The Quote of the Day Archive
Just some fond quotes that remind me a little bit about life, memories, and often laughter.
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A u g u s t  2 2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"looks drunk"
Janine Lew, on this photo




A u g u s t  7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

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A u g u s t  3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"So ladies/Yeah!/ladies/Yeah!/do wanna roll in my Mercedes?/Then turn around/stick it out/even white boys got to shout!"
Sir Mixalot, Baby Got Back



A u g u s t  2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"You can't wear tennis shoes into the club."
Shashank Bengali

"And then she just pierced it..." (with accompanying hand motions)

Adrienne



A u g u s t  1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"Come on, do a Yahoo! for me."
Sydnie Kohara, student Dim Sum night



J u l y  3 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"shoot for the stars [something]"
- Norma Leza, migrant worker-turned-school janitor-turned-school teacher-turned-school principal



J u l y  3 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"...5 items off at 50% each month..."
Gap Inc. (B.R. too) policy handbook



J u l y  3 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

Homer: "How was the Christian Rock concert?"
"I've never heard a preacher use the M-F word so many times!"

Ned Flanders (ticket said, "Chris Rock in concert")



J u l y  2 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Get your stinking hands off me you damn dirty human!"
Attar, Planet of the Apes



J u l y  2 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Moo-gua bo-ba nai-tza"
Mandarin for "papaya milk tea (with boba)"



J u l y  2 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"This guy next door, whenever he has an intern in his room, likes to tell his whole life story, so they told him that he couldn't have any interns in there after 3pm. And when he saw that we had interns in our booths, he got all jealous, and so they had to make it applicable to all the editing booths."
One of the editing guys at work, about editing booths from 3pm-6pm.



J u l y  2 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"This is Owen, one of our interns. He was going to be a doctor, and we're trying to convince him to go back."
Christie, a reporter that I shadowed, to everyone we met at Memorial Hermann Hospital



J u l y  2 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Jackson also told investigators that her boyfriend, knowing her fear of trains, deliberately stopped at this set of tracks and another set of tracks in an effort to scare her."
My first whole standup.



J u l y  2 3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"Have you been here before?"
Fitness guy at Bally's who busted me for being there as a guest a couple times too many.



J u l y  2 2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"Let me tell you, Owen, marriage is the best thing in the world."
Patrick, my boss, after getting off the phone with (presumably) his wife



J u l y  2 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"Let's all sit down."
And amazingly, despite 2 hours of basketball energy, we all did, and talked about Jesus.



J u l y  2 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Then.. maybe it's your responsibility to hook me up with someone... and it's our collective responsibility to find someone for Jeff!"
Jason Bang, after I explained Yon and Leroy's meeting.



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J u l y  1 1 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Man, all I wanted was a stinkin' chocobo."
Jason Bang, on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within



J u l y  1 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1





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J u l y  4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Man, you're sweating!"
someone at the potluck referring to my halo-halo making craze.



J u l y  3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"Happy birthday to me... sniff... sniff.. happy birthday to me... sniffle..."
Jeff Jhee, to his cupcake with the single candle.



J u l y  2 n d ,  2 0 0 1





J u l y  1 s t ,  2 0 0 1





J u n e  3 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I am real, but my love is not."
Jason, to Jeff



J u n e  2 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"He is real, but his love is not."
Jeff, referring to A.I., but talking about Jason.



J u n e  2 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I'm not afraid of doggies."
Jason Bang, to Lucy and Brandy, my host dogs.



J u n e  2 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1





J u n e  2 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Jeez! More elk!?!"
Jeff Jhee



J u n e  2 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Okay, fine... forty dollars."
I asked Gina for a limit of spending in Las Vegas... I won't say how much I acutally spent.



