I am Your Sunshine

抱著墊底的決心, 重組 Oakland A’s 夢幻隊!
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最近越來越發現自己小時候真是超幸福的. 有各式各樣新奇的玩具, 還有一堆書可以看, 八點檔也看得不少!

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Pro: 場景設在香港, 很有趣. 得要 chun 看了之後才知道片中的廣東話到底對不對. 故事也寫得蠻有趣的.

Con: 各個能力者的”action”不夠多, 最後的結局有點弱 (除非是伏筆)

I thought it had more content than I had expected. I’d love to see more “actions” though (watchers watch more stuff, movers move more stuff, and definitely pushers…) I think because of the potential of the story, they got too ambitious and trying to tell more than they could in 2 hours and therefore failed both to stimulate and to tell a story with depth.

今天看了法阿友誼賽, 除了看到很多熟面孔之外 (Gallas, L. Diarra, Mercherano, Messi, Henri, Tevez 等), 發現太久沒有看阿根廷的比賽, 好多小朋友啊. 其中進了第一球的 Gutierrez 還在英超踢球呢! (結果跑去 Newcastle 板, 又驚訝地發現 Schalke 04 的 Lovenkrands 竟然也跑到新堡了… orz)

那我也要來關心新堡, 順便可以看Duff呢 :D

又一首在 MDR Figaro 聽到的好聽歌. 詞是Yeats 的詩.

the way she wears her hair and the shape of her face reminded me of Saffron Burrows. And she’s the First Lady of France!

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I was watching the replay of France v Argentina, and as they started to play the national anthems, I was quickly reminded of a scene in Casablanca where Lazlo led French resistance sympathisers in Rick’s Cafe Americain to drown out the German soldiers singing “Die Wacht am Rhein”. La Marseillaise is such a powerful song. You can’t help but feeling “patriotic” when listening to it.

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(from Bob)

1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Your significant other? w
3. Your hair? curly
4. Your favorite thing? read
5. Your dream last night? bad
6. Your favorite drink? milktea
7. Your dream/goal? writer
8. What room you are in? my room
9. Your hobby? countless
10. Your fear? lost (not the tv show)
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? london
12. Where were you last night? mountain view
13. Muffins? no thanks
14. Wish list item? dvd
15. Where you grew up? Taiwan
16. Last thing you did? turning on MDR Figaro
17. What are you wearing? sweater and fleece pants
18. Your TV? my love
19. Your pets? imaginary and temporary
20. Friends? many
21. Your life? agreeable
22. Your mood? ok
23. Missing some one? Yes
24. Car? blue
25. Something you’re not wearing? socks
26. Your favorite store? amazon?
27. Your favorite color? blue
28. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday?
29. Last time you cried? yesterday
30. Who will resend this? how would i know
31. One place that I go to over and over? borders
32. One person who emails me regularly? chun
33. Favorite place to eat? when? Tanto, every month
34. Why you participated in this survey? I like taking survey
35. What are you doing tonight? movies

KQED 的 Image Makers 是我很喜歡的節目, 常常播一些可能現在還不太知名的導演的作品, 通常是短片. 今天看的是 Rob Pearlstein 的 Our Time is Up. 查了才發現這片曾入圍奧斯卡短片提名.

短短10分鐘出頭, 簡單的幾個畫面帶出主角例行公事的生活, 受到衝擊之後的改變也因此變得很明顯. 要表達的道理也許很老套, 但因為它精簡明確又帶點幽默跟溫馨而顯得很有意思.

Preface
When Mourinho left upon “mutual understanding”, I wrote a song lamenting his departure (there’s no way I’m gonna bring it into light.) When Grant was relived of his managerial duty, I felt bad for all the malicious thoughts I had toward him which now seems uncalled for. And this time when Scolari was disgracefully discharged, I wrote an Ode.

T’was the summer of 2008,
Mixed with extreme joy and despair,
road to Moscow, the Cup was there 1
slipped upon Chels’ grasp;
For Henri Delaunay, their hope held high, 2
Portugal failed to reach.

