其實達爾文也是韓國人吧!

updated: 後來網路上又出現澄清, 說這篇報導是誤傳的. (笑.) 我怎麼沒有太訝異呢?

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上面一篇講的我超級不爽, 連韓國人再說孫中山是韓國人我也只是翻翻眼睛, 不當一回事了. no offense, 我還是一樣喜歡我的韓國同事(因為她行事作風太不像韓國人? 笑) 照這樣下去, 神奇的韓國學者會繼續推論出民主政權其實起源自韓國,[那南北韓其實是打假的], 然後泡菜早在恐龍時代就存在著[而且是唯一在北極圈存用的食糧唷!], 濟州島上藏著直通失落文明的通道, 達爾文的祖先有韓國水統, 然後第一個登陸月球的是韓國人. 夠囉, 還要繼續啊? 其實韓國學者是鄉民偽裝的吧.......

網路上新聞轉載

繼孔子之後 南韓學者稱孫中山是韓人後裔

南韓學者的考證愈來愈離譜，此前稱孔子是韓國人，現在又說孫中山是韓國人。說不定，哪天你會發現，自己原來也是韓國人。

據韓國《朝鮮日報》報道，韓國成均館大學歷史學系教授朴芬慶，經過對孫氏家族族譜仔細發掘研究，竟發現中華民國國父孫中山，實際上具備韓國血統。

報導引述朴芬慶的話說，約在西元前一千年左右，生活在朝鮮最南端，就是今天的濟州島附近的古朝鮮人，曾組成軍隊與周朝作戰，因戰功顯赫，被周文王封于孫（今為河南省宜陽縣境）。

其軍隊首領稱為「孫伯」，即孫國首領之意。

據《通志·氏族略·以邑為氏》記載，「孫氏，周文王所封，世為周卿，士食采于孫，子孫因以為氏。」《翠亨孫氏家譜》二修一卷記載，「吾姓系出周孫伯之後，世為周卿，因國為氏。」

朴芬慶由此證明，孫氏是起源于韓國。

朴芬慶還說，根據對廣東孫氏家族聚居遺址的調查，可以認為，孫氏家族的生活帶有明顯的朝鮮色彩，不屬於中國本土文化。

朴芬慶表示，在原始的孫氏家族古籍中，可以發現許多古朝鮮文字轉化的外來字，充分說明孫中山具有韓國血統。

香港《文匯報》稱，《朝鮮日報》記者正在對這一重大發現進行跟蹤報導，預計今年底關於孫氏家族起源真相的系列書籍將可完成。

此外，關於孫中山祖先從韓國遷往中國的考古紀錄片拍攝，也在計畫之中。

此前，韓國學者也考證中國美女西施，亦為韓人，連「台灣之光」的棒球明星王建民，竟然也被考證為韓國皇族的後裔。

crazy gasoline

前陣子打了幾通電話給AA 詢問有關行李的事.
目前一般鄉民如我們,在沒有任何 AA reward ticket; AA & citi credit card 的加持之下, 國內第一件行李是$15, 第二件是$ 25 (each way). 不過如果是轉接國際線就不受限制, 一樣是兩箱23kg/50pounds. citi & AA credit card 銀鑽卡會員和兌換里程50,000 哩也可以免費在國內線寄兩件行李. (但是即便是兌換里程, 25,000 miles 並沒有優待到, 一樣寄行李需要另外付費)

所以說, 如果出去兩個禮拜演出,飛三個點, 需要寄兩件行李, $15+$25=$40 each way, $40x3=$120.!!!! 哇咧, 又不是在講台幣說......

我知道油價一值在漲, 可是Delta 這樣也太誇張了.
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原文
Delta Air doubles fee for second checked bag to $50

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines on Tuesday doubled the fee to check a second bag for domestic flights to $50 from $25 to help offset record fuel prices.

