Friday, September 30, 2005
Oh My Loveman! 9 / 我的戀愛超人 9
So Poopooman decided to love the world in another way. He "sang" to promote world peace, "All we need is love, not wars..."
大便超人仍舊不放棄,他不停地思索著新的出路:「來硬的不行,不如來軟的。」他使出「絕世」的歌聲,唱出胸中的熱情:「這世界需要更多愛,親愛的朋友,讓我們捨棄戰爭吧!」
Barber me
為了遮掩我一頭鳳梨頭,還躲在家裡好幾天不敢見人,心裡自是悔恨,當初如此魯莽地把我的髮型交付給陌生人。不過事隔多年之後回想這段小故事,浮現腦海的則是理髮師強而有力的雙臂,在我頭頂上動啊動的,相當有韻律感,要不是我的新髮型太糟,我可能還會感謝他帶給我視覺上的娛樂。
回到台灣之後,居住於講究外表的台北市,美髮師始終是我最怕的一種人,他們對美的神聖使命使我卻步,我這種十幾年不用梳子的自然系女性,也讓他們感到不解,我常懷疑他們內心的對話是否如下:先天不良可以靠後天努力補足,此女分明就是自暴自棄還自以為是!但是我又很性喜考驗忠孝東路上時髦髮廊的設計師,最後就落得自作自受。
在「美髮記」台灣版之一的故事中,我因厭倦前一位不思上進的美髮師,企圖追求新的造型,擺脫我的媽媽桑捲髮,上週五我信步走進某家新潮髮廊,前來迎接的都是打扮精美的女性,我彷彿可以感受到他們看到我的亂髮時,眼中所散發的不屑和驚訝。稍坐一會之後,我當日的專屬設計師便帶著她的小囉囉前來張羅,當時我已體力不支,髮型師說什麼就算,我發揮對美髮師的一貫信心,展開了2005年第一次認真的變髮運動。
過沒幾分鐘我已經沉入夢鄉,只有微微的感覺頭髮不停地被拉扯及梳理,我想等我醒來之後,就可以帶著我俏麗的新髮型離開。也不知睡了多久,再度有意識的時候,一個半小時已經過去了,小姐領我去洗頭時,我以為尾聲將近,回到座位上才發現,連第一步的燙髮都尚未完成。我看到我那精美的晚餐從雙眼前就這麼飄了過去,沒有關係,沒有下定決心怎麼成為美女呢?我如是安慰自己。
因為設計師賣力地吹直我那傑傲不馴的自然捲,我內心最深的恐懼慢慢地侵襲,剛才不是說,會預留一點空間給我的捲髮嗎?現在我的頭髮直得嚇人,還會隨風飄動,我連一點甩動它的慾望都沒有,突然我有股想就這麼衝出去的衝動,捲髮之於我正如台客之於台灣,如果我就這麼地變成直髮,我的個人特色部就消失了嗎?只可惜這些事情對於我的美髮師來說太過偏執,我偷偷向上帝祈禱,讓我快快地離開這個是非之地。
等到上帝聽到我的聲音時,又是好幾個小時之後的光景了。我對著鏡子裡的自己,說不出話來,當然無法對設計師說:謝謝你完完全全地改造了我。我的捲髮呢?我只能在人型模特兒的頭上緬懷我的過去,喔!也許明天我就會學著多愛點直髮的造型,今天,就先讓我哭泣吧!
給很關心我,卻有好一陣子不會看到我的舊雨新知。
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Sometimes
I have had difficulties taking up the pencils and brushes this week. Too much work and worries have weighed me down. No matter what I do with the lines, they just don't come out right. I lost my patience somehow. Worse, I started to have doubts about the present.
I am not too obsessed with the past. Instead, my curiosity for the future "me" is much stronger than my nostalgia for what happened. There are days when I wish I could take the time machine and see where and how I'll turn out to be in ten years, in twenty years. My life might always remain the same, but I need some space for dreaming. Or maybe I know my life will be very different and I need to be assured. I am at one of those stages for the moment. It's not easy for someone like me who's full of confidence most of the time. I'll just have to accept the fact that I am just a human.
This morning I thought of a very simple drawing I did six years ago. Back then I never stayed long at a job or at studies. Life seemed easier without commitments. But it was inevitable to feel rootless and tumultuous. Now I am beginning to be afraid of changes. Yet how to explain that I dream of it every day?
