tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34573702012-02-01T06:12:08.618-05:00When being yourself ends up being something else.Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.comBlogger1221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-38005596511011359372009-10-17T01:12:00.007-04:002009-10-17T03:12:59.094-04:00

Hey, all!I haven't been updating this blog much at all, have I? The itch just came back as I can't seem to keep my head free, but a few of my friends and I decided to blog together and see how that goes. I'm pretty happy with how it's come out so far - newness notwithstanding - so come check us out. Some people from the podcast are in there, too, if you were wondering.Also, if you haven't seen

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-21393593309946522832009-04-29T03:22:00.006-04:002009-04-29T04:03:16.003-04:00

Just to let both of my readers know, I am still alive. School is a little hectic right now (Grad school finals week is coming up!), but maybe I'll get the time to write something borderline insightful over the weekend. Who knows!Anyway, since it's really late and I have very little to say, I leave you with something I did for homework recently.The project was to edit this video, adding our own

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-51215842342874008582009-04-09T23:10:00.005-04:002009-04-09T23:28:44.316-04:00

Greetings, all!Just dropping by to say I am doing the 5k at DC again. I did it a couple of years ago and found it fun and rewarding.I'm on my friend Lyn's team. I asked a few of my friends to join and they were willing (after I talked them into it, har har). You want in? You can visit the team page here or just go to my page and click "Join Allan's Team".If you don't wanna get your dogs

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-78086430168508551292009-04-01T01:27:00.002-04:002009-04-01T01:31:47.916-04:00

I have decided to throw away all my electronic devices and live the life of purity. They are unnecessary; everything I need is my mind and body.I'm going to walk the earth like Caine from Kung Fu.Don't call me, my phone will probably be in a ditch somewhere. Just walk up and talk to me in person. You will also probably find me in a ditch.I'm out, bitches!

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-70584187156261231312009-03-08T05:37:00.003-04:002009-10-17T01:59:58.431-04:00

... and yet it is a pretty anti-social environment, if you ask me.At least in the case of whenever I try to discuss something over instant messages, I always get a "Oh I saw that link already" or "Oh that's old" response.And it ends right there.Seriously, I would much prefer if you reply with something a little more thought-provoking than that. Shouldn't be too difficult. At least say how you

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-13819198333824844572009-02-21T06:37:00.014-05:002009-02-21T07:30:39.076-05:00

Last week during class I couldn't stop thinking about Street Fighter 4.On the back of my notes I sketched the guest speaker we had for the class and gave him his very own copy!"This right here. This is the shit."Quick review of the game: I like it a lot. Lots of unlockables (although unlocking characters is kind of weak), nice challenge mode, and good online play make it a pretty well-rounded

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-57365916238400865232009-02-14T00:01:00.014-05:002009-02-14T00:01:00.635-05:00

... or Valentine's Day. That works, too.

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-11791505464549078892009-02-11T21:47:00.005-05:002009-02-11T22:03:28.616-05:00

Today I just found out my front right hubcap is missing. Apparently my dad noticed it was gone a few days ago; I never realized it was gone until just a few moments ago. Funny. Must be because I never go to the passenger side.Anyway, when my dad asked me why it was missing, I deduced that it was because I ran over two relatively deep pot holes at a pretty fast speed and the hubcap must've been

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-75291555449291055222009-02-02T21:48:00.019-05:002009-02-02T23:36:36.494-05:00

Greetings, citizen! As I mentioned last week, I was going to try and post some of my crud art, which shall henceforth be called "crart", and this is the first one. I don't mind comments but you know, I'm not a pro or anything. You can hate, but just uhh, hate without using hateful words.Bastard.Clueless SpeakerThis guy was one of the guest speakers we had for one of my classes. The class went

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-5074458969621894322009-01-27T18:53:00.006-05:002009-01-28T15:26:43.158-05:00

Haven't posted in a while. School is getting kinda busy now, so, as I mentioned before, posts might slow down a bit. Nevertheless, I ran into this strange video while I was doing homework and I thought I'd pass it along.EXTREME!Quick Ones, son!- As you have may have noticed, I have been watching quite a bit of anime recently. I also ran into this gem of a link. These two catalysts have

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-57473846039952824942009-01-20T20:00:00.007-05:002009-01-20T20:37:52.823-05:00

... but alas I had to go to class.I probably should've skipped it, though, because this was all I did.Putting my brain into good use. Don't click it for a bigger view; doing so will only accent its cruddiness.I'll have to check it out on youtube!

