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    July 19

    The Dark Knight

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    万众期待The Dark Knight今日上映,兴致勃勃前往观看,不料整天所有场次门票售罄,算上午夜场只剩3,4张左右,鉴于同行人数不少和“卖剩蔗”位置一定很差,只好静观其变,守株待兔。终于见识到什么叫火爆。。。妈的,越是这样我就越是想看,黄牛票我也肯买

    7月23日更新:终于在2天前订到了IMAX版的票,今天下午还排了1个半小时的队进场。2个半小时的电影,基调黑暗,情节吸引,跌宕起伏,一众演员的精彩表演。。。再多的形容也不足以赞美它,它实在是太太太牛逼了。难怪能打破蜘蛛侠3所创的首周末票房纪录,加勒比海盗3所创的同时上映影院数的纪录,得到烂番茄网站影评人94%的好评率,IMDB 9.7/10的评分(超越教父,荣登首位)。这还不足以吸引大家进影院观看?顺便看看陈冠希先生约2秒的背影和听听他的2句对白。

    May 21

    电影观后感之长江七号

    最近看了几遍“长江七号”,很多人都说这部电影不好看,是烂片,说周星驰老了,让人失望,我觉得要看这部电影,首先要摆脱几个思维模式:
    1.周星驰=无厘头喜剧
    2.用别人的或自己以前的电影的主意=江郎才尽

    我首先极力反对别人用星爷以前的电影来跟它做比较,例如大家耳熟能详的代表作国产凌凌漆,大内密探零零发,喜剧之王等,不是完全由星爷导演的,是李力持直接或参与导演的,另外经典之作大话西游系列的刘镇伟,初期赌系列的王晶。我所说的第一条,在我看来应该是李力持(或其他某某导演)+周星驰(+吴孟达或某某配角)=无厘头喜剧。星爷是无厘头喜剧演技的代表,而不是无厘头喜剧的代表,为什么一定要把这个帽子扣在他头上,而他之后所有电影都要以此为标准。
     
    至于用别的电影内容的手段,一是商业因素,少林足球和功夫在国际上稍有成绩,借鉴一下来作宣传也未尝不可。年中一百几十部美国烂片都是调侃大片,这些都烂透了,也不好意思拿来比较了。二是星爷早料到就有那么大部分人不接受他的转型,他根本就在用这些旧的东西来尝试满足这帮人,在我看来,有点多余了,完全没这个必要,不欣赏的怎么扭也不欣赏,欣赏的自然就欣赏了。画外音:被誉为后现代艺术的佼佼者Andy Warhol,蒙罗丽莎,最后的晚餐,玛丽莲梦露,都是他的艺术品的复制对象。
    说星爷老了,确实,从小学开始看他的他来自江湖的我,也老了。都多少年了,这世上谁不会老,谁不会变,还要一天到晚无厘头取悦别人?累了,他只是在做回他自己。星爷一辈子拍无厘头喜剧,只是某些人一厢情愿的想法。
    我看完这部电影完全没有失望,动情之处还眼泛泪光,你可以笑我幼稚,我母亲还有好几个朋友看着都哭出来了,你也可以笑我们幼稚。把别人弄笑很容易,把别人弄哭?你大可以试试。
    挑缺点真的很容易,欣赏背后的精神却很难,虽然长江七号不算什么旷世大片,或者票房口碑上都没有赢,但是把它独立出来谈,是一部好电影。可能是我没品味,不过我审美观真的很简单,觉得好看,就好看。
     
    星爷曾经说过设计七仔的背后是希望中国也有一个影视形象媲美米奇老鼠跟叮当,我十分欣赏并敬佩这一精神,这真的很不容易,只懂批评的人,感受到吗?
     
