Status updates - 2008

12.13

civ pro, smile back
or i'm gonna sword back

12.2

You know you are in the States long enough when...
you forgot to pay the credit card for the first time.

11.17

Thank you, law school, for helping me set a personal record that was immediately dwarfed upon comparison.

11.13

2B暴动了
笔杆子里出政权

秋收起义
同志们，跟我上井冈山

2008 In Retrospect

《华尔街日报》中文网年度十大热门文章

无跟贴，不新闻——网易新闻2008年终策划

许知远：《2008:中国纪事》 - FT中文网 - FTChinese.com

转型力量：2008《经济观察报》年度人物榜

《南方周末》年度人物：1978～2008

人是历史的刻度，我们一如既往关注那些推动中国进步及对我们的生活产生重大影响的人，向推动历史进程的人物致敬。2000年始，南方周末推出年度人物评选，改革开放三十年之际，我们溯史倒评年度人物，彰显三十年的艰辛与荣耀。

Samuel P. Huntington

Samuel P. Huntington, 81, Political Scientist, Is Dead

Samuel Huntington and the Positivity of Power Thinking

Samuel Huntington, 1927-2008
by Francis Fukuyama

一切的复杂都源于人性的复杂

花了半个小时把这两天写的五篇博客都挪到了这里，姑且称为“镜像”。之所以牺牲半小时的宝贵时间做这件完全没有创造性的琐事，因为方才视频时候妈妈说已经好几天打不开我的博客了。如果以世界上任何国家的标准来衡量都是谨言慎行之楷模的本博都能在神州大地的某城市被屏蔽的话，那我只能“莫名惊诧”了。联想到前阵子连《纽约时报》都能在完全没有冒犯中国的情况下被莫名其妙地封掉三天，我就更不知是该高兴还是悲哀了。

跟JJ同学抱怨了一下，JJ同学教育我要少思考政治问题。其实我现在真的很少思考──因为能想的问题基本上都已经在前几年念PhD期间想过一遍了（奇怪的是，在法学院反而不需要这样的思考，在美国法律跟政治真是完完全全两码事儿──虽然多数政客都是法律出身），最高水准的思想交锋也已亲历过不少，不奢望能很快想出什么终极结论也根本不觉得有终极结论。于是想到这么一个无比真理同时无比废话的标题。

一个像我这样温和到几乎没有任何政治倾向的博客都能被屏蔽，我还能说什么呢。但愿只是技术故障，只是我多虑。

Nixon: "Never Look Back" (1984-8-13)

Nixon: "Never Look Back"

By Otto Friedrich; Adam Zagorin; Hays Corey
Monday, Aug. 13, 1984

The Time Magazine

Published at the tenth anniversary of his departure from the Oval Office.

Excerpts:

"Everywhere I go," says John Dean, the former White House counsel who first publicly tied Nixon to the Watergate coverup, "I hear people say that maybe Nixon wasn't all that bad. The passage of time is one reason. People have softened their views considerably." Another reason is that Nixon has spent the past ten years tirelessly and skillfully campaigning for rehabilitation, for public acknowledgment of what he considers his deserved status as elder statesman. Says Dean: "Richard Nixon is running for ex-President."...

Every day the Secret Service drives him 23 miles to his 13th-floor office near Wall Street, and from 7:30 on, he works the phones like a hungry stockbroker, making and receiving perhaps 40 calls by noon. He calls strategically placed colleagues in the Reagan Administration, though not the President. He calls old friends, like Florida Banker Bebe Rebozo, and even old foes, ...

...The American attention span is not long, but harsh feelings toward Nixon still persist. For every Nixon supporter who remembers the kitchen debate or the opening to China or the settlement in Viet Nam, there are others who recall his early campaigns attacking Democratic Administrations as full of "Communists and crooks." For everyone who thinks of Watergate as a politically exaggerated collection of minor misjudgments, there are many who regard it as a narrowly averted threat to American democracy.