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-83547730867179332812009-01-18T12:16:00.014-05:002009-01-20T20:43:51.095-05:00

I spent like 15 minutes trying to figure out how to cleverly start this post; however, it is the weekend and my brain refuses to cooperate with me. With that in mind I will just go ahead and say it: I've gotten extremely lazy these past few weeks.Couldn't have happened at a more inopportune time. School just started, I haven't "locked in" an internship for the summer yet, and I have plenty of

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-89387727965145211442009-01-14T11:30:00.011-05:002009-01-20T20:39:30.616-05:00

Wow. This was totally unexpected.I took an hour of my time to watch 5 Centimeters Per Second and, I gotta tell you, even if the movie was total and utter crap, the gorgeous animation and imagery in this movie would've still made it worth the watch. The attention to detail in the scenery and landscapes is staggering. It's a good thing the movie isn't total and utter crap, and I would recommend

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-75373275565967690952009-01-09T23:41:00.011-05:002009-01-20T20:39:59.858-05:00

Sword of the Stranger is pretty awesome.In brief, the plot is set in Japan some time during the Ming dynasty. The Chinese emperor sent a group of soldiers to Japan to apprehend a little kid for the purpose of fulfilling a prophecy, one that promises eternal life. The stranger gets mixed up in it somehow, and we follow the story of him, the boy and his dog as they evade their pursuers.Keep in

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-45623519068583072322009-01-08T07:32:00.016-05:002009-01-20T20:42:54.426-05:00

A mere two days after my 360 "died", I went ahead and reopened it again after some extreme googling. Well, not really extreme... If you google "xbox 360 rrod fix" you'll get quite a bit of results since it's such an unfortunately common problem. Some of them ask to charge you for the information but I wouldn't recommend those. The info is freely available online; who in their right mind would

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-60874346856902946822009-01-06T22:38:00.014-05:002009-01-28T22:53:16.569-05:00

... and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!UPDATE: It's 5:18 AM, 1-07-09, and I turned on my 360. Oddly it didn't RROD. I'm sure if I use it again for a bit it will die again, but at least there is a glimmer of hope. I will have to open it up tomorrow and make further faux-engineering adjustments. /UPDATEWhat a shame. My XBOX 360 has been afflicted by the dreaded RROD and is, thus, dead

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-30680666086871260972008-12-19T01:08:00.007-05:002009-01-19T17:52:08.804-05:00

I just got back from a bar and I'm a little out of it. Given my current mental state, I figured it might be a good time to update the site since its been neglected ever since I've finished classes this semester. I'm also in a strange altered state of mind and this might be a good time to write about something I truly loathe.Eagle Eye is terrible.The plot starts out innocently enough - you have

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-68106022023878841022008-12-09T18:43:00.004-05:002008-12-10T18:02:36.054-05:00

Two posts in one day? NO WAI!Just wanted to share this little gem, compliments of the best reddit thread I've seen so far.EDIT: Oh man... hours later I'm still stuck on the same thread. This winter break I'm gonna be reminiscing about (and probably gonna end up watching quite a bit of) these old animated shows. I didn't realize how much I didn't get as a kid from watching these. References to

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-11933544627181336852008-12-09T10:01:00.019-05:002008-12-09T11:53:08.110-05:00

One of my advisors asked me to do some tutoring for the slightly-less computer science-savvy Bioinformatics majors every Tuesday morning for a couple of hours; today happens to be the last week of my tenure, and expectedly no one is showing up. Granted I've only been here for five minutes, but I'm sure that my usual attendees will be studying for their finals (since it's finals week) and decide

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-6848664012761659262008-11-25T07:50:00.008-05:002008-11-25T08:58:26.291-05:00

I've been up since yesterday when my sister woke me up at about 7:30pm. I had gotten back from class and decided to take a nap because I was so damn tired (despite the fact that I had slept a full 7 or so hours the night before). The time is now almost 8am, a full 12 hours since my nap, and here I am wide awake.I wonder why that is? I'm sure the nap screwed me up a little bit, but I always end

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-39469906996969676382008-11-16T11:35:00.006-05:002008-11-16T23:31:16.758-05:00

Shigeru Miyamoto.You may or may not have heard about him but I'm sure you've come across one of his works at some point in your life, especially in this new Wii-crazed world that we live in - he is the visionary behind Nintendo and has produced many of the unforgettable characters that litter the Nintendo camp, such as Donkey Kong, Link (of Legend of Zelda fame), Kirby, Pikachu, and, of course,

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-34545376137392665242008-11-11T00:52:00.004-05:002008-11-11T01:20:41.100-05:00

I'm a pretty big fan of fighting games. I've been known to get excited over them and it's no exaggeration when I say that it sometimes bordered on being an unhealthy obsession - I remember skipping classes back when VCU had an arcade section in the Commons' Break Point just because I wanted to keep my win streak alive. Not to brag, but for Capcom VS. SNK 2 my highest was 31 wins. It would've

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-40614420510336972222008-11-04T15:10:00.004-05:002008-11-04T15:11:47.201-05:00

... and so should you!

