美味關係

剛剛在吃義大利麵的時候，突然想起之前在學校附近餐廳裡的牆上看到的一段文字：

在美味的料理中 

我們找到

情人 

朋友 

家人 

一起在餐桌上 

相聚的 

千百種理由

（圖中是 California Pizza Kitchen 去年剛推出的 Baby Clam Linguini with Imported Italian Tomatoes. Source: www.cpk.com）

20110418

We are haunted, more or less, for better or for worse, by our past.
People we met and things we experienced shape whom we are today.

三點一線

前些日子好友 LC 提到了三點一線的生活，對我來說，學校、住處和學校旁的餐廳街，就足以構成了一日的生活。三點有時簡單到發慌，換著地方繼續著我的發呆，但有的時候，三點也可以構成複雜的網絡。

Those Days

Shot on someday in 2010.

Flashback

很愛 Aaron Sorkin 在他的影集裡常使用的倒序片段（flashback），可能因為自己也常 spaced out 地回到過往的場景，突然回到過去的某個時刻，不過有時腦子會太混亂，雖然覺得場景和事物再熟悉不過，卻怎麼樣也想不起那是何時何地。Aaron Sorkin 的倒序片段中的場景常出現在雨天，‧【The West Wing】、【Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip】，還有最近的【The Social Network】，都有類似的片段，雨天的確是一個適合 soul-search 的好時機。

有時候會覺得，Being perceptive 不知道是好是壞，如果少一根筋會不會過得快活點。

Some Trivia in Memory

After moving back home for half a year, if I have to say what I miss about Seattle so far, I would say those coffee shops where I spent a lot of time hanging around. They included Starbucks and Barnes & Noble Starbucks at U Village, a few small cafes on the ave, UW Bookstore cafe, and even Suzzalo Expresso. Here in Taiwan, I seldom work or even hang around in coffee shops. I only buy a cup of coffee at 7-11 on the way to work. Why I miss them so much is not only because of the comfy scent I really enjoyed but also because there were so many stories inside them.

The other day when I was about to fall asleep on the bed, my mind suddenly flashed back to an old scene in Seattle: I walked from my apartment through two blocks to Chipotle Mexican Grill to buy a Burrito Bowl with GUACAMOLE (which I ate at least once a week during the last few years in Seattle)! The flashback was so vivid and just like real. Sometimes I miss the sashimi lunch special and the friendly chef at I Love Sushi of Lake Union too. Food was indeed one important support and inspiration of my life in Seattle.

I guess some of the things have been coined deeply inside my mind. Those things are now so far away from me that they seem intangible and seldom are thought of, but used to be a part of my life.

Obama's 2011 State of the Union

[Source] [Transcript]

Another great speech! I like the part about education and immigration law.
Really admire eloquent people, who actually can convince you of everything.

Btw, the visual aid is a cool accompaniment with the serious speech.

【午安憂鬱】by 柯裕棻

前幾天讀到了柯裕棻除了【行路難】之外另一篇關於留學生活的文章 --【午安憂鬱】，也是相當深刻。

[The West Wing] Josh's Confession to Amy

今天突然想起【The West Wing】裡面很喜歡的一段。





[Around 3:30; said by Josh]

I studied a lot in school. I studied hard in high school and at Harvard and in law school. My IQ doesn't break the bank, and I wanted to do this so I studied all the time. And I missed something or it's like I skipped a year 'cause I never learned what you do after you think you like somebody -- what you do next. And every-everybody did learn. A lot of other people, anyway.

七年一刻

星期一七點的早晨，窗外被雨水佈滿的三峽，秋末第一波溫度的驟降，昨晚忘記關窗今早微酸的喉嚨，暌違已久的台灣冬日，七年了。

七年前的那個冬日，清華文齋五樓，那個夏熱冬冷的四人房宿舍，依稀中我盤著腿在那個老舊、稍有移動還會唧唧叫木椅上，桌上是剛入手最新款等待與我一起出征的IBM-X31，畫面上是遍布北美各地的學校網頁，腿上抱著那綠色的課本，在筆電螢幕前，算著一道又一道的線性代數，醞釀著也等待著希望。

七年後，X31已報廢，坐在三峽新市鎮的小公寓的書桌前，不自主地回到了當時的情境，揣摩著二十出頭對展翅高飛的期待。

人生，是不是總要有這麼一個抽離，才會展現它的美。