阿姗: 这是我看过的最温暖的一篇美文。 激动的一塌糊涂。
对不起，没请示就贴出来。反正你有删贴权。:-))
I often told friends I enjoyed washing my car, but it was always seen dirty, since I rarely washed it. My '89 Plymouth Sundance was black cherry, dark red, maroon or maybe some color that I cannot describe, because the color changed with the light. After every car wash, the hidden red color would shine through, making the car look new again. Last time I had it washed was in August. Two days ago it had its final car wash by courtesy of the Pasadena Fire Department.
I bought my Sundance seven years ago with the help of my uncle. He is a very cautious man. He has only purchased used American cars from the same dealer and the same salesman, who is his next door neighbor. When he took me car shopping we only stopped at a few dealers before we finally chose this car. I did not know much about cars. I had never even heard of the make Plymouth or the model Sundance when I bought the car. My only reason to buy the car was that I did not want to take the buses anymore, I did not want to bother my uncle a second time to shop for cars, and the mysterious color intrigued me.
I paid $4600 cash, including tax and first year of registration, for the car. The odometer reading was then 67,821, but I did not know that it was way too high for a three-year-old car.
My uncle drove the car back home for me because I had never driven a car alone before. The next day I was very excited about my car and decided to take a test drive myself. That summer I was living with my uncle's family in Palmdale, a suburb of L.A., where there was little freeway traffic. I headed towards Highway 14, and I was so scared that I almost hit the curb of the sharp on-ramp. After I got onto the freeway, I tried to accelerate to the speed of other cars. However, no matter how hard I stepped on the gas, all the other cars still passed me swiftly. My speedometer indicated that I was already driving 70 mph, 15 mph above the speed limit. I thought my speedometer must be malfunctioning. Later when I asked my aunt about the speedometer, she said that people usually drove at least 15 mph over the speed limit on the freeways and she believed that I would drive that way soon. I laughed at her idea and vowed that I would never break the speed limit.
A few weeks later I got my first (out of two) speeding ticket with my Sundance. I was driving on Interstate 5 downhill near Magic Mountain at night when I passed a highway patrol without noticing him. When he was issuing me a ticket, I was too scared to ask for mercy. I had to go to traffic school for that and I secretly enjoyed it. There were a lot of interesting people in the class, and I learned something new about traffic laws.
I fell in love with my Sundance. To me it was more unique than most cars on the road because I rarely saw another car like mine. Once, in a parking lot, I absentmindedly reached for the door of someone else's Sundance and was surprised that I couldn't open it. I wasn't used to seeing another car of the same kind parked in the same lot with mine.
When I first got my car, I washed it twice a week, using my uncle's garden hose. My uncle tried to tell me that it was not good to wash the car too often. I thought he was just concerned about the water bill. On a hot summer day afternoon, it was so much fun to play with water and make the car shine!
One Saturday morning in the summer of 1996, I went to pick up a friend to go to a cyber party. Before he got into my car, he pointed at it and said, "Look, there's a sun on your car!" "Yes, I just washed it yesterday. It always shines like this under the sun. Isn't it brilliant?" I was so proud of my car that I did not realize what he was talking about. Later that day I found some scratches on the hood. Someone had intentionally damaged my shining car! I was very upset. After closely examining the scratch, I realized the drawing was actually a dancing sun. Probably some neighboring kids were jealous of the brightness of my car and scratched it with a knife. But I was fortunate that they did not write any bad words. Since that time my car always carried the dancing sun—until it danced in flame.
I spent a lot of time driving and waiting inside my car. I put another 76941 miles on it. I always tried to take special notice every time the car turned another thousand miles. On November 16, 1995, it reached 100,000 miles. At the moment when all six digits were turning at once, I took pictures of the odometer, and later went out with a friend to celebrate the occasion. It would only happen once in a lifetime for my car. I was very excited about it.
I had a special attachment to my car, although a lot of people laughed at my affection because my Sundance was not a reliable Honda or Toyota. Indeed, during the seven years of my possession, my car visited the mechanic countless times and I spent thousands of dollars on the maintenance and repairs. Besides the scheduled maintenance, I had the radiator rebuilt twice, cylinder head replaced once, valve cover gasket replaced twice, and I got new tires and new A/C. When my car failed the smog check last summer, I was forced to consider selling the car. I did not want to abandon it and sell for a few hundred dollars, so I got a used engine instead. After the installation, the engine ran so smoothly that I could not feel any vibration when driving. It was almost like new!
My car had been towed four times, out of gas six times, and bumped three times. It hit a squirrel in Pasadena and killed a rabbit in Death Valley. The first time the car ran out of gas we were in the middle of a desert in the middle of the night where no light could be seen for miles. I had to hitch a ride with a big truck to the nearest city, 33 miles away, for a pay phone. Another time someone broke into my car and took away my new down jacket, a pair of used tennis shoes and some small change.