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-56255705625806565092008-10-27T20:41:00.006-04:002008-10-27T20:53:50.864-04:00

With the release of the new Guitar Hero: World Tour (which is awesome, by the way - Michael Jackson's Beat It is all you need to know), I figured I'd celebrate the pinnacle of plastic guitar construction by bringing your attention to this latest entry: The Gene Simmons Axe Guitar!Axe Guitar! Get it? "Axe" Guitar?! Nevermind.After you pull off the face-melting guitar solos you are free to chop

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-25038558064758447682008-10-23T19:15:00.002-04:002008-10-23T19:19:51.346-04:00

A couple weeks ago I was in the Commons with a bunch of people discussing the idea of "man crush" and "girl crush". We then followed the discussion with our personal celebrity choices, with some girls saying they'd choose someone like Scarlett Johannson (which is an amazing pick). I had the unfortunate chance of going first for the guys, losing the opportunity to gauge what everyone was looking

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-37529248702184012642008-10-19T01:22:00.017-04:002008-10-19T03:06:44.696-04:00

Play as me, you must. Pay again, you shall.Recently Namco announced that a "new" Soulcalibur IV character will be downloadable, one for each console, with Darth Vader being the XBOX 360's and Yoda for the PS3's. I say "new" because, if you didn't know, Darth Vader was originally a PS3-only character, while Yoda was restricted to hanging out exclusively on Microsoft's console. Now gamers can

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-88297485368833418412008-10-15T19:52:00.029-04:002008-10-16T03:16:09.182-04:00

My computer graphics course assigned homework that seemed fairly simple at first - create a pseudo-randomly generated landscape using recursion (a process that breaks itself down into simpler parts to solve the more complicated whole) and fractals*. So I decided to procrastinate on it.Yeah, I tend to do that.In short, it took longer than I expected, but I did eventually come up with the

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-48278384333452788982008-10-07T12:42:00.007-04:002008-10-07T13:45:23.947-04:00

During last week's Nintendo Fall Press Conference, Nintendo released a long trailer that had some games aimed at a more "hardcore" audience, those that have recently gotten tired of all the Rayman Raving Rabbids and Cooking Mama (not to rag on those games; they are fun). The conference uncovered a sequel to the on-the-rails N64 shooter Sin and Punishment (think Panzer Dragoon and not House of

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-813263266195760242008-10-06T15:49:00.006-04:002008-10-06T18:23:15.615-04:00

In short: Me and my friends recorded a "podcast" called "The Pigeon Union." Listen to it below, leave a comment!In long: So I told my friends to come sit in my room on a Sunday afternoon and chat about movies, right, and they were all like, "Yeah, sure." It wasn't really the response that I expected but since I had all this random equipment lying around and everyone seemed to be on board, I

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-30684640384645183082008-09-30T02:19:00.006-04:002008-10-04T22:00:47.931-04:00

Heya, strangers. I'm back!I can't believe it's been over a year since I updated this blog. I won't lie and say I've been busy, but getting around to writing on your blog when not much of interest was really going on kind of defeats the purpose. To be honest, not much is going on right now, either, but screw it I'll make something happen!Unfortunately it's pretty late, so I won't say much

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-85556032421261683922007-09-21T05:26:00.001-04:002007-09-21T08:55:37.521-04:00

Two days before Eliott left, we decided to sit down again and chat. We didn't really know what to talk about so we wrote down some ideas and just chatted up about movies. We took pictures, too, but I need to get them from Will. I'll post them up when I get them.We're no film geniuses, but it was fun for us, so come and take a listen and I hope you all enjoy it, too.Barkada Podcast 02With Allan

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-6017105499409674252007-09-08T01:34:00.000-04:002007-09-08T01:45:15.585-04:00

If you feel like listening to five guys talking about random shit, feel free to take a listen. We talk about everything from Eliott leaving to politics and movies.But we don't really go into detail with any of it. We're pretty vulgar, too, so it's not for the faint of heart.Barkada Podcast 01With Allan, Will, Chris, Jason, and EliottRecorded Aug. 29, 2007. Download Here

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-32801000665667685882007-09-06T02:12:00.000-04:002007-09-06T03:37:03.833-04:00

... and so am I.You see, I'm slow. I will proudly admit that I am fast learner and grasp concepts fairly quickly, but when people say something to me that's even slightly confusing or when I'm reading something particularly difficult to understand, I tend to dwell on it for a couple of minutes and try to make sense of everything. This happens pretty often with conversations, in which case I

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-8287773443737653142007-08-22T00:14:00.000-04:002007-08-22T01:48:08.181-04:00

EDIT... or maybe I should title it "Why Drugs are Bad"Yeah I know I said this blog was closed, but I'm in such a good mood I figure I'd share some love with the world. This Vicodin is frickin amazing, it makes me feel so happy even when I'm reminiscing about the time I used to be able to eat hard food. Oh, how I miss those days.I got my wisdom teeth pulled today at about 12:35pm. I was

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-25014889287668843912007-08-06T18:08:00.000-04:002007-08-06T18:13:20.387-04:00

I haven't really updated in awhile, and I stopped wanting to a few months ago. I really only started up again because my Spaniard sister coerced me to do it, but since she hath returned there's little reason to keep this blog up and running.So yeah, that's it. Thanks for reading, I'll see you later.

