ooh…havent done a survey post in a long while. via anna (via somebody else)
FOUR JOBS YOU’VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE
01. computer technician
02. corporate monkey
03. retail (banana!)
04. graphic designer
FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER (and i do)
01. stereo future
02. any of the harry potters
03. hitchhikers guide
04. love actually (yar…no laughing!)
FOUR PLACES YOU’VE LIVED
01. taiwan (kaohsiung and taipei)
02. middle-of-nowhere texas
03. suburbia nj
04. joo york
FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH
01. smallville
02. random show on the history channel
03. random show on the discovery channel
04. hmm, sorry…thats it
FOUR PLACES YOU’VE BEEN ON VACATION
01. taiwan
02. japan (i was technically “studying”)
03. rome (ditto)
04. london
FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY
01. penny arcade
02. ny times
03. ign
04. aint it cool
FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS
01. sticky rice
02. jambalaya
03. dumpling (a variety of…)
04. tofu
FOUR PLACES YOU’D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW
01. london
02. tokyo
03. middle-of-nowhere biking
04. barcelona (soon…soon…)
movie survey yo…
because im in the mood for a movie survey…
Name your favorite movie for each actor/actress:
1. Tom Hanks | easy…big.
2. Jim Carrey | not really a fan, but eternal sunshine did rock.
3. Tobey Maguire | spider-man 2.
4. Mel Gibson | braveheart.
5. Ben Affleck | dazed and confused.
6. Nicole Kidman | none.
7. Liv Tyler | empire records.
8. Harrison Ford | indiana jones trilogy.
9. Natalie Portman | leon / the professional.
10. Ewan McGregor | trainspotting.
Name your favorite movie for each genre:
11. Action | indiana jones and the last crusade.
12. Romantic | my sassy girl/love actually.
13. Musical | ladyhawke (i wanted to stick it somewhere…)
14. Comedy | monty python and the holy grail.
15. Sci-Fi | matrix/lord of the rings trilogy.
16. Disaster | not much of a fan…
17. Drama | office space (deserves mentioning, and “drama” was open)
18. 80’s Teen Movie | ferris bueller.
19. Kids/Family | hmm, another vacancy…
20. Classic | godzilla.
Various Questions:
21. Favorite DVD regarding special features | lord of the rings.
22. Favorite DVD in terms of packaging | lord of the rings.
23. Most underrated movie you’ve ever seen | dark city and donnie darko, but darkos getting more recognition now.
24. Best actor in your opinion | gary oldman.
25. Best actress in your opinion | in terms of talent? um…er…
26. Best director | david fincher.
27. Favorite movie of all time (you can list a few) | stereo future, my sassy girl, lord of the rings trilogy, gattaca, fallen angels, ping pong, fight club, amelie…
28. The movie you would most want to see remade | the last starfighter yo.
29. Most disappointing movie | too many.
30. Movie you’ve seen the most times | lord of the rings (i know…)
31. Movie you could watch anywhere/anytime | amelie.
32. Movie that went on too long | batman and robin, by about 125 minutes.
33. Most overrated movie | charlies angels.
34. Movie you want most on DVD but is not yet available | lord of the…you get the idea…
35. Favorite fight scene ever | sky vs. nameless…hero.
36. Favorite song in a movie in which the characters perform the song | beyond the sea…a life less ordinary.
37. Scariest thing in a movie | j.lo
38. Most boring movie ever | titanic.
39. Weirdest movie (made you say “wha-the-fu?”) | brazil.
40. Grossest thing in a movie | the poo-monster in dogma.
41. Best dialogue ever spoken | kung-fu grip…meet the parents.
42. Famous actor you can’t understand why he is famous at all | ben affleck.
43. Famous actress you can’t understand why she is famous at all | piper perabo…shit she sucks. but i havent heard about her in a while, so i suppose its ok now. j.lo then, b/c shes rather skanky.
44. Most underrated actor | jake gyllenhaal.
45. Most underrated actress | keira knightley…in the sense that she should be in all movies.
46. Older movie you most want to see on the big screen again | big.
47. Most awkward movie to watch with your parents | they took us to see wildcats when i was 7. i saw boobs.
48. Director who has no place making movies in Hollywood or anywhere else for that matter | mcg.
49. Best movie soundtrack/theme (think the music from Star Wars/Jaws/Psycho) | trainspotting.
50. The one movie everybody SHOULD see | amelie.
shit that was harder than i thought…
another one
because im explicitly bored. this’ll be the last one for a long while. and besides, as ive already explained to a friend, “everybody likes to talk about themselves…“
7 DEADLY SINS
WRATH
> Who did you last get angry with? – cant really remember
> What is your weapon of choice? – my boot
> Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? – no
> How about of the same sex? – yes
> Who was the last person that got really angry at you? – i…dont kno. im oblivious to those kinds of things.
