I don't know if this photo is better than the one taken by the phone :P I still can't decide if the brooch lacks something on the flower behind the tail - or is it just an error of execution - and what should be there - a stone, another rose petal or a green leaf. And there are some tiny cracks on the magpie's belly. But everyone likes it (at least from the photo :P)

Such a long day…
宪法结课，阿老师说宪法没有clear set of rules因此我们总是会感觉confusing，但是这也是one good thing about con law because you can always your case. 非常感激阿老师在课上总是会留给我们表达自己看法和观点的机会，也许美宪never been practical但是这些conversation about fundamental rights会永远在我心中，让我学会从不同的角度观察以不同方式呈现的事实。
上次见Yixuan学姐只是匆匆一瞥，这次参加学姐的talk才正式感受到了学姐是如何的determined&self-driven… 她真的是又努力又有天分的人中龙凤，听她说话总是觉得逻辑清晰且表达准确，用词举例永远是恰到好处，她在用非母语表达的水平已经远超部分native speaker…怪不得能成为Quinn的par… 当你的role model就坐在你面前回答问题，看着你的眼睛对你微笑，很难不被打满鸡血。[泪]正如我shea宝送的包说的那样，我们都是“intelligent well-educated classy woman who fights a lot and always wins”
晚上去哈工大买芋泥冰被越姐用车车打包回北大…永远会被女孩之间的守护和温暖感动[泪]

Life is about being defeated and getting back to you feet again and gain.

#aliceinchains##layne staley#
A few years later, I was recording in
Houston with Randall Jamail, fulfilling my end of the bargain that had kept me out of a tax debtor's prison.
One night in my room at the Holiday Inn, I got a phone call from Laurie Davis, my huge-hearted, long-suffering accountant, the only person from my time in the Trees who continue to care enough to work with me.
"Mark, please sit down. I'm so sorry but I have some terrible news and it's going to hurt. I am so, so sorry."
"Layne?" I asked.
"Yes, honey. He's gone."
It was a call I had expected for years but it destroyed me nonetheless.
His loss left a void I've felt every day since. I expect I always will.

- Mark Lanegan in his 2020 memoir 'Sing Backwards and Weep'.