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-42048423324279707852007-07-22T05:29:00.000-04:002007-07-22T21:45:22.432-04:00

I always liked looking at the stars. There's something about the night sky that makes me feel better every time I stare up at it. Even if it's a little cloudy, you can sometimes see the moon or some distant star peeking through, and it always made everything seem a little bit brighter than it really was.I just got home from Steven's house, who celebrated his 25th Birthday yesterday (Happy

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-79331663370141145942007-06-22T03:07:00.000-04:002007-07-15T15:35:46.286-04:00

Today Karen made me take a test to check my IQ. After taking it, I got a result of 136, saying I'm a "Visual Mathematician." Karen's title was "Insightful Linguist." After the test there's a brief description that explains what those titles mean. Once I read them, I started feeling pretty weird because those descriptions kind of feel right. After all, I am trying to be a Bioinformatician with

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-74554030694238479302007-06-12T17:44:00.000-04:002007-06-12T18:06:49.058-04:00

After spending some time on the trail at Rockwood Park, I had nothing left to do there so I set for home. I could've taken the much quicker Powhite Parkway and paid the quarter toll to reach my destination, but instead I opted to take the scenic route and take the local roads. On that particalur path is N. Arch Rd., which is a few minutes away from home. On this two-way street, there's a

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-90061378819339888712007-05-22T10:30:00.000-04:002007-05-22T12:32:00.172-04:00

Just thought you guys would like to know, I finally finished Jessica on Expert.Huzzah! Three stars only, but still. Today Jessica, tomorrow the world!EDIT: Also, I just found out I weigh 10 lbs. heavier, putting me to a whopping 126 lbs. Not really sure how that happened. Could've sworn last week I was 116 lbs. Oh well. Perhaps it's all this muscle I've been building. Or all that beer I've

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-43642533769759933232007-05-19T07:53:00.000-04:002007-05-20T09:45:45.008-04:00

Today, Blizzard announced that Starcraft 2 was finally going to be released. If you didn't know, the first Starcraft was released almost 10 years ago and can be considered the definitive RTS by which all other RTS games will be judged. Sure, Blizzard has released Warcraft 3 more recently, which itself is a very good game, but you can argue that, since the setting is not in outer space, it

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-56845449167885067052007-05-19T00:28:00.000-04:002007-05-19T00:58:55.510-04:00

The past week has been a big re-emergence of video games for me, and that's probably due to my new outlook on life. Life is good!Truthfully, I only played video games when I was pretty content with how my life was going. In other words, when I was "happy." The past few months haven't exactly been a source of great joy, leaving me hovering between a sense of disappointments, regrets, and "

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-45387851657068978822007-05-13T05:20:00.000-04:002007-05-13T05:23:39.960-04:00

So I was layin in my bed tonight, trying to figure out how the hell I'm gonna get some sleep.It's like 5:30am and I've been drinking. Kind of messed up, but not really. I still know what's going on. I'm pretty good with my alcohol... plus, my sister drove home, so I didn't have to hold back, haha!So I was thinking about it... and I thought about how things went in my past... and I realized

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-83221428890697618462007-05-07T02:27:00.000-04:002007-05-08T02:02:08.085-04:00

(Brought to you by Bubble Yum)(02:25:50 AM) Allan i'm gonna make some spaghetti(02:25:52 AM) Allan: mmm mmm bitch!(02:26:12 AM) c-money: at this hour?(02:26:19 AM) c-money: thats madness!!(02:26:32 AM) Allan: madness? this is PASTAAAAAAAAAA(02:26:38 AM) c-money: nice set up(02:26:45 AM) Allan: pretty corny though.(02:26:53 AM) c-money: idunno thats shits funny(02:27:03 AM) Allan: haha

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-30206240046370267852007-05-04T03:49:00.000-04:002007-05-04T13:59:01.420-04:00

Just in case you missed it, Spider-Man 3 came out today. I watched the midnight showing with the usual movie crowd, as well as met up with a boatload of people from VCU. They ended up watching it on theater 6 (about 16 people), and we got tickets for theater 12 (where there was about 10). There was a third group at theater 14 where a few other VCU heads went. It was pretty cool how we all

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-89019900578058305902007-05-01T14:49:00.000-04:002007-05-01T15:14:48.486-04:00

