11.27.2003
"I'm a little teapot, short and stout..."
Melissa's boyfriend's son (teenager) after losing the bet

11.19.2003
"That's interesting, everyone in this picture
is white. Even the rainbow is white. Perhaps
in an ideal world, everyone would be white
isn't that right, Rachel? Or should I call you RACIST?
Nice try, Hitler. F"
from Crappy Kids' Drawings

11.18.2003
"You did fine."
Montana Driver Tester

11.17.2003
"Good. I like big and long... movies I mean... Shoot."
Sharon Tay, KTLA Morning News faux pas


11.15.2003
"I'm getting married...Carvel just proposed to me."
Jane Kim

11.14.2003
"sometimes, its the bittersweet
chips that make best cookies.
wow... that was pretty 3rd grade."
Grace Choe

11.12.2003
"I wanna play with a man's ball."
Jared

11.10.2003
"Many people think the problem with America
is that we have a President who would search
Waffle Houses for cabinet members. I say the
problem is that he hasn't.."
David Brown

11.07.2003
"Why is it always monkeys? Why can't I
ever be attacked by supermodels?"
Ron Stoppable

11.04.2003
"Am i a sicko for thinking that
retired general wesley clark is
a hottie?"
Mofesta


10.24.2003
"It's October 24th, 2003. Your late local news
for Butte and Bozeman starts... right now."
Me

10.23.2003
"[Montana]! Can anything good
come from there? [Walter] asked,
Come and see, said [Owen]."
John 1:46, paraphrased by Pastor Walter


10.20.2003
"halfway finished i must break
through a brick wall"
from Strong Bad email

10.17.2003
"i like how you fixed your glasses at the end"
MaestraChoe

10.12.2003
"pregant ppl have the hugest bellies"
Serena

10.11.2003
"You're going to drive the float."
Jackie, on the homecoming day parade


10.10.2003
" ."
Jackie, on the homecoming day parade

9.29.2003
"Thank God for the applause sign."
Conan O'Brien (and I called it)

9.28.2003
"Eh, these things happen... to me."
Ron Stoppable, from Kim Possible

9.27.2003
"Always look on the bright side of life."
from Monty Python's The Life of Brian
(if you don't know ask for movie context)


9.26.2003
"DON'T READ MY BUTT"
seen on back of a girl's sweatpants

9.25.2003
"I have to go to the post office before 2pm."
Me

9.24.2003
"We saw a bald eagle."
Mom

9.23.2003
"Wacky, beautiful Butte."
Dennis, my boss

9.22.2003
"My last day will be October 10."
Dennis, my boss


9.21.2003
"Chinaman"
word of the day


9.20.2003
"It's easy. Just think Missouri, but say Missoula."
Dad the linguist


9.19.2003
"I thought [it looked as if] you had more color
in your skin."
Mom, because I had no time to remove my
makeup before I picked them up

9.18.2003
"The crib is cool, and we still have power,
according to my neighbor.
Thanks for axing."
Derek Wing


9.17.2003
"My heart goes out to you, you don't
even know me, you don't even care."
song on radio, by I don't know


9.16.2003
"Cause I'm fallin' down, I'm fallin' down."
Bebo Norman, "Falling Down"

9.14.2003
"I'm not gonna fall, I'm giving it all, to you."
song that HIS sang last year


9.13.2003
"I can't be beaten."
J. Lasky, who proceeded to beat me at air hockey


9.12.2003
"I can't reach him. I've left four messages for him,
but he hasn't answered. He must be running late."
The Dish Network Lady

9.11.2003
"He's my hero."
Naomi, the grandmother of the
soldier I interviewed

9.10.2003
"Your love is surprising, I can feel it rising, all
the joy that's growing, deep inside of me."
Phillips, Craig, and Dean, "Hallelujah"

9.9.2003
"Your love is a mystery, how you gently lift me,
when I am surrounded, your love carries me."
Phillips, Craig, and Dean, "Hallelujah"

9.8.2003
"This is not a cheerocracy. I am the cheertater
and I make the cheercisions. And if I have to I'll
deal with the cheeronsequences."
from Not Another Teen Movie

9.2.2003
"You single-handedly turned Labor Day into Easter."
Jared, Butte reporter, yesterday

9.1.2003
"Okay kids, there's now a 20-dollar reward if you
can find the NBC reporter's keys!"
organizer of the Labor Day picnic at Stodden Park

8.31.2003
"Ni hui jian zhong wen ma?"
the Caucasian pastor at the church I visited

8.28.2003
"Welcome."
Derringer Properties, LLC

8.27.2003
"209 Washington Ave."
potential apt. address

8.26.2003
"I thought maybe you had the chicken like Mark...
you should have seen the inside of the news car."
D. Carlson, boss.

