I am Your Sunshine

都沒有空寫, 討厭.

本集承接上集結尾的荒謬與莫名其妙, 然而能看到這些老面孔還是很不錯的. 尤其是 Denny 跟 Early Edition guy (對不起, 我堅持要這樣稱呼你!)

整體說來, 這集是 lameness 大匯串. Meredith 與她媽媽的 closure (是的, 我討厭中英文混雜寫, but i’m out of time here so bear with me.) McSteamy 與 Addison 的”賭注”, 每對不適合的人都要試試看能不能 make it work 嗎? (又讓我想起本周的 BL 了.) Meredith 得面對自己失去求生意志, 並且重新產生對生命的盼望; 以及 Izzie 與 Denny 的第六感生死戀.

但別誤會了, 我實在愛極片尾 Izzie 與 Denny 的那個 “Moment”, 即使灑滿狗血, 我仍覺得那幕超美的.

另外, Cristina 在 Joe’s 的表演非常棒, 並且藉由 Denny 的解釋, 我們更容易理解 Cristina 面對好友死亡的反應, 以及當初 Burke 中槍時她的表現也獲得了解釋.

StarSport has a prematch report. They talked about FC Porto, Champion of 2004 European Champions League, sold for GBP 75 mil (we all know that Mournhio brought Ferrera and Carvalho with him, Deco went to Barca and so on and so forth. turns out that the goalkeeper was the only one remains in the team… XD) which I found quite hilarious (and sad.)

Terry was injured within the first 10 minutes. It was horrible. Hope it’s not serious. And we had 10 men on the pitch for over 5 minutes. Without Terry on the defense line, Porto scored the first goal. However, on 16th minute, Sheva scored a brilliant one. I almost bursted out into tears. Sheva now seems rather confident, unlike few months ago when he first arrived Stamford Bridge. He was so shy and timid, not like an European Footballer of the Year supposed to be.

The second half was dull. Robben for some reason was replaced by John Obi Mikel, and the referee was a psychopath.

well, we’ll see you at home, Porto.

在老貓那裡看到一篇紅磚卸貨史, 我對紅磚卸貨沒半點感覺, 倒是永康街這三字引起了我的注意. 照片中跌落的紅磚很搶眼, 然而我的目光卻是被背景的牆與樓房吸引. 這就是我從小看到大, 走過不知幾百萬遍的隔壁巷啊!

年節剛過, 看到這樣的照片讓我更想家了.

Somewhere beyond the sea,
Somewhere, waiting for me,
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing;

Somewhere beyond the sea,
He’s there watching for me.
If I could fly like birds on high,
Then straight to his arms I’d go sailing.

It’s far beyond a star,
It’s near beyond the moon,
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon.

We’ll meet beyond the shore,
We’ll kiss just as before.
Happy we’ll be beyond the sea,
And never again I’ll go sailing!
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You probably remembered the roaring comments (positive or negative) roused by Three 6 Mafia’s performance of It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp on the Academy Awards last year.

I knew little about the movie, wasn’t intended to watch it, but life was like that, things happen when you’re least expected.

In the first 30 minutes, I decided I wasn’t going to like the movie but I’d endure it since I couldn’t go anywhere else. Aside from the fact that it’s about an unsuccessful pimp, the movie gave me a feeling of Taiwanese suburbia day time drama, strangely. But then I realized it’s actually a movie about music, about the American dream. Half way through the movie, it became all warm and fuzzy as I started to feel for/with the characters, however unredeemable they are. And that’s when the movie went cliche-ish. Nevertheless, it was still fun and inspiring watching them produce the songs, and surprisingly, I enjoyed it quite much. (surprisingly, it turned out to be an uplifting movie. Who’d have thought!”)

I love this episode very much.