    未完待续
    April 06

    无题

    最近从amazon.com寄来的包裹中,突然多了一个塑料信封,目的是让大众捐赠手机,此处扶贫呼声没有祖国般高,但环保节约意识绝对超前一大截,不过更让我感叹的是,捐赠手机的主题是帮助驻外美军打电话回家。庞大的军费开支压力,此举也合情合理,不过实在令本人觉得美军士兵(注意是个体士兵,不是整个美军的总体概念)有点可怜,特别是枪林弹雨中想念家人还只能用别人捐赠的旧手机打电话回家,这一秒跟父母老婆孩子嘘寒问暖,下一秒没来得及道别就中弹身亡,最严格残酷的军事训练,相比起来也黯然失色了吧。不过服从命令就是军人的天职,或许他们就是霸权主义的牺牲品,就是在华丽强大不可一世的美军硬壳背后脆弱可怜的小肉块。八尺大汉全副武装上天入地,掩盖不了恐惧脆弱的内心,颤抖的手拿着残旧手机按下家里的电话号码,焦虑地等待接通的嘟嘟声。如果不是世界第一强国超级武器霸王顶呱呱的名号,这种对比也就没有如此的强烈吧。
    电脑上播放着Black Hawk Down的原声,电影中那群“小黑鹰”最终胜利......地撤退了,兄弟,要手机么?
    January 16

    龙珠

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    我想每个年轻人心中,都有属于自己的最经典最难忘最喜爱的漫画吧。对我来说,龙珠的地位无可替代。第一次看龙珠是什么时候,我已记不清了,我只记得当时已经被它深深吸引,无人能出其右,尽管我也如此喜欢叮当,圣斗士与阿拉蕾,可还是挑战不了龙珠的地位。当时在出版社工作的老爸认识了一些批发图书的朋友,于是我有幸免费得到一套完整的龙珠漫画(限于当时已出版的),之后几乎每天都在小学附近的各大小书摊考察有没有出了新的龙珠。买到之后,就在家楼下的滑梯上躺着看饱了才回家,如果当天没有零用钱,回家后马上申请拨款再百米冲刺地回到书摊。。。

    时至今日,我依然保留着那时幸存的龙珠漫画,当时一本一本地被借走,能追回来的已经成不了一套了,偶尔找出来回味,激情尤在,还会因为看不到下一集而感到失落。在动漫层出不穷,漫山遍野的时代,龙珠仍然是BANDAI扭蛋和食玩的主打产品,可惜在高达,圣衣神话或其他华丽的产品下黯然失色,没有辉煌的包装,不用高昂的价格,但是那些经典的人物,场景总能钻进龙珠迷的心。虽然没有什么实用价值,但看到龙珠产品都会勾起我的购买欲。

    最近又心痒痒抽了一只扭蛋,这个系列真的制作精良,场景经典,而我最为喜爱的就是一款鬼仙流集结-龟仙人(化妆为佳基。琼)小悟空与小林的集合,还有另一款小悟空与阿拉蕾同坐跟斗云-这2个鸟山明经典漫画角色的集合,不要笑我无聊幼稚,看着那一场景,心里真的莫名的感动。

    谈到鸟山明,他的画风显然不同于日系漫画那种大眼睛,所有角色样子都一样,身体都很修长的风格。他的画风清爽流畅,功底深厚,幽默时极其搞笑,打斗时极其刺激,世间难得的高人。而小学时代就开始喜欢临摹龙珠角色的我,至今的绘画里,还能看得出一些模仿鸟山明的蛛丝马迹,没有办法,影响实在太深了。

    我特别喜欢把扭蛋或食玩中的悟空不同时期的造型摆在一起,虽然是不同的系列,风格各异,但是看着他从滑稽的小悟空到龙珠Z初期的过渡时期,而后到超级赛亚人,超级赛亚人2,3时的帅气猛男,让我有一种我与小悟空一同成长的感觉,这个我曾经认为是史上最强的动漫角色,自与欧布“私奔”后就再没有出现在正式的漫画上(龙珠GT那是后话),而鸟山明似乎也没有继续龙珠漫画的打算,美国人则打算把龙珠搬到大银幕上。。。或许龙珠真的能永远延续下去。

