One day in a distant time and age, Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union, was greatly agitated when he discovered that his pack of cigars had gone missing. He immediately contacted the head of the KGB and ordered him to locate the person who had stolen his cigars. The next day, Stalin opened one of the drawers in his desk and — wonder of wonders! found his missing pack of cigars inside. He phoned the head of the KGB and told him to call off the search, and that he had realized that he’d misplaced them in a drawer in his study. Then the KGB officer said, “Uhhh, too late, sir, three people have already confessed!”
Haha, just a Communist joke that my dear father imparted to me. If you didn’t understand it… just know that basically everyone accused of conspiracy or treason in that time had to “confess” even if they were innocent and had no knowledge of the crime.
Hmmm, I was just wondering… Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton? I’m bringing this up today because Obama just happened to visit a certain city in close proximity to our suburban town… they’re both excellent candidates, in my opinion. But I’m a bit torn between the two. Anyway, go Democrats 2008!
Uhhh, I am feeling out of it. Long story short, I devoured three chocolate chip cookies, one package of Florida’s Natural fruit string, a bagel, and truckloads of graham crackers this morning. The greatly increased sugar intake, of course, caused me to feel hyperactive and strangely happy. The effect began to wear off after school, so I ate another dozen graham crackers to remedy this. Unfortunately, exhaustion set in for good around 5:00 pm in the afternoon, and I ensconced myself on the sofa until I realized that I would be in major doo-doo if I didn’t get a start on my homework.
Then, wonder of wonders, the goddess of fate deigned to smile upon me and blessed all of the beleaguered students in our school district with yet another SNOW DAY.
Ah, there is a truly a terrible but wondrous beauty in snowfall so thick and rapid that it forces responsible parents to fear for their children’s safety and to agree to not to bring them to Taekwondo class, to spend hours backed up on the freeway and to leave irate messages on the answering machine, and to spend two hours relaying the tale of their murderous return journey over the telephone, while their high schooler daughter waits impatiently for an opportunity to access the Web via a dial-up Internet connection, and watches a news special on Mormon polygamy instead.
Well, well, well.
As an extremely relevant aside, F.I.R. is perhaps the best Chinese-speaking band I’ve ever heard. Their pop/rock style is original, the production quality is first-rate, and Faye’s vocals are practically angelic. Real is also a very talented singer… and Ian! I love his sunglasses ^_^.
“跟我說 love love love
大聲說 love love love
有一天這世界會為我改變…”
- Listening To: "LOVE*3" by F.I.R.
Wow. Do mine eyes deceive me? Or is this another ultra-impersonal review?
依然范特西 (Still Fantasy) is Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou’s (周杰倫) seventh studio album, officially released September 5, 2006. Because I absolutely insisted on purchasing the CD+DVD version from YesAsia.com by mail order, the CD arrived just two days ago, about three weeks after I initially made the order.
Hahaha… you just gotta love the U.S. Postal Service…
At any rate, sorry for the lateness. Just humor me and allow me to ramble on a while longer.
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BoA’s 2005 Korean album, Girls on Top, was an unexpected pleasure; I didn’t know BoA could do hip hop! Additionally, the Chinese version of the title track also deserves ample praise. And since we’re on the topic of Korea, BoA is definitely my second most favorite Korean of all time (and no. 1 favorite South Korean… needless to say, the position of most favorite Korean on the entire Korean Peninsula still belongs to Kim Jong Il, dictator and Dear Leader of North Korea).
I finished all of my exams. And we have Monday off this week. So, frittering and loitering, here we go!
Also, I’ve decided to remove all instances of my full name from this blog. Not because I’m primarily concerned about, uh, my safety (I doubt it was ever in jeopardy)… it’s just that I Googled my name out of sheer boredom a while ago, and I was horrified by the number of crap-blogs that popped up, all claiming to be authored by my clones. There were also a fair number of doctors of the same name with intimidating-sounding titles, but that’s beside the point.
For the record, my real, legal name is Jennifer. But I won’t be answering to that any longer, in an effort to sever all associations with other less-educated peoples. However, you may still call me Jenny-fa.
And now I shall depart.
- Listening To: "Girls on Top" by BoA
Bwehhh… I’m running out of worthwhile subjects to blog about. My personal life’s still as stubbornly miserable and hopeless as ever, so I suppose it’s time for another review!
The American rock band, Evanescence (their official U.S. Web site, by the way, is simply beautiful), released their second studio album, The Open Door, on October 3, 2006. My brother purchased the album for me last Christmas (the first present I’ve received from him in a decade, it seems), and now I shall endeavor to spread the joy.
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