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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:58:20 Z

觉得上一篇博客作为置顶有点不妥，就新开一篇供不时路过的朋友们留言吧！

这个学期因为兼有助教任务，所以比较忙。时光刷刷刷刷的飞过，而时间的坐标则参照prime-time TV programming。星期一，House以及CBS数部sitcom；星期二，NCIS；星期四，Bones... You get the idea

太恐怖太恐怖

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:59 Z

自上个星期以来就很high-profile的missing person case，现在body终于找到。希望警方早日将凶手绳之于法！

From Boston Globe:

Body thought to be that of missing Yale student is found at lab

By Globe Staff | September 14, 2009

Police in Connecticut said last night they found what appeared to be the body of a Yale University graduate student hidden inside a wall at a university lab where she worked and was last seen five days before.

At a press conference in New Haven, Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard of the New Haven Police Department told reporters that they presume the body was that of doctoral student Annie Le, the focus of a police search since Tuesday.

“It hasn’t been positively identified as of this time,’’ Reichard told reporters last night, according to the Associated Press. “However, we are assuming it is her . . . so we are treating it as a homicide.’’

State Police said they found the body about 5 p.m. in a part of the building that houses utility cables that run between floors. The building is in the university’s medical complex.

Reichard told reporters that investigators have recovered “a large amount’’ of physical evidence, but he would not discuss what it included.

In a press release, police called the area where the body was found an “extensive crime scene.’’

Police said they have not made any arrests.

Richard Levin, Yale’s president, offered support to Le’s family and her fiance, Columbia University graduate student Jonathan Widawsky. The couple was to have married yesterday in Syosset, N.Y., on Long Island.

“The family and fiance and friends now must suffer the additional ordeal of waiting for the body to be positively identified,’’ Levin told the Associated Press. “I met . . . with Annie’s family, with her fiance and his family, and I conveyed to them all the deeply felt support of the entire university community.’’

Police have said Widawsky is not a suspect and is assisting with the investigation.

Le, 24, was last seen Tuesday morning in the five-story building that houses the laboratory where she worked. Surveillance video shows her arriving about 10 a.m., but police had been baffled because there was no video of Le leaving, despite some 75 surveillance cameras operating throughout the complex. Her identification, money, credit cards, and purse were found in her office.

More than 100 local, state, and federal police had been searching the building for days, using blueprints to uncover any place where evidence or Le’s body could be hidden.

Investigators said on Saturday that they recovered evidence from the building, but would not confirm media reports that the items included bloody clothing.

Yesterday morning, a State Police van drove down a ramp into the basement area of the building where the lab is. Authorities also sifted through garbage at a Hartford incinerator yesterday, looking through trash that had been taken from the building since Tuesday.

Le, a doctoral student in pharmacology from Placerville, Calif., wrote a magazine article earlier this year about how to stay safe around the Ivy League campus.

The article, titled “Crime and Safety in New Haven,’’ was published in February in a magazine produced by Yale’s medical school.

It compared instances of robbery in New Haven with cities that house other Ivy League schools, and included an interview with Yale Police Chief James Perrotti, who offers advice such as “pay attention to where you are’’ and “avoid portraying yourself as a potential victim.’’

Le’s disappearance weighed heavily on Yale students, who prayed for her safe return yesterday at The University Church on campus.

“It has been a week that has tested many people in many different ways,’’ the Rev. Ian Buckner Oliver said just before he gave the morning sermon. “It has brought up a lot of fears for people. It has brought up a lot of worry and concern for her and for all our safety.’’

不想写blog了

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:32:54 Z

首先是technical问题。家里的台式机还是网络很奇怪的和Windows Live Spaces有仇，无论用哪个浏览器 (IE or Firefox)访问space十有八九都是打不开的，因此我只有在实验室的时候偶尔看看大家的blog和更新一下自己的。久而久之，也就戒了那个瘾了。

然后是觉得自己的生活真的没有什么好说的。Even I don't really care, why should others? 在身边的或不在身边的同学朋友acquaintance（mostly I mean 同龄人），订婚的订婚，结婚的结婚，生小孩的生小孩，发paper的发paper，毕业的毕业，过CFA的过CFA，买车的买车，买房的买房。然而这几个月最令我兴奋的事无非就是买了一对超级便宜的鞋，还有终于盼到BONES season opener的promo. 说出来自己都觉得汗颜。