It’s funny how half of the shows I’m watching now are in their third season (the other half first) and how they all seemed to be slipping (if haven’t already.) House successfully won my heart back 2 weeks ago as I’m getting more and more lukewarm and today Alan Shore’s done it too. Aside from the side stories: Denny Crane goes to the temple and Denise and Brad go to couples therapy, Alan was the star of the day.

He took two case on the same day, one was about a mourning daughter stealing her father’s plastinized body from the museum, the other about a therapist being discharged for claiming that he witnessed extraterrestrial life. The cases were not so special, but Alan’s closing on humanity for the father-daughter case was clearly a production of his clash with Jerry “hands” Espenson in the other courtroom. Alan surprisingly found himself in the same court with Jerry, but as opposing counsels. They were genuinely very happy to see each other and hugged and had a quick catchup right in front of the unhappy judge. “I won’t have happiness in my courtroom.” “You two huggers don’t get to decide – I’m the decider! ” Shelly Berman as the judge was truly hilarious. Seeing Jerry in court, all confident with the help of a wooden cigarette, charming the entire courtroom, Alan seemed amazed and amused. He knew he’s facing Jerry’s copy of the Alan Shore. And there was even a moment Alan seemed a little crashed.

He had to do something. So Alan took the advantage of being Jerry’s friend and affectively used his weaknesses against him. It nearly broke my heart seeing him shatter Jerry. I know he was sincerely happy for Jerry seeing him being able to stand firm in the court room with full confidence, but at the same time he had to do his job as an lawyer. And an accomplished lawyer like him, jaded and darkness-filled, he could and would do whatever necessary to win the case, including hurting his own friend. He regretted it instantly; however, he told himself (and Jerry) that he is who he is while apologizing. And his closing for Maureen (the girl who stole her father’s body) was in fact an appeal for his own salvation.

This is by far the best BL episode this year.

I expected a happy action movie with loads of joyous killings, but Smokin’ Aces turned out to be something else. It’s not just a series of splendid gun & violence, it’s tense, it’s funny, it’s crazy, it’s got a plot and yes, it’s a series of splendid gun & violence. I love it.

I’m big fan of action movies. However, I don’t like torturing, amputation (I don’t mind the implication, as long as you don’t show me the actual thing.) or anything causing enormous physical pain. (that’s why I don’t like Hostage. It’s too much for me. Though I appreciate the story.)

Some aspects I like about Smokin’ Aces:
1. vivid characteristics portrayal of each roles with limited overlapping
2. excellent acting

Misc:
-The film was mostly shot at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, which was where RadioAlice had their Lake Tahoe event with Bowling for Soup hosted by Sarah and No Name.
-Alicia Keys, hot.
–Clint Mansell’s Dead Reckoning gave the film a tragically poetic ending.
-Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) was mentioned in several reviews. Should be worth taking a look.
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春天已經準備伸出手向我們打招呼, 冬天才氣喘吁吁地趕到.

D 搭今天的飛機回台灣, 說不知 Ohio 的暴風雪會不會推遲她的行程. 而灣區正被連連的大雨小雨沖著, Mission 山頭終於染上青綠. 我們低頭抱怨, “when is this stupid rain gonna stop?” 又一邊停步欣賞洗刷過的盎然生意. 然後, 在買漢堡的途中不期然地被一片白色不知名佔滿樹梢的小花震懾, 沿著車道排排站著, 有種宮廷式的華麗卻又那麼清新舒適. 午餐後我們總會繞公司外圍一圈, 散步聊天. 粉紅色梅花竄出枝頭, 被陽光輕擁著, 春天到了, 萬事美好.

