tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31721292024-03-13T03:31:28.454-05:00JONIZZLETweeter: jonizzleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-57758202952187310082009-09-21T23:59:00.005-05:002009-09-29T04:38:48.678-05:00Full Circle.Today marks the three-year anniversary of my time in Los Angeles, California. Because of this, as well as an upcoming trip back home to Springfield and Urbana-Champaign for nearly two weeks, and as always, another year of TAF, I've been in reflection mode for awhile. There is a lot to say and I have been unsuccessfully trying to type out in an eloquent and meaningful way. So instead, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-56877575565196266772009-07-02T12:00:00.004-05:002009-07-02T13:05:02.806-05:00Hip-hop concerts aren't usually something I go to, but I am glad I went because I feel like this could be considered a watershed moment in Asian America. I attended the Far East Movement concert last night at the Roxy in West Hollywood. In my opinion, the crowd, while still plenty Asian, had a good sprinkling of blacks, Latinos, and a noticeable amount of blonde girls -- all there to listen to anUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-56952679492269816002009-05-01T05:17:00.004-05:002009-05-21T11:54:28.348-05:00Two weeks ago I had the wonderful chance to spend a weekend back at U of I for the annual ITASA Midwest Conference. It was a nice "full circle" for me, as I was the Programming Chair for the 2006 ITASA Midwest Conference, where I was one of the people inviting many of the speakers. And now a quick three years later, I was now the one being invited to be a speaker. My topic was about Formosa Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-52719083808293384012008-11-05T02:00:00.004-06:002008-11-06T04:00:35.298-06:00What a night.A few hours ago, Barack Obama was elected to be the 44th President of the United States of America. Barack Obama. A man of color, an African-American, is our nation's leader.I write this for my own memory, because I did not realize until tonight just how momentous of a moment November 4th, 2008 will be in American history. And the pride and joy that I felt for my country when Barack Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-56305516865245994772008-06-15T15:31:00.000-05:002008-06-15T15:31:50.935-05:00Back in the USA. More specifically, back in Springfield. An early departure from Bangkok left me sad, since spending forty days in one place leads you to get to know some pretty great people. I'll miss some people on the crew a lot, but I hope to be back someday, on a real vacation, and not for work. After 32 hours of travel and a quick stop to get my tuxedo fitted, I arrived at the wedding Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-25222432465146082882008-05-06T19:59:00.002-05:002008-05-06T20:02:07.566-05:00Hooray first post in over four months. To recap: Chicago is awesome. I will live there some day and work in production. But for now, I am in Thailand for forty days. Work continues, but hopefully theres time for exploring and massages.Forty days is a really long time. Come visit!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-85496318696253404382008-01-01T23:46:00.000-06:002008-01-05T05:26:46.212-06:00My time in the Midwest felt like a whirlwind. My first few days shivering in the Chicago cold seem like they happened ages ago, rather than a short ten days. But I guess its because I had the fortune to be placed in an environment conducive to personal growth that makes the start of my trip so distant from the end of my trip. I think its a combination of that, plus the fact that I saw so many Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-81636703727653637702007-12-02T05:52:00.000-06:002007-12-02T05:53:10.358-06:00First post on my Macbook. Hooray.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-221799350188846682007-10-23T02:52:00.000-05:002007-10-25T01:58:18.228-05:00In the recent months, I would wonder if I was too young to ponder my own mortality. I always thought of it light-heartedly though, more of a philosophical, thinking man's type of way, rather than someone who has experienced death and the heavy emotions that can come with it. Sadly, the times for light-heartedness are past. Perceptions are completely changed when the experiences hit you in real Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-11778029045442941182007-10-17T04:54:00.000-05:002007-10-18T00:07:51.180-05:00Before Traci and I left tonight, I asked her if I should bring a camera. We both figured no, since we've been here and done that, and while its okay that I didn't, I would still like to remember this night.Augustana gets better every time I see them. Jack's Mannequin, and therefore Andrew McMahon, is actually quite good live, can sing, and rocks it out on the piano. I've never been a big Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-74576757330425815162007-10-01T15:20:00.000-05:002007-10-01T15:23:30.278-05:00What a great sporting weekend it was for me. The Cubs clinched a playoff spot, Illinois upset Penn St., I got to play my first organized game of baseball with live pitching in ten years (damn that's a lot longer than I thought), and I won my fantasy baseball league.The fantasy baseball victory is perhaps the most impressive, if you knew baseball and knew my team (not that great on paper) and theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-17694134395231990262007-09-21T15:32:00.002-05:002007-09-21T15:43:35.688-05:00I clicked this link in a facebook advertisement, and is it just me? Or does anyone else think its rather...stupid.http://coolchicktalk.org/who-will-i-marry.phpSome sample advice from the website, "Beware of friendly, outgoing guys."Right.