再次就是今天终于弄懂了“人肉搜索”是什么意思，被alert了一下下 —— 你们也知道我的blog没什么深刻的话题，多半都是“自曝”生活中一些鸡毛蒜皮的事情、发泄一下情绪。我也不希望未来某个时候，我n年前在blog说的事情被unintended readers看到（骨子里我还是一个比较private的人啊，呵呵）。这样的话，还是不发表在网上最安全。嗯，大概是时候回归"dear diary"了。

Anyway，这一次的hiatus，可能会比较长。还是那句，有兴趣知道我最新无聊想法的请自行向往Twitter！

Also, don't worry, 我会继续在你们的blog留言 ;)

小驚喜

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:37:07 Z

大概是老天可憐我最近生活實在是平淡無聊，就給我來點意外。

從這星期二開始，毫無預兆的，我的半獨居生活結束了。雖然不是出于我所愿，但我應該embrace這個變化。

然后又很巧合的認識了一個和我同中學、同大學、而且还要同行的師兄。今天匆匆去拜訪他一家，人人都很和氣，而且他的一對三個多月大的雙胞胎女兒更是粉雕玉鐲的，煞是可爱。

另外這兩天關于我喜歡的電視劇的各類信息一下子像潮水般涌來，Fall TV season很快就要來到啦，很是期待！

心情就這樣一下子開朗起來。

哪都没去的夏天

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:48:40 Z

转眼8月了。除了期盼新的一季电视剧的到来，没什么好说的。

按学校的暑期来算夏天吧，目前最远的只去过一趟Cambridge（还要不是英国那个）。来了美国四年第一次这么宅的夏天。

The most shameless way to put this: because I'm already at the best place in the whole wide world.

But we all know that's a lie ;)

What am I coming to?

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:09:29 Z

Hmmm… 这个clip，把Bones各集的human remains的镜头剪辑到一起，原来真的满恶心。

我看得太多，基本到熟视无睹的境地了，嘿嘿。By the way，我很多时候是一边吃饭一边看的……

波士顿的盛夏

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:44:05 Z

今天顶着下午五六点但依然热辣辣的太阳跑到附近的CVS，拖回了家里第二把风扇。真是一个及时的purchase啊。

经过古古怪怪的六月后，我们波士顿人民终于正式迎来了盛夏。近来几乎每个星期都有特别的户外活动：三周前是独立日的音乐会和烟火；上周是海港有古船开放参观；这个星期则是某沙滩的沙雕比赛。虽然我大部分时间仍是发挥宅女特色坚守在家，但不代表我不在享受这个季节啊。作为在广州长大的人，一点点的酷暑反倒很有亲切感啦，更何况波士顿的热真的还是小case.

这个时节，几乎一切都是美好的：每天离开学校沿着湖边走路回家，沿路看着跑步的人、溜狗的人，湖里的大鹅，everything screams "life"；漫长的白昼，即使晚了回家，外面也还是亮的；简单的如一个ice cream，一杯冰凉的饮品，也已经是无敌的享受。

每想到夏天的可爱之时，下一秒必定又在叹息夏日之短。下个月的这个时候，想怕我们就会回到穿长衣长裤的日子。但我总提醒自己，若不是漫长的冬季，我们也不见得会如此珍惜盛夏的光阴。总之一句：enjoy it while you can!

To simple pleasures...

嚇一跳

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:51:23 Z

偶爾看到一首名叫《如果我是陳奕迅》的歌，by一個叫"Mr"的樂隊。下載來聽聽。嚇一跳，主音把聲又真系好似Eason喔！

讀者群中被香港文化包圍的友人(cough, Penn, Hilda, Tracy, cough)，你地有冇聽過呀？？

另外要向所有已經/準備參加Eason concert的幸運人們報以羨慕的眼光... You guys have fun lar!!! 要知道有個遠方的人正在很妒忌你們呀！！！

TGIF | 四年了

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:36:51 Z

终于星期五晚了，躯体折腾了一个星期，精神被折磨了一个星期，真是值得thank god一下。

晚上回到家的时候收到Bank of America寄来的新Debit Card，替换现有的快要到期的卡。这是我来美国以后拥有的第一张plastic，还记得当年看到卡上的Expiration Date印着08/09，心里还在想，09年，多么遥远的事情。哪知转眼间就到了。青春就这么一点一滴的消耗掉了，希望智慧也同时的一点一滴积累起来。到换下一张卡的时候，我将不再是2字头，人也不知道会身处何方了。

