不以物喜，不以己悲

从昨天talk无止尽的Tail-Gating到今天的Hangover, 早上开始就摩拳擦掌对ESPN的AllGame Day蠢蠢欲动, 到一个下午的烟熏火燎, 终于做出了人生第一个被定义为Fancy的Hotdog. 晚上8点才开始的比赛使得白天的social时间显得如此富足充裕, 以至于到最后大家只想赶紧干掉鸡肉牛肉鱼肉虾肉奔赴赛场. 4个大cooler装的品种繁多的啤酒终究让我们力所不能及, John喝高发表总结陈词: You can see how stupid Americans are from so many types of stupid beers. 我最终竭尽全力也没有能够体验昨天三分之一的stupid beers——不得不承认种类实在太繁多, 傻到这个世界上只要还有一个人喜欢, 就有存在的必要.

昨天下午坐在树下啃我那个fancy hotdog看小本科生扔着football, 我发现自己对于这个stupid的国家已经越来越宽容. 这里无论对于哪件事情, 个体都要竭尽所能表达一下观点, 而我已经能够心平气和得倾听多于不能忍受. 好像我对着那么一箱十几种的stupid的beer, 我不再只喝我的喜力科罗纳, 每种都试一下, 忽然发现原来燕琳bud light还有那些奇奇怪怪名字的也很tasty, 甚至Easytimes的廉价威士忌对着extra beer也蛮好. 周六下午耀眼的阳光热闹的人群蹩脚的赛前游戏闹腾腾的烧烤架和零食桌, 按照某同学的话说, 这种廉价的休闲方式目前为止和我们这些穷酸gradute student super match!!!

然后就是晚上的比赛啦, 不用讲Gator又是大胜, 改变了自96年来逢Miami Hurricane必输的悲惨命运. 鉴于我又一次EndZone第4排以及乐队旁边天时地利人和的美好位置, 卖力无比得喊道今天嗓音嘶哑. John同学很好, 害怕我看不懂, 认真解说, 当然期间夹杂F word不断. 我很不给解说员面子要求略去其他部分, 因为自己只想听my boy Timmy的伪球迷本性. 晚上12点, 比赛结束, 万人空巷, 交通堵塞. 我大步流星回家, 一路Go Gator!喊道声嘶力竭. 这段时间以来一直都那么幸福, 每天晚上夕阳西下从gym回来, 骑着自行车穿过沙滩排球场和小本橄榄球场, 看见人们在夕阳里面打球运动, be proud to be a gator的念头就从来没有停止过. 更不要讲每天都那么可爱的老师、同学、课程、研究. 会每天教我学术对我说appreciate, 还会在我"忙"于看football的时候帮我回答疑邮件, 说May is busy cheering for Gators right now, and less important people like me who cannot get the ticket will answer your question:) 的advisor应该是我最最喜欢be a gator的原因. 而现在的我从来没有觉得拥有过那么多的自由和动力去想自己喜欢做什么, 然后朝着它们大步流星毫无顾忌得走去.

听完这段话真激动了, 热血澎湃, 思绪万千的.
Well, just as the marathon was one of the concluding events of the Olympic Games, we are now bringing our broadcast marathon to a close. Beyond the competitive drama, every Olympics provides a snapshot of a city and a country at a point in time. This one was more compelling than most, since China's rise and its ongoing transformation is the global story, not only of the moment, but likely of the foreseeable future. These Olympics were a milestone in that still unfolding story.

And while history will tell us whether or not the Olympics provided China with the confidence to not only build on its considerable strengths, but also to address its considerable problems. This much we know. This is a country so vast, a people with lives so varied and a history so rich and complex that no visitor can fully grasp it. Still, of these Games, no advanced degree in international relations was required to appreciate the genuine warmth of the Chinese people, the honest pride in their country and how seriously Chinese citizens, famous Olympians, to everyday men and women, took this chance to show themselves to the world.

All Olympics are important to the host city. These Games were monumentally important to the host nation, which happens to be home to 1/5 of humanity. All that said, just as these Olympics were significant politically, they were also very significant competitively. Beijing turned out to be among the most memorable Olympics ever. One headline was anticipated before the Games began, and then verified here. For the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall, an ongoing Olympic rivalry shapes up. In Beijing, the U.S. won 110 medals-the most it's ever won at a non-American Olympics. But China, second in the overall count, easily won the most golds here, and the most by any country since the old Soviet Union in1988. Many of China's triumphs went beyond excellence. Their perfection and precision, simply beautiful to behold. China is now a sports power with a sophisticated state-supported sports system. They will be at or near the top of the medal list at London and beyond.

