I am Your Sunshine

沒人跟我去聽滷豆真是人生一大憾事, 11/12那天我一定要一直聽滷豆.

原來這首是 the Cure的歌! (更後悔沒跟包伯去聽the cure了 orz)

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實在是太帥了.

一群老爺爺 中年大叔, 成軍於 1974, 一直到現在還保持著 original lineup (中間是有兩個人來去, 但創團成員都還在). 不像某團, 成立一年左右已經大換血兩次. XD

isn’t it Autumn?

作了可怕惡夢的早上, 聽著實在很普通的 Copeland, 聊勝於無.

Things don’t necessarily turn out the way we anticipated, and it hurts most when it hits close to home. We had high hopes the last time, and now those who opposed can’t wait to say “I told you so.” They said it’s gonna be great this time; they all are very happy. But I have my doubts.

11/9
5:30 Blackburn v Chelsea
6:00 Fiorentina v Atalanta
8:00 Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich GOL
12:00 Getafe v Valencia GOL

呃… 怎麼都擠在一起

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(隨手記)

上次在 SFO 因為颱風的關係無法飛回台灣, 幫我改班機的地勤一邊做事一邊跟我閒聊說德州那邊的天氣也是亂七八糟, 造成空中交通的混亂. 他說, “看來溫室效應是真的啊. 不是那些政客還是怪怪的環保人士想嚇唬我們而發明出來的東西.” 我當下完全不知道該說什麼. 今天又在 Ivy 的 blog 上看到說, 共和黨那些人到現在還不認為溫室效應是人為的.

這又是一個來美之後的 culture shock. 一些我以為大家都會知道的東西, 結果不是大家都知道. (另一個是我們公司之前有個同事叫 Lolita, 所以她的 email 常常被別的公司當成垃圾郵件擋掉. 結果我在跟另一個同事閒聊時, 她竟然完全不知道為什麼叫 Lolita 會被擋掉.)

When I’m like that, I write. And when I see your reaction, or rather the lack thereof, I’m reminded again how different we are. And that makes me a bit sad. Like there’s a part of me that you don’t and are not willing to understand. But then I remembered, you, too, have your darker side which might be even more tangled and twisted, and all you say is you’re frustrated, with me, with her, with every freaking thing in the world.

心情大好, 興高采烈, 萬事美好.

然後我意識到這可能是 mood swing, 當然天時地利也配合得分毫不差. 然後我開始擔心到時跌落會跌得多深.

我真的相信若我吃胖點, 稀釋了濃度, 便不再會受那麼大的影響, 包括estrogen量劇烈變化造成的頭痛. 所以要加油.

真的嗎?

上禮拜聽說 Buffalo 下雪了, 今早看球發現倫敦下雪了, 瓦倫西亞好像也下雪了. 不知道我的應許之地在感恩節會不會下雪. 可能會… 那這樣還能玩嗎? (應該可以吧… 好想念雪.)

let’s get all sentimental.

I once told Taco (or Hugo or Jarred or Noah?) that it’s perfectly normal for a writer (fiction, nonfiction, song writers alike) to dislike his/her own work. I myself can’t bear to hear the mention of Quietness, even though I did like it very much, once. But as I went through my unfinished works tonight, I came across pieces I totally adore and would not want to give them up, and among them, one that I absolutely love, one that I have warm and fuzzy feelings when I read it and wanna read it again and again and again.

So. Your works are your babies; you should at least love some of them. (Even thought right now I’m in a total anti-children mode ever since the baseball incident.)

剛剛只是要找我修改過的 After Dark 的歌詞, 卻發現過去這一年多零零散散寫的詞, 有的幾乎完成, 有的只是破碎的片段還待拼湊. 更驚人的是, 我發現了兩篇小說及兩篇 memoir 性質的文章. 一篇小說寫好了完整的架構, 其餘都只有開頭第一段. 明明在 07 年初夏上完 Creative Writing 的課之後, 我已經認定自己不是寫 fiction 的料了. 什麼時候跑出這兩篇東西, 而且, 如果我寫了這些東西, 為什麼我還是認定自己沒有辦法生出 fiction 的點子呢? 看來我對於很多已經下既定結論的東西, 都應該要拿出來重新檢視才是.

