Danny ChaiStolen from Clara and Becky, neither of whom read this page.
Two Names You Go By
1. Danny
2. Dani3l. Professionally. Everyone at work calls me Dani3l. Jieun finds that really weird, but yeah.
Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Christian. I like to think that this is my heritage greater than anything ethnic or cultural.
2. Bay Arean. I actually have more Bay Area pride than I care to admit sometimes, but yeah, it’s a critical part of who I am, and I find myself bristling sometimes when I hear people complaining about it. The problem is, there are at least two Bay Areas. One is full of diversity and variety. The other is the professional Bay Area full of transplants who came here and interact with other professionals, largely other transplants. They’re both the real Bay Area. But the sphere me and my friends occupy now isn’t the complete picture, I don’t think.
Two things that scare you
1. Insects. I’m getting better at killing stuff now, but yeah, at times in the past I’ve made Jieun do it. I also used to try to wash down insects in the sink/tub rather than touch and kill them. I’m a wuss.
2. Shane from Survivor. I know no one watches this show anymore but me, but whatever. The man is completely psychotic. Completely frightening. And highly entertaining.
Two Of Your Everyday Essentials
1. jack.html. Pretty sad, but true. Every day.
2. A morning dump. Preferably with the sports section. But yeah, when I don’t get my morning dump I feel unsettled.
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. Fleece jacket. I probably need to wash it. I tend to not wash fleece as often because washing it makes it less soft and fuzzy. I remember once I hugged Dave with my old fleece on and he immediately asked me when was the last time I washed my fleece. Whoops.
2. Arizona brand jeans. I got these a few years ago on sale when JC Penney was closing in the Sunnyvale Town Center. I’m still pleased with the deal, but the truth is, you get what you pay for. Fades and tears way faster than, for example, my Gap jeans. But yeah, great deal.
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. Out Of The Grey
2. Sting
Two Things You Want in a Relationship
1. Comfort. I’m actually gonna talk about relationships in general, not you know, romantic ones, just because it’s more interesting. But yeah, I think on some level, people want relationships where they can just be themselves, whatever that means. I’m gonna say that’s the number one goal for people with relationships – it’s a primal one for me. But here’s the weird thing. I’m a different person with different people, but all my interactions are still truly me. Different facets, and I can’t really say one is more or less who I really am. Am I the only one like this? So like, Dave came skiing with us and some church friends, and it was kind of weird for me, because I interact with him in ways I don’t interact with others, and I found the others kind of not understanding our humor. But that’s my humor. So am I not the real me with them? Which is the real me? I don’t know the answer. So what I want in a relationship is to be myself, but I’m not totally sure there is a singular “myself”. So I guess what I really want is just to feel comfortable.
2. Comfort. OK, so this is a different aspect of it, but with all my closest friends, I feel like when we get together, we can just pick up where we left off last, no matter how long it’s been. It’s a good feeling, kind of involves some level of trust, that we’re still friends no matter the time or distance. It kind of lends itself to being lazy about keeping in touch, which is probably bad, but it is something that I find pretty much in every one of my close friends.
Two Physical Things that Appeal to You
1. Sparse cleanliness. I’m gonna go with general physical aesthetics rather than human beauty because, again, I personally think that’s more interesting, maybe that’s just me. But yeah, in terms of aesthetics, I’m of the less is more camp. Not too much clutter, everything in its own place. Not that I’m able to reflect this myself in my own living, but I do appreciate it.
2. Water. I love going the beach, lakes, whatever. I can stare at water for hours. I really have no idea why. But something about it is really peaceful to me. Something primal maybe that plugs me in to being a part of something much bigger than myself.
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. Music. I have no idea why I don’t listen to / play more music, because every time I do, I feel pure joy. But I just don’t. I’m too lazy to have passion maybe. It’s sad.
2. Searching for deals. I actually consider this a hobby in and of itself. I browse deal sites daily and rarely actually pull the trigger in buying something. I just like to keep abreast of what the latest deals are. I’m a loser.
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. Flatscreen TV. I’ve decided not to get one for a while, but I still want one.