So yesterday my dad asked me to help fix a friend's laptop computer.As I was chugging away trying to figure out what's wrong, a big ass spider drops down from the ceiling, slowly from his little web shit. Naturally, I was pretty shocked!"That is a big ass spider!" I shouted. "Kill it!"My dad looks at me like I was crazy. "Where?" he asks, glancing around."Oh, that little black one right

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-12030972245216662522007-04-24T21:06:00.000-04:002007-04-25T13:32:25.692-04:00

What a long day today was. I don't mean that in a bad way.I had an exam at 1pm. I didn't really get to study for it like I initially intended, spending only 30 minutes on the actual "studying" instead of the super-mega cram session I had planned the night before. What's worse, the Fire Alarm turned on at like 1:40pm (class ends at 1:50pm) so I had to rush my test and do it while they were

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-22446796352777490352007-04-23T01:00:00.000-04:002007-04-23T01:40:44.508-04:00

Time goes by pretty fast. The FACT Culture Show has come and gone, and now I have nothing to do but finish school. Well, there is the Asian festival. And Spider-Man 3. And summer school after that. Hmm, I guess I can't really complain, I'm gonna have a few things to do between now and later.I think the Culture Show was pretty successful. People worked really hard to put on this show. From

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-30613546462677065682007-04-16T17:51:00.000-04:002007-04-17T00:55:20.361-04:00

definitely not a fan of my species man-- John Paul LampreaToday, Monday, April 16, 2007, the "worst and deadliest U.S. shooting" in U.S. history ever unfolded.I'm shocked and saddened by this news, but I can take solace in the fact that my friends who attend VA Tech are safe.A quick glance at my buddy list has a theme with their away messages: keep VA Tech in your thoughts and prayers.I for one

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So I went to Tobacco Co. today and ended up somewhat disappointed.Some people said they'd come but didn't, which was a pretty big disappointment. Chris, who turns 24 today, did not show up, but that's okay. Jason, on the other hand, actually surprised me by popping up randomly. Other than that, though, the crowd at Tobacco was lacking. I didn't even get to go to the dance floor once in the 2

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-6262852899579399992007-04-08T18:45:00.000-04:002007-04-08T18:47:58.890-04:00

Someone said yesterday that I have freakishly long fingers. To which I replied, "You know people always tell me that. I guess I never noticed because I've lived with them my entire life."Maybe I should rename this blog: [Freakishly Long Fingers.]

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This weekend, I went to Blacksburg and watched the FASA (Filipino American Student Association) Culture Show at Virginia Tech. Simply put, I thought it was pretty awesome.The script, while not exactly the deepest, had hilarious dialog and was used well enough that I can forgive its misgivings (the story was nice, but it doesn't seem too fleshed out - don't hate me, I still loved it!); the dances

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-53292657310497139162007-03-16T05:47:00.000-04:002007-03-18T20:01:47.207-04:00

I can't believe this spring break is almost over already. It flew by so quickly even though I did a whole bunch of nothing. Not that I'm complaining about doing a whole bunch of nothing, but I just wish I could cherish it a little bit more. Why can't time fly by during one of my boring lectures? As a side note, this is going to be a pretty long post, so just stop now if you don't want to

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I had the most random dream today. Recently, I have been getting a lot of dreams, mostly when I sleep in (such as today, where I woke up at 5PM). I can't tell you those other dreams, though. Some of them get pretty intense. But this one, I can share.I got out of class and was walking back to my car. For some reason, I had a cigarette (I don't smoke) and was smoking it on my way back. I

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-79924052265640930712007-03-07T20:32:00.000-05:002007-03-08T02:58:30.832-05:00

Today was quite boring. Quite.I went to BNFO class and it ended up being very helpful. I'm sure you don't know, but I hadn't attended the Monday sessions of BNFO for three weeks after our exam. He still hasn't handed out our grades for it, so, as a classmate of mine said earlier when we discussed it, it feels like we're just "floundering around" in BNFO.What happened was two weeks ago we were

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Hey, look what I can do instead of studying!My webcam is old, so I'm sorry the picture sucks. At least you'll be saved from my ugly mug. I think it's better this way because you won't see my facial expressions. I look funny when I play guitar and sing, har har.I'm losing some street cred posting this. No doubt JPL and Ian are disgusted right now. Oh well, that's what you get for reading my

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-40155272133463182062007-03-06T09:04:00.000-05:002007-03-06T09:07:58.088-05:00

"Move on to current issues instead of getting caught up in the past."- Horoscope, 3/6/07Oh, my morning horoscopes are hilarious.

