网上流传的《名侦探柯南》大结局十二种

（一）柯南终于打败黑暗组织并找到恢复身体的方法，与小兰共结连理。后来两人有了爱情的结晶——一个男孩，取名为工藤柯南……

（二）柯南终于打败黑暗组织并找到恢复身体的方法，但小哀在与黑暗组织的决战中为掩护新一不幸被琴酒枪杀。新一与小兰共结连理，后来两人有了爱情的结晶——一个女孩，取名为工藤志保……

（三）柯南终于打败黑暗组织并找到恢复身体的方法，但毛利小五郎在与黑暗组织的决战中壮烈牺牲。新一继承了毛利侦探事务所，与小兰共结连理并改名为毛利新一，后来与小兰有了爱情的结晶——一个女孩，取名为毛利洋子……

（四）小兰知道了柯南的真实身份后恼羞成怒，用空手道修理柯南，结果用力过猛酿成无法挽回的悲剧……

（五）柯南终于打败黑暗组织并找到恢复身体的方法，但在新一向小兰告白前夕，小兰遭遇车祸……

（六）在与黑暗组织的决战中，小兰不幸……，志保和新一远走高飞……

（七）全体被黑暗组织抓住后乱枪扫射……

（八）全体被黑暗组织抓住后捆住手脚丢到海里喂鲨鱼……

（九）柯南在与黑暗组织的决战中和琴酒同归于尽……

（十）打败黑暗组织后，柯南没能变回来，向小兰表白身份后，两人移居美国治疗柯南的侏儒症……

（十一）柯南终于打败黑暗组织并找到恢复身体的方法，但小哀因嫉妒用APTX4869给小兰投毒，并毁掉了解药逃走，新一只好服下最后一颗APTX4869，又变回了柯南……

（十二）柯南终于打败黑暗组织，但却无法再恢复成工藤新一，向小兰说明一切后，两人洒泪分手……几天之后柯南的班上转来一个很可爱的小女孩，柯南看到她时一下子惊呆了（你知道是谁了吧）。女孩微笑着对柯南说：“我会永远和你在一起，你再也赖不掉了！”若干年之后在夏威夷的海滩上出现了一对年轻的情侣……

Downpour

for Stick, also for me, for our forever young childhood memory
(starts to sound as if i wrote it, i'm so sorry Master Zamora)

Downpour

-Daisy Zamora

From an airtight office window
I gaze out at the downpour
Yellow flowers
From an acacia shaken by the wind
roll along a rusty tin roof

A fish in a fishbowl
I recall with envy the young girl who was
Drenched and happy, jumping
Mud puddles and ignoring calls
Because later
My go-between great aunt
Hidden from grandfather
Would dry my hair,
Change my clothes,
Clean the mud off my shoes.
And wrapped up in a bedspread
Warm as love
I slept

An old downpour that succeed in soaking me
Only within
Is now beating the tin roof,
Flooding the canals and levies
And the riverbed of memory

POTD:神女峰 by 舒婷

　在向你挥舞的各色花帕中
　　是谁的手突然收回
　　紧紧捂住了自己的眼睛
　　当人们四散离去，
谁
　　还站在船尾
　　衣裙漫飞， 如翻涌不息的云
　　江涛
　　高一声
　　低一声

　　美丽的梦留下美丽的忧伤
　　人间天上， 代代相传
　　但是， 心
　　真能变成石头吗
　　为了眺望天上来鸿
　　而错过无数人间月明

　　沿着江峰
　　金光菊和女贞子的洪流
　　正煽动着新的背叛
　　与其在悬崖上展览千年
　　不如在爱人肩头痛哭一晚

PS: you probably have read this piece long ago, most famous among her great many other poems. but i love this one too much to refrain from putting it up here once more. enjoy.