The most frustrating auto failure was the time when I drove from the Bay Area back to Los Angeles last spring, after breaking up with a boyfriend. On the usual 5-hour trip, my car stalled 28 times, and I had to spend a night in a scary motel in an unknown mine town, population 1,000, near Bakersfield. My car was probably the nicest looking car in that town that day. Their mechanic randomly replaced some filter and charged me a lot of money, and later refused to refund my money when my car stalled again a few minutes after I left his shop. Back in L.A., it only took my mechanic a few minutes to fix the problem.
During the last ten months, my car did not have any trouble. Thursday night while I was driving back from UCLA, I was pleased to read 144,762 on the odometer and felt proud of my car. I parked the car outside my office and went to work at 12:10. Little did I know that that was the last time I would park my car. An hour later, I got an email from my roommate Jen, "You should call security about your car. They say it caught on fire and the fire department had to be called." Was it a joke? I went to check.
Out in the darkness of yellow streetlights, next to two campus security officers, immersed in a stinky burning smell, lay my car, barely recognizable. The front hood was bent, opened and revealed the burnt skeleton of the engine. Loose parts were scattered everywhere. Water was all over the place. It looked as if someone had taken out the guts of the car and brutally tortured it. The scene was utterly horrible. "The fire was very big. Maybe there was some gas leak," said one security officer.
I was in shock, but mixed with strange excitement and despair. I never expected such a tragic ending for my car. I had thought about various ways I might say good-bye to it. I thought about selling it or donating it to charity when I got ready to buy another car. I had never imagined that my car would just decide to take its own life and burn to death. "Spontaneous combustion," commented my advisor, Dr. Yung, who thought it was rather funny.
Gone with the car were a new Thomas Guide 2000, nine decks of poker cards, and a box of my favorite music tapes. Fortunately, I took my bag with me into the building while the car caught on fire, and I hung my stuffed animal monkey on the coat hanger just an hour before the accident so all my valuables were not burned or soaked in water.
I will always remember my Sundance. We had been to many places together. We went as far north as Lake Tahoe, south to Tombstone, east to Chiracahua National Monument, west to the Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco, as high as the High Sierra, as low as the Death Valley Basin, and as fast as, well, some very fast cars. We were in snow, rain, sun, fog, and on roads that were icy, unpaved, steep or winding.
We had been through many things together. We went to various classes, interviews, dates, concerts, parties and weddings. We went sight-seeing, camping, skiing, diving and flying. We passed many cars on the winding, narrow 110, the oldest freeway in America. I loved to drive in the fast lane with the radio on, the windows down, and the traffic was light.
I will not be the only one who remembers my car. My Sundance had given many people special memories. There are those who came to the U.S. to study or visit for the first time, and whom I picked up from the airport and welcomed to the country. My car was the first car they rode in. There are those who practiced driving with my car, and those who took their driving tests using my car. There are those who regularly rode with me to go shopping, and those whom I helped move. There are those who took a ride with me to visit the mechanic. There are the tow truck drivers. There is also my mechanic, Mark, who has been very patient with my car and given me many valuable suggestions on auto maintenance. When I called him on Friday, he immediately recognized me and advised me where to tow my car. Maybe he was happy that my car had finally finished all its sufferings.
I should also be happy to see my car rest in pieces. It had lived a full life and died with pride. One of my greatest regrets was that I did not see the blaze that my Sundance displayed to the world at its final moment. Did the spirit escape and dance in the flame? Bursting into flame and reduced to scraps, it must have been spectacular and glorious.
I took many pictures of the remains of my car before the tow truck drivers took it away. Four o'clock in the afternoon of October 9, 1999, when my car vanished around the corner of my street was the last time I saw the dark, shining red.
I also regret that I missed the final car wash. Well, at least it was thorough and with big hoses.
