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May 29

一些琐事

回家之后,作息开始很规律,基本可以保持12点睡8点起。可大概因为昨天见了个每天清醒不过10小时的同学,不幸被传染了,今天居然睡了午觉。午觉睡得很香,还做了奇怪的梦。梦里的我爱上了一个人,定睛一看却发现就是自己。我甚至很清醒的在梦中反思着是不是我太自恋了呢,可一步步走近那另一个自己,直到把手搭在她的肩上,惊异于触感居然那么真实。然后,梦境愈加诡异,冒出个小三之类的角色,而且还是第三个我。醒来的时候,这个梦还没散去,情节我记得异常清晰,回味了挺久,想其中的寓意。
 
看《那个男人的书,198页》,女主角在写日记,顿时心生感慨。我想起了高中时候的随笔本,还有草稿本,以后每次翻出来看看,还意犹未尽。可是大学以后呢,再没坚持记过什么了,想起来多可怕啊,仿佛一片空白。哪怕只是记录琐事的流水账,也会成为日后回忆的线索。而我现在剩下的,只有票据了。
 
晚上和晟晟又去了Jennifer's Cafe。其实这里的东西真的不怎么好喝,咖啡挺淡,酒更淡。就是因为在西工大附近吧,再加上氛围还不错,我们才心甘情愿跑去送钱。相比北邮,我好像还是对西工大更有感情。按年份来说,也许是北邮的四年抵不过西工大的六年;但更合理的说法是,中学时代在附中所见过的帅哥数量和质量远胜于本科时候。
April 23

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version - Official

This is awesome! 

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YouTube - OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version - Official
 
April 12

做不出作业我只好听歌了

好像自从上周三的课之后,我这些天都没学习了。上窜下跳一个周末,空间位移没多少,时间倒是都晃过去了。DC没有去,车展没有去,Guggenheim也没有去.于是又一次在周末的时候,感觉到其实上个周末还像没过完一样。

 

酝酿了一下午,总算挪到了图书馆。看看周二要交的作业,我顿时就短路了,这次的难度系数和工作量跟上次根本不是一个数量级啊...我都不忍心再看下去了...于是边想着要不要发邮件问问作业的事,边打开邮箱,不幸就被我看到另一门课新布置下来的project,还是Apr. 21的due...都说不打无准备之仗,那我应该先行撤退,回去冷静一下了...

 

没缘由的突然很想听Stefani这张专辑,偏偏我就没有,在学校又不敢开电驴,憋的我好难受。于是,坚定了我回家的决心。然后,一遍听一边看着乐评,又晃过去了一个晚上...

 

我记得某个同学说,作为监督自己,在公共场合写下标语一般比较实用,我也来效仿一下:

今天睡觉前,我要把作业再仔细看一看,想一想。就算想不出来什么,也能让自己因为惦记着这件事,不至于睡得太香,明天早课又痛苦!

这周不管作业多么赶,一定不翘课!

Apr. 21之前,做完Music Signal的project3和Electroacoustics的final project初稿(hopefully)。

Apr.22-25,Bent Festival至少去4天中的两天,25还要去Issue Project Room.

 

 

April 05

清明

夜里十二点,跑了十几条街,找了三家超市,为一只叫做R型的小功率灯泡。可最终还是未能如愿。为了安慰自己,不至于空手而归,倒是买了一桶薯片,乐呵呵的晃了回来。
 
其实少了这只灯泡,我也不会怎样。事实上,我的台灯已经沉睡了4个月,不在乎再让它休息这一个晚上。可是人都会有这样的抽风时刻吧,总觉得非要有某个东西不可,即使不真的需要。却能让自己因为缺少了它,就心烦意乱,什么事也做不了。
 
于是,为了转移缺少灯泡带来的烦躁,我开始收拾屋子。无非是些拆东墙补西墙的运动,比如把椅子上堆得衣服搬到小毯子上,把桌子上散落的书和纸堆成一摞。然后,翻出之前一时兴起买来的帆布画框,涂涂抹抹几笔,就不知觉的平静了下来。
 
前天去看电影,买的是Clash of the Titians的票,却因为首映场面火爆,连着两场都没找到好座位,转而看了The Runaways和上映很久的Shutter Island. The Runaways很合我的口味,光是听着70s的摇滚乐就足够我满足。可惜两边的同学开场不久就睡了过去,其实我还有些愧疚的。至于Shutter Island,大家都看得比较认真,真的不错。只是过后细想,什么才是真实的呢。当所有人的记忆和感知都与你不同,当你用致幻剂混淆了现实与梦境,当你得知其实记忆也会对自己说谎的时候,你还能相信自己吗,这种相信又能坚持多久呢。
 
巧合的是,昨天晚上睡不着,翻翻书,看到讲次声波的部分,突然有种不寒而栗的感觉。次声波就是频率很低的声波,很多时候人耳是听不到的,或者即使听得到,却意识不到。这种声波拥有巨大的能量,能够移动小的物体和表面,比如摇曳的烛光;特定频率的声波还能够引起眼球的震动,从而让视觉出现扭曲。军方一直以来,也在研究低频声波,发展声学武器。有种俗称“褐色音符”的低频声波,据说可以让人的大肠产生震动,从而导致失禁...南方公园里不就有过那么一集吗,忘了是谁在美国电台播放了次声波,然后全国人民都铺天盖地开始拉肚子了...
 
