我承認我實在是花太多時間在政治和影集。Anyway，中毒太深，剛剛念paper念煩偷懶時，在 YouTube 上找到 Bradley Whitford 最近上一個脫口秀的影片。他真的好好笑 XD
還有終於有人把他得艾美獎的影片放上去了，之前找好久都找不到。
結果又順便看了一個他拍的廣告
發現他居然支持希拉蕊！
Finally I know how endorsement works sometimes, especailly for indecivie mind. I might be one of them.
附註：我如果做研究有這麼認真就好了。
The View I See
2008-04-21
2008-04-17
Divided We Fail, A TV Ad
I like the style of this ad, which is similar to YesWeCan. There are more celebrities in this ad though. I like Dakota Fanning.
Although this is talking about people in the US should be united regardless of party affiliation, there is no way this ad isn't pro-liberal.
It reminded me of the first time I saw it. It was me staying in a two-king-sized bedroom at a Comfort Inn somewhere in Virginia, watching CNN.
Although this is talking about people in the US should be united regardless of party affiliation, there is no way this ad isn't pro-liberal.
It reminded me of the first time I saw it. It was me staying in a two-king-sized bedroom at a Comfort Inn somewhere in Virginia, watching CNN.
2008-04-09
重溫舊電影
這幾天復習了幾部以紐約為背景的舊電影：
You've Got Mail (1998)
How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days (2003)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
對這幾部電影印象都滿深刻的，所以現在回去看時都還記得當初首次看時的情境。從最老的電影小鬼當家二說起，小鬼當家一(1990)我應該也看了幾次，但想不起來第一次是什麼時候看的，對第二集的印象就很深刻。記得那時候（應該是小學六年級）是租了錄影帶某天週末傍晚全家人一起看，看了大概十幾二十分鐘，演到小鬼的家人到了佛羅里達領行李時才發現小鬼不見了時，正好要出門跟舅舅阿姨他們吃飯，吃完飯之後大家來我們家玩，所以最後大家一起重頭把它看完。也許會對這部片還有當時的情境都記這麼清楚，是因為很喜歡全家人hang out 的感覺，也剛好劇中是在演一個大家庭。
電子情書是在高二看的，那時應該是冬天，在國際戲院看的。那時好迷 Tom Hanks，會認識他應該是看了阿甘正傳(1994)，後來從西雅圖夜未眠(1993)開始迷他，高一升高二暑假的搶救雷恩大兵(1998)和當年尾的電子情書到達高峰。搶救雷恩大兵在美國即將上映的那個暑假，我剛好人也在美國，寄宿家庭姊姊的帥男友也叫 Ryan，從此我就自以為叫這名字的男生都很可愛，不過這名字本身也好聽啦 。
這次再度重看電子情書果然有不同的感覺。最主要是因為這次去了紐約，所以對裡頭的場景很熟悉，原來他們是在上西城72街左右的地方，我有到那附近晃，但因為事先沒查所以也不知道電影裡的咖啡店書店等等的在哪。還有就是現在對美國政治比較瞭解，所以比較能瞭解梅格萊恩原本那男友的笑點。還有他說他無法和對政治不熱衷的人交往，有同感 XD。另外一點就是那裡面的人（男人）一直 quote Godfather，我高中看的時候只有看中文字幕根本沒在聽英文，再加上那時我也沒看過教父（後來大四才第一次看），所以關於政治和引用教父台詞都一律略過，損失了很多趣味。我覺得我高二看的時候應該只有 enjoy 1)湯姆漢克、2)梅格萊恩、3)湯姆漢克加梅格萊恩在浪漫的紐約配上詼諧的音樂，經過十年（？ Yes, it's 2008 now！）的"成長"後重溫果然不同凡響。
最近重溫的最後一部，How to Lose A Guy in Ten Days，中文應該翻絕配冤家（？），I am also pretty sure that I watched it at home from Channel 7 (CBS) at 9pm on some Sunday during the winter quarter of my second year here. (I can't believe my memory is so good!! But this good memory was never applied to real things such as doing research.) One reason I remember it is because of the theme song "You are So Vain". Another reason is because that was few weeks before the second core exam so I felt very guilty about watching this movie (Oh, the miserable and painful memory about the second core exam is still vivid!) Anyway, 我對那艘 Staten Island Ferry 印象很深 (I don't know why)，所以這次去紐約搭那船時有多拍幾張。
Kate Hudson is cute. I like her dresses in the movie. Also, the duet of "You are So Vain" is pretty fun.
