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Name: Jon
Country: Congo
Birthday: 9/12/1985
Gender: Male
Interests: Chillen with the homies, playin basketball, cruising, filming, anything with the homies.
Expertise: uhhh o_0
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  clockw0rk216
Member Since:
2/5/2004
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| The year is flying by, it's going to be 2006 and before you know it:
1. us 1985 people will be 21
2. we will be one year away from finishing our undergraduate studies (most of us haha)
This has made me thnk about the future quite a bit and as a result I've
been doin alot of thinking about what the plan is after college.
I found a program called departmental scholars where you take 9 extra
classes (basically one extra year) and write a thesis to obtain a
masters degree. I think I'm going to take this route so I can get
a bachelors and a master's degree in 5 years here at UCLA. I
think this will provide me with the most opportunities later: I will be
able to teach at junior colleges (and deal with all the
transfering-premed students) as well as be able to work in a research
and development team, do pharmaceutical sales, or even do something
totally not related like informatics, or business. Proceed to
make tons of money, get a baller appartment/house in Marina Del Rey
with the homies, invest in a fast car, start a health-focused business
with Andrea, and open my coffee shop / sports bar called "The Hut" =)
I've been horribly busy these days, tutoring at Covel for organic
chemistr and working in Dr. Rubin's lab on semi-conducting
polymers. Being such a hardcore south campuser, I got to thinking
of a David Letterman style list:
You know if you're a South Campus major if:
1. You've had 2 or more meals at Sea's Cafe
2. You've gotten drunk or had alcohol in a lab
3. The 8th floor of Boelter is your personal haven
4. You were walking through the halls of Young and stopped to read about Cram's supramolecular chemistry
5. You've thought, "is that thermodynacially favorable?"
6. You are or were looking forward to seeing the new Lakretz building.
7. You've come up with your own unique science jokes on numerous occasians
8. You've belittled north campus majors as a whole.
9. You know that the Bombshelter closes at 3
10. You've ever thought "oh boy a trip to north campus!"
Happy holidays ppl
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| So I just saw Harry Potter 4 and one word comes to mind.
DISSAPOINTMENT. Now granted, I haven't read any of the books but,
just as a movie buff, I can't help but feel a little ripped off.
So onto the complaints:
1. Could the movie have been any more predictable?!?!?!!? I
didn't even read the damn book and I knew what was going to happen
after 20 minutes. It's like hmmm Harry is having a recurring
nightmare about being killed by voldemort. COULD HIS DREAM BECOME
A REALITY? And then a new proffessor at Hogwarts who is a master
of the black arts? He couldn't possibly be a bad guy could
he? And then..what the crap, Harry is in the tournament?
COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE AN EVIL PLOT TO BRING HIM TO VOLDEMORT?
Naw....that's way too predictable right? But despite this, the
movie continues. It's like Harry knowingly marches to his doom
but doesn't realize it until it's too late. Stupid.
2. Hermione trips out on Ron, who was being an ass, but in the
next scene, they act like she wasn't crying on the floor at the
ball. What the fuck?
3. Cho. This was one of the most annoying things in the
world: even though I did not read the book, I heard all this shit about
Harry's asian girlfriend and people were all making a big deal about
her like she was important. I think the writers knew this and
incorporated her into the movie as a CHARACTER and not as a
STORY. She has no function in the movie whatsoever, it's like
they just stuck her in there to say LOOK THIS CHARACTER WAS IN THE BOOK!
4. Horrible, HORRIBLE editting. Everything was just thrown
together, there was no coherent flow to the movie, it followed the same
pattern. Big scene, followed by Harry confiding in somebody,
whether it be Hermione, Moody, whoever. Over and over, horribly
repetitive. And the big scenes had no lead ins whatsoever:
everybody would just be chilling and the next thing you know Harry has
to fight a dragon or some shit. Another good example, what the
fuck was that scene with the Russian headmaster dude and Snape in the
broom closet w/ the Russian guy showing his death eater tattoo?
somebody explain the importance of this scene to me?