这么想想,会害怕吧。原来这么多的东西都可以轻而易举的接管你对自己的控制,不仅是对身体的控制,还有记忆和意识。于是,什么才是真实的呢。记忆可能是假的,感觉可能是幻觉。迷茫了。
 
突然想起小时候,爷爷做给我的小秋千。每次爷爷带我去公园,都会带上它,绑在树枝上给我玩。可是,这么多年的回忆,直到刚才我第一次意识到一个问题。爷爷是怎么把秋千绑在树上的呢?那个时候的爷爷也有六七十岁了吧,虽然身体一直很好,但爬树也太过夸张。还是因为我太小了呢,其实只要一人高的小树就足够了。无论怎样,爷爷无法回答,我的记忆也无法回答,多可怕。
 
 
February 27

I'm not there

首先声明,这篇跟Bob Dylan没有任何关系,我只是借个标题做噱头,扫兴勿拍。。。

 

晚上去看了Valentine's Day,还不错,小笑点蛮多的。口味不是特别偏僻的人,应该都能找到自己喜欢的一个或者美女或者帅哥。但总的来说,我觉得女生的满意度会更高,个人比较看好Bradley Cooper, 还有我一直觉得很cute的Ashton. 女星的部分,Jessica Alba美貌比我印象中大幅跳水了,颇失望;以前看Anne Hathaway看到眼睛就定住了,今天目光向下挪动下发现她身材也不错的;而我最期待的Julia Robertz,仍然笑得很美气质不减,却也难掩岁月之痕迹了。至于剧情,有人在意这个吗...我的印象是前半部似乎在说着love is full of cheating, 尤其是老爷爷那句But the truth makes everything else seem like lies. 可不知怎么的经过了一番love your best friend的劝导,后面就无比和谐了。最意外的是那对gay, 真的太有想象力了, Gerard Butler和Bradley Cooper,攻受难分吧。

 

前面其实是无关的背景介绍,今晚的重点在于浩哥家的麦乳精。我有多少年没见过这东西了。看到它的时候,我的记忆顿时闪回了小时候的奶奶家,那个房间,那个柜子,那个位置,无比清晰。回过神来,眼眶就要湿了。我说着以前总在奶奶家喝这个,浩哥说他奶奶都死了,我只好回应我爷爷也死了。这场景,我们应该抱头痛哭才是...

 

麦乳精的味道,和儿时的记忆吻合。干吃的味道,冲着热水再加牛奶的味道,都让我想起奶奶爷爷。已经不在的老房子,昏黄的光线,旧旧的电视柜上甚至是桌布的花纹,还有那些和麦乳精摆放在一起的罐子们,忽然间都从记忆的偏僻角落里蜂拥而出。

 

元宵将至,想来家中又会是一片热闹的场景。

I'm not there.

January 19

Better together

第一个早晨,清醒的爬起来,听到这首歌,想到仍然蜷缩在纸盒子角落的那些明信片和我们的照片,再贴切不过。

And special thanks to Daniel

There's no combination of words

I could put on the back of a postcard

No song that I could sing

But I can try for your heart

Our dreams, and they are made out of real things

Like a, shoebox of photographs

With sepiatone loving

Love is the answer,

At least for most of the questions in my heart

Like why are we here? And where do we go?

And how come it's so hard?

It's not always easy and

Sometimes life can be deceiving

tell you one thing it's always better when we're together

December 18

小感慨下~

无意间在校内上看到了小时候挺迷的帅哥学长,仍然怀着些当年那种忐忑的心情点了进去,看照片真是认不出来了,完全不同的感觉。蓄了胡子和鬓角,短短的平头,气质倒也是我现在喜欢的类型。只是说不上来是变帅了,还是苍老了,而当年的影子终归是找不回来了。想想也对,高五级的话现在也有二十七八了,不成熟才奇怪吧。最好奇,他的小腿是不是还有当年那么好看呢。
December 11