You've Got Mail (1998)
How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days (2003)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
對這幾部電影印象都滿深刻的，所以現在回去看時都還記得當初首次看時的情境。從最老的電影小鬼當家二說起，小鬼當家一(1990)我應該也看了幾次，但想不起來第一次是什麼時候看的，對第二集的印象就很深刻。記得那時候（應該是小學六年級）是租了錄影帶某天週末傍晚全家人一起看，看了大概十幾二十分鐘，演到小鬼的家人到了佛羅里達領行李時才發現小鬼不見了時，正好要出門跟舅舅阿姨他們吃飯，吃完飯之後大家來我們家玩，所以最後大家一起重頭把它看完。也許會對這部片還有當時的情境都記這麼清楚，是因為很喜歡全家人hang out 的感覺，也剛好劇中是在演一個大家庭。
電子情書是在高二看的，那時應該是冬天，在國際戲院看的。那時好迷 Tom Hanks，會認識他應該是看了阿甘正傳(1994)，後來從西雅圖夜未眠(1993)開始迷他，高一升高二暑假的搶救雷恩大兵(1998)和當年尾的電子情書到達高峰。搶救雷恩大兵在美國即將上映的那個暑假，我剛好人也在美國，寄宿家庭姊姊的帥男友也叫 Ryan，從此我就自以為叫這名字的男生都很可愛，不過這名字本身也好聽啦 。
這次再度重看電子情書果然有不同的感覺。最主要是因為這次去了紐約，所以對裡頭的場景很熟悉，原來他們是在上西城72街左右的地方，我有到那附近晃，但因為事先沒查所以也不知道電影裡的咖啡店書店等等的在哪。還有就是現在對美國政治比較瞭解，所以比較能瞭解梅格萊恩原本那男友的笑點。還有他說他無法和對政治不熱衷的人交往，有同感 XD。另外一點就是那裡面的人（男人）一直 quote Godfather，我高中看的時候只有看中文字幕根本沒在聽英文，再加上那時我也沒看過教父（後來大四才第一次看），所以關於政治和引用教父台詞都一律略過，損失了很多趣味。我覺得我高二看的時候應該只有 enjoy 1)湯姆漢克、2)梅格萊恩、3)湯姆漢克加梅格萊恩在浪漫的紐約配上詼諧的音樂，經過十年（？ Yes, it's 2008 now！）的"成長"後重溫果然不同凡響。
最近重溫的最後一部，How to Lose A Guy in Ten Days，中文應該翻絕配冤家（？），I am also pretty sure that I watched it at home from Channel 7 (CBS) at 9pm on some Sunday during the winter quarter of my second year here. (I can't believe my memory is so good!! But this good memory was never applied to real things such as doing research.) One reason I remember it is because of the theme song "You are So Vain". Another reason is because that was few weeks before the second core exam so I felt very guilty about watching this movie (Oh, the miserable and painful memory about the second core exam is still vivid!) Anyway, 我對那艘 Staten Island Ferry 印象很深 (I don't know why)，所以這次去紐約搭那船時有多拍幾張。
Kate Hudson is cute. I like her dresses in the movie. Also, the duet of "You are So Vain" is pretty fun.
紐約趴趴走
其實我應該要來寫個紐約遊記，但一直很懶。太久沒寫怕會忘記，現在看相片有的建築是什麼都想不起來。有興趣的人就先看我的相簿吧～
回程在Boston轉機時無聊打了一個草稿，待我有空再把它補滿。
3/23 Sunday
8:00 JFK, Dunkin' Donut when waiting for the baggage
10:30~11:00 Vivian’s apartment at Brooklyn (a nice neighborhood)
Extremely hungry, late lunch at McDonald (never felt McDonald was so delicious)
Rockefeller Center (okay, not as great as expected)
Fifth Avenue (many people)
Some Church – It was Easter Sunday (don't remember names)
Central Park (fell asleep)
Apple Store (couldn’t open my eyes, felt very dizzy)
NBC
Back home sleeping
Dinner – Pizza
3/24 Monday
Federal Reserve of New York, Wall Street, Federal Hall, New York Stock Exchange
Lunch at Bravo Café (?) on the wall street – Beef burrito and soup (Like it!)
Trinity Church
South Street Seaport – Many Wall-St people around (Like it!)
Wall Street Heliport (just passed by)
Staten Island Ferry – saw Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on the way
Battery Park (Cozy, Love it! Can sit there for a whole day)
World Trade Center Site
World Financial Center (Merrill lynch, Delloit, High Fidelity ...)
Century 21 - shopping
NYPD Headquarter
Chinatown, Little Italy, Soho
Dinner at Dean & Deluca – Pineapple cuts (Love it!)
3/25 Tuesday
Madison Street
Breakfast – Pancakes and coffee (Okay)
Upper East Town
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lunch at Met cafeteria – Some fruit and coffee ($10+ !!, Sucks!)
Cross the lake of Central Park
American Museum of Natural History
Upper West Town
Movie shot
My dream apartment
A bakery (Banana budding & Chocolate cheesecake)
(Love it!)
