家对面的教堂星期天早晨有礼拜，礼拜后有乐队和合唱团演奏巴赫的cantata 191。
一年里大概去教堂两三次，有几年多一点，四五次吧。 喜欢繁复的宗教仪式，彩格窗，阴森的颜色，红袍黑袍大袖肥头大耳的神父牧师，回声宏亮的管风琴，这些东西我都喜欢的。
程序都是一样的，唱圣诗，领圣餐，讲道、教堂募捐，很快的，这些过场要在一个小时里完成。 募捐的时候我就在想，这教堂真行，上帝在遥远的天上，他们凭着那虚拟的神，只说是替神募捐，大家就个个掏钱了，连想都不想。 上帝很会虚拟赚钱的。
我穿了一双特别舒服的毛茸茸的靴子去听合唱，舒服得我昏昏欲睡。
提前得到了一份圣诞礼物，是凰止さ摹⑼及赋毒赖奈鞑颗Ｗ卸萄プ樱謇渡蟾拍B有亮亮的小铆钉缀片。
在读《庄子》，喜欢得紧，给xw买的庄子《南华经》印刷注释得最好。你说呢？ 我要给自己再买一本。 庄子跟我说方言，因为我的文言需要补习了，他说的好些我听不懂腻。 昨晚梦里见到庄子，在南美跟xw兄弟谈论拉美的舞蹈、辣椒还有什么冰原上的植物之类的。
购得Jelinek的Piano teacher 英文版，还有她的另外三部作品，今天寄到，高兴。
- Re: 绌夸竴鍙岃垝閫傜殑闈村瓙鍘诲惉宸磋但posted on 12/13/2004
How come I can not type Chinese even I have switched to Chinese input.
So Maya also writes diary-type essays. - Re: 绌夸竴鍙岃垝閫傜殑闈村瓙鍘诲惉宸磋但posted on 12/14/2004
I also like "The Piano Teacher". - Re: 绌夸竴鍙岃垝閫傜殑闈村瓙鍘诲惉宸磋但posted on 12/14/2004
organ可是书话的管风琴JJ？ - posted on 12/14/2004
教堂瑜珈
昨天看见教堂的布告上说，每周一早上有瑜珈课。今早好不容易起得大早，就到对门的教堂里去了。 对面的教堂名字叫Country Club Christian Church（乡村俱乐部基督教会），听这名字起得多棒！
他们还有网站呢！呵。http://www.cccckc.org/GetToKnowUs/gettoknowus.html
原想着是一群老太太在那儿，倒是比我想象得要好些，还有些不太老的太太们在。大家上下左右看我这个天外飞来的人，问三文四，问寒问暖的，你是哪家的啊？就是对门那家人吗？在纽约和LA，你绝对遇不见这样热情的老太太。
瑜珈课的音乐是有关耶稣降临的，逗。
因为都是太太们，所以运动量非常温和，我当然是最dvanced的student了：）
照片的右边就是我的家了，不过大家看不见 ：）
说回到堪萨斯城的历史，也有一段故事。 二十年代，有个从堪萨斯城来的美国小伙子骑着单车在欧洲旅行，当他来到西班牙的塞尔维亚的时候，被当地的建筑迷住了。他回来后就整天想着如何也把这样的建筑搬到美国来。 过了一些年，他买下了10英亩土地，准备在上面建shopping mall，这是美国第一个集购物、休闲、娱乐为一体的商业建筑群。 当时谁都不支持他，因为在堪萨斯这样一个cow town，四周一片荒原，卖牛肉的牧场主哪里有这样高的欣赏品味呢？但他做了这样一件冒险的事情，为的只是他热爱的东西。这个年轻人叫JC Nichols，我喜欢。这个plaza 叫country club plaza，大约当时这里有个country club吧，由此而得名。
这是plaza的网站，http://www.countryclubplaza.com
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不错~都很不错~
舒适ING~
- posted on 12/14/2004
巴赫的这只曲子是教堂圣诞的保留节目，1745年第一次在圣诞节的时候演奏。 曲名叫(Glory be to God on high)
Gloria in excelsis Deo
(Glory be to God on high)
Cantata 191
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Christmas Day
Epistle: Titus ii. 11-14 (The grace of God appeared to me)
Gospel: Luke ii. 1-14 (The Nativity of Christ)
Rating: 1*
I can give no other recommendation for this cantata other than to say that the music is taken from the b-minor mass (BWV 191/1 corresponds to the Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191/2 to the Domine Deus, BWV 191/3 to the Cum sancto spiritu). Wonderful stuff! This latin cantata was probably written to celebrate the Peace of Dresden (which ended the 2nd Silesian war) and was performed on Christmas day, 1745. - Re: 绌夸竴鍙岃垝閫傜殑闈村瓙鍘诲惉宸磋但posted on 12/14/2004
玛雅 wrote:
巴赫的这只曲子是教堂圣诞的保留节目，1745年第一次在圣诞节的时候演奏。 曲名叫(Glory be to God on high)
上帝不但喜欢有名儿(Glory)，还喜欢 on high。是故凡夫为功名利碌奔走，以饮酒吸毒为乐，才是与神合一的不二法门。西方宗教普及，与其神同人的极端相似性不无关联。神居金宫，持玉器，掌生杀，兴灾祸，妻人女，逃无形。如此生活，孰不向望？!