For all that, the brand of unindicted co-conspirator can be neither erased nor forgotten. Nixon is still two years younger than the incumbent President and still insatiably full of ideas and strategies and ambitions. He is still an object of fascination to his foes as well as his friends. So the tenth anniversary of his departure from the Oval Office will not be a day like the others, even if nothing special happens. ...

Déjà Vu: TV

A non-exhaustive list of TV shows I've seen and been impressed by...

CHINESE

西游记/Journey to the West (1982)
射雕英雄传/The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983)
红楼梦/Dream of the Red Chamber (1987)

封神榜 (1990)
渴望 (1990)
戏说乾隆 (1991)
小龙人 (1992)
新白娘子传奇/New Legend of Madame White Snake (1992)
北京人在纽约/Beijinger in New York (1993)
包青天/Justice Pao (1993)
倚天屠龙记/The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1993)
情满珠江 (1994)
三国演义/Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994)
神雕侠侣/The Return of the Condor Heroes (1995)
天地男儿/Cold Blood Warm Heart (1996)
宰相刘罗锅 (1996)
天龙八部/The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997)
水浒传/Water Margin (1998)

笑傲江湖/State of Divinity (2001)
大国崛起/The Rise of the Great Powers (2006)

AMERICAN/English

Dynasty/豪门恩怨 (1981)
Hunter/神探亨特 (1984)
Growing Pains/成长的烦恼 (1985)
Beauty and the Beast/侠胆雄狮 (1987)
Around the World in 80 Days/八十天环游地球 (1989)
Baywatch/海岸救护队 (1989)
Seinfeld/宋飞正传 (1989)

Law & Order (1990)
Frasier (1993)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman/超人 (1993)
ER/急诊室的故事 (1994)
Friends (1994)
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
King of Queens (1998)
Sex and the City (1998)

24 (2001)
Smallville (2001)
Cold Case (2003)
NCIS (2003)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Boston Legal (2004)
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Prison Break (2005)
The Office (2005)
Jane Eyre (2006)
Ugly Betty (2006)

JAPANESE

赤い疑惑/血疑 (1975)
恐竜戦隊コセイドン/恐龙特急克塞号 (1978)

東京ラブストーリー/东京爱情故事/Tokyo Love Story (1991)
ロングバケーション/悠长假日/Long Vacation (1996)

KOREAN

러브스토리 인 하버드/爱在哈佛/Love Story in Harvard (2004)


ANIMATED SERIES

CHINESE

黑猫警长/Black Cat Detective (1984)
葫芦兄弟/Calabash Brothers (1986)
邋遢大王奇遇记 (1986)
舒克和贝塔 (1989)

魔方大厦/Rubik's Cube (1990)

AMERICAN/CANADIAN/JAPANESE/EUROPEAN

Tom and Jerry/猫和老鼠 (1940)

Popeye the Sailor/大力水手 (1960)
The Flintstones/摩登原始人 (1960)

The Smurfs/Les Schtroumpfs/蓝精灵 (1981)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe/希曼：宇宙的巨人 (1983)
Inspector Gadget/神探加杰特 (1983)
Robotech/太空堡垒 (1984)
The Transformers/变形金刚 (1984)
She-Ra: Princess of Power/希瑞：非凡的公主 (1985)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/忍者神龟 (1986)
BraveStarr/布雷斯塔警长 (1987)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz/绿野仙踪 (1987)

JAPANESE

鉄腕アトム/铁臂阿童木/Astro Boy (1963)

一休さん/聪明的一休 (1975)
ドラえもん/ 哆啦A梦/Doraemon (1979)

Dr.スランプ/阿拉蕾/Dr. Slump (1981)
ドラゴンボール/七龙珠/Dragon Ball (1986)
聖闘士星矢/圣斗士星矢/Saint Seiya (1986)

スラムダンク/Slam Dunk/灌篮高手(1993)
名探偵コナン/名侦探柯南/Case Closed (1996)


OTHERS

60 Minutes (1968)

Dateline (1992)
Charlie Rose (1993)

Déjà Vu: Movies

A non-exhaustive list of movies I've seen and been impressed by...

