４・３０：グデタマ（４）ー EC

みなさん、こんばんは！これはExtra Creditのポストです。はじめましょう！

Gudetama is falling out of the window of a 高いたてもの, which Shakipiyo discovers is 四十三回 (43 floors) tall. She runs down the stairs and makes it three flights before realizing that she can just take the elevator, which made me laugh. Gudetama seems to fall very slowly, saying hi to many new faces (an egg sandwich, an eggshell being repurposed as a planter, and the guy who wanted to steal Shakipiyo and Gudetama because they are talking objects). His yolk acts like a flying saucer at times, and a parachute at others. Shakipiyo actually somehow beats him to the bottom floor of the building, and it looks like Gudetama is going to fall right on her, but then he springs back up into the air to the top of the building! It turns out that he was attached to the window sill that he fell from by his chalaza (カラザ). Shakipiyo, in a state of shock, gets hit by a splat of ketchup and falls over. とてもおもしろいエピソードですね！

「そらはきれいだよ」is a phrase that Gudetama used in the show, which I actually recognized without subtitles! That made me feel pretty good about my language comprehension. This show is great for listening to casual speech, which Gudetama and Shakipiyo use with each other most of the time. Also, I saw that one of the Japanese women was eating an egg sandwich, which is one of my favorite snacks, but is something that is not very common in America. 卵サンドを食べたいです！:) 

じゃあ、また！See you in the fall!

４・３０：グデタマ（３）

 みんさん、こんにちは！

今朝、グデタマのエピソードを見ました。いつもおもしろくて、ちょっと"weird"トピックがあります。

Shakipiyo and Gudetama ended up in the PM of Japan's office, where he is under a lot of stress and suffering from low approval ratings. Apparently, they got there because once they escaped the sushi restaurant, a guy picked them up and chucked them at the PM outside of his building. They landed in his pocket. Gudetama talks to the PM, asking him why he cares so much about what other people say. The PM tells Gudetama about how he didn't even want this job, and how he was thrust into the brutal world of politics "when he was just a hatchling." Then, Gudetama campaigns for PM and wins! He serves for just a bit before the former one is re-appointed, now determined to work harder, but do it his own way. Gudetama and Shakipiyo are put under arrest by the security of the PM, who think they have caused him to collapse (he was just relaxing on the floor), but they escape and the episode ends with Gudetama floating off into the Japanese cityscape.

I really like that this show is in Japanese, and is easy to follow because the imagery is very detailed, and the plot is simple. I was so happy because at the beginning of this episode, they showed the phrase 二時間前, which we just studied and I understood! I recognized a common Japanese cultural aspect/trait: working very hard and having long hours. This is a cause for high levels of stress and pressure in both the American and Japanese business sectors.

じゃあ、また！

4/23: 日本のけいけん！

 みんさん、おはようございます！

２０１５年から２０１７年まで日本にすんでいました。ひこうきで１４時間ぐらいかかります。ながいですね！東京の南のまちにいって、なまえは「厚木（あつぎ）きちです。ちょっとちさくてしずかなまちです。中学で、友達を会って、今、よくでんわでかけます。私の一番好きなけいけんの時は富士山をのぼりました。とても高くて、りっぱな山だから、うれしかったけど、たいへんでした。ハイキングが好きです！そして、たかお山ものぼりました。たかお山ははちおうじにあります。日本に、たくさんいろいろなスポーツをしました。バレーボールやサッカーやすいえいをしたことがありました。サッカーがあまり上手じゃありません。

日本が大好きです。日本に行ったことがありますか？行きたいですか？

じゃあ、また！

きものをきました！

富士山

たかお山

4/17:グデタマ（２）

 みなさん、こんにちは！

今日、「Gudetama： An Eggcelent Adventure]のエピソード二を見ました。プログラムは１２時間です。

The last episode ended with Gudetama and his chick sibling learning that they were in a sushi restaurant and realizing they needed to escape as soon as possible. Gudetama is caught by a chef and placed on the conveyer belt, where he meets a bunch of roe sushi and たまごやき (fried egg on rice). They have a deep philosophical discussion on the meaning of individuality, which is hilarious. Shakipiyo runs to try to get onto the belt but is caught by another chef, who she mistakes for her "mommy." She is then thrown in the trash. Gudetama got put in ramen, and talked to the boy eating it, which made him cry. A TV producer overhead this exchange, and clearly wants to maliciously capture Gudetama and Shakipiyo. This episode was very strange.

When Gudetama ended up on the sushi-go-round conveyer belt, I thought he was doomed because I know how much sushi people eat at these restaurants (a lot), and figured that he would be picked up very quickly. It also makes sense that the dried-out fried egg sushi was not picked up because he had been on the belt for a long time, and people are choosy and selective with their sushi choices. One of the little boys in the restaurant picked Gudetama and put him on his ramen, which is a common thing to do in Japan (putting a raw egg on noodles).

4/11: イースターの休み

 みんさん、こんにちは！Past plain formをれんしゅうしましょう！

先週の木曜日に、私のルームメートといっしょにバスでミルウォーキーに行った。金曜日に、私たちはジムでうんどうして、きっさてんでコーヒーを飲んだ。それから、本やで本を読んで、買った。ミルウォーキーの天気はたくさんはれがあった。そして、ちょっと寒かった。いつもコートをきた。日曜日に、イースターのmassに行ってから、ブランチを食べた。おいしいぶたにくやいろいろなやさいやクッキーがあった。月曜日に、バスでノートルダム大学に来た。りょこうはとてもよくてたのしかったです！

4/2: 見るのブログ

みなさん、こんにちは！

今週末、テレビのプログラムを見ました。なまえは「Gudetama: An Eggcelent Adventure」(episode 1). Netflixで見ました。グデタマは卵で、大好きです。Gudetama means "lazy egg" in English. とてもたのしかったです！エピソードは10分です。

Gudetama is a raw egg yolk who slides out of his carton and into the world. He is followed by an upbeat, うれしい chick named Shakipiyo, who is searching for her 母。Gudetama points to a poster on the wall with a farmer's face, indicating that is her mama. Then, he says he meant to indicate the one with the chicken on it (which makes a lot more sense). The chick then asserts that Gudetama is her sibling, since they came out of the same carton. Shakipiyo then tries to convince Gudetama that there is a reason that they have not been eaten, and that they should embark on this great quest. Shakipiyo puts Gudetama in a little cart, but then Gudetama questions if they are even chicken eggs. Then, they make their great escape from the fridge and start their adventure! I listened to the show in Japanese (its original language) and put on English subtitles. I recognized some words, such as 兄弟 and 会いたい. This show made me laugh, and I'll definitely be watching another episode next week.

I didn't really predict the plot, since I this was the first episode of the show and I had never researched/seen it before. However, I was trying to guess where they were the whole time... and it turns out that they were in the fridge of a Japanese sushi-go-round restaurant! Also, I learned that (according to the character Shakipiyo) Japan is the second country in the world when it comes to egg consumption!日本人は卵が大好き！