April 2004 Archives

網路上怪人多大家都知道。還記得奇摩拍賣那些個賣二手牙線棒、情人喬丹拖鞋、蟠龍花瓶的狠角色吧？(不過打從鄒經理說要收費以後，他們大概也搬家到電子海灣了？) 不料今天就有朋友跟我推薦來自西雅圖的ebay怪腳一名。這個人...我真不知道怎麼說他，你就看看他的故事吧。我慶幸ebay沒有公開的問與答，不然怎麼得了...... PS. 睡前還看這種鬼東西，真要命...

艾倫說我有兩個人沒寫到，不夠完整，所以，這是我的"About This Girl"之補充： The person I secretly believe, once introduced, would be my best friend Fiona Apple (I'm not as melancholy, and I'll make her smile) The woman I truly admire and think of a lot when I stumble to write Suzanne Vega PS. 他還說，以他對我的了解，他要寫下一期的"11 Random Things About Tasha"，對我這個瘋子還有興趣的，敬請期待。

RCA污染土地案*已經纏鬥了好多年，幾年前看《永不妥協》時我就想過，"Where is the Erin Brockovich for this town?" 之後又是幾年沒有聽說RCA一案的消息，但是每次行車經過都會想起。 昨夜異常悶熱，兩杯涼水入喉仍是看不下手裡的Arcadia，於是打開電視，又看到一頭蓬鬆金色波浪的Julia Roberts，在家門口抱著寶寶不客氣地對Albert Finney說"Isn't it funny how some people go out of their way to help others, when others just fire them?" 實在喜歡Soderbergh的運鏡方式，和那片荒涼的風景，所以又一次把後半部電影看完。 但我真沒想到隔天早上又會看到這件事出現在報紙地方版，雖然只是不大不小的一塊，這些鉛字背後卻已經是好幾年的歷史，兩百多條的人命。非常諷刺的比例。這幾年我常常都希望沒聽說這件事的發展，是因為家屬已經得到了一些絕對不足以平復傷痛，但確確實實屬於他們的民事賠償。然而那只是我的天真。 有朋友帶著不解的眼光問過我是否anti-establishment，我說當然不是。我也沒有傻得以為有Erin這件事就會得到令人滿意的解決(這件事演變成這樣，根本不是因為律師事務所的關係)。只是想著我們當中有幾個人有她那樣的精神或拼勁。 (如果那個朋友今天再問我一次，我會說"Hell yeah, with this case, I definitely am.") 這些受害的居民、員工還在努力，這是我住的地方，我當然要繼續虔誠地盼望。 *美國無線電公司(RCA)於民國四十九年來到台灣桃園設廠，台灣的工人勤奮工作，使得該廠蟬連多年台灣消費性電子產業出口產值榜首。79年台灣RCA關廠，生產線搬到新加坡，員工們當然是被資遣。但更糟的是，關廠四年以後，環保署才發現該公司多年以來將廢有機溶劑鑿井打入地下，毒化地下水和土壤，流行病學調查更顯示「廠區和離廠區二公里遠的地下水含有過量的三氯乙烯、四氯乙烯，超出飲用水標準的一千倍，技術上無法整治，已成永久污染區」。員工們吃喝都在工廠，罹癌人數高達千人，附近居民罹癌比例也較其他區域高的多。 延伸閱讀： 哭泣的RCA母親們 RCA工殤戰鬥網 聲援台灣RCA廠罹癌工人展開跨國職災求償行動 PS. 今天偏離了一下搞笑路線，請忍耐。

在紐約的布魯克林有一個叫Aaron Bailey的仁兄，他有一篇關於Cuddle Party的二手報導相當有趣。推薦：絕對要看一下他這個朋友(也就是內文所述cuddle party心得原作者)C小姐的第一手報導，讓我一會兒微笑一會兒大笑。 你也知道這對我這種愛抱的人會有什麼作用── Voices in Tasha's head: "Now I wanna host one!" 「需要先去紐約找創始人受訓嗎？」 "Nah...we should be original and creative. Plus he looks sort of like a phony guru." "But what if...I can't control the caliente body fluid exchange between the guests?!?! I wouldn't know how to get the busy pair - or group - off each other!" "Besides, you would just watch, hehe." "Caliente!" "Shut up, you guys." 「但是這就成了遊戲規則裡面最需要劃清界線的orgy...」 "And by that we'd just make the whole thing pointless to begin with." ──說真的，有時間要研究一下，總是另一種玩法嘛。而且我真的很愛抱。 (Oooh, Virgin Radio's playing "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" right now!) 喔，對了，各位貴賓，in case you're wondering (and afraid to ask), the May party I promised is still on. Please wait for the shout. It'd be a RSVP.