    不管怎样,龙珠都是我心中最经典最难忘最喜爱的漫画,它的地位无可替代,影响不可磨灭。

    January 01

    病态跨入2008

    本来打算兴高采烈地回国欢度假期,可惜14小时的飞机让我疲惫不堪,之后一直喉咙痛感冒发烧,加上时差反应让我每天都昏昏沉沉的,2008的第一天就在医院度过了,太无奈。新年第一个愿望就是身体赶快好起来,不然假期就白过了。
    sick
    December 20

    松一口气

    继星期一为动画课上缴final film后,今晚又完成一final presentation,之前一直忙得不可开交,有时连饭都吃不上一口,现在终于松一口气了,课后一口气吃掉4块PIZZA,回想起今天一直挨饿赶project,到下午手都发抖了。不过最后出来的project还是不错的吧,我觉得,虽然离完美还有一段距离,不过我看到自己在一点点进步,无论从老师还是同学身上,我都学到不少东西,眼界开阔了很多。回想起来还挺可怕,为动画短片花费了1包半左右的A4纸(500张一包),创建了3.59G的文档和AVI,为人体绘画课花费了1本大型素描本(100页,两面都画),为visual elements of story花费了打印墨黑色1盒,品红1盒,青色半盒,黄色半盒,presentation paper30余张,打印final painting35美元,创建了2.52G的PSD,TIFF,或JPEG文档,当然还有不计其数的脑细胞,和那越来越黑的眼圈,越来越没有精神的眼球,越来越收缩的胃,等等等等。星期五最后一堂课后,我在AAU的第一个学期就正式结束,本想写一篇学期总结,现在太累了,下次。敬请关注本space的art work相册,有我的final project。
    November 09

    两难

    fingurative concept课上老师与学生不和已到达白热化阶段,昨晚被拉去喝酒,被怂恿本周五集体罢课。
    事情起因是:一向崇尚自由的美国学生不满意课上老师一直要求他们这样画那样画,而且不满老师无论画什么都要拿照片或资料做参考,上周五还爆发师生骂战,导致最终彻底反目。
    昨晚众白人决定本周五罢课,还说要通知到所有学生,我想说,像我这种身份没有保证的人,不想惹上任何麻烦,而且我交了学费来学东西,这样一搞我不知要损失多少。而且我也知道当老师的难处,因此,我不知道该不该参与行动,得罪朋友还是得罪老师?看来太自由也不是一件好事。
    October 30

    ocean beach

    天坐车到ocean beach,一路上都处于一个被阳光拥抱的位置长达1小时,呆呆的在沙滩上坐着,看人家冲浪,玩狗,堆沙,就这样傻傻的,迎面吹来寒冷的海风,头上顶着火辣的太阳,冰火9重天,结果今天有病倒的感觉,怎么我这么孱弱呢?不过那种独自在海边坐着的感觉真不错,朋友都说我像老人家,也是,周末没有功课的话我都会到公园或广场呆坐,听听歌涂涂鸦,很快就变老头子了。。。
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    October 26

    勇往直前

    这里荒废了很久了吧,我又回来了. 但这篇日志与上一篇的发表地点相隔了一个太平洋. 当重温那些在广州街头耳机里响起的歌,都会有怀念的感觉. 在这里一切还好,还偶有被肯定被赞赏的机会,继续努力,勇往直前. 不知道还有没有人会来这里看日志发表留言,没关系,我只想倾诉心声.
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    July 29