My movie list--The Most Depressing ones

排名暂不分先后,因为我没想好。。。

黑暗中的舞者 Dancer In The Dark

再没有电影让我反应激烈如它了。高中时候的一个下午,体育课跑完800米,毫无知觉的挪回教室,发愁着后面的漫漫长课。挣扎中,走到了老师办公室门口,班主任看了蔫着的我一眼,便恩准回家。于是,一到家,我又恢复了往日的生龙活虎,趁着时间还早,便拿出了Dancer In The Dark的DVD。是我喜欢的那种静静的片子,时不时穿插些幻想的场景和有灵气的音乐。可是,这些的美好在现实的无奈面前只会让人更加压抑。是啊,现实未必残酷,但总是无奈,也许这才是更加让人无法坦然面对的。故事一直的走向,总是超越我能想像到的最坏,没有任何转机,以及转机的迹象。没有多么极端的坏人,却有最极端的悲剧。女主角Sarah在电影院时总会在电影结束前离场,因为她不想要一个曲终人散的结尾,她想要自己给予这个故事无限的可能性。我多希望自己也能这样,不曾看到最后,也就不会有坐在地板上对着屏幕一路哭喊到字幕全部跑完的记忆。如是,再不敢看第二遍。

梦的安魂曲 Requiem For A Dream

能让人沉迷其中,一步步沦陷的,不止是drug,fame,money...这样的角色,梦想一样扮演的来,而且未必比前者们的演出效果差。为什么我一直追逐着光明,却最终坠入黑暗?

我行我素 Chumscrubber

The more you care about someone, the more vulnerable you are. 如果有一天,推开我最好朋友的房门,看到她或他自尽的遗体,而房间外面挤满了欢乐的人们,我大概也能一转身装作什么都没有发生,然后平静的关上门,继续对大家保持微笑。告诉自己,真的什么都没发生过。可是,能坚持多久呢?

December 03

It's not over

My tears run down like razorblades

And no, I'm not the one to blame

It's you or is it me?

And all the words we never say

Come out and now

We're all ashamed

And there's no sense in playing games

When you've done all you can do

But now it's over

It's over

Why is it over?

We had the chance to make it

Now it's over

It's over

It can't be over

I wish that I could take it back

But it's over

I lose myself in all these fights

I lose my sense of wrong and right I cry

I cry

It's shaking from the pain that's in my head

I just wanna crawl into my bed

And throw away the life I led

But I won't let it die

But I won't lei it die

But now it's over

It's over

Why is it over?

We had the chance to make it

Now it's over

It's over

It can't be over

I wish that I could take it back

I'm falling apart

I'm falling apart

Don't say this won't last forever

You're breaking my heart

You're breaking my heart

Don't tell me that we will never be together

We could be, over and over

we could be, forever

It's not over, it's not over

it's never over unless you lei it take you

November 30

Ocean Avenue--Yellowcard

一直想去海边,看日出。大概因为有这样的念想,常不自觉的想起那么几句调调。 “I wanna go to the seaside" "I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset" Thanksgiving前后玩了三天,精疲力竭;昨天睡到自然醒,爬起来却倦意不减。只是看着窗外的阳光,才硬把自己拽了出来。 很久没听过Yellowcard了,于是选了Ocean Avenue这张。 Way Away 鼓点一展开,就像灼目的阳光洒下来,让人不自觉想要闭上眼睛。 "Way away away from here I’ll be Way away away so you can see How it feels to be alone and not believe Feels to be alone and not believe Anything You can’t stop me now You can’t hold me down You can’t keep me here I’m on my way" Breathing "How am I supposed to feel about the things I've done? I don't know if I should stay or turn around and run" Ocean Avenue "If I could find you now, Things would get better. We could leave this town, And run forever I know somewhere, somehow, we'll be together Let your waves crash down on me, And take me away, yeah. I remember the look in your eyes, When I told you that this was goodbye You were begging me not tonight, Not here, Not now. We're looking up at the same night sky And keep pretending the sun will not rise We'll be together for one more night, Somewhere, somehow." Empty Apartment 整张专辑我的最爱。尤其中间那段,歌词很有感觉,再配着Yellowcard标志性的小提琴,killer song. "Take you away from that empty apartment You stay, and forget where the heart is Someday if ever you loved me you'd say, it's okay It's okay to be angry and never let go It only gets harder the more that you know When you get lonely if no one's around You know that I'll catch you when you're falling down We came together but you left alone And I know how it feels to walk out on your own Maybe someday I will see you again And you'll look me in my eyes and call me your friend" Only One 撕心裂肺的张力,emo "Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you You are my only one I let go, but there's just no one who gets me like you do You are my only my only one" Twenty Three 对年纪不能不敏感 "We're almost twenty-three and you're still mad at me So much that I said to you and I want to take it back now Twenty-three and it's so sad to me you tell the world I'm dead to you But I know you want me back" 中间还是跳过了几首,不是特别有感觉的。这样也是很难得的欣喜了,cheer me up~