J u n e  2 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1





J u n e  2 3 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"This young gentleman I met for the first time tonight, give it up for James Reed!"
India, at Monsoon Cafe, on the extra sax talent that played tonight (he was pretty good)



J u n e  2 2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"You and a zillion other people... Welcome to the world of wireless telecommunications."
lady at DCN Wireless, after I got my first cell phone



J u n e  2 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"I don't pretend to have all the answers. I don't pretend to even know what the questions are. Hey, where am I?"
Jack Handey (from John Tchernev's email signature)



J u n e  2 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"HERE'S TO THE MAN
who knows how it feels
to lose as well as to win,
the man who can see
a cherished dream washed away
and start right back to work on a new one
with faith in himself
and hope for tomorrow..."

page 2 of Uncle Roger's and Aunt Margaret's graduation card.



J u n e  1 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Here, it's yours now."
Dad, giving me the Camry. (DANG!)



J u n e  1 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Those two bags are on the flight coming in at 9pm."
flight helper person (we were on the 7pm flight)



J u n e  1 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I can remember the numbers really easy... just because.."
me, on '209 N. Western Ave.' (the address of the lot our rental car was towed to)



J u n e  1 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"You are sooooo evil!"
Jeff Jhee, on my camerawork



J u n e  1 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I'm not coming tomorrow. We're supposed to be celebrating your graduation... and I don't want to go to my brother's graduation when he has no common sense, so why don't you get the f*** out of the car and go! Go! Leave! Go! Go! I'm not kidding! Go!"
my brother



J u n e  1 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Oh, get this. Instead of Noah's Ark, it's 'my ark.'"
Norman Lei, about his son (my nephew) Noah's 'charming' phase.



J u n e  1 3 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I have the sudden suspicion that her middle initial might be S."
Me, to Jeff (and my suspicions were confirmed!)



J u n e  1 2 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Also, his BUS is bigger than yours."
Jason Bang, at the SoonDooBoo place (I just wanted a quote from to remind me of the restaurant)



J u n e  1 1 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Have you heard the one that goes, 'I was sitting there eating a juicy red peach, and then I realized it was a human head!' It's a dark kind of humor, but I like it."
Esther Kang, paraphrasing Jack Handey



J u n e  1 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"You know why I don't fart in front of her? If I did, then she would fart in front of me, and I don't know if I can take that."
Dave Jeong (of Steph)



J u n e  9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"That's what Phil Lee said my porn name should be... it's a long story."
Jumee, on "Melba Baums," turned out to be neither a long nor an involving story. :)



J u n e  8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Well, at least it's over."
Vivian Lee, on her last final (I think that's who I was talking to)



J u n e  7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Sometimes I wish I were a violent man... really I do."
Jeff, (dejectedly?)



J u n e  6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Mom is fine and brave. God take care of her too."
Dad



J u n e  5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"We're going to go play Speed Scrabble now... wanna play?"
Michelle Kim (and the worst part is I did... the game's not as bad as it sounds though)



J u n e  4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Branching Out: The growing popularity of genealogy"
Final Project, News and New Media



J u n e  3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"May God bless you as you graduate. -Bethel EM"
inside my book (Craig got "May the Lord bless you as you reach new heights." Justin got "May God bless you as you begin a new chapter in your life." And what did I get? :P j/k)



J u n e  2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"Hey, I'm wearing linen pants."
Jason Hsu, after Jackie Mah and Michelle Kim both commented on the... "gaiety" of men in linen pants



J u n e  1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky. Now and then when I see her face, she takes me away to that special place and if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry."
"Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses (covered by Hainan's band)



M a y  3 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"And Brandon will be on the balcony wearing goggles, and a white shirt with his arms open while we throw snowballs at him."
Chhay Tea



M a y  3 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"In the stillness I sing. A song of praises I bring. I'm trying to live a life of worship to you, oh God, you are worthy of my life. Take my offering. I'll bring you everything. Help me deny myself, and carry my cross, oh God, you are worthy of my life."
"I Surrender" by Dan Huang, sung by Sarah Chong, violin accompaniment by Joshua Tao



M a y  2 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"That was the best loss I've seen in a while."
John Tchernev, on our 8-7 IM Ultimate Frisbee loss in the seminfinals



M a y  2 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"C'mere, boy!"
Jeff, before he mercilessly attacked me with his crotch (it's a first for him)



M a y  2 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I was back at home with my Jewish friend and we had just rented it without knowing what it was... and we couldn't figure out what it was saying, but we thought it kept saying 'Beat the Jew!'"
Brian Fisher, on N64's Super Smash Brothers and the Pokemon "Pikachu"



M a y  2 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"This isn't the right type either."
Me, to Jeff, after he ran all the way to Osco from Tech and back in the pouring rain to buy me a blank video tape. And then went back to exchange it for the right format. Thanks, buddy.