8.25.2003
"They have both kinds of music
here--country and Western."
Jared, Butte reporter

8.24.2003
"If nonbelievers look at you and can see
no difference between you or them, you
are useless salt, without taste."
Pastor Curtis


8.23.2003
"I don't feel so good either."
Jeff, c/o stupid prime rib dinner from Virgin River casino

8.22.2003
"I don't feel so good either."
Jeff, c/o stupid prime rib dinner from Virgin River casino

8.21.2003
"My stomach hurts."
Me, c/o stupid prime rib dinner from Virgin River casino

8.20.2003
"I haven't gotten a ten since you sat down."
guy at my blackjack table (but I won $50)

8.19.2003
"I think that Jeff brings up a very valid question."
Eric Cheung


8.18.2003
"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNKK"
car crashed into our front yard

8.17.2003
Jeff: "But that last girl will be beautiful on
the inside and the out."
Jane: "And she'll turn out to be a lesbian."
from conversation on Butte's Asian scene

"The only thing [Jessica's] missing
is a KWES News Nine West tiara
across her forehead."
Toan Lam

8.15.2003
"H-Mo"
word of the day


8.14.2003
"That's right, we play 'good cop, bad cop.'"
CeFaan


8.13.2003
"Give me money and power,
and I'll have sexual energy too."
Eric Ho(r)ng, of George Clooney


8.12.2003
"Your eyes are red."
LensCrafters sales associate

"I learned so much this trip."
Mom, home from Ghana missions


8.11.2003
(I don't know... maybe something Grace said.)


8.10.2003
"We sucked."
Raymond Tang


8.9.2003
"Hey, I'm in the middle of prayer
right now, can I call you back?"
Jane Kim


8.8.2003
"He's a SPURS FAN! BOOOOOO!!!!"
Man inciting jeers at Dodgers game


8.7.2003
"I've pretty much decided I'm going to take the job..."
Me, to the new boss

8.6.2003
"Intermission! . . .He's pretty good...
He's no Nathan Lane...."
Jason Alexander, The Producers


8.5.2003
"I'm here with the elusive Yeti... uh, where'd
you go? Oh, there you are. So..."
Klondike commercial


8.4.2003
"No maybes about it, it's a be."
Jane Kim


8.3.2003
"God doesn't give us pinpoints.
He gives us parameters."
Pastor Joe Choo


8.2.2003
"It's like an ocean breeze blowing on your face,
like a summer sun, with its warm embrace, like
a gentle rain plays a symphony, that's what I
want my praise to be."
Phillips, Craig and Dean, My Praise


8.1.2003
"All things just keep getting better....better..."
theme song to Queer Eye for the Straight Guy


7.31.2003
"I'm racking my brain..."
Me, over and over again


7.30.2003
Diane: "Nobody thinks it will work, do they?"
Lloyd: "No. You just described every great
success story."
from Say Anything


7.29.2003
"Love is like oxygen, love is a many splendoured
thing, love lifts us up where we belong, all you
need is love..."
Ewan MacGregor, Moulin Rouge


7.28.2003
"Oh my goodness."
Dawn S., reporter for KIRO-7 (clip here: beware)

7.27.2003
"For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged
away and enticed. The, after desire has conceived, it gives birth
to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."
James 1:13-15


7.26.2003
"We lift all things to God and believe in Him no
matter where we are going or facing. He will
guide us His way."
Mom


7.25.2003
"Then I opened an interoffice envelope and on bright yellow paper was
a short note from a CBS News colleague.
'In the future, if you have any derogatory remarks to make about CBS
News or one of you co-workers.... I hope you'll do the sames thing again.'
It was signed, 'Regards, Andy Rooney.'"
excerpt from Bias, by Bernard Goldberg


7.24.2003
"Loan you money? Why? So you can attack us?"
from PC game Civilization III


7.23.2003
"College girls are different. They want to talk
about world affairs and ecomological crap."
Trip "Terrific" Neely, Can't Hardly Wait


7.22.2003
"yeah... your blog is so sexy. it makes me
want to ... hit on you"
Christine A.