    日记

    这日记之前最新的一篇是寒假写的,看来我真的好久没搞自己的SPACE了,有人还问我是不是失踪了,其实我一直都有上网的,不过学校里不能上MSN,QQ也是隐身,也不怎么说话,在学校的学习时间真的很紧张,不是我装模作样,而是我真的很担心自己的GPA.
    我搬家了,搬到了广州与南海的交界,到了现在才装好电话和上网,所以有幸今晚写下这么一篇日记
    放假虽然挺休闲,不过数据库课程设计和GRE令我彷徨万分,时间紧迫,心慌得很啦,谁能帮帮我...
    最近提起了学习CG的兴趣,自己摸索学习中,志同道合的CICI画了很多作品,放到SPACE,不过我至今只有2,3张还没完成的作品
    我发现我真的很喜欢fantasy art,什么编程序啊,写作文啊这些真的会令我头痛万分,可惜偏偏这些又是必须得做的,做人就是这么辛苦吗?我真的很羡慕那些可以全心全意做自己感兴趣事情的人,或者那些完全没有兴趣的人,或者那些可以放弃兴趣的人
    昨晚明珠台播 The Time Machine,男主角先是问:Why can't I change the past? 最后女主角问他what are you doing,他说: Change the future.
    February 01

    熬夜

    连续2晚上浩方玩 X Hero,一直玩到2点多,3点才睡,又被老豆骂,为什么他总是会中途醒来知道我还没睡呢.
    白天很疲倦啊,睡多久都觉得不够,下次早点玩早点睡了,X Hero是很耗时间和折磨人的.
    放假前定的假期计划基本没执行,太废物了,看来我是那种不适宜定计划的人,想到什么就做什么吧,顺其自然吧.
    hexagram的聚会不要以宵夜的形式了吧,早茶,下午茶都行啊,宵夜又熬到2,3点,回家又会被骂,对身体也不是很好,尤其队长的喉咙啊,熬夜对嗓子不好...
    又犯困了,不写了,睡觉去!
    January 28

    无题

    昨天又排练了一次,感觉比以前好多了
    上次阿锋被阿全臭骂了之后,回去应该加紧努力练了歌,虽然还是错乱不少,也不是很稳,但起码效果出来了一点,更重要的是他让我看到他的态度.
    去看热闹的安仔被我拉进去打了几次,他妈的感觉完全不一样,希望阿锋认识到自己的缺点,和别人的差距,再加把劲得练习,希望不是我太心急了...
    排练后又去抽魔兽,把安仔和阿英鱼肉得很惨,从中获得一种变态的满足,哈哈,下次还要把安仔和阿英拉去.
    抽完魔兽又宵夜,这个星期第二次了,虽然又被父亲大人骂了一顿,但是很好玩,几个人在一起谈天说地,领悟了很多东西,心路历程又走远了一步.
    回家已经2点半了,赶紧洗澡睡觉,这样的生活很写意,但是我想应该只有在当学生的时候才可以这样,剩下的学生时期已经不多了,至少在广州当学生是这样,万一真的出国了,生活会更苦闷,所以我正在努力珍惜现在的学生时期,珍惜身边的朋友,珍惜现在拥有的一切,珍惜现在的生活.
    又到了新年了,新年过后也差不多开学了,开学后又不得不忙得不可开交,有时候真的想就这样玩玩乐乐地过,会过得很开心,但以后的日子可能会加倍地艰苦,所以还是要咬紧牙,撑过去,放假的这段时间,抓紧时间开心吧......
    January 24

    今天排练后感想

    今天吃完午饭,抓紧时间练了一下子琴,因为下午要排练了,不能样衰衰的呀!
    踌躇满志到了琴行,看见尤鱼也在练琴,不错,大家都努力了.环顾四周后发现阿锋,作为hexagram的人,我头一次问他:歌听了没?
    很奇怪,为什么我不问他歌练了没而是问听了没呢?这个...我也说不清
    然后我满怀希望地等他回答我:听了! ~~~~~~~~~~~就这样,我的第一层郁闷便诞生了
    他居然说没听,我的天哪!都1个月过去了!什么世道!
    后来cici和阿全来了,阿锋得知要排练~~~~~~~~~~~就这样,我的第二层郁闷便诞生了
    他居然说没带双踩,我的天哪!
    人齐了后,决定单踩杀住先,先来"我们将会升起"~~~1,2,3,4, dadadadadadadada......
    靠!超慢版本,来快的~~~1,2,3,4, ddddddddddddddddd......靠!超快版本,稍慢点~~~1,2,3,4,dadadada......~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~于是我的第三层郁闷便诞生了
    就这样快快慢慢地弄了几次之后,我当时真的想把琴掉下就走出去,一句话也不多说!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    后来阿全进来帮忙打,才叫真正地排了几次,后来阿全把阿锋臭骂了一顿,我知道阿锋是我们的人,本来应该由我们出面教训的,现在劳烦阿全做丑人了,不好意思了. 阿锋虽然很伤心,但是我觉得他真的是太过分了,如果是真的有心玩,请摆点心机下去吧,我虽然弹不出一手好琴,但我真的很努力地去练,我和阿宇后来把那段riff夹得越来越齐,和一开始比真是换了个样,这叫什么,就一首歌而已,有心的话有什么搞不掂?
     
