当两个男孩情起年少的爱情遭遇残酷的生存压力时，是一番什么光景？
《风从哪里来》告诉你
惨烈 绝望 通彻心扉
是啊，当1万块的矿难赔偿被看得高于人命，
当那片贫瘠的土地除了贫瘠之外还要加上艾滋、蝗灾的蹂躏，
谁还能侈谈什么爱情，什么纯洁，什么尊严
奢望什么地久天长
所以《风从》里那些男男女女没有一个人获得了爱情
星星点点的两情相悦全都成了贫穷的祭品
疯的疯，死的死，那没死没疯的为了活着而行尸走肉
那跳出了山里的有了车有了房，却失去一生挚爱
筑起无形的城堡，圈起了对爱人的思念
残忍二字不足以道尽那些伤心
只有绝望瘟疫般蔓延
这个文啊，看得我内伤
Monday, June 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Hanging Tree (吊人树）
Amy's new favorite song. Creepy...
汗一个！
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three.
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where the dead man calls out for his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where I told you to run so we'd both be free.
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Wear a necklace of rope side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
汗一个！
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three.
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where the dead man calls out for his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where I told you to run so we'd both be free.
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Wear a necklace of rope side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
15th Wedding Anniversary 结婚15年
水晶婚了么？记得那年大四，青春年少的两人，漏夜登泰山看日出，好像就是昨天！过往经年，只在那一双儿女。
Has it really been fifteen years? Wasn't it yesterday that we-much younger,in our last year of college-climbed up the long and winding stairs of Mount Tai at night and watched the magnificent view of sunrise on the mountain top together?
Has it really been fifteen years? Wasn't it yesterday that we-much younger,in our last year of college-climbed up the long and winding stairs of Mount Tai at night and watched the magnificent view of sunrise on the mountain top together?
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Bad movie day.
Had a mother-daughter movie date today. Amy did not want to see Limitless, which was my choice; and I didn't want to watch an animated movie. So as a compromise, we chose Red Riding Hood. Bad choice! Pale story-line, weak character construction, random were-wolf presences...Felt like an underdevelopment Twilight movie. There was some promising suspense at the beginning, but was resolved in highly unsatisfactory and abrupt (and somewhat comical) ways. Acting was all right, although the way the plot evolves did not really leave much room for the actors to fully develop their characters. Max Irons was easy on the eye. That was about the only thing that I may remember in a few days...
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Allen's new pastime
putting coins back to the piggy bank (or to his mouth)... Amy shot the video. Shooting videos of Allen is Amy's favorite pastime nowadays.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
千里德州行 a trip to Texas 2011年1月4日－11日
德州离我们青城镇（Greencastle， Indiana）大约1200英里，20个小时的开车路程。决定不飞，一路开去，一来因为半途（Kansas）可以去看丁艳和Daniel，以后要是他们去了上海，见也不易；而来因为小弟只有一岁，出门带着大批家当（尿不湿，瓶瓶罐罐，无数换洗衣物，等等），坐飞机又不方便又扰民，（很记得Amy小时候坐飞机，不但烦死我们，还骚扰了周围一众乘客），所以就千里驱车了，创造了家庭历史上很多第一次：是我们有史以来四个轮子方式最远的一次，是我们一家四口第一次大长途，是小弟的第一次真正意义上的旅行，路上见到到最多同学（包括多年不见的金苏平和徐薇薇一家），在南方享受了一个星期的温暖阳光，风雪归途则是出乎意料最具冒险性的一次旅程。不虚此行！
