Showing posts with label 我所见证的生活. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

没参加过体育训练的人才觉得是演戏。

关注刘翔,因为田径尤其是短跑真格是拼身体素质、人类极限的项目,不是靠磨练技术就能出类拔萃的,所以亚洲人被说是不能够取得胜利,这种说法言之凿凿,是种基因和人种上的轻视。所以,刘翔真正证明了没有什么不可能。

知道他的生日之后,因为日期跟Vic的生日临近,于是更投射了较多的关心在他身上。

北京奥运之后,真的以为他会就此退役了,25岁,对于短跑选手来说,不年轻了。谁知,他又跑了四年,难得的不仅是他一路坚持,而且一直成绩不错。29岁的他,已经应该开始新的人生,他还停留在赛场上,因为他有未竟的雄心。

对于四年高潮一次的人,还是无视吧。

写不下去了。这世界上,最难的就是懂得。

Saturday, November 13, 2010

芮成钢。

民众对媒体有一种下意识的反抗和嘲弄,这是双方的悲哀。不过话说回来,国内哪一个职业得到真正的尊敬了?这一种愤世嫉俗,说不清是骨子里的还是面子上的,说不清楚是建设性的还是毁灭性的。

Sunday, October 3, 2010

守旧。

今天看见一个帖子,抨击美国人用烘干机,说浪费能源,衣服上也没有晾干才有的太阳味道。
批评别人的生活方式,且不去讨论深层的意义,本身是挺自以为是的一件事。
不过说起来,自己骨子里是有些轻微的守旧倾向,有轻微的环保倾向,有轻微的过度担忧。
虽然纸质的日记本上,钢笔墨迹有可能退色;微软的博客空间,不是也要一夜之间消失了吗?
科技太强大了,就有种“有一天什么都能解决”的幻象。

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

毛衣哥。

有个哥们跑去快男上唱了《织毛衣》,很多人转载,这哥们从此以“毛衣哥”闻名于江湖。

视频如果显示不了,这是链接

这歌并非毛衣哥原创。毛衣哥虽然唱歌不差,有点味道,我觉得没有原唱那种悲伤中的戏谑,太多演绎的成分,反而假了。原唱中那种醉酒男大骂劈腿女的味道,甚为传神。
去谷歌百度了一下,传说中原唱是“张玮玮老师”,“是来自兰州的独立音乐人,在一次聚会里面表演了一分钟的小音乐。很多人听了都笑,看了都笑,一边笑一边拍大腿‘太XX了,谁TM这么油菜花!’‘你亮了!’”
在场的听众中据说有著名的罗老师:“罗永浩在自己的微博(http://t.sina.com.cn)和人人网公共主页上将大概经过及歌词发布: ‘周二晚上在‘江湖’酒吧喝糖水,张玮玮唱了首民间歌曲,歌词大概是这样的:我深深地爱你,你却爱上一个傻×,那个傻×不爱你,你比傻×还傻×,喔…… 你还给傻×织毛衣!’”

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毛衣哥没有止于唱毛衣歌,他又自己要求加唱一首,观众支持,评委同意,于是他又唱了首《儿子》。翻唱的是王宝的同名歌曲,毛衣哥自己改了部分歌词,指名道姓的挖苦刘著,我就有点不能苟同了——看不惯刘著是你个人自由,公然利用公众节目时间侮辱对方就没什么意思了。
另外,捧毛衣哥的人说他是故意去快男闹场,拿“这个伟大的节目,这个伟大的娱乐时代”开涮的;也许吧,不过话说回来,他那唯唯诺诺的态度可能是反讽的伪装,但他画蛇添足的唱腔可把人家原创那犀利真实的民谣给商业化了,别告诉我这其实也是故意的。
毛衣哥唱的《儿子》:

链接

王宝的《儿子》(我还真挺喜欢这种民谣风的):

链接

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Google is a political card?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-liebman/perspective-on-digital-di_b_416876.html