Delta announced a number of baggage fee increases on domestic and international flights, including a rise in the fee for items that require special handling such as surfboards or ski equipment.

Delta also increased the fee for a third checked bag from $80 to $125 on domestic flights and from $150 to $200 on international flights. It also raised fees for bags that exceed its weight allowance.

These changes will apply to tickets bought on or after July 31 for travel on or after August 5.

"As fuel costs remain at record levels, Delta believes revising the fee structure for excess bags and specialty items is essential to generate the necessary revenues to offset record fuel costs while continuing to offer these services to customers," the airline said in a statement.

Amid record fuel prices and a slowing U.S. economy, airlines are cutting routes, capacity and jobs and raising fares and fees to survive.

Delta said its First Class, Business Elite and Medallion customers will still be able to check up to three bags at no charge and customers on international flights can check a first and second bag at no charge.

Delta said all of its customers can still check a first bag free of charge on domestic flights and check two bags free of charge on international flights.

(Reporting by Mark McSherry; editing by Leslie Gevirtz, Gary Hill)

Ballade of Baby Doe

Willow Song, Beverly Sills as Baby Doe


今天和老師走了幾首曲子. 因為之前彈過Willow Song, 今天就專注在Silver aria.

Silver Aria
Barbara Iona Miller, soprano


Ballade of Baby Doe 是美國作曲家Douglas Moore 在1956年的作品, (Libretto by John Latouche). 剛開始彈Willow Song, 一下子就喜歡上這部歌劇, 但是是到現在才在認真了解整個故事劇情. (阿哈哈哈, 不要問我為什麼, 開心就好....)

Baby Doe 本名是Mrs. Elizabeth Doe, 在離開她的第一任丈夫Harvey Doe後, 隻身前往Leadville, CO. 因為年輕貌美而被曠工暱稱為 'Baby Doe'. 時間正逢 1880年, 是當地首富Horace Tabor 最意氣風發的時候. 故事就在Baby Doe, Tabor 和Auguata Tabor 的三角戀情中發展. 這是個女人以她的美貌聞名, 嫁給了Colorado 當地的首富, 連美國總統都來參加她的婚禮; 但最後卻被發現凍死在廢棄的礦坑旁, 時間是1935. 兩幕的歌劇, 有興趣的人往這裡走

故事實際發生在Leadville 和Denver, CO, 這些人都是實際存在過的.

Tabor's House

Tabor Opera House
"So fleet the works of man:
back to the earth again
Ancient and holy things
Fade like a dream....."
-- Charles Kingsley
(inscription on the curtain of the Tabor Grand Opera House)

首演在Central City, July 7th, 1956. 是Baby Doe 曾住過的地點之一.
Sets: Donald Oenslager
Director: Hanya Holm
Conductor: Emerson Buckley
Tabor: Walter Vassel(baritone)
Augusta: Martha Lipton (mezzo)
Baby Doe: Dolores Wilson (soprano)
[The alternated cast included Clifford Harvuot, Frances Bible and Leyna Gabriele]

但真正唱響這齣劇的是Beverly Sills, Central city, New York, 1958.
當初紐約再版女主角風聲不斷,但一直沒有確定由誰主演. 傳聞不斷, 消息滿天飛, Beverly Sills 還曾聽過她不可能得到這個角色因為她太高了. 因為這個消息, 讓她小姐非常的興致缺缺. 一直到開演前一個多月, Beverly Sills 被強力邀請去紐約飾演這角色,開唱前還先聲明 "如果因為太大隻而不錄取,大家就不要浪費時間," 這才勉強唱一下. 一唱完Willow Song, Moore 走上舞台說: "Miss Sills, you are Baby Doe."

one of the great contemporary American opera, 聲樂部分就是快樂的跑上又跑下, singer 本身要對音程有相當好的準確度; 再者, 要有高音啊! XD 不然到high D 破音真的不是喊救人就可以解決的. 樂團部分, 用了很多長笛, 而且是duet的份量. 至少我可以跟我的singer 說: well, let's sing it together!

