So I was browsing through my archives and I came across this survey thing that I did…

I realized that some things have changed, and some things had some pretty dumb responses, so I should waste some time by updating those things:

// Series One – Yourself
— Name: Justin Chan
— Birthdate: ————————- –, 1983
— Birthplace: North York General
— Current Location: Waterloo
— Eye Color: Brown
— Hair Color: Black
— Righty or Lefty: Lefty
— Zodiac Sign: Libra
— Innie or Outtie: new! Innie

// Series Two – Describe
— The shoes you wore today: new! Oakley sandals
— Your hair: Short and spikey
— Your eyes: Present
— Your weakness: Extremely insecure
— Your fears: Disappointing people, hurting people, and being wrong
— Your perfect pizza: new! Barbeque chicken, red onions, green peppers, barbeque sauce, mushrooms
— One thing you’d like to achieve: new! Knowing that I made a really good difference.

// Series Three – What Is
— Your most overused phrase on AIM: lol
— Your thoughts first waking up: new! The time, and how much more of it I can spend sleeping without messing up my day.
— The first feature you notice in the opposite sex: The way that they dress
— Your best physical feature: new! I’m alive
— Your bedtime: new! Between 1 and 2 in the morning… usually
— Your greatest accomplishment: Turning my life around
— Your most missed memory: new! Feeling that I knew where I was going. (My old answer of ‘True happiness” was a bit of a cop-out and, upon some thought, I realized that I probably never really experienced that…)

// Series Four – You Prefer
— Pepsi or coke: new! Club Soda
— McDonald’s or Burger King: new! None of the above
— Single or group dates: Single
— Adidas or Nike: Nike
— Chocolate or vanilla: new! Depends on the food! Chocolate in most cases, though
— Cappuccino or coffee: new! Tea
— Bras or Panties: Boxers

// Series Five – Do You
— Smoke: No
— Cuss: Rarely
— Take a shower everyday: Yes
— Have a crush(es): new! Yes 🙁
— Do you think you’ve been in love: Yes
— Want to go to college: No
— Like high school: Yes
— Want to get married: Yes
— Believe in yourself: No
— Think you’re attractive: No
— Think you’re a health freak: No
— Get along with your parents: Sometimes
— Like thunderstorms: Yes

//Series Six – In The Past Month, Did/Have You
— Drank alcohol: new! Yes
— Smoke(d): No
— Done a drug: I’m high on JESUS!! (No)
— Have Sex: No
— Made Out: No
— Go on a date: No
— Go to the mall?: new! Yes
— Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No
— Been on stage: Yes
— Been dumped: No
— Made homemade cookies: No

// Series Seven – Have You Ever
— Played a game that required removal of clothing: No
— If so, was it mixed company: N/A
— Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: No
— Been called a tease: No
— Gotten beaten up: No
— Shoplifted: Yes 🙁
— If so, did you get caught: No
— Changed who you were to fit in: Yes, when I was a wee little lad in elementary school

// Series Eight – The Future
— Age you hope to be married: new! No particular rush… my old answer of 23 is becoming more unrealistic with each passing day, though…
— Numbers and Names of Children: new! Around 4. No names yet
— Descibe your Dream Wedding: OK this is getting out of hand…
— How do you want to die: Saving someone
— Where you want to go to college: new! It doesn’t matter anymore
— What do you want to be when you grow up: new! Someone who can bring hope and happiness to those who really need it
— What country would you most like to visit: new! A third-world one

// Series Nine – Opposite Sex
— Best eye color? No preference
— Best hair color? new! No preference
— Short or long hair?: new! No preference
— Best height: new! No preference (notice a pattern yet?)
— Best articles of clothing: Conservative all around
— Best first date location: I don’t know… if I did, maybe things would be going better?
— Best first kiss location: Yeah.

// Series Ten – Number Of
— Number of boyfriends you’ve had: Zero
— Number of girlfriends: new! Hard to tell… maybe two?
— Number of people I could trust with my life: Thankfully, a good number
— Number of CDs that I own: Too many
— Number of piercings: Zero
— Number of tattoos: Zero
— Number of scars on my body: new! Six
— Number of things in my past that I regret: Tons

// Sereis Eleven – The Last…
— Movie you rented? I don’t rent movies
— Movie you bought? new! Napoleon Dynamite, I think
— Song you listened to: new! The Smashing Pumpkins – La Dolly Vita
— Song that was stuck in your head? new! Fur Elise
— Song you’ve downloaded? new! U2’s Live 8 performance
— CD you bought? new! Billy Corgan – TheFutureEmbrace
— CD you listened to? new! Journey (a compilation that I made)
— Books I have bought: new! The Last Word and the Word After That
— Person you’ve called? Laura Kent
— Person that’s called you? Laura Kent
— TV show you’ve watched? The Tonight Show
— Person you were thinking of? Jay Leno