M a y  2 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Picture this... Poopburgers! Poopscicles! Ca ca on a stick! The possibilities... are endless!"
Craig Ishihara

"What? She's not like Lydia at all. She's cool!"
Chhay Tea, on Lydia's friend Janet



M a y  2 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Today, we salute you, Mr. Foot-long Hot Dog Inventor. When conventional wisdom said no one could make a hot dog longer than six inches, you dared to dream. You knew the limitations of a regular-sized hot dog bun, and you ignored them. You made a ten-inch weiner, and people cheered... but you weren't staisfied. You said, 'Wait, I think I can still give you two more inches'... and so the footlong was born."
Bud Light "Real American Heroes" commercial



M a y  2 3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"I'm not going to fart. I'm just going to stick to jokes, okay?"
Jennifer Chuy



M a y  2 2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"Anne and I were talking about you, and we were going, 'Where has he been these past four years?'"
Eric, my producer, nicest thing said to me all week



M a y  2 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"There you go, being a heathen again!"
Jumee Song



M a y  2 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"What are you doing next year?"
"What are you doing this summer?"

Why is everyone asking me that today, including people I've told?



M a y  1 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Halo-Halo"
Filipino dessert - food of the day



M a y  1 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Thanks, guys. It was really fun with you two."
Sonya Koo, to her two formal dates (me and Joe Goode)



M a y  1 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"...my uniboob?"
Janet Yang (???)



M a y  1 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Ford Engineering Week"
phrase of the day



M a y  1 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"You seemed to thrive under pressure."
Nancy, my lab instructor in News and New Media (thanks!)

"You're an aneurysm waiting to happen."

Jeff Jhee



M a y  1 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"fertility ducks..."
"I just saw the L, the U, a squiggly letter and the T!"
"I was excited to see Brian all taped up."
"Yoomee told me that... my ad said 'Young gay professional looking for Christian brother' and that they put it under the love and romance section."

Justin Chen, a veritable quote machine



M a y  1 3 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Back to the war zone..."
"What, do you have somthing against NU?"
"No, just the world."

Dave Choi, Jumee Song, Dave Choi (on the Bethel van)



M a y  1 2 t h ,  2 0 0 1

Bokanovskified

word of the day



M a y  1 1 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I'd have to say that ******* is prettier than ****."

Jeff Jhee



M a y  1 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Erth Fury"

Final Fantasy V



M a y  9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I've been thinking about that $25 all day."

Me, about last night's GUTS resolution



M a y  8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"The McVeigh Execution: As Seen on TV?"

Title for New and New Media project



M a y  7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Wow, it feels good to say that!"

Jeff Jhee, finally honest



M a y  6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I'm gonna kick you in the nuts."

Phrase of the day.



M a y  5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"You put peanut butter with jelly and gospel with jam?"

Gigi Yuen, on the difference between jelly and jam



M a y  4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I had a freakin' condor on top of my window."

Brian Lee, on the state of bird droopings.



M a y  3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"Well, Bart, your uncle Arthur used to have a saying: 'Shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out.' Unfortunately, one day he put his theory into practice. It took 75 federal marshals to bring him down. Now let's never speak of him again."

Marge Simpson



M a y  2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"I'm just looking forward to the atmosphere in the room... the God-filled spirit."

Meg Tyler, my VOSOT for tonight's Northwestern News Report



M a y  1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"Celebrate Lei Day!"

Blue Mountain e-Cards



A p r i l  3 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Lui Hoi Sing"

the Cantonese pronunciation of my Chinese name, (thanks, Karen and Dorky Tal Tal)



A p r i l  2 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"It's not sick! It's natural!"