聽著Sills 的錄音, 有種很幸福的感覺. :)
最經典的是這個版本, 在Sills 70th 大壽時出版的, June 1959 的錄音.

R. Strauss -- Morgan

講到 R. Strauss, 一定會提到Morgan.op.27, no.4

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, R.Strauss - Morgen


Dame Janet Baker - Strauss' Morgen


(是的, 這兩個版本是不同調. 不同人咩)

Morgen
Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen,
und auf dem Wege, den ich gehen werde,
wird uns, die [Seligen]1, sie wieder einen
inmitten dieser sonnenatmenden Erde . . .

Und zu dem Strand, dem weiten, wogenblauen,
werden wir still und langsam niedersteigen,
stumm werden wir uns in die Augen schauen,
und auf uns sinkt des Glückes [grosses]2 Schweigen. . .
[ text in German by John Henry Mackay (1864-1933)]

Tomorrow
And tomorrow the sun will shine again,
and on the path I will take,
it will unite us again, we happy ones,
upon this sun-breathing earth...

And to the shore, the wide shore with blue waves,
we will descend quietly and slowly;
we will look mutely into each other's eyes
and the silence of happiness will settle upon us.

[Translation from German to English copyright © by Emily Ezust ]


還記得在大學的時候彈過這首. 就那麼幾顆音, 就記譜上實在一點都不難. 可是那背後的音樂卻是怎麼樣都做不出來. 當時的 coaching 老師只是搖搖頭, 只說:"太年輕, 太年輕了." texture 很簡單, 聲樂自己一條線, 兩條線在鋼琴; 右手模仿小提琴, 左手是豎琴. 簡單的兩段式, 重複同樣的樂句, 然後拉長結束. 那時候和搭檔只是很挫折, 就真的不懂; 現在還是很挫折, 都唸到博士班了還是好難, 音樂會要彈的話是會剉的曲目之一. XD

不過慢慢懂了一些事. 悲歡離合, 喜怒無常, 生老病死, 如同親人的離去是你無法預測的. 什麼都不能改變, 也只能做好當下能把握的一切. 每個人的步伐都不一樣, 但那改變終究會反應在音樂裡的.

R. Strauss -- Wasserrose

Wasserrose,from Mädchenblumen, op.22 no.4



Wasserrose

Kennst du die Blume, die märchenhafte,
sagengefeierte Wasserrose?
Sie wiegt auf ätherischem, schlankem Schafte
das durchsicht'ge Haupt, das farbenlose,
sie blüht auf schilfigem Teich im Haine,
gehütet vom Schwan, der umkreiset sie einsam,
sie erschließt sich nur dem Mondenscheine,
mit dem ihr der silberne Schimmer gemeinsam:
so blüht sie, die zaub'rische Schwester der Sterne,
umschwärmt von der träumerisch dunklen Phaläne,
die am Rande des Teichs sich sehnet von ferne,
und sie nimmer erreicht, wie sehr sie sich sehne.
Wasserrose, so nenn' ich die schlanke,
nachtlock'ge Maid, alabastern von Wangen,
in dem Auge der ahnende tiefe Gedanke,
als sei sie ein Geist und auf Erden gefangen.
Wenn sie spricht, ist's wie silbernes Wogenrauschen,
wenn sie schweigt, ist's die ahnende Stille der Mondnacht;
sie scheint mit den Sternen Blicke zu tauschen,
deren Sprache die gleiche Natur sie gewohnt macht;
du kannst nie ermüden, in's Aug' ihr zu schau'n,
das die seidne, lange Wimper umsäumt hat,
und du glaubst, wie bezaubernd von seligem Grau'n,
was je die Romantik von Elfen geträumt hat.
[ text in German by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834-1912)]

