La Dame aux Camélias

阿芒重回巴黎後，米利把茶花女的一本日記交給了他。日記

中寫道：「除了你的侮辱是你始終愛我的證據外，我似乎覺得你越是折磨我，等到你知道真相的那一天，我在你眼中也就會顯得越加崇高。」

阿芒懷著無限的悔恨與惆悵，為愛人瑪格麗特遷墳安葬，並在她的墳前擺滿了白茶花。



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Jinjing Jiang at 11:19pm November 14

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How I Did Not Meet Your Mother

OK. Since so many people are whining about the "bare sticks day" today, I decide to tell a new story:

HOW I DID NOT MEET YOUR MOTHER

Worldwide season premiere will be on 11/11/2011. Stay tuned,

(Yeah, that's exactly 3 years from now! See how many new jobs I'm creating at this juncture of recession!!)


Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 12:26am November 12

Update: upon seeing my MSN tagline, poly commented

"how i did not meet your mother“..
sounds like what gay couple would say to their surrogate child

darn quirky little mind

【冰点】：可怕的是只有两种声音

——极端民族主义与民族虚无主义的网络激荡

《中国青年报》

“2008年，中国发生了许多惊天动地的事情：南方冰雪，拉萨骚乱，火炬传递受阻，汶川地震，台湾反贪，北京奥运，山西矿难，三聚氰胺……

许多事件在网络上都引起了激烈的争吵。与近些年我们已经见惯了的网络争吵模式相符，最洪亮的总是来自两个相反的极端的声音。”

--kudos to poly

有两首非常著名的诗歌，且摘读其中最著名的几句——

天灾难避死何诉，
主席唤，总理呼，
党疼国爱，声声入废墟。
十三亿人共一哭，
纵做鬼，也幸福。
（王兆山《江城子》）

假如有来生，
当兵只当美国兵。
假如今生注定死于战火，
就作美国精确制导炸弹下的亡灵。
（焦国标《致美国兵》）

王兆山先生和焦国标先生立场截然相反无疑。但这两首诗的思维模式和视人命如草芥的价值观，却完全相同！

......

中国“右愤”与石原等日本“右愤”的区别在于，中国“右愤”坚信“美国总是对的”，“美国伟大光荣正确”，像石原他们那样妄图对美国说“不”，本身就是错的，就是愚昧，就是“脑残”。

在中国“左愤”们眼里，美国除了有钱有枪，其他基本上一无是处，中国没有必要向美国学习，而应该同它作殊死的斗争；而在中国“右愤 ”们眼里，美国就是已经落实到了地面上的完美乌托邦，向美国学习，就必须怀着无限崇拜的心态去学，谁要是认为美国并非十全十美，我们必须学其长而避其短，那就不是真学，甚至那就不是真的对外开放。

......

就在同一时间，网上还发生过另外一波殊途而同归的“各说各话”。今年春夏以来，台湾海峡上空弥漫着近20年来罕见的浓郁的和平气息。对于两岸的人民，这种局面是多么可贵！但极左和极右的人却全都对此感到不舒服。一家著名的极左网站发出多篇文章，指责中央的对台政策太软了，让步太多了，太不坚持原则了。大陆另一家著名右翼网站则指责马英九对大陆太软了，让步太多了，鼓励他“联合美日，使劲向大陆施压，完全不用害怕”。

双方立场截然相反，但其努力的目标都是一个——鼓动两岸重新进行对抗。

这种“冷战尚未结束，同志仍须努力”的思维，意识形态挂帅的思维，“汉贼不两立”的思维，是多么吓人！



Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 10:42pm November 5

although I think it's not entirely their fault--people are forced to the two extremes only by an environment that neither fully honor and protect the freedom of speech, nor (at least strive to) provide unfiltered information.

Heads up Renda Alumni

Just did a little research about fan numbers across schools:

As of Sunday Oct 26, 2008

Peking University: 978 fans
Tsinghua University: 552 fans
Fudan University: 227 fans
Shanghai Jiaotong/Jiao Tong University: hum...doesn't seem to have a page yet
USTC: 50 fans
Zhejiang University: 44 fans
Nanjing University: no page...
Tongji University: no...