    粗略算一算,从组队都现在都快2个月了,就那么2首歌而已,真的那么困难吗?现在的停滞不前弄得我十分沮丧,对未来充满迷惘,今天之前的几天,我把 cloud connected, free fall, burning angel 都扒了几遍,粗略出效果是没有问题的,我希望往后的排练可以玩. 但今天之后,我变得颓废了,回家没练琴.......唯一的安慰是阿全下车时答应我练歌,真的非常感激他
     
    阿全这个朋友真的没话说,从我最早组队玩limp bizkit,到后来搞牛魔王,到现在的hexagram,都给我带来了很大的帮助和指导,本来男人之间是不应该如此婆妈的,但是我想再说一次:阿全,真的很感谢你
     
    另外我想对cici说的是: 你是我们的队长兼主唱,你应该领导一下我们,请不要再沉默了
     
    对阿锋我不想说太多,我还是继续期待下次,直到我有一天真的忍无可忍.
    人嘛,就是在不断被叼和被赞中成长,被叼是无可避免的,关键是被叼后怎么想,怎么做. 被赞是少数的,人总想被赞而不想被叼,那么,请你努力,如果不努力又不想被叼,那么,请你退出...就这么简单
    November 07

    Are you waiting for the 3rd extinction?

    The first extinction of creatures in the earth occurs in Permian. At that period, 70% of the terraneous and 90% of the aquatic animals disappeared.
    Known as a common sence, the second extinction is bound up with dinosaurs at Cretaceous , which were once the dominators of the world. However, they couldn't or we may say they were helpless to avoid the fate of demise.
    Associatively, everything would be end up with death for some external or internal reasons nomatter how prosperous they were at the age they dominated the world.
     
    Human beings are the same.
     
    Undoubtedly human are the most powerful creatures in the world at least we consider us to be.
    Unfortunately human could always do nothing when they suffer natural disaster.
     
    Such is nature that balance itself in spite of what harm it brings.  Such is fate that comes without any prediction. Such are human beings that take anything granted and attempt to control everything.
     
    Hardly can all huaman beings realize that nature controls us.
    Nobody craves for the third extinction...
    October 24

    Why does my lifestyle alter?

    It has been a long time since I updated my space last time.
    Days become increasingly afflicting. A great mass of work has become all of my daily life.
    My hobbies are fading, my brain is fainting, my faith is weakening.
    There's an idiom: No pain, no gain.
    Is it really true that we will gain after we suffer pain? Is the gain able to  heal our pain?
    My pressure center is rising but currently I can still  abide it.
    Now I turn to be undetermined because I have a horror of something what somebody told me about his adversity.
    Why does my lifestyle alter?  What are subject to ths variety?  It's not supposed to feel like this.
    Is it because that I aspire to gain more?
    OK, no more nonsenses, I must sleep and expect a cozier tomorrow, even if it is only in a dream...
    September 10

    Being greedy is not guilty

     
    In honest, we are living in an acceptable  condition or even better. But we are still dissatisfied.
    Greed is a nature of human. Especially greedy for a luxurious life that now I am looking forward to.
    And I don't think you will reject this kind of life, right?
    What are we chasing ? Why must human be so greedy? Why is fortune so important? Why can't we go back to that easy,original and simple but joyful life?
    If we are really able to go back, there wouldn't have been so much argument, annoyance, hardship and what we didn't want at all.
     