从北向南开，越来越温暖，越来越阳光；回家的时候正相反，到了德州北部，因为普降大雪，一贯温暖的南方又没有除雪工具，也没有撒盐；有的路段倒是撒了沙子，但是沙子和冰结合之后形成一片一片的冰疙瘩，颠簸无比，也没能减轻路滑，所以车速极慢，高速公路成了龟速公路。过了德州到了阿肯色，有一段路处理得极好，速度一度恢复到70－80英里。好景不长，又滑又颠的路重现，在I-30上有一段看到多辆翻车，结果堵了5个多小时，偶尔挪一挪，平均时速1英里。从天亮堵到天黑，好在我们车上有充足的水粮，油箱满满，不冷也不饿，只是小弟扭个不停，想出去。Amy狂打Angry Birds。（后来看报纸，有人堵了8个多小时，无粮无水，悲惨啊！）周围多是大卡车，司机等得无聊，竟堆起雪人。到了快半夜，好不容易队伍开始挪动，慢速开出最近的出口，投宿，竟是家家客满，指点我们去6里之外的出口找出路。到了之后发现全镇只有一家旅馆还有5个房间，匆匆赶去，运气不错，几乎是拿了最后一间double room。第二天（1月11日）看新闻，我们昨天算是把I-30上最艰难的一段熬了过来，那一段情况还是没有缓解。上路后，从Akansas到Illinois一路还好，天晴，温度零上，路不算滑。进了Illinois不久，漫天飘雪，北方的天气来了，温度不停地降，路面开始令人不安，有一次甚至连车上的电子平衡机制都自动启动了，车身扭了几次，大家出一身冷汗，幸好当时周围都没有其他车辆。路上滑进沟，撞了栏杆的小车大车颇有几辆，心惊！进了印第安那州，路面明显撒过盐，但是心有余悸，本着安全第一的原则，只以40里的时速前进。10点多平安归家！
We drove to San Anatonio, Texas Jan. 3-4, passing through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, before eventually arriving at Texas. It was a long drive but not without fun, especially since we got to see Daniel and Ding Yan, our old friends, in Wichita, Kansas. Believe it or not, the landscape in the mid-west and the south make us have more faith in the States: The country is blessed with resources, space and strong agriculture!
While in Texas, we got to see Suping and Weiwei, their families, and their beautiful houses. We enjoyed the wonderful home cooking, but above all the conversations, which brought back interesting memories of our teenage years!
My presentations went well. Got some really good questions!
The trip back home, however, was kind of scary, and sometimes even frightening.Due to heavy snow, the road was icy, bumpy and extremely treacherous. We inched along on I-30 at the speed of 1 mile per hour for over 5 hours! We are so grateful that we are home safe and sound. But it makes the trip all the more memorable, and more adventurous than we intended it to be.
从北向南开，越来越温暖，越来越阳光；回家的时候正相反，到了德州北部，因为普降大雪，一贯温暖的南方又没有除雪工具，也没有撒盐；有的路段倒是撒了沙子，但是沙子和冰结合之后形成一片一片的冰疙瘩，颠簸无比，也没能减轻路滑，所以车速极慢，高速公路成了龟速公路。过了德州到了阿肯色，有一段路处理得极好，速度一度恢复到70－80英里。好景不长，又滑又颠的路重现，在I-30上有一段看到多辆翻车，结果堵了5个多小时，偶尔挪一挪，平均时速1英里。从天亮堵到天黑，好在我们车上有充足的水粮，油箱满满，不冷也不饿，只是小弟扭个不停，想出去。Amy狂打Angry Birds。（后来看报纸，有人堵了8个多小时，无粮无水，悲惨啊！）周围多是大卡车，司机等得无聊，竟堆起雪人。到了快半夜，好不容易队伍开始挪动，慢速开出最近的出口，投宿，竟是家家客满，指点我们去6里之外的出口找出路。到了之后发现全镇只有一家旅馆还有5个房间，匆匆赶去，运气不错，几乎是拿了最后一间double room。第二天（1月11日）看新闻，我们昨天算是把I-30上最艰难的一段熬了过来，那一段情况还是没有缓解。上路后，从Akansas到Illinois一路还好，天晴，温度零上，路不算滑。进了Illinois不久，漫天飘雪，北方的天气来了，温度不停地降，路面开始令人不安，有一次甚至连车上的电子平衡机制都自动启动了，车身扭了几次，大家出一身冷汗，幸好当时周围都没有其他车辆。路上滑进沟，撞了栏杆的小车大车颇有几辆，心惊！进了印第安那州，路面明显撒过盐，但是心有余悸，本着安全第一的原则，只以40里的时速前进。10点多平安归家！
We drove to San Anatonio, Texas Jan. 3-4, passing through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, before eventually arriving at Texas. It was a long drive but not without fun, especially since we got to see Daniel and Ding Yan, our old friends, in Wichita, Kansas. Believe it or not, the landscape in the mid-west and the south make us have more faith in the States: The country is blessed with resources, space and strong agriculture!