Novel discussion post

I thought we'd better create a post specially dedicated to our discussion of the novel, ideas of characters, flow and plot and all that. String our ideas here. Hopefully this is an easier way to keep track and reference too.
So now I am thinking this: there are 22 cards in the major tarot set, but we couldn't possibly get 22 characters in the novel! Maybe we can mention some of them in passing, still it would be very hard to keep track of all of them, and the sheer number would hamper the novel's focused-ness, considering that most Agatha novels contain less than ten main characters, (the masterly And then there were none has ten of course), and skilled as the queen of crime novels was, sometimes we readers just can't help get baffled and irritated...i think I have belaboured the point. So now what shall we do? Assigning the cards to a full set of 22 characters and choose to concentrate on some of them, or rolling some cards into one character, like The High Priestess and the Empress into one? Or do both? Or something else? Thoughts thoughts~~~~~

Also, if you have read what I just wrote, my idea goes like this: faithful to your original plot line I am gonna introduce a girl character, embodying the Fool. She's going to be presented through her diary entries and letters to someone(s), who can take up roles from the cards, say, her mother as the High Priestess or the Empress, or a much respected teacher as a the Hierophant etc, who may or may not be part of the novel-within-novel writing group. So I am going to write her letter or diary now, briefly saying why she's going for this novel-writing thing, (exactly why I myself haven't figured out a remotely plausible explanation. I'm just gonna make up an easily replaceable one that hopefully doesn't impact on the novel plot much at this early point.), and perhaps shed a little light on her character and personal life in the short entry. Then I'll pass on the pen (keyboard haha) to you dear Slap. Do edit my writings, add and delete and alter as you deem fit, and develop new characters and lines~~~~~~exciting exciting exciting!! It's like groping in the dark with just ever so little light, enough to see where your foot is next going to be and not a single step beyond, and all the time knowing the ending!

The Major Arcana
The Fool Upright: New beginnings, new adventures, new opportunities, unlimited possibilities, pleasure, passion, thoughtlessness, rashness
Reverse: A bad decision, indecision, apathy, hesitation, a faulty choice
The Magician Upright: Originality, creativity, skill, will-power, self confidence, dexterity, sleight of hand
Reverse: Weakness in will, insecurity, delay, no imagination
The High Priestess Upright: Wisdom, knowledge, learning, intuition, purity, virtue, a lack of patience, a teacher
Reverse: Ignorance, lack of understanding, selfishness, shallowness
The Empress Upright: Action, development, accomplishment, mother/sister/wife, evolution
Reverse: Vacillation, inaction, lack on concentration, indecision, anxiety, infidelity
The Emperor Upright: Accomplishment, confidence, wealth, stability, leadership, father/brother/husband, achievement, a capable person
Reverse: Immaturity, indecision, feebleness, petty emotions, lack of strength
The Hierophant Upright: A need to conform, social approval, bonded to the conventions of society
Reverse: Unconventionality, unorthodoxy, an inventor
or
Upright: Mercy, kindness, forgiveness, compassion, conformity, a sense of historical importance, inspiration
Reverse: Foolish generosity, errors are repeated, impotence, vulnerability, frailty, unorthodoxy
The Lovers Upright: Love, harmony, trust, honor, the beginning of a romance, optimism, a meaningful relationship/affair
Reverse: Unreliability, separation, frustration in love, fickleness, untrustworthy
The Chariot Upright: Perseverance, a journey, a rushed decision, adversity, turmoil, vengeance
Reverse: Unsuccessful, defeat, failure, last minute loss, vanquishment
Strength Upright: Strength, courage, conviction, energy, determination, action, heroism, virility
Reverse: Weakness, pettiness, sickness, tyranny, lack of faith, abuse of power
The Hermit Upright: Counsel, inner strength, prudence, caution, vigilance, patience, withdrawal, annulment, a loner
Reverse: Imprudence, hastiness, rashness, foolish acts, immaturity
The Wheel of Fortune Upright: Destiny, fortune, a special gain, an unusual loss, end of a problem, unexpected events, advancement, progress
Reverse: Failure, bad luck, interruption, outside influences, bad fate, unexpected events
Justice Upright: Harmony, balance, equality, righteousness, virtue, honor, advice, a considerate person
Reverse: Bias, false accusations, intolerance, unfairness, abuse
The Hanged Man Upright: Suspension, change, reversal, boredom, abandonment, sacrifice, readjustment, improvement, rebirth
Reverse: Unwillingness to make an effort, false prophecy, useless sacrifice
Death Upright: Transformation, making way for the new, unexpected change, loss, failure, illness or death, bad luck
Reverse: Stagnation, immobility, slow changes, a narrow escape, cheating death
Temperance Upright: Moderation, temperance, patience, harmony, fusion, good influence, confidence
Reverse: Discord, conflict, disunion, hostility, frustration, impatience
The Devil Upright: Ravage, weird or strange experience, downfall, unexpected failure, controversy, violence, disaster, an ill-tempered person
Reverse: Divorce, release, handicaps are overcome, enlightenment
The Tower Upright: A sudden change, abandonment of past, ending a friendship, unexpected events, disruption, bankruptcy, downfall, loss of money or security
Reverse: Following old ways, a rut, entrapment, caught in a bad situation, imprisonment
The Star Upright: Hope, faith, inspiration, optimism, insight, spiritual love, pleasure, balance
Reverse: Unfulfilled hopes, disappointment, dreams are crushed, bad luck, imbalance
The Moon Upright: Deception, trickery, disillusionment, error, danger, disgrace, double-dealing
Reverse: Deception is discovered before damage can be done, trifling mistakes, taking advantage of someone
The Sun Upright: Satisfaction, accomplishment, success, love, joy, engagement or a happy marriage
Reverse: Unhappiness, loneliness, canceled plans, broken engagement or marriage, a clouded future, a lack of friends
Judgment
or
Rejuvenation Upright: Awakening, renewal, a well lived life, better health, a quickened mind
Reverse: Fear of death, failure, possible loss, ill health
or
Upright: Atonement, judgment, the need to forgive, rejuvenation, rebirth, improvement, development, promotion, efforts are rewarded
Reverse: Delay, disappointment, indecision, procrastination, theft, worry
The World Upright: Completion, perfection, recognition, honors, the end result, success, fulfillment, triumph, eternal life
Reverse: Imperfection, lack of vision, disappointment