Lincoln Circle (?) – Esprit, CNN, WaMu
Dinner with Vivian and her friends – Salmon curry at an Indian restaurant (like ER plus SATC)
3/26 Wednesday
DC tour – Philadelphia and Washington DC
Lunch at King Buffet (Okay)
Dinner at some Mexican restaurant
3/27 Thursday
DC tour – Sherathoah Caverns & Baltimore
Late lunch at some Italian restaurant
Empire State Building
3/28 Friday
Lunch with Daisy at a Japanese restaurant
Grand Central
United Nations
Macy’s and surrounding area
Time Square
Dinner with Flora at Fridays
Broadway show – Mamma Mia
3/29 Saturday
Macy’s, Loft …
Time Square & Broadway show - Hairspray
3/30 Sunday
Queens Flushing
Lunch at a Taiwanese restaurant
Bubble Tea and egg cakes (Quickly 快可立)
Washington Square (soso, under construction) & NYU
East Village (Greenwich and Chelsea?)
Time Square
Legally Blonde – Orchestra
3/31 Cloudy and Rainy Monday
Yankees Home Opener was cancelled (I was unable to get the ticket though)
10:00+ Arrive Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Times is across the street
10:30 Brunch at Port Authority Bus Terminal, waiting for the bus – Coffee, chocolate mousse cake & New York Times (My favorite combo)
11:30 Gray Line bus to Woodbury Common Premium Outlet (Upper NY state, thru NJ, talk with a funny old guy)
16:30 Head back, traffic
18:30 Time Square (saw 吉野家)
19:00 Grand Central and surrounding financial district
19:30 Dinner at a Japanese restaurant (Seafood ramen)
20:30 Union Square (not good)
4/1 Tuesday
Go Home (connected flights in Boston)- Spent the whole day on taking subway trains, fooling around in airports, connecting flghts, eating snacks and watching CNN on JetBlue
回程在Boston轉機時無聊打了一個草稿，待我有空再把它補滿。
3/23 Sunday
8:00 JFK, Dunkin' Donut when waiting for the baggage
10:30~11:00 Vivian’s apartment at Brooklyn (a nice neighborhood)
Extremely hungry, late lunch at McDonald (never felt McDonald was so delicious)
Rockefeller Center (okay, not as great as expected)
Fifth Avenue (many people)
Some Church – It was Easter Sunday (don't remember names)
Central Park (fell asleep)
Apple Store (couldn’t open my eyes, felt very dizzy)
NBC
Back home sleeping
Dinner – Pizza
3/24 Monday
Federal Reserve of New York, Wall Street, Federal Hall, New York Stock Exchange
Lunch at Bravo Café (?) on the wall street – Beef burrito and soup (Like it!)
Trinity Church
South Street Seaport – Many Wall-St people around (Like it!)
Wall Street Heliport (just passed by)
Staten Island Ferry – saw Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on the way
Battery Park (Cozy, Love it! Can sit there for a whole day)
World Trade Center Site
World Financial Center (Merrill lynch, Delloit, High Fidelity ...)
Century 21 - shopping
NYPD Headquarter
Chinatown, Little Italy, Soho
Dinner at Dean & Deluca – Pineapple cuts (Love it!)
3/25 Tuesday
Madison Street
Breakfast – Pancakes and coffee (Okay)
Upper East Town
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lunch at Met cafeteria – Some fruit and coffee ($10+ !!, Sucks!)
Cross the lake of Central Park
American Museum of Natural History
Upper West Town
Movie shot
My dream apartment
A bakery (Banana budding & Chocolate cheesecake)
(Love it!)
Lincoln Circle (?) – Esprit, CNN, WaMu
Dinner with Vivian and her friends – Salmon curry at an Indian restaurant (like ER plus SATC)
3/26 Wednesday
DC tour – Philadelphia and Washington DC
Lunch at King Buffet (Okay)
Dinner at some Mexican restaurant
3/27 Thursday
DC tour – Sherathoah Caverns & Baltimore
Late lunch at some Italian restaurant
Empire State Building
3/28 Friday
Lunch with Daisy at a Japanese restaurant
Grand Central
United Nations
Macy’s and surrounding area
Time Square
Dinner with Flora at Fridays
Broadway show – Mamma Mia
3/29 Saturday
Macy’s, Loft …
Time Square & Broadway show - Hairspray
3/30 Sunday
Queens Flushing
Lunch at a Taiwanese restaurant
Bubble Tea and egg cakes (Quickly 快可立)
Washington Square (soso, under construction) & NYU
East Village (Greenwich and Chelsea?)
Time Square
Legally Blonde – Orchestra
3/31 Cloudy and Rainy Monday
Yankees Home Opener was cancelled (I was unable to get the ticket though)
10:00+ Arrive Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Times is across the street
10:30 Brunch at Port Authority Bus Terminal, waiting for the bus – Coffee, chocolate mousse cake & New York Times (My favorite combo)
11:30 Gray Line bus to Woodbury Common Premium Outlet (Upper NY state, thru NJ, talk with a funny old guy)
16:30 Head back, traffic
18:30 Time Square (saw 吉野家)
19:00 Grand Central and surrounding financial district
19:30 Dinner at a Japanese restaurant (Seafood ramen)
20:30 Union Square (not good)
4/1 Tuesday
Go Home (connected flights in Boston)- Spent the whole day on taking subway trains, fooling around in airports, connecting flghts, eating snacks and watching CNN on JetBlue
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