> What is your pet peeve? – hypocrites. and people who touch my hair. grr…
SLOTH
> What is one thing you’re supposed to do daily that you haven’t done in a log time? – draw shit, yo
> What is the latest you’ve ever woken up? – the hour i went to sleep at. 24 hour marathon!
> Name a person you’ve been meaning to contact, but haven’t. – haha…too many people. whups.
> What is the last lame excuse you’ve made? – i was lazy…
> Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through? – yea…that thigh-burner thing.
> When was the last time you got a good workout in? – last nite
> How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? – one
GLUTTONY
> What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? – coffee frap
> White meat or dark meat? – dark
> What is the greatest amount of alcohol you’ve had in one sitting/outing/event? – 6 tequila shots and 4 mix drinks. the resultant should be self-evident.
> Have you ever used a professional diet company? – nope
> Do you have an issue with your weight? – hey!
> Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? – salty
> Have you ever taken food “to go” from a buffet? – nope
LUST
> How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? – i should decline this question
> How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)? – ditto.
> Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? – hmm…sorry? was too busy staring at someones jumblies…
> Have you wanted someone who was taken? – hehe…too many times.
> What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? – lips? eyes? mebbe a combination
> Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? – nope
> Have you ever had a one-night stand? – eh…its debatable
GREED
> How many credit cards do you own? – 4? or maybe 5…i forget
> What’s your guilty pleasure? – romantic comedies
> If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? – spread it around my family…then head around the world
> Would you rather be rich or famous? – rich
> Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? – depends…but probably
> Have you ever stolen anything? – yea. it was a childhood hobby
> How many mp3’s are on your hard drive? – 600+…a little skimpy, i kno
PRIDE
> What’s the one thing you’ve done that you’re most proud of? – one thing? ive got plenty yo…getting into an ivy league school with shitty grades (woot!), getting myself back into shape, biking 15 miles thru mts…
> What’s the one thing you’ve done that your parents are most proud of? – the aforementioned ivy league thing…so they could brag to their friends
> What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? – keep traveling
> Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? – no
> Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? – yep
> What did you do today that you’re proud of? – pee once every hour
ENVY
> What item of your friend’s would you most want to have for your own? – digital slr
> Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? – yep. in the bag yo!
> If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? – hmm…whoevers going out with akiko monou
> Have you ever been cheated on? – u need a girlfriend first to be cheated on…
> Have you ever cheated on someone? – refer to above question…
> Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? – like what? wings?
> What trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? – the ability to squish ppls heads
> What is your favorite deadly sin? – gluttony, sloth…they seem like fun times
friday surveying
…and i kind of like the format. lifted from falcor.
LAYER ONE: ON THE OUTSIDE
Name: halo
Birth date: august 1978
Birth place: kaohsiung, tw
Current Location: new york, ny
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: brownish-black (looks bleh…so probably back to blonde soon)
Righty or Lefty: righty
Zodiac Sign: leo/virgo
LAYER TWO: ON THE INSIDE
Your heritage: mostly taiwanese
Shoes you wore today: crappy puma temos
Your weakness: fussy about my hair
Your fears: not many
Your perfect pizza: pepperoni…with extra sauce and a soft crust
Goal you’d like to achieve: be happy
LAYER THREE: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
Your most overused phrase on AIM: hehe
Your thoughts first waking up: i thought i dreamt i woke up. shit
Your best physical feature: my ankles
Your bedtime: betw 12 and 2
Your most missed memory: the spotty mems of 2nd year
LAYER FOUR: YOUR PICK
Pepsi or Coke: coke…mixed with sunkist
McDonald’s or Burger King: bk
Single or group dates: never had a chance to choose…poo
Adidas or Nike: nike
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: lipton
Chocolate or vanilla: vanilla
Cappuccino or coffee: cafe mocha
LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?
Smoke: never
Drink: would more…if i wasnt so broke
Cuss: fuck, all the time
Single: oh yea
Take a shower everyday: yep
Have a crush(es): hmm, i suppose. i dont know her tho…
Think you’ve been in love: definitely
Like(d) high school: we rocked it junior/senior
Want to get married: ha!
