周末搬家了，这个累呀，到现在我还没缓过劲儿来......
感谢Evi，Yizhong，Bill，Maggie的大力相助。没有你们，我和领导就囧了、糗了、惨了、挂了......
新房子的第一个晚上，我竟然玩儿失眠。脑子一刻不停地想怎么摆放家具、要添些什么装饰、什么颜色搭什么颜色，兴奋得爬起来满屋子乱转。结果今天就看吧，俩乌鸡眼，有形没气儿，有气、无力。可怜领导一个人应付剩下的工程......Sorry......
等整理好了，就把新家的照片放上来，并且在此立誓，未来至少两年内，我是不动窝了......
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Marjoe
我很好奇这部纪录片是怎么拍出来的。Marjoe 可以在preach时连篇累牍地赞美主，而面对镜头，他却坦白自己并不信主，也不是所谓的神迹，他把preach当作business，他在preach时的言行，都是为了骗钱。后来看DVD包装后的说明，才知道，他preach的教会大多在南方。而这部拍于1972年的纪录片，从未在南方发行。
Marjoe最终退出了他从4岁起就从事的preach。他说，当我还是个孩子，我只是做父母教育我做的事（preach），我不用负责任。但现在我是成人了，我必须对自己的行为负责。何况，童年对Marjoe来说，是一个残忍的成长故事。在围绕他的那些光环背后，是家庭关系的冷漠，父母爱的缺失。
这部纪录片会让不善思考的人对教会、甚至神产生反感。是啊，如果你曾被Marjoe的preach感染过、感动过，甚至，你是因为听了他的鉴证而信神，却在这部电影里亲耳听到他的confess，说他都是骗人的，你会怎么想？当每周做供奉的你看见Marjoe坐在床上，数着一张张皱巴巴的票子，兄弟姐妹们的供奉，并纳入自己的腰包时，你会怎么想？
我也想过，天哪，神为什么允许这样的事发生啊？圣洁的殿堂、洁白的蜡烛、美丽的帷幕，背后有着这样肮脏的交易！
可是我最终想通了。Marjoe内心一直有着不泯的良知。否则他不会对女友confess，对镜头confess，把preach背后的故事告诉给众人。这一点良知，觉醒，不正是神做功的表现吗？Marjoe的忏悔，不正是神存在的最好的证明吗？这个神迹，与他在preach时以煽动的话语编造的所谓“神迹”不同，是真的来自神的恩典，不是吗？我相信，在他内心燃起忏悔的火种的那一刹那，神便原谅了他。甚至在那之前，在他做了那么多坏事的时候，神已经把祝福给他了。神的恩典，就是这么大。
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Because they don't like it
午餐时间，我坐在一家星巴克里。旁边是个五岁左右的亚裔小女孩儿，一头栗色长卷发，大眼睛，皮肤很白。她妈妈就坐在她对面，和她扯着幼儿园里的琐事儿。突然我听到了如下这段对话。
小女孩 （G）：I like Mr.*** (幼儿园老师名）.He is very nice.
妈妈 （M）：Yes.
G: I like Ms. &&& too. She's been nice to me.
M: She seems nice. Yeah, Mr.*** and Ms &&& are nice persons. But Ms. Anderson is a bit hard on you kids, right? (both G and M laughed)
G: Yes! That's why Alice (G's friend) doesn't like Ms. Anderson. She talked bad things about her.
M: That's not good. You don't do that to people.
G: Well, Ms. Anderson looks old.
M: You don't say things like that to people. It is not right.
G: Why? She IS old.
M: But you shouldn't say that to her. She won't like it. People, especially old people, don't like to hear that they are old. You can say it to young people, but not to old ones.
G: Oh...So I say, "Alice is old " will be good?
M: Yes. Alice is old.
G: So I say "Alice is old. Ms. Anderson is young."
M (smile) : Yes. That's right. They will like to hear it.
Ms. Anderson is old. Children speak the truth. There is a truth about it. But they are educated to say "Ms. Anderson is young." Maybe this is why so many of us can't see and say the truth and have to cover it up with something else, something pretentious and horribly ugly.
Another issue would be--Why can't people get old but remain elegant?
小女孩 （G）：I like Mr.*** (幼儿园老师名）.He is very nice.
妈妈 （M）：Yes.
G: I like Ms. &&& too. She's been nice to me.
M: She seems nice. Yeah, Mr.*** and Ms &&& are nice persons. But Ms. Anderson is a bit hard on you kids, right? (both G and M laughed)
G: Yes! That's why Alice (G's friend) doesn't like Ms. Anderson. She talked bad things about her.