Revision: 5/15/2000
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/27/2006
This is true A-shan's style. I read this long ago, and I like A-Shan right away and this is why I am here today :))
A-Shan always stands out from her writing, then her personality is more powerful than her work :)) - posted on 09/27/2006
谢谢两位MM捧场。不要太客气，把我说得跟什么似的。:)
这里很多朋友都是我的偶像，只是我脸皮太薄，不会当面夸赞别人，
（比如笨笨MM，我好象从来就没有评过她的诗，虽然我是忠实读者），
可我心里都记得的。
这篇原来是封email，寄给所有坐过我的车的朋友。
后来我最敬爱的朋友看了说好，说我是作家。
自此我就开始发作家梦了。
汽车的照片配上。大家表笑我哦。
今天下午才知道明天早上要考试，熬夜学习呢。 - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/27/2006
警察有调查为什么车子爆炸了么？
美国孩子也像中国孩子那样坏？还在车子上画画？
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/28/2006
qinggang wrote:
警察有调查为什么车子爆炸了么？
美国孩子也像中国孩子那样坏？还在车子上画画？
好玩！当时看了这篇的，凡是中国朋友都问我，车子为什么自燃，警察调查没有，是不是有仇人，情敌呢，保险付不付。。。。 凡是外国朋友都说，哈哈哈，这个故事真好笑。
当年只有一个朋友看懂了.... 我就想以身相报。现在还有咖啡店的两位MM，让我如何报答知遇之恩呢？ - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/28/2006
阿姗 wrote:
好玩！当时看了这篇的，凡是中国朋友都问我，车子为什么自燃，警察调查没有，是不是有仇人，情敌呢，保险付不付。。。。 凡是外国朋友都说，哈哈哈，这个故事真好笑。
当年只有一个朋友看懂了.... 我就想以身相报。现在还有咖啡店的两位MM，让我如何报答知遇之恩呢？
像我们这种智商低的，阿姗就直接说吧。：）
我没看懂，要不然也得个“以身相报”。 - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/28/2006
我说的是从前呀。那时傻，碰到个人就激动半天。
现在不敢把旧东西拿出来考验别人，况且我天才测验那么低分。
以身相报不能找青冈，不想你回家被打屁屁。
qinggang wrote:
我没看懂，要不然也得个“以身相报”。 - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/28/2006
阿姗也不睡觉？
这篇文字淡淡的，可是正如七月说的，阿姗的人跃然纸上。这是不是阿姗文字的特点，连道德经也好像是的？ - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/28/2006
看这篇文章有一种说不出的温暖与激动。 可爱的阿姗更是栩栩如生.....
我的车被撞了2次， 一次是停着等人， 一次是停在停车场， 我不在， 肇事人留了一个条子。
等那一天到来时， 我也会象阿姗给我的车写篇Eulogy ：-))
Note:
3-21-05 9:45am I bumped your rear end, sorry about this, please call -408-727-xxxx Robert
一个很好的绅士 :-)))
- posted on 09/29/2006
Lucy: 你什麽时候能不改你的原著哪？每次都是第一次写得好，刚想再看一篇，又变了。我刚给朋友推荐你的交通学校那，找不着了…））
真的是绅士吗？想叫你给他打电话：））
lucy wrote:
看这篇文章有一种说不出的温暖与激动。 可爱的阿姗更是栩栩如生.....
我的车被撞了2次， 一次是停着等人， 一次是停在停车场， 我不在， 肇事人留了一个条子。
等那一天到来时， 我也会象阿姗给我的车写篇Eulogy ：-))
Note: 3-21-05 9:45am I bumped your rear end, sorry about this, please call -408-727-xxxx Robert
一个很好的绅士 :-)))
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/29/2006
有些女人确实是不孤独的，比如阿珊，因为她是生活在阳光中的，过着不漂泊的日子。好幸运哦。可是我也怜悯她。
- posted on 09/29/2006
撞了我的车，没人看见也自动留条，承担责任，更知道他的保险费要涨，应该算绅士吧！我只是打了电话 将车开到GARAGE而已。
对了，JULY，假设你喜欢谁，就撞他的车，然后留个电话号码，好主意：-))
好吧,将我闯红灯的经历贴出来：
从没被警察抓过， 直到今年3月， 闯红灯。--从来遵纪守法的，绝对不是有意的，根本没看见--几乎每天中午都去的一条街。- 听到警车一鸣笛， 吓得我赶紧停下并慌忙下车。 警察说：STAY IN THE CAR！--就象阿姗说的："I was too scared to ask for mercy. I had to go to traffic school for that and I secretly enjoyed it. There were a lot of interesting people in the class, and I learned something new about traffic laws."-- 并去了法庭， 法官将我的罚款 从$398 降到$178。又交了$30,上了一天的 traffic school。而且觉得太好玩。 班上35个学生， 有大学的教授， 也有送PIZZA的， 有5个闯红灯的， 大多是超速。 超速从5 英里 到35英里。(5 英里是一个年轻人在学校区-- 35英里的是一个76的老头，急着去打GOLF)
July wrote:
Lucy: 你什麽时候能不改你的原著哪？每次都是第一次写得好，刚想再看一篇，又变了。我刚给朋友推荐你的交通学校那，找不着了…））
真的是绅士吗？想叫你给他打电话：））
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/29/2006
我不理解你为什么这么说！
阿姗象孩子般的纯净！她的世界就象她的照片....
