Da blog

Did you notice that I used "da" rather than "the", to pretend that I am a gandster?

This morning I surely got up early. Watched more Sutton Foster musical clips on youtube and joined a facebook group called "I wish one day I was SUTTON FOSTER". I am not surprised that she had a strong following on college campus.

I finished my breakfast, and began to do so morning readings (I am reading Bee Season, babe!), which I hadn't done for a while. The sun just rose. Since it was low on the horizon, it spit some lights through my windows and touched my socks. That, along with unnamed happiness, warmed me. I walked out to my daily destination, the corner table in Starbucks. With the touch of winter cold air and with the warm brace of sun light, I felt like a person on a mission: Just finish this f&^*& dissertation and move on.

In fact, my dissertation went well. After that one day when I was ahead of schedule, I wasted some time and now I was half day behind the schedule. But it is all right. Life is a process of chasing deadlines, and the best mode is when you always chase and never catch. Plan to meet my advisor tomorrow to report what's going on. Pretty sweet.

Right now, in front of me were two Chinese graduate students talking. They probably did not realize that I can understand their conversation. And I pretend to have my earplugs on. Nice
Camouflage!

They are talking about what "pursue a girl" means. It is an interesting topic, but their conversation made it more fun. They were talking at a abstract level, almost like two philosophers debating. No real life examples so far. Then one guy said in English, "Next quarter I am going to date a couple of girls." For some reasons, I feel it very funny.

These two guys are interesting. One kept throwing out silly topics to keep the conversation going. I guess this silly conversation is at least better than the book he planned to finish tonight. The other guy pretended to be the wiser person between the two, answering all the silly questions with all the sincerity in the world. Even funnier is that he likes very much to throw out English here and there.

Oh, they are talking about their glory days in high school now. The wise guy told a heroic story about how he battled his addiction of video game in high school. Then he claimed that he could finish the sample national college examination in math (or physics, I do not remember) in 40 minutes, and get the full score. Holy shit. As much as I want to believe genius, I just do not believe this guy, the guy who want to "date a couple of girls" next quarter.

On the other hand, I found an eerie resemblance with this guy. I also like to put down things on the schedule and then strive for it. I like to dramatize my past, as if that way, my life could escape its inherent insignificance. I like to act to be know-it-all too. Maybe other people see me just the way as I see that guy. That is the most scary thought I have had for a while.