We Are All Mental

往事的陳舊與否跟時間無正相關,是我們的目光更換了,離手放下的那刻鮮明的顏色立刻褪去。於是它們被風乾、撫平、摺疊好,堆置箱底。

而你依舊那麼美麗。

五月夜晚的溫度,半夜十一點殺到室外酒吧會合,看著樓上人家一戶接著一戶都熄燈了,我們好像什麼都沒有聊,卻又什麼都聊了,跟從前不一樣的是,我們不再喝醺了。這些事因我們的相信被撐托的牢牢固固,但因為太美麗又不能比較,一比就壞。

If you can be a little less sensitive. If you can be a little less mental… then we might all do better.

你總是認為你不會再愛了,但你總是仍然遇到讓你如此喜歡的人。會的。

Pete’s Piano Bar

Piano always sounds so elegant. Surprisingly, elegance has nothing to do with this piano bar I went to this past Saturday night. I, the person who is writing this blog post, have nothing to do with elegance in my life, ever.

There are two pianos at the front, with a drum set between them, and a few people who can sing almost all kinds of music and really know how to interact with people. It’s like a country club, but we got young people in it. It’s like a live house, meanwhile every single person is part of the music. You are not a listener. Quiet listener is not allowed in this bar. You are a singer. You sing every song at the top of your lungs (if you don’t know the words for the song, make up your owns), you dance at the tip of your toes, you raise your hands over your head, and you shout out loud like it is the last night for your life. Why the last night? Well, we never know! We may not have tomorrow. Yep, there are even neon words on the wall telling you: SING LOUD.

SING LOUD

This is fantastic. There are some crazy elements born with me which can’t be burned up. I somehow hate attention among the people I know, but I love to be put under the spotlight in front of strangers. I don’t have to care how you will think about me the next day, we are just all low-maintenance. A high-class humor sense is not forever necessary. You can freely speak (sing) the words such as shots, sex, hell, yet not feel dirty and uncomfortable at all. A girl in the restroom told me, hey, how come everyone just looks so cute tonight?

There was a great 10-minute session I want to specially mention it. Because of the memorial day long weekend, piano people had all men who had served in the military to stand at the front, and had the whole bar sing “God Bless USA” to them. This is one of the things I like about American: To be a patriot, you may not have as much respect to your country as an Asian does, but what you admire should never make you feel distant. It’s simple and beautiful to show your love in such a direct way.

When we were walking back to our car at 1:30 in the morning, I shouted at the pedestrians and the night downtown Fort Worth, “Hey! You’re beautiful!”

And yeah, side note, I just think people are suddenly so sexy when they start speaking their mother tongues.