While in Texas, we got to see Suping and Weiwei, their families, and their beautiful houses. We enjoyed the wonderful home cooking, but above all the conversations, which brought back interesting memories of our teenage years!
My presentations went well. Got some really good questions!
The trip back home, however, was kind of scary, and sometimes even frightening.Due to heavy snow, the road was icy, bumpy and extremely treacherous. We inched along on I-30 at the speed of 1 mile per hour for over 5 hours! We are so grateful that we are home safe and sound. But it makes the trip all the more memorable, and more adventurous than we intended it to be.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Amish contractors
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
A quote from Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897)
"We shall never be rid of antiquity as long as we do not become barbarians again. Barbarians and modern American men of culture live without consciousness of history." (From "Judgements on History and Historians, transl. H. Zohn, Boston, Beacon Press, 1958, p.24. First published in German in 1929, taken from lectures delivered 1865-1885.)
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, Movie night： Dragons (3/26/2010)
I took Amy and some of her friends to see "How to train your dragon"《驯龙记》，《驯龙高手》today on its opening night. Among all the PG movies that I have seen with Amy lately (of course I'm stuck with PG movies), I actually enjoyed this one. Great animation, tons of action, nice music: it was a movie for the kids as much as for me (I like vampires, and werewolves; but active dragons also work for me). Vikings with Irish accent, nice touch! Unfortunately, we were watching the 2D version rather than the fabulous 3D version. If I get a chance, I would want to see the 3D at an imax.
The theater was not as crowded as the opening night of Alice in Wonderland or Arvin the Chipmunk Squeakquel. Huge lines for Arvin the Chipmunk Squeakquel; we were a little bit late and had to sit on the front row! Imagine that.
今天《驯龙记》首映。带了Amy和她的朋友赶首场。梦工厂的作品果然不负期待。造型可爱，音乐迷人，音效震撼，搞笑与感动并重。爱尔兰口音的维京海盗（the Vikings）很可爱。（梦工厂好像很喜欢爱尔兰口音哦。）剧情和葛连蕾韵熙达·柯维尔蜜（Cressida Cowell）的同名儿童图书并不完全相符。话说在鸟不生蛋的远方，维京们时受各种龙等的骚扰，动辙就来抢羊放火。肌肉发达的维京壮汉以屠龙为光荣。据说维京头领幼齿之时便能手刃龙只，于是赢得滔滔不绝的敬仰。肌肉发达大块头的维京头领有一子，名Hiccup（直译“打嗝”），手不能刃，肩不能提，身板有如豆芽菜（用剧中话直说是fishbone“鱼骨头”），全无乃父风范。头领多有失望。然“打嗝”头脑另类，爱好钻研，自创捆龙机，捆住传说中的夜暴龙（night fury）一只。只是被缚的夜暴龙落入丛林深处，不为大家所见，无人相信“打嗝”捆龙机的功效。而“打嗝”和尾部受伤的夜暴龙成了朋友，取其名为“无牙” （Toothless）。从无牙处，“打嗝”领会到龙们其实并不可怕，而且还有许多罩门。这些秘诀让最弱的“打嗝”得以在屠龙课上以头名冒出。与此同时， “打嗝”还发现龙们时来抢掠，是因为它们自己也受制于一条尺寸不明的巨龙。这个巨龙在食物链的最顶端，连龙也吃。“打嗝”试图相维京们解释这一切，但维京头领大怒之下，甚至与他断绝父子关系，锁了无牙，率船队浩浩荡荡去龙巢剿龙。深藏洞穴的巨龙受扰，维京完全无还手之力。此时，“打嗝”与几个年轻同伴骑龙而来，与巨龙周旋，最终以智取胜，掌握时机，无牙在巨龙张口的一刹那喷火入喉，巨龙五内俱焚，葬身火海。（这一段的战斗场面，天上地下的打斗精彩已极。） 而无牙的尾部着火，失去平衡，无牙和骑在身上的“打嗝”都坠入火海。旁观的维京们无不咋舍震惊（电影院里的小骇子们紧张得直叫“oh，no，no！”）。已经满心悔悟的维京头领伤心不已。不过电影当然是幸福结局：无牙张开翅膀露出昏厥的“打嗝”；维京们重返家园，开始和平的生活。环境依然平淡，然而大小龙们成了维京们生活的一部分，因了它们的存在，维京们的生活添了好多滋味！（忘了说一句，“打嗝”当然活着，不过装了只假铁腿。）
The theater was not as crowded as the opening night of Alice in Wonderland or Arvin the Chipmunk Squeakquel. Huge lines for Arvin the Chipmunk Squeakquel; we were a little bit late and had to sit on the front row! Imagine that.
