If you had to explain...

would you know why you are the way you are? why you are into what you are into?

Once I felt nothing when the plane was in the air and I imagined falling to my death in a crash. The good thing about pain is that it gets tangibly better. It could be replaying the events of the past, in a way.

good and evil

I know that good and evil in a person are not separate things.

Cicero

"Great is the power of Truth it can easily defend itself by its own force."

I used to believe that, and I understand why.

You are fighting

for things that I take for granted.
I don't think it's too much to ask.

[via The Guardian]

When I lie tangled in her hair

Maybe the little man at the desk is having trouble getting used to retirement. Maybe what he needs is a gold watch and an all expenses paid trip to the seaside. Maybe at first when he's there he'll be despondent and restless. But perhaps in a few day's time he'll meet a widow with red hair and they will go to bed together one night. Maybe the next morning when he wakes up with his nose in the back of her neck, he'll be glad that he retired. Maybe he'll even tell her about how he used to work for you, and show her his gold watch. Maybe she'll even be impressed.

When I lie tangled in her hair 
And fetter'd to her eye,
The birds that wanton in the air
Know no such liberty.
'To Althea, from prison'

Oranges

One side of a paper box containing oranges. I'm particularly fond of this sort of design.

老車不死

自從老闆把它從修車廠開回家之後，車子的心情都非常的明朗。雖然北部天天下雨，想到自己還能繼續工作，就覺得老闆很看重它，不禁得意起來。相較之下，從前很在意的小事情現在也比較不放在心上了。

但是，車子唯一不能克服的是偶爾會需要載同事養的小黑狗，很噁心。狗會把頭靠在冷氣的出風口，東抓西舔，而且還會不時的用冷冷濕濕的鼻子戳車窗。想到停在路邊的時候，野狗常常對著它的車輪撒尿，車子就起雞皮疙瘩。忍耐！我要忍耐！車子好想快到公司，把狗趕出去。好不容易停好的時候，它大大的鬆了一口氣 （因為車子忘記了回程的時候還是需要帶狗回去）。

Welcome back

to my life.

(photo credit: Richard)

Nobody

thinks about it the way I do. And when I told Yukie and Dan how it'd ideally pan out, they laughed. I don't blame them.

Was so nice to have a big big meal at Pret. Made this last minute trip to London all worthwhile.

Don't worry

... you are going to be resplendent. 

"Come live with me and be my love"

Things are going to be great in San Francisco. I admire your courage and resolve. What could be better than to be so convinced of the need to be with someone? Take good care of yourself, and of her. I'm sure she'll do likewise. Whenever you feel like visiting, giv'us a shout. 祝你一路順風。

慘

離交流道還兩公里的時候車子突然覺得不太對勁，只想快快下高速公路喘口氣，但是越跑卻頭越昏。從前不會這樣子的... 只要想自己的年歲，車子就緊張，不敢讓老闆知道自己不舒服。因為送修的費用很貴怕被嫌棄，所以就硬撐著。不管怎麼樣都不能在高速公路上昏倒啊! 想到了高速上的拖車費，車子冒起了冷汗，最後只覺得眼冒金星，輪胎漂浮，然後就沒有知覺了...

醒過來的時候發現自己在老相識的修車廠，顯然是被拖吊進來的。老闆不見蹤影，四周都是零件和油漬，讓它很害怕。我老了，病了，不管用了! 飽受委屈的車子四處看不到老闆，終於放聲大哭了起來。

這下子大概只會被殺肉(台)了吧...車子好絕望

Lunch

garlic, beans, tofu, and noodles.

Quite unexpectedly, Baudolino

When I stayed with Orchid in Shanghai I unexpectedly came across an Umberto Eco novel that I'd never heard of. She generously gave the book to me and I started dipping into it over the weekend. By the following Friday, when I was Taipei-bound, I had finished reading Baudolino, and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It made me miss medieval literature - just a little bit.

On coming home I discovered that my copy of The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton had arrived. Talk about a shift in gears. Now I just need to pull up the wiki on Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained, so I can remember who all these characters are. 

All things

change with time. At least that's no more than what you know is true.