在肯塔基开高等教育学年会。受了卡缪小说的影响,觉得正件事都很荒谬。遇到的熟人突然显得陌生,因为我就要离开了。这个消息一出口,对方立即觉得没有什么交流的必要了,因为我就要滚蛋了,滚出美国的学术圈儿。对多数美国学者而言,这个世界上只有这么一个学术圈子,他们自己的圈子。
对此,我大笑。回家后要重读David Lodge的小说,他的文字是对学术圈最好的讽刺。
要想把学术圈混好,就要遵守规则。Hard working, no pay, no sex。You figure!
I,Ich, Yo, 我! It is difficult to introduce myself since I am the person who is least likely to see myself upfront, unless with the help of a mirror. Kitchen is my home and I find great fun in making different combination of things there. It is the place where I am in full control and there is endless possibilites I can try out.
I love my mom and my grandmom and we are trinity in the sense that we follow our fate and repeat it in a cycle. I can see my middle age and my old age from them, and they see their younger years from me. Life is such a crude thing that it is never possible to go back to the past or jump into the future. We bear with it, with tears and tolerance, and the hope that someday we can fly out of the cycle.
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