我發誓 I Swear

movie poster from 'I Am Love' 

Okay, okay, the name of the movie is 'I AM Love'.  Occasionally the Chinese writing clashes with the English writing in my blog post.  It is tongue-in-cheek or schizophrenic, whichever you prefer.  I have been wanting to see this movie and saving it for that one, undisturbed afternoon when I could just absorb myself in it.  I LOVE Tilda Swinton.  Her unique features and distinct physique instantly create an otherworldly aura yet she morphs into the character, every character she is destined to embody.

Io Sono L'Amore exudes a nostalgic slowness, the type of languid intoxication signature of aristocracy.  The wintery Milan, the elaborated birthday feast, and the passing and procession of the inheritance of its patriarch all in the aid and in the eyes of the family's Russian daughter in law, Emma, the progression was weighty and the slowness suffocating.  Then there came a slew of revelations… selling the Recchi family name to foreign investors for more profit, the daughter is lesbian, and Emma's self awakening affair.  Why Antonio though?  It could have been anyone.  Sexuality through the heightened culinary sensation seemed less original but the tell-tale ukha was a heartbreaking double betrayal(yes, I am on Edo's team - he's improbably handsome!!!)  Swinton does not sway(totally unaware of how stunning she looks) but drifts ethereally in the Jil Sander wardrobe, especially the fiery red dress for a consuming passion about to be ignited.

語言很有趣, I swear是'我發誓', 也可譯為'我滿口粗話', 後者接近賭咒.  粗話國罵等等, 下里巴人的行為, 斯文我輩別說講出口, 連想都不應該想.  可近日我思緒老狠, 有若江湖莽漢受困雕花描金的絲綢繡樓, 礙手綁腳格格不入… 最要命是那份倦怠, 蠟燭兩頭燒, 累得像條狗, 不是咪咪寳寶那類從名牌手提包探出頭的小型貴賓犬或吉娃娃, 是'狡兔死, 走狗烹'的狗, 所以因疲勞而bitchy情有可原.

The following photos were taken at the San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2015… an American version of the similar setting as in 'I Am Love' perhaps?

The gilded dining hall.

The it girl's parlor.

Her 'humidor' dressing room?

工作上天天充斥落落長的會議, 應酬不完的人, 話說太多, 回到家渴望寧靜.  

有趣的朋友則如陰霾天的一抹金燦陽光:  學生時代舊友EC受邀至灣區MakerCon演講, 她臉書貼文招來串串留言, 個個引經據典, 我讀得笑彎腰.  其中另一位老朋友A順勢問LK多年不見近況可好, 我笑說是否該答:  金劍已沈埋, 壯氣蒿萊?  永遠的理想主義者A忙祭出Ulysses詩篇結語鼓勵, EC的夫婿K揶揄A怎麼連中文的激勵都想不出, 要安慰LK該說'壯志飢餐胡虜肉'嘛!  A疾呼你以為LK是GoT粉絲?!(老朋友, 我不但季季追GoT, 還是Hannibal的鐵粉呢...), 羨慕這幫朋友彼此好感情始終如一, 當年理工資優生現在創業家, 多數早為人父母, 仍保持赤子心腸少年情懷 :)

Colorful retreat.

Billiard club with bronze faux Liopleurodon fossil lighting fixture.

The 'hard stare' bath.

The 'red lipstick' bath.

'金劍已沈埋'的喂嘆是因為多年來自認中流砥柱, 最近悲愴的領悟到我不過是高級槍手… 射擊再準, 槍手仍是槍手, 左手拿錢右手殺人.  運籌帷幄的美女老闆不會不察覺我心態, 我消沈兩天週末度完, 回工作室繼續談笑風生.  團隊如軍旅, 軍隊最重紀律和服從, 我好歹是團隊之首, 仍在此職便不應有任何渙散軍心的舉動.  彼時有種人頗具文才但盡寫些諂媚當權者的文章, 我們稱這類人文妓, 我對自己的識時務啞然失笑:  我這叫'設 - 計 - 妓', 聽來更荒誕.

'第二天起床, 振保改過自新, 又變了個好人.' __________ 紅玫瑰與白玫瑰

我 - 愛 - 張 - 愛 - 玲!!!

Finally a space I can remotely relate to, a neoclassic(with touches of dada) zen garden.

I do love a serene corner for making tea and serving sweet treats though :)