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老一岁还得继续上下而求索

// June 19th, 2007 // 15 Comments » // Life

今天我生日,也是端午离骚节,咳咳,可惜没粽子吃,虽然我也并不十分热衷粽子。

在国内,大概除了结婚年龄比较有实际意义外,似乎具体几岁重要性不高。当然有些地方还有所谓的开锁子可以请客收礼,算是也有点用处,不过我从来没搞清楚到底几岁算是开锁,感觉上都是乱过。在美国的话,颇有几个年龄很有重要性。先是16岁,到了这个年龄就可以搞驾照开车了,很多有钱人家的小孩子都会搞一个盛大的 sweet sixteen party,而有钱的爹妈常常最后的大礼就是一辆名车。然后就是十分重要的21岁,到了这个年龄就可以正大光明合法的去买酒喝了,美国的party本来就无聊,酒精是必必不可少的,当然这边绝大多数的小孩子都有过不够年龄喝酒的经历,或者干脆满18岁就跑到合法喝酒年龄低的墨西哥来个 spring break 狂喝一番,当然也顺带其他活动@_@。再之后就是25岁了,这个年龄主要是和经济利益挂钩,尤其是是汽车的保险和租车的费用,不到25岁就凭空贵出一大截,据说统计数据显示,25岁以下的人出事率要高很多,如果以我两张超速罚单再一次被 pull over 再一次高速公路360度回旋小事故来看的话,这个数据大概是有正确性的-_-。但是,从今天开始,我就正式脱离了这个高危族群,所以我是要咻的一下成熟一大块?这PhD马上就开始第四年了,心情也开始慌乱了不少,成长的烦恼哟。

咳咳,也没啥好说的了,又老一岁了。

update: 虽然我这边没蛋糕吃,但我爸妈还是给我订了一个立体狗蛋糕在家帮我吃了,哈。

生日蛋糕

我可爱的爸

// June 17th, 2007 // 13 Comments » // Life

印象中,在我小的时候,我爸没有这么好玩,相对来说比较严肃。我慢慢长大,我爸也越来越可爱起来。去年夏天回国,某天和我爸坐在车里无聊,我就拿着相机对他说,让我们来测试你表情丰不丰富吧!于是我就出题,正常,郁闷,偷乐,愤怒,狂喜,羞涩,惊恐,等等等等,然后就有了这样一组照片,嘿嘿。我觉得吧,我爸其实还是有点戏剧表演天赋的啊。

爸,父亲节快乐哈!

父亲节

Michael Bublé – Everything

// June 13th, 2007 // 10 Comments » // Life, Music & Show

长椅

两种历法,就使得人一年有了两个生日。只是绝大多数的农历生日,都是被遗忘了的那个,今年还是我妈提到我才知道日子,否则也不会想起来。不过我的农历生日回忆到也不完全是空白,嗯。其实是听到首甜蜜到腻的小情歌,想放上来,正好想起又是这么个日子。另外,昨天还是巴西的情人节哪,差一点就凑到一起了。

Michael Bublé – Everything

Michael Bublé – Everything

You’re a fallen star
You’re the getaway car
You’re the line in the sand
When I go too far
You’re the swimming pool
On an August day
And you’re the perfect thing to say

And you play it coy
But it’s kinda cute
Oh when you smile at me
You know exactly what you do
Baby don’t pretend
That you don’t know it’s true
‘Cause you can see it when I look at you

And in this crazy life
And through these crazy times
It’s you, it’s you
You make me sing
You’re every line
You’re every word
You’re everything

You’re a carousel
You’re a wishing well
And you’ll hang me up
When you ring my bell
You’re a mystery
You’re from outer space
You’re every minute of my everyday

And I can’t believe that I’m your man
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can
Whatever comes our way
We’ll see it through
And you know that’s what our love can do

And in this crazy life
And through these crazy times
It’s you, it’s you
You make me sing
You’re every line
You’re every word
You’re everything

You’re every song
And I sing along
‘Cause you’re my everything

So laa, laa, laa, la, laa ,la, laa

Baby Shower

// June 10th, 2007 // 6 Comments » // Life

A baby shower is a party in which expectant parents receive gifts for their expected child. By convention, a baby shower is intended to help parents get items that they need for their baby, such as baby clothes. It is a popular tradition in the United States and in other cultures influenced by American culture or media.

Baby Shower今天受邀去了系里一个同学的 baby shower,因为这是我所参加的第一个 baby shower,所以大概有意义记录一下,呵呵。Baby shower 在美国是很流行的一种party,客人们可以分享准父母即将迎接新生命的喜悦,准父母们也可以收到一些他们需要的礼物。传统上的 baby shower 一般是给准妈妈举行,来参加的人也都是清一色的女性,不过发展到现在常常也就不分性别,大家一起聚一聚。这种party一般会进行一些传统活动,比如会玩一些游戏,我们今天就玩了 baby bingo 和 guess the expectant mother’s girth,前者就是bingo游戏但词都是和婴儿相关的,而后者是猜准妈妈的腰围@_@,每人剪一段线绳,长度就是你猜的腰围,然后去量看谁猜的最准,hoho。另外就是会准备蛋糕,今天筹备party的两个人烤了一个橡皮鸭子的蛋糕,十分creepy,哈哈。当然party最主要的一个活动就是准妈妈拆来宾送的各种礼物了,俺准备了礼物,但去了才发现自己还是土了,因为就我一个人没专门包一下,送的什么昭然若揭。不过我本来就是实用派,之前就问过准妈妈需要啥,买了婴儿用的小浴盆。虽然原则上不带礼物也无所谓,但经历过拆礼物这个环节后,不带礼物可就尴尬了。我也体会到美国人挑选礼物的头疼了,相比来说,国内送钱,其实还是轻松许多啊。

儿童节快乐 Five For Fighting

// June 1st, 2007 // 5 Comments » // Life, Music & Show

儿童节快乐,嗯。
You and me, we are both supermen.

Five For Fighting – Superman

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that nieve
I’m just out to find
The better part of me

I’m more than a bird
I’m more than a plane
I’m more than some pretty face
Beside a train
and it’s not easy to be me

I wish that I could cry
fall upon my knees
find a way to lie
about a home I’ll never see
It may sound absurd
but don’t be nieve
even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed
but wont you concede
even heroes have the right to dream
and its not easy to be me

Up up and away away from me
Well it’s all right you can all sleep sound tonight
I’m not crazy or anything

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that nieve
Men weren’t meant to ride
with clouds between their knees

I’m only a man
in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
I’m only a man
in a phony red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me, Inside of me, Inside of me
Inside of me

I’m only a man
In a phony red sheet
I’m only a man looking
for a dream
I’m only a man
in a phony red sheet
And it’s not easy
Ohhh ohhhh ohhhhhhh
It’s not easy to be me