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哈哈，这疯子近来疯话不绝耳嘛。 - Re: 绌夸竴鍙岃垝閫傜殑闈村瓙鍘诲惉宸磋但posted on 12/15/2004
yep, I am. :) - posted on 12/16/2004
当欲望之靴遇上色情之脚
玛雅
家对面的教堂星期天早晨礼拜后，有乐队和合唱团演奏巴赫的cantata 191。巴赫的这只曲子是圣诞期间基督教会的保留节目。名字叫做Glory be to God on high，是说God只在high的时候才有glory。
那天穿了一双特别暖和的新靴子去听巴赫，脚趾触摸着新靴子陌生的疆域，慵懒得让我昏昏欲睡。这是我提前得到的一份圣诞礼物，一双手工的、图案超级精美的西部牛仔短靴，皮面上绣着灿烂的花朵和云彩，靛蓝色，后跟脚骼有亮亮的小铆钉缀片。我的脚总是妻妾成群，我喜欢一切含有魔法元素的鞋子，比如精灵鞋，圣兽鞋，金牛鞋，金羊鞋、魔羯鞋、双鱼鞋、飞檐走壁鞋、腾云驾鞋、天外来客鞋、印度飞鞋。乖乖！我已经有三双靴子了，这是第四双，非常合乎穆斯林人的婚姻标准。当看见诱惑之鞋在精品店倚门而笑，我的钱袋就发出了痛苦的呻吟，直到那俏佳人儿与地面零接触之后才发出赞美之声，耶稣就在我脚心温暖的马厩中诞生了，啊来路也?
上个月我买到了一双骨碌鞋，就是那种鞋后跟有小轮子的鞋，小孩子穿的那种，我高兴坏了，逢人便去炫耀。我的这双飞鞋，小飞鞋啊，让我当了好几天神行太保。鞋，是色情之脚的皮条客，色情之脚丫子进入鞋的欲望之套后，就神魂颠倒，情思方寸皆乱，十个脚趾一齐跌入温柔陷阱。
我是恋鞋狂。
高跟鞋陡峭地尖叫着俯冲刺入地面，绣花拖鞋懒洋洋地摩娑着阳台，绑带式凉鞋绷紧了引诱的绳索，情欲的化学反应就这样产生了。
- posted on 12/19/2004
beautiful shoes or boots are always hurtful. All my comfy ones are plain looking - why?
Can't we have both? Or we have to alter our aethetic taste?
For me, I think, desire is based on pleasant sensations, in particular those received by my eyes. And without desire love is empty (but it's only my view.)
That's why I am totally amazed that people can fall in love purely for their imaginary things and being blind with what they see. An unusual quality, I suppose. I accept that some people have this quality but I don't feel sorry for myself that I don't have it.
I wish elderly Mr. Young and young Wong Ning happy. I am sure they are now. Though I don't understand why she would. But that's her choice, which may well be based on her love for him. She is an adult and she knows what she is doing and the likely consequenses. At least she is courageous, which is an admirable quality.
All I can say is that I wouldn't fall in love with old men because of my aethestic taste and because this is me, probably like most of people.
Enough gossip.
So please shut up on the topic of the old husband and young wife. Good or not, only they know.
Talking about others won't solve our own problems except indulging our illusions.
Let's focus on our own shoes, beautiful or not, and the feelings of our feet. Only we know. And this is utterly important.
The only way I get nice shoes is try them on. Where can I go to get them, my dear friends?
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