Waterlily
Do you know the flower, the fantastic
waterlily, celebrated in myth?
On a slim, ethereal stem bobs
its translucent, colorless head;
it blooms by reedy pools in groves,
protected by the swan, who circles it in solitary vigil;
it opens only in the moonlight
with which it shares its silver glimmer:
thus does it bloom, the magical sister of the star,
idolized for its dreamy, dark tendrils
which by the edge of the pool can be seen from afar,
never reaching what it years for.
Waterlily, so do I call the slim
maiden with night-dark locks and alabaster cheeks,
with deep foreboding thoughts showing in her eyes
as if they were ghosts imprisoned on Earth.
When she speaks, it is like the silvery rushing of water;
when she is silent, it is the pregnant silence of the moonlit night.
She seems to have exchanged radiant expressions with the stars,
whose language, of the same nature, she has grown accustomed to.
You can never grow weary of gazing in those eyes
fringed with silky, long lashes,
and you believe, as if blessedly, terrifyingly bewitched,
whatever the Romatics have dreamed about Elves.

[ Translation from German to English copyright © by Emily Ezust ]

上學期coaching class 提到了這首. 同學邊講,邊描述那情境. op.22 裡的第四首, 描述四種截然不同的女孩子. 只在月光下綻放的睡蓮, 由孤寂的天鵝守護著; 所有的意像都反映著浪漫時期對精靈的憧憬. 鋼琴的部分就像流動的池水, 隨著天鵝的游動一波一波的盪出漣漪, 最後當然還有Strauss 的標記- 由遠處傳來的, 森林中的號角聲,然後鏡頭越拉越遠, 慢慢的離開, 也結束整組曲子.

聲樂部分, 很難.:) 長長的樂句, 一句話根本就講不完, 是要在哪裡換氣? 到底要講的主題是什麼? 唱的人是天鵝, 睡蓮. 還是說故事的旁白? 女孩子的個性呢? 同樣是浪漫時期的作品, 紡車旁的葛莉卿呢? 理想中的組合是帶點溫暖音色的女中音, 混著晶瑩剔透的水珠, 隨風盪漾, 最好兩個人都能把句子拉的長長的, 不要有太多的重音, 斷句, 留到後半段再一起把弧度拉大. 而且聲樂部分是6/8 拍; 鋼琴是2/4 拍; 一直到後半段才一起變成12/8; 然後拍子亂七八糟混來混去, 大家自己多保重. youtube 上面沒找到我最喜歡的版本, 就聽聽這個吧!

This fourth and last of the Mädchenblumen introduces the watwe lily, who blooms only in the moonlight, is guarded by a solitary swan, and whom the dark moth longs for from the edge of the pound. This slender maid -- with dark hair and alabaster cheeks -- has eyes edged with long lashes but filled with deep, foreboding thoughts. Her actions and words seems to reflect the waves, moonlight, and stars of the reedy ponds, and in her spellbinding gaze you find truth in the Romantic notion of faireies.

我說影印這行業

是真的很重要啊啊啊啊......

前幾天再拿起了Bartok piano concerto no.3 的錄音來聽, 怎麼聽就覺得怪怪的. 印象中第一樂章怎麼在發展部中一直沒練到這段? 結..果..... 拿回台灣印的譜中, 影印店老闆娘硬是少印了兩頁!!?? 開玩笑, 那可是鋼琴的獨奏部分咧!

就說神經大條如我, 就是沒發覺, 都練了快一個月, 也從來去對過譜上的頁數. 哈哈哈哈... 不過要是沒標頁數, 現代的作品一掉到地上, 樂譜全部攪一攪混在一起也沒有人知道.... 噗.

昨天從圖書館借了其他版本的譜, 順便印了幾篇和曲子有關的論文. 現在玩耍的是 North American Birdsong in Bartok's piano concerto no.3 by Maria Anna Harley 等唸完再來看看裡面講些什麼.

Elephants Dream

Elephants Dream from Blender Foundation on Vimeo.

