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Ski!

// October 23rd, 2005 // 15 Comments » // Life

DCSSA成立了Skiing Club,昨天有DOC(Dartmouth Outing Club)的一个滑雪用具sale,有公司很便宜的卖一些老一点model但全新的用具。和几个感兴趣的新生一起跑去,抛下300多大洋,买下mounted skis, boots, poles和手套。其实很心痛啊,不过毕竟还要在这个地方呆4年,冬天不滑雪也实在可惜,去年的那次滑雪经验感觉还不错,呵呵,而且价格似乎确实算不错了。应要求发照片。第二张顺便show一下今天买的二手沙发和茶几。沙发其实并没有照片上那么难看-_-

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Homecoming weekend 05 & Modonna

// October 22nd, 2005 // 11 Comments » // Life

bonfire05.jpg又是一年homecoming weekend。昨天下午全部被耗去批卷子,一直到晚上8点,吝啬的俩教授居然不给我们买pizza吃-_-,还错过了系里人的bonfire preparty,还好出去正好赶上bonfire点火。还是校长球队代表讲话,还是不遗余力的打压比赛的对手,今年是columbia,然后点燃bonfire,新生绕着火跑,老生和校友在周围围着起哄,一切都似乎和去年一样,只是火上的数字从08变成了09。有点恍惚,这么快都过去了一年,就和这bonfire一样,生活似乎没有什么太大变化,有点失败的感觉,也许未来的四年也都是如此?回到家打开电视正好MTV台开始放Madonna: I’m Going to Tell You a Secret,是关于她去年的Re-Invention Tour的一部记录片,虽然她那次巡演主题的宗教和政治意味非常强,但看上去仍然是一场非常精彩的演出。片子里的Madonna显得非常睿智非常清醒非常人性,当然不排除片子专门美化她的嫌疑,但确实给人一种很positive的感觉。她在狂宣扬宗教Kabbalah,但是她信教的态度是我赞赏的,清醒自己信的原因,不把它无限拔高。MTV显然也非常给Madonna面子,居然完全不中断的连续放完这个两小时的片子,这是我第一次看到MTV台完全不插广告。这个记录片本身也确实非常的好看,剪辑编辑都是一流,中间穿插的演唱会现场有些编辑的非常非常的好看,像那首Nobody knows me,歌词闪烁着,now I’m gonna try to improve my life,让我张着嘴痴迷的看完然后默骂一声“这歌也太他妈的积极励志了”。

NOBODY KNOWS ME

I’ve had so many lives
since I was a child
And I realize
How many times I’ve died

I’m not that kind of guy
Sometimes I feel shy
I think I can fly
Closer to the sky

No ones telling you how to live your life
But it’s a setup until you’re fed up

This world is not so kind
People trap your mind
It’s so hard to find
Someone to admire

I sleep much better at night
I feel closer to the light
Now I’m gonna try
To improve my life

No ones telling you how to live your life
But it’s a setup until you’re fed up

It’s no good when you’re misunderstood
But why should I care?
What the world thinks of me
Won’t let a stranger
Give me a social disease

Nobody, nobody knows me
Nobody knows me
Nobody knows me
Like you know me

I don’t want no lies
I don’t watch TV
I don’t waste my time
Won’t read a magazine

I sleep much better at night
I feel closer to the light
Now I’m gonna try
To improve my life

*the photo is from keren

绿草红黄叶

// October 7th, 2005 // 16 Comments » // Life

leavesongrass.jpg秋天我最喜欢的景色就是黄叶落在绿绿的草地上。黄绿的对比让我感觉特别的舒服。北大图书馆南边的草地就有这样的景色,草特别绿特别整齐,而叶子则特别黄环绕着树漂亮的铺着,那时到了秋天我常会专门挑那条路,骑着自行车经过,欣赏几秒钟风景,只可惜这种风景持续的时间不长。到了这边,草地一下子多了很多,除了黄叶还有很多红叶,不过今年的叶子却显得特别狼狈,落下来已经皱皱巴巴。现在每天开车上学,最开始只紧张前面的车,最近开多了松弛下来才发现沿路的景色很美,尤其秋天,远处的山已经开始大片变红。也许下周末会组织新生去看红叶,其实我都还没去看过哪。

顺便说点别的。车的保险,最后还是选了连年被评最佳的Amica,而且它的价格最后也特别有竞争力,因为发现之前没有算good student discount,算上又减了$70多,昨天寄了down payment,还有成绩单,不过我们学校研究生不分abc,最高就是high pass,希望能被算成a。另外就是我完成了第一笔ebay买卖,在ebay上拍了一个我的车的remote,嘿嘿,才花了$5多一点,加上邮费$11,赚了,dealer那里要$100以上,平日的ebay也基本要到$15以上再加邮费。而且收到实物后发现状况非常好,嘿,今天下午去dealer那里把它program了,不过要$25:(。

update:从dealer处回来,花了$29,结果remote是坏的,55555,外表超级好,据说似乎被弄湿过。唉,想便宜就肯定要冒风险,what can I say? bad luck。。。anyway,起码还有个PayPal Buyer Protection Claim,麻烦点但说不定可以把损失都要回来。

怪癖唷

// October 5th, 2005 // 22 Comments » // Life

流传这么久我也难逃被点名,那就列下我的怪癖吧。。。

1。吃东西如果有配的调料,一定坚持要先吃不蘸或撒调料的原味,并且每次都会教育同吃的人也要这么做。

2。吃饭的碗不能用来接着喝汤,至少要涮一下。

3。找歌会坚持找全整张专辑然后一起听。喜欢的歌手乐队常会疯狂寻找收全集,然后。。。不听。

4。常会google周围的人-_-,看有什么相关有趣的网页。

5。我这人太正常了,想不出第五条啦。

至于点名,我就不点了吧,看到这个还没写过的都乖乖写个吧。@_@

Which auto insurance company should I choose?

// October 4th, 2005 // 7 Comments » // Life

I didn’t plan to buy the auto insurance since it is not mandatory in NH. But after I knew how much a 5-hour emergency room service cost me, I changed my mind-_-. The problem is that I am young, and I am single, isn’t it amazing? hahahahaaaaa……not at all in terms of the auto insurance rate:(. I asked several companies for quotes by online quoting system or by email or by phone. I just plan to have the minimum coverage. The lowest rate is from Safeco, about $610 a year. But this is not the final quote, and it could be much higher. The second lowest one is from Progressive, about $630 a year which should be final. However, what I’m interested in the most is Amica whose rate is $727 a year, and the final rate might be $20 less than this. It is pricer, but Amica has been continuously ranked as #1 satisfaction for many years by different independent ranking institutes. Other than these three, I aslo have $7xx from Geigo, $8xx from Liberty Mutual and $9xx from Allstate (don’t remember the exact number sinice it’s unlikely I would buy one of them). Of course I’ve got some insane quote like $8xx or $1xxx for 6 months-_-. Has anyone recently bought the auto insurance? Any experience? Or you can just vote for whatever reason it might be. I hope I can finish this by this weekend…..

Oh, I just collected something about the auto insurance. If you are interested, it’s here. It’s a wikipedia we DCSSA are building now.