Happy in the Rain (PART 1 OF 3)

 

Happy in the Rain (PART 1 OF 3)

 


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Are you happy in the rain?


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From: denman@infoseek.jp
To: diane705@yahoo.ca
cc: barclay1720@aol.com
Date: Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 12:37 PM
Pacific Daylight Saving Time

Hi Diane,

Are you doing rope skipping in the rain?
Or singing in the rain?

I'm pretty sure that even Gene Kelly would hate this long-lasting on-and-off rain in Vancouver.
How could he sing in the rain in the first place?

I've never sung in the rain.
Have you, Diane?

I wonder what made Gene Kelly feel like singing in the rain.
I've seen the movie a couple of times, but I don't remember why he felt like singing in the rain.


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I checked with Wikipedia, which doesn't tell why.
So I get into the lyrics:

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I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feelin'
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin',
Singin' in the rain


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Dancin' in the rain
Dee-ah dee-ah dee-ah
Dee-ah dee-ah dee-ah
I'm happy again!
I'm singin' and dancin' in the rain!

I'm dancin' and singin' in the rain...

[ADDITIONAL VERSE]

Why am I smiling
And why do I sing?
Why does September
Seem sunny as spring?
Why do I get up
Each morning and start?
Happy and head up
With joy in my heart
Why is each new task
A trifle to do?
Because I am living
A life full of you.

I see... I see... Don Lockwood (played by Gene Kelly) sang in the rain because he was living a life full of Kathy Selden (played by Debbie Reynolds).

However, that singing turned into a disaster.

How come?.... you may ask.

Well, Wikipedia says that, when Gene Kelly sang the title song while twirling an umbrella, splashing through puddles and getting soaked to the skin, Kelly got sick with a 103 °F (39 °C) fever.
The rain in the scene caused Kelly's wool suit to shrink during filming.

Even when you feel like singing in the rain, therefore, never act like Gene Kelly because you get sick with a 39°C fever.
I don't think you would do such a foolish thing.

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So much for singing in the rain.

Because of the long-lasting on-and-off rain, I watched a film called "A Royal Affair" instead of singing in the rain.
And I've just finished my article:


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■"Forbidden Love"

...hope you'll enjoy it.

Your smiling and romantic Bohemian,

Kato

with a lot of love as always...

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Kato, you don't like singing in the rain, do you?


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No, not a bit. 　How could you possibly sing in the rain?　 As I wrote in the email, Gene Kelly got sick with a 39°C fever because he sang in the rain over and over again. 　Diane, I don't think you would do such a foolish thing. 　Would you?

Well..., actually, I think the rain can be wonderful and I've sung and danced in it many, many times.

Diane, you must be kidding.

You see, Kato, it all comes down to how happy you are. 　when I'm happy it doesn't matter the weather.

But..., but ..., you get sick with a 39°C fever when you sing in the rain again and again, don't you?

That would be even nicer with a romantic fever.

Diane, are you out of your mind? 　If worse comes to worst, you catch pneumonia and go to hell.

Kato, be romantic and enjoy your life.

But.., but..., I can't enjoy life if I catch pneumonia after singing in the rain.

Anyway, I've not been doing much of that dancing and singing in the rain lately.

That's good. 　That way, you remain healthy and well.

Kato, I thought you were a romantic person because you always write at the end of your email---"Your smiling and romantic Bohemian, Kato, with a lot of love as always..."

Oh yes ... I AM a romantic guy.

Are you? 　Really?

Oh, you bet on that. 　In fact, I viewed the following movie, instead of singing in the rain.


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■"Actual Catalogue Page"



I see... So, you watched "The umbrellas of Cherbourg" on December 7 and then jotted down your comment as usual, didn't you?



Yes, I did.


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■"DVD Catalogue Page"


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Happy in the Rain (PART 2 OF 3)

 

Happy in the Rain (PART 2 OF 3)





My comment is as follows:

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This is a 1964 French musical film directed by Jacques Demy.

Its famous theme music was written by Michel Legrand.