The story of two strange characters exploring a capricious and seemingly infinite machine. The elder, Proog, acts as a tour-guide and protector, happily showing off the sights and dangers of the machine to his initially curious but increasingly skeptical protege Emo. As their journey unfolds we discover signs that the machine is not all Proog thinks it is, and his guiding takes on a more desperate aspect.

Elephants Dream is a story about communication and fiction, made purposefully open-ended as the world's first 3D "Open movie". The film itself is released under the Creative Commons license, along with the entirety of the production files used to make it (roughly 7 Gigabytes of data). The software used to make the movie is the free/open source animation suite blender along with other open source software, thus allowing the movie to be remade, remixed and re-purposed with only a computer and the data on the DVD or download.

Igor Stravinsky plays Stravinsky Piano Sonata (1924)

Stravinsky piano sonata (1924),
不過我開始懷疑這是否是作曲家自己彈的? reproduction of piano roll?
因為聽的出來action 和pedal 的時間差; 觸鍵也很不一樣 . live recording & paper-roll 總是有差距的啊.... 不過上傳的人先放了mvt. II, Adagietto --> mvt. I, quarter note = 112 (4:38) --> mvt. III, quarter note = 112 (7:50)
反正, 就聽聽囉.

Barber -- Dover Beach

The sea is calm tonight,
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straights; on the French coast the light
Gleams, and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
Glimm'ring and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Come to the window, Sweet is the night air!
Only from the long line of spray,
Where the sea meets the moon-blanch'd land,
Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin and cease and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.

Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

The sea of faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear,
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating to the breath
Of the night wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world

Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here, as on a darkling plain,
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.

poem by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), published: 1867
Music by Samuel Barber (1910-1981), op.3, for mezzo/Baritone, & String quartet.
composed: 1931; published: 1936

別人的分析

"Perhaps it is music that will save the world."
- Pablo Casals

其實學音樂的過程是個追尋自我的歷程.
沒有熱情, 妳的音樂中就不會有那樣的生命力存在.
沒有想要的渴望, 那隱藏在背後的故事變無法傳達.
沒有不斷的自我督促, 持續練琴, 這樣毫無投資報酬率的事業是很容易就崩垮的.
注定要犧牲些什麼, 堅持著什麼, 只是因為選擇了, 就不能回頭.
藉由音樂這個媒介, 或多或少找到了對世界發聲的缺口.
不論是害羞, 膽怯, 自大, 狂妄, 必將在這過程中面對自己.
面對自己的不足與殘缺, 才能張開雙手, 擁抱最真實的一刻.

Surgery Forces James Levine to Bow Out of Tanglewood

By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Published: July 9, 2008

The conductor James Levine will have a kidney removed because of the discovery of a cyst, forcing him to miss the rest of the Tanglewood Festival season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra said on Tuesday.

Mr. Levine, the music director of the Boston Symphony and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, is expected to recover fully and be ready for the opening of the opera and symphony seasons in September, according to a statement.

The one-page announcement provided few medical details, other than saying that the cyst had caused “pressure and discomfort.” Doctors called the surgery “curative, with no other treatment necessary,” it said.

The operation is the latest medical setback for Mr. Levine, 65, a major maestro who has been carefully husbanding his energy in recent years. He suffers from intermittent hand tremors and sciatica, and has struggled with his weight.

In 2006 he was out for four months because of a shoulder injury caused by a fall and underwent rotator-cuff surgery. Last summer he canceled a conducting trip to the Verbier Festival in Switzerland to conserve strength. After each setback, Mr. Levine has returned with vigor.

Last weekend Mr. Levine was on the podium to open the Boston Symphony’s summer season at the Tanglewood Festival in Lenox, Mass., with a concert version of Berlioz’s huge opera “Les Troyens,” performed over two days. It is a piece to tax the spryest of conductors, and Mr. Levine is said to have appeared to be in good physical condition.

