Is there anything more random??!!!

 寶寶是個好貓貓，他是一個黃金貓。

他有漂亮的大眼睛，還有迷人的鬍鬚！

餘音錄完後的感想

 總共花了八個月。  

我本來覺得第二部，抗戰的部分，會比第一部更吸引人。  但是到最後，我覺得沒有。  第二部是對抗戰下的重慶日常生活提供了一個很好的參考。  但是以小說來說， 主軸故事卻沒有真正的和抗日生活描述聯繫起來。  中間有很多的空隙。  我覺得如果可以分開來， 把抗日生活以散文的方式呈現， 會更好。  故事方面，抗戰的描述流於空洞和制式化， 國內的政治情勢才是主軸。  我覺得一方面是因為作者本身的工作就不是前線戰場， 而是大後方的新聞管理。  在這一方面，作者提供了一個很棒的視角。  但是， 再一次的， 如果是純回憶， 我覺得會更精采。  

另外， 在開始錄製後， 我仍然希望可以緊跟著作者的用詞。  但是， 有些地方不能避免的還是有文字和口語的衝突。  我這次比在錄成長路的時候，稍微放縱一些， 大部分仍跟著很緊。  有些地方不免奇怪些。  

我下面要開始陸續錄製一些徐鍾珮的散文。  

歌詞鈔

 Lyrics

song and lyrics by The Brothers Four

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow
Try to remember the kind of September
When love was an ember about to billow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow

Deep in December, it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December, it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made us mellow
Deep in December, our hearts should remember
And follow, follow, follow

EndeavourFirst season Afterthought

 I was surprised  by the duration of each episode, each one is like a movie.  It's atmosphere heavy, character driven.  The plots in the first two episodes were okay.  I think they are deep enough and layered reasonably.  But the plots in the last 2 was very lazy, I feel the twist was forced, artificial even.  The last 2 episodes seemed to be trying to introduce audiences who the characters are, what's their backgrounds...etc.  It's okay for me.  I will try season 2, hopefully the quality of mystery would go back up a bit.  I would rather the episode focused on mystery sprinkled little bits of characters and background.  But I feel the series would be in reverse.  

The character of Fred Thursday actually reminded me of Armand Gamache in Three Pines series.   

TheMaid afterthought

 I don't like the book.  The book is a breeze to read, I finished it quickly enough.  I have some chuckles at the beginning when the protagonist is being introduced.  But the first person narrative quickly became repetitive and mind numbing, until some other characters were introduced, and their action starts to drive the story forward.  

But everything moved in a brisk pace, which is a good thing.  I feel the protagonist does not give me an authentic person, especially when the plot twist in the ending.  And there's a lot of cliché in the story.  Cliche is fine, as long as the characters and plots are interesting enough.  But not here.  

And the ending... Oh my...  The lazy ending.  I am not sure what the author's purpose for the ending?  Not a very good book.  Just waste a few days reading this book.  That feeling mostly came from the ending.  The subpar plot and characters were okay, kind expect for a book like this.  But the feeling of waste make this book worthless.