The film dialogue is all sung as recitative, even the most casual conversation.

Jacques Demy has turned the basic drama of everyday life into a gripping opera full of bittersweet passion and unforgettablel charm, featuring a timeless performance from Catherine Deneuve.

I seldom cry while watching movies, but on this one my tears came out at the somewhat-happy-yet-melancholic-and-thought-provoking end.


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I see... So, you even cried after seeing the unfulfilled Love story, didn't you?



You're telling me, Diane.

Tell me, Kato, what makes you cry so much.

I'll show you the trailer.


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It looks like a romantic movie, but I don't understand how come you shed tears.



Well ..., in that case, I show you the plot here:

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Cherbourg, 1963

Madame Emery and her beautiful 16-year-old daughter Geneviève sell umbrellas at their tiny boutique in the coastal town of Cherbourg in Normandy, France, in the late 1950s.

Guy is a handsome young auto mechanic who lives with, and cares for, his sickly aunt, godmother Elise.

Guy and Geneviève are deeply in love.


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They want to get married, and they want to name their first child "Francoise".

Madeleine is the quiet, shy, dedicated young caregiver who looks after Guy's aunt.

Madeleine also has feelings for Guy, but has not expressed this.

Suddenly Guy is drafted and must leave to become a soldier in the Algerian War.

The night before Guy leaves, he and Geneviève pledge their undying love.

Then they make love for the first time and the very next day, Guy leaves.


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Separation

After a couple of months it becomes clear that Geneviève is pregnant.

She writes to Guy, but she feels abandoned when Guy writes back very infrequently.

Her mother tells her this is a sign that Guy has forgotten her, and she should give up on him.


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Geneviève has another suitor in Roland Cassard, a quiet, kind, young Parisian jeweler, who is very wealthy, and who wants to marry her even after he finds out that she is carrying another man's child.

Cassard had previously unsuccessfully wooed a certain woman.

He relates a version of this story to Madame Emery, who repeatedly urges Geneviève to be sensible and embrace a secure future with Cassard.

Geneviève finally decides she will accept Roland.


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They are married in a great cathedral, but Geneviève does not seem happy with her choice.

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Guy returns from the war

Guy returns with a slight limp from an injury.

He learns that the umbrella store has been sold, and that Geneviève got married and left Cherbourg.

As a returning serviceman, Guy has difficulties trying to continue with his previous life.

He argues with his boss, quits his job, and goes to drink in a seedy port bar.

He spends the night with a friendly prostitute named Jenny, who in the morning reveals that her name is actually Geneviève.

Then, when he returns to his apartment, he discovers a distraught Madeleine, who tells him tearfully that his godmother died the night before.

Guy sees that Madeleine loves him, and he cleans up his life with her encouragement.

With an inheritance from his aunt, he is able to finance a new "American-style" Esso gas station.

He asks Madeleine to marry him, and she accepts, though she first wonders if he is asking her out of despair at Geneviève's actions.

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Christmas Eve 1963

Guy is now managing the couple's Esso station.

He is happily married, with his loving wife Madeleine and their little son François.

Madeleine and François go for a short walk, leaving Guy briefly, after which a new Mercedes pulls into the station.


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The mink-clad driver turns out to be a sophisticated and wealthy Geneviève, accompanied by her (and Guy's) daughter Françoise, who remains in the car.

Shocked to see each other, they go inside the station to talk.

Geneviève explains that this is the first time she has been to Cherbourg since her marriage, and she is only in town on a detour.

She also explains that her mother died the previous autumn.

It is apparent that her rich husband and her daughter Françoise are the only family she has left.

She has had no children with Cassard.

The two converse while Geneviève's car is being filled with gas.

When Geneviève asks Guy if he wants to meet their daughter, he declines.


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With restrained emotion, they part.

As the film ends, Guy greets his wife with a kiss and plays very happily with his son in the snow.

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SOURCE: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Now, I hope, you know how come I cried for joy at the end of the movie.



Well ... at least I can tell that you wouldn't catch pneumonia as long as you stay in the library watching movies.



