鸡米的石头屋

一个人的离去，总让人心痛，也许就象叔叔说的那样，“上帝需要他了，呼唤他了，我们也无能为力。”忽然想起《八号当铺》中的情节，匆匆的人们为了自己的需求，去“八号当铺”典当自己的寿命和健康，想换来自己所谓的幸福。

幸福≠生命≠健康≠金钱。正因为这个公式的成立，人们总想拿其中一样去换取另外一样。结果总是什么都没有换来，却把原来自己拥有的给换走了。

《八号当铺》毕竟是电视，生活中没有一个地方让你去衡量这需要对换的两者，往往不知不觉中，两者已经对换了，同时两者都离你越来越远。

我们总是很难明白自己要什么，Kevin有一年元旦和我说自己明白了健康，到现在他还是继续吸烟继续喝酒继续。。。 ：） 我们同样也很难为了什么去牺牲掉什么。

于是那个有名的Jigsaw（SAW系列电影中的人物）才会让人追捧。他希望通过他的实验给别人有一个重生，重新认识生命的机会，重新珍惜生活的机会。最后他其实是失败的，人性不是那么容易改变的，就算经历了死亡，人还是不能认识自己，人总有侥幸逃脱的想法，就算逃过死亡也不会珍惜生命。阿曼达是，Jeff也是。阿曼达已经重新认识了生命，但是连最基本的忠诚都做不到。Jeff经历了三段让人绞心的经历，最后连自己亲口说出的“我原谅你”都没能兑现。Jigsaw的想法很天真，手段很残忍，但效果可是说是Nothing。他们不会自己悔过，也不会自我反省。

人们总是执着地做着一件事，不停地，没日没夜地。我们称为“拼命”。拼着命去换来金钱，去换来幸福，失去了健康，渐渐地失去了金钱，又失去了健康，最后失去了生命。

生命可以换来什么-- 什么又可以换来生命-- 那什么才值得去换呢-- 也许只能换走生命

 

以此悼念那些离开世界的好人，一路走好；告诉那些还在世上的人们，珍惜现在。 

当最后一朵烟花在Bournemouth的天空中绽开时．．．那迷人的夏天又离我们而去．．．只能感叹又是一年．．．没有多大变化的一年．．．人还是要在变化中成长．．．确实一尘不变的烟花会让人厌倦．．．一尘不变的环境会让人慵懒．．．希望毕业后的第一个冬天可以有长足的进步．．．

终于看了这部久违的片..一开始对它的情节并不了解..刚看开头和名字的时候本以为是在说一群玩音乐的人因为吸毒而最后没有成名…就像是颓废版的《百万美金宝贝》…最后看完了才发现原来是部立志电影…Almost Famous (几近成名) 是他们激励自己的一句话..告诉自己我们其实离成功已经不远了...

 

整部电影讲述了三个“几近成名”的故事…其实最后他们已经成名了: 一个15岁少年…离开她的母亲….追逐自己梦想…追逐成为一个最棒的摇滚乐队的记者为主线; 一支希望有更多Fans的Stillwater摇滚乐队…追逐成为更走红的乐队..为副线; 还有一个离家出走的女儿..最后成功为一名空姐..得到母亲认可作为引子和铺垫…整部电影一气呵成…以幽默的笔触来表现大家对于成功的不同理解…

 

本片的重点就是15岁的小威廉…就像《跳出我天地》(舞动人生, Billy Elliot)里的小孩一样..不顾一切…不断争取…不顾母亲的反对…踏上一条自己选择的人生之路…最后成功纪实采访到了这个最棒的摇滚团体..从中体会到了爱情..友情和亲情….虽然他在故事快结束的时候…没有亲自参加毕业典礼….没有和自己喜欢的人在一起…自己花了一晚整理完的采访资料也被报社质疑….最后头发凌乱..拖着疲惫的身体无力的躺在床上…这个时候也许他自己没有意识到…其实他已经成功了…他体会了..所有同龄人体会不到的东西….他做了所有同龄人做不到的东西…最后导演还是给了他一个完美的结局同时也给了那个乐队…他最后得到了大家的认可…那个乐队…队员之间也更加默契…可以走更长的路….