The only cool thing about the movie, it was very visually
impressive. Especially the gigantic quittage stadium in the
beginning. They should have showed that quittage match!
Also, the ship coming out from underwater, the dragon scene, and the
main hall during the dance. But this doesn't make up for the
overall predictability and flaccid structure that had me thinking,
"when does the chronicles of narnia come out?" I know people who
read the book are eating it up, but just as a movie, it sucks. It
doesn't blow, but it definitely sucks. Harry Potter freaks are
scary. This is for them.
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| While I was driving on the 405 north on Friday night I got to the top
of the hill and saw the faint glow of Ventura blvd and I was suddenly
overcome with nostalgia. This was the place where I grew
up, the place that molded me into the person that I am today.
It's always nice to be reminded of your roots especially when it puts
your current situation into perspective. Lately I've been
realizing that here at UCLA I don't get a chance to be the person I
grew up to be.
I'm alot of different people: the super ambitious student who has big
expectations of himself and of his future, the over-achieving geek who
enjoys Star Wars, video games, Time magazine, good books and the
occasional techno song, the cool relaxed voice of logic who likes
non-ignorant hip-hop, good basketball games, baggy jeans, the
occasional cigarette, and spending 3 hours in the parking lot of a
coffee shop talking about nothing with good friends. While I am
all of these people, it's hard for me to be all of them at the same
time, and here at UCLA, person number 1 tends to dominate. And
while that person is still a big part of me and always will be, I
cannot let my other personas die because they are big parts of my
personality. Living with three people I can't relate to, and
can't relate to me for that matter, makes it kinda difficult because
after being person number 1 for an extended period of time, I wake up
in the morning and I don't feel like myself, like the true Jon.
Perhaps I'm just completely uncomfortable in my own skin; when I don't
see the people I grew up with for a really long time, I begin to wonder
if I'm trying to hold onto a personality that doesn't exist
anymore. However, having just seen my friends, I know that me,
Jon, cannot exist as any one personality, but MUST live as a hybrid of
all of them. I know that I'm not the only person here who has a
wide-ranging personality, so if you're not a close-minded, one-sided
individual at UCLA, then we should hang out.
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| Long time no update. Alot has changed since the last entry, like
my AGE. I'm too lazy to write it all but I did do this survey
thing. enjoy:
Name: Jon Low
Birthdate: Sept 12, 1985
Current livin' in: Westwood, CA
Places lived: San Fernando Valley, Los angeles
Eye Color: something between brown and green.
Hair Color: black
Height: 5'10"
Righty or Lefty: right
Zodiac Sign: virgo
Layer Two
Your heritage: Half chinese half Italian, hapa kid.
The shoes you wore today: Blue and white Nike dunks, super clean.
Your weakness: Connie Chen, parliament light cigarettes, I'm a sucker for random acts of kindness.
Your fears: failure - not living up to my potential.
Your perfect pizza: new york style thin crispy with lots of garlic pepperoni and mushroom.
Goal you'd like to achieve: Make an infathomable amount of money by
helping out human kind while retaining my morals and the respect of all
people. I want the people who've met me before to say damn Jon is
crazy.
Layer Three
Your most overused phrase on IM: "wtf" "late"
Your thoughts first waking up: "Must start going to sleep earlier"
Your best physical feature: eyes
Your bedtime: 2-4 am
Your most missed memory: Ditching senior year of high school to smoke weed w/ the homies
Layer Four
Pepsi or Coke: Coke. Fuck pepsi.
McDonald's or Burger King: McDonalds - 99 cent chicken nugget tuesdays
Single or group dates: uhh. girlfriend.
Adidas or Nike: Gotta have some of both, but mostly Nike. My feet are two wide for superstars.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Snapple is the best
Chocolate or vanilla: vanilla
Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee. I fucking love coffee, and lattes over cappuccino.
Layer Five
Smoke: tryin to cut down.
Curse: indeed
Sing: naw, not really.
