People come and go and walk away

Not Going Anywhere

I hate songs that seem to be talking about

me.

(It's not too bad. People have sympathies.)

This is why I always wonder, I'm a pond full of regrets

I always try to not remember rather than forget
This is why I always whisper when vagabonds are passing by
I tend to keep myself away from their goodbyes

Tide will rise and fall along the bay
And I'm not going anywhere, I'm not going anywhere
People come and go and walk away
But I'm not going anywhere, I'm not going anywhere

This is why I always whisper, I'm a river with a spell
I like to hear but not to listen, I like to say but not to tell
This is why I always wonder, there's nothing new under the sun
I won't go anywhere so give my love to everyone

Tide will rise and fall along the bay
And I'm not going anywhere, I'm not going anywhere
People come and go and walk away
But I'm not going anywhere, I'm not going anywhere

Happy Birthday Frankie

May 26th- Frankie Manning's birthday. 

He came up with air step, took lindy hop to greater height; He danced with intense engagement with his partner, showed what is called CONNECTION; They say, he is a big big man, with a big big heart. 

It's so good that he would never wanted to end it...

From How Wee and Ming Pang who met Frankie:
Frankie talked about the atmosphere at Savoy – “If you could dance, you danced the moment you walked in. If you couldn’t dance, you’ll find your feet would start tappin’, your fingers would start snappin’, and your head would start boppin’. And before you know it, you were dancing.”


When he was slightly older, like 90, the move I appreciated him most was his shimmy. It wasn’t with the shoulders, not with the hips, not the arms – it seem to come from somewhere within – like Lindy Hop was his life and love and the shimmy was his way of saying it.


MP: The old movies are so grainy, and sometimes the costumes are so comical, but you can always tell Frankie because of his huge smile. In person of course you can not be in the same room with him and not be warmed by his light. Said another way, it seemed as if sarcasm and cynicism dried up around him.


MP: The way he taught, I realize now, was really magic. Everything seemed easy and wonderful. Guys became gentlemen and women became ladies. Maybe I remember it too nostalgically, but that’s how it seemed it me.

我觉得女人希拉里真的很了不起

大家一起来吧，人生短暂，别管头发淋湿这样的小事了。

自嘲是项基本的求生工具，而且比起另一种可选的方法，即爬回碉堡里躲起来，要略胜一筹。

无论你喜不喜欢，女性如果公开表现太多感情，总是会受到批评。

生活没有彩排的机会，你将不得不即兴发挥，演好每一场戏。唯一可以做的准备是你们也已做过的那些事情：受尽可能好的教育，不断从文学、《圣经》和历史中吸收知识，尽力去了解人类的经验。这样你才会有真正明确的路标，引导你朝着正确的抉择前进。


坚持你们的梦想，迎接超越自己、创造新我的挑战，只有超越自我，你才能发掘你自己；关心那些你本不必操心的事情；投身于这是世界，使你说的话变得有价值，有影响力。


生活中一切有意义的事情都是以超脱个人存在为特征的——超出‘自我保护’的局限——面向其他人，面向社会，面向整个世界……只有通过往外看，通过关心那些纯粹为生存而奔波的人，通过将你自己不断地投入到骚动混乱的世界，直到使你的话产生影响为止——你才能成为一个真正的人。