American Indian Myth

American Indian Myth

White Buffalo Woman

The people saw her walking off the sam direction from which she had come, outlined against the red ball of the setting sun. As she went, she stopped and rolled over four times. The first time, she turned into a black buffalo; the second into a brown one; the thrid into a red one; the fourth time she rolled over, she turned into a white buffalo calf. A whilt bufalo is the most sacred living thing you culd ever encounter.

'Winchinchala' meaning the girl you are in love with
There is no place in the village where you could be left alone. The only chance to show her that you are interested is to wait for her at daybreak when the women go to the river or brook with skin bags to get water. When the girl you had your eyes on finally came down th ewater trail, you popped up from behind some bush and stood so that she could see you.
-from 'The Legend of the Flute'

How the Sioux came to be
The Great Spirit, Wakan Tanka, became angry with the earlier people on earth and sent a water monster to cause a great flood. People climbed to the highest land they could reach but even that was to no avail. All killed except one girl who was carried off by a big spotted eagle, Wanblee Galeshka, who took her to his nest on the tallest pinnacle of the Black Hills. The woman and the eagle had children together, and when the water finaly subsided, Wanblee helped the children and their mother down from his rock and put them on earth, telling them: 'Be a nation, become a great Nation- the Lakota Oyate.'
So we descended from an eagle nation...


And therefore the sacred pipe is also something that binds men and women together in a circle of love. It is the one holy object in the makin gof which both men and women have a hand. The men carve the bowl and make the stem; the women decorate it with bands of coloured porcupine quills. When a man takes a wife, they both hold the pipe at the same time and red trade cloth is wound around their hands, thus tying them together for life.
'White Buffalo Women', as told by Lane Deer


All the above excerpts from the movie script 'Dances with Wolves', starring Costner

random quotes of the day

It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Little Prince

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
-Horace Walpole

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ouselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
-Victor Hugo

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.
-Virginia Woolf

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
-George Orwell
(how do you interpret it? i sense something political in it.)

In the city, a road with no exit is marked Dead End. In the country, we call these roads lanes. I always think tha tit is sad to label anthing a dead end. No one wants to explore it then. But walking down a lane is romantic and exciting. I hesitate to venture down a dead-end road, but I look for lanes to explore with a favourite friend. An unexpected building, a rare flower, a quiet peace all wait for me on country lanes.
Katherine S. Abrams

pieces of love(from jewel)

pieces of love (from jewel)

the painters
Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the front porch
Watching the clouds roll by
They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago,
When she used color carelessly, painted his portrait
A thousand times - or maybe just his smile -
And she and her canvas would follow him wherever he would go

'Cause they were painters and they were painting themselves
A lovely world

Oil streaked daisies covered the living room wall
He put water colored roses in her hair
He said, "Love, I love you, I want to give you the mountains, the sunshine,
the sunset too
I want to give you everything as beautiful as you are to me

'Cause they were painters and they were painting themselves
A lovely world

So they sat down and made a drawing of their love, an art to live by
They painted every, passion every home, created every beautiful child
in the winter they were weavers of warmth,
in the summer they were carpenters of love
They thought blue prints were too sad so they made them yellow

'Cause they were painters, and they were painting themselves
A lovely world

Until one day the rain fell as thick as black oil
And in her heart she knew something was wrong
She went running
through the orchard screaming,
'No God, don't take him from me!'
But by the time she got there, she feared he already had gone
She got to where he lay, water colored roses in his hands for her
She threw them down screaming, 'Damn you man, don't leave me
with nothing left behind but these cold paintings, these cold portraits
to remind me!'