首先,我是倾向于信息自由的;其次,我一向对Google有好感;最后,我不是盲目爱国小将。

昨天Google发出的警告信号,暗示自己要撤出中国市场,我觉得是算得上勇敢的行为,目的看起来也很正义;只是,我不明白,为什么是昨天?发生了什么事情使Google突然做出这样“可能具有(未必是正面的,Elysia注)深远影响”的举措?是什么推动了他们在这一刻做出这一决定?若说是部分人的邮箱被系统性的攻击,我又不相信这是才刚发生的偶然事件,这听起来太像是一个由头而已。

在我觉得因果关系中缺少一环的时候,看到了上述这篇文章。Huffington Post是饶有名气的独立媒体,兴起于网络,以反应迅速、见解中立闻名(当然都是相对的)。这篇报道说到美国国务卿希拉里女士于本月7日在国务院举行了一次小型晚宴,客人中有“Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey, Mobile Accord CEO James Eberhard, Microsoft CSO Craig Mundie, Cisco CMO Susan Bostron”,诸如此等。并提到,希拉里希望这些人协助推动全球范围内的民主进程。原文指出,希拉里目标是harnessing the power of technology tools to promote diplomacy around the globe.

看到Google背后的美国政府影子,还是会不舒服,即使这影子在敦促我喜欢的公司做我觉得正确的事情。似乎有了政治的参与,一切都有了被胁迫的味道,有了博弈制衡的目的性。而在我心中的信息自由,是比这样要单纯,要纯粹的事情。我心中的Google,不仅是有着美好的理想,还有着独立的品格。

美国政府向全球输出价值观的行为,让我感到五味杂陈。虽说多数时候我都更倾向于认同这些价值观,但是“输出价值观”是否等于精神“殖民”?“输出价值观”的过程中,已经造成了很多悲剧了,但美国有反思和罢手么?

美国政府的参与,使一切变得复杂,中国政府若赌气说,这是美国在插手中国内政,结局就会变得更加荒谬和难堪,中国政府反而会觉得理直气壮了。

这个世界,难道就不能简简单单的吗?

Thursday, November 19, 2009

IRINA IS THE WINNER OF PROJECT RUNWAY S6

YAY!

Glad it ends like what I wished for! Although this season has been fairly dull and uncreative, Irina constantly works fine and establishes her own style as a designer. Her Bryant Park show collection actually demonstrates her ability of showcasing her ideology, telling a tale, and completing a thread that is fashionable AND show-able. Maybe her style is not extremely spectacular, but I can see her having her own line someday and women would want to buy one or two pieces from her collection!


Here's a photo of Irina, and some works from her last-show collection. Uploading photos onto Blogger is such a pain... I will try to upload more later.













To be honest, Althea and Carol Hannah also show their strength. I loved Althea's jackets so much - I think in the shopping malls there is no one really-fit jacket out there; Carol Hannah is definitely the master of one-piece gorgeous dresses. All her dresses are impeccable, as Heidi said. But she is incapable of sewing pants and Althea always shies away from elegant-looking dress/skirt.

I am honestly happy for Irina, not only because she stands on the stage for the immigrants with American dreams, but more importantly, seeing her winning her father's tearful approval is one of the most touching moment of this boring show. I guess that must be ONE amazing moment for all daughters that had once been despised by the fathers for who they are, what they do, what they dream for. Of course, fashion, of all occupations, could be one of the least understandable dream for a rigid dad. Congratulations, Irina.

At last, the most bitchy girl beats the sweet and the stealthily bitchy one. End of story.

Here's some more info of this quite good-looking girl:

Irina Shabayeva
Age: 26
Birthplace: The Republic of Georgia
Current Home: New York, NY
Favorite Designer: Jean Paul Gaultier
Style Icons: Sophia Loren, Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Rami Kashou, Season 4

Though an immigrant from the former USSR, Irina would never be mistaken for anything but a full blown New Yorker. Currently living on the Upper East Side, Irina attended Parsons The New School of Design, where she first realized her true design potential. Her aesthetic is focused on sexy and ultra-feminine designs with a European flair. She describes her biggest weakness as her desire for instant gratification.

Why she thinks she’ll win?
Irina says she’ll win because she is “the best” and will “save the world, one dress at a time.”

Tim Gunn: "Her models look as if they've been in for a dozen fittings, and they haven't."

Performance before the last show: She’s won more challenges than both Carol Hannah and Althea.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

我是这样想的,你有兴趣听听看吗?

