写作文

今天突然回想起自己以前上学的时候写作文时的痛苦。我觉得写作文很可能是上学过程中最让我憎恨的东西之一了。

在小学的时候呢，要不是写什么“一件有意义的事”，就是写什么“春游游记”，从来没有什么作文题能够真正让我感到有意思。当时为了写这些记叙文，绞尽脑汁的痛苦实在是记忆犹新。等到了初中，我终于慢慢明白了“天下文章一大抄”的奥妙，从此写起记叙文来如履平地。我光在游泳池就救过三次人，钱包捡过若干次，而且都交公了，我当时有个严肃的爸爸，温柔的妈妈，和和蔼可亲的奶奶，我的老师对我像亲人一样亲，隔壁的年轻解放军哥哥对我也是诲人不倦，还经常帮我换自行车轮胎，哈哈，作文题材这么多，我怕谁？？？

可惜的是，到了高中之后，语文老师大概和政治老师来了个变形金刚般的合体，语文作文和政治变得雨水相容。记叙文被议论文彻底替代，导致所有的文章都有点大字报的感觉，真刀真枪的毫不含糊。我当时写起文章来也是意气风发，经常从政治书上抄点东西来用用。老师自然无法从鸡蛋里挑刺，千锤百炼的政治课本其实寻常人可以批评的？!

现在回想起来，语文真是学得太累了，太多人为的负担压在了它的身上。我真希望我的老师什么时候会出这么一道题来让我们写，那该多有意思啊：“如果你是一个小猴子，你愿意当一只小臭猴，还是小香猴？根据你的选择，任写一篇文章，长短不限，文体不限，但尽量别写错别字。”

Is Love Blind? Oh, Definitely.

我发现在我们公司很多头头的办公室墙壁上，挂着各式各样的儿童涂鸦，都是他们的儿子，女儿的作品。说老实话，很多“绘画作品”我都是看了半天才看出这是幅画，至于到底在画什么，那就永远是个谜了。我今天在一个人的办公室里看到的画，直观上就是一个掉在白纸上的鸡蛋，黄黄的白白的一大滩，非常有让人过目不忘的力量。

我这才真正意识到什么叫“爱是盲目”的了。好多时候我都是一边看这些画，一边就肚子里暗暗嘟囔：“这算什么嘛？老在办公室里放这些东西吓人”。这些作品，也就只有是儿子或女儿画的，才会有人满心欢喜的贴出来。我估计在很多父母的眼里，梵高的真迹可能都比不上自己孩子的信手涂鸦。

其实反过来想，谁又不是这样呢？当我们透过“爱”的有色眼镜看这个世界的时候，一切都变得那么美好。呵呵，这样不挺好的么？

Golf Time!!

I always like golf. Using an iron stick to hit something voilently definitely sounds appealing to me. However, ever since I took a golf class in my senior year in college, I never got a chance to play the game in any consistent way. Finally now I have a car and the weather is wonderful, so this is GOLF TIME!!! I will try every hard this summer to improve my game. Watch out Tiger, I am coming!!!

I went to the driving range with a friend yesterday and played slightly over an hour. It was so much fun. I felt really good when I made a solid contact on the sweet spot. But overall, I was rusty. I couldn't handle the driver. Slicing is still my big problem. I have to work on that. The good news was that I used 7 iron all right. Irons are always a lot easier to use than drivers. Hopefully by the end of this summer, I can get my stoke back and manage to use drivers, irons, pitchers, and putters effectively.

Woods, I guess you can still keep your green jacket......... for now.

The Movie - [Fargo]

Personally I like this movie. The story goes like this: a timid and apparently over-stressed middle-class husband desperately needs a large sum of money to finance his brilliant investment project. He decides to get the funding in a most absurd way: hire someone to kidnap his homely wife and get the money when his rich father-in-law pays the "ransom". Just like in a real life, things don't go exactly the way you want, and an avalanche of disasters are bound to happen.

The movie is modest paced, not too fast, not too slow, just the way it should be. It is also wonderfully directed with certain black humor elements here and there. The overall character acting is amazing. Everything just feels right. William H. Macy (Main Character) and Frances McDormand's (the pregnant sheriff) performances are especially worthnoting. (Frances McDormand laterly on won the Oscar that year.) The movie honestly shows you how things get out of hand fast whenever you cross the line.

I have to warn you though; Fargo may not be the movie for everyone. It has certain graphically disturbing scenes that some may not appreciate. These scenes are not at the level of Reservoir Dogs yet, but it's getting close. Well, you get the idea.

What I like the most about this movie is its punch line: "There is more to life than just a little bit of money." This is so true. This movie did a superb job to get this message across. Definitely there are times during the movie I sighed "come on, you don't have to do that for just $80,000." It is sad that sometimes people are overly preoccupied with the idea of wealth creation that they end up sacrificing too much for too little.

Fargo is an entertaining thriller that will definitely keep you interested for the duration of the movie. I highely recommened it, especially if you are a fan of Quentin Tarantino. BTW, regardless what it says in the beginning of the movie, Fargo is, in fact, not based on a true story.