I’m now well rested and ready to work on improving COSMODE Online! I learned something very important over the weekend: don’t go to any beaches near Tokyo. I went a beach 2 hours from Tokyo; I thought that was far enough to find a decent beach to body board. Guess not. The waves were nice and big, and I had a great time - but the sand was black (it wasn’t a black sand beach) and the water felt slimy on my skin.

OK, back on topic. I got the sample issues of COSMODE Online #003 ready for you guys so enjoy! You guys can help out by spreading the word of COSMODE Online! I also organized the other sample issues for easy access; the links are below.

COSMODE Online #003 Mini Sample Issue
COSMODE Online #002 Mini Sample Issue
COSMODE Online #001 Mini Sample Issue
COSMODE Online #000 Full Sample Issue (registration required)

I’ll leave this off with possibly my favorite song from The Blue Hearts, Owaranai Uta “An Endless Song”. And I sang this last night at Karaoke! I can’t get it out of my head - in a good way.

A quick translation of the chorus:

Owaranai uta wo uta~o
Let’s all sing an Endless song
Kusottare no sekai no tame
For this piece of shit of a world!

Owaranai uta wo uta~o
Let’s all sing an Endless song
Subete no Kuzudomo to tameni
Just for all those good-for-nothings!

Owaranai uta wo uta~o
Let’s all sing an Endless song
Boku ya kimi ya karera no tame
For me and you and all of them, too

Owaranai uta wo uta~o
Let’s all sing an Endless song
Ashita ni wa waraeru yo~o ni
So, tomorrow, we can laugh at it all