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-71558251187098927432007-09-15T01:11:00.000-05:002007-09-15T01:26:02.158-05:00I haven't been listening to as much music in the past year, which makes me sad. A casualty of this is that I also do not listen to many of my past favorites. But as I sit here and make a super cool American mix cd for Jing, I am reacquainted with songs I once loved. In return, they remind me of past thoughts and hopes I had for myself, my life, loved ones around me, and humanity in general. MusicUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-60237692201155113692007-09-12T03:30:00.001-05:002007-09-12T03:33:20.695-05:00Honestly, I don't know if I'm right about this. But if I'm wrong, I fear the outlook for mankind becomes a lot less bright and a lot more bleak.Other than that though, life is, as it always should be, good.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-82231691782151186482007-08-23T02:09:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:16:06.969-05:00Getting ItPart 1Part 2Before reading my three cents, you should check out Tim's note, followed by Tiffany's note. I'm piggybacking onto them, and just want to reiterate one point that the speakers said all week, that anyone can be a leader.Tim pointed out that he was the camper in the spotlight when he was in JH. In Tiffany's note, she pointed out that she was the camper on the sidelines in JH. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-89736371940411555312007-06-29T21:43:00.000-05:002007-06-29T21:44:20.482-05:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-85800148261889504092007-06-29T01:35:00.000-05:002007-06-29T01:55:41.343-05:00I SPELLED TORTILLA TODAY IN LITERATI. IT WAS AWESOME.No really. I'm awkwardly incredibly happy about laying down unique words like that without having to use an S or -ERS or -ING's. (395 might be my highest point total ever too)Also, this doubly taunts Justin because a) He has cravings for Mexican food in Shanghai and b) he can't get on Yahoo! right now to play Literati. SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-69819649207575514692007-06-27T17:59:00.000-05:002007-06-27T18:14:02.683-05:00GIMPING!After 5 days I finally decided to take pictures of my left ankle. And for the first time, I looking on the outer side and it was much more bruised and purple than I imagined.This is the inside of my left ankle, which is what I pretty much only see. Based on the deep bruises and initial swelling, I kind of just assumed it was the worst part of the sprain. Apparently not!The outer side of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-56297995758534348462007-06-25T22:49:00.001-05:002007-06-25T22:49:17.355-05:00where is justin.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-68192573370060817262007-06-14T00:15:00.000-05:002007-06-14T00:25:46.614-05:00I had the wonderful opportunity to take part in a TAF conference call tonight. As many of you know last year was my final year as PD, so it has been a little odd for me to not be thinking about TAF and JH 24/7 this time of the year. Normally I would be having conference calls all the time, but this has been my first TAF one in well, almost a year.I spoke to the ED and PD's about what I could Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-44682256374267101672007-06-09T18:22:00.001-05:002007-06-09T18:24:50.575-05:00Today is the one-week anniversary of me and my apartment. I've already had 5 overnight visitors, the Yang's, Roger, and Carolyn. It's been busy with work and hosting, but whatevs. I AM THE HOCHIE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. YES.Also, it took about four weeks, but Michelle and I finally solved the Bill Clinton Sunday Crossword from the New York Times. BALLER.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-76429950242990120092007-06-01T02:05:00.001-05:002007-06-01T02:06:20.622-05:00For my own memory, I would just like to note that tonight was the night that Lebron James got ridiculous all over the Detroit Pistons. And that my uncle fell asleep, didn't see the game, and still is not impressed by Lebron.But oh my. Lebron. You crazy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-8702843804556340222007-05-31T03:48:00.000-05:002007-05-31T04:06:16.237-05:00I played a lot of Text Twist today.I was originally aiming to break 200,000 points but I guess I overachieved. I think it is funny that I lost on the word "STYMIE". I thought it was that, but I kept hopelessly punching in STIMEY or STEIMY repeatedly to no avail, as the seconds ticked away. For those of you who don't know what it means -sty·mie /ˈstaɪmi/[stahy-mee]2. a situation or problem Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-88872719305618214452007-05-30T19:04:00.001-05:002007-05-30T19:04:30.265-05:00mmm...sexy new TAF website.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172129.post-69917632271817401602007-05-28T00:06:00.001-05:002007-05-29T23:56:14.506-05:00I go to a great church in Orange County. It's called Rock Harbor, and it is pretty darn tootin' sweet. This was a great sermon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0