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6月29日

What gender is your brain?

Your Brain is 87% Female, 13% Male
You have the brain of a girly girl
Which isn't a bad thing at all
You're emphatetic, caring, and in tune with emotions.
You're a good friend and give great advice.
This is so me!
 
今晚真的要穿着10cm从七姐妹跑去Chancery Lane吗?
6月25日

Everything has a price tag

I would like to preface the following post with the fact that I do not believe or think that my situation(s) are any different or "worse" than anyone else's...this is just a particular incident.
 
There is a fine line between learning and doing. When you are learning, you have to take a look at your position and say to yourself "I'm still learning and that opportunity is far greater than anything monetary".
 
Now, when you are doing... pay me.
 
Without getting the specific details, I strongly feel in my mind, body, soul that personally and honestly, I'm about to reach a crossroad that may define the next crucial years of my life.
 
Time, energy, passion, emotion, love, happiness, drive, ambition, determination, creativity, survival...Everything has a price tag. The question is, who will you rely on to  provide you for the money to pay for it? Or, do you need one?
 
6月23日

So, Sally can wait

    Noel Gallagher (from Uncut magazine August 2007): "We were in Paris playing with The Verve, and I had the chords for that song and started writing it. We were due to play 2 days later. Our first-ever big arena gig, it's called Sheffield Arena now. At the sound check, I was strumming away on the acoustic guitar, and our kid (Liam Gallagher) said, 'What's that you're singin'?" I wasn't singing anyway, I was just making it up. And our kid said, 'Are you singing 'So Sally can wait'.'' And I was like - that's genius! So I started singing, 'So Sally can wait.' I remember going back to the dressing room and writing it out. It all came really quickly after that. 'Don't Look Back In Anger' just popped out. We wrote the words out in the dressing room, and we actually played it that night, in front of 18,000 other people. On acoustic guitar. Sat on a stool. Like an idiot. I never do that now.
 
     第一次听到这首歌应该是在去年夏天,后来这首歌在我的MP3里和Yellow呆了一阵子。直到星期五在酒吧再次听到她,仿佛过电一般。以前没有注意过歌词,只是觉得旋律和Oasis的演绎尤其主唱沙哑的嗓音太美,一种慑人心魄的力量,毫无征兆地让人泪流满面-自己也说不出为什么。我没有怎么感慨自己的“青葱岁月”
 
     Of the character "Sally" referred to in the song he commented, "I don't actually know anybody called Sally. It's just a word that fitted, y'know, might as well throw a girl's name in there. It's gotta guarantee somebody a shag off a bird called Sally, hasn't it?".
我们每个人都可能是Sally who knows it's too late but can wait.
 
     瑶,你说我们追求的东西是永远得不到的,只会越来越近,每天接近一点,但就是永远得不到。真的永恒了,有一天我们也会厌倦。一方面乞求永恒,一方面厌倦重复,我们拥有不安分的灵魂。
     我感觉这首歌在礼拜五晚上重新出现在我的生活中,让我以后每次听到她回想起你,想起我们,回望过去时多一份坦然,不要抱怨。
     很老的歌了,我很吃惊你在高中的时候就听到过,并且那么爱!我想我那时候不可能完全懂。如今看MV,看Live,不知道多少人听过,多少人感动过,多少人跟着哼唱、疯狂,甚至是手舞足蹈过。
     瑶,现在你在那头,我在这端,但地理从未将我们阻隔——我们可以听同一首歌,看同一部电影,念同一本书,感受同一种心境……没有比这些更美的了。高中毕业时我们约定将来一定还出来喝茶、喝咖啡、聊天,一直到头发花白牙齿掉光的。We are working on it now。要说永恒,这大概是我可以奢望的永恒吧!如果这样的话,我们一直等下去吧!We can wait, can't we?
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6月16日

I f**ked it up

Everybody like a bit of romance, I go for simple things - flowers and chocolates, a dinner and chat-up-lines sometimes, that does it for me. Maybe diamonds one day, but text messages and emails for the moment!

Well, a little confession for now - everything I do, I do it wrong. Relationships, in particular.

For T, Texted 4 times, skyped twice - your voice mail says "I will back to you" - So when?

No to mention for P,sending an e-card to who has get crush on me - on the Father's Day - Well, you are not that old - just about my father's age you know, and your 14-year-old son is just as fantastic as you are! 

"Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous." Says Carrie. 

Fine, let's see what happens! The deadline is 21:00 GMT 16 June, 2008

Can't you just treat yourself nicely and show some respect? Be a big girl! Hang out with friends, spend some time reading and support Germany tonight.