Val Hwang, after suggesting the song Great Balls of Fire for the guys section of the Spring Celebration video.



A p r i l  2 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!"

IV Undergrads, after Sung's magnificent interception (we still lost, though)



A p r i l  2 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a grey place dares to dream. It was as if some beautiful bird had flapped into our drab little cage and made these walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free."

Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption



A p r i l  2 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Heart and Soul... sorry! I fell in love with you, lost control... sorry!"

Frankie, from Forever Plaid, singing to Gina, apologizing to me.



A p r i l  2 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I got 29 people signed up for this. You're in. So you better be damned good."

Patrick Trayhan, summer internship coordinator



A p r i l  2 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"That's where poetry comes from, that's where music comes from, that's where unfounded resentments come from."

Professor Castro, on the nonlinearity of the human mind (she's my News and New Media prof)



A p r i l  2 3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"Hey, you already had your fun back there on that pony machine."

Hana Tsu-Vachel, main character in Fear Effect 2, a freakin' video game.



A p r i l  2 2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"South Korea's largest kimchi maker recently announced they have found a way to produce odorless kimchi, which got the thumbs up from customers."

read it in AStyle, but here's another article



A p r i l  2 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"--and you forgave the guilt of my sin."

Psalm 32:3-5



A p r i l  2 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Yeaah! You, you got hairy feet! ...Me too!"

Andy Paik, to Josh Tao (Sus said she had never seen a person more excited about the subject)



A p r i l  1 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Yeah, right, like I'd want a chick to work out with me... and if she could keep up with me, I wouldn't want to marry her anyway."

Jeff, (afraid of abuse, I think.)



A p r i l  1 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"11 to 1!"

Final score, Team JAJ (us) vs. PARC, IM Ultimate frisbee



A p r i l  1 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"A bunch of us are watching the final fight scene from Karate Kid 2. I forgot how touching the scene truly was, Ralph Macchio kicking some random Asian guy's ass drum-style to win over Tamilyn Tomita from The Joy Luck Club's heart. And then Peter Cetera sings while the credits roll. I love it."

archived weblog entry, http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com



A p r i l  1 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"We wanted to know whether you wanted to emcee a little thing called Gospel Jam."

Brian Fisher (topping off a really weird day)



A p r i l  1 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Nipplish"

Word of the Day



A p r i l  1 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"It was hard for me to get used to the idea of being in love with Christ.. you know, with Christ as the husband and the church as the wife, because... we're the girl!"

Minyang Mao



A p r i l  1 3 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I just asked for the simple bread of health, and He gave me the cake of hepatitis."

(IV guest speaker) Rev. Mark Coppenger, on the strange ways God answers prayer



A p r i l  1 2 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"STOP QUOTING THE YUCKY YUCKY POO POO SENTENCE!!!"

Gina's email. (I couldn't resist. :) She'll hate me when she sees this.)



A p r i l  1 1 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I say this, knowing I am the biggest hypocrite."

Justin Chen, on the ills of the dreaded practice of homodo



A p r i l  1 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I hate you. Especially for the 'T' one."

Chhay Tea's reaction to my acronym poem
(yes, it was a slow day)



A p r i l  9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Who's S.C.? Oh yeah... Sarah Chong... oops."

Josh Tao, checking his organizer



A p r i l  8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I am buff!"

Hainan Tan, of the "Crouching Joy, Hidden Justin" photo



A p r i l  7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Today we celebrate... our Independence Day."

how Kathy Sievers ended her high school graduation speech



A p r i l  6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Jadge Dudie!"

Variant on standard chant



A p r i l  5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"He went from the new guy from China to the Chalupa Boy, and that's pretty special around here."

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, on Wang Zhizhi's (the first ever Chinese NBA player) shot that put the Mavs over 100 points, ensuring free Chalupas to the entire audience.
(Also, Jeff made a quote today, but I'm not going to put it up. It's about babies, and it sounds racist.)



