterday with Yoshikawa. Afterwards, I headed to Shibuya to attend a meeting about next week's TV shoot. On the way back to the office, I made a quick stop at Kobayashi's place to drop off the Shinkansen ticket. Finally, I spent the rest the day tuning some snare drums until it was time to clock out.
16th
I woke up before 6 a.m. I have recently restarted studying with the book of "DUO" and an app called "Cut & Loop", which repeats audio and text for languare practice. I headed to the hospital to recieve the result of my follow-up helth examinaton. The result were good, and the values that had been off were almost back to normal. I realized that cuting back on alcohol is very effective for me. For lunch, my family had Hakata ramen. After lunch, I continued studying English again.
17th
My family, except for my daughter, took a trip to a botanical garden specializing in medicinal plants. We saw some legally grown poppy flowers. I leaned how morphine is made in the garden's reference room. We had lunch at yakiniku resutaurant right next to the garden. Afterwards, we left and stopped by Kokubunji to pick up dinner. Then, we decided to head to Tama lake via the Tamako Line. We enjoyed our time there and then moved on to Seibu Dome via the Yamaguchi Line. In the end, it turned put to be a day of enjoying several Seibu Lines!
18th
It was a hot morning, I cycled to the office. Right when I was heading out the door, Nature called at the worst possible moment and ended up leaving later than planned. I arrived at the office just in time. I spent the whole day working through various desk tasks and managed to get them all done.
19th
I spent the whole day on day-driver duties and got everything ready for tomorrow. I also swapped out the snare drum head and tuned it using the Tunebot. I'm slowly getting a feel for its quirks when reading the pitch.
20th
This morning, I noticed that the Odakyu Line was delayed, so I left home earlier than planned. When I arrived Nobrito station to change trains, the Odakyu platform was so crowded and stairs were so packed that I couldn't move for a few minutes. I then transferred at Yoyogi-Uehara, but the train was extremely crowded and running very late, so I decided to use LUUP insted. I made it to the studio just in time. I worked on a TV show featuring a veteran female singer.
21st
I worked on the filming of a TV show featuring a well established band. I had reached out to Zama a few days prior. I reluctantly got started the assessments.
22nd
I woke up before 6 a.m. and junped right into my assessments. For lunch, I whipped up a cup of onion consomme soup and enjoyed two pieces of quiches I had made ahead and stashed in the freezer. After lunch, I kept plugging away at the assessment with a jazz playlist in the background. I decided to treat myself to Gapao rice for dinner.
23rd
I made my way to Hachioji for the final show of the voice actress’s tour . The performance was a great success. However, after the show, one of the band member’s cars wouldn't start, so some staff stayed to handle the situation. Unfortunately, it turned out that the car couldn't be fixed that day in the end.
24th
Early in this morning, I got started on the assessment before breakfast. For lunch, I whipped up some natto pasta and shared with my wife and daughter. After lunch, I kept plugging away at the assessment, taking short naps in between.
25th
It was a sunny,clear morning. I cycled to the office-the cycling path felt so refreshing. On the way, I stopped by Shibuya to drop off some gear, and had lunch at a first-floor restaurant, where I enjoyed a bowl of shihuans miso soup. After that, I headed back to the office and took care of some desk work.
26th
Today, I woke up around 5a.m. and got straight to work on the assessments I'd been writiing. For lunch, I whipped up some fried rice and enjoyed it with my daughter. I spent the entire day working thought the assessmente step by step.
27th
This morning, I uploaded some assessments to Claude and asked it to help me finish them. I cycled to the office. I prepared for tomorrow's work, which involved a drum kit setup. I compared several Ludwig snare drums in different sizes of the Black Beauty model. I’ｍ used to using TuneBot.
28th
I woke up just after 5 a.m. I started organizing some assessments. Because I got up early. I had few hours to myself before leaving the home. I headed to Shibuya and worked on a TV shoot. The performer asked me to create a buzzy snare sound, so I whipped it up before the sound check. The shoot went off without a hitch.
29th
I headed to the head office. I worked on storing the gear and prepared and loaded it onto the transport truck for tomorrow's show in Nagoya. After that, I organized some assessments. When it was almost time to check out, I realized I had critically forgoten something I needed to do for tomorrow. I managed to get it finished, so I was able to avoid a serious accident tomorrow.
30th
I woke up a few minutes before 6a.m. After breakfast, I worked on some assessment files for a while. I headed to Nagoya where I joined Kobayashi and the team running a series of shows at Nagoya Station, and we all headed to the venue together. The show went off without a hitch. I also managed to get some assessments done in between durling the day.
31st
I rode my bike to work. I unloaded the gear from yeaterday's transport truck and put it away. I prepped everything for tomorrow's job. I took the afternoon off, and my family and I went out for dinner at a Genghis Khan restaurant in Noborito.