说起来，这还是我so far使用时间最长的plastic。在其之后获取的各种各样的credit card，因为报失或者加照片、加mini card等等原因，都已经不是最初获得的那张卡了。不过，我怎么觉得新卡的design这么丑陋呢？

每日一tweet

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:03:24 Z

近来喜欢用Twitter来进行"micro-blog"。一日140个字，简短精炼。

说起来，没有用Twitter之前，我其实是很despise这个充斥着媒体的新兴事物，for some reason. 但用起来，发现它原来很适合我的个性。我不喜欢长篇大论(most of the time)，思绪比较random，想说的东西来得快也去得快。传统的blog给我的感觉比较formal，总觉得要言之有物才对得起观众，无聊的话不写好过写。在Twitter没有这个压力，有趣的内容也好，无聊的话题也罢，都在140个字内结束。我只需要控制的是每日的update篇数不要太过泛滥就好了。

每日2分钟，记下生活点滴。如果你们在这里有一段时间没有见到我、有点想念我的话，去Twitter找我吧。我的Twitter update应该也会显示在你们的home.live.com (that is,如果我在你的network内)，不知道你们看不看得到、或者有没有留意过？

Yet another proposal idea

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:03:31 Z

大家留意video的左下角：

這個男孩子還真的很會挑時間地點哦。Chris Martin彈鋼琴伴奏下的proposal，有多少人能有這個待遇？絕對unique，難得雷同！

宅女的最高境界

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:00:51 Z

LET'S SPEND THE DAY IN BED - by OVER THE RHINE

Let’s spend the day in bed
Yeah that’s what I said
Let’s lie down draw the shades
Ditch the plans we made
Rest your lovely bones
And just stay home
Turn off the telephone
Picnic on the sheets
Toss the dogs some treats
Rub each other’s feet
We’re not ashamed
Of a little lazy love
Till we’re through
I’m gonna spend the day in bed with you
Let’s spend the day in bed
On our very own bed spread
A pajama holiday
Catch a black and white matinee
Spoon-feed these new daydreams
And just stay home
We’ll read Shel Silverstein
Where The Sidewalk Ends
Smile about old friends
Try to comprehend
One single day
No work and only play
Kick off your shoes
I’m gonna spend the day in bed with you
When life’s a drag we’ll get stoned on love
Stoned on love
Just stay home
We need a groove that’s all our own
And we’ll get stoned
Just stay home
We’ll get stoned on love
Stoned on love
Let’s spend the day in bed
Forget all that I said
We’ll eat your favorite pie
Ice cream on the side
Lie here a la mode
And just stay home

在我的世界虽然暂时没有歌词里的"we"或"you"，但是这个"spend the day in bed"的idea还是很符合我的心境以及现实的，哈！

Friends trivia

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:23:53 Z

今晚在电视上看Friends的rerun有个不小的发现。

大家记得Ross在伦敦举行婚礼的情节吧。话说Rachel急冲冲地赶去伦敦，而她在飞机上旁边坐的居然是… 一个很年轻的Hugh Laurie (a.k.a. Dr. House)! 我对这个“飞机乘客”的角色印象倒是挺深的，不过之前从来没realize到是他。哪个die-hard的Friends fans是早就知道了的？

On A Lighter Note (than the last entry)

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:55:45 Z

发这个entry的首要原因是想要大家看我北大测试那个entry的更新版。因为我自己当时偷懒没做导致没能给大家足够清楚的example，实在抱歉。转了我的blog的同学们好好回去重做吧 =P

然后呢，随便引一个我满喜欢的quote吧，来自American TV show “Bones”。Season 1 Episode 17 “The Skull in the Desert”

剧情说到主要角色之一Angela的男朋友Kirk被谋杀一案经过一番调查，真相水落石出；Angela一行准备离开伤心地之前，她的好友Brennan（Bones的女主角）和她的对话：