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【Himiko's Monologue】


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Wow! What a lovely musical it is!

The above movie shakes my back bone with romance, excitenment and amazement.

How abou you?

Have you seen the above movie yet?

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I enjoyed the above love theme to the hilt.

There are some other interesting movies in the above list.

For example, look at Number 639 in the above list.

It is called "Key Largo."


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Happy in the Rain (PART 3 OF 3)

 

Happy in the Rain (PART 3 OF 3)

Kato jotted down his comment as follows:

This is a 1948 film noir directed by John Huston, adapted by Richard Brooks and Huston from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play of the same name.

It is a gripping, thrilling and suspenseful movie with an emotional, revealing and dramatic climax, in which Robinson's alcoholic former moll, ex-nightclub singer "Gaye Dawn", played by Claire Trevor, is forced to sing a song before he will allow her to have a drink.

The song is "Moanin' Low"---about a woman who's trapped in a relationship with a very cruel man.

While singing, Gaye realizes that that's exactly her real life situation.

She slowly breaks down, and her voice falters and she sings off key.

Robinson is dismissive but Bogart pours her a stiff drink, saying, "You deserve this."


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The above comment sounds quite interesting, doesn't it?

In any case, I hope Kato will write another interesting article soon.

So please come back to see me.

Have a nice day!

Bye bye ...


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If you've got some time,

Please read one of the following artciles:




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■"Go Bananas"

■"Manwatching"

■"Stanley Boardwalk"

■"With Your Tiger"

■"A Second World"

■"Asexual Thought"


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■"Stanley 125 Years"

■"Sushi @ the Globe"

■"Peace@Syria & Pentagon"

■"Sweet Memory"

■"Unforgettable Movies"

■"Typhoon 26"

■"Great Luck"

■"Diane@World"

■"Diane@Spam"

■"Sabina"

■"Happy New Year"

■"Merange & Sabina"

■"Beauty in Spa"

■"Love @ e-reading"

■"Troublesome Slang"

■"World Family"

■"Mari's Bagels"

■"Love & Loyalty"

■"Another Cinderella"

■"Amazing Two-legged Pooch"

■"Delusive Romance"

■"Royal Couple"

■"Life with Music"

■"Poutine@Canada"

■"Glorious Summer"

■"Biker Babe & Granny"

■"Genetically Modified"

■"Tyrannosaur"

■"Love@Magic"

■"Yellow Ball"

■"Welcome Back"

■"Forbidden Love"



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Hi, I'm June Adams.

I like animation, too, and enjoyed the following movie: "The Illusionist."


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Kato jotted down his comment:

This is a 2010 British-French animation film directed by Sylvain Chomet.

The film is based on an unproduced script written by French mime, director and actor Jacques Tati in 1956.

Tati wrote the script of The Illusionist and intended to make it as a live action film with his daughter.

It was written as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, whom he had abandoned when she was a baby.

So, it's not a romance but more like the relationship between a dad and a daughter.

In the film Alice discovers the affection of a handsome young man.

Once the illusionist sees them walking together, he opts to leave her with money and move on.

His final message is a letter that says "Magicians do not exist."

Alice subsequently moves in with her new boyfriend.

The illusionist releases the rabbit on the verdant hillside of Arthur's Seat, where many other rabbits are seen.

To the eyes of the illusioninst, therefore, Alice and the rabbit are the same.

He sets both of them free.

It is a tender, contemplative and somewhat poetic film.

...sounds interesting, doesn't it?

Why don't you see it?

