The Yancification of Vagrancy

沒有愛沒有性沒有論文交沒有會開沒有計畫到期沒有工作做的日子真可怕

連博客都沒得寫

連做戲劇都拯救不了我。

    德国的Thärichens Tentett，十个人的mini big band，以乐队灵魂人物Nicolai Thärichen(指挥，作曲和钢琴家)命名。 5月24日晚上，39岁的Thärichen先生穿上西装在中山音乐堂的三角钢琴前一边弹奏一边指挥的时候突然让人想起了年轻的Al Pacino，其突然放射出的电磁波强度不言自明。而当我在三号航站楼迎接因为丢失行李而迟到两小时的Tentett时，对一行人中最矮的那个还完全没留一点神；在希尔顿门口打他的趣也只是因为整个乐队都在因为他要换一件衬衫而等待，但那时我注意到新衬衫很配他湖蓝色的眼睛。之后有幸旁听了Thärichens先生在现代音乐学院的一堂作曲课，并获赠乐队的全部CD（包括还没发行的新作哇哈哈哈），仔细听过之后我正式为这个光着膀子捧颗心的男人和他的乐队疯狂了：他写的旋律可以勾出心旷神怡的图画；鼓点让我这个很久不跳舞的人有想重新开始跳funky style的冲动；音乐和歌词的搭配、几种乐器的编排让人拍案叫绝；乐手们出色的演奏则让这些用音符和诗句精心搭建的躯体们有了灵魂。好了，我冷静一点说：如果你还没听惯爵士乐那些“不和谐”的和弦，也许不会觉得Thärichens先生写出音乐“美”，但是他们的现场演出绝对会让你大开眼界满意而归；如果你本身已经是爵士乐迷，Thärichens Tentett的任何一张CD都是值得收藏并定期拿出来细品的佳作，你会拍着桌子说：爵士乐原来是可以这样的！


Thärichens Tentett 一共发行过3张专辑，歌词均是Thärichens先生精心挑选的英文诗，诗人中有无名士，有拜伦，还有他美丽聪明的未婚妻Maria。这个秋天他们将会在德国发行新专辑 Farewell Songs。 之前的3张分别是 Lady Moon,  Thin Edge, Grateful。
很可惜乐队和Michael的的专辑中国找不到...试听可以去Nicolai Thärichen 的My Space 或者Michael Shiefel的个人网站。



     如果我说这个家伙不是飞碟模型也不是扣在一起的两口锅，你能猜出这是什么吗？ 啊哈哈哈...还是我告诉你吧：这是一件打击乐器！相信我！它的名字叫Hang，复数形式是Hanghang（0 _ O）中文译为手碟，在2000年由瑞士的Felix Rohner 和 Sabina Schärer发明。这个看起来很滑稽的家伙居然可以打出旋律，而且发出的声音清脆灵动。


    这为帅哥就是当今世上最著名的手碟乐手和作曲家, 旅居伦敦的奥地利人Manu Delago。 在他的My Space上可以听到他的手碟音乐。而他和同样不到30岁的萨克斯手／作曲家Christoph Pepe Auer的Hang+ Base Clarinet（手碟＋低音单簧管）二重奏绝对是会让人耳目一新的独创组合。如果你有幸去他们的现场，做好和全体观众整场摒住呼吸瞪大眼睛的准备。


    同时， Christoph除了自己命名的乐队CPA Quartet以外还经常出没于其他同样出色的几个乐队。在北大百年讲堂里他金色萨克斯里滑出来的音符注满我脑海时的感觉妙不可言。试听请点击他的个人主页。

凌晨一点的时候床突然显得很空，空得让人不自在。楼上不知哪里的孩子们又在撒酒疯了，吵吵嚷嚷，跑来跑去——无可救药的美国大学生们。
所以Yancey又失眠了，写完一张往东京去的明信片和一页日记之后还是没有睡意。

5月7日是悲壮的一天：两门金融考试总算在同一个下午过去了，但愿那是我今生最后一次需要给某某公司估价。能得多少分完全不知道，不过可以肯定好不了——金融⋯⋯天，是谁把这个主意捶进我脑子里的？
还有两门：古典文明和当代戏剧，需要复习的很多，可这个学期怎么好像已经结束了？

因为心已经飞回北京了。想到落地以后马上开始的实习，轻度抑郁症患者的生活里突然又有了埋藏很久的激情。但愿这个夏天会很精彩！

4点39分，Yancey要努力睡着。

一觉醒来不知道是几月几日白天黑夜的感觉非常奇妙。
从加州禁止同性婚姻看宗教对美国社会影响的论文真的在3天之内完成了，而且自己满意。没什么好骄傲的，但我还是忍不住自己高兴一下－－酒呢?...开玩笑的

凌晨，突然想起海军码头的黎明（博客的背景，我用Rebel XSi拍的第一组照片），想起我和他的旧金山36小时，突然明白我为什么衷爱这张照片了。
那是今天一月某天，我和他在十分中内做出去旅行的决定，然后赶在商店关门之前买了相机，2个小时后的午夜出发。在大雾中开了一夜的车，在疲惫中到达目的地，刚好是黎明。下车，转身，猛然看到此景时的激动，看到这张照片能回味起一些了。