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Corinne Bailey Rae, Firefly complete series, Blue October [History for Sale]

超爽啊!! 尤其是下半場 (為什麼我下半場看到獸巴進球之後就睡著了… ><) Drogba 在下半場開始五分鐘就來個莫名其妙轉身進球, 中間聽說還有羅本右腳練習 (因為是對弱隊又領先兩分了, 大家都很寬容 XD) 複製人 Diarra copy 完馬卡又來 copy 愛心, 球場每個角落都看得到他的身影(這在上半場就有了!) 大家讓 Cech 很辛苦, 難道因為 Cech 在大家就亂來了嗎? XD Kalou 似乎也有好看的表現! 愛心當中後衛很無聊一直往前跑還玩過人, 最後加時還進了一球!! 最後 Sheva 在鳴哨前的進球讓全場瘋狂啊~~~ 4比0傳統比分!!! Chelsea Rules!!!!!! Continue Reading »

感謝 :)

不過有點失望. (還蠻大一點的 T^T) 因為外面的 custom 單上內容物寫著 “books”, 害我興奮了好一會, 沒想到拆箱後裡面唯一能稱得上是書的東西竟然只有一本年菜食譜 /_\

還是很感動的唷 :D

Saw Amazing Grace preview for the second time last night. It’s another must-see for me. Many actors and actresses look familiar to me; however, when I passed by the poster, none of the names rang a bell. But I knew I definitely know them from somewhere.

The girl (the only girl) was deinitely British I was sure, and she turned out to be Gwendolen Harleth in Daniel Deronda, Vivian in Scoop, and Cassandra Mortmain in I Capture the Castle. William Wilberforce was played by Ioan Gruffudd, Reed Richards in Fantastic Four, Horatio in Hornblower. Ciarán Hinds, our Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre (1997). Michael Gambon, Dumbledore, of course, and many more. Rufus Sewell, Marke in Tristan + Isolde, Crown Prince Leopold in the Illusionist, Eric Stark in Blessed the Child.

There are many other films I’d like to check out as well, see here. It’s weird that I remember complaining about not having enough movies to watch during last summer, and now it seems that I can never catch up with the new releases. Isn’t the summer supposed to be like a (commercial) movie fest?

剛剛把 Notes on a Scandal 加到我的已看單子上, 發現今年至今我已經看了十五部電影. 我知道十五部對於那些電影魔人來說根本只是零頭, 但我平常一周有七個電視節目要看, 再加上一周一兩場的球賽, 以及平常在看的書, 我哪來那麼多時間呀… (等等, 我忽然發現剛剛把七周想成七天了, 原來如此, 我就說哪有可能一天看兩部電影啊 orz) 好吧, 沒事了不要理我.

2007 看了的電影: Prime, The Pursuit of Happyness, Stomp the Yard, Working Girl, Wall Street, Pan’s Laborynth, Pretty in Pink, Get Shorty, The Three Faces of Eve , Stage Beauty, Smokin’ Aces, Because I Said So, Run Lola Run, The Good Shepherd , Notes on a Scandal

Diarra! Diarra! Diarra!

These are our boys! How can I not love Chelsea? ;)

她對著散在桌前的首飾,
這東西用過隨意擺置的習慣永遠改不掉,
總是每隔一陣子來個或大或小的收拾整理.

“東西用過放回原處”這看似簡單的原則對她來說實在太費力了.
當你只想癱在電腦前放鬆身體麻痺心靈的時候,
起身, 走到櫃前, 打開首飾盒, 拿出首飾盒裡的小盒或小袋, 分別放入其中, 走回桌前, 是多麼耗費心神的事啊!
還不如衣著整齊地倒頭就睡.

所以今晚, 她仍是對著堆積在桌上的好幾個銀飾,
鼠尾草的香味偷偷從身後竄來, 那是她前天晚上點的蠟燭,
鼠尾草比她記憶中的要來得甜膩, 她差點就飽了,
急急吹滅, 但香氣早已盈滿整室.
濃郁地入夢,
夢境卻超乎尋常地乾澀, 被陌生人尖銳地對待了!
雖不至傷心欲絕, 但仍很難過.

