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You know you’ve been in Sweden too long, when...1. It’s acceptable to eat lunch at 11.00. 2. You think Leif ‘Loket’ Olsson is entertaining. 3. You rummage through your plastic bag collection to see which ones you should keep to take to the store and which can be sacrificed to garbage. 4. You associate pea soup with Thursday. 5. The first thing you do on entering a bank/post office/pharmacy etc. is look for the queue number machine. 6. You accept that you will have to queue to take a queue number. 7. A sharp intake of breath has become part of your vocabulary, as has the sound ‘ahh’. 8. You associate Friday afternoon with a trip to system bolaget. 9. You think nothing of paying $50 for a bottle of ‘cheap’ spirits at system bolaget. 10. Silence is fun. 11. Your native language has seriously deteriorated; you begin to “eat medicine” and “hire videos”. 12. Your front door step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop. 13. When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume that: a. he is drunk; b. he is insane; c. he is American; d. he is all of the above. 14. You stay home on Saturday night to watch Bingolotto. 15. It seems sensible that the age limit at Stockholm night clubs is 23 or 25. 16. The reason you take the ferry to Finland is: a. duty free vodka b. duty free beer c. to party 17. The only reason for getting of the boat in Helsinki is to eat pizza. 18. It no longer seems excessive to spend $200 on alcohol in a single night. 19. The fact that all of the “v’s” and the “w’s” are together in the phone directory seems right. 20. You care who wins ‘Expedition: Robinson’. 21. Your old habit of being “fashionably late” is no longer acceptable. You are always on time. 22. You no longer see any problem wearing white socks with loafers. 23. You know that “religious holiday” means “let’s get pissed.” 24. You are no longer scared of volvos and volvo drivers. 25. You have your own innebandy club. 26. You enjoy the taste of surströmming. 27. You find yourself debating the politics of Carl Bildt. 28. You use mmmm as a conversation filler. 29. An outside temperature of 9 degrees Celsius is mild. 30. When someone asks for “three cheers”, you say “hoorah, hoorah, hoorah, hoorah”. 31. You wear sandals with socks. 32. You eat jam with savoury dishes. 33. You have only two facial expressions, smiling or blank. 34. You think riding a racing bike in the snow is a perfectly sensible thing to do. 35. You think it’s more fun to stay at home and drink then go out. 36. You wear warm clothing when it’s 25 degrees plus in April – because it’s April. 37. You wear shorts and t-shirt when it’s barely 10 degrees in July – because it’s July. 38. You get extremely annoyed when the bus is two minutes late. 39. You think women are more than equal than men and deserve to have better positions in the work place. 40. Your wife watches TV while you look after the kids. 41. You become a punctuality freak and dump your friends for being late more than once. 42. You spend the week’s entertainment budget on a pack of cigarettes and a drink in Gamla Stan. 43. When a stranger asks you a question in the streets, you think it’s normal to just keep walking, saying nothing. 44. You’ve been engaged for four years and don’t have any plans to get married. 45. Americans start to look entertaining, witty and fun, and you just want to go to the U.S.A., travelling across country on a greyhound, because it’s “romantic.” 46. You and your friends know exactly the same information, and have the same attitudes and beliefs in the value of Social Democracy. 47. You lose any artistic talent whatsoever. 