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Monday, March 31, 2003 Hey, here's a free cup holder!! posted by Allan | 3/31/2003 12:51:00 AM | 2 comments Very interesting read. Lee Harris' World Historical Gamble. Very conservative, pro-war... but/and very hard to dismiss. posted by Allan | 3/31/2003 12:38:00 AM | 0 comments Friday, March 28, 2003 Could you turn $800 into 350 million in 2 weeks? Yeah, neither could I. But maybe you could if you had a time machine. posted by Allan | 3/28/2003 02:48:00 PM | 0 comments Thursday, March 27, 2003 Interesting article. Is it true? Gosh, who knows... Guess we'll find out when this is all over. Coalition forces found a mural in an iraqi military building that I find quite disturbing. posted by Allan | 3/27/2003 09:31:00 AM | 3 comments Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Here's a photo of the orchids. Mine (yeah, no need to guess) is the one on the right. hehheh. sad, yes... 
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Tuesday, March 25, 2003 Take this here personality test. It's based on the briggs-myers / kiersey personality test. In college, I took this thing and was an ENFJ. I took it again just now, and I'm... an ENFJ. heh posted by Allan | 3/25/2003 04:44:00 PM | 5 comments I've lost. :( Okay, so here's where you get to hear about the 'not so manly' Allan. I am not ashamed of this, but I fully well expect to hear the jokes and snide comments. It's okay. I'm secure. ;) Last year on this very same weekend, a bunch of us went to the orchid show in NYC. Steve and I were admiring some of these beautiful flowers, and decided to bring some home. Mind you, orchids aren't cheap, so we set out looking around for a 'bargain'. We found these budding little guys in little pots. I think they were something like 10 bucks apiece. Me, being the competitive guy I am, said: "bet I can grow one faster'n you" And that's how the infamous "Orchid Competition" started. Steve and I each bought one, and we found 3 others to judge. Susana, Francine and Xavier. The rules were to get the nicest looking bloom. The loser would take the winner and the 3 judges to dinner. We each had a year. Little did we know that these guys were so small that it would probably take a good 4 or 5 years for them to bloom. the competition quickly changed to "whichever looked best" at the end of the year. Here's a small sample of some AIM action that day: (I was talking a lot of trash) Allan L Chu: so i think you guys should just declare me winner so steve can take us out to dinner like this week bouncing smile: uh huh luminate3: your orchids are so puny i declare we judge them in a year Allan L Chu: in a year? Allan L Chu: steve'sll die by then Allan L Chu: it's probably frostbit and drowned anyway =) bouncing smile: well, if he keeps trimming the roots, that'll surely kill it XavierCFan: that'll be a true test XavierCFan: a year is a long time Stephen78: hey bouncing smile: you know, if there is no change whatsoever in 6 mos, we should declare them both losers and have them take the judges out to dinner Allan L Chu: okay. so we'll judge them around springtime next year? Allan L Chu: Susana! Stephen78: man, either way it seems like i'm getting the bum rap Stephen78: mine'll live Stephen78: i have faith XavierCFan: steve, just buy successively bigger orchids =) bouncing smile: i mean.. let's be real... my papaya stayed in the same stage for like a year.. just a green fruit hanging on Stephen78: haha Stephen78: papaya's a little harder to grow no? Stephen78: i have faith in love Stephen78: love which i give to my phyllis Stephen78: it'll grow big and strong Allan L Chu: ed's the robust one luminate3: the best thing you can do is not touch it luminate3: and water it lightly Allan L Chu: all i know is luminate3: 10 bucks is a jip Allan L Chu: ive got the cool morning east sun Allan L Chu: and steve's got the afternoon blazing west XavierCFan: come on, we've got more than 10 bucks' worth of entertainment already, it's not a waste Allan L Chu: hahaha Allan L Chu: im with X luminate3: hahahaah luminate3:me too Steve, seeing that his orchid had some black looking roots, immediately performed surgery and repotted his. I took Francine's advice and left it alone, watering it lightly. Ed lasted probably 9-10 months before he just whithered and died. Steve's Phyllis had a leaf snipped, root removal surgery, repotting etc.. and she's still alive!!!! ugh. So sad. :( posted by Allan | 3/25/2003 02:53:00 PM | 4 comments Monday, March 24, 2003 So our hopes and prayers for a short victory may not happen. Images from Iraq have been pretty bad - we're unsure how well our POWs will be treated. we're unsure if Saddam is alive or not. We're meeting resistance from cities. But our forces are very close to Baghdad now. Keep praying! I think the crazyest thing about this war is the press and news coverage. It's like reality tv. Really, really bad reality tv. Where they keep running death counts like this is some sort of video game. We're at war, and casualties will occur, but this