On broken toaster and the unfitting dress

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1881164,00.html

I've always had a hard time finding a dress that fits me well, literally and figuratively. :)

In love with Polaroid

Went to the Saans polaroid show, and it didn't disappoint. My favorite was Elizabeth Soule's work The Little Zoo


Then I found more on her website, this is just one of the examples:


There 's something about Polaroid films. It's like you are looking at the picture through some hazy or noise filter, which gives it a nostalgic quality.

"Maybe he lost my number, or is out of town, or got hit by a cab". LOL

This from the 25 things

In a recent TIME article, this came up and it was a real post.

"Just because I realize that Asian women are smarter, more attractive, and have about themselves a generally superior level of class does not mean I have a fetish. Just that I'm racist."

I must say it's pretty funny. And there were more:

"I cried when Spock died in Star Trek II. "

"I eat gummy bears by tearing them limb from limb and eating their heads last."

Things to do...

Due to my cold, I've been feeling too sluggish to get things done. So here's a list of things that I would like to see get done.

1. Finish the short book What Happens When We Die by Sam Parnia

2. Go ski @ Brighton.

3. Go see the polaroid show.

4. Watch Slumdog Millionaire and He is just not that into you.

5. Troubleshoot problems @ work.

  Speaking of work, I came to realize that doing research means I always encounter disappointment and then joy, and often times the cycle repeats itself.  I've learn that I shouldn't be overly happy when I get some good results, nor should I be too disappointed if things didn't turn out as expected. 

From Amy's blog @ amymagazine

"誰的內心沒有一個隱藏的幽暗的空洞？我們都是孤獨的野狼，習慣了形單影隻流浪荒嶺，一天夜裡，抬首仰望天空，竟愛上了其中一顆星星。它照亮了我心中幽暗的部分，它溫柔了我冷酷的雙眼，使我放下長久以來的戒備，使我想到終結我孤單卻安全的旅程，使我突然很想對另一個人好，也使我猝然了悟，愛情就是想對一個人好。

愛一個男人，可以愛他的英俊，愛他的聰明，但請不要只愛這些。他的聰明，他的容貌，他的個性，他的錢，他的事業，都是屬於他的，只有他對你的好，才是他對你的情意。

是他對你的好，使他變得獨一無二，也使你變得獨一無二。

他對下一個人有多好，你不必去想像。當一個人活的日子夠長，也就會明白，這一生，我們愛的也許不只一個人，但我們對得最好的，卻只能夠是其中一個，從今以後，再也不可能對另一個人那麼無可救藥地好了。

為什麼？因為，愛是很累的。後來的後來，我只想別人對我好。"

To me, the passage is soothing. And for those who can't read Chinese, I wish I can translate this without losing some of the essence in the process. My favorite phase is in the last sentence, 愛是很累的 (Love is exhausting).

Nature's crystals

This is something cool that i have to share. While driving home tonight, I noticed the nice little snowflakes falling on the clear front windshield (I just got a new pair of wipers), and even with naked eyes, I could tell there were some differences. Some are round, some are more circular, others are more elongated (not really the shape of a flake).

After I got home and started browsing the internet, I came upon this on TIME! It's like some divine being was reading my mind and pointed me in the right direction.


just a few pics from snowcrystals.com