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-11421716202902245362007-03-05T00:05:00.000-05:002007-03-05T00:34:41.373-05:00

If you didn't know, I'm a big sucker for anime. I watch the usual Naruto and Prince of Tennis action animes (btw, my profile picture on the left is from that show), as well as some of the classic ones like Evangelion, but it's worth nothing that I enjoy the more slice-of-life anime like NANA and my favorite His and Her Circumstances. Shows where I can watch other people's misfortune that

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-5380648716969780102007-03-03T08:24:00.000-05:002007-03-03T12:05:00.526-05:00

"There is a difference between fantasy and reality. Today it is clear." - Horoscope, 3/3/07I was debating whether or not to write a blog about this. I learned about some stuff about my ex-girlfriend yesterday and apparently she reads this blog, too, which is welcome, but it did give me second thoughts about my approach on blogging. Just for a second, though. I weighed my options and

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Thanks for last night guys, it was fun. Even though I don't remember anything.A night to remember! Sort of.Anyway, while I contemplated a fresh start for a new age, I got really depressed so I decided to learn a new song. Which made me even more depressed. I did screw up a lot though. Oh well! Take a listen if you're bored!Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol Cover

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Ah, yes. It's almost time for me to say farewell to another year of my life as my personal anniversary approaches. Perhaps I should call it... Allanniversary! Yeah... that's wack. I was just kidding. I must commit seppuku.Anyway, as I look back through the past year, a lot of good things and bad things have happened, although that is kind of obvious; if only bad things happened, that would

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So this weekend I spent some quality time with my laptop. Another weekend of being a slave to my classes. Lincoln! Break my shackles! Give us free!We had a project due by midnight and I just had to finish it as soon as possible. It was quite the hassle, though, considering how difficult it ended up being, far tougher than I thought it would be. Although, really, I should've started earlier;

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Played tennis yesterday and got rocked.Things were looking pretty good on the first set. We won it in an epic tiebreak, but JPL suggested we do a complete 2 out of 3 setup. After the game, Ian said, "We should've just taken that first set and called it a day."I guess I gotta work on my doubles game, too.6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-1

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So we got our first exam for BNFO last Thursday and got all weekend to do it. Just as a brief rundown on what it was: basically it was an open web/book/brain exam (my professor's description and not mine) but not an open people exam. So I couldn't ask anyone except the professor and perhaps his TA for help. The questions varied from Math-related biological concepts to BioBIKE* knowledge with a

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-86198181044875294762007-02-13T22:13:00.000-05:002007-02-13T22:17:14.666-05:00

And Arnold. I don't know why, but I always found this funny.No more for tonight! Last post burned me out and I got quizzes and exams to study for tomorrow... early class, as well. Peace out!

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-80179128755325421722007-02-11T23:19:00.000-05:002007-02-12T00:21:41.275-05:00

So, I'm sure you've all heard that I recently declared my major, Bioinformatics. I'm sure of this because you guys can't hold your excitement and visit this page everyday. You visit it so much that you made it your home page. You visit it so much that you hit F5 (that's "Refresh" for you cool kids out there) because you can't wait until my next post. My e-mail is full of requests that say: "

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So, here I was, sitting in front of my newly Linux-ified laptop, eager to test it out. I've been a mostly-Windows person, but I learned that in order to further advance my knowledge in the field I'm in, I have to do it both in and out of school.I was pretty excited, but didn't know where to start. I looked at my laptop and yelled, "I want to do something with you, but I don't know what!!"Yep.

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-60393735341914271852007-02-08T13:08:00.000-05:002007-02-08T18:32:34.006-05:00

Currently, I'm sitting in my Statistics class and I'm pretty bored. The sad part is class just started.Right now we're learning something about the Interquartile Range (abbr. IQR), a measure of spread that is resistant to outliers (that is, values that're "outside" a bigger clump of values, and sticks out like a sore thumb). In any case, it's very uninteresting stuff.It's a good thing I'm in

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-79277186599790812772007-02-07T16:33:00.000-05:002007-02-07T17:06:10.792-05:00

During my perusal of the internet, I usually visit kotaku, which is basically a blog about anything and everything video games-related. Today I came across this fancy peripheral of a peripheral - Wii Boxing Glove for Wii Sports.I think they're pretty interesting looking, but $22 seems like a lot for just one mini game. Then again, I remember seeing these little kids that my parents had over

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-49420213638274869052007-02-07T04:51:00.000-05:002007-02-07T05:39:21.141-05:00

Yesterday before leaving for class, I checked the weather. It said "Sunny," so I guess I just completely ignored the part that said "feels like... 10 degrees Fahrenheit." I went out with just one pullover sweater and thought, "I should be ok."I'm going to miss class in the morning.

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Forgive me, Blogger, for I have sinned. It's been almost two years since my last post session. Since then, a lot of things have changed...I have declared Bioinformatics as a major (finally). As far as Medical Illustration and Medicine is concerned, I was thinking about them as future careers, but illustration just doesn't feel like my calling, and being a "doctor" just doesn't interest me as

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-1119934133353155502005-06-28T00:43:00.000-04:002007-02-07T06:49:42.089-05:00

Ever felt like you've met someone so awesome that you can't imagine being without 'em, but at the same time you don't feel like you're good enough for 'em?It's the worst feeling in the world: to selfishly want someone for yourself, but at the same time feel like you're holding them back.If I prayed to God, I wonder if He'd give me some answers.