He had planned to lead nine more concerts, with the Boston Symphony and the Tanglewood Music Center student orchestra. The concerts included performances of Kurt Weill’s “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” and Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” He also would have conducted several programs of music by Elliott Carter, in celebration of that composer’s 100th birthday.

The Boston Symphony said that guest conductors would replace Mr. Levine. Julian Kuerti, a Boston Symphony assistant conductor and former Tanglewood Music Center fellow, will lead the orchestra this Sunday.

In the statement, Mr. Levine said: “It is extremely frustrating that I need to have this surgery now. My projects at Tanglewood have been planned so carefully and coordinated in such detail by the festival administration.” He said that he especially regretted missing the concerts in honor of Mr. Carter, whose music Mr. Levine had been championing.

Mr. Levine did not immediately respond to messages left with Tanglewood staff.

The statement also did not say when the cyst was discovered or when the decision was made to operate. Mark Volpe, the Boston Symphony’s president, said Mr. Levine had told him and Tanglewood officials about the surgery on Sunday at a cast party after “Les Troyens.” Mr. Levine arrived at Tanglewood on June 26 and had also been working with conducting fellows and the Tanglewood Music Center orchestra.

“Our first reaction was for his own well-being,” Mr. Volpe said. He said he had no more information than what was in the statement.

The Boston Symphony players learned about the situation at rehearsal on Tuesday. “It’s kind of a disconnect for them,” Mr. Volpe said, “because he’s in such great shape.”

future

好, 嚴肅的來了. (笑)

最後一堂課, 我們談到如何找工作. 不要問我為什麼理論課會和這扯上關係,這我也不知道. 基本上, 教這堂課的老師, 就如同其他老師的說法, "是個很混的混蛋." 曾經一個禮拜都用skype跟我們上課, 搞到大家抱怨連連, 博士班學生是不會隨便讓你呼巄過去的; 上課常常會東扯西扯自己就丟了, 一下子轉到jazz版 Frosty the snowman; 完全天馬行空式的講法. 但.是....; 他要真的認真講, 其實是教的很好的. 我非常了解"老師" 這個頭銜也只是個平凡人而已.

從履歷,自傳,時間點,到如何去找, 我一直在想一個問題. "如何讓你跟別人不一樣?" 在面試的第一句話, 常常會問到, "妳憑什麼覺得你適合這個工作?" 職場上的競爭,同事間的鉤心鬥角, 現在在各家老師們下游走, 彈伴奏的我們算是小小的領受到了. 尤其是音樂家們又是更龜毛+敏感. 要怎麼去平衡各家之間的和諧? 你要怎麼在眾多競爭者中勝出? 除了應該要知道的"基本知識"外, what makes you different from others? [Theory, dictation, class keyboard, violin, with music appreciation, introduction of research, organ, brass band, and secondary voice.] 見鬼了, 真的有人可以完全符合這個需求呀.

我當然知道, 畢業後的第一份工作, 一定和你的專業相差十萬八千里. 雖然不至於去賣香雞排, (wait, 真的去賣還會賠本吧?) 可是有個視唱聽寫能教就要偷笑了. 鋼琴師資的過度飽和, 加上新生兒出生率驟減, 很早之前我就已經被歸進台灣流浪教師的一群. 即使拿到博士學位, 剛畢業的六七年才是最辛苦的. 東奔西跑到處兼課, 就看你撐不撐的下去. 即使是美國同學也一樣, 大家的前途一樣茫然.

所以老師才會烙下一句話: you useless DMA students. (Doctoral of Musical Arts) Just get it done!

但是, 現在火燒屁股的是, 我的論文題目呀..... ?????

交代一下

晚了很久的學期結束心得感想.

