Peace on Earth After Bombed the Moon

Everybody woke up this morning with stunning news—we have "peace on earth" and we bombed the moon. It’s ironic that all of these happen on John Lennon‘s birthday, while the Blue Angels tearing up the sky over the City all day long, for fun. What a joke! John Lennon would have been 69 years old, and we would have been singing with him to celebrate: Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace… Imagine that! Instead being given to John Lennon, this so called Nobel Peace Prize is given to Obama, who is fighting two wars at this very moment. Well, it’s their money and they can give to anybody they want to express their political viewpoint, even they use that sacred word "Peace" to label the award. If I had that much money, I would give out awards and call them whatever I want. Sadly, the world is still on a roller coaster, even our daily life at home is never at peace. Couple days ago, somebody walked up to a cop to report that he saw an unattended bag at Kearny and Post right underneath our office building. Immediately, cops, firefighters, robots are all called in. Streets were blocked for couple hours, and MUNI buses were disrupted. And all they found was a bag of tomato. That was a bag of very expensive tomato!It must be organic. Speaking of MUNI, bus is a line I almost take daily. On Wednesday, a black lady provoked a Chinese lady by putting her legs on an empty seat and refused to let the Chinese lady to sit. The Chinese lady fought back verbally. When the black lady threw the first punch at the Chinese lady, the Chinese lady hit back, hard. Somebody took a video about the incident and immediately the clip became the talk of the City. I should feel sad about the "peace" at home. But, I have to confess that I was laughing pretty hard when I was watching this. Life goes on, season changes, and things will be okay. The fall season is definitely here. Not only the day light gets shorter, the fresh fruits and vegetables at the market also indicate the change. After I figured out how to get the seeds out of a pomegranate (石榴), I bought more. I put some of them in a sealed jar and put in the freezer, so I can use them later in my cooking. Just by looking them, I already feel that they are cleansing my system. It’s an easy week on film. I only saw two films this week. I didn’t even write about the 32nd Mill Valley Film Festival, because most of the films I saw at the press screenings are on the list for hold reviews. I figure that I just don’t bother. I have enough on my plate already anyway. However, next week will be crazy. Almost every day there is a screening, if not two. I am looking forward to a few high profile films, such as "New York, I Love You" and "The Road." I probably won’t have time to cook dinner at all, so I made some chive dumplings yesterday. I have peace on earth, at my little nest!