ところで、愛とロマンに満ちた

レンゲさんのお話をまとめて

『レンゲ物語』を作りました。

もし、レンゲさんの記事をまとめて読みたいならば、

次のリンクをクリックしてくださいね。

■『愛とロマンのレンゲ物語』


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■『軽井沢タリアセン夫人 - 小百合物語』

とにかく、今日も一日楽しく愉快に

ネットサーフィンしましょうね。

じゃあね。



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“ＯＫ”って何の略？

 

“ＯＫ”って何の略？

 




こんにちは。ジュンコです。
お元気ですか？

ところで、“ＯＫ(オーケー)”って何の略？
考えてみた事がありますか？

あなただって、オーケーを良く使うでしょう？
使わないまでも、耳にしたことってたくさんあると思います。

「それでＯＫだよ」
「準備ＯＫ」

同意や肯定、順調な状態などを示すときに使われますよね。
世代を問わず定着している言葉ですが、
実は、そのルーツは意外なところにあります。

この「ＯＫ」の起源を調査した人が居るのですって。
アメリカのアレン・ウォーカー・リード博士です。
博士の論文によれば・・・

時は19世紀のアメリカ。
当時は、「Ｓ.Ｐ.」（"Small Potatoes"＝くだらないもの・人）などの略した表記や、わざとスペルミスをする言葉遊びが流行したのだそうです。

1839年、その中のひとつとしてボストンの新聞に「Ｏ.Ｋ.」と言う言葉がありました。
"all correct"＝すべて正しい　の綴り間違い"oll korrect"の略語だと紹介されたのが起源です。

その年のうちに、アメリカほぼ全土の新聞で「Ｏ.Ｋ.」という言葉が使われるようになったそうです。

そして、「Ｏ.Ｋ.」がさらに有名になったのは、1840年のアメリカ合衆国選挙でのこと。
候補者で、後の第８代大統領マーティン・ヴァン・ビューレンのニックネーム「Old Kinderhook」と「Ｏ.Ｋ.」を引っ掛け、彼の支持者が党のクラブを「O.K. Club」と名づけたのです。

対立候補だった第７代大統領アンドリュー・ジャクソンの支持者が、「Ｏ.Ｋ.」は彼の「oll korrect」という綴り間違いからきている、と主張しました。
どちらも、勝利を手にするため「Ｏ.Ｋ.」の持つ肯定的な意味を、選挙戦のシンボルにしたかったのです。

長い間、「Ｏ.Ｋ.」の起源はこの出来事から、と言われてきました。
しかし、元々はボストンの新聞がきっかけということです。

元々は単なる略語からの流行語だった「ＯＫ」という言葉が、いつしか海を越えて英語圏以外でも使われるようになりました。

どうですか？
英語は国際語ですよね。
あなたも英語をおさらいしてみませんか？

ええっ？　時間もないしお金もないの？
だったらね、時間がなくてもお金がなくても勉強できる方法を教えますよ。

どうすればいいのかって。。。？
次のリンクをクリックしてくださいね。

■『あなたの国際化をサポートしてくれる

無料英語学習サービス』

ネットをやっているあなたなら、いつでもどこでも無料で国際語を勉強する事が出来ます。
明日から始めることが出来ますよ。
いろいろなコースがあります。
例えば、科学用語だとか。。。
ビジネス用語だとか。。。
わたしは俗語を選択しています。
あなたも好きなコースを選ぶ事ができますよ。

ええっ？
あなたは語学留学してみようと思っているの？
でも、お金があまりないの？

だったらね、１週間でも、２週間でも。。。語学留学できる学校を探しませんか？
どうですか？
あなたも世界に羽ばたいてみてね。
例えば、オーストラリア、ニュージーランド、カナダ、イギリス。。。
あなたの殻（から）を破って日本の外に飛び出すのです。
そして、友達の輪を広げましょう。
英語を学びながら世界中に友達ができるのですよ！


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現地の文化に溶け込めるホームステイ滞在、
クラスメートとの生活を楽しむ学生寮滞在があり、
１人部屋又は２人以上の相部屋からあなたの希望の生活スタイルをチョイスできます。
もちろんあなたが自分でアパートを探して暮らす事もできますよ。

そして何より、留学は楽しくなくては意味がありませんよね！
充実した課外活動や週末を過ごす為の豊富なアクティビティにも参加してみましょう。
大勢で騒ぎたい人から、１人の時間を好む人まで、それぞれのニーズに合わせてアクティビティを選んでください。