今年summer 修了兩堂, 一堂理論課(Renaissance) 和 analytical writing lab. 英文課的final project 剛交上去, 老師就眼睛閃亮亮的說:"就是這個就是這個! 我就是在說這樣的尺寸" 唔, 阿不就花點心思, 印成不一樣的尺寸再來剪裁, 老師就感動到出現中華一番小當家那樣的背景. 然後是馬上被當範本展示, 我的期末報告直接成為下一班的教材. 希望老師記得把名子蓋掉, 不然哪天我的鋼琴課學生跑來, 對著我恥笑我的報告就更丟人了.

Theory 寫了五大項,
1.organization of rhythm
2.how a pre-existing melody is used: the dev. of cantus firmus
3.form by texture: writings until the mature motet
4.dev. of cadential patterns
5.imtation:how voices are used with similarity
成績未知, 不過老師在交報告當天坐在辦公室裡, 門口擺著個大紙箱, 對我們說:來來來, 通通丟進去, 等一下我整箱搬出去直接燒了比較快. 哇哩咧.......

movies

放假來看電影唷.

The Lake House
整個就是唬爛咩. Sandra Bullock 和Keanu Reeves 的組合一直是我的愛, 不過Bullock 的角色設定太沉了, 比較喜歡她在speed 裡面的活力, 加上跳躍時空的梗實在是太沒說服力, 於是就把它看完了. 唉!? 不要這樣咩,Keanu Reeves 還是很帥啊, 而且學建築的男生很有魅力嘛.....

Sex and the city
I'm the girl who watch CSI & House MD all the time. 你可以直接把我看影集的喜好歸類到男生那群我都無所謂; 基本上從慾望城市第一季開始上映就沒瘋過. 可是我要說, 電影版還真的蠻好看的. 裡面的角色劇情我大概知道, 所以聽說最後Carry 還是跟Mr. Big 在一起時,我其實沒有太驚訝. 或許是經過了一段時間, 經歷過的人事物讓自己有了不同的想法, 跟著心境轉折, 整部電影結束, 根本就是從頭哭到尾. 人世間反覆曲折, 再怎麼樣好的關係,都是需要兩方用心來經營的. 不管妳在二十幾歲, 三十幾歲, 或是四十幾歲, 要記得, 對自己誠實; Be strong, be happy.
結論是看完隔天眼睛超酸, 因為前一晚淚腺使用過度. :p

Iron Man
如果你看過transformers, 而且不討厭的話,或許你也會喜歡Iron man. 在完全搞不清楚誰主演的情況下,很快樂的看完了. 裡面的機器人組裝實在是太.酷.了! 不過它跟超人不一樣的是, Iron man 比較接近"人". 不過以男主角來說, 超人整個遜掉! Tony 並不是與生俱來的超能力, 他也會犯錯, 而且是經過好幾次的失敗才慢慢成功的. 裡面有一幕. 第一次試飛結果直接撞牆, 然後機器人很乖的轉過去噴滅火器, 真的是讓我笑到翻掉.人類好玩的地方就在這裡, 我們從錯誤中學習, 會忌妒, 會競爭, 會逞強, 也會像孩子般守不住秘密, 就像他還是很幼稚的公佈答案一樣. Robert Downey Jr. 超帥氣有形!!

Kungfu Panda
哈哈哈哈, Jake Black 的聲音實在是太適合這隻熊貓了!歡樂指數, 200%

再等等看, 過一陣子應該有Wall.E 可以看:)

final done!

I'm off to bed.

two more days

解決一份超花時間但是不花大腦的報告, 現在剩期末考卷寫完就結束了.


Final Exam, Long essay.
"The organization of the Organization of Music"

Q1: Discuss five ways in which music was organized between the years 800 and 1600 (from the "beginning" of polyphonic music through the 3rd Netherlands school.)

Q2: Two short Analyses
Analyze both of the attached compositions.
Describe what you see using "theory speak," and then place these work in historical context. Including composers, date of composition, style.

* 16-point Arial, double space.

(老師我強烈懷疑你會看嗎?XD)