Meanwhile, the Americans had plenty to cheer about. Beach volleyball pairs both prevailing, Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson winning gold and winning hearts, the men's basketball team doing exactly what they set out to do-winning, yes-but also redeem and redefine the image and purpose of the U.S. program.These Games reached multiple crescendos. From the beginning, there was Michael Phelps, who now ranks among the very greatest Olympians ever and who is also now in the top tier of the best and most popular contemporary athletes in any sport-unheard of for a swimmer, until Phelps. Just about the time Phelps left the pool, a Jamaican jet zoomed over the track. The sprints are supposed to be decided by blinks of an eye, not by bolts of speed so astonishing that, like the spectators, the competitors can only marvel at the world's-- and history's--fastest man. More nations, 204, participated here than in any Games before. And more won medals, 87, than ever before as well.But beyond the medal podium, the Olympics remain a human panorama, with many also-- ran finishes and first-round eliminations, nonetheless representing epic personal stories, only appreciated by the participants themselves and their families,friends and countrymen.

Theses Games began with Zhang Yimou's stunning Opening Ceremony, so boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, that it set a standard for such occasions unlikely to be equaled. And tonight, with more theatrical touches, the curtain came down. So the people of the world came to Beijing, and the people of China extended their hands. You don't have to speak a word of Mandarin to understand that. I've been fortunate to be involved with many memorable Olympics, and in many ways, this has been the most memorable. In no small part, due to the efforts of the small army of people who worked tirelessly to bring these Games home to you. For these colleagues, I will always have enormous professional regard and personal gratitude. The names of these talented men and women accompany this final montage of the images of China and Olympic moments-moments we hope resonate with you as they have with us.

Good night, this one last time, from China.

搬家之后, 感谢学校房子附带的cable service, 第一时间开始关注奥运会. 我自己觉得至今为止那么多钱好像还是砸出来一些效果的, 富丽堂皇地骚包得淋漓尽致. 我要诚恳承认我的叛徒情结, 不知道为什么比赛一播出来看到中国美国得金牌都很高兴. 昨天晚上女子体操团体中美对抗, 我从内心深处发现自己哪边都向, 于是干脆睡觉去了. 从小几天下来看得最多加油喊得最多的是我们家小菲, 最激动的时刻是美国队4×100米自由泳接力夺冠, 觉得那个真就是体育精神了. 现在每天早上看NBC的Today的总结, 常常被感动得眼泪哗哗的, 嗯, homesick了.

早上在系馆里面run程序水深火热中, 快要升PhD四年级的美国小胖哥跑到我lab, 抱着追求真理的精神询问我, 那些体操队的小盆友真的到16岁了么? 我也抱着追求真理的精神回答他, 我觉得没有啊, 不过奥运会的要求好像是14岁?小胖哥嗯了一下, 说我不是来争论的哦, 我没怎么见过asian的teenager, 我就是觉得她们真的看起来好小啊. 我嗯嗯点头, 告诉他我也不是什么激进派, 没有那么容易冲动, 我就是实事求是告诉你我觉得她们确实好小啊.

结束以上无聊的PhD对话之后, 小胖哥很激动得问我你看开幕式了么? 你看最近比赛了么? 然后就一直在awesome, so far so perfect...看了看了, 你不要激动啊. 可是人家就是很激动, 全美国人民貌似都很激动, 每次看到我就好想看见宝一样涌上来, awesome个不停, 好像开幕式是他们办得一样. 让我觉得我一个炎黄子孙居然还没有这些金发碧眼们激动实在是很说不过去. 我有的时候扑扑凉水, 我说我觉得花钱办奥运是应该啦, 但是别那么多钱啊, 中国还是有很多地方不富裕的. 他们会挥挥手说, show off嘛, 应该的, 我们如果有这个机会也会这么做的, 可以理解可以理解. 搞得我彻底无语了. 小胖哥说他昨天第一次看跳水, 他老婆教他看的, 看完就充分领悟到中国队牛了, 说是从头到尾两个人就像一个人一样. 抒发了他对跳水的一番感悟之后, 意犹未尽, 说他们俩昨天晚上决定了, 要去中国旅游.

我就那么坐在那边听着, 忽然想到4月份的时候也是老被包围着, 一个个义愤填膺得要我讲对Tibet和human right的看法, 忽然就觉得很滑稽. 老祖宗讲得还是很对, 不以物喜, 不以己悲. 外人的看法变化无常, 快乐不快乐, 过得好不好, 只有自己知道.