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どうですか？
少しは興味が湧いてきたでしょう？
もっと詳しく知りたいでしょう？
次のリンクをクリックしてね。

■『あなたにも海外留学できますよ！』

詳しい資料を無料でゲットする事が出来ます。
取り寄せてぜひ読んでみてくださいね。

ええっ？
あなたは英語が少しは分かるの？
それで、海外でワーホリしてみたいの？

だったらね、あなたのワーホリをサポートしてくれるサイトがあるわよ。
次のリンクをクリックしてみてね。

■『あなたの海外バイト、ワーホリをサポートしてくれるサイト』

長い人生ですよ。
一生日本にとどまっているなんて、鎖国していた江戸時代に生きているようなものですよね？
狭くなりつつあるけれど、まだまだ広い世界に目を向けてくださいね。

とにかく、上のリンクをクリックして、無料資料を取り寄せて読んでみるといいわよ。
もし、たくさんの質問があったら、カウンセラーと会って話を聞く事もできます。
もちろん無料です。


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ええっ？英語もいいけれど、それよりも、人生にプラスになるような真面目に付き合いたい異性の相手が欲しいの？
何で。。。急に英語から男女交際の話になるの？
ちょっと飛躍していると思わない。。。？

でも、あなたがその気ならば良いところを紹介しますわよ。
次のリンクをクリックしてみてね。

■『あなたが素敵な相手を見つけることができる

真面目な結婚サイト　ガイド』


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どうせ、付き合うのなら、家庭を持つべき相手。。。
そのような人を探すべきよね。
遊びだけの付き合いもいいけれど。。。
人生にプラスになるような付き合いならば、やっぱり素敵な結婚相手を見つけることですよ。
では、あなたの幸運を祈っていますね。



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Good luck!

バ～♪～イ

あなたが絶対、

見たいと思っていた

面白くて実にためになるリンク



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■『卑弥子の源氏物語』

■『平成の紫式部』

■　めれんげさんの『即興の詩』

■　めれんげさんの『極私的詩集』

■　『ちょっと変わった　新しい古代日本史』


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■　『ブログに記事を書いてお小遣いをもらおう！』

■　『興味深い写真や絵がたくさん載っている世界の神話』

■　『現在に通じる古代オリエント史の散歩道』

■　『見て楽しい、読んで面白い　私版・対訳ことわざ辞典』


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■　『きれいになったと感じさせる下着・ランジェリーを見つけませんか？』

■　『笑って楽しめる　私版・対訳　慣用句・熟語辞典』

■　『辞書にのってない英語スラング』

■　『オンライン自動翻訳利用法』



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おほほほほ。。。

卑弥子でござ～♪～ますわよ。

くどいようですけれど、

また現れましたわ。

やっぱり、ジュンコさん

ぱっかりに任せていると

退屈するのよねぇ～。

それで。。。つい、つい、

出て来てしまうので

ござ～♪～ますわよ。

ええっ、余計な事は言わなくてもいいから、

さっさと言いたいことを言って消えろ！

あららあああぁ～

あなたはそのような厳しいことをあたくしに

言うのでござ～♪～ますか？

いけすかないことォ～♪～

分かりましたわ。

では、今日の一言を。。。

うふふふふ。。。

An idea is salvation by imagination.

--- Frank Lloyd Wright


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アイデアは想像によってもたらされる救いです。

あたくしは、このように訳しました。

もっと素晴しい訳があったら教えてくださいませ。

このフランク・ロイド・ライトさんは

有名なアメリカの建築家です。

えっ？他になんか面白い話はないのかって。。。？

ありますわよ。

次のリンクをクリックして読んでみてね。

■　『あなたが笑って幸せになれるサイト』


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気持ちがくさくさしていたら、

あなたも覗いてみてね。

笑えるわよ。

本当に面白いのよ。

騙されたと思って覗いてみてね。

うふふふふ。。。

では、今日も一日楽しく愉快に

ネットサーフィンしましょう。

じゃあね、バ～♪～イ。


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