梦冉:我爱读你的文字！
梦冉 wrote:
有些女人确实是不孤独的，比如阿珊，因为她是生活在阳光中的，过着不漂泊的日子。好幸运哦。可是我也怜悯她。 - posted on 09/29/2006
因为阿珊女士前两天说玛雅和我两人漂泊半生，等等，令她及其他人怜悯，又说希望我们能走到阳光里，BLAH BLAH。我觉得她认为我们是待在黑暗里。她又说怜悯也可以是对于强者的，比如对贝多芬。所以我也怜悯她哦。
LUCY, 我觉得你很纯净，我也相信你所说的阿珊很纯净。我不大了解她，断续看过一些她的帖子。她也写作中文吗？据她自己的叙述，似乎她有很不错的家世，受过良好教育，曾爱上一个所谓的天才，前段时间嫁给一个老外。她说她现在不孤独了，也许是指她的婚姻让她不再成为边缘人了？
玛雅和我确实有点另类。当然，玛雅和我也不是一个类型的人，或者说女人。：）但是我们有共同点，就是都写作中文，是很认真而敏感的写作者。当我们写孤独和黑暗的时候，那也是在写人类共同面临的东西。这与我们自己的生活方式无关。我们也是生活在阳光中的，有着自己的伴侣和亲友，也是很纯净，象孩子般的女人。阿珊如果连这一点见识也没有，就算象‘皇帝的新衣’里的小孩子一样讲着她的真话，却也讲错了。
也许她是讲对了，谁知道呢？
- posted on 09/29/2006
梦冉，你错解阿姗了。阿姗心地善良，她是担心漂泊太孤独。毕竟，有家，安定的生活更加健康。可是她是最了解玛雅的人。阿姗的世界是透明的，阳光的，所以希望大家都阳光。
梦冉 wrote:
因为阿珊女士前两天说玛雅和我两人漂泊半生，等等，令她及其他人怜悯，又说希望我们能走到阳光里，BLAH BLAH。我觉得她认为我们是待在黑暗里。她又说怜悯也可以是对于强者的，比如对贝多芬。所以我也怜悯她哦。
LUCY, 我觉得你很纯净，我也相信你所说的阿珊很纯净。我不大了解她，断续看过一些她的帖子。她也写作中文吗？据她自己的叙述，似乎她有很不错的家世，受过良好教育，曾爱上一个所谓的天才，前段时间嫁给一个老外。她说她现在不孤独了，也许是指她的婚姻让她不再成为边缘人了？
玛雅和我确实有点另类。当然，玛雅和我也不是一个类型的人，或者说女人。：）但是我们有共同点，就是都写作中文，是很认真而敏感的写作者。当我们写孤独和黑暗的时候，那也是在写人类共同面临的东西。这与我们自己的生活方式无关。我们也是生活在阳光中的，有着自己的伴侣和亲友，也是很纯净，象孩子般的女人。阿珊如果连这一点见识也没有，就算象‘皇帝的新衣’里的小孩子一样讲着她的真话，却也讲错了。
也许她是讲对了，谁知道呢？
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/29/2006
阿珊有点大大洌洌，希望你不要多想。我不了解她的私人生活，读她推荐的书，看她的照片，听她讲漫游的故事，就够了。
我一直都非常欣赏你的文字，你更细腻......你的莲花的诗，文，照片是这么美，下次到加州我请你喝茶。我到江南你请我喝茶！:-))
我这人常常犯傻,上网时间很短，只有几个月，刚从酣睡中睁开眼睛，熬夜补课。向你们学习 :-))
梦冉 wrote: - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/29/2006
JULY，抱歉，我没有那么觉得。她了解玛雅吗？为什么要说她是待在黑暗里的？又要这么把我也说进去？谁没有家？她结婚就是进入阳光的生活了？
- posted on 09/29/2006
LUCY，谢谢你，为什么想和我喝茶，而不是喝酒呢？：）也许是因为你会以为我是比较古典细腻的人，对吗？
想起前几天你们讲到李白的诗歌“将进酒”，这是我最喜欢的诗歌之一了。其中有一句是“五花马，千金裘，呼儿将出换美酒”，好多人误以为李白是好酒之徒了。其实整首诗的意境是在“但愿长醉不复醒，与尔共销万古愁”，为此不惜一切物质，“天生我才必有用，千金散尽还复来”。这是颓废吗？其实不是的。以前方舟子因此认为杜甫的诗歌比李白的诗歌更好，我却认为李白的诗歌更好。方舟子就说李白是酒色之徒。：）当时把我气得，：）。
“但愿长醉不复醒，与尔共销万古愁”，这也不是以酒浇愁。
