星期三, 10月 17, 2007

[歌詞] Honesty - Rodney Atkins

一首鄉村歌曲。

He said, "Just think it over,and write me a list"
"So we can figure out what we both deserve"
She hardly could believe it, that their love had come to this
Dividing an deciding his and hers
But she grabbed a paper napkin, asked the waitress for a pen
And one by one she wrote down what she wanted most from him

Honesty, sincerity, tenderness and trust
A little less time for the rest of the world
And more for the two of us
Kisses each mornin', I love you's at night
Just like it used to be
The way life was when you were in love with me

She reached across the table an placed it in his hand
And said,"You know this isn't easy for me"
As he thought about the new car, the house and the land
And wondered what that bottom line would be
And a thousand other things that she'd want him to leave behind
But he never dreamed he'd open up that napkin and find

Honesty, sincerity, tenderness and trust
A little less time for the rest of the world
And more for the two of us
Kisses each mornin', I love you's at night
Just like it used to be
The way life was when you were in love with me

Well, he fought back the tears as he looked in her eyes
And said "I don't know where to start"
And she said "Everything on that list in your hand
Is written somewhere in your heart"

Honestly,sincerity just like it used to be
The way life was when you were in love with me

把小白鹿當extreme sport的後果……

就是摔車……摔得趴在路上,痛到久久無法起身。

自以為厲害,下坡很少減速…自恃記得原路往返上的每個彎道的後果,就是出乎意料的髮夾彎陡降坡出現眼前;腦中一片空白,只知道完了……

整個身子趴在柏油坡道上,呼吸夾雜著空洞聲與困難,想說這次真的完了;所幸我還能翻身,想拿出口袋中的手機撥打112,腦中想著112真的會有人接嗎?不過翻過身後的呼吸就正常多了,猜想會不會是整個身子壓迫之故造成呼吸困難?而放在右邊口袋的手機,我卻拿不出來,因為我的右手手指無法動彈。

左肘及兩膝受了皮肉傷,雖然痛,但知道這沒什麼大礙。
小白鹿摔在一旁,我連起身的力氣都沒有了,只能看著它和我一起躺在坡道上……就這樣躺了十多分鐘,覺得好多了,也只能騎著小白鹿到醫院掛急診,打個破傷風針,照個X光,固定右手手指……

還是得謝天又謝地,暫時沒什麼大礙,明天再去醫院做個診斷囉……

星期日, 10月 14, 2007

我是一個什麼樣的讀者?

The Reader, The Winner? 我一直不相信這句話,這只是用來鼓勵小朋友唸書的騙人話語罷了!

那,我是一個怎樣的讀者呢?我又希望自己成為什麼樣的讀者呢?或是身為一個讀者,不應該有這樣的自覺呢?或許這樣就會喪失閱讀的樂趣?

Italo Calvino在《如果在冬夜,一個旅人》中的一個章節,描述了作家偷窺彼讀者的作息,看著彼讀者專注地讀書,他很想知道彼讀者在想什麼,在讀什麼?為什麼可以如此專心地愉悅地沈浸在閱讀裡?

張大春在城邦暴力團中所描寫的主人翁,是一個看書超快,但從來不看到最後,就匆忙地換下一本書的讀者;讓我們看看書店裡的人吧!有人可以坐在地上或靠在書櫃旁,把一本書從頭看到完!我則是完全沒辦法~我最多看完序和前頭的十幾頁,便決定了我會不會繼續參與閱讀這本書的活動,當然如此匆促的舉動的後果是:誤讀誤判誤買的機率很大~

其實我在找的是一個能夠吸引我的故事或是一個新的世界,能夠順著書頁的順序走下去,經歷一個不一樣的人生或思想的旅程。

你知道這有多麼難嗎?

讓我回到《如果在冬夜,一個旅人》的彼讀者;她一本一本地讀下去,即便受到惡意的文本剪接、拼貼、或中斷,也一直在找尋她心目中的閱讀樂趣。當然她讀到的書不會全部都是她喜歡的,但她還是會渴望能知道故事的結局……

這週末買了:
1. 《追獵藍色巴爾幹》:報導文學,或許可以窺見點異國風情吧?!我希望可以看到類似人文性高的《天真的人類學家之重返多瓦悠蘭》,或是文學性的《諸神的樂園:西西里讚歌》……
2. 《群》:推理小說?~我從沒認真看過推理小說~這一套兩本的厚度實在不薄,不過,和巡者三部曲比起來,也不算什麼了……但其印刷品質和紙張品質則不能相提並論……讓我在書店掙扎了好一陣子才決定買下手。
3. 《非理性的魅惑》:哲學批判加上一點文化評論;說實在這本書有點硬,不易消化,但我還滿期待作者怎麼說服我,如何不向法西斯靠攏,不去否定現代政治與民主?

這三本書的主題實在差太多了,所以我是一個沒有口味的讀者嗎?我甚至不排斥食譜(Jamie Oliver?!)呢!哈~哈~不過,我今天拒絕了張大春的新書《認得幾個字》;它就擺在書店非常顯眼的位置,而我也確實把它拿下來好好地讀了四到五章吧?!但或許是人生階段不同,脾胃與我不合,或許比較適合有小孩的人看吧?~

能像彼讀者那般自得地閱讀,是我想要的樣子吧?!~