Low vs. Diamond 真好聽. 會被 w 嫌做作的嗓音, 在這樣的夜裡聽來正恰到好處.
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那個星期一颱風剛過, 台北的雨勢還是不小, 全家到巷口吃了乾杯, 然後我們包袱收收, 搭上往台南的高鐵. 高鐵真的很快, 閒聊兩句瞇個眼迅雷不及掩耳地就到了目的地, 殺個我措手不及! 台南也飄著細雨, 但比起台北仍顯得平靜許多. 我們搭上阿姨的車前往台南市(大概吧.) 台南的巷子裡有好多有趣的小餐廳, 各有不同的特色而且看起來都很精緻. 最後我們到了一家有小火鍋的店, 然後講了半天小火鍋的w, 在服務生來點菜時說, “我要義大利麵.”

隔天早上起來, 阿姨買了虱目魚粥回來. w 說是要給我嚐嚐台南式的早餐. 因為到處暗藏魚刺, 我第一次吃得比他慢. 出門辦了新的 3G 手機, 紫色的, 果然大家骨子裡都有點妖. 又開車跑了大老遠去買花生糖跟桂花綠茶, 中午吃魚土魠魚羹, 這是今天魚之三部曲的第二章. 在家裡鬼混了一下, 又出門去買有名的老雙全紅茶外帶去配聽說也很有名的下大道米糕. 醬子(如下圖)… 不到一百塊台幣. 真是台北國人我難以想像的呀~ (其實也還好, 我本來就不知物價. XD)
吃飽喝足之後, 我們熱血地追逐著夕陽 (其實是個巧合), 來到四草大橋. 大片大片的天空讓我吃了好大一驚, 我從來都不知道台灣也可以有這樣的地方 (我是台北俗…) 吹著風看海, 好開心.

天色漸暗, 我們依依不捨的離開四草大橋 (其實是w 說海看久了很creepy.) 前往下一個目的地: 安平豆花. 然後我發現我來過. 囧撲. 接下來就是這天的重頭戲, 夜市. 不過在此之前還繞去松之燻買個土產給阿媽.

夜市裡滿滿的都是人, 我們逛了好多小東西, 手機套, 耳環, 各式各樣的包包和便宜的T-shirt; 看別人玩遊戲, 撈魚, 還有不知道為什麼有人會去喊價的拍賣會. 賣按摩球的老闆娘還幫我按摩了整個背, 但我還是沒有買. 最後我只買了個木馬耳環, 但還是很開心, 夜市真好玩!

然後這一天就在魚之三部曲的鱔魚意麵下結束了.

A generation of parents realizes their dreams by sending their children to the States for further education. Those children then becomes parents who realize their dreams by sending their children to all kinds of talent school, ballet, piano, and etc. Then the third generation grows up and and realizes their dreams by not asking their kids to do anything.

Carrie Ann has spoken for us, Toni Braxton got kicked out of the show for this? (after Cloris “danced”.) Seriously, please don’t vote for her anymore.

從遙遠的美國東部長途拔涉, 經過一個禮拜終於到達了加州. 應該明天就會出現在前往北加州東灣的車車裡. 我好感動喔…

they give for winning the World Series.

I didn’t care for either team very much. It would be a feel good story, if the Rays, being the team at the very bottom last year, win it. Yet they lack the composure of a champion. (But do the Phillies?) All I wanted was to see Cupcakes pitch a good and get a win. And, boy, had he done that! He pitched a good game, 6+ innings, 7 strikeout with 99 pitches, and in between he managed to hit his first career homerun and became the 15th pitcher in the history to hit a dinger in the World Series.

I’m so so so so so happy for him.

Sat
6:30 FC Schalke 04 v Arminia Bielefeld (應該沒得看)
watch Life
clean sink
Hrvatski unit 3
skim EOS
Santana Row
17:00 dinner
19:00 concert

Sun
6:30 Chelsea v Liverpool P2P
9:00 Recreativo v Valencia GOL
10:25 church
12:30 Palermo v Fiorentina FSC(看不到了 ><~ 好想看喔...)
13:00 lunch at Berkeley
14:00 band practice
17:00 WS: Joe Blanton!