因为万古愁，对应着首句“君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回；君不见明镜高堂悲白发，朝若青丝暮成雪”，这样的诗句进入到一个很广阔的境地，映射出短促而无常的人生，而“美酒”所引发的才情，超逸与物质生活之上。
才情就是燃烧，是一种“醉”。虽然这也不是绝对的解决之道，不象宗教所指出的，也不象世俗生活所自以为是的麻痹。但是，至少看见了真实。这种燃烧是精美绝伦的，超于物质，是人类的灵性。
- posted on 09/29/2006
对不起梦冉，本来知道你很敏感，还说了敏感的话。你不了解我，但我十年前就是你的粉丝了。你来咖啡，我是最先欢迎你的一个。敏感的人让人担心。可惜喜欢你的人也要了解你的细腻，要看你脸色说话，在你面前小心翼翼的，不好得罪你。上次好象为了标题的事，你赌气就走了，还要朋友请你回来。这不是给世界徒添负担么？我不好意思再说多了，怕你再次误解我。而且我的中文不好，用词很可能不精确（我高一没上完就出国了，后来只看金庸小说，但我愿意尽量用中文跟大家交流）。比如怜悯、怜惜、怜爱几个字，我分不太清。我以为有“怜”的词都是褒义的，跟“爱”是一类的，是一种关注的爱。
至于玛雅，我算是了解她的了，毕竟同床过的。:) 两年前初识，立刻有心心相印的感觉，至今玛雅还说我们是同类人。想当年，我刚来咖啡店的时候，真是很敏感，很孤独，很另类，很忧伤，很卑微而内心又很骄傲的。最近两年我有幸经历了再生，生活上和精神上都进步不少，自认走到阳光下了。现在的我，不再令朋友担心，也不再是社会的精神负担，因此我也非常希望能够帮助从前与我一同患难的朋友。不在阳光下的并不就是在黑暗里了。我的字典里，阳光的对面不是黑暗。也许迷雾是比较好的比喻。就说玛雅是在迷雾中吧。玛雅的潇洒人生是大家有目共睹的，但关心她的朋友和家人，谁能不为她担忧？谁不愿看到她在发挥自己独特个性的同时，能够有一个很美满的归宿？当然，玛雅自己并不这么认为。这就更需要朋友的理解和帮助了。
咖啡新来的几位姐妹虽然交往不多，但都很了解我的心意，令我十分感激。她们是很用“心”的读者，可以从又俗又傻的文字中（尤其是这篇赞美一辆破车的），看到人心上的阳光。我很高兴能够做阳光的使者。
我的家世我会慢慢写的。婚姻并不是让我走出边缘的原因。相反，因为我成长了，能够欣然面对自己在边缘中的存在，才愿意接受婚姻以及其它社会的约束，以明亮的心，做一个普通人。正如当年华姐对我说的，“以出世之心，做入世之事”。 - posted on 09/29/2006
阿珊你好！
虽然从来没和你直接“对话”，但是一直喜欢你的文字，也喜欢你的故事，当然也喜欢你这个人。说起来我们应该有过“一面之源”的，只是这个“面”距离太远。朗朗在科达剧院的那场音乐会我也去了，读完你的“观后感”，我马上想象着我喜欢的这个阿珊在哪个位置呀，我看到她了吗？甚至有些许遗憾，因为你说你的位置蛮远以至于没有看清楚朗朗－－不过大屏幕上看清了－－而我们在开场前因一位朋友临时不能到场而将一张128元的票以40元的价格给了一位老爷爷，我想，如果我有缘早些认识阿珊，知道她那天也会去，就可以和她比邻而坐了。
网络上的交往有时候真的很微妙，我在mayacafe潜水近一年，前几天第一次发帖子，讲一个发生在我身边朋友的真实故事，没想到被那些reply一通嘲讽，很受伤。well，let it go。
我有急事想联系Maya，今天晚上一直等不到她，麻烦你吹吹“枕头风”;)好吗，让她check她的邮件，然后回信给我。拜托。
祝你天天开心，永远阳光！ - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/29/2006
对不起，是“一面之缘” - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/29/2006
既然说阿姗，还是在阿姗的线下面吧。我猜梦冉把阿姗的“怜悯”看成优越感了。我想不是的，从阿姗的文字，我感觉阿姗是有大悲悯的人。悯是同情，真的同情是在理解之上的。阿姗的“走进阳光”也不是因为找到了伴侣，而是因为找到了自己，这和她两年前（？）的悟道是直接相关的。但是阿姗并不是透明的，她的阳光一部分是鼓励大家，一部分是给自己打气；因为我想阿姗还不是完全的自信，这是聪慧的人很难避免的。玛雅的个性和才气是很容易让人爱的，但也因此而让人心疼。这是我的解读，若是读错了，恕我冒昧。 - posted on 09/30/2006
