The Story of Stuff (有中文字幕連結)

A friend of mine sent me this link. It's a short documentary film about stuff we use. Where does it come from, what process does it involve before it gets to us, and what's going to happy after we don't want this stuff, and also how we end up living in a society of "buy more" (well, at least part of the reason). It's a very nice film...I think everyone should watch it.



(中文字幕影片點這裡 http://www.storyofstuff.com/international/)
謝謝小莉寄給我這個link, 看完以後馬上覺得一定要和大家分享. 這個短片是有關"東西的故事". 是以一個美國人的角度來描述, 告訴我們日常生活中所用的東西是怎麼來的, 如何行銷到我們手裡, 丟棄後去了哪裡, 還有.....我們的怎麼變成一個以"物質"為導向的社會 (至少解釋了一部分). 我真的覺得這個影片蠻有啟發性的....請大家有空點去看看. 下面的連結會帶你到影片首頁....可以選擇繁體中文字幕喔!!!

Once: Falling Slowly

耶誕節的時候我和布先生看了一部愛爾蘭獨立製片的電影 "Once". 這部片是描寫一個以修吸塵器維生,默默無名的愛爾蘭創作歌手, 和以賣玫瑰花維生, 彈的一手好鋼琴女生的故事. 藉由對音樂的喜愛及才華, 他們共同創作一個Demo專輯, 希望藉此拿到唱片合約. 在創作的過程中, 他們共同回首逝去的感情, 也藉由歌曲默默抒發對對方的情感. 整部電影其實就是創作一個音樂專輯的過程. 故事情節以及電影裡穿插的歌曲都相當動人(而且沒有Hollywood那種膚淺結局). 還有, 我後來才知道主題曲"Falling Slowly"得到2007年奧斯卡最佳電影原著歌曲)
前幾天我終於記得上網買電影原聲帶, 雖然已經過了幾個月, 一聽到"Falling Slowly" 眼淚就不停的掉. 我的iPod今天撥這首歌已不下十次, 但每次聽, 我都還是覺得心有揪在一起的感覺. 或許是因為看過電影, 知道歌詞背後的意義, 讓我感觸特別深. 所以, 我想和大家分享這首應該是我最喜歡的歌!!

Brian and I saw an independent movie "Once" on DVD over the holidays. It is about an Irish guitarist/singer/songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners and as a street musician and a immigrant girl who sells flower on the street and plays piano. They get to know each other as the girl helps him to put together a demo disc that he can take to London in hope of landing a music contract. They work through their past loves, and reveal their feeling for one another, through their songs. This movie is a making of an album. Very beautiful story and songs.
A few months later, I got soundtrack of this movie and listened to it over and over again. "Falling Slowly", the theme song of this movie, is my favorite and even after listening to it for more than 10 times, I still got emotionally attached. I've never been so "haunted" (in a good way) by a song before, and I think it has a lot to do with how the story ties into this song. I think this song is going to be my all time favorite. I highly recommend it!!! (And we later found out this song won the best original score category in 2007 Academy Award)
by YT

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Falling Slowly--Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová.

I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You'll make it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can't go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I'm painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It's time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly sing your melody
I'll sing along

I paid the cost too late
Now you're gone

Superbowl XLIII Champion.....Pittsburgh Steelers!!!!!!!!!!!

Pittsburgh Steelers won the 6th Superbowl title!!!! We are so proud of our team. We are the first team in NFL history to win six superbowl titles. Our coach is the youngest to win superbowl. Our defense James Harrison had the longest play (100 yards..the whole football field) in superbowl history. And this is the best superbowl game ever.

(Steelers QB No. 7 Ben Roethlisberger)

Steelers dominated the whole game until the 4th quarter. Cardinals scored two touchdowns in the 4th quarter and took the lead from Steelers (23-20). It was so disappointing...I screamed and shout and burried my head in my terrible towel. I thought that was it.........we're going to lose the game. But our quarterback Ben Roethlisberger did it again like what he had done almost the whole season.....took the team to 4th quarter comeback. We scored a absolutely beautiful touchdown at the sideline/corner of the end zone by Santonio Homles, when there is only 35 seconds or so remained in the game. What a dramatic 4th quarter!! Cardinal only had the lead for less than 3 minutes...and we took it back from them. What a great game. I felt I almost had a heart attak. It's so surreal and unbelievable. Many sport commentators also said this is the greatest superbowl game ever. Here's a bit of video (NFL.com) of the game-winning final drive, starting with the Cardinals' touchdown in the 3rd to last minute.

We are so pround of Steelers. Great owner, great coach and great players. We are Steelers nation. Now Pittsburgh is the "Six-burgh".

We watched the game at AM's place. We wore our Steelers jersey, brought our terrible towels and black and gold pompom to watch the game. We had Thaid food (not very traditional football game food) for dinner and I made a Raspberry-Chocolate Hazelnut tart for dessert. We had a good time watching this great game. Photos are uploaded already.