Do you think you've been in love: yep
Want to go to college: Looking forward to graduating and making money
Like(d) high school: Senior year was the shit.
Want to get married: Eventually
Believe in yourself: 98% of the time.
Get motion sickness: wtf. no.
Think you're attractive: I do my best
Think you're a health freak: Definitely not, but I should get healthier.
Get along with your parents: Yep, my parents are awesome
Like thunderstorms: Yup, especially while drinking beer at night time
Play an instrument: Nothing I'd brag about.
Layer Six
In the past month...
Drank alcohol: Yessir
Smoked: yes, its been a stressful month
Done a drug: yes, if you hold to the legal definition of a drug.
Made Out: yep
Gone on a date: Is it still called a date when you go out with ur gf
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: naw.
Eaten sushi: Yes, with diazomethane and newlight and healthy. that shit was fun.
Been on stage: naw, always behind the scenes.
Been dumped: not yet, although there is still plenty of time. =P
Gone skating: skating blows, fuck skating.
Made homemade cookies: no
Gone skinny dipping: you'd have to be on crack to skinny dip in the disgusting pools of westwood.
Dyed your hair: Naw but I cut it real short. Looks good.
Stolen anything: Naw
Layer Seven
Ever...
Played a game that required removal of clothing: Nope
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: fuck yes, damn.
Been caught "doing something": got caught smoking cigarettes when i was 16
Been called a tease: yep, I think so
Gotten beaten up: Never
Shoplifted: Never - against the morals.
Layer Eight
Age you hope to be married: After I've been established.
Numbers Children: 2
Describe your dream Wedding: Small, classy, good food, not overly religious.
Where you want to go to college: at UCLA right now and maybe grad school here or san diego
What do you want to be when you grow up: Scientit (phD)/business man/consultant for pharmaceuticals/owner of coffee shop
What country would you most like to visit: Italy
Layer Nine
In a girl/guy....
Best eye color: dark brown
Best hair color: black
Best weight: Prolly 100-115
Best first date movies? Light hearted stuff. Shrek etc.
Best first kiss location: Braemore hills
Layer Ten
Number of drugs taken illegally: Just 1 bitches.
Number of people I could trust my life with: hm. prolly like 3-4
Number of CDs that I own: over 14,000 mp3s bitches
Number of piercings: two in the left ear
Number of tattoos: None but those yakuza dragon tattoos are cool.
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: Twice in the LA
times, one for a speech I made, one for my dad, and maybe in the UCLA
newspaper for my research.
Number of scars on my body: Just two, both pretty faint.
Number of things in my past that I regret: I regret alot of shit but not enough to bring me down.
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| - Low - - - - - - - - - - Summer is around the corner and it will be a very, very interesting
one, definitely the most interseting summer to date. Why is that
you ask? Simple, appartment + car = 100% complete unadulterated
freedom! Despite the summer school, research and work, the fact
that I will have such freedom makes me drool. This is not to say
that I was on lock-down at home, it will just be nice to decide to
drive to San Diego at 3am if I damn well please.
In other news, me and connie had our grand one year anniversary and it
was incredible. I was gonna post a bunch of pics but my gf beat me to it, check out her xanga if you wanna see.
I'm currently writing my research progress report which is basically
about the polymer I just finished synthesizing. It took a whole
six weeks of worh and then MY GRADUATE MENTOR SPILLED IT. He
recovered most of it, but it's horribly impure and will take at least
another week's worth of work to purify and even then, may not
work. I got my summer project and I will finally get to do some
of the stuff I learned about; exciting in a nerdy way.
I also got a new computer...a really nice one too, with a big ass
monitor that I can watch / record TV on. I'll take pics (probably
with connie's new digital camera...so many toys) and postem
later.
Anyway I should get back to studying for finals.
Oh by the way, the new coldplay cd is fucking good, if you have tickets to the irvine show let me know.
Bah, I couldn't resist, just one pic of me and connie, this is from vday
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