生活需要这样的美好冲动。

天快亮了，我要去海边。

夏天突袭洛杉矶，今天白天热到了38度。203的空调肯定是在放假半年之后忘了怎么运转。我的皮肤似乎对新换的薄被单纤维过敏。
总之，睡不着。浑身不爽，酒精麻痹不了固执的神经，翻来覆去中脑子里越来越热闹：
想到了今天忘记交的关于亚里诗多德那个死人的作文，一周之后要交的两篇论文和一篇剧评，还有另一个天杀的金融小组作业；
想到了一学期以来落下的两门金融功课和即将来临的期末考试；
想到了有可能挂科重修的西方古典文明；
想到了这学期有可能创历史新低的GPA；
想到了两年后有可能不要我的耶鲁；
想到了有可能这辈子都还不起的学费；
想到了有可能找不到的工作；
想到了有可能养活不了的自己
想到了有可能尽不到孝的父母；
...
Excuse me？一个一辈子以精英自居的人居然在二十一岁的时候为了学习和养活自己发愁？荒谬！悲观到了自己都觉得好笑的地步。这不全是我自己给自己的，但现在我已经不能控制自己不去想这些，就像对焦虑上瘾一样，或者有强迫症，强迫自己做无谓的担心。
［逃跑］是一个自己多少年都鄙视的行径。但是我承认我现在只想逃跑。可是我的港湾呢？在哪？看不到哎。
二十岁，发现原来精神崩溃一点都不难。二十一岁，需要挣扎着找回从前的自己。


写这些是为了记住这次失眠，以便在二十五岁，最迟三十岁回忘的时候可以轻松地嘲笑二十一岁时糟糕的自己。

Found it on urban dictionary. Hilarious in a somewhat offensive way. It's one of those so bad it's good things.
Here it goes:

First of all...Fob's are immigrants a.k.a. Fresh off the boat. There are many kinds of fobs (i cant really take credit for this becuz i got this off a site. I added some in)

Twinkie
- Besides your nationality, there is little to distinguish you from white people
- Your significant other is not Asian and never has been
- You have few Asian friends, if any
- You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you
- You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist
- You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is
- You are the only Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is
- You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it is stock

Asian-American
- You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you're whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere
- You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any
- You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college
- You read A. magazine and think it's great
- You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are
- You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below

Yap (Young Asian Professional)
- You are in one of these professions:
a) Medicine / Pharmaceutical
b) Engineering
c) Finance
d) Investment Banking
e) Accounting
- Most of your wardrobe was purchased at Banana Republic
- You go to "mixers" on Thursday nights to meet other Yaps and talk about the Dow Jones.
- You did exactly what your parents wanted you to do and as a result, your life is hella boring
- Your apartment/home is decorated almost exclusively with stuff from Pier 1
- Your parents always talk to their friends about how much money you make. If they don't, then you're a dissapointment

Fob (Fresh Off tha Boat)
- You were not born in America
- You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently
- You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends
- You do not have any non-Asian friends
- Your parents do not speak any English
- When you speak English, you like to make everything plural
- You get extremely good grades in school
- You cannot dance
- Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you're from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe

SuperFob
- Your command of the English language is minimal and you don't care
- You like dim sum chicken feet
- You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn't bootlegged
- Your only hangout is Chinatown
- All the lights in your house are fluorescent
- You dry your cloths outside your window
- You need a haircut
- You either smell like cigarettes or food

Fobabee
- You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently "awoken"
- You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys
- You have taken the Asian Studies course at college
- You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white (Twinkie ; Banana) or Black (Chigger ; Tea egg)
- If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous

Gangsta Fob (Fobsta)
- You have shot another Asian
- Your favorite hangout is a pool hall
- When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid
- Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you'll shoot them
- You have a serious gambling problem
- You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car
- No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because you'll shoot them
- You want to have a Tab girlfriend, but can only get Hoochie Tabs

Tab (Trendy Asian Bitch)
- You shop at A/X, Bebe and Club Monaco
- You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to "mix it up"
- You do not weigh more than 105 lbs
- You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life
- Platform heels are your favorite
- You are a makeup expert, in fact, you appear completely flawless
- You do not smile in public
- You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it
- You smoke
- Your cell phone is completely customized
- On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker pic of you and your man
- Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item
- You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car
- You are often seen with Rice-boys
- You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend

Hoochie Tab
- You are an import car model
- Your boobs are not real
- There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere
- Stiletto heels are your favorite
- Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu
- Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob
- You cheat on your boyfriend
- Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school

Rice-Boy
- You drive an Asian import. Usually a Honda or Acura
- Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from it's original stock form
- Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in
- The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing
- The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing
- You always drive like you are racing someone
- You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps
- The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend. If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground
- Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit
- If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra. If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have). Poor Rice-boy.

Fobulous
- You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language
- You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends
- You listen to Asian pop as well as American music
- You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture
- You are a good dancer
- You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race
- You are a good designer and have superior Html skills
- You have an Apt107 page AND an AA page and the guest books in both are packed
- For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being
- You have lots of Asian pride