So to Stamford Bridge Scolari arrived, 3
World Cup in his hand, Euro left behind. 4
Distressed Terry looked at his feet, 5
With shorted shorts Lamps by his side, 6
Hearing Big Phil proclaimed,
“I shall ye trophy bring!”

Cheering Blues, Deco and Bosingwa joined,
Exciting passing flowed on the green;
Sidelines Felipe jumped and waved,
Games in total control.
Top of the league we remained,
Though grievously shared with the reds. 7

While busy mocking whiny Gallas, 8
Misery came unannounced.
Top of the board we dropped,
Losing point after point to mediocre clubs.
Roma, Manure, the Scouse and Le Arse, 9
Not to mention some mystic B-rn-ley from afar. 10

Rumors roaring here and there,
Some doom pronounced, some peace painted.
Gloominess hovering above the Bridge,
Drogba (again) threatened to leave.
No passion at sight on the field
We draw the city of Hull. 11

Monday morning Roman rattled us all, 12
Big Phil dismissed and Wilkins enthroned. 13
One advice for you (and Sheva too) said Gray, 14
“Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless heart is lawful.
Not all glisters gold.”

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cute song.

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第一次聽 Stellastarr* 是 2005 年. 那時是因為他們第二張專輯的 Lost in Time 讓我對他們有印象, 所以把同名專輯找了出來. 當時不覺得很好聽, 因此聽過兩三次之後就被我束之高閣. 昨天逛 Milpitas Library, 又看到這個熟悉的名字, 想要再給他們一次機會, 於是 把它借了回家. 這次聽就覺得好好聽呢! (第一首有部份整個就很像 Serj Tankian XD)

看了一下我以前寫的心得, 發現我第一次聽時很討厭 Shawn Christensen 的嗓音, 覺得他破壞了旋律的優美. 沒想到現在聽倒覺得很對了. 年紀啊…

Lost in Time

I love public libraries. When I was in Buffalo, Audubon was very close to Creekside, the complex where I used to live, and it was my source for rock music and the West Wing and other entertainment. Then I moved to south Fremont where I had two choices: the Fremont lobrary and the Milpitas library. At the beginning I went to both, but gradually I only went to Fremont library cos Milpitas library was just too ghetto-y and I hated the smell of it. Even though I moved south, first to Milpitas then to north San Jose, I hesitated to switch my allegiance. Until one day, the Milpitas Library closed, and reopened at a new location a month later.

I was on my way to Borders to study for Brit Lit midterm, and I thought what the heck, I could always go to Borders if I don’t like the new library. So I turned on Main st. which gotten ghetto-er and ghetto-er as I drove further south; at one point, the bridge, the high raised buildings (read: 5 or 6 stories) and the road construction were reminiscences of the streets Taipei. A curious feeling was aroused within me. It seemed that the city of Milpitas is undergoing a big development project and apparently the new library was one of the first. The library appeared within my sight along with a parking structure(!) which took me some time to comprehend (One doesn’t expect to see a parking structure in Milpitas.) I parked my car and walked toward the entrance. I was already in awe before I entered the library. It’s new, it’s beautiful and it’s… fancy. I haven’t got the chance to examine its collection, but I’m feeling that I won’t be seeing the Fremont library for a while.

今天開facebook逛逛, 看到一個以前在UB的同學狀態改成 “對於Releigh的學校因為二十五哩外的幾片雪花而延遲運作兩小時, Michael 仍感到不可思議. 這些瘋子應該一秒鐘也無法在Buffalo生存.”

笑死我了, 接著有一堆 Buffalonian comment:

“歡迎到北卡. 過一陣子之後你應該會覺得其實這天氣蠻不錯的, 簡直就像 Buffalo的六月.”

我系上最好的朋友之一說:
“我完全同意啊! 每次我看到新聞說學校因為兩英吋的雪而停課, 我都這樣想.”