CHINESE

红高粱/Red Sorghum (1987)
胭脂扣/Rouge (1987)

大红灯笼高高挂/Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
黄飞鸿/Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
秋菊打官司/The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
推手/Pushing Hands (1992)
暗恋桃花源/The Peach Blossom Land (1993)
霸王别姬/Farewell My Concubine (1993)
青蛇/Ching Se (1993)
喜宴/The Wedding Banquet (1993)
大富之家/It's a Wonderful Life (1994)
东邪西毒/Ashes of Time (1994)
东成西就/The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1994)
活着/To Live (1994)
阳光灿烂的日子/In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
饮食男女/Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

赤子威龙/My Father is A Hero (1995)
大话西游/A Chinese Odyssey (1995)
我要活下去/I Want To Go On Living (1995)
摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥/Shanghai Triad (1995)
甜蜜蜜/Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)
半生缘/Eighteen Springs (1997)
不见不散/Be There or Be Square (1998)
我的父亲母亲/The Road Home (1999)

花样年华/In the Mood for Love (2000)
卧虎藏龙/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
大腕/Big Shot's Funeral (2001)
十七岁的单车/Beijing Bicycle (2001)
蓝色大门/Blue Gate Crossing (2002)
无间道/Infernal Affairs (2002)
寻枪/The Missing Gun (2002)
英雄/Hero (2002)
手机/Cell Phone (2003)
可可西里/Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004)
天下无贼/A World Without Thieves (2004)

千里走单骑/Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
如果·爱/Perhaps Love (2005)
头文字D/Initial D (2005)
东京审判/The Tokyo Trial (2006)
疯狂的石头/Crazy Stone (2006)
满城尽带黄金甲/Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
伤城/Confession of Pain (2006)
不能说的秘密/Secret (2007)
色戒/Lust, Caution (2007)
投名状/The Warlords (2007)
海角七号/Cape No. 7 (2008)
非诚勿扰/If You are the One (2008)

AMERICAN/English

Gone with the Wind/乱世佳人 (1939)

Waterloo Bridge/魂断蓝桥 (1940)
Casablanca/北非谍影 (1942)

Singin' in the Rain/雨中曲 (1952)
Roman Holiday/罗马假日 (1953)
The Million Pound Note/百万英镑 (1953)
Rear Window/后窗 (1954)
Ben-Hur/宾虚 (1959)

My Fair Lady/窈窕淑女 (1964)
The Graduate/毕业生 (1967)

Patton/巴顿将军 (1970)
The Godfather/教父 (1972)
Star Wars/星球大战 (1977)
Death on the Nile/尼罗河的惨案 (1978)

The Gods Must Be Crazy/上帝也疯狂 (1980)
First Blood/第一滴血 (1982)
Evil Under the Sun/阳光下的罪恶 (1982)
Once Upon a Time in America/美国往事 (1984)
Top Gun/壮志凌云 (1986)
The Last Emperor/末代皇帝 (1987)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being/生命中不能承受之轻 (1988)

Home Alone/小鬼当家 (1990)
Jurassic Park/侏罗纪公园 (1990)
Pretty Woman/风月俏佳人 (1990)
Basic Instinct/本能 (1992)
Scent of a Woman/女人香 (1992)
Philadelphia/费城故事 (1993)
Schindler's List/辛德勒名单 (1993)
Sleepless in Seattle/西雅图不眠夜 (1993)
The Piano/钢琴课 (1993)
Forrest Gump/阿甘正传 (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral/四个婚礼和一个葬礼 (1994)
Legends of the Fall/燃情岁月 (1994)
Speed/生死时速 (1994)
The Lion King/狮子王 (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption/肖申克的救赎 (1994)
True Lies/真实的谎言 (1994)