(Cut to: Angela’s Bungalow. Angela looks at pictures of herself and Kirk. Brennan enters.)
BRENNAN: Ready to go home?
ANGELA: Yeah.
(Brennan sits on the couch next to Angela.)
BRENNAN: You’re not coming back again, are you?
ANGELA: No. Never. He loved me.
BRENNAN: For three weeks a year.
ANGELA (Breaking): No. He loved me all the time. I was the one who could only manage three weeks a year. I’m afraid that I—I’m just afraid that I don’t have a generous heart. I’m afraid that I won’t have the chance that I had with Kirk ever again.
BRENNAN: You will.
ANGELA: How can you be so sure?
BRENNAN: Because nothing in this universe happens just once, Angela. Nothing. Infinity goes in both directions. There is no unique event, no singular moment.
ANGELA (Shrugs and laughs): I don’t know what that means.
BRENNAN: It means you will get another chance.
ANGELA: You promise?
(Brennan lightly nods.)
ANGELA: From your heart?
BRENNAN: Better. From my head. And yes, Ange. I promise—
(They hug.)
BRENNAN: From my heart. You will get another chance.

喜欢的那句台词highlight出来了。喜欢的原因：用最理性的思维说出最感性的话。I like the way Brennan thinks and the conclusion she reaches! It gives hope to all the lonely people out there , doesn’t it?

最后再大声问一句，这里有人看Bones吗？有时间有精力有兴趣的人们，give it a chance! 尤其是女生。I think you’ll like it.

今日，廿年

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:56:27 Z

最近在blog上提到此事的友人有两位，尹珊珊，谭敏昭。A shout out to you if you happen to read my blog! Just want to let you know that I appreciate what you wrote.

五年前的今日，十五周年，我刚好在香港。当晚去了维多利亚公园（他们俗称的“维园”）一趟，作为旁观者，点了一支蜡烛，拍了一些照片。以前也没有公开和其他人分享过，今天就选两张放上来，以纪念这个特别的日子。

以前在北大的时候，曾经从校内某个FTP下载过有关此事的纪录片，也听到过亲历其境的人们片言只语的回忆；来到美国以后，也曾在YouTube上看过相关的资料。但我认为，我所听到的见到的，离深入了解还相差甚远，因此并不打算在这个时候判断谁对谁错。只希望，有这么一天，这个历史事件能够被公开的讨论和评断。

给北大的你们（更新版）

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:30:17 Z

在数院名人大天使的blog上看到的，觉得很好玩儿！

扫了一眼，还没时间做，先贴上来，看看有谁自告奋勇先完成这个checking list，和大家分享一下。

说实话呢，比起你们中很多人，我是一个atypical的北大人[例如...我没亲身去过西门买鸡翅(但吃倒是吃过——感恩于大四的某室友给我捎回来...我衰，忘了是谁了)]，所以有点不好意思把自己的答案贴出来。当然没有时间也是真的。

闲话少说，请看：

01.[x] 收到过北大录取通知书

02.[x] 在西门拍过照

03.[x] 在 BDWM 灌水

04.[x] 翘课

05.[ ] 牛教 / 城教刷夜

06.[ ] 避风塘玩杀人

07.[ ] 看过十佳歌手大赛

08.[x] 在网上抢课

09.[ ] 目睹过公开表白

10.[ ] 恋爱

11.[ ] 失恋

12.[x] 吃过西门鸡翅 (纯粹semantics，吃是吃过的，只不过不是自己亲身到西门买的)

13.[ ] 学一吃过冬菜包

14.[ ] 吃过博实凉皮

15.[x] 康美乐健身 (蹭有月票的同学打过乒乓球算不算？)

16.[x] 包子大叔那儿买过包子 (oh yea, and he totally recognized me and remembered my order!)

17.[ ] 丢过开水壶

18.[ ] 丢过自行车

19.[x] 知道 PKU 缩写的另外一个含义 (是parking university还是广东话的pk? 后者大概是说广东话的人的inside joke)

20.[ ] 十七英里 k 歌

21.[x] 考过 IBT/GMAT/GRE/TOEIC

22.[ ] 知道呆呆老师

23.[ ] 参加过团购

24.[x] 有至少一件系衫

25.[x] 大讲堂看过电影    (oh classic Brave Heart!)