這位應該是當初的選課coordinator
“沒用的傢伙. 像小女生一樣. 娘娘腔, 膽小鬼, Losers! 你得在 Buffalo (或類似的地方)住過才能夠理解我們對於雪的心態. 我們才不會同情你們呢! 我們勇而無懼地坐在方向盤後面, 像飛似地無視雪坑水坑或泥坑. 哈!”

真想念布法羅的雪啊~

童年/青少年回憶部份 –
已入手:
Newsradio 四季DVD
Acapulco H.E.A.T. s1
Silk Stalkings s2 s3

很想要:
Due South 完整版
Le Femme Nikita
Babylon 5
Gilmore Girls s1~s7 有出complete set, 但是包裝好醜 XD

其他-
已入手:
The West Wing s4
Sports Night
Firefly
Boston Legal s3 (生日禮物 :p)

想要:
The West Wing s1~s3
Boston Legal s1-2
John Doe

非DVD收藏:
The Class – s1
Day Break – s1
Hustle (UK) – s1~3
The Starter Wife – miniseries and s1

李晃用 Que Sera Sera 作為 2008 的總結. XD

Que Sera Sera~
Whatever will be will be~
We’re going to Wemb-er-ley~
Que Sera Sera~

噗

I haven’t been faithful to TV this season. Ever since Gilmore Girls, a show which connected my days in NCTU and in UB, and Boston Legal, which basically defined my life in the Bay Area, got canceled, there’s no show that can claim my loyalty. True that I’m shamefully obsessed with The Secret Life* and The Starter Wife is my latest guilty pleasure (curiously both on cable network) and it’d be unfair to say I don’t enjoy the new shows, such as Life, Leverage (another cable show!), Chuck, The Mentalist, TBBT, Privileged and Trust Me. However, new shows come and go; the ones that stay have lost their elasticity (read: Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Heroes), and the ones I like have their flaws:

Chuck: enough with the “we’re doing it for our country” big talk every episode.

The Mentalist: can’t really think of anything wrong with this one. XD But it’s the first season; I need time to build passion on fondness.

TBBT: I’ve been resisting it for so long, and it is really good. But one sitcom is not enough. Btw, I LOVE Sheldon. >////< Privileged: Megan, the main character, is very annoying. Trust Me: err... I only watched the pilot. ^^" Secret Life: Teenagers are stupid. I don't know why I cannot stop watching it. It's so soapy. T^T The Starter Wife: Don't know if they're going to continue it. No words up til now. I think it's my favorite show of late. Alas, I just wanna rekindle my passion for TV... *The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Is it necessary to have a title this long?

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終於聽了 Blue October 的第一張專輯, 在這裡我提過我是倒著聽他們的專輯.

The Answers 像是還在嘗試水溫, Justin 自己也沒有準備好完全開放, 所以大部份還是一些 happy pretending 的歌. 一張一張專輯跟著他治癒與解放自己的旅程, 很有意思.

一如往常, 他們最後一首歌總是超好聽. 我好喜歡 Black Orchid 裡簡單重複的鋼琴/KB.

It’s not until when I was a lot older did I realize that things didn’t have to be that way. Our communication should not have to be one way and why do we get blamed for infrequent visits? And why couldn’t you be pleasant when we came around like you were to her? I discovered in her writing a person I did not know. Was it our fault that we never got to know the side of you? Why is my memory of you so much different from hers? The lost and loneliness that always lingered in the house and in your eyes, which the pride that made you never speak of, were lost in her memory of you. Why.

These are the questions that will never be answered, broken pieces never to be mend. And in a night like this, raw feelings flow through Ryan’s violin and Justin’s voice, something was brought out in mid air. What was it that estranged us? Why are there always things that we know better but never, never act accordingly. What frailty. But I do remember that last night we saw each other when it still counted. I really appreciated you. And I also remember that uneasy feeling I had when I walked out that alley which haunted me every since and made me tremble at all of my later uneasy feelings. They left unresolved. Will they ever be?