Name Natasha Lee (Here's my Flickr) But most people call me Tasha, Tash or "Biscuit", plus Ma invents something new every time she calls me Alias (or the other women in me) Scully, Penny or "seminomad" If you insist...porn star name Loopy Ta-yi Barfday January 11 Random paying jobs I've had camp counselor (that's considered random where I come from, poor homies), telemarketer (who was actually using the job to chat with faraway friends for free), singer, playwright (for a tiny theatre company owned by my pals), music critic, autograph-fetcher (feel free to ask if you'd like to know the story) [Some of you must be wondering, "That's not all! She's hiding her randomness!" no, look closely, it has to be "random" AND "paying"]

4月19日 天氣晴(碼的，哪來的大雷雨？又，誰把冷氣開得這麼冷啊？) 1. 加菲貓真的是有夠好笑。這個吃東西遊戲完全捕捉牠好吃成性的特色，害我突然非常期待電影的上映。You just have to love Bill Murray. 2. Snoopy和Garfield的網站一比之下，果然顯得「秀氣」許多，忠於各自的風格。加菲貓當然是不負眾望地相當綜藝，而且小玩藝兒很多。 ※Questions for today: 1. Where is my copy of the Mick Jagger solo album, for crying out loud? 2. "Why is anyone under anyone?" (I didn't ask this one; Grace Adler did.) 3. 為什麼我說「這個是難用的訂書機」，大家都會狂笑？ 明天攜帶物品： 1. 禦寒的薄外套。(辦公室真不是普通的冷) 2. 要拿去看眼科的眼睛。 上圖：很想把這圖印出來當立牌，有人在我講電話時叫我就舉起來，方便多了。免得我每次都要這裡「等一下」那裡「我是叫別人等一下」的，煩都煩死。 (*驚*，我個性是不是太差了點？)

歡迎 Jude Roman Fairbanks。這個小朋友和我沒有關聯，但是他的出生紀錄做得真美。 Annie, I'm thinking of you: )

就知道那個Jerry Seinfeld和Superman還是有點關係。哇哈哈哈！

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If the Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) were still alive today, he'd be turning 234 years old now. Whoa. I'm not sure if I want to see a great poet that old. It'd be too much for him. Wordsworth, what an appropriate name for a meritable author. This poet laureate was the first English poet whose work I came to know and learned to appreciate, as I was travelling in his town, the picturesque Grasmere. To toast the nature-loving poet, allow me to share this poem that is quite timely for now: Written in Early Spring I HEARD a thousand blended notes While in a grove I sate reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind. To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran; And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man. Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trail'd its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopp'd and play'd, Their thoughts I cannot measure, But the least motion which they made It seem'd a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If this belief from Heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?

This morning saw the puffy-eyed me crawling to the office desk and then my cellphone rang. A short and sweet text message from my mentor, aka "Yoda". Boss is not in, went to Taipei for a big deal conference. I smiled. Turned on the cd player and let Tim Keegan sing to me, "They took me off the Empire State / And put me in a cage..." So far so good, no? Then the idiot boy (not being offensive, that's his nickname) from downstairs dropped by and delivered another inscrutable speech over something about the water cooler. Pretending to be too busy to listen carefully, I opened my inbox to check if there's anything funny and un-officey. And BINGO! My pal Angie and my new blogger friend, a cool - and I suppose, pretty - musician called "s", sent me this. (Click on "Play Video" to see) Bob Dylan in a Victoria's Secret ad! In a palazzo in Venice! It's real! Ahahahaha! (And they used the song "Love Sick" - one of my faves on "Time Out of Mind"!) (Sorry about all the exclamation marks; I'm just too excited.) Yes, I know it's kind of weird, but look at him! You can't say it's not funny. Shared this with Lindsay over MSN. She said, "Why did he even agree in the first place?" I joked, "He's sort of a recluse. See, he probably didn't even know it's a ladies' underwear ad." "And when he got to the shoot," I'm having a kick out of this fantasy, "he saw Adrianna Lima and go, 'Well, it's not bad.'" Lindsay msn-giggled, said I made Dylan sound like a silly man and called me insane. "Nah," I giggled back, "This made me re-realize the fact that he's a fellow mortal and just made me love him more, like the Ryan Adams song." I love you, no matter what. You made my day - at least, my morning. Well done and thank you. I love you, too, Angie and s. PS. Nadia, I know, I know, I won't strip for him. *fingers crossed behind my back*

大家都玩起來了，我沒事有空當然也要參一腳。 所以這是我： 自己也覺得有點不像，女生嘛，在握有權利時，總是忍不住把自己美化的衝動。最過分的是有人還說「你以為你在畫侯佩岑喔？」(結果自然是當場被我甩了兩個虛擬巴掌) 這也是我，在Yankee Stadium，呃不，天母棒球場啦。說真的，我突然覺得和自己的長相真是有點不熟，在五官、髮型shopping時幾乎完全迷失，自己一頭稻草又無法準確符合供應的型號...... 熊熊想起國中有充滿愛心(或沒戴眼鏡)的同學說我像鈴木保奈美，真是天大的美麗誤會。 線上大頭貼：似顔絵イラストメーカー - オンラインで画像制作

Cachu bant ti cachu mes! (你如果有從威爾斯來的朋友就會懂了) 氣死我了。你可以再多靠北一點。 婕希說要快遞AK47來，以接替我快用完的Uzi。真是夠意思的好朋友。 碼的你可以再靠北一點。 PS.不習慣我這樣公然罵難聽字眼的，請原諒我的惡劣，實在太生氣了。