May 2004 Archives

Happy birthday, Steve! I don't think it'd be a good idea to write you a song. And I don't know where to send the drums I might have bought you, but it's your birthday and also a Sunday, so I know bowing down and saluting you isn't the wrong way to go at all. O why, why exactly do I obsess this much? Because you're the only one who can wear that t-shirt and that anadem and still make me swoon. Because, let's face it, you have wonderful cheekbones. I know I'm shallow. Because you like to look silly, but you're always inevitably a smartass. Most of all, you're not a rocker but you always rock. I know I said Sondre was the No.1 lad for a while, but know this: you simply can't be numbered. You're up there. What Cobain was to those people, you are to me. Maybe that's not a very good comparison but you get what I mean. You know how I really started to love Marc Jacobs? It's you. And so, I would steal you anything you see. Tash xxx

好玩。雖然房間意外地小，幸好大家感情不錯沒有打架。 謝謝xxc雖不克前來還友情贊助照片中的monopoly。沒玩過的人顯然這次玩後已經上癮，直叫我「快點也去買一組」。 我又一次選了Gimli，卻還是在新手環伺下再度榮獲倒數第二名。難道世上唯一倖存的矮人就這麼沒用嗎？我不信啊啊啊。 標題解釋：由於派對借70年代和Dylan為題發揮，背景音樂也就包括了這首「鄉村歌曲」"Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"。難得Mabel可以忍耐聽Blood on the Tracks兩輪！

我那三個活潑可愛(譯：愛講話)的國二學生報導了一件校園小事，卻讓我忍不住在自己回家路上才偷偷笑出來。 這三人班上有一位同學H，他的特異功能是「記不住課本裡的半個字，但可以輕易記住全班同學父母親的名字」。這特異功能對學校生活來說用處不大，但如果你想搞笑就會有點好處： H：「金山碧霞*，幫我發作業簿啦。」 無辜同學A：「你剛叫我什麼？」 H：「金山碧霞啊。」 旁觀者B：「哈哈哈哈哈」 A：「幹嘛叫我爸媽的名字？」 旁觀者B：「哈哈哈哈哈」 H：「還笑，萬寶秀玉**，不然你幫我發。」 B(驚訝大叫)：「喂，你怎麼知道？」 驕傲的H指著經過的一排女同學：「X明X香、X琪X翰......」 (女同學紛紛走避，旁邊男同學笑成一團) 我想起小時候第一次自認「為弟弟的自我認同而努力」的行動。當時弟弟才二年級，卻因為有個在學校很出名的恰北北姐姐，常常被同學用我的名字(雖然很中性)稱呼。可憐的弟弟在當時還是溫和謙恭的個性，什麼也沒跟我說，直到有一次下課我發現他那些兔崽子同學對著他稱呼我的大名... 下節下課立刻二話不說單槍匹馬穿山越嶺(譯：一棟教室和一個內庭操場)殺到弟弟班上興師問罪。一看老師不在，馬上當仁不讓地站上講台： 「說！剛剛誰叫他(指著旁邊已經驚恐得一陣青一陣白的弟弟)我名字？」 內庭不時傳來同學打球喧鬧聲，這個只要有學生在就吵得像八個菜市場的二年級教室此時卻鴉雀無聲。 「沒人要承認嗎？」兇巴巴繼續厲聲說。(天知道他們在怕什麼，那時我才快要25公斤) 還是沒人講話。蘋果麵包還停在懸於空中的小手裡；奶嘴冰開始滴水。弟弟像開口要說什麼，但沒聲音從嘴裡出來。 看這態勢，上課前是沒人敢講話了。我用(當然是凶惡的)眼光當烏茲掃射了一圈，然後投下擲地有聲的結論： 「以後誰再叫他別的名字，就給我試看看！」 ......「然後他又跟隔壁班那個說，『茂坤，雨傘收起來啦！』，他臉都歪了...」 三個男生又爆出笑聲。 */** 無辜父母的名字皆經更改。

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm back! Kyoto was stunning. Impeccably elegant and friendly. And I trust I don't have to mention more of the cliché, like "historical", "meticulous" and "cultural." I was really impressed. I promised myself I'd go back there, hopefully in the near future. Just got back last night and my eyes are still swollen (fatigue from the flight and the dryness, doc says), which makes me look like a goldfish. A happy one, without a doubt. Pictures are yet to be sorted, however, in the good graces of modern technology, it's so much easier. Now I just wish I could find the time...a new council session has just started, boss gets fussed again, which means I've got to keep alert and be on call at all times. Anyway, no whining here. It's great to be alive. PS. This is a great Kyoto blog. It's part of my Kyoto therapy now.