7.21.2003
"Don't touch the button!"
Jacob


7.20.2003
"Two Lefts Don't Make A Right - But Three Do"
Relient K, album title


7.19.2003
"To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly
great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger
of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take
it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast
all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may
rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in
insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak,
then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 7-10


7.18.2003
"Do you know of the video game Tekken?
There's a character in it named Lei!"
Dad


7.17.2003
"If they leave no survivors... where
do the stories come from?"
Capt. Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Carribean


7.16.2003
"People with Alzheimer's disease may forget
names and people and everything else, but they
still recognize songs to the end. It's incredible."
Christo Pantev, neuroscientist at the University
of Toronto's Rotman Research Institute (article)


7.15.2003
"Wisdom begins in wonder."
Socrates


7.14.2003
"Why Does Spring Come So Late?"
Headline for Chinese newspaper column about a 90 year-old man
who had an affair with an 80 year-old woman, and got caught by
his 83 year-old wife. (translated)


7.13.2003
Susan: "But you're so good with the kids!"
Me: "You're just saying that because you
want me to babysit more."
Susan: "Yeah."
Short exchange post-dinner


7.12.2003
"You smell like yesterday."
Malcolm

7.11.2003
"I miss my mom.... I just want her to give me
a piggyback ride and take me from downstairs
to upstairs and upstairs to downstairs."
Noah (ever the manipulator... and
darn it, yes, I did it anyway)

7.10.2003
"Underwear of Justice!"
Noah


7.9.2003
"Hi Uncle Owen, I missed you!"
Malcolm, sweet-talker


7.8.2003
"You guys have... Payton... and soon...
Malone... the world is coming to an end.."
Chhay Tea


7.7.2003
"Bogus."
Kobe Bryant


7.6.2003
"Siete en los ocho..."
Me, playing Freecell after poring
over dozens of Spanish jokes


7.5.2003
"Disappointing summer of movies..."
Chhay Tea

"Statistics is like a bikini. What it reveals is
interesting, but what it conceals is essential."
Anonymous (via Jeff Katersky)

7.4.2003
"It smells like how you used
to smell in high school... like
cherry candy canes!"
Lily Hsu

7.3.2003
"Insatiable Asians"
Movie title at video conversion place
(full story here)


7.2.2003
"Man... now my focus is all... croakus."
Strongbad

7.1.2003
"Always rise from the table with an appetite,
and you will never sit down without one."
Horace Greeley


6.30.2003
"I like the Lakers."
Smarterchild's response (try IMing "Smarterchild")


6.29.2003
"Never take lightly the feelings of children."
Sylvia Lee


6.28.2003
"Evidently, when he's aroused he can."
P-Mart, on Tim's ability to speak with an Irish accent


6.27.2003
"Hahahaha... In your dreams."
Mrs. Reyes, see chat


6.26.2003
"Always try to be kind to each
other and to everyone else."
1 Thessalonians 5:15 (by way of VBS guide)

6.25.2003
"Brooke Shields once said, when you die,
you lose a very important part of your life....
it's not funny, but it's really stupid. :)"
Angela Sun

6.24.2003
"But when the guy is Sam Yang, I'd simply
chuckle and say, 'it's all good, thats just
my best fat friend in the world, Fat Sam.'"
I-Ming Shiou, friendster tesimonial

6.23.2003
"What if you could touch people with your eyes?"
Chhay Tea

6.22.2003
"Surprise!!!"
Everyone, for Mrs. Hsu's 50th

6.21.2003
"Thank you, thank you very much."
Mr. Wong, as Elvis


6.20.2003
"No le gustaria verme
cuando estoy enojado."
Bruce Banner, The Hulk

6.19.2003
"In times like these, it helps to recall that
there have always been times like these."
Paul Harvey (by way of minsoolove.com)

6.18.2003
"One good word is worth
a thousand pictures."
Eric Sevareid


6.17.2003
"Remember: Amateurs built the ark.
Professionals built the Titanic."
Author unknown

6.16.2003
"And if I, as an American citizen stood still
for this, I would be derogating the rights of
all citizens. By God, I had to stand up and
say, "That's wrong." I refused to report for
evacuation. Sure enough, within the week,
I got a telephone call from the military police
saying, "We're coming to get you."
Minoru Yasui, on his 1942 internment order

"The district court ruled that the Act of
March 21, 1942, was unconstitutional as
applied to American citizens, but held that
appellant, by reason of his course of conduct,
must be deemed to have renounced his
American citizenship."
from the U.S Supreme Court brief
"MINORU YASUI v. UNITED STATES. No. 871.
Argued May 10, 11, 1943.
Decided June 21, 1943."