For god's sake!!

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6月13日

明天我们好好过

窗外阳光很好 - 上海入梅了。
Kelly到了上海,报了平安。在家和大学室友叙旧呢。
Ian说:Hey don't get bored on the bus!I'm walking home I'll practice and revise b4 bed I think. Yes I see your fun side...
Philip说:Could we possibly revise the pinyin initials and finals next time we meet please?
燕燕使出全力让我开心
倩说:还是学习吧
Stephanie还穿着高跟鞋一步裙吗?
隔壁的丫头下个星期就要回家结婚了,过期杂志、闲书堆了一客厅 - 还不知道以后要怎么想念你呢!
……
谁也不想长大,谁也不觉得自己长大了。但如果有一天必须要长大呢?
还是做自己比较心安理得,如果怎么都等不来的话 - 我想是这样。
 
我长那么大第一次那么悉心地照看花花,就像对待一个刚出生的孩子 - 每天浇水,过几个小时就要去瞅一眼,恨不得见证她的每一个细微的变化 - 花花开了,要茁壮成长!可是隔壁的薰衣草怎么就没有动静呢?!- I nourish the hope :)
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6月9日

it's never too late

Marks & Spencer的叔叔终于送来了生日的黄玫瑰,有的含苞待放,虽然晚到3天。
谢谢Philip!
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Trainspotting - 深刻的追求or 英国youth culture

“Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career.Choose a family. Choose a big fucking television,choose washingmachines, cars, compact disk players and electrical tinopeners...choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sundaymorning. Choose sitting on the couch, watching mind-numbing,spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing junk food into yourmouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all,pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than anembarassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you spawned to replaceyourself. Choose your future. Choose life.”

“This is the last of this sort of thing. I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm going to be just like you: the job, the family, the fucking big television, the washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electrical tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisurewear, luggage, three-piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing the gutters, getting by, looking ahead, to the day you die. ”

这是《猜火车》一头一尾两段独白。单单影片的名字就很有看头。有很多人认为是一个pun:trainspotting是一种游戏- 无所事事的人在火车经过的地方即兴打赌猜下一班火车经过的时刻和目的地,从而打法无聊时间。同时它又是俚语,在胳膊上寻找血管以注射毒品。以此作为一部反映爱丁堡混混青年生存现状影片的名字确实非常值得人回味。除了苏格兰口音让我听觉备受考验之外,影片可以说堪称完美。

看这部影片的时候有一个人的形象总也挥之不去。对了Philip, the one.坚定的共产主义者,straight, 中学伊顿公学、剑桥大学神学政治学毕业,唾弃物质,反天伦,基本无业。他何以选择远离这个岛,去多伦多开始新的人生,和一个男人。很大程度上由于无法忍受英国的青年文化。当然这是个案,小子有点走极端。

如今的牛剑到底在培养什么样的人?是同样学政治的Steph,大学学希伯来语的Anna,还是学历史、念法学的Tom?这是一代怎样的英国人?这是一代怎样的我们呢?或许到头来我们还是不得不回到起点:可以表现得含蓄,可还是免不了“有欲望”;我们可以看上去优雅实际上恶俗。

我们有深刻的追求;我们选择,我们不选择。

The world is changing, music is changing, even drugs are changing. You can't stay in here all day dreaming about heroin and Ziggy Pop. 

以下引用:

青春的意义就是一种虚掷,一种否定,

而圆熟的过程是一种务实,一种修正。
否定的否定却不是肯定,生活不是数学
背叛的背叛也不是回归,什么都会变,包括结论。
因为什么都会变,所以一切置疑都有意义。
一切置疑后人们都会找到他们的真理,也许不是真理,而是近似真理。
真理让人安宁,不是吗?如同坟墓。每个人都奔向它。
6月7日

The Hidden Purpose of Chat-up Lines (转载)

New research suggests men's choice of chat-up line may help quickly select for women with particular personalities.
 
When it comes to the human mating game, men are often portrayed as having little power or guile. Research finds it is women that control early interactions, from first signalling the man to approach to deciding whether to engage in sex. One area in which men are popularly seen as especially inept is in their choice of chat-up lines. Leading the field in crass openings are sexually-loaded remarks.

Indeed, a study by Chris Bale from the University of Central Lancashire found that sexually-loaded remarks were the type of openers least likely to lead to further interaction (Bale, 2006). Which begs the question: why do men still use them?