It says I'm J-Lo, 78% dateable! 哈哈哈。 另外一個測驗要幫助你找到真正的自己，我找到了！ 如果我是Harry Potter故事中的人物，我最有可能是Hermione Granger，最不可能是Voldemort。 我朋友小猴的結果與我恰恰相反... 而且Sorting Hat也真的把我分到Gryffindor。哇哈哈哈哈。 其實我覺得Ravenclaw也蠻酷的。 Thanks to Jonny and Monkey for the crazy quizzes.

明明在聽Two Way Monologue，卻突然停不下來地哼Jack Johnson的這首歌 (from his debut album "Brushfire Fairytales")： Flake by Jack Johnson I know she said it's alright But you can make it up next time I know she knows it's not right There ain't no use in lying Maybe she thinks I know something Maybe maybe she thinks it's fine Maybe she knows something I don't I'm so, I'm so tired, I'm so tired of trying It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go And often times we're lazy It seems to stand in my way Cause no one no not no one Likes to be let down I know she loves the sunrise No longer sees it with her sleeping eyes And I know that when she said she's gonna try Well it might not work because of other ties and I know she usually has some other ties And I wouldn't want to break 'em, nah, I wouldn't want to break 'em Maybe she'll help me to untie this but Until then well, I'm gonna have to lie too It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go And often times we're lazy It seems to stand in my way Cause no one no not no one Likes to be let down It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go The harder that you try baby, the further you'll fall Even with all the money in the whole wide world Please please please don't pass me Please please please don't pass me Please please please don't pass me by Everything you know about me now baby you gonna have to change You gonna have to call it by a brand new name Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me down Just like a tree down by the water baby I shall not move Even after all the silly things you do Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me down 就像我之前所說的，我還真是個flake。也許就是喜歡這首歌這樣提醒我自己吧。記得前兩年廣播電台常播這首歌(是啊，我還聽廣播的時候)，卻意外成為少數炎夏狂播曲中不曾讓我厭倦的一首。 天氣又熱起來，所以又這樣想起了JJ這位沙灘男孩。他的精采不需要我多說。 很喜歡上面的照片，因為會讓我想起一位有些許類似氣質的老朋友。 "Summer's here again. If I'm right, you'd be wearing one of your tank tops and thinking about getting another pair of flip-flops..."* And I said, "One day I'll have to put this in a movie." *Excerpt from a friend's letter to me.

My baby just cares for me. My "Will" just cares for me. Nina Simone knew. So did Frank. Even Cyndi Lauper knew. We're not, say, in that kind of "love". But we're so in love. Item 1. Four years ago, on the phone. Chris: Let me guess, you have an email address that begins with a random letter, perhaps your initials, followed by a bunch of numbers, like your phone number... Tasha: [interrupts Chris] No, no, that's annoying. Chris: [gasps] I think I just fell in love with ya. Item 2. Chris: Honey, you wear too much black. Tasha: I do not. Chris: Yes you do. Tasha: No, I don't. Chris: You do too. Tasha: [slightly irritated] I'm not going to waste time arguing this crap. Chris: [tosses a salmon pink dress on Tash] Then wear this. Item 3. Tash: [in the bathroom, singing "Singing in My Sleep"] "I've been living in your cassette..." Chris: [stops studying, sighs] You're singing in a freakin' bathroom, missy. Tash: [ignores] "It's the modern equivalent..." Chris: [joins in] "Singing up to a Capulet" Tash & Chris: "On a balcony in your mind..." Item 4. Chris: Ya still want that... Tash: [interrupts] Yeah. Chris: You know what I'm... Tash: [interrupts] Yup. Chris: I'm talking about... Tash: [interrupts, slightly impatient] I do. Chris: You know what... Tash: [interrupts] What's wrong with you? I still want that half bag of Lay's, I know and I do, Granny! Photo stolen from E!