Let's beat them (we already 22 fans within Day One of birth!)

Update (1-5-09):

Peking University: 1727 fans
Tsinghua University: 1006 fans
Fudan University: 620 fans
Zhejiang University: 281 fans
Renmin University of China: 210 fans
Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 176 fans
USTC: 134 fans

Fordham page created

Just created pages for Fordham and Renda, respectively. So many schools have their own pages (WashU, CMU, Peking U, Tsinghua, to name a few) where alumni flock. Let's become fans too!!!

If you'd like to, just follow the links on my wall, right below this note ("Lawrence became a fan of Fordham University/Renmin University of China.")

诗经·鼠嗜米

kudos to XL

大家都骂杨老鼠、刀螂和旁聋之流恶俗，如果他们是在春秋

时期唱那些歌，或许，也会被选入《诗经》呢......

《老鼠爱大米》：
我听见你的声音
有种特别的感觉
让我不断想不敢再忘记你
我记得有一个人
永远留在我心中
哪怕只能够这样的想你
如果真的有一天
爱情理想会实现
我会加倍努力好好对你永远不改变
不管路有多么远
一定会让它实现
我会亲亲在你耳边对你说(对你说)
我爱你爱着你
就像老鼠爱大米
不管有多少风雨我都会依然陪着你
我想你想着你
不管有多么的苦
只要能让你开心我什么都愿意
这样爱你

《诗经·鼠嗜米》：
吾闻君声，乃有异觉
辗转思之，毋敢相忘
君在我心，永难忘之
若当其日，诸愿皆偿
吾爱静女，上可鉴之
途远且艰，吾可誓之：
吾爱静女，如鼠嗜米
风来雨打，永世同心
君在我心，纵苦纵难
惟愿君喜，九死无悔！

http://cache.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/funinfo/1/1062439.shtml



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Xinlin Li at 10:48pm October 22

哈哈

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 12:21am October 23

hehe, hope you don't mind...I acknowledged:-) it's just so fun

Edmund Keung at 11:50am October 23

碩鼠碩鼠 ...

要造就一大批人

“要造就一大批人，这些人是革命的先锋队。这些人具有政治远见，这些人充满着斗争精神和牺牲精神。这些人是胸怀坦白的、忠诚的、积极的、正直的。这些人不谋私利，唯一的为着民族与社会的解放，这些人不怕困难，在困难面前总是坚定的，勇敢向前的。这些人不是狂妄分子，也不是风头主义者，而是脚踏实地富于实际精神的人们，中国要有一大群这样的先锋分子，中国革命的任务就能够顺利的解决。”

毛泽东为陕北公学（中国人民大学前身）题词
1937年10月23日

best one-liner ever

"I have nothing to declare except my genius."

--Oscar Wilde, upon arriving at US customs 1882.

Adium 1.3.2 supports offline messaging

Released on Oct 9, 2008, the latest version of Adium finally supports invisible/offline messaging. Mac is getting friendlier!

Try it out.

WashU and Presidential Debate

from wiki

Washington University is well known for hosting United States Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. The University has been selected to host a Presidential or Vice Presidential debate in every United States Presidential election since 1992. United States presidential election debates were held at the Washington University Field House in 1992, 2000, and 2004. A Presidential debate was planned to occur in 1996, but scheduling difficulties between the candidates canceled the debate.[14] The university has been selected to host the only 2008 Vice Presidential debate, between Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden, D-DE, on October 2, 2008.[15]

Although Chancellor Wrighton has previously noted after the 2004 debate that it would be "improbable" that the University will host another debate and was not eager to commit to the possibility,[16] he subsequently changed his view and the University submitted a bid for the 2008 debates. "These one-of-a-kind events are great experiences for our students, they contribute to a national understanding of important issues, and they allow us to help bring national and international attention to the St. Louis region as one of America's great metropolitan areas," said Wrighton.


Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 5:10pm October 2

Although WashU has hosted Presidential Debate 3 times, I've never been to one...