 

片中威廉的母亲也是传统中国母亲的典型…虽然一开始是以积极鼓励的态度..可还是担心这个担心那个…最后当她看到儿子和女儿…一起成功回来的时候…那个深深的拥抱…可谓是意味深长….也许一切的误会只有他们成功的时候..才能不用言语全部解开…. 

 

演员中…我觉得凯特.哈德森(Kate Hudson)的表演最为突出….把那个心理藏着很多秘密…却看似阳光的女孩…演的非常生动…包括每一个动作..每一次笑..都让人回味….

 

整部电影可以说无可挑剔…风格….配乐….节奏….浑然一体….让你诙谐一笑之后…陷入深深的沉思中…

 

一部好的立志电影…并不一定要最后成功..就像《卡特教练》(Coach Cater)一样..他们赢的不是那场比赛…而是整个人生…努力去打拼…未必能成功…可是你已经“几近成功”了….You are almost there…其实我们离成功只有一步之遥… …

刚看了前阵子挺热的Superman Returns,感觉一般..没有IMDB打的那么高...特技也觉得有点虎头蛇尾..当然对Superman最后做了爸爸还是有点感觉的..呼应了第一部..而且在里面还看到了已离我们而去的老教父...就此怀念他一下....

 

英雄式的电影已经是陈词滥调了...从原本Superman的盛行一时...到我们的阿诺州长和龙哥这种肌肉发达..不可一世的无敌英雄...再到后来的Bruce Willis 和 Nicolas Cage那样胜负重伤..靠智慧取胜的孤单英雄...又过几年流行起穿着皮衣...打斗干净的骇客式英雄...最后到了现在的英雄平民化时代...当中当然还有不少反派英雄..反英雄主义的英雄出现...但是都不流行...直到近两年..Mr. Incredible成了有压力的上班一族...Batman也体验过贫民的生活...Spiderman最后被崇拜他的public所救...现在Superman也赤裸裸得躺在人类的医院里...英雄最后还是回归到了public中...

 

英雄们不再是以前那躲在山洞里的蝙蝠,躲在奶奶家的蜘蛛,只有遇到喜欢的女生..才偶尔露一下脸...而是喜欢的女生已经有了爱人了...英雄们应该学会怎么去面对...英雄们也不是只有在心爱的女生房间躲一下...就能恢复元气....而是需要所有人的帮助与支持...才能飞得更高....英雄们更不是只有心爱的女生被抓...才去拯救世界....而是要在一秒内两者选一...英雄更加象一个平凡人...只是他们需要更准确的去面对,更多人的支持和更少的时间去考虑....有时候我们这些平凡人更象英雄...英雄无处不在..."I'm always around."

 

现在来具体说一下Superman Returns这个电影, 有剧情内容..请小心阅读...

 

超人象流星一样回归到世界...坏蛋也被放出来..发现了超人的老家...拿走了带有神奇力量的水晶...于是灾难开始接二连三...先是飞机系统失灵...超人第一次正面面对媒体和他心爱的女人..这里的特技是整片的重点...估计在imax放会更加有效果...然后对自己心爱的,有夫之妇开始搭讪...最后还是英雄主义作祟...没有做第三者...;)当感觉爱人有难的时候..他还是先去拯救世界再去救快奄奄一息的爱人...还是看出导演希望树立个好形象....最后超人有难...爱人一家赶来救他....他再次爆发....再去拯救世界...可惜力不从心...最后被众人所救...在医院里所有人都以为他死了...可是最后...他被爱唤醒...将自己的亲情和爱情埋藏在心底飞向了天空....

 

演员这次也还行..小伙子满阳光的大男孩一个...女孩子..一看额头那么高..就是个高才生...虽然脸熟...当还是有惊喜的美...

 

整个故事是烂点...不过导演给了他一个可爱的儿子....还是满cute的....就是他儿子也不是省油的灯...明明有哮喘..还用钢琴杀了一个会弹钢琴的肌肉男...;) 小小年纪真的是不学好...还有本来以为在海啸袭击纽约的时候..会有大特技出现...最后只是些小场面铺垫而已...虽然是够...可惜还是觉得有点不过瘾...还是要谢谢Bryan Singer推掉X-Men来拍这个...随便怎么还是深受超人迷的喜爱的...;)

 

最后还是重复一下...英雄最后还是走向了平凡, 平凡的人更是英雄,因为我们不能准确得去面对,更少的人支持, 更没有时间去考虑...失败了...英雄可以变成银行家,记者或飞向太空就消失了...而我们需要承受压力去面对下一次...Therefore, HEROS ARE ALWAYS AROUND... ... ...

今天遇到个老同学聊了聊...每个人走的路果然不同...有的会让你羡慕...有的你则嗤之以鼻...她确实让我小羡慕了下...和我年纪一样..却已经是一个有一岁小孩的妈妈了...小两口一边打工一边攻读学位一边照顾孩子...日子虽然辛苦...但仍然好幸福....生活的压力当然也很大....可是仍然可以水到渠成....刚看到她喂她儿子吃饭的照片...也许当年的父亲母亲也经历了这些吧...也是这样奋斗过来的...最后孩子会问爸爸"你是怎么成功的?" "我最大的成功就是我活的很充实,很幸福."... ...

 

前阵子人真的有点堕落...有点沉沦...忽然想认认真真写一些电影评论来沉淀一下....积累一下...

又是一次世界杯...我已经连续两次都是在时差1个小时的情况下看的...虽然我不是什么球迷, 我也没有特别忠实的球队...可是我今天还是看了一天的球...(日本vs克罗地亚,韩国vs法国),日本那场虽然双方均无建树...可是我看到的是小日本在球场上满场的跑,直到最后一分钟...韩国又一次扭转局势...最后打了个平手...在我看来...无论日本和韩国是否能进16强...已经不重要了(当然韩国还是很有可能的)...今天我看到了精神....一种亚洲的精神...他们再次给世界带来了: 他们民族所特有的精神...而不是象四年前..有个好不容易靠运气进去的国家...带给世界的只是坍台而已...遇到巴西就来个4:0,遇到土耳其就来个2:0,赛前还预测说只要平xx赢xx输xx,然后在看进胜球...这样就可以进16强...简直就是个笑话,自己不强,自己不努力,再有什么好的计划也没有用...只会让人觉得你很愚蠢...

 

不努力就可以成功...也许只有在这个特别的国度可以实现...谁都想要这样的馅饼...可是你真的可以适应这个做馅饼的烤炉吗???因为它太烫了...一不小心就会烫到自己...可是识时务者为俊杰...这是生存之道...也许你真的可以得到馅饼...也许你烙了一辈子只是烫了一手的泡而已...也许你得到了馅饼你还要分给别人...也许你的馅饼不够大...也许你得到的永远都是馅饼,不是成功...Life is really tough. 也许你的努力只能换来平手...可是你可以为之自豪...人生之路再次被重新考量...:)

"下礼拜同一时间继续回到我们  我猜我猜我猜猜猜." 阿雅在4月29日那集我猜中说了这最后一句ending...看完这最后一次有阿雅的我猜....这唯一一次不怎么高笑的我猜....我看到了两个字...就是"敬业", 一个我看了4年的我猜....一个主持了9年的主持人.....一个制作了10年的综艺节目.....最后看着阿雅离开她最爱的..也是让她红的节目...远赴重洋求学7年.....其中的伤感是不言而喻的....那首"永保安康"是对她最好的祝福.......

 

" 我会想念 我会想念 我会祝福 你到永远 若你也记得 那些昨天 永保安康 是我们最后的诺言......"

 

人生就象是个梦... 待在上海...出国就好象是梦...在国外...国内的一切又好象是刚做过的梦...一切的事情都在预料和计划中发生...就好象你掌控了这个梦...所有的成功也变的不那么有惊喜...所有的失败也变的不那么惊讶...所有的一切都好象是梦的交替...做完这一个....就开始计划下一个....计划完下一个...又再回忆前一个....你所能确定的只有现在....NOW....可是渐渐的...梦与梦的boundary也慢慢开始模糊了...于是迷茫....彷徨....最后发现...原来我什么都不能掌握....唯一能自己决定的就是...何时开始掌握这个梦...

 

"Always fast food. Fast food. Things that people would rather throw out than finish. It's easy, it tastes all right, but it doesn't really provide you any nourishment. I'm fast food. " Dave Spritz

 

"I remember once imagining what my life would be like, what I'd be like. I pictured having all these qualities, strong positive qualities that people could pick up on from across the room. But as time passed, few ever became any qualities that I actually had. And all the possibilities I faced and the sorts of people I could be, all of them got reduced every year to fewer and fewer. Until finally they got reduced to one, to who I am. And that's who I am, the weather man." Dave Spritz

刚看完The Weather Man, firstly the director of this movie, Gore Verbinski, 是个有来头的人...为什么这么讲...这家伙一共才导过6部电影...我看过其中5部....但这5部已经概括了所有电影的类型了..从文艺的到动作...从恐怖到高笑..从小制作到大制作..这个导演的特点就是没有什么固定的风格..也不知道他怎么来选剧本的...呵呵.....

 

然后就是这部片....其实主角的经历就是我们每个人生活的缩影....当然有些事情可以处理好...有些事情则会不尽如人意....但只要努力去改变...一定会更好....就象电影最后一句所说..."People don't throw things at me any more. Maybe because I carry a bow around."............:)

作业已经压得我喘不过气...忽然想到"吃苦"两个字..于是写点什么... ...

 

小学的时候...妈妈对我说...先苦后甜...考个好初中很重要....

 

初中的时候...爸爸说...高中的好坏决定以后的大学....

 

高中的时候...自己对自己说...考个好大学才对得起自己....

 

大学的时候...老师教训...你们什么都不会...以后怎么找工作啊....

 

工作的时候...发现同事什么都会...当然自己周末也不能浪费时间...

 

出国的时候...对爱人说...熬过了幸福就是我们的....

 

回国的时候....发现国内形势还是很严峻....

 

又工作的时候....希望尽快升职....

 

刚结婚....发现生活都没有上轨道....

 

有了小孩.....发现原来这个就是生活....

 

小孩读书了....对小孩说...先苦后甜....................

 

当然我不是什么用功的人...所以吃苦对我来说...也谈不上....所以只能用一个字就是"并"或者"熬"....人生到处充满着"放不下" 与 "并", 放不下好学校...所以我"并"...放不下之后的好生活....所以我"并"...放不下以前或者现在的感情...所以我"并".....放不下作业PASS...所以我现在还在"并"....

 

那要"并"到什么时候...."并"出的结果又是什么...没人知道...引用一句话"人明知道自己会死,却要拼命活着"....

 

这样说太不积极了...太没目标了...或者说太鼠目寸光了....如果把这些都看成是种过程的话...经历它享受它....无不是一种精彩...至于这个时候"并"就不再是"并"了,"熬"也不再是"熬"了... ...

 

先完成作业再说.......................................:)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just back from Scotland, Lake District, Manchester, York and Liverpoole. I have put most of pics in my spaces. Very nice travel with Ding :) 

How is this one?

Remind the aim and audience clearly:

 

The aim of my web: to setup a website for Hemfon and introduce his multimedia service.

 

The audience: most of his clients are familiar to multimedia industry or those who want to have multimedia suport in some specific areas, such as Wedding Agency, City Planning Companies and Architecture Design Companies.

 

And the Site Map and Schedule is in jpg format.

Remind my client and I to pay more attention on the accessibility of our website. First I should say thank you to Mats and Kevin, since on their blog there are lots of links around accessiblity. They are really useful to me to understand what it is and how to achieve that.

 

Finally, I can distinguish the difference between accessibility and usability. The accessibility is related to people with disabilities. From http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/, W3C give me much more details about the web content accessibility, and according to  http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/QuickTips/Overview.php, the really useful 10 Quick Tips (as Kevin's blog):

The links in the Quick Tips below mostly go to the techniques documents that provide implementation guidance - including explanations, strategies, and detailed markup examples.