2. Mac. Mostly for the software, especially GarageBand. I’ll probably pull the trigger on this one at some point.
Two Places You Want to go on Vacation
1. Argentina. No clue why, but I’ve been wanting to go here forever. I actually get email updates about plane ticket prices from the Bay Area to Buenos Aires even though I likely won’t be going here for a long, long time. But someday.
2. Hawaii. Just because I’ve never been, if you can believe it. I’d kind of like to go with some other families when Abby is old enough.
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. See someone I bring to Christ bring another person to Christ.
2. Release a CD. It will probably be garbage, mixed via GarageBand. But at some point, I just need to get that out there.
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. The bass line to foreverandeveretc by David Crowder Band.
2. Which Brown Cow yogurt to eat tomorrow morning. It was on sale a few weeks ago at Whole Foods for the ridiculous price of $0.50 each. For the best tasting yogurt in the world! I bought 14, and I’m down to my last 2.
Two Stores You Shop At
1. Borders. I probably buy the most stuff here, and I only go about once a month, to get the latest Rurouni Kenshin translated manga. In other words, I don’t shop much.
2. Fry’s. One of my favorite places in the world.
Two people You Haven’t Talked To In A While
1. Uh, I’m bad at keeping in touch, as everyone knows, so this is everyone.
Two favorite web sites
1. Chowhound. Basically just a huge bulletin board relating to food in the Bay Area. Essential reading for foodies, and the nice thing is it spans from super highbrow to ghetto. Not necessarily my favorite web site, but a useful one.
2. WPT Texas Hold ‘Em Odds Calculator. Useful, and a nice interface.
Two Favorite Sports
1. Football
2. Basketball. This is to watch, not play. But yeah, I keep saying this, but I’ve sworn off of baseball. Boring.
Two People who will fill this out
1. Nobody
2. Their mother
Two things you did last night
1. Hung out with Minho and Miriam
2. Watched Star Wars Episode III. My second viewing, Jieun’s first. I decided I don’t like episode III. Just, it’s not put together well, there’s no flow to it, it’s just a bunch of stuff thrown together. Also, too much political mumbo jumbo. In episodes IV-VI, there’s just a few intriguing lines, like about the dissolution of the Senate is it? How will they maintain control without bureaucracy? Just a few interesting lines. Here it’s what drives the movie. Boring.
Two shows you like to watch
1. Beauty and the Geek. The Otts got us into this, but it’s surprisingly entertaining. You know, Bea once said that described Jieun and me. Ouch.
2. World Poker Tour. I can’t play poker for real stakes (more than like $10 a night) but it’s a lot of fun to watch.
Two places you like to go to:
1. Sunnyvale Library. I just rediscovered this place, and I don’t know why I don’t go more often. Kinda musty, but they have magazines and stuff. Tons of poker books in the catalog now also. And they rent movies, $1.50 for 3 days.
2. Borders. I guess I like reading even though I don’t do it enough.
Two Favorite People:
1. Andy Dufresne
2. Bruce Lee as portrayed by Jason Scott Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.
Two Favorite Subjects In (High) School:
1. Math
2. Physics. It’s weird, but I end up liking what I’m good at, not the opposite. I remember in college I had this class that I was just eh about but I got a really good grade and in now when I think about it I love it. Weird effect.
Two Favorite Places to eat:
1. Saizo. This Japanese izakaya near our place. Nothing fancy, just solid food, and I like going there a lot.
2. Carl’s Jr. I’m hooked on the Jalapeno Six-Dollar Burger. Can’t get enough.
Two things you like about yourself (physical):
1. I’ve got natural eyelid folds which many Koreans covet so I guess that’s kind of cool.
2. It’s nice having a full head of hair. I dunno, appreciate it while I have it, even if I don’t care about haircuts too much. I can see my peers starting to thin and bald so yeah, gotta be grateful.
Two things you ate today:
1. Udon. We went to the Galleria Market to get yukgyejang and inexplicably I got udon instead. What was I thinking? I was ravenously desiring Jieun’s the whole time I was eating mine. Stupid.
2. Deliciously prepared pot roast.
Two people you last talked to:
1. Jieun
2. Ted
Two Things You’re doing tomorrow:
1. Work work. I’ve played Warcraft exactly once in my life and didn’t enjoy it, but I still remember the sound effects from 420 James Rd.
2. Preparing Jieun’s bag for when we go to the hospital. Surreal.