M: That's not good. You don't do that to people.
G: Well, Ms. Anderson looks old.
M: You don't say things like that to people. It is not right.
G: Why? She IS old.
M: But you shouldn't say that to her. She won't like it. People, especially old people, don't like to hear that they are old. You can say it to young people, but not to old ones.
G: Oh...So I say, "Alice is old " will be good?
M: Yes. Alice is old.
G: So I say "Alice is old. Ms. Anderson is young."
M (smile) : Yes. That's right. They will like to hear it.
Ms. Anderson is old. Children speak the truth. There is a truth about it. But they are educated to say "Ms. Anderson is young." Maybe this is why so many of us can't see and say the truth and have to cover it up with something else, something pretentious and horribly ugly.
Another issue would be--Why can't people get old but remain elegant?
夜雨●宿营●海
周末，两个懒人顶风冒雨地去宿营。
这是我们的宿营地。顶儿上那块儿防潮布本来是垫帐篷用的，我们给用做遮雨棚了。这次它的功劳最大。
晚餐：Miso soup和烤羊腿
第二天，竟然雨过天晴。欣喜无比的我们去Coupeville小镇上吃海鲜。它的waterfront已经成为著名的观光胜地，游客络绎不绝。
这里的Toby’s是个有着一百多年历史的老店，以前是水手聚集的酒吧。在这个看起来稀奇古怪的小餐馆里，我们居然吃到了相当美味mussle和蒜味面包。连着吃了两次，现在一想起来还口水直流。
涂了好多butter的蒜味面包，香得破鼻子！
咦？这是什么？大家猜猜，谜底请见底下。。。提示：海鲜。
Toby‘s里的兽头，坐在底下还真有点怕它们突然朝我开口说话。
Toby’s的摇钱树
小镇上有50多座19世纪的建筑。这个冰淇淋店，写着是某个当地牌子的世界总部，嘻嘻
Coupeville小镇，长这样。。。
坐在街边的椅子上，熏着夏末的阳光。我多希望，时间就停在这一刻。
这个小镇位于whidbey岛上。这个岛从北到南有许多州级公园，几乎都临海。Deception Pass是其中一个，它的沙滩有许多彩色的石头，我捡了满满两裤袋，裤子都差点挂不住了。。。羞。。。
这是另一个公园，叫Fort Casey，19世纪末是海军基地。视线开阔，海上情况一目了然，果然是军事要塞的首选。
有许多排列有序的炮台，大炮多被移走了，只剩下底座。
还有一个漂亮的灯塔。
从灯塔向外看。
灯塔内向上看
回家的ferry上拍的，船舱里光和影的游戏
谜底，raw oyster，鲜美呀。。。
这是我们的宿营地。顶儿上那块儿防潮布本来是垫帐篷用的，我们给用做遮雨棚了。这次它的功劳最大。
晚餐：Miso soup和烤羊腿
第二天，竟然雨过天晴。欣喜无比的我们去Coupeville小镇上吃海鲜。它的waterfront已经成为著名的观光胜地，游客络绎不绝。
这里的Toby’s是个有着一百多年历史的老店，以前是水手聚集的酒吧。在这个看起来稀奇古怪的小餐馆里，我们居然吃到了相当美味mussle和蒜味面包。连着吃了两次，现在一想起来还口水直流。
涂了好多butter的蒜味面包，香得破鼻子！
咦？这是什么？大家猜猜，谜底请见底下。。。提示：海鲜。
Toby‘s里的兽头，坐在底下还真有点怕它们突然朝我开口说话。
Toby’s的摇钱树
小镇上有50多座19世纪的建筑。这个冰淇淋店，写着是某个当地牌子的世界总部，嘻嘻
Coupeville小镇，长这样。。。
坐在街边的椅子上，熏着夏末的阳光。我多希望，时间就停在这一刻。
这个小镇位于whidbey岛上。这个岛从北到南有许多州级公园，几乎都临海。Deception Pass是其中一个，它的沙滩有许多彩色的石头，我捡了满满两裤袋，裤子都差点挂不住了。。。羞。。。
这是另一个公园，叫Fort Casey，19世纪末是海军基地。视线开阔，海上情况一目了然，果然是军事要塞的首选。
有许多排列有序的炮台，大炮多被移走了，只剩下底座。
还有一个漂亮的灯塔。
从灯塔向外看。
灯塔内向上看
回家的ferry上拍的，船舱里光和影的游戏
谜底，raw oyster，鲜美呀。。。
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