醒來時匆匆出門, 卻忘了留在桌旁的運動服, 那是她每周兩次的舞蹈課.
上班的途中她仍半恍惚, 途中經過建築工地, 應該是新的公寓吧.
這片地越蓋越滿越來越擁擠了.
在燈號變換時她彷彿見到那土黃色搭起來的三層樓高方塊朝她靠近,
她嚇了一大跳, 以為自己的煞車又鬆動了.
她決定以後要走別條路, 這個角落總帶點魔幻, 大清早不適合魔幻.
但隔天這個決定被她忘得一乾二淨,
完全沒經過思考手腳便朝熟悉的道路駛去,
回神自己已泡好茶坐在電腦前.

又是一天過去, 與前一日只有電視節目不同的差別,
以及, 今晚她被粉紅玫瑰香擁著.
以前她從不覺得玫瑰香,
她喜歡玫瑰的精緻.
不管是單枝或整束, 醉紅或是歡欣精神的黃, 那輕敞而略翹的瓣, 清澈或漸層的顏色, 那是細心那是溫柔那是獨立那是世間美好微小又浩大的呈現.
而今晚, 她被滿室芬芳浸潤, 幾乎就要落淚. 原來, 香氣也能夠觸動人心.

HS 太溫婉太唯 Emma 是從, 抱怨抗議她無法想像. 你身邊沒那麼個 Emma 強勢權威的存在, 然而碎嘴試圖左右的人難道少的了嗎? 更令人憤恨的是連當事人都下來攪動渾水混淆視聽. 天啊, 你就這樣被無辜地犧牲了, 為了他們的”方便”, 為了他們不想過度引人注目 (明明就非常引人注目) 而聲動擊西. 難道你的感情感覺就這麼微不足道嗎? 難道他們不知道那一聲一擊是如何讓你嚇得蹦跳起來, 而那加速的心退, 連同別人的狡言勸道根本就像催眠一樣你被說服你動心了. 你可是隨便讓人拿來使用的幌子? 他們好大的膽子, 也不想想是我在你背後撐腰 (這是所謂分飾二角的現現代版毫無頭緒嗎?) 萬人之上風華絕代你不過有時候好像呆呆的了, 太單純太相信人太… 豈可這般任人擺弄. 你快快狠狠地踏腳耍頭, 玩弄人心的時候到了.

一個多月前趁 DeepDiscountDVD.com 買一送一訂了三四季的 NewsRadio, 一月初收到通知說已寄出, 結果到現在都還沒收到. 我覺得很絕望, 大約是途中寄丟了. 我不認為是他們的錯, 所以打算默默地自認倒楣. 前幾天想說好吧姑且一試, 寄信到客服問說是否中間出了什麼差錯, 沒想到今天就收到回信說他們確實是寄了, 很抱歉造成我的困擾, 他們今天又再寄出一份給我. 真感動 :)

不久後就有 NewsRadio可看了!
(前兩季還沒看完就借甯甯了 T^T)

到手!

不過 Amazon 果然有書皮比較破爛的風險, 若我是在書店買的話, 絕對不可能挑這種書況的書的! anyways, beggers can not be choosers. 細看封面, 越看越覺得好像 Mourinho.

Here’s looking at you, kid.

前天去完 V-Bar 之後去 Huichun 家, 另外還有他們的兩個同事也去了. 其中一位是 Serbian, 我因為幾杯酒下肚, 開始不那麼 self-conscious, 於是我一直拉著他聊足球, orz. 聽到他是從 Serbia 來的之後, 沒頭沒腦地對他說 I’m for Croatia (XD), 我忘記他回我什麼了…還問了他兩次他支持哪個俱樂部 (Barca)… 還好聽說我喝了點酒的樣子還頗有趣的 (連total都這麼說, 雖然他只有隔空目睹過… orz) 所以他應該還不會覺得這個台灣女生太 annoying… ^^”

喔對了, 他問我為什麼喜歡 Croatia, 我說因為他們很 passionate (其實我想要說的是暴躁熱血又易怒, petulent? :p) 他就說他們也是啊!!!