周末小记

很久不看小说，觉得那是很奢侈的举动。 很久不听中文歌，因为那些细腻的情感离我太远，又好似离回忆很近，谁的回忆呢？

周六的晚上，独自在家。忘记了是怎样找到这本书，只知道看过第一页就不能放手，只记得哭的好伤心，看到别人心碎也跟着心痛。

80 后是一种宿命。无论我听多少德沃夏克，逛多少美术馆，看多少遍显克微支，我还是那个听到陈奕迅会感伤，看到网络文学会哭鼻子的女生。

虽然这篇博应该没什么人看，还是要推荐这本“广州之恋-那些爱说出已泪流满面”，在天涯爆红了大半年，这个月终于出版了。有些段落一读再读，还是忍不住要放在这里：

“如果一座城市让你心伤，是因为那里曾有你爱过的人……”

“这一次，也许我真的要放手了。坚持了这么久，等了这么久，勇敢了这么久，我已经疲惫不堪。如果有一天你回来，请不要埋怨我已另投新人怀抱，只怨如烟花闪过的你，无法照亮我、温暖我如此漫长、如此寂寞的人生。”

“在恋爱中，我们如此依赖眼睛，可眼睛是最容易受蒙骗的。如果每个人都能像闻仲一样开天眼，一切是非曲直一眼看穿，想必会少很多悲剧。”

“直到我跨过安检，登上机舱门，都没有任何动静……我就像自娱自乐的周星驰一样，把自己当成电影里的女主角，天真地演着一出自以为“此情可动天地”的独角戏。”

“飞机起飞的那一刻，望着小小机窗外面的跑道和绿地，我听到自己的心嘭的一声，碎了。”



连载没有了，希望可以买到书，据说作者最后是幸福的，算点小安慰吧。

Oh Harry...

In the company of chicken finger, curly fries, and a large diet coke, I finally saw the sixth Harry Potter movie. Opps, did I forget to mention my friends? Let's hope Lil won't read this entry and think that chicken finger is her nickname or something ;)

I had my shares of disappointments with the Harry Potter films. Simply put, they are so bad in comparison to the books. No matter it's the lack of plot, the omission of important details and scenes, or the fact that the actor who plays Dumbordore never seems to get it right, I remember coming out of the theater after every movie, unsatisfied, angered, and secretly wishing the next one could be better.

That is, until now. Rather than watching badly selected badly executed "highlights" from the book, this film was good. Yes, the romance was cheesy and the absent of the final fight scene left many die heart fans protesting, but the film is still the best Harry Potter film to date. I laughed at the silliness of hormonal teenagers (when Ron drank the love potion?), gasped during the scene where Katie Bell got cursed by the necklace, and, almost cried when Dumbordore died. ( It seems that this actor finally understood the essence of Dumbordore....sadly its so late in the series)

Even more, I find myself reminiscing of the old days when I sleep with Harry Potter books on my chest. Back then, even when I had a bad day, I knew by night time, I can escape to the world of harry. It was fascinating, but more so, it was comforting.

I confess that I'm such a Harry Potter nerd I read the first six books at least 10 times each. The seventh book, I only read once. The truth is, the entire seventh book was such a disappointment that I gave it away the day after I read it. But now, half way through the film, I started counting all of the horcruxes, and by the end I was trying really hard to remember who R.A.B was. I even, as strange as it sounds, start to anticipate the final two films. Maybe its because that my Harry Potter days are far behind me that I want some kind of ending to that chapter of my life. Maybe, the success of the sixth film actually give me hope that the finale won't be so bad.

We never want to say goodbye, but sometimes, while you are resisting the moment, that part of life is slowly becoming your past.......

Update

By the way, I'm so far behind on my Infinite Jest reading, I'm almost starting to panic. Then I went to Infinite summer site, and realized that I'm not the only one....Good, but still not good...Arrrr, with net working meeting, interview, dinners, and 4th july coming up, I ask the same question that has been asked many times on the site, how the hell are you people finding the time to read???

By the way, today's Woody Allen quote is one of my favorite: 80 percent of success is showing up.

When you are in a high pressure situation, think about this, you'd feel better instantly!

What I'm actually Reading

Back at the beginning of June, I post a few books that I want to read this summer. As sincere as I was when putting together that list, things like this tend to go sour with me. Basically, my almost always hibernating productive side/righteous side kicks in once a while to remind me that there's way too many books for me to finish in this lifetime. Instead, I shall only focus on the important ones......

And it just happened that yesterday, while surfing around the web, I found out about the Infinite Summer challenge/book club. Basically, the idea is to read Infinite Jest from June 21 to September 22. This gives you about 75 pages a week, which is pretty doable for a book like this, right? I already snapped my copy at the store this afternoon, have some catch up to do while it's still early in the game.

Here are some other books that are arriving at my door on Monday, I ordered four but these two should give you an idea...



May the good weekend continue ;)

Reading on the light side

It's almost silly to say that you enjoy something when you know very little of it. After blindingly picking wines in wine store for almost a year and developing an even more blind love for wine, it's time to learn a thing or two.

Thanks H for picking this book for me. It's a good read and totally unpretentious. So far, I read through two of my favorite wines, pinot noir and the sparkling; but knowing that this is probably going to be a long term project, I've also picked out a few light readings to read on the subway or take to the beach this summer: