European Cutie Spotted

今天下課回家的路上聽到悅耳的鳥叫，在想是不是關在籠子裡的鳥(阿伯早上提著籠子晃啊晃去公園溜鳥的畫眉叫也好好聽)張望一陣，在光禿禿的樹上看到麻雀大小的鳥，陰暗的天色只模糊的看到一片橘。

線索就這樣，回家研究，看到他叫Robin.(我腦海中美國像老鼠一樣多的Robin不是長這樣啊..)原來European Robin跟American Robin根本是不同科，European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)是雀形目鶲科，美國的羅賓先生是雀形目鶇科(Turdus migratorius)。畫眉是鶲科的畫眉亞科，一家子歌喉都很棒!

體型不一樣叫聲也不一樣；European Robin跟麻雀差不多大小，聽聽看跟畫眉鳥有拼的演唱 American Robin 快跟紅鳩一樣大聽聽看美國羅賓唱歌 還是歐洲羅賓秀氣多了，長得也比較討喜。

好想偷抓一隻叫他唱歌給我聽:p just kidding. 下次應該介紹Yuhina給Eritha認識一下(裝熟自動幫他們取名字..)台灣龐克頭和歐洲橘臉害羞鬼親戚！

references:
http://www.wikipedia.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73333591@N00/88641429/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimandlinds/87025729/
http://www.virtual-bird.com/birdsounds.htm
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7610id.html
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/robin.htm

曼寶寶

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originally uploaded by Cinnamonlin.

可愛的曼寶寶！
之前的網頁好像不見了 我的step-by-step 畫曼寶寶網頁被台大吃掉了XD 得去找找看不然就要重新做fractal forge介紹了

以後一定要掛一張(or maybe more)放大版曼寶寶在牆壁上(阿花的計畫永遠不嫌多)

太多三分鐘熱度。But this is a good one yeah?

I'd be lying if I say I don't miss Taipei

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originally uploaded by Jerome Chen.

Flickr好多人愛照台北101的照片。
When you don't have that much going on in your life you start to have flashbacks of memories. Ahh those good 'ol times...and suddenly you start to miss the good and bad of it -- The long working hours and bitchy coworkers; the delightful bakeries and secret pathways in department stores.
But none of these means more than the people. Oh, and the cheap CDs too ;)

Draw a House too!!

Draw a house too!

Based on the drawing and the 10 answers they gave this is a summary of their personality:
Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are a freedom lover and a strong person. You love your house and family. You are a gifted artist as well. Once you have a problem, you need a friend with you. Your life is always full of changes. You are very tidy person. There's nothing wrong with that because you're pretty popular among friends. Your life is always full of changes.

When it comes to love, you shut yourself off. It's difficult to win your heart because you have decided to keep your feelings deep inside. You see the world as it is, not as you believe it should be.

You added a flower into your drawing. The flower signifies that you long for love. We also see that you are sensuous, sexual, and privately passionate. You don't think much about yourself.

Draw a Pig

Draw a pig and let it tell something about you! here's mine:

you are a realist.

you are direct, enjoy playing devil's advocate and neither fear nor avoid discussions.

you are analytical, cautious, and distrustful.

you are secure, stubborn, and stick to your ideals.

The size of the ears indicates how good a listener you are.
The bigger the better. You drew large ears, you are a great listener!

The length of the tail indicates the quality of your sex life.
And again more is better! You drew medium sized tail.

wait is mine a large tail or medium lol

Merry Chrsitmas

Love this remix version of Joy to the world. MV 好歡樂啊～enjoy!

And the sound of the jungle comes out of the painting on the wall

There's no better word to describe it than magic. You see Rousseau is not the best painter out there but this piece of work just does magic.
其實沒有特別喜歡盧梭，不過這是一個很棒，很值得去看的展覽。When you go through the journey of his life, how the customs officer spends time at the natural history museum studying exotic plants and animals, painting patriotic themes trying to make it to the Salon, you start to adore this French guy.
Besides the paintings, many documents and source of inspiration of Rousseau's were shown. 竟然把一百多年前盧梭在巴黎自然史博物館研究的動物標本搬到倫敦來了lol...還有很多萬國博覽會非洲的照片，書籍；和不知道哪來的古時候/復古巴黎明信片（好想要XD）。
The Dream真的很棒。不用挑剔他畫的植物根本不像真的植物，很多作品沒有立體感，畫中拿樂器的黑人彷彿是對著看著畫的你吹奏，when you stand in front of it you could hear the music coming out of the painting--you are led by the naked woman on the sofa into Rousseau's exotic dream of the African jungle.

參見瑪麗亞!!!

我照的照片們

黑 運氣好 剛好錄到晚間新聞報小瑪!!
mariahdaily講錯了 是ITV2不是ITV3 =.="

恩 首先要感謝mariahdaily.com
如果不是有這個萬能的瑪麗亞凱莉網站我不會知道今天這個沒有大肆宣傳的簽名會

再來感謝HMV 好在沒有大肆宣傳
讓我星期五早上八點半提著一大袋作業趕到HMV還有手環可以拿:D
買了我最貴可是也最值得的第四張Emancipation of Mimi專輯

買CD的時候附的說明寫大概十點到 十一點進場，十二點半開始...
我大概十點到 (本來想說早一點的 可是拖著拖著又變成十點了)
看到門口有人就跟著在門口等...結果門口那堆人都是沒有手環的XD
原來有手環的有VIP入口 唉害我多在寒風中多待了兩個小時
不過旁邊的黑人弟弟滿有趣的 他說他之前有一次也看到Mariah Carey
可是用手機照結果沒閃光照起來是一片黑~~
然後本來只有歌迷 後來媒體一來 媒體拍照區就把歌迷硬生生擋住了
(fans的共同心聲...I hate the press!!)
不止唱片行兩邊 連對面都滿滿的湊熱鬧路人+歌迷
(這當然不包括有拿到手環的死忠fans)
警察還有看起來很兇的警衛維持秩序

幸好在小瑪蒞臨現場的半小時前我終於找到秘密入口進去早就一堆歌迷在裡面的唱片行
哈 裡面外面氣氛果然不一樣
跟旁邊的人隨口聊聊 我說我有四張emancipation of mimi都不同版本
他頓時就輸了 哈哈(得意:p 不過小瑪的我單曲很多都沒有所以還不敢自稱
超級歌迷啦:p 看看我的No Doubt才真的是每一張都有 連只收一首歌的原聲
帶都不放過)

十二點四十吧 小瑪終於出現了
在門口的時候就是一陣騷動了 然後走進唱片行..連人都還沒看到就一
堆尖叫然後根本不知道她到底走進來沒 看大家相機手機都舉起來狂拍當然就照做:p
結果是一堆失敗照片 哈哈

這女人真是 連從門口走到店裡面都有燈光師一路打光.....
我就排在她走進來隔壁那一列
噢噢 小瑪本人笑容真是超甜美的!!!!!

在我旁邊的女生留意到 我跟小瑪一樣都是穿牛仔短裙加及膝長靴
(哈哈哈 又要得意了 自以為有心電感應~~~~)
恩 從她走進來 然後消失在一個門後面
主持人一下子說她馬上就會出來跟大家見面....

過了一陣子又說...15分鐘...

過了十分鐘又說...再等10分鐘 orz

這時候大螢幕還是連續放著五支MV 店裡音樂放的是舊版咪咪
(哼 想呼嚨瑪迷沒這麼簡單啦 DFAU去哪了快給我放出來...)

台上點起了蠟燭(真有氣氛啊~~)

過了半小時小瑪終於出來了
(尖叫/閃光/尖叫/閃光/尖叫...)

主持人來個簡短的小訪問
就一些客套話你在倫敦覺得怎麼樣..(倫敦很好...)
新版本bala bala...
(其他的我太專心卡位拍照/錄影沒仔細聽)

然後走到旁邊擺個pose給媒體拍照
然後就開始簽名了

媒體走了之後 突然讓路人全部湧進來XD
我們這邊的手環歌迷當然是覺得有點不公平...
而且那些人比較沒秩序一直瘋狂喊叫
還有一群人在電扶梯上來來回回只為了從高處拍照
反正就是一整個超多人的
看那個電視新聞報導可以窺知一二

後來那些路人又被趕出去
警衛+警察聯手把他們隔在手環歌迷外面
手環歌迷們當然是拍手叫好啦:p

等待同時當然就狂拍照啦
不過要剛好等歌迷跟歌迷之間 沒有頭擋住小瑪的頭 才能取到好的景
小瑪真的從頭到尾都很親切的微笑
會跟歌迷寒暄幾句
感覺真的很像去廟裡參見什麼聖母領平安符之類的XD
又有溫暖的燭光映照在瑪麗亞臉上
(剛好放到fly like a bird時候更是...)