26.[ ] 逛过塞克勒博物馆

27.[ ] 吃过何贤记

28.[ ] 康博思开过会

29.[x] 上过中国经济专题 / 西美史 / 心概中的一门

30.[ ] 知道三宝课是啥及教员是 who

31.[x] 相信“人品守恒定律” (至今仍然坚信！)

32.[x] 知道“脱光”啥意思

33.[x] 不说去餐馆吃饭，说“腐败”

34.[x] 喝过酸梅汤

35.[x] 图书馆南配殿看电影

36.[x] 在校园里问过路

37.[x] 在校园里遇到过问路的人

38.[ ] 在曾经的小四教自习（已经不记得是那幢楼了，不过我很少在外面自习，多数留在宿舍，这也解释了我为什么这么多北大的事情都不知道)

39.[ ] IPTV 看电视

40.[x] 在清泉洗过衣服

41.[ ] course 版上买卖过二手书

42.[ ] 参加过 129 合唱

43.[x] 出过国 / 境 (大学期间么?去过香港算不算?嘻)

44.[ ] 获得奖学金

45.[x] 做过志愿者

46.[x] 带父母 / 亲友参观北大

47.[ ] 知道图书馆前狮子的秘密

48.[ ] 遇到过 BT 、暴露狂

49.[ ] 寝室里集体看电影

50.[ ] 图书馆听到过闭馆的音乐

51.[x] 冬天在未名湖上走过

52.[ ] 跳到有翻尾石鱼的小岛上

53.[ ] 找过爬博雅塔的入口

54.[ ] 参加过挑战杯 / 科技园杯 / 校长基金

55.[ ] 丢过校园卡

56.[ ] 在未名湖边伤心过

57.[x] 听过名人的讲座

58.[x] 在三角地收过传单

59.[ ] 专门看过李彦宏照片

60.[x] 买过北大文化衫。。 (hoodie算不算?)

61.[x] 班级出游游 (痛苦的爬香山经历至今记得)

62.[x] 去过北戴河、天津、承德 (去过承德，但不是大学期间去的，是小学的时候去旅游)

63.[ ] 去过早市

64.[ ] 去过朗润园

65.[ ] 在小西门等过人

66.[x] 五四游泳馆游泳

67.[x] 送东西给学弟学妹

68.[ ] 去过中关村家乐福（和白石桥那个不是同一个吧？对这个我记忆很模糊)

69.[x] 有一台应急灯

70.[x] 看到这个测试就想做，哈哈

71.[x] 和室友卧谈

72.[ ] 见过北新电池男

73.[ ] 见过满树的“吊死鬼”

74.[x] 寝室晚归在楼下看见情侣拥吻 (“拥”见过很多，“吻”从来没仔细打量过，算么？)

75.[x] 在澡堂洗过澡

76.[ ] 借过澡卡

77.[ ] 打过篮球赛 / 看过篮球赛

78.[x] 买过物美面包——9点以后优惠？

79.[x] 去北新买过东西

80.[x] 把高年级的人称“学长 / 师兄 / 学姐 / 师姐”。

81.[x] 在过道或者站着听过讲座

82.[ ] 参加过校内社团

83.[ ] 上过暑期学校

84.[x] 在怀柔 / 延庆 / 大兴军训过

85.[ ] 学校里发过传单，贴过海报

86.[x] 去过北京其他的大学

87.[ ] 办过学生信用卡

88.[ ] 知道“鲜橙多”啥意思   (除了是一种饮料，还有啥意思？)

89.[ ] 在寝室楼发过问卷

90.[x] 被应聘公司 / 申请学校拒绝

91.[x] 码过车

92.[ ] 调戏过园子里的喵

93.[ ] 参加过暑期社会实践

94.[ ] 在静园玩过杀人

95.[ ] 听许爷爷亲口唱过歌

96.[x] 吃过家园夜市

97.[x] 知道“小西天”啥意思。。。

98.[x] 在校医院看过病

99.[x] 拿到毕业证书

100.[ ] 至今还很怀念那段时光   (对这个问题的答案真正体现我的atypical; don’t get me wrong,我很感恩通过大学认识到这么多有趣的你们,但在北大的时光,实在是我人生中比较压抑的阶段. If I could do it again, I wish I could have more fun and less stress.)