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-1117257709384463202005-05-28T01:17:00.000-04:002007-02-07T06:50:12.825-05:00

She fell asleep on the phone again. I don't mind, but it sucks how we got disconnected. I'd wake her up if I called her back, so I'll just let her sleep. She'll probably be like, "Oh I'm sorry!" Then do it again that same night. Haha. But that's okay.Ah, man. Can't help but wonder, "What if?"

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-1117094804930519442005-05-26T04:04:00.000-04:002007-02-07T06:52:17.826-05:00

I'm surprised I remembered the username and password for this account. I still have a weblog. Sweet.It's been another year since I last posted. Part of the reason I stayed away was because most of my posts before were very depressing, and I read somewhere that keeping a journal was "bad for your health." After I told Karen last month about that, though, she just brushed it off and told me that

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-1081792967970596582004-04-12T14:02:00.000-04:002007-02-07T06:50:58.334-05:00

Wow I didn't know this blog was still active. It's been almost 2 years since my last post. And you know what? It's sad, I'm still in the same position that I was 2 years ago: worthless, aimless, and frighteningly negligent.I never even try to advance in life, or do I? I want to draw for a living, I want to be in the entertainment business. But what am I doing on my ass almost all the time,

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-778684002002-06-17T21:04:00.000-04:002007-02-07T06:56:39.855-05:00

Regardless of the fact that I lost my job, I think I'm doing fine for now...Life is treating me pretty well - I made new friends, while preserving older friends...A lot of events have come to a close recently. All these damn graduates, haha... but it's cool. The parties were fun. For the most part.Graduations were, of course... kind of... blah. But whatever, it's all good.My computer's faster

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big mistake Talk about bad luck... I tried to help out someone, and it blew up in my face... and there's nothing I can do about it... There are too many things against me. Allan's down... suffered heavy losses... And still suffering.

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last-minute I hate last-minute shit. My dad just comes into my room and says, "Pick up Karen from school at 10:00 or so." What the hell. He didn't tell me yesterday, or even last night. He does it all the damn time... I don't mind driving my sister or whatever, but when my dad plans on me to do something like that (my dad said, "She'll call you when she's out" - I don't recall signing that

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don't let me get me But let's not dwell on that... Uhmm... yeah... Went to work today... I got a shirt, finally... so I officially work there now. I got in at around 3PM sharp and didn't get out until 10:30PM... an hour later than I was scheduled to leave. My supervisor wasn't doing too well, so I decided to stay a little bit later to help him close our department. We had a customer to deal

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boring Hmm this website's getting boring. I guess it's time for a change, eh...

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random What the heck.... I decided to skip the flick and sleep early... unfortunately for me, I woke up 2 hours later after sleeping and cannot get back to bed. Talk about bad luck. Now I'm not gonna be able to perform at peak performance at work... since it's less than 6 hours from now... but that's okay... I'll figure somethin' out. Things are goin' down at Club PHiLLi tomorrow... aww shnap.

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stand out Standing out. You ever thought about what you were doing with your life? What you are doing right now, and what you will be? Ever aspire for something great? I do. All the time. It's weird. I'd take a look at my life, analyze it, and think of possible outcomes that could've happened if I had just made a different choice. What kind of life would I lead? Everyone goes through it.

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-769147462002-05-24T02:28:00.000-04:002002-05-24T02:29:26.000-04:00

outside I spent over 12 hours outside today. Yeah, I know. It's not a lot. Not really. But still... in retrospect, that's still alot. When you break it down in minutes... then seconds... it adds up. Hah. It's mostly hours spent at work, but... sometimes, you get those surprises and you just can't deal with it right then and there, you know? An "unpleasant surprise." Even if it wasn't meant

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-768700712002-05-23T00:21:00.000-04:002002-05-23T00:21:48.063-04:00

today's quote from the only girl in her graduating senior class "Stand for something; if not, you will fall for anything."

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subpoena ok... Life is so unfair! I found the damn summons. Too bad it's too late. I'm guilty, by default.