看到一句话,大意是说,“人类社会可以没有媒体,却不可没有医生”。当然,我单独讨论这句话,未免有点断章取义。而且,对于这句话的背景,估计很多人都明了,是时下一个比较有争议性的事件。我没有什么兴趣对这件事表态,我不想成为“一小撮不明真相的被鼓动的无知群众”,却又并不是明晰内幕的知情者,所以不如缄口不言——这恰恰是很多鸣不平者所“要求”的。我仅对这要求感到匪夷所思。

我想,人们认知中的“媒体”概念实在太狭窄了。而且,尤其在国内现有制度的大背景下,大众对“新闻”、“记者”的认识被令人悲观的现实所局限了。

试想,没有媒体,说这句话的人,又是如何把自己所想推广到更多人——比如我,比如其他读者——的视线内呢?

的确,某电视台经济频道的品牌节目可能是报道了混淆视听的内容,某些相关记者编导可能是有意无意提供了误导性的言论;的确,类似现象的层出不穷已经让人们对很多主流媒体的公信力充满了质疑,也对“网络暴民”充满了鄙夷和愤怒,

然而,解决之道就是要求媒体闭嘴、民众噤声吗?

或者,更好的平衡途径是,大家都可以说话,都可以各抒己见,都可以公平的发表言论?医,患,双方都可以讲讲自己的委屈,自己的愤懑,自己所掌握的真相?

有人会说,主流媒体的影响力多大呀?个人如何与其抗衡?

不过,目下的现实,难道不是观众对主流媒体的信心流失?难道不是草根力量已经很多次证实了比所谓主流媒体力量大、反应快、成果显著?

尤其是在所谓的高知精英群体,对主流媒体的态度,更多的是嗤之以鼻吧?大家不是都牛博的牛博,翻墙的翻墙了吗?

有人说得好,想想老少边穷地区,那儿的人懂什么翻墙,不都是天天新闻联播?可是在真正的参政议政以及立法的过程中,谁说的算?那部分人群的比例更大?

再退一步讲,即使是有些媒体、有些记者有偏见,有个人目的,甚至是有一己私利,那么,谁又没有呢?愤怒的北大人没有?伤心的医学生没有?北医的亲友团们没有?我相信没有人是绝对客观的,你的社会角色决定了你评判事情的视角。

没有人能够绝对客观,意味着什么?意味着要求记者——某一个记者,保持客观公平,是不可能的;我们只能希冀有足够多的媒体,足够多的记者,甚至是足够多的有公民意识的大众,提供来自不同背景、带有不同的“主观色彩”的信息,让大众从足够充分的信息中去做出自己的判断。

也许会有人驳斥说,这不过是理想主义,在现今的中国,可能实现所谓的信息对等吗?

当下,不能;未来,未可知。

在此之前,我们是就手放弃,根本不把这种思路纳入自己的世界观呢,还是把这种方案作为理性的标尺,并以身作则的发挥个人的公民义务呢?

世界不是完美的,所以我们就也放弃努力了么?

我甚至看到有人在呼唤他们本来嘲弄鄙夷的新闻监管机构,说它们也是“有效的”,所以应该出面干预此次事件——此次事件之后呢?每次都依赖官僚制度浓厚、动作迟缓的政府监督机制?

至此,希望每位看客明白,我并非在以任何理由说:“喂!你说的是错的!住口吧!”相反,我在说的是:“嗯,你说的很有意思,虽然我不知道对不对,但我愿意听听看。而我是这样想的,你有兴趣听我说说吗?”

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

现代孟姜女?