48. You think that if you smoke a joint you will wind up in an insane asylum. [or become a habitual criminal] 49. You seriously contemplate getting into S & M. 50. You wear a dress or skirt over your trousers and combine them with training shoes. [this is especially problematic if you're male] 51. You jot down ‘fisk fingrar’ on your shopping list. 52. You no longer look for Vegemite on supermarket shelves, even if it’s your first time in that particular store. 53. You think black rimmed glasses are cool. 54. Your wardrobe now consists of 20 different shades of black and grey. 55. You get excited watching a bunch of lame ‘celebrities’ on a fortress island playing games that are about as intelligent as mud-wrestling. 56. You look forward to the next program about practical jokes done on lame celebrities/has-beens by other lame celebrities who don’t really deserve air time. 57. It doesn’t feel like lunch unless it’s a hot, full course meal drenched in gravy. 58. You eat unlimited amounts of sausage products without worrying about your nitrate intake. 59. You think that an unripe wedge of tomato on a limp leaf of iceberg lettuce can be called a salad. 60. You don’t question the concept of ‘telephone time’. 61. It seems reasonable that no business can be conducted on Friday afternoons. [or the entire month of July] 62. You assume that anyone who apologises after bumping into you is a tourist. 63. You think it is normal that a huge restaurant has a smoking section which consists of three tables near the door. 64. You reach for your pocket 20 times a day as mobile phones ring all around you. 65. You actually care if your mobile phone meets the fashion standard – and so do your new Swedish friends! 66. It seems reasonable that even those asking you for money at T-centralen reach for their pocket as the melodic music of the Swedish mobile phone resounds. 67. You get into a Mercedes taxi cab and think nothing of it. 68. Paying $5 for a cup of coffee seems reasonable. 69. You understand that when a colleague asks you out for “a drink,” it will probably be a long night with a severe hangover the next day. 70. You start to think that having a sauna in the nude with a bunch of strangers is a necessary part of daily life … and a necessary part of business. 71. You believe that when you finally win your Nobel Prize, it is best to be modest and say “Oh really, it was nothing!” 72. You get offended if, at a dinner party, someone fails to look you in the eyes after raising their glass for a toast. 73. Seeing a young woman with lit candles stuck to her head no longer disturbs you. 74. You become extremely skilled at assembling pre-packaged furniture kits. 75. “Candles” are a permanent fixture on your weekly shopping list. 76. You get to the movies early so that you can watch the commercials. 77. Most of your friends have the same names and you must use both names to distinguish between them. 巨蟹座的人,一半纯白,一半阴暗。
巨蟹座的人太过宿命。
她们都有一张隐藏着秘密的忧郁的脸。 她们缺乏安全感,年幼时的孤独常常让他们有无根据的恐慌,并且喜怒无常他们习惯回忆,喜欢历史,收藏,博物馆和政治。 她们喜欢摄影,百分之90的巨蟹们有照相机。
她们喜欢伤感的影片,能清楚记住每一个情节。
她们天生悲观。爱骂人,脾气古怪,会突然爬进保护性的壳里。 在受伤后他们很少反击,只会放弃,逃避是他们的习惯,她们对自己渴望的东西总是先退到一边,似乎毫不关心,然后突然扑上去。
她们没有很强的适应能力,却有天生的领悟能力。
她们以自我为中心,懂得自我保护,他们怕孤独,却又注定了孤独。 她们常常生病:体质不好——注意力多过集中在自己身上所致。 她们有很多秘密,他们把真实的自己藏于半夜的寂静和午夜笑声的明朗中。 她们很念旧,喜欢旧东西。 她们最注重的就是安全感,希望被保护,却常常是一个人。 她们希望有属于自己的空间,喜欢独处。 巨蟹很容易恋爱,也很容易不爱。在他们心里会有一个很爱的人,这个人对她们很重要, 她们象个病人一样爱着这个他很爱很在乎的人,就算她们不合适,没有在一起,巨蟹还是会爱,也不轻易放弃,因为她们很难找到一个他们很爱的人。 大部分巨蟹很悲观,甚至自杀过。 她们对自己不好,有自虐倾向,但是她们却对自己在乎的人很好,但是这种人通常很少,是对她们来说最重要,最爱的人,大部分是她们的父母。 很多巨蟹喜欢海,喜欢雨天,喜欢顾影自怜。喜欢自己舔伤口。
她们的性格很古怪,他们会突然在大笑中沉默,感觉悲伤。 她们心里想什么从来不说,别人也猜不到。 她们不喜欢受别人限制。 她们不喜欢任何东西过于圆满,对他们来说有缺陷的人生才是完美的,缺陷是灵魂的出口。 她们也有快乐,但是他们的快乐都是微小的事,比如看见一只小猫或小狗,收拾干净自己的家,看着在花瓶里有水珠的香水百合…… 巨蟹很自私,很自我,很自卑,很孤单,也很可悲,她们不和别人分担自己的心事,自己缩在壳子里崩溃,所以直到她崩溃,身边的人都不知道究竟是哪里不对了,多愁善感的星座,不要试图了解他,不要尝试让他变得理智,那样很可怕,因为那样的话,她就不再是巨蟹了。
