I am Your Sunshine

官網貼出了 Eng-of-season Briefing 賽季簡報.
一連串看下來, 要不是因為今天眼睛很乾, 我想看完應該會熱淚盈眶.

別人老愛說 Boring, Boring Chelsea, 或是 Chelsea, you have no history, 但過去一年我跟著 Chelsea 一起經歷整個賽季的風浪與喜怒哀樂, 我為藍軍怒吼歡呼也曾因失望落淚, 更因我們正在創造歷史而欣喜, 無聊嗎? 我不認為.

第一次看 Chelsea 比賽是 2006 二月歐冠主場對 Barcelona, 當時場上我只認得小羅一人, 然而半場比賽看下來我被藍軍的奮戰精神吸引了. 真正看足球是 2006 年世界盃, 由於德文已經荒廢已久, 我沒有像 2002 年那樣死忠支持德國隊, 小組賽隨意挑了巴西的比賽看, 卻愛上了個個像熱血暴躁戰士一般的克羅埃西亞. 然而我們都知道克羅埃西亞沒有成功出線小組賽, 於是我轉而支持有著漂亮組織的阿根廷, 另外也順便關心有 Chelsea 球員的英格蘭. 在為世足瘋狂的那一陣子, 能看的比賽都看了, 也因此認識了不少球員, 進而發現 Chelsea 的球員都來頭不小, 包括在英格蘭某場比賽大出風頭的 Joe Cole.

世足結束, 對足球的熱情仍在血液中沸騰, 我開始追蹤 Chelsea 的相關消息. 從對 MLS All Star 那場慘不忍睹的友誼賽, 老掉牙戲碼 – 社區盾對 Liverpool, 每一場聯賽, 每一場歐冠, 直到最後一場足總盃決賽.

… not to be continued.

Watching 61* strengthens my belief that we should not criticize players at will, not to mention verbally abusing them on the field which many people seem to enjoy doing. I cheer fervently for the team and individual players when I’m watching a game live (or in front of TV, let’s be honest), but I’m always reluctant doing anything that might disturb players, like yelling at them as they walk by. It’s heart warming to see a fan saying hi or expressing encouragement to a player and get a ‘ello or a smile of acknowledgment back. I’m just not the kind of person who longs for interaction with people I admire. I don’t know what to say when I met Lawrence Block, I’m not crazy about getting a sweaty towel used by my favorite band member, signatures and handshakes matter little to me. (But darn, I did dream of JT shaking my hand the other day.) I just love enjoying their work, whether it is in front of a typewriter or on the field. But I sometimes do envy those who shout out a players name with affection and get an appreciative smile and a wave in return.

However, verbal abusing is completely a different story. You can often hear fans heckling at players on the field, yelling something like “player A, you suck!” “player B, go sit on the bench, we don’t need you.” “player C, #!@$@%$%@%$@^$$% #@%”. (However, “Use.Both.Hands, player D” would be considered a constructive criticism. After all, it’s embarrassing enough for everyone that announcers can’t call a routine fly ball a routine flu ball and it’s not something you should be too psyched about when people cheer like crazy when you catch a… routine fly ball.) Sure, some players frustrate us big time, some seem stubborn in a wrong way and some simply look lazy as if they don’t give a damn besides depositing big fat checks every month (or whenever they get paid.) However, we can’t know for sure what is the cause of their disappointing performance.

whether it’s the benefit of the doubt, (darn, I forgot what it was I wanted to say.)

Monkeyball posted a similar topic on AN before I can finish this piece. And camperdog commented with this brilliant “heckling” incident took place in Coliseum.

Early 80s, Tigers in town, beautiful, sun-soaked day, I’m in the bleachers (when we had REAL bleachers), Chet Lemon is trotting leisurely out to center between innings, and this guy holding two lemons in each hand stands up and hollers, “Hey Chet. I’ve got your wife and kids here!” Lemon, to his credit, cracked up (he always struck me as a very classy guy) and so did the rest of us. Beautiful.

So winter approaches with cool air and rain washed morning, which refreshes or even revives the spirit from the it’s-sunny-out-there-we-oughtta-go-out-and-make-the- most-of-it mentality that’s been haunting us all season and made us all exhausted. Busy, busy, busy… is what we claimed to be all the time, but when you throw everything away and calm down, just calm down. Close your eyes, or just sit by the window watching rain drops. Do we really have to be busy? Yeah, I have a job to do, a car to fix, many bills to pay, things to learn, let along the heavenly pleasures waiting to be indulged.

… not to be continued.

天啊… 去年秋天想要選個秋日歌單, 結果一年就這樣快過去了.

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Even though I’m not a Stones fan, it’s still a great experience. If you never have the chance to see them live, watch Shine a Light.

ps. now I’m gutted that I didn’t watch U2:3D while I had the chance. /_\

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好看. 音樂真的可以潛移默化一個人.