罢了，阿珊女士，你那小可爱的样子，我再说下去也没意思了。你是否阳光，我还没有感觉到，只是你那以自己的标准去JUDGE别人的做法，既然有HURT我的FEELINGS，我就讲出来。
我也是在阳光里的啊！！！不劳烦你说你希望我来走到阳光里。
你是喜欢将自己私人的事情，包括你自己的性格的改变等等暴露在公网上。但是我可以明确地告诉你，我不喜欢这样的。我只是写文字，我也写博客，但是我不会将我的恋爱，我的婚姻，我的心理和性格，等等，如你这般在网上自我解剖。你若要主持象‘OPERA’这样的节目，也请你要得到我的允许再扯上我吧。
你说我是世界的负担，又是从何说起呢？我觉得对我不公平的，难道我就不能说出我的意见吗？
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
就要过国庆节的假期了，然后就是中秋节。祝大家节日愉快吧。
- Re: loveable 闃垮.posted on 09/30/2006
She's everything but phony, condescending or damsel-in-stress like from what I've observed. - posted on 09/30/2006
梦冉 wrote:
LUCY，谢谢你，为什么想和我喝茶，而不是喝酒呢？：）也许是因为你会以为我是比较古典细腻的人，对吗？
想起前几天你们讲到李白的诗歌“将进酒”，这是我最喜欢的诗歌之一了。其中有一句是“五花马，千金裘，呼儿将出换美酒”，好多人误以为李白是好酒之徒了。其实整首诗的意境是在“但愿长醉不复醒，与尔共销万古愁”，为此不惜一切物质，“天生我才必有用，千金散尽还复来”。这是颓废吗？其实不是的。以前方舟子因此认为杜甫的诗歌比李白的诗歌更好，我却认为李白的诗歌更好。方舟子就说李白是酒色之徒。：）当时把我气得，：）。
“但愿长醉不复醒，与尔共销万古愁”，这也不是以酒浇愁。
因为万古愁，对应着首句“君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回；君不见明镜高堂悲白发，朝若青丝暮成雪”，这样的诗句进入到一个很广阔的境地，映射出短促而无常的人生，而“美酒”所引发的才情，超逸与物质生活之上。
才情就是燃烧，是一种“醉”。虽然这也不是绝对的解决之道，不象宗教所指出的，也不象世俗生活所自以为是的麻痹。但是，至少看见了真实。这种燃烧是精美绝伦的，超于物质，是人类的灵性。
梦冉这一段“酒论”很高，更欣赏“千金散尽还复来”的风度。
陶潜也嗜酒的，我转他一篇《止酒》，以和梦冉：
止酒
居止次城邑，逍遥自闲止。
坐止高荫下，步止荜门里。
好味止园葵，大懽止稚子。
平生不止酒，止酒情无喜。
暮止不安寝，晨止不能起。
日日欲止之，营卫止不理。
徒知止不乐，未知止利己。
始觉止为善，今朝真止矣。
从此一止去，将止扶桑涘。
清颜止宿容，奚止千万祀。
周末好！ - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
"酒论"真是豪迈, 真是快意!
好心的LUCY鼓励我想写啥就开一条线, 我其实还做不到, 因为不是每个人都那么有才华的, 象这里的众MM一样: 诗, 文, 画, 或温暖或犀利, 或清雅或憨直, 所以也只是看个不亦乐乎, 摸摸有点感觉, 就冒个泡炮...
这下又见豪迈MM, 为了"那拼却的一醉", 建议拉上玛雅, 众MM们一起哈酒:)
节日快乐!! - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
阿毛，我们喝酒，你来作贾宝玉如何？
阿毛 wrote:
"酒论"真是豪迈, 真是快意!
好心的LUCY鼓励我想写啥就开一条线, 我其实还做不到, 因为不是每个人都那么有才华的, 象这里的众MM一样: 诗, 文, 画, 或温暖或犀利, 或清雅或憨直, 所以也只是看个不亦乐乎, 摸摸有点感觉, 就冒个泡炮...
这下又见豪迈MM, 为了"那拼却的一醉", 建议拉上玛雅, 众MM们一起哈酒:)
节日快乐!! - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
July wrote:这个, 这个, 反串乎?
