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Name: Daniel K. Tu
Birthdate: July 22nd, 1984
Birthplace: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Current Location: Ft. Smith, AR/Tulsa, OK
Eye Color: dark brown
Hair Color: jet back
Height: 5' 11.5"
Weight: 135 lbs, and I actually need to gain about fifteen more pounds
Piercings: Never
Tattoos: No, thank you
Boyfriend/Girlfriend: I was supposed to get this arranged marriage...
Overused Phraze: Random, That's some bull!, Amazing, How awkward

FAVORITES
Food: rice, pho, spaghetti, cookie cake
Candy: mini-tearjerker bubble gum, sour power belts, hershey's chocolate almond bar
Number: TU, obviously
Color: blue, grey
Animal: rat
Drink: calcium enriched OJ, vitamin D whole milk, cokes
Alcohol Drink: I've sworn never to drink alcohol ever again
Bagel: with cream cheese
Letter: D
Body Part on Opposite sex: eyes (they're the window to the soul), face/breasts/legs (if we're being honest here...)

This or That
Pepsi or Coke: I like most cokes, but I guess I'd prefer Coke
McDonalds or BurgerKing: McDonald's
Strawberry or Watermelon: tough choice, but watermelon in the end
Hot tea or Ice tea: hot green tea, please
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Hot Chocolate or Coffee: hot chocolate
Kiss or Hug: hug
Dog or Cat: dog
Rap or Punk: rap
Summer or Winter: summer for time off, winter for its beautiful barrenness
Scary Movies or Funny Movies: funny
Love or Money: love, though money is a necessity

YOUR...
Bedtime: varies from 11pm to 4am
Most Missed Memory: I forget
Best phyiscal feature: people say I have a nice smile...when I do smile
First Thought Waking Up: ah, crap...
Goal for this year: be myself, learn to cook, pass education certification tests
Best Friends: high school inner circle, scheming roommate, former suitemates, BSU buddies
Weakness: don't care about what other people think, so I'm not good at listening to criticism or others' needs
Fears: forgetting something really important
Heritage: seven-eighths Vietnamese, one-eighth Chinese
Longest relationship: Prom night

HAVE YOU...
Ever Drank: yes
Ever Smoked: I've exhaled before
Pot: nope
Ever been Drunk: been tipsy
Ever been beaten up: been in a fight
Ever beaten someone up: it was a draw
Ever Shoplifted: I do have a thief for a friend
Ever Skinny Dipped: no
Ever Kissed Opposite sex: um, :-(
Been Dumped Lately: can't be dumped when you never played the game

IN A GUY/GIRL
Favorite Eye Color: probably dark brown
Favorite Hair Color: jet black, although I seem to have an affinity for red heads
Height: shorter than me, which is a rarity for an Asian guy
Style: unique
Looks or Personality: preferably both, though personality would be much more important to me
Hot or Cute: cute
Drugs and Alcohol: None, though she can do she wants as long as she doesn't hurt herself
Muscular or Really Skinny: doesn't matter if she can cook well

RANDOMS
Number of Regrets in the Past: I try to live a life with no regrets, so a few but not many
What country do you want to Visit: Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, France, England...
How do you want to Die: in silent sleep
Been to the Mall Lately: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: they're pretty cool
Get along with your Parents: tenuously so
Health Freak: high metabolism is my healthy secret
Do you think your Attractive: I have to admit that my personality can be too dominating at times
Believe in Yourself: Why wouldn't I?
Want to go to College: I am right now
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Drink: not any more
Shower Daily: when I remember to
Been in Love: been infatuated, never in love per se
Do you Sing: not well
Want to get Married: some day, my parents are going to arrange...
Do you want Children: I suppose it's my duty to carry on the family name
Have your future kids names planned out: I prefer something Biblical, perhaps Thomas for a boy and Esther for a girl
Age you wanna lose your Virginity: sometime before I breathe my last breath
Hate anyone: Communists, stupid people

1. In 2005, I gained: Invaluable insight into myself and others.
2. I stopped: Fretting so much about what others thought of me.
3. I started: To learn how to cook for myself.
4. I was hugely satisfied by: Finally choosing my destiny as a teacher.
5. And frustrated by: Student government
6. I am so embarrassed that I: Didn't know what "browning" meat meant.
7. Once again: I discovered how arrogant I was.
8. Once again, I did not: Show off my charming smile enough.
9. The biggest physical difference between me last December and this December is: I'm five pounds heavier.
10. The biggest psychological difference between me last December and this December is: I have a much better idea of what I am supposed to do with my life.
11. I loved spending time: With friends and family.
12. Why did I spend even two minutes: Pretending to be someone I was not.
13. I should have spent more time: Being myself.
14. I regret buying: Any gifts at all.
15. I will never regret buying: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
16. I used sarcasm way too much. Naw, really?
17. I didn't sleep enough. Do we ever?
18. My parents drove me crazy.
19. This Was: One of the toughest years of my life, and yet the one where I grew the most mentally.
20. The most relaxing place I went was: My room back home.
21. I feel so: relieved that the worst of it is over
22. Why did I go to: as a groom?!?
23. The best thing I did for someone else was: I'm not that kind at all, though I do call lonely friends, even if they're in Spain.
24. The best thing I did for myself was: decide to become a high school teacher
25. The best thing someone did for me was: make casserole for me
26. The one thing I'd like to do again, but do it better, is: sleep

January:

theferrett started this.
February: Okay, I mentioned previously that I wanted to write a book for my senior honors project.
March: I've been up for nearly twenty hours now, reaching dementia stage.
April: In Jin Yong's classic kung fu novel Legend of the Condor Heroes, there are five legendary masters.
May: I've thought about a return to electrical engineering.
June: It would be the grand nephew of Julius Caesar, whom the historians call Octavian, who would forge the empire.
July: i·d·i·o·syn·cra·sy
n. pl. id·i·o·syn·cra·sies
A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.
August: Maph, my army friend, came back for three weeks of leave from Iraq.
September: For the next month or so, you can't say you're having a bad day.
October:
November: So one day I’m sitting around the BSU, and I whip out my paper journal and start writing in it.
December: Thanks to unscrupulous stalking methods, I was able to obtain

correspondguy's cell phone number.