Chat-up lines as selection tool


An ingeniously simple answer is suggested by both Bale (2006) and Cooper et al. (2007), with some evidence to back it up. Chat-up lines may be a way for men to select for a particular type of woman. In other words, men using sexually-loaded remarks are looking for a certain type of woman (an easy one). Similarly, at the other end of the scale, men who use character-revealing or culture-based openers are probably trying to show they are a good mate looking for a long-term partner.

That's the theory and here's how Cooper and colleagues searched for evidence.

The study first asked participants to consider a series of scenarios in which men tried to strike up a conversation with a woman. In each the man used a different type of approach. Participants were then asked to rate how likely it was the conversation would continue on the basis of that opener.

These 'lines' were collated from a variety of sources and clustered into the following categories:
  1. Good mate - these included comments that made reference to culture, character or wealth. E.g. "You know I saw this fantastic piece in the Tate Modern".
  2. Compliments. E.g. "You remind me of a parking ticket because you've got fine written all over you." (Please. No!)
  3. Sex. E.g. "I may not be Fred Flintstone, but I can sure make your bedrock." (Club to the head.)
  4. Humour. "Can I buy you an island?" (Nice.)

So, now we know, generally speaking, how our female participants react to these four broad types of male approaches. Next we need to find out what types of men the female participants prefer.

Four types of men


For this they complete the Dating Partner Preference Test. An analysis of these results suggests women see men as generally falling into one of four types:
  1. Nice guy. Yes, he's helpful, he's considerate, he's appreciative. He's a puppy.
  2. Provider. Man go into woods, kill pig. Bring fire. Build log cabin. All warm and fed.
  3. Leader. He's chatty, confident and strong-willed - a captain of your heart?
  4. Bad mate. Fickle, conceited, dependent. All wrong for you. But there's something about him...

Along with these vignettes and the Dating Partner Preference Test, participants were asked to fill in personality measures of their psychoticism (tendency for inappropriate emotional responses and recklessness), extraversion (being outgoing, gregarious, externally oriented) and neuroticism (the tendency to experience negative emotional states). Now we've got all the information we need to see if there's any connection.

Results


Looking at the correlations shows there is support for the idea that chat-up lines select for women with particular personalities.
  • Women high in extraversion preferred the male 'leaders'.
  • Women high in neuroticism preferred the 'nice guys'.
  • Women high in psychoticism rejected 'nice guys', preferring the 'bad mate'.

It does seem, then, that the type of chat-up lines men choose does have a measurable effect on the types of women who respond to them. This can effectively allow men to make a quick assessment of a woman's personality by their response to a particular type of approach. Those looking for a 'bad mate' might use a sexually-loaded remark or a compliment, while those wanting an extrovert should use a joke.

Men's perceptions of women's lines


I have focussed on women's perceptions of male chat-up lines as in most cultures it's mostly the men using the lines, although this is changing. Perhaps to reflect this men's perceptions of women's chat-up lines were also included in this study.

The results for men's perceptions showed that in comparison to women, men were more likely to prefer chat-up lines involving sex (surprise surprise!) as opposed to women who preferred humour. Men also tended to be worse than women at judging what types of chat-up lines women prefer. The types of chat-up lines whose effectiveness was under-estimated by men were those involving offers of help to women, handing control of the interaction to women and (subtly) displaying wealth (surprise surprise!).

Caution


The correlations seen between personality measures and ratings of chat-up lines were not particularly high (between 0.2 to 0.4). This means that only a small proportion of the change in personality measures is associated with the chat-up lines (between 4% and 16%). So, it's far from the only thing affecting chat-up line responses, but there is still some effect.

Dirty Martini

23岁的第一个白天独自度过。出门之前下雨了- 伦敦好久没有下过那么畅快的雨了!我开始担心我们是否……。走出地铁站,Covent Garden居然滴水未沾!
我相信奇迹,尽管我在吹灭蜡烛前不曾许下什么特别的诺言,但是我真的相信奇迹,是的,终究会发生的,哪怕过程有点艰险,回忆起来有点模糊。谁说酒后才能吐真言,我的意思是喝混酒后才能吐真言?It comes out a lot. I mean after Martini + White wine + Stella
我想我还是得说谢谢。A miu miu bag, finally!
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6月5日

A little girlyness in doses

One of the great things about living in New York City is that you don't have to sugarcoat your feelings, but, have New York women settled for a sugar-free existance as well? We accept taste delight instead of real icecream, emails instead of love songs, jokes instead of poetry. It's no wonder that  one face with the real thing, we can't stomach it. Is it something we can learn to digest it? Or, have we become romance-intolerant?