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weird Ok, check this out... I went downstairs to grab a drink because I had just finished eating pizza. The pizza was good, of course. I remember going in the fridge and grabbing a can of Brisk (not Iced Tea, believe it or not - there's Brisk Lemonade, too). Then I go back upstairs and get back on the computer to do some stuff. Moments later, I got thirsty. Why did I get thirsty? You may say,

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screwed Oy... As it turns out, the courthouse at Parham Rd. was the wrong place. I don't understand why I would be scheduled to be at court at 7:30AM when the damn place doesn't even open until 8AM... do you? I didn't see my name anywhere on the bulletin board, so I figured that it wasn't the right place. I called in just to make sure and, as it goes, I'm not in the system. That means I

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i'll be Edwin McCain. Whatever happened to him... ? Anyway. I worked for a long time today... There was a "meeting" held, so I had to be there earlier than usual. We, the employees, were to arrive at 8 AM, despite the fact that the store doesn't open until 11 AM. I wasn't complaining - we were paid our usual wages to be there, and I didn't have to deal with any customers. Also, my

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inability So much to say. I lied down in my bed for about an hour... and couldn't sleep. I guess I have too much on my mind. I dunno if I should really put them down here... I might as well... Well, about my last post... I guess I blew it up a little bit... sheesh. I got too vulgar. It was very bad timing. It was one of those moments when I was thinking about something else... and didn't

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annoying what the fuck. I can't even restart my fucking computer without my fucking sister getting on my damn case? Jesus. How 'bout I fucking unplug every cable that I plugged into that computer. How 'bout I reset that computer to the way it was before I made it that way. And make you fucking do it your damn self. Roll on that.

Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539586073452282659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457370.post-765239792002-05-14T00:11:00.000-04:002002-05-14T00:15:17.000-04:00

like a clown I wonder how patient clowns are. They are made to look funny. And for the most part, people will laugh for the things they do and, if not, laugh at them. You have to admit, they are funny-looking. It's weird how sometimes people are scared of clowns, though. I feel for you, clowns - I know how it feels to make the wrong impression on someone. I mean, your intentions are clear,

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weak Nothing interesting aside from work. What can I expect, really... ? I guess nothing, either. "Oh, bother." I guess all I can do... is sleep.

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naivety I'm not ready for the real world. Broken-hearts, death, and diseases. Money, friends, and enemies. I'm not ready for any of it. I want to sleep. Sleep, and go far away from the world as it is now. By myself. So that I wouldn't have to worry about anything, or anyone else. Because when I'm alone, at least noone will leave me. Pray.

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cavalier Nothing much happened yesterday. My supervisor wasn't working, so I had the day off. I spent most of the day at home. Wait... I spent the whole day at home. Anyway... I decided to keep myself busy with computer-related stuff. I think I fixed my cable modem connection (there was nothing wrong with it except for the cable itself; I just ran around the house looking for another cable to

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catalyst Today was okay. Just... okay... I woke up and arrived at my new job. The supervisor was surprisingly late to work... so I approached him at 2 PM, 45 minutes after the time I was designated to arrive... "Uhmm... Joe?" I asked. "Hey, Allan, what's up?" He said. He was practically clueless. "Erm... they told me to come in and shadow you today so that I can learn the basics?" "Dangit.

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trabaho Second day of training was today. It was good. We listened to the General Manager talk about the policies and customer relations. We then walked to the main floor and did some exercises to get us acquainted with the store. It looks promising. I saw the Tech Bench. That's where the technicians repair, install, and maintain the items that the customer gives us to... look at. It's

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nights and days I spent Saturday washing my car with a friend. I hadn't chilled with the Chos and Bernardo in awhile, so we watched Spider-Man yesterday. Bernardo spent the night at my house. The next day, he helped me clean my car. Afterwards, another friend came over (John Paul). He was with us yesterday, along with Joe and "da blintz" Andrew. There was a lot of other people that came with

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moment of truth Drip... drip... I had just gotten out of the shower. It was almost 1PM, an hour before the time. I had to get ready. I searched the closets for the essentails... necktie... shirt... pants... socks... shoes... Put on some lotion... slabbed on some deodorant... put on some cologne... gelled the 'do... "So... how do I look?" I asked my sister. "That's fine." I got in the car and

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fork in the road I was talking to some of my friends yesterday about life in general. Posting on this site got me in touch with friends I haven't spoken to in a long time. There're my friends the Chomander Steven and Bernardo, both of which I haven't seen or heard from in months. They've been very helpful. Then there are my friends here who I don't usually talk to... but now they talk to me

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rest Today was uneventful. I guess that's good. We can all use a break... and God knows, I need one. I woke up to my cousins Jolo, Inza, and Jenica, who, oddly enough, remind me of me and my sisters. It must be a fate that made it that way -- an eldest daughter, a middle son, and a baby girl. Or just coincidence. Depends on who I'm talking to. I think they were excited because my mom told me

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the weekend It was pretty crazy... Saturday. I woke up bright and early. I don't think I had any real intention to wake up that early, I just did. I had to be at the center later that day, but I can honestly say I wasn't looking forward to it. As soon as I got up, I went for my computer. Just minutes after I sit, however, my father tells me the news - my car has been robbed. Right in front of

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