終於輪到我這一排前進了
到離舞台兩公尺的地方是最後允許拍照的地方
真棒...很近前面又沒有人擋住
可是因為我前面照太多然後貪心把畫素畫質都調到最大
又有錄影
準備要照的時候竟然記憶卡滿了ORZ
所以殺掉一些失敗照片的時間少拍了好幾張....

要進去簽名圈的時候真是興奮啊
旁邊的女生一直說oh god I can't believe it...
很壯的警衛提醒大家把CD歌詞本抽出來準備好，
走到台前由警衛放到台上
小瑪很機械化得簽完，再由另一邊的警衛交還給心滿意足臉上滿滿是笑容的歌迷
可以跟小瑪講話可是一方面音樂放很大聲 然後應該很多人看到小瑪都
忘記要說什麼話了吧:p 再怎麼不是迷妹
看到活生生的小瑪在你面前還是覺得好像作夢一樣
我跟咪咪說 我應該要領一個獎跟你穿一樣的短裙跟長靴
MC was like..un-huh(nodding, smiling..)

日漸豐滿的雙頰原來是職業病啊orz

一直這樣笑應該超累的吧
可是她笑起來真的很有感染力~~~~
超美的啊!!!!!!!!!!!

本人是真的有點大隻 跟照片看到一樣
而且穿白踢有激凸(羞~~~)
果然是美國人 冬天還只穿短踢

還有她的髮型超棒的 髮色髮質都很讚
簡直就像假娃娃的頭髮!!!

this is one of the most thrilling moments of my life ever!!
Absolutely stunning goddess-like Mimi

Stupid Adam

沒錯，笨亞當。
這幅畫是courtauld裡我印象最深刻的。
看起來有點熟悉嗎？yup you're right the opening adam& eve picture from DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES was the same artist as this one.

Lucas Cranach the Elder其實畫了很多亞當和夏娃，DH用的那組在Firenze 不過我個人比較喜歡在Courtauld這張 。快要五百年的畫了，上面有規則的龜裂紋可是不但不破壞原畫的感覺，看起來反而更有味道。夏娃看起來心機很重，亞當就是一副呆頭呆腦什麼都不懂的樣子；畫裡的動物們臉上的表情寫著：唉～亞當你沒救了....

我不愛很科學，條列式的分析一幅畫，as long as I get what the painter or the artist needs to communicate through the artwork I think the job is done. Well at least for me. For some reason I just love this one. Adam seems stupid but being stupid can be so cute if you know what I mean, I'm no feminist and I don't hate guys not at all. That Lucas guy is either gay or tortured by smart women lol.

Every Little Thing That You Say or Do...

前天在Parkinson (英國類似Letterman的talkshow節目)看到娜姐訪問心得：1) 有錢人果然不一樣 娜姐的皮膚看起來超棒的 2) she is so much better in dancing than singing!!! 我唯一買過她的專輯是music box. 278特價的時候買的 聽兩遍就聽不下去了 她只能用看的:p but when you see her dance you SO wanna go there and dance with her!!! 她跳舞的招式還是跟多年前Holiday 演唱會的差不多(I happen to have that clip ) 超有活力的 you wouldn't believe she's almost 50 !! 3) It's kinda funny when she tries to speak British accent lol and Guy Ritchie is just one of those typical British cuties.
新歌感覺會是next chart topper...即使在美國不是 這種曲風絕對是可以把英國人吃的死死的:p 歌詞很少又非常朗朗上口 其實這首歌換Kylie Minogue來唱效果應該也不錯 不過娜姐就是娜姐 I love that LEO GIRL VIBE of hers!!!

Every little thing that you say or do
I'm hung up
I'm hung up on you
Waiting for your call
Baby night and day
I'm fed up
I'm tired of waiting on you....