Braveheart/勇敢的心 (1995)
Sabrina/情归巴黎 (1995)
Sense and Sensibility/理智与情感 (1995)
Seven/七宗罪 (1995)
The Bridges of Madison County/廊桥遗梦 (1995)
The English Patient/英国病人 (1996)
Face/Off/变脸 (1997)
Titanic/泰坦尼克号 (1997)
City of Angels/天使之城 (1998)
The Legend of 1900/海上钢琴师 (1998)
The Truman Show/楚门的世界 (1998)
Notting Hill/诺丁山情缘 (1999)

Gladiator/角斗士 (2000)
A Beautiful Mind/美丽心灵 (2001)
Bridget Jones's Diary/BJ单身日记 (2001)
Harry Potter/哈利·波特 (2001)
Ocean's Eleven/十一罗汉 (2001)
The Lord of the Rings/魔戒 (2001)
Finding Nemo/海底总动员 (2002)
The Hours/时时刻刻 (2002)
Lost in Translation/迷失东京 (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean/加勒比海盗 (2003)
Hotel Rwanda/卢旺达饭店 (2004)
Million Dollar Baby/百万宝贝 (2004)

Brokeback Mountain/断背山 (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha/艺伎回忆录 (2005)
Blood Diamond/血腥钻石 (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada/穿普拉达的恶魔 (2006)
The Queen/女王 (2006)
Michael Clayton/迈克尔·克莱顿 (2007)
Kung Fu Panda/功夫熊猫 (2008)
WALL-E/机器人总动员 (2008)

JAPANESE

超時空要塞マクロス/超時空要塞/The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1984)
天空の城ラピュタ/天空之城/Castle in the Sky (1986)
となりのトトロ/龙猫/My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

情书/Love Letter (1995)
四月物語/April Story (1998)

FRENCH

Léon/这个杀手不太冷 (1994)

Chocolat/浓情巧克力 (2000)
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain/天使爱美丽 (2001)
Le Papillon/The Butterfly/蝴蝶 (2002)
Les Choristes/The Chorus/放牛班的春天 (2004)

ITALIAN

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso/Cinema Paradiso/天堂电影院 (1988)

Al di là delle nuvole/Beyond the Clouds/云上的日子 (1995)
La vita è bella/Life is Beautiful/美丽人生 (1997)

Malèna/西西里的美丽传说 (2000)

KOREAN

엽기적인 그녀/我的野蛮女友/My Sassy Girl (2001)
/假如爱有天意/The Classic (2003)


DOCUMENTARY

Le Peuple Migrateur/The Traveling Birds/迁徙的候鸟 (2001)
Windsor Castle: A Royal Year (2006)

看不尽似水流年，逃不过此间少年

读着师姐的博客，我知道世间还有真正的爱情。一直都有，只是各人造化不同。

http://fz0512.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CC3AD92907E5474E!9463.entry

http://www.douban.com/subject/3065232/



Niu Zhe at 11:04pm December 24

是的，永远相信有最最美好的事物存在，虽然并不一定都可以得到，但是却有着向它们无限靠近的可能，这便是理想了吧

My exit music, please

Went to see the Broadway musical "Chicago" today. It was terrific (I haven't seen the movie yet.) A perfectly suitable show for a lawyer-to-be, a nice review of crim law.

Gosh, I know that sounds lame. If it's strategically disadvantageous not being able to relinquish all memories of crime types immediately after the exam (to make room for civ pro and torts), it is downright inexcusable that I can still remember what is a "necessity defense" to this day. It's been 10 days!!

Dude, would you please just forget about it?



Qian Jiang at 11:33pm December 21

I love "Chicago" too.

