Thursday, December 24, 2009

圣诞2009

好吧,平心而论,我算是个有点小福气的人,没什么需要抱怨的。



比如,大过节的我还能收到一束郁金香,红的白的都有,每一只都笑得和我似的,傻乎乎的。



偶尔,还有帅哥对我说他喜欢我。尽管这喜欢是那么的不靠谱,但是在这个奇怪的世界能被人注意到也应该沾沾自得一下。



-------------我是分割线--------------



现在我一个人在office, 大家要么没来要么走了。这个时候,我又在码字,用来倾倒我一脑子的浆糊。



某天鸭子打电话来说,节日就那么几天,很快就过去了。恩,其实我并没觉着节日真的就有什么不同。节日无非是个借口,让人们暂时冠冕堂皇的忽视一些事情,乱开心一下。



那几天一过,一切照旧,不多也不少。



Pluto需要洗澡了,满身都是盐,白花花的。周六又要下雪,我打算让他洗干净在家里猫着不出去。

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Sweet Boy, Justin Piggy

姥姥:嘉永昨晚又尿床了。
嘉永:姥姥尿床,姥爷尿床,嘉永没尿床。




幼儿园每周教两个英文单词,嘉永自己念叨,小猫cat, 小狗dog, 小熊bear。
姥姥:嘉永说的真好,嘉永再说一遍吧。
嘉永:小猫cat, 小狗cat, 姥姥cat



Thursday, December 3, 2009

茄子

我们是茄子
我们是茄子
正义的来福猫
正义的来福猫
一定要把茄子吃掉
吃掉

中午吃茄子,晚上还吃茄子,终于刷完了,还是满地mess, 明天再收

累啊

昨天晚上跟鸭子吹牛说要把两个closets都刷完,美滋滋兴冲冲的想像大功告成的喜悦。估计鸭子同学早就料到俺是痴心妄想,不咸不淡的说了句good luck。果然,光给客厅的closet贴tape就贴了一个晚上,腰酸胳膊痛,已经11点了,决定去睡觉。刷墙这件事本身还成,无论俺刷得多么烂,油漆干了还是蛮好看的,说明油漆和刷子质量都不错。但是准备工作很辛苦,贴tape啊,谁让我的架子都装好了呢。



俺把小刷子泡在温水里了,用过的刷子很快就干了,又干又硬,再用就很麻烦,这也是我急着要把所有刷墙工作迅速结束的原因之一。另外的原因,啊,整天看着家里一团mess好心烦。

Friday, November 20, 2009

折腾

秦秦说,你好长时间没耕你的田,你忙什么呢?我差点回答说,今年年成不好,应该少折腾多吃饭。看看,果然是,猫大一折腾,上帝就发笑。



俺上个月被五雷轰顶,里焦外嫩的当儿苟延残喘,折腾closet。俺的closet里面的架子老化不堪,粘黏糊糊,让我怎么看怎么难受,终于下定决心全换。可小人我手无缚鸡之力,DIY这种事是万万做不来的。于是就找公司做。谈了三个公司。closets factory要价之高直接把我吓跑了。剩了两个,理智上很想和california closets,这是个大公司,而且这种closets就是人家发明的。可是designer嘴巴有点碎,一直再说其他公司多不好。当然人家可能是善意忠告,可我老人家就听着不爽。哎,后来就吃亏了嘛。接着就是closets by design, 他们打折倒爽快,总能把报价给到比CA低。designer也好脾气,木匠出身的,给的建议也不错,就是迟到的厉害。



后来价格砍得差不多了。CBD的有点pushy。我还是希望给CA机会。就去了他们的showroom, 人家财大气粗,在城里就有两家showroom。这次CA的designer还在说别的公司不好,不过,never mind, 这个人还是挺有经验而且耐心。CA也算管理严格,各种东西都有报价,不随便discount, 我于是就和designer went through every detail, 就连那个部分要不要base都决定好了。相谈愉快,价格也可以接受,那就签字吧。就在俺要落笔大名的时候,她突然告诉我他们不负责closets里面的旧物拆卸。这个可就是问题了,那些大架子拆起来还是费劲点的。当然,如果我那时侯不心疼小钱,完全可以找人帮我拆。但是俺迟疑了。CA的designer也有风度,不逼迫,她说你回去拆拆试试。然后俺就回家了,那是周六下午快三点了。