A p r i l  4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Well it depends on when she decides she wants to get rid of him."

A girl in my Philosophy of Medicine class, on Euthanasia-ish scenarios



A p r i l  3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"I know there are times..."

Simultaneously the beginning of "Take My Hand" by The Kry and the song I'm coming up with in my head



A p r i l  2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"Unpredictable... thy name is Venkat."

Venkat, though I was the only person that heard him, which is why I thought it was funny



A p r i l  1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"Today I called Gina and left a message on her phone. I said, 'Oh my God Gina, there was a huge earthquake and our new home is collapsed and the store is too! April Fools!' And then I hung up."

Mrs. Oka



M a r c h  3 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"When I see him, I just get excited. And I don't think I would be able to express it to him without [a relationship]."

Gina's very sweet answer

"I feel so happy! Wait, let me try to make myself depressed..... Wow, I'm still happy! This is awesome."

Owen, 10 minutes after half a strawberry daquiri



M a r c h  3 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Oh yeah! I remember that."

Venkat Seshadri



M a r c h  2 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I think I'll have to walk away."

Historically, Hannibal crossed the Alps with the intent of taking over what city? ROME! (This was a $250,000 question. The other choices were Syracuse, Gaul, and Constantinople...)



M a r c h  2 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"if you don't mind, could i have her number?"

Eric, over ICQ, after I talked to him about love problems (this actually occurred on the 29th, but I had to put it somewhere)



M a r c h  2 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Finally, brothers,
whatever is noble,
whatever is true,
whatever is right,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable--
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me--put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

Philippians 4:8-9 (NIV) ("Quaecumque sunt vera," Northwestern University motto)



M a r c h  2 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.""

Philippians 3:12-14(NIV)



M a r c h  2 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith."

Philippians 3:7-9 (NIV)



M a r c h  2 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"There is a high correlation between breast cancer and female college graduates."

Main speaker at San Fernando Valley Chinese Physicians Society Chinese New Year Banquet (I remember the 8 course meal more than anything though)



M a r c h  2 3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"Let's go to Puzzle Barn!"

Eric Cheung

"U don't have 2 be rich, 2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool, 2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your... Kiss."

Phil, the videographer, at noraebang doing Prince

"So Phil, what size are Jessica's waist?"

I-Ming Shiou



M a r c h  2 2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"Malkovich! Malkovich, Malkovich! Malkovich!"

John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich



M a r c h  2 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"All New Episode coming up next"

Buffy Promo, the episode which then I didn't watch.



M a r c h  2 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"A few days later, Pharoah, now eleven, told a friend: 'I worry about dying, dying at a young age, while you're little. I'll be thinking about I want to get out of the [pro]jects. I want to get out. It ain't no joke when you die."

from "There Are No Children Here," by Alex Kotlowitz



M a r c h  1 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Wendy"

Boba waitress's nametag



M a r c h  1 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I don't dance."

Emily, to I-Ming



M a r c h  1 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

_________

The line from Too Busy Not To Pray that I liked, but the book is at home while I'm updating this.



M a r c h  1 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"You're a little wild and a little strange."

Sonya Koo (I think she's quoting something, but I don't know what it is)



M a r c h  1 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"In the words of Eric Cheung, 'A woman is not taken until she says "I do."' "

I-Ming Shiou



M a r c h  1 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1





M a r c h  1 3 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I have nipples too, Jack, can you milk me?"

Robert DeNiro, as Jack Burns, in "Meet the Parents"



M a r c h  1 2 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Somebody set up us the bomb!"

Captain



M a r c h  1 1 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"She thinks you're all holy now."

Janet Yang, of Susan



M a r c h  1 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Wake up, it's breakfast time."

Joe Goode



M a r c h  9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"It's like God, talking to me."

Janet Yang, on playing FreeCell blindly



M a r c h  7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"There is no righteousness in leaving your brother out in the cold."

George S. Davis IV, from outside



F e b r u a r y  2 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Flocculus"

Word of the day



F e b r u a r y  1 3 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"There go the demonstrative pronouns!"