The only way out: All I have to do is draw my attention back to this present. It is the only moment that counts. After all, the past is too old while the future is all too unpredictable. I promise to try taking up the pencils again tonight...
Oh My Loveman! 8 / 我的戀愛超人 8
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Oh My Loveman! 7 / 我的戀愛超人 7
And Poopooman lived right here. For years and years, he led a lonely life, seeking for love in all kinds of forms. He practiced martial arts in the deep forests day and night in the hope of saving the world corrupted by human vices.
寂寞的大便超人就住在此處。他一心要用他絕世的功夫和滿腔的熱血,拯救這個日益墮落的世界。夜晚的森林裡常傳來一陣颼颼的練功聲。
Oh My Loveman! 6 / 我的戀愛超人 6
Oh My Loveman! 5 / 我的戀愛超人 5
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Fresh
Before I stepped into students' classroom, the two school dogs, the twins Blacky and Blackie sat on the balcony leisurely, as if they enjoyed the rain and the wet morning. Then the rain had stopped. I was greatly amused by the two dogs and my mood became light again, as if I could dance freely like Gene Kelly.
Before I started the first period, part of the sky had turned blue. Along the coconut boulevard, I smelled the fresh air and earth washed by the rain. There were still some rain drops hanging on the coconut leaves.
I think that was quite a fresh start for a day:-).
Oh My Loveman! 4 / 我的戀愛超人 4
It was as if God had heard Mama's wrathful prayer. Suddenly, in a crazy fit of thunder and lightening, Pipi was swept away by the swirling wind. She screamed and tried to resist her fate bare-handed, she was too weak to fight against it.
"Mamaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
說時遲,那時快,一陣轟隆雷響,小艾就被狂風捲起,暴風雨力量之大,她無論如何掙扎都無法抵抗,只能任由風雨擺佈。
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Oh My Loveman! 3 / 我的戀愛超人 3
"Woo...woo...Mama, it hurts!"
"Jesus Christ! Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiipiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! What have you done to our little angel? I can't stand this anymore. I WISH YOU COULD DISAPPEAR RIGHT AWAY!"
The wind outside roared fiercely. Mama shouted at the top of her lungs out of anger. Yet Pipi remained as cool as ever to all this powerful "music."
媽媽:「可惡!為什麼妳不能像女生些!弟弟都被妳嚇得屁滾尿流!有時候我真希望妳在我眼前消失!」想不到小艾卻一副毫不悔改的樣子,惹得媽媽更生氣了。窗外的風雨交加聲,混著弟弟悲悽的哭泣,媽媽頭痛得快爆開了。
Friday, September 23, 2005
Oh My Loveman! 2 / 我的戀愛超人 2
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Oh My Loveman! 1 / 我的戀愛超人1
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
溫柔的大姐頭 XII
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
溫柔的大姐頭 X
倔強的妳決定再試一次,我目送著妳走進荊棘滿佈的叢林,只能看著妳越走越遠的身影,用力地和妳揮手。當時我執意相信,妳的選擇是錯誤的,而現在的我會說,如果傷心沮喪了,請妳借用我的肩膀。
Sunday, September 18, 2005
溫柔的大姐頭 IX / Escape II
在妳如此心痛之際,我也失戀了。我們遠離人群,獨自療傷了好一陣子,外面的五彩繽紛和千變萬化,對脆弱的我們來說都太傷感。唯一值得慶幸的是,我們還有彼此。
We run away from the colors , the lights, and the shadows of the outer world. We hide ourselves in the dark holes. Our broken hearts are put away in jars stored in the freezer for curing emotional wounds. We draw suns on our warm blankets to feel the temperature of the cruel yet passionate world.
Escape, for us, is not negative. We promise, after our hearts become whole again, to emerge out of the hole. Then, we'll be brave, strong, beautiful and ready for the heart-breaking challenges...
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
溫柔的大姐頭 V
Monday, September 12, 2005
Sunday, September 11, 2005
溫柔的大姐頭 III
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Character study II
Friday, September 09, 2005
Sakura
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Roots
To show my craving, I change all the objects imaginable into the forms of the dishes I love. Besides, the thought of these foods can give a person la nuit blanche. It's actually a picture full of nostalgic feeling too.