Believe in yourself: more times than not
Get motion sickness: everybody does
Think you’re attractive: i have a beautiful personality
Think you’re a health freak: now yea. shit
Get along with your parents: we have a professional relationship
Like thunderstorms: not particularly
Play an instrument: i used to play the sax. it made me gag alot tho
LAYER SIX: IN THE PAST MONTH
Drank alcohol: yep
Done a drug: nope
Gone on a date: ha…no
Gone to the mall: …have i? i suppose not
Been on stage: nope
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: dont really like oreos
Eaten sushi: yum
Been dumped: nope
Gone skating: nope
Gone skinny dipping: nope
Dyed your hair: yep
Stolen anything: nope
LAYER SEVEN: EVER
Played a game that required removal of clothing: strip poker yo
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: its called “college”
Been caught “doing something”: i was caught brushing my teeth once
Been called a tease: yea right
Gotten beaten up: hmm, mebbe too often. i kicked ppls asses too at least
Shoplifted: ha…and got caught too. doh.
Changed who you were to fit in: nah
LAYER EIGHT: GETTING OLDER
Age you hope to be married: 60
Numbers of Children: 2.5
Describe your dream wedding: bagpipes and kilts
How do you want to die: flying into the bermuda triangle
What do you want to be when you grow up: 18
What country would you most like to visit: japan, britain
LAYER NINE: IN A GAL/GUY:
Best eye color?: all good
Best hair color? hmm…
Short or long hair: i suppose med-length
Height: shorter than me
Best first date location: i dont knooow…
Articles of clothing: as long as they dont wear those stupid fuzzy juicy coutures
Best first kiss location: ass
LAYER TEN: IN THE NUMBERS
Number of people I could trust with my life: 2
Number of CD’s I own: 4 books worth
Number of piercings: 0
Number of tattoos: 1…soon to be 2
Number of times my name has appeared in the Newspaper?: dunno…0?
Number of scars on my body: too many…bikings hazardous yo
Number of things in my past that I regret: who counts this?
because theyre fun
8 Fictional Characters You’d Love To Hang Out With
1. spike spiegel
2. van wilder
3. noodles
4. p-chan
5. ender
6. ferris bueller
7. roger dodger (if he tones down the prick-ness)
8. lana lang…word.
7 Celebrities You’d Invite To Dinner
1. so predictable…akiko monou
2. keira knightley
3. kristin kreuk
4. kasparov
5. stephen hawkings
6. hideaki anno
7. iron chef french
6 Things On Your desk
1. stella mug
2. wallet and cell
3. hoji tea bags
4. stick-its
5. random drawings
6. architectural record
5 Places You’d Like To Visit
1. kyoto and tokyo (been)
2. london (been)
3. singapore (havent)
4. san fran (havent)
5. barcelona (havent)
4 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me
1. im a good cook when im not lazy.
2. i was a cub scout.
3. i got caught shoplifting when i was a kid.
4. thats all im divulging yo.
3 Things You Wish You Had Right Now
1. money for travelling
2. more music
3. a honey bunny (u already knew that)
2 Names You Wish Were Your Own
1. halo
2. lord humphrey norrington iii of whitchurch
Day Of The Week You Love The Most
1. friday leading into saturday
random 23
lifted from hanalei…nice post-lunch breather before continuing work.
1. Grab the nearest book to you, turn to page 18, line 7. Read what it says:
um…i grabbed an architectural record. page 18 is an ad. play it safe. specify xp wallboard…
2. Stretch out your left hand as far as you can. What do you touch first?
the table next to me…full of drawings.
3. What was the last thing you watched on tv?
last exile on dvd.
4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
2ish?
5. Look at the clock. What time is the actual time?
1:55 pm…close enuf.
6. With the exception of the computer, what do you hear?
sugababes…i have headphones on.
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
an hour ago…headed to white castle with tien for some unhealthy dining.
8. Before you did this survey, what were you looking at?
hanaleis site…dur.
9. What are you wearing?
long sleeve shirt with a gama-go t, ratty pants, and a pair of puma temos, which suck much ass.
10. Did you dream last night?
dont remember…i think i did.
11. When did you last laugh?
feh.
12. What are on the walls in the room you are in?
pinned up drawings…quite exciting.
13. See anything weird lately?
i saw a squashed…rodent? on grand st. huzzah!
14. What do you think of this quiz?
i dont know…what do yooo think of this quiz?
15. What was the last film you saw?
in theaters…hellboy. at home…matrix revolutions.
16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
a plane ticket.
17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know:
who are you?
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
abolish organized religion.
19. Do you like to dance?
i burn up the dance floor…when i feel like it.
20. George W. Bush:
a hiccup in evolution.
21. Imagine your first child is a girl. What do you name her?
sojourn (sojo)
22. Imagine your first child is a boy. What do you name him?
hunter tyler or chad remington…bwahaha!
