思君

只缘感君一回顾，使我思君暮与朝
—古乐府

I found someone

I found someone, I think I'm falling...
- bdanime

Posters for People with stories

I just came up with a new publicity poster for the PPC event People with Stories. I was trying to decide what would capture people's attention, and finally decided on putting in a hunk.

The first poster was a graphic of a guitar. I thought that was too dull, and never used it.

The second one I came up with was the one with a boy and a fox. I like that one. But I wonder if people recognize the boy and the fox or not. I guess those who recognize it may understand why I thought it is appropriate to the theme of the event.

However, it appears that the blurp was too vague. Apparently people did not know what it was about. The poster is probably a bit too cartoonish. Not attention catching enough I guess.

The response for the event had been wanting. I decided it was time to revamp the poster. I was thinking about what who catch people's attention, especially if the poster is on a webpage like Fridae. Finally, I decided a hunk who probably do the trick.

It took me a couple of days to do this one. But I am quite satisfied with the effect. My concern is that it may be too male centric and may not bring in the girls. I bounced it off others, and indeed the comment was that it is probably going to be alienating to the girls.

So in the end, I use back the boy and fox picture.

By the way, for those who recognize it, the picture is modelled after the Korean hunk Bak Jeong Su (boy, he's really hot!)

红豆

只道红豆汤好吃，
不知此物最相思！

有故事的歌：《化妆舞会》

这是《有故事的歌，有故事的人》活动的文章。
(http://peoplewithstories.blogspot.com)
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《化妆舞会》，于台烟唱， 梁弘志词。

初听这首歌时，约是中学或初院时期吧。青春时期，对爱情充满了幻想和期待。而羞涩的我对说不出的爱情就只能以这首歌来抒发。

《化妆舞会》有着浓浓的灰姑娘情结。一个不起眼的人，有着那一点点自卑，一点点期盼。
对喜欢的人，只能远远爱慕。终于有那么一天在化装舞会里近距离相处，却没勇气卸下面具，因为怕看到他眼里有淡淡的后悔。

歌里的那么一段，一直深深地描绘着我的心情。

朋友们都说，我长得平凡而无味，
却总是没人注意到我的内在美。
或许这是个流行戴着面具的世界，
而我也尝尽了忽略的滋味。

在外表与身材挂帅的同志圈子里，我对这断的感受甚深。

人长地不帅又有一点龅牙。从小家境穷，穿着始终朴素，也不打扮。长期始终没人注意到我。

青春时对倾慕的帅哥，只能远远暗恋，终日幻想或许有那一人会发现我的内在美而喜欢上我。当然那始终是个痴心妄想。

后来在互联网上，开始寻找伴侣。不管在通信时是如何地热烈交往，到了最后见面过后都是不了了之。

岁月流逝，只觉得，在这充斥着青春与美色的同志世界里，大家都戴着一种虚伪的美丽。

大家忙碌地生活，匆匆地接触，浅浅地认识，忽略了旁人，同时也受到了忽略吧？

但我从不抱怨。毕竟自己是这社群的一部份，要怎样的社群，需要大家一起打造。而我也不能说我从不以貌取人。人生就是这样。

只是，渐渐，心灰了，意也阑珊了。

对爱情，我始终停留在灰姑娘阶段。

一个人时，弹着吉他，唱着于台烟的这首歌，心情依然感慨。

Anyone can cook

Anyone can cook.
But only the fearless become great.

-from Ratatouille