6.15.2003
"The river's deep, the river's wide, the river's
water is alive. So sink or swim I'm divin' in."
Steven Curtis Chapman, Dive

6.14.2003
"Have you heard about Colonel Casanova?"
A. Ngyuen, who broke the story

6.13.2003
"Righteous!!! Righteous!!! "
Sea Turtle, Finding Nemo

6.12.2003
"You're just the opposite of me. When I graduated,
I started working and said, 'What? No summer
vacation?' When you graduated, you started your
summer vacation and said, 'What? No job?'"
Dad

6.11.2003
"B.R.? Oh, Banana Republic. I'm not down
with your lingo."
Jane Kim

6.10.2003
"we snuck into CB's office and took a look
at your tape... "
Daigle


6.9.2003
"now is not the time for jokes! i'm HUNGRY"
Gina Oka (for lack of anything batter today)


6.8.2003
"INGENUS"
seen on California license plate


6.7.2003
"For honor!"
Roger Hsu


6.6.2003
"I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone."
Steven Wright


6.5.2003
"Los pechos, plenos y duros, etc. etc."
part of a story in my Spanish textbook!


6.4.2003
"Andrea and I would both like to see you
apply if you haven't found anything yet."
M. Daigle


6.3.2003
"Science without religion is lame.
Religion without science is blind."
Albert Einstein


6.2.2003
"Wait, hold on a second, I can
speak whale... Weeee'rrree
loooookiiiiinnng foooor a fiiish
naaaamed NEEEEE-mooooooooo!!!"
from Finding Nemo

6.1.2003
"But God said, 'Be fruitful and multiply!'"
Jason W.

5.31.2003
Bruce: "How do you make someone love you
without affecting free will?"
God: "Welcome to my world. When you
figure that one out, let me know."
from Bruce Almighty

5.30.2003
"Shoo Kwei Kwaang, ni hao. Zhe shi Leii Zuh Chaun."
Roger Hsu, imitating my dad


5.29.2003
"Jack's amazing," Rolen said. "He writes all
these super-heavy, Metallica-influenced tunes
like 'My Master' and 'Blood Of My Father,' but
then he'll turn around and write a killer love
song like 'Thank You (For Saving Me).'"
from The Onion, "Bassist Unaware Rock Band Christian"

5.28.2003
"Okay... nobody marry Enoch."
Colleen, at Horizon fellowship night

5.27.2003
"We were?"
a high school senior in Roger Hsu's U.S. Gov't class after
being informed that America was once ruled by the British.

5.26.2003
"You want more crab? Yes? Okay. I'll go get more."
Lily's mom, at Channel Islands Harbor
(BTW, I didn't say anything)

5.25.2003
"Yes... they got together... but the guy went blind."
Dad, upon finishing Korean soap opera series

5.24.2003
"Dumbass."
Lily's friend Serena, to Lily

5.23.2003
"I do not have a nerd fetish!"
Lily Hsu

5.22.2003
"As people get older, one of their biggest
concerns becomes not wasting any time."
Dad

5.21.2003
"But sometimes zeal is less than righteous. Zeal
apart from knowledge can be damning. Zeal without
wisdom is dangerous. Zeal mixed with insensitivity
is often cruel. Whenever zeal disintegrates into
uncontrolled passion, it can be deadly."
John MacArthur, Twelve Ordinary Men

5.20.2003
"That was nifty."
Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer series finale


5.19.2003
Frodo: "I wish none of this had ever happened."
Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times.
All you have to do is decide what to do with the
time that is given to you."
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

5.18.2003
"In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war,
David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole
Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and
besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 11:1

5.17.2003
"Never confuse motion with action."
Benjamin Franklin


5.16.2003
"If you'll indulge me for just a second, I'd like
to read a little something from just this year.
'Somehow, Conan O'Brien has transformed
himself into the brightest star in the late-night
firmament. His comedy is the gold standard,
and Conan himself is not only the quickest and
most inventive wit of his generation, but quite
possibly the greatest host ever.'