1. Images & animations: Use the alt attribute to describe the function of each visual.
2. Image maps. Use the client-side map and text for hotspots.
3. Multimedia. Provide captioning and transcripts of audio, and descriptions of video.
4. Hypertext links. Use text that makes sense when read out of context. For example, avoid "click here."
5. Page organization. Use headings, lists, and consistent structure. Use CSS for layout and style where possible.
6. Graphs & charts. Summarize or use the longdesc attribute.
7. Scripts, applets, & plug-ins. Provide alternative content in case active features are inaccessible or unsupported.
8. Frames. Use the noframes element and meaningful titles.
9. Tables. Make line-by-line reading sensible. Summarize.
10. Check your work. Validate. Use tools, checklist, and guidelines at http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG

© W3C (MIT, INRIA, Keio) 2001/01

 

Therefore these 10 aspects is being dicussed with my client now. My client said in China he hasn't hear about these before. But now he think it is reall important. and we agreed that we will concentrate on it.

Hemfon, here is one of my design. could you give me more advice?

 My moral standing??? My behavor??? I don't know... anyway...hopefully, i could have a well-off year...:)

I sent my thinking of the structure of the web site to my client. I suggest some layouts and structures of his web. and waiting for his reply.

 

On the other hand, i have found a colleague to support me to do this project. She's name is Karin. She is studing in MA Interactive Marketing course, and hopefully she could give me more advice about marketing research. It will be helpful to me to decide the aim of this project, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

I have sent a email to my clinet, Hemfon, as following:

 

Dear Hemfon
   how are you? i have done the brand of your co. it uses two main colors, blue (R:241,G115,B:30) and orange(R:16,G:34,B:80). and combines with a little farmer girl to be your logo. Personally, your brand should give your audience two impression: First is your work is more interesting. Secondly, is you looks as a work harder person. and also as the charater of your company's chinese name is :禾. Therefore, that's why i use this little girl.
   so tomorrow i want to decide the aim and audience of your co. and the sturcture as well.

there are two choices of the brand and title as well in the attachment.

Thank you.
Jemee. 

 

so i am waiting his reply and tomorrow focus on the audience,character and a little bit structure as well.

 

Gudieon, Kevin and me have spent 3 hrs this afternoon to decide our storyboard and the style of our project. It's a really good beginning for us.

Yesterday, My friend decided his brand name and the style of it. First, his company name is "He Zoo", and the chinese brand is "禾族", the aim of his company is to supply any stuffs of his multi-media company. But he wants to make it more interesting, more interactive. and also we have decided his audience is his customers and his future customers, who are multi-media companies as well. Therefore, we want to make it more bright and not very complicated, because the content is more important.  So far, we agree with this brand... ...

Due to my fault, our group have missed one meeting at Wednesday.555555555555555 Actually, we have decided the topic of our Digital Life. so i have thought of the beginning. Starting with a man's first sight of his daily life, such as ceiling, then a black screen. And then a frame of bedstand, there is a glass or mobile on it. and give more frames about his sight, when he just get up. After several frames, the camera pull out slowly. and the audience can see a whole humour face picture and title combined with all his daily sight. like example. And turn back, you can see the first sight of his face, this way is in order to echo first frame, then roll the pictures frame by frame, you can see his face change....

 

it is just the begining...

 

 

Actually, as my idea I thought about before, all that is just my thinking. Because the White-co Co. do not want to give me all their inside resources. So the idea is broken down at the moment.

 

Fortunately, I met my friend in Shanghai last night, who want to make a creative website for his own company. So now we are discussing the aim, audience and its brand. But the main issue of me is :

 

1. The distance. because I am abroad, and he is in China. so far we decided we transfer all the stuffs though ftp or delivery.

2. My client, he does not have clear idea of  what is his aim and his audience... so...still in progress in this part.

3. He wants to use two languages in his web..Chinese and English...    good news to me is I am doing my proffessional studies' report is about the difference of typography and images in different languages and culture.  

 

I will put the brand we decided later... ...

Hey Mates, I have inspiration from a flash talked about "Life"... the flash narrate one man's whole life though his walking... the life is like a road, but the direction is always forwards... I pick up some of this flash's pics below, you could take a look. and our project is about digital art..right? so how about doing a digital human's life, by video, photo, special effects to narrate a linear experience of human living in digital world or online commnity...should be...let it look like matrix...someone shuttle in one hyperspace to other.. use more exited backgroud music ..such as..extreme ways...or run lola run...

 

What do you think, Kevin and Gideon ?