2011年10月31日 星期一

I don't care about books

I don't care about books.

Most people don't either.  And the ones who do should probably know better.

And I don't just mean "paper" books.

There's nothing like having the future smack you in the face while insisting on closing your eyes forever.

掩耳盜鈴。

That was easy.

2011年10月24日 星期一

The gloves finally come off

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It’s as simple as 優 and 不佳.

2011年10月17日 星期一

Aristotle’s theory of tragedy

China’s never had a problem with individuals, or even individualism. Such criticisms are simply not relevant to the only important question: whether or not you matter, i.e. whether or not you are elite. What’s been important is not a rejection of individualism, but an affirmation of class.

2011年10月14日 星期五

藍白拖陰謀

There's a reason all those old men wear 藍白拖. It’s not because they’re poor or have a poor fashion sense. Every time you find a pair of sandals that you like, even if you buy two or three or four pairs, you can sure as hell bet that whenever you do wear them out (a mere matter of time), you’ll never find them or anything close to them ever again. You’ll be stuck with crappy ones that you’ll go through till you find a new one after 4 or 5 tries that isn’t as good as the old ones. I guess everyone is always finding ways to innovate and avoid commodification. Even of 3 dollar sandals.

I’d have to say the biggest thing that stays with me is that I never ever recall seeing women wear heels on crappy motorcycles (scooters are the netbooks of motorcycles) in America. A place about a half-inch away from having a female president. That’s what I call diglossia.