嗯…总分才49.我以后再也不会跟别人说我上过北大了。

再上路

Mon, 18 May 2009 05:25:26 Z

拿到驾照两年后再次坐到方向盘后（车是租来的），结果把被我拉来壮胆的副驾帅哥吓个半死。比较dramatic的一晚… 把车还回去以后就再也没见他有好脸色… 伤心啊！

看来我得每次练习开车都抓不同的人。因为我估计没有人愿意坐我开的车多于一次… 问题是，我要这样练习多少次才敢自己独自上路呢？

不迈开第一步，我就永远不能真正成为一个capable driver。因此，即使这个第一次并不顺利，但我还是要自勉一下－－我终于踏出了第一步！

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附：当年torture同一位帅哥之后我写的日记。估计他做梦都想不到，两年多后的今天依然被我折磨... 看来我本来就为数不多的朋友都是这样被我一个一个的吓走的。唉，就像那首歌唱的，“我命犯天煞孤星无伴终老孤独一生”...

Saturday February 3, 2007

It seems that I would have my road test soon and my driving instructor is taking this weekend off, so I asked Tom to go driving with me today. I was honored by the company of Joe and his bother as well. They must have trusted me enough to be in the car! Oh well, who am I kidding? Joe was just coming to laugh at me, plus he needed Tom to send him home.

We first went to Newton South High School area coz that's where the road test will take place. We wound up and down the small streets for a while, where I practised pull-over, back-up and three-point-turn, etc. Once again I found that Tom was a very prudent and meticulous guy, for he kept correcting my mistakes, big or small. The good thing is that he was very patient and didn't yell at me at all, not like someone. As for Joe, he was grinning the whole time. I threatened to kill him at first. But then I went focusing on my driving, and he was just making faces but not talking, so I let it go after a while.

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Then we sent Joe and his brother back to Brookline (the guys were getting VERY bored!). On the way we drove past a lot of streets that we used to drive on for so many times... bringing back lots of memories... Awww how I missed those days!

After dropping the guys off, we went back to Cleveland Circle, where Tom got a haircut from Super Cut. Wow that haircut was FAST! I only had the time to pick a gift bag from CVS across the street, and he was done!

Anyway, after this whole break, we continued the practice where Tom used to practise driving. I am so grateful to Tom for he was willing to spend the whole afternoon driving with me. I thought it would be just an hour or so! Then the sun was setting, so we decided to end the practice.

I felt tired when I got home, but feeling more relaxed towards driving. It was really helpful. I'd like to thank you guys for spending the time with me. I enjoyed the driving and the hanging out. Hope I will get my license REAL soon and show you people!

Rehab结束

Mon, 11 May 2009 15:39:19 Z

自戒internet social networking的活动整四个星期了，转眼间春季学期都快结束了，上来向大家问个好。

Rehab的结果：Facebook，我的确老老实实一次都没有登录；而Window Live呢，前两个星期都能忍得住，后来的两个星期则偶尔登录看看大家的update，没能完全戒掉。其他的instant messenger (Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM)，也都很乖的没有登录。总的效果我还是满意的，至少我相信从今以后我能戒掉每天强迫症似的check social network websites。至于这个对personal life的impact...不知道会不会有正面的作用。

Rehab期间总要寻找事情填补生活中的空白(yeah, I'm really pathetic, I knew that even before I voluntarily started rehab)，在交际圈子没有扩大(even可以说在慢慢缩小)的情况下，电视几乎成为了唯一的选择（啊，我已经不知多久没有认认真真看过一本书了）。从这个星期开始正是season finale的高峰期，所以除了在实验室呆着，我的personal time也是满繁忙而充满兴奋和期待的。列数一下我收看的电视剧：
House | season finale scheduled 5/11
Bones | season finale scheduled 5/14
30 Rock | season finale schedule 5/14
How I Met Your Mother | season finale scheduled 5/18
Two And A Half Men | season finale schduled 5/18
还有Fox的一系列animation - The Simpsons, Family Guy和American Dad，没有很留意finale的时间，不过我估计是this coming Sunday...