阿毛，我们喝酒，你来作贾宝玉如何？
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
阿毛: 喝几杯酒，壮壮胆，今天就开条线.:-))
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
浮生MM，你看 xw 这么快就报复了，在我们的线下面跟着跑题，明知我最近戒酒了。:(
算了，又一件私事跟大家暴露了。我戒茶酒了，想都不敢想。你们大家喝吧，拉上玛雅。关照好她哈。
我做边缘人好了。5555555
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
阿姗MM: 我们喝果汁！
浮生MM: 周末我打算找点什么献给你! :-))
阿姗 wrote:
浮生MM，你看 xw 这么快就报复了，在我们的线下面跟着跑题，明知我最近戒酒了
算了，又一件私事跟大家暴露了。我戒茶酒了，想都不敢想。你们大家喝吧，拉上玛雅。关照好她哈。
我做边缘人好了。5555555 - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
French kiss for 浮生MM :))
lucy wrote:
阿姗MM: 我们喝果汁！
浮生MM: 周末我打算找点什么献给你! :-))
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
阿姗 wrote:
浮生MM，你看 xw 这么快就报复了，在我们的线下面跟着跑题，明知我最近戒酒了。:(
呵呵，难为xw的心思呢。梦冉的论酒也确实好，才情燃烧的醉就是酒神的精神吧？
酒让人醉，茶让人醒。可惜，我也是只能喝茶，不会喝酒的 :( 唉，难怪我不睡觉。
Lucy 的礼物都好，先谢。
French Kiss 看啦，不是让我熬夜再看一遍吧 :) - posted on 09/30/2006
>annie wrote:
阿珊你好！
虽然从来没和你直接“对话”，但是一直喜欢你的文字，也喜欢你的故事，当然也喜欢你这个人。说起来我们应该有过“一面之源”的，只是这个“面”距离太远。朗朗在科达剧院的那场音乐会我也去了，读完你的“观后感”，我马上想象着我喜欢的这个阿珊在哪个位置呀，我看到她了吗？甚至有些许遗憾，因为你说你的位置蛮远以至于没有看清楚朗朗－－不过大屏幕上看清了－－而我们在开场前因一位朋友临时不能到场而将一张128元的票以40元的价格给了一位老爷爷，我想，如果我有缘早些认识阿珊，知道她那天也会去，就可以和她比邻而坐了。
网络上的交往有时候真的很微妙，我在mayacafe潜水近一年，前几天第一次发帖子，讲一个发生在我身边朋友的真实故事，没想到被那些reply一通嘲讽，很受伤。well，let it go。
我有急事想联系Maya，今天晚上一直等不到她，麻烦你吹吹“枕头风”;)好吗，让她check她的邮件，然后回信给我。拜托。
祝你天天开心，永远阳光！
找到玛雅了吗？我最近也很少跟她联络。她神仙一样的忽隐忽现。你给她发 email 看看？
原来我们还看了同一场音乐会。那就算缘上加缘了吧。地球上就这么多人，迟早我们又要碰上的。
说起音乐会，昨晚我去了 Disney Concert Hall 的乐季首演。跟上次柯达戏院一样，也是头一次去。现代的会堂都建得好漂亮啊。昨天音乐会的票价，讲出来要吓死人：$1500 - $10,000!!!!! 好在我是“穷学生”，拿到两张免费票。还有可爱的木偶表演呢。音乐厅里的管风琴，据说是世界一流的。不知马慧元MM怎么说。
网络跟现实生活是一样的，与人交往总会有各种意外。我觉得，对自己要有足够的自知和自信，才能够理解与同情他人。再加上一份对天的感激，就可以带来会心的微笑。共勉哦。 - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 09/30/2006
喜欢浮生的茶酒论！
JULY: 电影浮生看过了。说的吓死人！:-)) - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/01/2006
谢谢阿珊，已经和玛雅联系上了。
我去年8月份去Disney Concert Hall 听过一场音乐会。说起管风琴，我听说Crystle Cathedral里边的也是绝佳。真的要请教马惠元这位权威人士了。BTW，有一段时间没“看”到惠元MM了，不知她是否一切都好。
“再加上一份对天的感激...”是啊，让我们每个人都学会对生活中的一切充满感恩吧！ - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/01/2006
阿姗, why have you 戒酒了? Is there anything you want to tell us?
:-))))
阿姗 wrote:
浮生MM，你看 xw 这么快就报复了，在我们的线下面跟着跑题，明知我最近戒酒了。:(
算了，又一件私事跟大家暴露了。我戒茶酒了，想都不敢想。你们大家喝吧，拉上玛雅。关照好她哈。
我做边缘人好了。5555555
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/01/2006
Good to know smart Susan comes back:) - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/01/2006
阿姗 wrote:
....音乐厅里的管风琴，据说是世界一流的。....
阿姗,相片里那堆木棍(:-))跟音乐厅里的管风琴有何关系?
再加上一份对天的感激，就可以带来会心的微笑。共勉哦。这便是阿姗的阳光.
- posted on 10/01/2006
rzp wrote:
阿姗,相片里那堆木棍(:-))跟音乐厅里的管风琴有何关系?