    But I will insist on chasing. I'm dying for it. I have no choice. I'm not going back. All that I lost will return , all that I expect will be gained.
     
    Now , battle starts...
    August 28

    disaster begins

    Tomorrow, disaster begins.
    I really don't wanna go to school, though there will be many interesting things happen there.
    Since those eventa begin, I have not been happy for a long time, I want this misery to end, I want my scar to be recovered. But reality is always aginst desire.
    It seems that I wanna escape from something. I am giving myself a runaround that is I don't wanna go to school to begin the new semester.
    In fact, I don't wanna see some people, something happen either.
    I have reminded myself again and again to forger it. But I found I couldn't.
    Now I know the only thing I can do is to follow the furtune's wheel, what is I don't wanna do.
    After tomorrow, I have to face many incidents.
    This is really a disaster, I feel fear although those days haven't come.
     
    By the way, I have found a theory:
    No matter what and how well you have done, in some people's eyes, it's only a piece of shit.
    But if you haven't done sth. or done bad, in their eyes, you become a piece of really f**kin' goddamn shit !
    What a hell it is...
     
    August 22

    Does it make you happy? Are you feeling happy?

    In this hole
    That is me
    The dead are rolling over
    In this hole
    Thickening
    Dirt shoveled over shoulders
    I feel it in me
    So overwhelmed
    Oh, this pressured center rising
    My life overturned
    Unfair the despare
    All these scars keep ripping open
    Peel me from the skin
    Tear me from the rind
    Does it make you happy now?
    Tear meat from the bone
    Tear me from myself
    Are you feeling happy now?
    In this hole
    That is me
    A life that's growing feeble
    In this hole
    So limiting
    The sun has set; all darkens
    Buried underneath
    Hands slip off the wheel
    Internal path-way to contention
    Peel me from the skin
    Tear me from the rind
    Does it make you happy now?
    Tear meat from the bone
    Tear me from myself
    Are you feeling happy now?
    Are you
    HAPPY
    Are you
    HAPPY
    Are you feeling happy?
    In this hole
    That is me
    Left with a heart exhausted
    What's my release??
    What sets me free?
    Do you pull me up just to push me down again?
    Peel me from the skin
    Tear me from the rind
    Does it make you happy now?
    Tear meat from the bone
    Tear me from myself
    Are you feeling happy?
    Peel me from the skiiiiiiiiiin
    Peel me from the skiiiiiiiiiin
    Tear me from the rind
    Does it make you happy now?
    Tear me from the boooooooooone
    Tear me from the boooooooooone
    Tear me from myself
    Are you feeling happy?
    Does it make you happy?
    Are you feeling happy?
    Are you fucking happy?
    Now that I'm lost left with nothing
    Does it make you happy?
    Are you feeling happy?
    Are you fucking happy?
    Now that I'm lost left with nothing!
    August 21

    Happy?

    Life is aflflicting and suffocating me~~~
    Some things, what I fear ,happened, with my great sorrow
    Not like the old days, I will not be energetic or excited any more, at least I don't think I will.
    Who wants to suffer any more, but I have no choice. Fortune is not under controled easily.
    I used to be hopeful, ambitious, and self-confident . But  look into my eyes now, can you see them  luminous ?
    My mind told me that I was casted away, by some people, by somg things, by the luck. 
    Reality is sad but true. I must face all these  misery, I must save myself. Though some persons or events may help, I don't expect they will. 
     
    As a song("Happy"--by Mudvayne) sings:
     
    I feel it in me
    So overwhelmed
    Oh, this pressured center rising
    My life overturned
    Unfair the despare
    All these scars keep ripping open
    ~~~
     
    I hope I can stand up and shout out again,  but who knows what will happen to me
    Forget it, if I am able to...