今天《驯龙记》首映。带了Amy和她的朋友赶首场。梦工厂的作品果然不负期待。造型可爱，音乐迷人，音效震撼，搞笑与感动并重。爱尔兰口音的维京海盗（the Vikings）很可爱。（梦工厂好像很喜欢爱尔兰口音哦。）剧情和葛连蕾韵熙达·柯维尔蜜（Cressida Cowell）的同名儿童图书并不完全相符。话说在鸟不生蛋的远方，维京们时受各种龙等的骚扰，动辙就来抢羊放火。肌肉发达的维京壮汉以屠龙为光荣。据说维京头领幼齿之时便能手刃龙只，于是赢得滔滔不绝的敬仰。肌肉发达大块头的维京头领有一子，名Hiccup（直译“打嗝”），手不能刃，肩不能提，身板有如豆芽菜（用剧中话直说是fishbone“鱼骨头”），全无乃父风范。头领多有失望。然“打嗝”头脑另类，爱好钻研，自创捆龙机，捆住传说中的夜暴龙（night fury）一只。只是被缚的夜暴龙落入丛林深处，不为大家所见，无人相信“打嗝”捆龙机的功效。而“打嗝”和尾部受伤的夜暴龙成了朋友，取其名为“无牙” （Toothless）。从无牙处，“打嗝”领会到龙们其实并不可怕，而且还有许多罩门。这些秘诀让最弱的“打嗝”得以在屠龙课上以头名冒出。与此同时， “打嗝”还发现龙们时来抢掠，是因为它们自己也受制于一条尺寸不明的巨龙。这个巨龙在食物链的最顶端，连龙也吃。“打嗝”试图相维京们解释这一切，但维京头领大怒之下，甚至与他断绝父子关系，锁了无牙，率船队浩浩荡荡去龙巢剿龙。深藏洞穴的巨龙受扰，维京完全无还手之力。此时，“打嗝”与几个年轻同伴骑龙而来，与巨龙周旋，最终以智取胜，掌握时机，无牙在巨龙张口的一刹那喷火入喉，巨龙五内俱焚，葬身火海。（这一段的战斗场面，天上地下的打斗精彩已极。） 而无牙的尾部着火，失去平衡，无牙和骑在身上的“打嗝”都坠入火海。旁观的维京们无不咋舍震惊（电影院里的小骇子们紧张得直叫“oh，no，no！”）。已经满心悔悟的维京头领伤心不已。不过电影当然是幸福结局：无牙张开翅膀露出昏厥的“打嗝”；维京们重返家园，开始和平的生活。环境依然平淡，然而大小龙们成了维京们生活的一部分，因了它们的存在，维京们的生活添了好多滋味！（忘了说一句，“打嗝”当然活着，不过装了只假铁腿。）
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Math Bowl Champion
Representing TZ intermediate of Greencastle, Amy's team won the Indiana State Math competition for Class 3. Go champions!
A record setting 447 teams participated in the March 11, 2010 Area Competition, which included 6,949 students. The results can be found here http://www.iasp.org/iace/MathBowlResultsClass3.html. Amy's team scored 27, missing only one problem. Only two teams in the entire state scored a perfect 28. TZ was 5th overall of all teams in all classes.
Amy's dad thought the problems were kind of easy; but again he has always been very quick in math. (I didn't go see the competition because of the baby.) I'm just glad that they got some serious math. Since it was a team competition, I don't think Amy was all that nervous. She still wore her lucky necklace to the game.
For local news report, see http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1618207.html
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