什么木棍、薯条。。。 那是管风琴呀！
From Wikipedia: The organ's Gehry-designed facade sparked a great deal of controversy, as it includes a large number of pipes deliberately set at odd angles. Some people viewing early renderings and models compared it to a bag of French fries. The organ was built by the German organbuilder Caspar Glatter-Götz, under the tonal direction of Manuel Rosales. It has an attached console, built into the base of the instrument, from which approximately half the ranks are playable by direct mechanical, or "tracker" key action, with the rest playing by electro-pneumatic key action; this console somewhat resembles North-German Baroque organs, and has a closed-circuit television monitor set into the music desk. It is also equipped with a detached, movable console, which can be moved about as easily as a grand piano, and plugged in at any of four positions on the stage, this console has terraced, curved "ampitheatre"-style stop-jambs resembling those of French Romantic organs, and is built very low, with the music desk entirely above the top of the console, presumably for the sake of visibility. From the detached console, all ranks play by electro-pneumatic key action.
Susan wrote:
阿姗, why have you 戒酒了? Is there anything you want to tell us?
:-))))
国庆节晚上喝酒，吐得一塌糊涂。然后就戒了。:)))))
能让 Susan MM 高兴，我就好高兴。:))))))
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/03/2006
阿姗 you always make me 高兴, but this time I was 高兴 for some wrong reason. :))))
阿姗 wrote:
Susan wrote:国庆节晚上喝酒，吐得一塌糊涂。然后就戒了。:)))))
阿姗, why have you 戒酒了? Is there anything you want to tell us?
:-))))
能让 Susan MM 高兴，我就好高兴。:))))))
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/03/2006
Thanks Feiming, as I grow older I realize a really important smart is the kitchen-smart. :)
feiming wrote:
Good to know smart Susan comes back:) - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/03/2006
Susan wrote:
阿姗 you always make me 高兴, but this time I was 高兴 for some wrong reason. :))))
Susan you are always so smart. You should be happy. :)))))))
转眼就周年了。时间过得真快呀。
Susan wrote:
阿姗, why have you 戒酒了? Is there anything you want to tell us? - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/03/2006
Susan, sometimes, I feel kitchen smart, just like street smart, is not real smart-it means working hard and occasionally, you don't get the chance to eat the food you prepared. - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/03/2006
Does that mean you're a stingy chef, like the ones in Japs restaurants, that you normally prepare food half of the dosage? :-))
feiming wrote:
Susan, sometimes, I feel kitchen smart, just like street smart, is not real smart-it means working hard and occasionally, you don't get the chance to eat the food you prepared. - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/03/2006
not really, but some dishes are popular, they are gone when I get the chance to eat(which I am happy about:)., I never like buffet style though:) - posted on 10/03/2006
Then I'll have to seriously question your defintion of “kitchen smart” -- would a chef be labeled smart whenever he gets chance to feed himself ahead of diners? Or rather the opposite like yourself?
At least I think the chefs in my old undergrad school were very smart...they all started to have lunch at 10:30am, by the time we were still suffering the 3rd morning class. : -))
feiming wrote:
not really, but some dishes are popular, they are gone when I get the chance to eat(which I am happy about:)., I never like buffet style though:) - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/03/2006
Am I really smart on this? Or is it only in my head? Am I happy for you for the right reason? Then you'd be happy for me for the same reason. :)))))
阿姗 wrote:
Susan wrote:Susan you are always so smart. You should be happy. :)))))))
阿姗 you always make me 高兴, but this time I was 高兴 for some wrong reason. :)))) - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/03/2006
WOA tried to set me up here:), sorry I have no interest in talking those "serious" issues today.Iam not a professional chef, so I don't care much about my customers who don't exist at this point.I guess being kitchen smart,someone should be able to bring good food to the table, period. - posted on 10/03/2006
Susan wrote:
Am I really smart on this? Or is it only in my head? Am I happy for you for the right reason? Then you'd be happy for me for the same reason. :)))))
Really??? 太好了！:)))) 俺们是大猪头！:)) 另外，新学期又开始了，我有四门课，也高兴。你也还去上学吗？
阿姗 wrote:
Susan wrote:Susan you are always so smart. You should be happy. :)))))))
阿姗 you always make me 高兴, but this time I was 高兴 for some wrong reason. :)))) - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/04/2006
Ha, mine is also a 大猪头！ I am quite useless these days, I cancelled all my travel, course and reading plans but was still barely functioning. :))
阿姗 wrote:
Really??? 太好了！:)))) 俺们是大猪头！:)) 另外，新学期又开始了，我有四门课，也高兴。你也还去上学吗？ - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/04/2006
两位才女子如何以自残为乐耶：）？
- Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/04/2006
Feiming, this is girl talk. You are not a girl so you don't understand. :))))
Anyway, we are talking about something nice, so don't worry. :)) - Re: ZT 闃垮 Final Car Wash -An Eulogy for my Sundanceposted on 10/04/2006
So, I am discriminated against becasue of my gender:), ok, will stop here.:)
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