Jeff Jhee



F e b r u a r y  1 2 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I'm just going to buy those valentines that say 'You're stupid, but I still love you.'"

Jane M. Lee



F e b r u a r y  1 1 t h ,  2 0 0 1

1. "I will never ever do that again."
2. "Best in the class."

1. Repeated by myself many times throughout the day.
2. Written on Edit 201 Leads assignment, along with A-(!!!)



F e b r u a r y  1 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Show me your vault, baby."

Minyang Mao, as Eddie "Socks" R. Gyle



F e b r u a r y  9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"North Side!" & "North Sucks!"

Annual North vs. South IV Guy's Basketball Game



F e b r u a r y  8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Is this Sargent?"

Jumee Song, in front of Elder


"Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart,
Naught be all else to me save that Thou art,
Thou my best thought by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping Thy presence my light. "

Song stuck in my head all day... (Author Unknown, translation by Eleanor Hull)


F e b r u a r y  7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"And the joke is quite humorous too, I think it is."

Mom, on her birthday card (Happy Birthday yesterday, Mom!)




F e b r u a r y  6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

No quote today, had a freakin' lab to write....

Lab to write....




F e b r u a r y  5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"It's like a Cold War between Evanston and Northwestern."

the guy that I interviewed at Dr. Wax




F e b r u a r y  4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Hi Judie."

Tony So, under the guise of Jaj




F e b r u a r y  3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

F-R-I-E-N-D

Valentine's Day Card




F e b r u a r y  2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"There were a bunch of older church women, like me..."

Sung Kim




F e b r u a r y  1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"What did you think of the test?"

Charley Ding, after the CNS Phys midterm



J a n u a r y  3 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

Anything that Tim says. :)

Tim Waclawski (happy now, Tim? :) )



J a n u a r y  3 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Dude, I'd want my son to have as much sex as possible."

Venkat, on fatherhood



J a n u a r y  2 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"but she caught me on the counter..."

from It Wasn't Me, by Shaggy



J a n u a r y  2 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I hope they kick Debb off."

E. Dru., on the new Survivor, and they did



J a n u a r y  2 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"He's one strapping young lad."


Tom Gerard, to Jeff Jhee



J a n u a r y  2 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Stronger than a locomotive!"


Rev. Lyle Foster, sung, on prayer



J a n u a r y  2 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Wow, that's like an 8 on the 'deep' scale."


Ben Wu



J a n u a r y  2 4 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Hi Principal Skinner! Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers!"


Ralph Wiggam, "Simpsons"



J a n u a r y  2 3 r d ,  2 0 0 1

"Occupies"


Word of the Day



J a n u a r y  2 2 n d ,  2 0 0 1

"I know I Jam, I know I Jam Jam"


Naughty By Nature, Jamboree



J a n u a r y  2 1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"That will be my quote of the week."


Paul Johnson



J a n u a r y  2 0 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"I do."


Nelson & Rachel Lei



J a n u a r y  1 9 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"If that happens I'll just buy a new one."


David Letterman, on whether or not his $14 million salary would alienate him from his viewers



J a n u a r y  1 8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"So I was sitting there thinking about how everyone always called them Hilton and Millary, and then I was thinking about Justin and what would work for him ... and I thought Jucy Lustin."


Chhay Tea, discussing small group



J a n u a r y  1 7 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"Crown Him with many crowns, EEE!"


hymn stuck in my head, along with Grace Liao's solo



J a n u a r y  1 6 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"But God to the Christian says,"


from a good friend, full transcript here



J a n u a r y  1 5 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"It's never to late to do what you love, Owen"


Anna Nicholson, AIM


J a n u a r y  1 2 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"You could have a bigger chest than everyone in IV!"


Stephanie Yen, to Tim Waclawski

J a n u a r y  8 t h ,  2 0 0 1

"God... I feel old."


Chhay Tea, at PM10

J a n u a r y  1 s t ,  2 0 0 1

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!"


19,000 Urbana delegates and 400+ IV staff and volunteers