// Series Twelve – Misc.
— You have a b/f or g/f?: No
— You have a crush on someone? new! Yes 🙁
— You wish you could live somewhere else? new! Yes
— You think about suicide?: I have before
— You believe in online dating? No
— Others find you attractive? Who knows
— You want more piercings? No
— You want more tattoos? No
— You drink? new! Yes
— You do drugs? No
— You smoke? No
— You like cleaning? Freakishly
— You like roller coasters? Yes
— You write in cursive or print? Print, very small
— You carry a donor card? No

// Series Thirteen – For Or Against…
— Long distance relationships? new! Prefer not to have one, but would be willing to overcome one
— Using someone: Against
— Suicide? Against
— Killing people? Against
— Teenage smoking? Against
— Doing drugs? Against
— Premarital sex? Against
— Driving drunk? Against
— Gay/lesbian relationships? Against

// Series Fourteen – Favorite…
— Soap operas? new! No
— Food? Steak
— Song? None; I like too many
— Thing to do? Too many to pick one
— Thing to talk about? Too many to pick one
— Sport? Hockey!!
— Drink? Milkshakes
— Clothes? new! Shorts! My goodness it’s hot
— Favorite shoes: My Cats
— Movie? new! Too many to name
— Band? The Smashing Pumpkins
— Holiday? Christmas
— Cars? BMW

// Series Fifteen – What Are You Right Now…
— Shampoo do you use? Herbal Essence
— Perfume do you use? Uh…
— Shoes do you wear? Cats, New Balance

// Series Sixteen – In The Past 24 Hours Have You
— had a serious talk? new! No
— hugged someone? No
— fought with a friend? new! No, but I attemped to instigate something
— cried? No
— laughed? Yes
— made someone laugh? Yes
— bought something? Yes
— cut your hair? No
— felt stupid? new! Yes 🙁
— talked to someone you love? Yes (new! using the non-romantic interpretation of the word)

The context: Unable to study at home (which is nothing new), I decide to make a trip to SPUC (which happens to be one of my best study spots) before my Laurier class to get some work on ECON done before tomorrow’s midterm. I spot John, Keith, Rodney, and crew at the dinner table and join them for a bit. Exit Rodney, enter Laura. Enter someone else (I forget). Laura notes that said newcomer had peas, to which I respond by quite randomly asking her what her favourite vegetable is.

“Tomatoes.”

“That’s a fruit, isn’t it?” I ask.

From there, we briefly discuss why it would be classified a fruit and why other seedy things (cucumbers, squash, etc.) are considered vegetables. We arrive at no real conclusion.

The result (from greennature.com):

“Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a fruit. So is a watermelon, green pepper, eggplant, cucumber, and squash. A “fruit” is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds.

Horticulturally speaking, the tomato is a vegetable plant. The plant is an annual and nonwoody. Most fruits, from a horticulture perspective, are grown on a woody plant (apples, cherries, raspberries, oranges) with the exception of strawberries.

In 1893, the United States Supreme Court ruled the tomato was a “vegetable” and therefore subject to import taxes. The suit was brought by a consortium of growers who wanted it declared a vegetable to protect U.S. crop development and prices. Fruits, at that time, were not subjected to import taxes and foreign countries could flood the market with lower priced produce.”

So, thanks to common parlance, we have been incorrectly categorizing things like eggplant, beans, peas, cucumbers, and peppers.

And who says we don’t learn something new every day?

So I’m a little bored right now. Well, perhaps bored is not the word; Lazy is a little better. Quite randomly, I go to Google and type in “Justin Chan.” Lo and behold, there are a bajillion search results (I knew I should have picked a more unique name…), and here’s what I found:

1. I’m a chess player. (A darn good one, too, apparently)…
2. I’m also a tennis player.
3. I’m also a professor at Harvard.
4. I’m also an artist.
5. I’m also a director at a sleep and chest disorder centre.
6. I’m also an optometrist.
7. I’m also a lawyer.
8. I’m also “Young fit handsome Asain male offer excellent bodywork.” Huh?!
9. I’m also a composer.
10. I’m also a Bible study leader at Brown.

Some tidbits of information:

1. The first time I am actually represented is on the ninth page of the search results. And it just had to be St. Paul’s…
2. The first time my site is shown is on the fifteenth page. And it just had to be about St. Paul’s…
3. There are 42 pages of results (with some omitted).

Google your name today!