*** Overdosed with Supernatural lately, and totally hooked on Jensen. Gorgeous! (i know it's the wrong word for a guy but who cares)
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"Times Like These" by jack johnson
In times like these In times like those What will be will be And so it goes And it always goes on and on... On and on it goes
And there has always been laughing, crying, birth, and dying Boys and girls with hearts that take and give and break And heal and grow and recreate and raise and nurture But then hurt from time to time like these And times like those And what will be will be And so it goes
And there will always be stop and go and fast and slow Action,Reaction, sticks and stones and broken bones Those for peace and those for war And god bless these ones, not those ones But these ones made times like these And times like those What will be will be And so it goes And it always goes on and on... On and on it goes
But somehow I know it won't be the same Somehow I know it will never be the same.
王尔德的作品一部都没看过（或看完整过），昨天抽出老早买的二手complete works of oscar wilde翻了几页，还是从他唯一的小说开始读吧。似乎小七的最爱就是dorian gray，很好奇啊。最感兴趣的是de profundis，原稿存于大英博物馆封印60年才公诸于世，只因为60年后书中的人物全已消失于人世，所以这本书算是死后遗言了，还死无对证。
actor ben barnes(who's that?), in the upcoming movie dorian gray co-starring colin firth
dorian gray 2009 behind the scene
i think the tone oscar sets in the preface is very authoratative to the extent of preaching, as if he's writing the bible of art, and at the very end pronounces it useless. what a campy queen lol. but hell, sure this's beautiful prose!
the picture of dorian gray, preface 道连·格雷的画像 | 序 （中文版按这里）
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. 艺术家是美的作品的创造者。艺术的宗旨是展示艺术本身， 同时把艺术家隐藏起来。
The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things. （缺）
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. 自传体是批评的最高形式，也是最低形式。
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. 在美的作品中发现丑恶含义的人是堕落的，而且堕落得一无可爱之处。这是一种罪过。
Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty. 在美的作品中发现美的含义的人是有教养的。这种人有希望。认为美的作品仅仅意味着美的人才是上帝的选民。
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. 书无所谓道德的或不道德的。书有写得好的或写得糟的。仅此而已。
The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass. 十九世纪对现实主义的憎恶，犹如从镜子里照见自己面孔的凯列班的狂怒。 （＊caliban, an ugly character from shakespeare's work)
The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass. 十九世纪对浪漫主义的憎恶，犹如从镜子里照不见自己面孔的凯列班的狂怒。
The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. 人的精神生活只是艺术家创作题材的一部分，艺术的道德则在于完美地运用并不完美的手段。
No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything. 艺术家并不企求证明任何事情。即使是天经地义的事情也是可以证明的。艺术家没有伦理上的好恶。艺术家如在伦理上有所臧否，那是不可原谅的矫揉造作。艺术家从来没有病态的。艺术家可以表现一切。
Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art. Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art. From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician. From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type. All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. 思想和语言是艺术家艺术创作的手段。邪恶与美德是艺术家艺术创作的素材。从形式着眼，音乐家的艺术是各种艺术的典型。从感觉着眼，演员的技艺是典型。一切艺术同时既有外观，又有象征。有人要钻到外观底下去，那由他自己负责。有人要解释象征意义，那由他自己负责。
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself. We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. 其实，艺术这面镜子反映的是照镜者，而不是生活。对一件艺术品的看法不一，说明这作品新颖、复杂、重要。批评家们尽可意见分歧，艺术家不会自相矛盾。一个人做了有用的东西可以原谅，只要他不自鸣得意。一个人做了无用的东西，只要他视若至宝，也可宽宥。
Best Picture （一部都么看过。。。） The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire
Actor Richard Jenkins, The Visitor Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Sean Penn, Milk Brad Pitt, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Actress Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie, Changeling Melissa Leo, Frozen River Meryl Streep, Doubt Kate Winslet, The Reader
Supporting Actor Josh Brolin, Milk Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Supporting Actress Amy Adams, Doubt Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis, Doubt Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Director David Fincher, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Gus Van Sant, Milk Stephen Daldry, The Reader Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign Film The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany The Class, France Departures, Japan Revanche, Austria Waltz With Bashir, Israel
Adapted Screenplay Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button John Patrick Shanley, Doubt Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon David Hare, The Reader Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Original Screenplay Courtney Hunt, Frozen River Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky Martin McDonagh, In Bruges Dustin Lance Black, Milk Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, WALL-E
我是第一次知道还有粉色的沙滩，其中最为出名的是巴哈马的哈伯岛沙滩(harbor island in bahama)。近看是肉色或白色，但鸟瞰下和碧蓝的海水对比就显得格外粉嫩！本命理科的你们骨头里肯定在念“什么矿物质是粉色的为什么为什么啊？”这种geek问题吧，别不好意思承认！先自爆一下，我家两个化学博士都沉默满久的，然后很切切的反问：“不会是铁化物吧？”= =||| （这个学位的含铁量不容忽视）
I like this photo which captures what i thought to be her true colors, a little british, old school and intuitive.
She appeared as 'Emily' in The devil wears Prada and a highschool teacher in Jane Austen book club.I watched these two together (unintentionally) and wow! she's so talented and pretty!
A little prodding through her trivia reveals another surprise. She's the ex of Michael Buble(accent on e please) who wrote the gorgeous hit 'Everything' for her.
I'm on to 'my summer of love' , the film that boosted her appearance obviously. Meryl Streep on the set of 'Prada' commented Emily's the best young actress she's ever worked with. O Meryl Meryl, how can I ever doubt you?!
Btw, very nice soundtrack for JA book club!
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A reminder I need exercise to reduce bloating belly, will consider swimming (when spring comes).
I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life. - Leo Tolstoy, 'Family Happiness' Passage highlighted in one of the the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
Mentalist 通灵者，名词 Someone who uses mental acuity,hypnosis and/or suggestion. A master manipulator of thoughts and behavior. 心智敏锐，利用催眠与(或)暗示，来控制他人思想及行为的大师。
I watched national geographic's production 'inside the living body' and sort of reviewed some of the basic physio knowledge which should've stayed with my neural circuit after 3 years of college education, but obviously it slipped out. Like, I can't remember superior vena cava, or peristalsis, or pyloric sphincter, or that bone ear that's spelt with a 'c' something lea. All i can say is, OMG.
Everything's in the title. Our journey starts with the first adrenalin surge that pumps awake a complicated ensemble of engines. My second biggest impression is the last thousand sperms that make it to the egg. The electronic image or whatever image it is showing swarmps of sperms scattering and streaming out like silver dots in a milky way is quite something.
There're also abundant video footage of wet pre-poo being squeezed into big intestines...
And stomach churning out something close to shit...
And this bloody science documentary actually makes me a bit depressed and morbid. I consciously avoided watching benjamin button and turned to something bookish and now wat?! = =