七月的孩子,夏天的蟹子,矛盾的精灵。一半纯白,一半灰暗。坚硬的外壳,脆弱的心灵。 七月的孩子,太多情,很容易陷入一场恋爱中。一部悲伤的电影会让她潸然泪下,欲罢不能。但她又太羞涩,不能让别人看到他的反应。如果只有她一个人,她会把头伏进被子里痛哭失声。她总是能从别人的故事中找到共鸣。 七月的孩子,太性急,不懂得以退为进和欲擒故纵。当天没有做完的事情,会让她耿耿于怀,不得安宁。她做事的风格是速战速决,不想步步为营。 七月的孩子,太执着,永远学不会举重若轻。恋爱对自己和别人都将是一种压力,不够轻松。执着未必是一件好事,尤其是一段看不到结果的孽情。只会增加两个人的痛苦,一层又一层陷入万劫不复的轮回中。 七月的孩子,太苛刻,是完美主义者的典型。眼光挑剔,所以朋友不多,她就喜欢这种淡淡如水的安静。但她并不古板,他既喜欢古典也懂得欣赏流行。 七月的孩子,喜欢怀旧,常回忆起过去种种。在黑暗中燃起一支香烟,沉思,往事魂牵梦萦。 七月的孩子,喜欢控制,一切都要牢牢的掌握在手中。如果不如此,她就会失去安全感,就像得了患得患失症。 七月的孩子,记忆力太好,不管多久了的事情都能记清。 她能清楚的记得十年前的那次相逢,当年头上戴的那只发卡是蝴蝶形。 她能清楚的记得五年前的那个美梦,那晚梦见你们手牵手漫步在花丛中。 她能清楚的记得三年前的那家餐厅,当时你坐的位置是朝西而不是向东。 她能清楚的记得一年前的那场苦痛,包括你说的每一句话和每一个表情。 她并不想记得这么仔细,只是她忘记不掉,这也是一种不幸。 七月的孩子,心思细腻,多愁善感,懂得浪漫,也解风情。 但她轻易不会出轨,她对爱人体贴呵护,执着坚定。 她不是一个好情人,但会是一个好妻子。 七月的孩子,思维活跃,精力旺盛,缺乏自信,随和宽容。 她习惯揣摩别人,却不想展示自己,喜欢活在幻想中。 她值得信赖,对朋友和家庭永远忠诚。 七月的孩子,对自己的认识永远没有对别人那么清楚和肯定。 七月的孩子,夏天的蟹子,坚硬的外壳,脆弱的心灵。 七月的孩子,渴望爱与安定,月亮主宰,水相星座,悲剧性的宿命…… 一个伪陈绮贞爱好者的自白如题,我是伪的,别人说起来的时候,人家说好,我就说挺好哒,从来都是点头赞同,小赞其是,以表示自己是个文化人。 - 转自美女J的校内日志,颇有共鸣,没啥说的,太喜欢这姑娘了 =) 欧洲留学养成的习惯在朋友那里看到的一个帖子,很形象。
在哥德堡待久了,暑假回国时,突然发现自己已经不知不觉地养成了这些怪习惯 =) * 人人一个移动硬盘——小猪就有个500G的大硬盘; * 背大背包进超市——奥运会前和妈妈去超市总会背个大书包,结果在地铁里因为背包过大被开包检查:一大包吃的; * 看到绿灯或者遇到斑马线,习惯不抬头,直接朝马路对面走去——差点被车撞到后开始害怕过马路; * 出门在车站等bus总觉得没时刻表不踏实——每次都会习惯性地找时刻表,看看还有多久的车,其实北京公车来得很频繁; * 进出门时习惯帮后面的顶着门,吓得人家不敢前进,以为你堵截他; * 看到警察配枪一点都不害怕; * 拨别人的手机通话时间都很短,一般只响3声,怕进留言收费; * 随便把书包往地下一扔——回家一个月总是会被妈妈唠叨总是把东西放在地上; * 出门不爱带现金——在哥德堡曾经一个多月里身上没有一分钱,哪儿都能刷卡嘛; * 冬天喜欢在羽绒服下穿短袖或单衣——冬天穿裙子已经成了家常便饭,黑色变成了小猪的主色调; * 没事就去想酒吧喝一杯——这个......其实还好,小猪不喜欢喝啤酒; * 买机票喜欢计较能带多少公斤行李,20还是30KG; * 偶尔吃个面包,感觉怎么这么软; * 基本没有打taxi的念头; * 回去药店买化妆品; * 会践踏草地,会被罚款——欧洲草地随便踩; * 买票总说自己是26岁以下——在欧洲26岁以下的会有优惠; * 想下公交车时,总喜欢先找找停车按钮——刚回北京坐公车的时候着实别扭了好一阵子; * 吃苹果不削皮,梨也是——回家后居然开始想不削皮洗干净苹果直接啃了; * 手里的废纸扔不掉,因为到处找不到垃圾箱,只好一直攥在手心; * 从来不敢去配钥匙——瑞典是不可以随便配钥匙的; * 家里老放些啤酒或者法国红酒——上次一口气买了4瓶红酒,突然发现自己喜欢上了红酒的味道; * 夏天即使再大再烈的太阳也不会打个太阳伞满街走,害怕被人说神经病; * 坐电梯会找0层; * 上车后主动系上安全带; * 会想在房顶烧烤; * 见到选择题就打叉叉; * 一打开电脑总想先login,login之后第一件事开MSN,再打开Facebook,校内,开心网一通折腾。 Change has come to America (By President-elect Barack Hussein Obama)
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference. It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America. It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America. I just received an extrodinary gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him, I congratulate Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead. I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my sister, Maiya, my sister Harma, all my others brothers and sisters. Thank you so much for all the support you'd given me. I'm grateful to them. To my campaign manager David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best political campaign I think in the history of the United States of America. To my chief strategist David Axelrod, Who's been a partner with me every step of the way. To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done. Above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you. It belongs to you. I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; It grew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory. I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for their child's college education. There is new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair. The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there. There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter can not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It can't happen without you, without a new spirit service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people. Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too. And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope. That is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin. And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can. When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can. She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can. A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can. America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made? This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America. |
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