Allie is my neighbor in the office, we're having a nose contest.
Kim and Jim
Group.
Blank stone tablet in Harvard.
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I always remind my friends that we live in a increasingly superficial world. I initially didn't want to comment on the Lin MiaoKe and Yiang PeiYi as millions of Chinese bloggers already have I'm sure. Before I make my comment, I want to make clear that I think we're all judgmental, yes, we all have that subconscious of judging a book by its cover. Don't agree? Just look at US congressmen today and compare them to the ones from the 50s, where 70% of them were bald back in the day.
The choice between the two girls I suspect is purely out of aesthetic reasons, like picking someone for an endorsement of something. In this case however, I do have to say, the game organizers or whoever 's responsible didn't choose wisely, and took the Olympic Spirit and took a typical marketing. I respect Yang PeiYi because she went through a grueling nation wide hunt for this Ode to the Motherland voice. It would be shallow to say the least, to cast such a judgement upon a girl this young despite her obvious talent.
China, this is really, in poor taste, No one in the world respect style over substance.
Zhang Yi Mou, where were you when Miss Little Sun Shine was playing in theaters?
Having said that, the opening ceremony is still mind blowing, and I still think its the best opening ceremony ever and extremely proud... The game continues in the nation of contradiction.
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From Boston.com. These pictures are out of this world. More from that site. It's a must see.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/2008_olympics_opening_ceremony.html
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This entire week has been a week of thunder storms and flash floods for Boston and its surrounding areas. Between the rain and sun, there are these amazing clouds. I caught this moment as I was driving home from work. I love Vanilla Sky. Yes, because I just got an amazing scanner, the white frames are back!
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I was brownsing CNN today, and its quick survey of the day is: "If you had the chance, would you want to go to the Olympics in Beijing?" To my big surprise, a whopping 69 percent of people voted No.
So let me get this straight America, despite the fact that this coming Olympic games is set in the biggest country in asia, home to one fifth of worlds population. A country that has a history 25 times of the US. You also wouldn't check out - the fastest growing economy in the world, the up and coming, biggest competitor in EVERY SINGLE aspect to United States. A big economic power thats making its best effort to collaborate with US and downplaying the "competitor" role by buying massive amounts of boeing airplanes and pushing the crappiest GM cars to its citizens. No, all you can think about is how the monks are treated in Tibet, people, get over it, I've been to tibet, Monks were never mistreated, what happened in the 50s and 80s were monks trying to make Tibet independent, they were rioting with fucking rifles and grenades, violent riot will meet with swift law enforcement, that happens every where. Tibet's BEEN Chinas for close to 300 freaking years, if you think Tibet is independent, you might as well give back Alaska, California, Nevada, New Mexico at least! I can not believe how many ignorant people are out there claiming they're liberals and act unbelievably sheltered.
Travel abroad, visit the place before you can cast some opinion. Otherwise, you're just dumb.
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For friends thats living outside of America.
Just check out Good Will Hunting, The Departed, and something older, Wizard of OZ. The Tin Man, When he says "Heart" He says "Hahhht" hehe, I love it.
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At 11:30, as I was sitting at my table alone angry at this young woman of not being punctual. She called and told me she's lost and told me to go to the bridge and meet her. I was totally pissed off, the restaurant is closing at 12:00. I stormed off, stood on the bridge, and she's nowhere to be found.
Suddenly... people started to ooh and aww on the banks, there she was, on the only boat in the lake. Fireworks started to flare, candles lit, I understood it was all for me. I was absolutely astonished. I was absolutely moved. Most of all, I felt absolutely undeserving, I did nothing to earn this.
I didn't get to take pictures of the scene, but took some pictures after I jumped into the boat. (after I ran back to the restaurant to get my food in boxes) Here they are.
Thanks Everyone on this boat, for:
1. Some how, convince the boat renter and the lake patrol to have a boat out after 12! I don't know HOW you guys pulled it off.
2. Getting a cheese cake out in the heat of summer, intact, chilled and with lit candles.
3. Painstakingly, bending, twisting, taping the glowsticks together to form "Li heart Bo".
4. Making me foreget about someone and come out of the shadows for a brief moment.
5.Thank you for this song, its very moving... I didn't expect this much from you.
Thank you, I know I don't deserve this, and Lili, you're truely special, and I'm sorry for posting this late also :-/
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Lovely forest outside of Mullen.
View outside from office.