我自知身为一个grad student竟然能看这么多电视剧是一件很不正常的事情...不过也就这么着吧。欢迎有同样恶习的朋友自曝，so that I know I'm not alone... We may even bond over the fondness for the same TV show(s) :P

夏季展望：应该会少看点电视，多点户外活动和社交活动。Heck，我最近sign up了Zipcar，so I might be on the road again (after almost two years of not driving...)~ People driving in Boston should be on the lookout! :P

Wellesley party纪事

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:38:18 Z

昨天晚上受到某容小姐的邀请，参加了她在家中开的dinner party，准确的说，应该是在她和她的landlord一家同住的位于Wellesley的house（对，就是很有名的Wellesley College的那个Wellesley，在Boston附近的suburb）。可惜party在晚上，否则趁此机会check out一下附近的风景也是不错的。从车中获得的仅有印象，和之前看到过的Greater Boston Area的suburb差不多，New England风格的大house星星点点的散布在蜿蜒的小路。

Anyway，一般说起party的爆笑故事，总会assume是某人的某趣事吧，但当晚的顶级爆笑点，竟是与狗有关。

故事的主人公是容小姐landlord家的宠物狗Torri，纯种black labrador retriever。Torri一如它所属品种的特征friendly性格：当我们一行三人抵达的时候，容小姐landlord不在家，容小姐出去grocery shopping了，留下另一个比我们先到的party参加者let us in，于是乎，四个total strangers跑进家里，Torri硬是一声没bark，在我给它全身搔痒之后那个尾巴还摆得一个欢啊...要它做看门狗真是无望了。不过她倒真是正如容小姐所说的，是一只不retrieve的retriever。我和它在那硕大的backyard里玩fetch，我一个网球扔出去，Torri竟然往相反方向跑走了，结果是我去retrieve那个网球，汗...

Torri玉照（手机相机拍的，光线不很充足，凑合着看吧）

话说一边容小姐在厨房忙得不可开交为我们做大餐，另一边我们几个女生在旁聊天、有时帮帮她打下手（男生就不用说了，都看college basketball的Final Four去了）。期间我有几次负责开backyard的门让Torri进进出出（Torri很sweet的啊，想出去或想进来都会静静的在门边站着，直到有人注意到了给它开门，不吵也不闹）。

就在大餐都快要做好的时候，我又注意到Torri在门外等着，于是我开门让它进来，同时和旁边的doit说了一句：“咦，Torri什么时候又跑出去了？”心里想着，大概是刚才容小姐十万火急的冲出门外把barbecue grill上的快烤焦的食物盛出来的时候吧。

未几，我在厨房里听见在饭厅的doit说：“咦？那只狗在叫什么呢？是不是见到那只猫啊？”（容小姐landlord家还有一只猫）“咦？？怎么又多了一只狗？？”于是我和容小姐马上冲到饭厅——我简直不敢相信我的眼睛：两只几乎一模一样的黑狗！！！见鬼了~~~ 然后我才意识到我刚才放进来的不是Torri，而是另外一只和Torri长得很像的狗。容小姐解释说那应该是某邻居家的pet… 当我们都明白过来是怎么一回事的时候，自然是不可抑制的爆笑出来了~~

其实呢，仔细看，两只狗还是有区别的，例如Torri戴着collar，而另外一只狗没有；当然了，和Torri已相处多时的容小姐说她觉得两狗很不一样。但是像我这个才第一天认识Torri的客人，在天黑黑的情况下，看到有一只大小、体型都很相似的黑狗出现在backyard门前，就认为它是Torri，把它放进来，也是很情有可原的么~

Torri and I instantly hit it off ;)

此后的晚餐非常丰盛，and I had a great time. 在此谢谢容小姐的热情款待和辛勤劳动！

愚人节恶作剧

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:41:40 Z

现实生活中就没有啦，我们做scientists的是很兢兢业业、实事求是的么~ 在各种media上看到几个pranks，和大家分享一下啦。

首先当然是Google，Google近几年来每逢愚人节都会来娱乐一下大家，今年也不例外喽。

CADIE awakens 以及 Introducing Google Brain Search for mobile

还有来自Gmail的Autopilot response的idea，我觉得很cool哦，要是真能实现就好了，嘻。

然后是在各方各面都做copycat的Windows Live:

April 1st Update: New features coming soon!

拜托，哪有这么obvious的，说穿了就不好玩啦。还当我们是脑残，分不出哪些真哪些假么。

不过Coldplay.com的这个关于零重力下录音的post，倒是迷惑了我一下：

Coldplay and Eno to record in zero gravity

哈，趁我没睡醒骗我呢。

然后就是晚上在家看无聊电视伴饭的时候看到Fox的pranks，这两个倒是不错。

Bones的cast：

House的cast：

最后顺祝某位猪年愚人节出生的小朋友生日快乐！Welcome to my club!

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