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

“索吻百人计划”。

加引号是表示并非本人的事,据说这是最近在“华语网络圈内大红事件”,我却刚刚才听说,且是先看了网图,才去搜索那mm的名姓,潦草读了几篇新闻,又读了那mm的网志,可以说没有先入为主的言论引导我的思路。
觉得这事没问题,人活着最难的是有自我,若没有什么特别出格的事迹,又和旁的一个人有什么分别,把“百人计划”当作对自己的交代,是正常的心态,犹如说“再不早恋就来不及了”,这里不过是“没有惊天动地的浪漫行径罔称来过巴黎”。
更好的是,她说自己清楚自己是什么,自己是谁,所以可见她愿意为下场负责,骂的赞的她都愿意承担,所以也不在乎有什么恶果了!
何况那些照片都还算得上是美的。

====我是话题变换的分割线====

今天是煎蛋三岁生日!真好。我这个懒人也终于更新了两篇。
其实是打算更新一篇的,没想到跟echo美眉撞车了,十分钟之内我们竟煎了两篇几乎一模一样的蛋,喔耶,于是把自己晚发的这篇设成private,又更了篇别的。
但是echo说:
echocolo @elysia 赶紧发出来 天啊 那是默契!煎蛋生日同贴诶

那么我就还是发布了。被人笑就被人笑吧!不在乎了。><

Friday, October 9, 2009

奥巴马实现了我幼年最狂野的梦想

的一小部分。

那个梦想就是,趁年轻的时候玩票演电影电视的,既被好莱坞垂涎也被小众影迷追捧,叫好又叫座,拿学院奖金棕榈拿到手软然后在一片惋惜声中息影;
玩够了马上收心,三十来岁还有的是才华和智慧,搞一个冷门尖端牛X的高科技,得个物理或化学的炸药奖,全世界华人都从此站起来了(前提是就是不入外国国籍);
在学术上功成名就了之后绝不自满于当教授训学生混日子,学术成果转化为专利项目,赚取第一桶金,有钱了就涉足众多金融领域,建立多方面的商业帝国,尤其要建立全面的媒体产业链,以“输出价值观”为目的(当时还不知道这么牛的口号,就是这个意思);
名利双收了以后还要积极的影响他人影响社会,不是一个老师影响三千弟子那个层面的,得至少担当一国领袖这个级别,才能在全球对话平台发表声音,要代表美好和平正义等一切优秀的品质,晚年再度被炸药奖委员会跟在身后求着接受和平奖,最后一定要演一出半推半就最好是不去领奖的好戏,才能被写进逸事野史的之类。

反正就是这么个意思,奥巴马一下子就实现这一长串白日梦中第一个和最后一个,唉,人生如梦,说得就是如此。

Monday, July 27, 2009

Isn't it huge: Chinese President Congrats Taiwan Leader

Chinese President Congratulates Taiwan Leader

By SHARON LaFRANIERE
Published: July 27, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/world/asia/28taiwan.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

BEIJING — President Hu Jintao of China congratulated on Monday the Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou after his election this weekend as chief of Taiwan’s governing party, a victory that analysts said could bolster Mr. Ma’s efforts to pursue engagement and economic ties with China.

Mr. Ma ran uncontested on Sunday in the election for Kuomintang party chief. He won 92.5 percent of about 300,000 votes cast, with a turnout of 58 percent, the party said.

Since his election 14 months ago as Taiwan’s president, Mr. Ma has pursued warmer relations with China, but not always with the wholehearted support of his own party.

“As party chairman, he can try to renovate the Kuomintang,” and try to overcome that opposition, said Bruce Jacobs, who directs Taiwan research at Australia’s Monash University.

China’s state-run media suggested that Mr. Ma’s election could set the stage for a historic meeting between him and Mr. Hu as party chiefs. In addition to being president, Mr. Hu is general secretary of China’s governing Communist Party.

Any meeting between them as heads of state would immediately raise the sensitive issue of Taiwan’s sovereignty. Contacts between the sides on a party-to-party basis might be more politically acceptable.

Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan, which has been ruled separately since 1949, when the Chinese civil war ended with the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang forces.

Mr. Ma has ruled out any meeting for now, saying that the Taiwanese people are split over the issue.

Mr. Jacobs said a meeting was unlikely. He characterized the exchange of messages between Mr. Hu and Mr. Ma about the election as “probably more of a formality.”

In his congratulatory telegram to Mr. Ma, Mr. Hu said, “I hope our two parties can continue to promote peaceful development in cross-strait relations, and help bolster mutual trust between the two sides in political affairs,” Chinese state media reported.

In response, on Monday, Mr. Ma said, “We should continue efforts to consolidate peace in the Taiwan Strait and rebuild regional stability.”