He said, 'Love I leave, but only a little, try to understand
I put my soul in this life we created with these four hands
Love, I leave, but only a little, this world holds me still
My body may die now, but these paintings are real'
So many seasons came and so many seasons went
and many times she saw he love's face watering the flowers,
talking to the trees and singing to his children,
And when the wind blew, she knew he was listening,
and how he seemed to laugh along, an how he seemed to hold her
when she was crying

'Cause they were painters, and they were painting themselves
A lovely world

Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the front porch
Watching the clouds roll by
They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago,
When she used color carelessly, painted his portrait
A thousand times - or maybe just his smile -
And she and her canvas would follow him wherever he would go
Yes, she and her canvas still follow

Because they are painters and they are painting themselves
A lovely world



Foolish Game
You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You were always crazy like that
I watched from my window,
Always felt I was outside looking in on you
You were always the mysterious one
With dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
Besides some comment on the weather
Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees

these foolish games are tearing me apart
Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You’re breaking my heart

You were always brilliant in the morning
Smoking your cigarettes, and talking over coffee
You philosophies on art, baroque moved you,
You loved mozart and you’d speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar
Excuse me, guess I’ve mistaken you for somebody else
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself

You took your coat off and stood in the rain
You were always crazy like that



Adrian
Adrian came home again last summer
Things just haven't been the same around here
People talk
People stare
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

An unfortunate accident in a canoe
Dr. said, 'I'm sorry, not much I can do'
The air was so still
His eyes did not blink
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

Little Mary Epperson liked him
She vowed always to watch after him
Still he did not move
Dr. said it's no use
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

She sat by his side, watched the years fly by
He looked so fragile, he looked so small
She wondered why he was still alive at all



Everyone in town had that 'I'm so sorry look'
They talked in a whispered hush, said
'I'd turn the machines off'
But still she sat by his side
Said, 'life he won't be denied'
Oh Adrian, come out and play

Yellow flowers decorate his bedroom
Sign above his door says Welcome Home
But he just sits and stares
He's awake but still not there
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

She sat by his side, watched the years fly by
He looked so fragile, he looked so small
She wondered why he was still alive at all

And little Mary Apperson grew up lovely
She still comes to visitAdrian came home again last summer
Things just haven't been the same around here
People talk
People stare
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

An unfortunate accident in a canoe
Dr. said, 'I'm sorry, not much I can do'
The air was so still
His eyes did not blink
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

Little Mary Epperson liked him
She vowed always to watch after him
Still he did not move
Dr. said it's no use
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

She sat by his side, watched the years fly by
He looked so fragile, he looked so small
She wondered why he was still alive at all



Everyone in town had that 'I'm so sorry look'
They talked in a whispered hush, said
'I'd turn the machines off'
But still she sat by his side
Said, 'life he won't be denied'
Oh Adrian, come out and play

Yellow flowers decorate his bedroom
Sign above his door says Welcome Home
But he just sits and stares
He's awake but still not there
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

She sat by his side, watched the years fly by
He looked so fragile, he looked so small
She wondered why he was still alive at all

And little Mary Apperson grew up lovely
She still comes to visit him on Sundays
He's like an unused toy
He's got big hands but the mind of a little boy
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

Adrian came home again last summer
Things just haven't been the same around here him on Sundays
He's like an unused toy
He's got big hands but the mind of a little boy
Oh, Adrian, come out and play

Adrian came home again last summer
Things just haven't been the same around here


Jady sticked at:
2004-11-29 2:01:07

have always loved ''adrian''...it''s sad and helpless to the point of being almost morbid, unbearable if not for the cold, calm, almost imperceptibly flowing music..and jewel''s voice conveys such strong emotions it''s like a quiet earthquake..her songs in the first album are so so so beautiful it''s painful to think about that lastest, neon colored slutty release..can''t even recall its number-name...jewel jewel please come back...