这个礼拜很忙，今天特别忙。下午上班的时候，居然趴在办公室的桌子上睡着了。不料系主任到办公室找我开会，“一语惊醒天人”。仓皇之中找了半天眼镜才看清楚原来是老板在对我不怀好意地笑。可怜的是，朦胧之中，善辨的口舌居然找不到一个冠冕堂皇的理由：为什么上班时间会睡觉。支吾了一句现在想一想还不如不说的理由: “After lunch sugar low.”  在中文里大致相当于“酒足饭饱好困觉。”汗哪！！应该说为了革命工作两天两夜没睡了才对!

这个故事告诉我们： 上班时间小憩，一定记得把办公室的门关上。

这个故事也告诉我们：如果上班时间可以关上门小憩，一定记得下次把睡袋搬到办公室。既然睡了，就不必趴桌子上了。

晚上到家，躺在沙发上随手翻看电视频道。TNT上是杰姆凯瑞的老电影，变相怪杰（又译作摩登大圣）（The Mask）。说的是2000年前的恶作剧之神 (The God of Mischief) 化身于一个面具之中，凡戴上面具的人就拥有非凡的超能力，可以实现心里深藏的愿望，当然在追求的过程也不停地折腾别人。心地纯良的人会显出顽皮恶劣；心地邪恶的人就为非作歹。其实把The God of Mischief译作恶作剧之神并不十分准确。Mischief还有顽皮，淘气的意思，并不强调“恶”。我觉得应该叫做“淘气之神”更传神。

第一次看变相怪杰在高中三年级，那时家里有港台的Cartoon Network 和台湾版的变相怪杰动画片（叫做摩登大圣）。每天一集，我必准时收看。那段时间在准备高考，生活简单乏味，摩登大圣几乎是每天的开心一刻。我甚至记得那个配音演员惟妙惟肖的声音。每一次史丹利-伊普齐斯捉弄别人以后，都有镜头特写那张巨大的绿色面孔，然后很低沉的声音，拖得很长：“帅。。。呆。。。了。。。”那时候的我也喜欢捉弄别人（当然也常常被人捉弄），得手之后，我也常说“帅呆了。”声音和语调与台湾版配音有99.9%的相似。

今天的电影其实看过很多遍，并没留意。但是当史丹利-伊普齐斯面对镜头用拖得很长的英文说道：Soooooooooooooooooooooo Hot! 时间突然停止了。高中时代所有关于变相怪杰的回忆刹那之间都回到眼前，从沙发上一下坐起开心的大笑。

或许，在每个人的心里，永远都有一个顽皮之神。

偶：这样的事情让北大真丢脸！

http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-12-08/075216803492.shtml

徐（北大校友）：Well, the urge to "cover-up" is not only with Beida. I agree with you it's humiliating, but it's not that odd.

偶：做事情遮遮掩掩 如果是一个区政府 不足为怪 堂堂 兼容并蓄 海纳百川的 北大 真掉价 另外 最近换来换去的大学校长 多数都是政客 没有真正学者治校的气度

徐（北大校友）：

Hey, what happens to you? You used to be the one telling me to "take it easy", or maybe after all these years, particularly after you were converted, and have been at school (presumably a relatively purer environment) for so long, you actually turned more cynical? :)

To me, these all look just normal. I've seen worse - all sorts of manipulation and dishonesty, just a truthful display of the dark side of human nature in real life, live every moment, and even more so during this financial turbulence. You can say sadly I have much bigger stomach towards these news, because banking get people numb.

That said, I do care about Beida's brand name and still feel honored, however bad apples are not exclusively available only to Beida. They are everywhere. What you pointed out about the chancellors are true, btw actually I think the ex-chancellor 许智宏 is a good scholar at the first place. That's why I've been telling my friends with kids to save for U.S. college tuition. Getting into Harvard isn't that hard at the end of the day, though I didn't.

偶：

I did not go to Beida. But I tend to believe Beida should represent the best of the best of the Chinese, not just in terms of scholarship and reputation but more importantly the ideals and spirits. It is those ideals and spirits that define the minds and souls of the Chinese, probably for generations to come. If Beida is merely a reflection of the Chinese society at large, the school loses its spirit and attraction. For me, Beida is the sanctuary of ideals and dreams (for that matter, Fudan is clearly not). Whoever ruins this sanctuary should be hold responsible. That’s that, period!

By the way, I am not cynical at all. I am an idealist undercover!