Ladies and gentlemen, class of 2000,
I wrote that this morning."
Conan O'Brien, Harvard Class of 2000 Commencement

5.15.2003
"Oh, somewhere in this favored land
    the sun is shining bright.
The band is playing somewhere,
    and somewhere hearts are light.
And, somewhere men are laughing,
    and little children shout,

but there is no joy in Mudville --
    mighty Casey has struck out. "
Ernest L. Thayer, Casey at the Bat

5.14.2003
"So where are you guys from?"
The Walgreens pharmacist
(first time I've ever gotten the infamous question)


5.13.2003
"Journalist? (frowns) No... Businessman, doctor,
they all come here... Journalist? Never."
Michi-san, my favorite sushi chef

5.12.2003
"The fifth Harry Potter book, which goes on sale
in July, will have a record printing of 8.5 million
copies. Which explains why the sixth book is
being called Harry Potter and the End of Trees."
Jimmy Fallon, SNL

5.11.2003
"Did you ever walk into a room and forget
why you walked in? I think that's how dogs
spend their lives."
Sue Murphy (I don't know who she is)

5.10.2003
"Good moms let you lick the beaters.
Great moms turn the mixer off first."
Mother's Day Card (egg beaters, fyi)

5.9.2003
"There is a mysterious cycle in human
events. To some generations much is given.
Of other generations much is expected. This
generation has a rendezvous with destiny."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

5.8.2003
"Cajun.... cahoon..."
Dad, on his fish dish

5.7.2003
"What's going on with them???"
Jessica Chang, on the Lakers

5.6.2003
"Ehhhhh.... Ehhhhh....."
Conan O'Brien, imitating Anna Nicole Smith
(I think it's my new favorite Conan mannerism)


5.5.2003
"When I was a waiter in DC , I actually did
have a woman ask me "You don't speak
English, do you?" (I'm half Japanese and
half white.) I told her, "Honey, if blond hair
and blue eyes were pre-requisites for English
erudition, I'd be in a little trouble." She goes,
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean that way." And I
said, "Oh, but yes you did. You don't 'look'
exactly like an English-speaker yourself. I
speak five languages - none of them Asian -
and my native language is English. What do
you mean by your stupid question?" She
sputtered and choked, so I gave her a Ricki
Lake and said "Talk to the hand..." and left
her table. I wouldn't serve her. Yes, it's true -
waiters CAN be nasty. :-)"

cymrusmc2147

5.4.2003
"What about Ang Lee? Isn't he working
on that movie about the Green Giant?"
Mom

5.3.2003
"Serenity now!"
Chhay Tea

5.2.2003
Nightcrawler: "Why not stay disguised all
the time, you know, look like everyone else?"
Mystique: "Because we shouldn't have to."
from X2: X-Men United

5.1.2003
"Stankin' Kobe!"
Chhay (and the Lakers advance to the next round)

4.30.2003
"Lu Bu! Lu Bu! Run!"
Chhay Tea

4.29.2003
"... but Homsar called and said he was a
million ladies tall."
Strong Sad

4.28.2003
"My butt is like boobs...minus nipples."
Seungjoo

4.27.2003
"And this time, I'm gonna shut you out."
Me, to Jeff (and I did)


4.26.2003
"By the time I got it back it was nothing but a
bunch of useless metal."
Jane Kim (needs Lojak)


4.25.2003
"OMaHa"
Word of the Day

4.24.2003
"Everbody to the limit/Who's that? It's to the limit?/Everybody come on Fhqwhgads!"
Strongbad, Homestarrunner.net ("It's dot com!")



4.23.2003
"And he said he wants you to come in
sometime to talk with him."
Cathy Truong (my first post-j-school interview)


4.22.2003
"When I'm around Koreans, I feel Filipino.
When I'm around Filipinos, I feel more Korean.
When I'm around Asians, I feel white.
And when I'm around white people, I feel Asian."

Jeff Jhee


4.21.2003
"31 people."

Dave Choi, on how many people we fit into the Bethel bus
for Easter service (total NUers: 52)


4.20.2003
(smiles twice)

Angela C., imitating how someone on a respirator might laugh.


3.23.2003
"I've been downloading a lot of movies lately.
I've been watching a lot of sci-fi movies. And I've
come to a conclusion--time travel is dangerous!"

Dave Yuan


2.21.2003
"By the end of this week we're going
to make your name past tense."
"You seem like the kind of girls that
would hang out with me one night,
and then when I call you, never speak
to me again."

Josh Gershenson

2.2.2003
"Snagglepuss is so gay."

Jeff Jhee


1.31.2003
"Why have kids when I have you guys? I have
hundreds of you... four quarters a year."

Prof. Mary Coffman


1.25.2003
"sm3 gma: u shoulda stretched ur jaj!
sm3 gma: when in doubt, do as tony would!"

Tony So, with contribution from Jeff Jhee

1.24.2003
"[People at church] asked Dad to lead
a youth discussion on the art of dating."

Mom

1.16.2003
"Shatnered!"

off a website

1.6.2003
"Everything goes through my bra."

Stephanie Guiloff (who was trying to say bureau)