What a brilliant season finale!

(這是大概一個月前的文章)

這兩天在聽這張, 好好聽.

其中 “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” 是 07 年的冠軍單曲, 我一直都很喜歡, 旋律跟歌詞都是. 另外幾首也是之前就有聽過的.

我覺得這張專輯給我不少驚喜與啟發.

前陣子看完了圖書館借來的雪花與秘扇, 逛書店時才發現, 是這幾年擺在架上我一直有注意到的 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

講的是女性情誼, 但裹小腳的那段根本就是恐怖小說.

太過熱炙的感情總是很容易出錯, 造成遺憾 傷害 破壞.
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入手:
Fleetwood Mac 1968 (Green, Spencer, McVie, Fleetwood )
Bare trees 1972 (Kriwan, Welsh, Christine McVie, McVie, Fleetwood)
Rumours 1977 (Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, McVie, Fleetwood)
Tusk 1979 (Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, McVie, Fleetwood)
The very best of Fleetwood Mac 2002
The dance 1997 (live) (Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, C. McVie, McVie, Fleetwood)
Say you will 2003 (Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, McVie, Fleetwood)

開始聽 Fleetwood Mac, 但我有預感我還是會比較喜歡 Stevie Nicks 時期的, 她實在是太酷了. 但是90年代 Nicks 跟 Buckingham 離團時期比較 country/folk 風的 Fleetwood Mac 其實我也蠻喜歡的.

昨天有人打來留言說他是 Soundgarden, 我沒聽完就把他掛掉了, 一定是要兜售東西的業務員.

但還是覺得很好玩.

星期六練團, 練完後吃飯沒協調好, 有人手機沒付錢被停話所以找不到人, 最後自己去吃了 Pasta Pomodoro.

星期天去 Theatre Festival, 天氣沒有很好, 所以也沒什麼興致看, 真正從頭到尾好好地看的只有 Foothill 的一齣喜劇, 還蠻好笑的. 後來就去 Westfield 晃了一下, 但也沒有真的逛. 傍晚看 TDK IMAX, 好好看. 看完之後天還是亮的很感人, 去吃西班牙小盤的 Thisrty Bear, 剛好還看到 的表演.

星期一跟小王子還有susan陪我(其實他們是想看熱鬧)穿耳洞, 然後幫蘑菇置裝.

星期二看它口打排球, 然後去吃芳苑. 把 Hard-Fi 丟給 Taco, 不知道他會不會喜歡.

天啊… 為什麼這麼流水帳 /_\

明天要去 Yoshi’s 聽 Shawn Colvin. 加油!

我變成了一個毫無趣味的花俏(因為有耳洞, 而且會找餐廳)盒子.

其實為此我很痛苦, 卻無法可施.

meja實在太讓人欣賞了.

如果不靠衝動, 我根本什麼都做不成.

昨天穿了耳洞, 事後才發現打洞後才是一切麻煩的開始. 我根本就把穿耳洞想簡單了, 還被它口笑說連他都比我有概念. 不過安主說我很勇敢, 蘇珊一直在旁邊搞笑, 後來連蘑菇都跑來跟我們玩了.

穿耳洞只要克服心裡的恐懼就可以了. 而且因為是打耳垂, 其實根本看不到, 不像打針你就看那個長長的針一直靠近, 怎麼可能不想逃. 實際上痛不痛呢? 應該不怎麼痛. 因為我已經完全忘了. 上上上禮拜打預防針的感覺都還比打耳洞更栩栩如生咧.

只是我不知道, 原來打完耳洞之後它自己會一直痛 (蘇珊說, 廢話, 受傷了啊!) 然後耳朵上有東西對於習慣側睡的我真是一大挑戰. -_-

睡眠不足ing.

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好好看. 該有的都有了, 所以很喜歡. 在 IMAX 看實在是太對了!

我覺得是因為很硬撐.

每次剛開始都會這樣…

saw him often at the Coliseum.

I’m so freaking glad that the football season’s gonna start. I don’t think I can take A’s pathetic baseball any longer.

Oh, and bring on the Olympics!
I wondering how much non-American action I’ll get to see, but anyways…

第一次有一首歌我那麼討厭, 討厭到我決定寫一篇 blog 來紀念他. 可是為了不讓人誤以為我喜歡這首歌, 除了不放MV 不放歌詞外, 我還在標題加了一堆 XXX.

這首歌廣播還蠻常放的, 每次聽到我就得轉台, 也從沒注意過到底是誰唱的. 直到有一次我不小心聽到它的最後面, 然後主持人的聲音出來接著說, Death Cab For Cutie~~~~ 我才知道原來這麼囧的歌是 DCFC 唱的啊! 非常慶幸我沒有去他們的演唱會, 如果聽到這首我應該會翻桌吧!