2009 《财经》年会：预测与战略

Caijing Annual Conference 2009: Forecasts and Strategies (YouTube)

费厄泼赖

“traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice”

Milliken v. Meyer (U.S. 1940)
International Shoe Co. v. Washington (U.S. 1945)

《论“费厄泼赖”应该缓行》
鲁迅《坟》
北新书局 1929年



Sun Yi at 11:01pm December 11

oh no, civil procedure!
费厄泼赖，哈

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 11:03pm December 11

白话文的幼儿期，值得同情

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 1:01am December 12

鲁迅和international shoe的共同点在于它们都是必考内容，所以无论对错都得学好背会，有帐秋后再算。

Chingfei Kong at 7:51pm December 16

clam preclusion

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 9:21pm December 16

postmortem preclusion

Kong Fu Squirrel

you won't believe this

http://news.163.com/08/1211/09/4SSFF2320001121M.html



Steven Hsu at 10:27pm December 10

最後一張照片滿分啦！！

Tian Tian at 9:09am December 11

wow! that's amazing!

Bonnie Qin at 12:12pm December 11

Cool and amusing.:)

此生·风流

此生 （霹雳同人 舞先姬/六祸苍龙）

12月04日 16:14

起初的日子，不过清闲，未免沦于无聊。

风起的日子，凭栏远目，青山隐隐，几行征鸿愈飞愈远，断雁声中，碧草连天，天涯尽头，有琴声迢递，不知何处的人世悲欢，总是槛外事罢了。

不是没有想过离开。也曾梦到天海尽头，有繁花无数，云水静默。只是一个人的日子，到底哪里都是一般的无聊，再美的花，无非是一个人看过，赏过，叹过，一如我手中扇，再如何美总是独自的，流光暗换，未免凄凉。

留在阁中，倒是不一般的人来人往。许是有人慕了“桃李出深井，花艳惊上春”的浮名，许是有人闻得扇舞“沧海暗易，物转星移”之叹声，这香扇阁的名气却是一日盛过一日。可笑什么“道法阴阳，扇化春秋”，有人日日困守阁中，望断飞鸿，缭乱琴弦，却谩赢得“扇舞仙姬”的虚名。

若如此，这一生也不外如是罢。

那人到来之日，阁外正是暴雨如倾，阁中人声寂寥，雷声如龙吟不断，那人一身苍色衣衫，一字一顿道：我来此意，带你离开。天际惊雷乍起，滚滚而来，雪色电光下，阁外山影重重，直欲压将下来，来人衣裾飞扬，一张面容却是沉静若水，只一双眼灼灼，八方风雨中，他自道：名唤六祸苍龙，创立真龙妙道，欲携天下志士，挽生民于水火，救百姓于涂炭，闻我“扇化春秋”之异能，故亲来延请，要带我离开这百尺小楼一会江湖烟雨。语罢他一笑，解开身侧长铗，竟是弹指而击，从容歌道：天地为工兮造化为舟，生民若水兮斯何不休？吾将揽狂澜而涉道兮，慨天宇之将清。斯将往昔而同者谁？剑吟森森，天雷滚滚，天风吹开水晶帘，一袭雨水兜面泼来，我却只觉心头一腔热血滚滚，这小楼，终不得拘我一生若是。

随他离开，自此征途漫漫，陪他看尽春华秋月，流年辗转，竟不觉风霜满面。

也曾为治水患行经巴山蜀水。九秋霜天，一轮寒月落在一江水中，无风的水面平静似上好琉璃，映照青崖上那人雪色衣衫恰如水中花，凛凛然远若天涯。夜深凉雾渐起，有寒猿声声断肠，多情川女低低吟唱：巫山巫峡长，垂柳复垂杨。同心且同折，故人怀故乡。山似莲花艳，流如明月光。寒夜猿声彻，思人泪沾裳。

也曾登临九华山巅，浩浩山风，吹荡衣裳，足下万里江山缱绻如画，他乘兴临风长啸，击剑而吟，问他：是否想起当年雄心万丈？他傲然回首：我从不曾忘。眼底万里江山滔滔如是，多少权谋野望，皇图霸业，执著苦心，皆随他洒然一笑，灰飞烟灭，散入山林烟霞。