在家等CBD的designer, 五点的apptment, 五点半了还没来。我几乎就要打电话cancel了,他来了。然后就磨叽。我在CA看中了一个能抽拉的laundry hamper, 不错,我喜欢。可是CBD没有,他们给拆旧东西,给round edged shelves,就是没有那种hamper。但是我就想要那个hamper。然后designer给他的manager打电话。打着打着,他们就同意给我从CA order hamper, 算在总价钱里。那时侯已经晚上8点了,俺和两个大家伙talk了一大天,还没吃晚饭,当然又饿又累又烦。终于俺没熬住签了约。



第二天,十月里鹅毛大雪。俺戚戚。



据说,周一他们就会告诉我安装时间。没有,没人给我打电话。一半的钱却给我从amex上划掉了。然后周四晚上我给designer留言,如果明天再没人回我电话,我就去amex dispute。第二天,designer没回电话。manager回了,mananager说sorry, 她忘了。她说designer,VC deficiency住院了。她说他们会在一个月后给我装。



在那个installation date前的周末俺开始收拾,大大小小奇形怪状的东西从closet里搬出来,半个家的地上都堆满了。心里虽然还戚戚,好在他们如期来了。他们要装两天。第一天晚上回去,我就发现不对,没hamper。hamper哪去了。第二天,installer的paper上白纸黑字的写“california closets hamper, not closets by design's responsibility。



给designer打电话,不接。给manager打电话没人。于是俺给两个都留了言,告之如果没hamper, 俺不会签completion form。然后designer打电话,说,啊?没hamper?他说他去问manager。manager回电话,说这个她不知道,这个是我和designer的deal。是吗?我好像不是和designer签的contract, 那contract上可是大咧咧的写着closets by design。然后designer和manager通气之后,回电话说,说我猫大misunderstood了,他们的意思是我自己去order hampers, 自己付钱,他们只帮我装而已。



好吧,连故事都改了。contract上还写着X 1 hamper呢。于是我给manager电话说,我不会签completion form的。俺就去上班了。manager让designer跟我谈。俺也不知道他要谈啥。反正昨天他们没再理会我。我也不用主动理他们。今天下午,designer打电话了,还是没改主意,还是我要自己去order, 他只帮忙装。俺可是给CA打了电话的,一个hamper300块,还有belts/scarves racks, 每个55,他们都没给我装。我说算上人工,你们给我500 discount,我就签completion, 咱们就再无瓜葛,俺也不用你装了。designer说这价钱太高,CA就会报高价。我说你可以去google, 同样的hamper, 网上原价333,打了折还要199。他说他放狗了,查的是146, 我说你把url告诉我,他告诉的那个网站根本就在跳,每个link都打不开。然后这个胖designer展开了他巨蟹座的磨人功夫,说他已经跟manager谈了两个小时了,他在帮我解决问题。我听着听着就觉着这口气怎么那么熟悉。于是俺怒了,说我已经给了最后的solution, 你给我500块,咱们两讫。designer说,你以为你不签completion form就成了吗?他们还是可以charge的。我说,ok, go ahead, i will call my credit card company to dispute. and i am also able to go to the small claim court to sue you. deisigner说,好吧,我去跟她再谈谈,你去sue是个很不好的主意,it is nor worth it. 我说, 我不在乎啊,反正我都花了很多钱了。



然后,designer回电话了,说manager会给我order一个一模一样的hamper, 然后给我装上,不另收钱。



好吧,先这样。let's see what will happen. 俺还是要看好俺的信用卡,只要他们提前charge, 俺就去dispute。



Monday, November 2, 2009

Bostonians (ZT)

For those of you who have never been to "Bawstin", ( Boston )this is a
good guideline. I hope you will consider coming to "Beantown" in the near
future.


There's no school on School Street , no court on Court Street, no dock
on Dock Square , no water on Water Street . Back Bay streets are in
alphabetical "oddah" (order): Arlington , Berkeley , Clarendon, Dartmouth ,
etc. So are South Boston streets:
A, B, C, D, etc. If the streets are named after trees (e.g. Walnut,
Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill . If they're named after poets, you'
re in Wellesley .
Massachusetts Avenue is Mass Ave ; Commonwealth Avenue is Comm Ave ;
South Boston is Southie. The South End is the South End.
East Boston is Eastie. The North End is east of the former West End .
The West End and Scollay Square are no more; a guy named Rappaport got rid
of them one night. Roxbury is The Burry, Jamaica Plain is J.P.