23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
booya…already have, and want to in the near future.
hotness list redux
[ current selection | massive attack – unfinished sympathy ]
[ feelin’ | like a case of the mondays ]
for valentines weekend, ign decided to have their own list of “hollywood’s hottest valentines“…and shit, i have to say im glad mine is only the ten that it is. while agreeing with three from my list, ign’s fourteen hottest valentines is kinda suspect. theirs consists only of domestic faces, but im wondering to what exacting degree of scrutiny determined their inclusions. *shrug* hey…its their list i suppose. but alison lohman? pish. im such a superficial prick.
> ALISON LOHMAN > recently seen in matchstick men and tim burtons big fish, alison is kinda cute i suppose. kinda. not really…scratch that.
> ANNA PAQUIN > first coinciding entry…number08 on my list. she goes to columbia? woo anna.
> CHRISTINA MILIAN > from the movie torque….ok then. i never saw. regardless, no.
> ELISHA CUTHBERT > hmm, she is pretty cute. tho ive only really seen her in old school (barely)…so maybe ill wait to watch the girl next door before making the call.
> ERIKA CHRISTENSEN > recently seen in the perfect score. hmm…no.
> EVA MENDES > now that they mention it…eva is rather hot. shes like a cross between j.lo (blech) and cindy crawford. tho she is currently dating matt damon. strike one…
> KATE HUDSON > you know…ive never thought her cute in any respect. plus she married chris robinson of the black crowes. never liked them either…
> KEIRA KNIGHTLEY > yummy.
> KIRSTEN DUNST > seriously…do people really find her attractive? i mean, she looks fine in that nice, wholesome way. but no…if my list was the state of new york, shed be on the moon. hmm…that analogy sounded better in my head.
> MANDY MOORE > what? no.
> MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG > from buffy the vampire slayer and the upcoming eurotrip. sorry dude, no.
> NATALIE PORTMAN > scrumdidlyumptious!
> RACHEL BILSON > from the fox show the o.c. maybe…kinda…nah, sorry.
> SCARLETT JOHANSSON > love lost in translation, and im sure she rocks much. but this is a shallow and superficial hotness list. sorry scarlett…you can sit on the sidelines tho and watch the game.
> ign’s hottest hollywood valentines

2004 hotness list
while we’re on the topic of whats hot and whats not…i think its time to bring back my top 10 hotness list (…list…list…echo…) i should really stop echoing. me and marisol, back in our more lax days of 2002, use to discuss our opinions on the hottest women out there. we tore thru the always-fun mueller invitational, and then made our own list of cute girls. her (skewed female) perspective placed jennifer connelly and jennifer garner at the top of her list. i scoffed at this and offered her my own list of hotness. the list has since been updated for 2004, but its still picky as ever. and now, the top 10…
2004 HOTNESS LIST
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10 | HSU CHI (SHU QI) |
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09 | SHANNYN SOSSAMON |
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08 | ANNA PAQUIN |
more indiscrimination-ness
current selection | rage against the machine – renegades of funk (crystal method remix)
feelin’ | refreshed
random bits of me (idea from #!/usr/bin/girl with other bits thrown in…)
> im a guardian
> im also a rationalist
> im a shark (ive been many things in this quiz)
> im 1,315 weeks old (woo…random)
> my ideal match is a taurus (?!?!)
> my geek quotient is 63 (thats moderate! im looking at you, marisol)
> im worth $2,456,000.00 (not too shabby)
movemovemove
current selection | chemical brothers – private psychadelic reel
feelin’ | hungry
im lifting this from a co-worker of mine, tien, whos moving this weekend. a thread started in one of his posts about the number of places we’ve called “home” in our lifetimes. i thought this was pretty interesting…so here’s my list.
| TW | – kaohsiung, taiwan (born) |
| TW | – kuang fu, taiwan (pre-school) |
| TX | – point comfort > guest house |
| TX | – point comfort > 223 wood st. > 3 years |
| TX | – port lavaca > 137 seascape dr. > 1 year |
| NJ | – lake hiawatha > knoll gardens > 3 years |
| NJ | – montville > 5 crane dr. > home |
| NY | – cornell u. > class of ’22 dorms, 2nd flr > 1 year |
| NY | – cornell u. > eddygate (2nd flr) > 1 year |
| NY | – cornell u. > eddygate (4th flr?) > 1 year |
| JP | – kyoto, japan > new miyako hotel > 1 month (does this count?) |
| IT | – roma, italia > sant’anna 6 > 1 semester |
| NY | – cornell u. > college ave. > 1 semester |
| NY | – cornell u. > eddy st. > 1 year |
| NY | – manhattan > 13th st. > 5 months |
| NY | – manhattan > e.8th st. > current |

