Saturday, July 17
Riku stars in a Cartoon show
Mm… How and where should I start? How about this…? Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 10. I think my dad forgot it was my birthday because Riku and I went to bed before he came home. He’s always busy. All my friends’ dads are.
My life has gotten pretty exciting and sometimes scary or a little weird. I guess this is the major reason I’ve started writing stuff in this notebook.
Today is Saturday, so there was no school. Riku and I didn’t get up until 9:30. Outside, the summer sun was starting to roast the neighborhood and the cicadas’ song was deafening. Summer break begins next week! It’s a wonderful feeling!
It was almost unbearably hot but mom wouldn’t let us turn on the A/C because it was not 11:30 yet. It is the rule. A terrible rule, if you asked for my opinion.
We had rice balls, scrambled eggs and milk for breakfast. We dumped the dirty dishes into the kitchen sink after the meal and turned on our electronic babysitter known as television. Mom left home on a short errand. I don’t know what it was exactly.
On TV, they were showing this stupid cartoon show called AA. I think all the kids at my school watch it. Riku and his friends are crazy about it. They talk about it all the time.
I had a chance to pull myself away to go to the bathroom during a commercial break. When I got back to the living room, the TV was turned off and Riku wasn’t in the room. Well, I thought maybe he’d stepped out for a few minutes he’d be back. I turned the TV back on and…Riku my younger brother, was on TV! I mean…the kid was acting in the cartoon show!
weird 不気味な、奇妙な
cicadas せみ
deafening 耳をつんざくような(耳を聞こえなくするような)
unbearably hot 我慢できないほど暑い、暑くてたまらない
on a short errand ちょっとそこまでの用事で
a commercial break コマーシャルによる番組の中断、コマーシャルの時間
