i haven't seen that suzume-batchi for a while. but there has been this other large insect that looks like a big bee or hornet. it's not a bee (or so i think) but it's very large and noisy like the suzume-batchi. sometimes it buzzes around and it scares me. i hate that! last year when yoshi brought me to look at the house, a bug like that was buzzing around the garden. the real estate agent got scared and was saying, 'is that a suzume-batchi?!' yoshi made fun of him for being afraid of such a harmless bug, but then yoshi spent all of his time on a mountain in fields. he was used to bugs...

anyway, i was putting up the laundry today. our house came with a couple of laundry poles, but i insisted on bringing our own from shimane. first of all i can put up some lines, and also it gives me lots of space for all our clothes (and the baby's clothes). i was hanging things on the line when i heard a buzzing. it sounded like a suzume-batchi!! no, i told myself, it's just that big bug. but i panicked anyway. i tried to back away and tripped on a cement block (there's this cemented part of the garden, i'm not sure what it's for. maybe potted plants. anyway, it's bordered by small cement blocks and i backed into one.) i lost my balance, scraped the crap out of my leg and fell square on my ass. right onto the corner cement blocks.

it hurt so much. i was yelling, 'fuck me!' and i started to cry. why can't we have a dryer like normal people!! and why do i have to be so scared of giant hornets!! oh man, i am going to have such a bruise on my ass...