constant 24/7 coverage is like an emotional roller coaster. I'm finding it hard to watch television... posted by Allan | 3/24/2003 11:52:00 AM | 2 comments Friday, March 21, 2003 Should I change my name to "Starscream"? posted by Allan | 3/21/2003 06:44:00 PM | 1 comment 77-63. Pathetic. What a sad display by my alma matter today in the NCAA tournament. The top 3pt shooter in the country goes 1-3 at the 3pt line. We were out rebounded 25-15. Ugh. We would have been destroyed by syracuse in the next round, but it would have been nice to get the upset. We held in there through most of the 2nd half. Tied with 9 minutes left, then down by 4 with 3:49 left in the game. Then the only thing we could do is foul and miss 3 point shots. Sigh. Guess this wasn't as painful as in '99, my senior year, when we were up by 5 against Florida at the half, but ended up being held to 18 points for the remainder of the game. We lost by 14. posted by Allan | 3/21/2003 05:18:00 PM | 0 comments Okay, so we're at war. And no matter what you think about the war, this.. this is just too funny. Bush believes in what he's doing. I think that's clear... It's unfortunate that the international community couldn't agree on this one. But, dealing with the reality of now, let's pray for a quick removal of Saddam and a low amount of casualties. posted by Allan | 3/21/2003 11:39:00 AM | 1 comment Monday, March 17, 2003 Really, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Inquiring minds want to know... posted by Allan | 3/17/2003 10:37:00 AM | 1 comment Sunday, March 16, 2003 So the biggest news for me in the last month or so is that I've been looking for a place to buy. This is quite a daunting experience, and I'm questioning whether or not I'm getting in over my head with this whole idea of homeownership. I'm in the process of signing a contract on a house, so I got an inspector/engineer to check it out. We were downstairs and he goes "This gas boiler is in great shape. It's about 15 years old, and should last another 15 or so years if you flush it every week". I'm sitting there, thinking.. "Dude, what do you mean it'll only last another 15 years? Aren't these things supposed to last forever?" I think I have a lot to learn. posted by Allan | 3/16/2003 02:33:00 PM | 10 comments So X has a blog but doesn't want xxx.yelloshuga.com. We can give him xfan.yelloshuga.com but apparently he doesn't like the idea of being associated with any type of sugar, let alone yelloshuga. Sheesh :Þ posted by Allan | 3/16/2003 02:27:00 PM | 7 comments Friday, March 14, 2003 So I haven't yet had time to blog this. We live in a 3 unit house. The front door is gated and locked, so we're fairly sure that the only people who have access to our apartment are our downstairs and upstairs neighbors, and the landlord. As such, we pretty much always leave the front door to the apartment unlocked when someone is home. Wednesday morning, I got up at around 7 and was in the shower. I thought I heard the bathroom door open, but I wasn't sure. When I was done, I got out of the shower and saw that the sink faucet was on, and steve's towel that normally hangs on the back of the bathroom door was on the floor. Now, I was thinking to myself that either X or Steve needed something and forgot to turn off water, but when I got out of the bathroom, the apartment was dead quiet. Both X and Steve's doors were shut; there was no sound coming from either bedroom. So one of them played a joke on me, right? Well, I spoke to them that night, and they both deny coming into the bathroom. ! We've started locking the door to our apartment at night.... posted by Allan | 3/14/2003 09:22:00 AM | 7 comments Wednesday, March 12, 2003 Now, I'm a fan of Ruben in American Idol, but this.... this is a bit much, no? posted by Allan | 3/12/2003 04:30:00 PM | 0 comments Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Someone posted this on a forum I read: ***************************************************************** see how well can you point the pee-pee at the porcelain.... who comes up with this stuff? (it's decent, I promise....it's an advertisement for some drink) -Adam ***************************************************************** Then there was this response: ***************************************************************** I learned something today: Don't ever follow a link like this while you have a classroom full of students taking a calculus test when the volume of the computer is set to full blast. -Mike ***************************************************************** :) posted by Allan | 3/11/2003 03:53:00 PM | 0 comments This is pretty fun =) posted by Allan | 3/11/2003 12:56:00 PM | 2 comments I guess those posts weren't as funny as I thought. :) I became a member of Redeemer Presbyterian Church on Sunday. It was my very first public declaration of faith! Very neat. It's been an interesting ride so far, but I am finally a member of a church since becoming a believer in '99. God's so grace-full to me. A great feeling, to be an official member. I highly recommend it :) posted by Allan | 3/11/2003 10:57:00 AM | 2 comments Monday, March 10, 2003 Dear Tech Support: Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in the overall performance - particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0 and NBA 3.0. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, to no avail. What can I do? Signed, Desperate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Desperate: First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Try to enter the command: C:/ I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME to download Tears 6.2, which should automatically install Guilt 3.0. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1. Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will create Snoring Loudly. Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 or reinstall another Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. I personally recommend Hot Food 3.0 and Lingerie 7.7. Good Luck, Tech Support posted by Allan | 3/10/2003 04:48:00 PM | 3 comments Wife 1.0 Just Released Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 and noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of new space and valuable resources. No mention of this phenomenon was included in the product brochure. In addition, Wife 1.0 installs itself into all other programs and launches during system initialization, where it monitors all other system activity. Applications such as Poker Night 10.3, Drunken Boys Night 2.5 and Saturday Football 5.0 no longer run, crashing the system whenever selected. I cannot seem to keep wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run some of my other favorite applications. I am thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0, but the uninstall does not work on this program. Can you please help me !!!??? Thanks, A TROUBLED USER ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear TROUBLED USER, This is a very common problem men complain about, but is mostly due to a primary misconception. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 with the idea that Wife 1.0 is merely a UTILITIES & ENTERTAINMENT program. Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and designed by it's creator to run everything. It is unlikely you would be able to purge Wife 1.0 and still convert back to Girlfriend 7.0. Hidden operating files within your system would cause Girlfriend 7.0 to emulate Wife 1.0 so nothing is gained. It is impossible to uninstall, delete, or purge the program files from the system once installed. You cannot go back to Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is not designed to do this. Some have tried to install Girlfriend 8.0 or Wife 2.0 but end up with more problems than the original system. Look in your manual under "Warnings- Alimony/Child support". I recommend you keep Wife 1.0 and deal with the situation. I suggest installing background application program C:\YES DEAR to alleviate software augmentation. Having installed Wife 1.0 myself, I might also suggest you read the entire section regarding General Partnership Faults (GPFs). You must assume all responsibility for faults and problems that might occur, regardless of their cause. The best course of action will be to enter the command C:\APOLOGIZE. In any case avoid excessive use of C:\YES DEAR because ultimately you may have to give the APOLOGIZE command before the operating system will return to normal. The system will run smoothly as long as you take the blame for all the GPFs. Wife 1.0 is a great program, but very high-maintenance. Consider buying additional software to improve the performance of Wife 1.0. I recommend Flowers 3.1 and Diamonds 2K. Do not, under any circumstances install Secretary with Short Skirt 3.3. This is not a supported application for Wife 1.0 and is likely to cause irreversible damage to the operating system. Best of Luck, Tech Support posted by Allan | 3/10/2003 04:47:00 PM | 0 comments Friday, March 07, 2003 Interesting. This letter to Clinton was written in January, 1998. posted by Allan | 3/07/2003 10:36:00 AM | 0 comments Any thoughts on Bush's press conference? posted by Allan | 3/07/2003 10:10:00 AM | 0 comments Thursday, March 06, 2003 Redneck alchu. posted by Allan | 3/06/2003 03:06:00 PM | 0 comments So I've got these co-workers that are European and they just LOVE Monty Python. For the past couple of weeks I've been hearing "Hello, Miss?" and "I'll tell you what's wrong with it... it's Dead!" (from the parrot sketch). My friends and I in high school would sit around and quote Monty Python. yeah. we were geeks. So this morning on my commute this scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail came to mind. I start laughing to myself, which of course have people staring at me like I'm insane. (I'm not! really!) It's a scene between King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and a peasant (Michael Palin) and a woman (Terry Jones) who are pushing around piles of dung with their hands: Arthur: Old woman! Dennis: Man. Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there? Dennis: I'm thirty seven. Arthur: I -- What? Dennis: I'm thirty seven. I'm not old. Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man". Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis." Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis. Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you? Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman," but from behind you looked... Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior. Arthur: Well I am king. Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice! And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers! By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. If there's ever going to be any progress with the-- Woman: Dennis, there's some lovely filth down here. Oh! How d'you do? Arthur: How do you do, good lady? I am Arthur, King of the Britons. Woman: King of the who? Arthur: The Britons. Woman: Who are the Britons? Arthur: Well, we all are. We are all Britons, and I am your king. Woman: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective. Dennis: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes-- Woman: Oh, there you go bringing class into it again. Dennis: That's what it's all about. Arthur: Please! Please, good people. I am in haste. What knight lives in that castle? Woman: No one lives there. Arthur: Who is your lord? Woman: We don't have a lord. Arthur: What? I am your king! Woman: Well I didn't vote for you! Arthur: You don't vote for kings. Woman: Well how'd you become king then? [Angelic singing...] Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] THAT is why I am your king! Dennis: Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony! Arthur: Be quiet! Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you! Arthur: Shut up! Dennis: If I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! [Arthur grabs dennis] Arthur: Shut up! Will you shut up! Dennis: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system. Arthur: Shut up! Dennis: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed! Arthur: Bloody peasant! Dennis: Oh, what a give-away. Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about. Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn't you? posted by Allan | 3/06/2003 12:39:00 PM | 0 comments Don't you feel safer? posted by Allan | 3/06/2003 10:11:00 AM | 0 comments Wednesday, March 05, 2003 A Tivo update. can I just say, WOW? I'm really impressed with this thing. it's great. I'm not sure I'm watching less TV ;) but it's certainly a more enjoyable experience! Go out and get one! it's well worth it. I'm definitely not channel surfing to 'find something good' anymore. the tv is on, and you just pick what you want to watch. it's great. posted by Allan | 3/05/2003 03:20:00 PM | 0 comments Haha Gary started doing some searches for me and others on google.com Got me curious as to what was out there. I found my lab hours for SYS390 when I was the head TA... Questions about flash systems on photo.net An old post on usenet when I was having problems with my computer... That's about it. It's quite sad, there's a real famous Allan Chu in Sarasota, CA that won some national science fair at 17yrs old. Sigh... guess I'm not the smartest Allan Chu in the world... ;) posted by Allan | 3/05/2003 03:18:00 PM | 0 comments Tuesday, March 04, 2003 So I did some more research on these guys that I live with. Guess Stephen's okay. I mean, how can I not want to live with someone who's 'so awesome'? Xavier... or should I call him Tré? Dude, that's just a bit sketchy. posted by Allan | 3/04/2003 04:50:00 PM | 0 comments Monday, March 03, 2003 haha. So last night, I was eating dinner with some folks from LFCC. For some reason, the conversation came to French, and how to pronounce the word "Hermes" as in, the store/brand. Now, I wasn't sure how it was spelled. X thought it was "Hermés", the acute accent on the e, which seemed reasonable to me. So I said "it's pronounced 'ehr-mai'. If it were spelled "Hermes", (no accent) it would be pronounced 'EHR-m'. Ashley said "well, I think i've heard it pronounced: ehr-MEZ, with the 's' sound". Now anyone who knows French knows that you almost never pronounce the 's' at the end of the word, especially if it ends '-és' or '-es', so I said something definitive like "that's because they're wrong." Later I was like "Yeah, 12 years of french has to be useful sometime, right?" So Xavier checked the spelling when we got home, and, sure enough, it was "Hermès", with the grave accent on the e. This, of course, makes me dead wrong - the correct pronounciation is "ehr-MEZ" X said to me in an email this morning: "I took 12 years of french so that I could...screw it up the one time it comes up in conversation" laugh. (sorry, Ashley!) posted by Allan | 3/03/2003 11:45:00 AM | 0 comments Saturday, March 01, 2003 Quote of the day: "Do you guys toke?" - our downstairs neighbor, Chris, to Steve, X and I... posted by Allan | 3/01/2003 02:23:00 PM | 0 comments |
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