How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly:
**Say it wrong, be shunned**
Worcester : Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester : Glaw sta
Leicester Lesta
Woburn : Woo ban
Dedham : Dead-um
Revere : Re -vee-ah
Quincy : Quinzee
Tewksbury : Tooks berry
Leominster : Lemin-sta
Peabody : Pee-ba-dee
Waltham : Walth-ham
Chatham : Chad dum
Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set but nevah Summerset!

Definitions:
Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.
If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic.
Soda is CLUB SODA.
"Pop" is DAD.
When we want Tonic WATER, we will ask for TONIC WATER.
The smallest beer is a pint.
Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish. If you paid more
than $7/pound, you got scrod.
It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah (bubbler).
It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.
It's not a spucky, a hero or grinder,... it's a sub.
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pockabook.
They're not franks; they're haht dahgs (hot dogs); Franks are money in
Switzahland.

Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "croo
za". If you take the bus, your on the "looza crooza". It's not a rubber band
, it's an elastic. It's not a traffic circle, it's a rotary. "Going to the
islands" means Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket.

The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins
The Pat's =The Patriots
Things not to do:

Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd .. they'll tow it to Meffa ( Medford
) or Summahville (Somerville) .
Don't sleep on the Common. ( Boston Common)
Don't wear Orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.

Things you should know:

There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, two Hancock
buildings
(one old, one new for each).

The colored lights on top the old Hancock tell the weatha':
"Solid blue, clear view...."
"Flashing blue, clouds due...."
"Solid red, rain ahead...."
"Flashing red, snow instead...." - except in summer;
flashing red means the Red Sox game was rained out!

Most people live here all their life and still don't know what the hell is
going on with this one:
Route 128 South is I-95 south. It's also I-93 north.
The underground train is not a subway. It's the "T", and it doesn't run all
night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk).
Order the "cold tea" in China Town after 2:00 am you'll get a kettle full of
beer.

Bostonians.. . think that it's their God-given right to cut off someone in
traffic.
Bostonians.. ...think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's)
except in the word: "idea"(i dear).
Bostonians.. .think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat
wave.
Bostonians.. .refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."
Bostonians.. .always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns green, and
oncoming traffic always expects it.
Bostonians.. .believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
Bostonians.. .think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.
Bostonians.. .think Rhode Island accents are annoying.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Angelina Jolie and sperm bank

一个朋友认为sperm bank是个下下之选。donor们的信息太简略,皮肤颜色,眼睛颜色,头发颜色仅此而已。不会因此判断这是个帅哥还是个丑男。除了相貌,还有许多其他隐形的后患,比如遗传缺陷,比如性格。这些完全不能了解也没有预期,全都是未来的surprise。



周六买菜check out的时候瞥见旁边杂志上赫然写着,Angelina Jolie confirmed two more babies are on the way。哈,我突然意识到为什么Jolie要把B陂得弄到手了。她分明就是把B同学当成一sperm bank啊。看得见摸得着的一个帅哥,应该也不傻,不错。

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Welcome to the Earth

有一次有人问我,土星用英文怎么说;我答,earth。



又有一次,我顶着大风,冒着被漫天乌云的口水淹没的危险去box office买票。我为自己不畏天气恶劣努力提高古典音乐修养的精神而深深自得,于是昂首阔步完全没注意Miss Big帮我开了门。正在我用十足的耐心折磨box office小姐找全我要的所有concert票的时候,我的手机响了。Caller ID让我更加亢奋,我分明感到我乘着自己的猫尾巴腾云驾雾起来。但是接起电话听到的第一句话却让我魔法消失,立时摔在地上。这句话是,白痴啊,你向左看。



我不出意料的扭头向右,没人,再向后,还是没人。我只好让我的大脑袋逆时针回转二百七十度,眼前,猫二一脸鄙夷的看着我。



我继续折磨box office的小姐。猫二买了票,坐在一旁的长椅上。表情回复了以往惯有的具有欺骗性的乖乖猫神情。



你好慢,猫二说,同时乖乖猫稍稍隐去。然后我们逆风向西飞去。



没想到你都听两场了,猫二又说。我仔细确认了一下,乖乖猫还在。于是乎,我那个自我崇拜的小灵魂油然升起,在大风里神气活现的飘忽着。