大丈夫生当如是，虽千万人吾往矣！

便是这般的人物，终也免不了英雄末路。三途川芳草萋萋，不知识否来人碧血前盟。他走那日，苍龙啸，乾坤翻覆，天地似有感，电闪雷鸣不断，依稀那日狂傲男子立于百尺楼头，灼灼闪电亦不掩其眉间狂放神气。他说：百年生人，莫若一瞬，而吾将不负天地哉！他说：大丈夫立世，感于天，动于地，而下抚其民，故男儿本色。他说：我辈英雄，岂与竖子稻粱谋？他说:我今日前来，必带你离开。区区小楼，岂能拘你江海一身？电光火石，浮生沧海，逝者如斯，昔人已殁。

终有日，独自行到天海尽头。一如梦中，有繁花无数，云水静默。回首来路，天长水阔，芳草连绵，悠远一如人世。只是不见伊人，一生亦不外如是，一世亦不外如此，如此过了…………

莫道繁花不解意，水流江去月无声。


风流

12月04日 16:05

何谓风流？

倚天拔剑观沧海，斜插芙蓉醉瑶台。

太白的诗。十步杀一人，千里不留行。事了拂衣去，深藏身与名。

后来还有人写道，满堂花醉三千客，一剑霜寒十九洲。

王摩诘的诗，文，书，画。行至水穷处，坐看云起时。

小杜的俊爽旷达，二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹箫。

先秦诸子的嬉笑文章，最是庄周淘气，与造化小儿的两小无嫌猜，九万里大鹏扶抟直上，北溟之鱼终化为鲲。

还有信陵君的雪色衣裾拂过战国的滚滚烟尘；纵横捭阖，白起终祭起他渴饮众血的宝剑；最后是那一统天下，始皇登高睥睨的眼。 一个时代，诸色百像，风流云散。

阿瞒的文韬武略，沧海气深吞日月，雄心马上逐江山。周朗的羽扇纶巾，谈笑间赤壁樯橹灰飞烟灭。

右军的寒食贴，叔夜的广陵散。

子猷雪夜访戴，乘兴而去，兴尽而归。

唐传奇里，明月如霜，红拂对李靖嫣然一笑。

东坡居士的跌宕自喜，月白风清，如此良夜何？

春日煮酒邀花，夏夜对月理琴，秋来红叶满山，寒冬踏雪寻香。

最后有人击节唱：醉卧美人膝，醒掌天下权。箭簇满天金戈寒，一将功成骨如山，美人浅笑阴霾散，修罗血战意阑珊。

不著一字，尽得风流。

Crim finale

"No matter you are in litigation, transaction, public interest, business or others, I hope all of you will live up to the potential I saw in you throughout the semester."

--Professor Maria Marcus, Yale J.D. '57
December 4, 2008, Fordham Law School

China nation-wide school gymnatics, Series Eight

I, and almost every student in China used to do this together (in uniform) every morning during our junior and high school years. For me, I did Series 7 when younger and Series 8 when a little older. The change-of-series and promotions were most likely nation-wide (We had no internet then and could not have known; but based on anecdotal evidence and chatting with friends from other parts of the nation, the change should have occurred around the same time).

Kind of miss those good old days.

Finale

"We opened this book by examining the justifications for the adversarial system. And so we end."
--
Civil Procedure
Rowe, Sherry, and Tidmarsh
Second Edition, Foundation Press

My hearty thanks go to Professor Erichson, who made this supposedly boring course so fun.



Chingfei Kong at 12:28am December 2

My hearty thanks go to my brain and talent, who made this supposedly hard course so easy.

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 10:35am December 2

May God bless your abnormally big brain and impressively hard-core talents.

I pray for the joint and several health of them both.