Happy Birthday, baby! Come on, Zachary Chun, give your sister a kiss for me.

Tue, 090707 @ 4:02 AM
Why who might this be? Why, it's Zachary Chun! Hello there, son. How are you? Ah, and what a treat do we have next to him on this wonderful meeting. Hi Rachel. Happy Birthday. Happy five, baby. I'm really happy. Be happy too. Happy Birthday. Of all that's been going on these days, I was precisely guided to this site once again, to properly document this special day, with this big news. Again Rachel, Happy Birthday. I love all five of you. This morning, I officially launched our company, cash2consumers.com. It's live, as we speak. This is my gift to you, and I will continuously put in time and energy towards improving it always. You may or may not remember from before, but I gave you and Zach, each 10% ownership, of Zandar Enterprises. Zachary and awesome r achel! Anyways, here's where it'll all come together. I have not officially announced the launching, but I now feel the need to do so, and in doing so, I have a clear list, of the order to those who are being made aware. I've only begun, by tapping into an unusually large, empty retail space. The site is barely 10% of the barest minimum. Well, it was this and a rather quirky happening. I proposed to someone about an hour ago. I won't know the answer until tomorrow, but it was something I wanted to permanently affix into existence, by publishing it here, in this most living creature of existences, your blog, Zach. IT'S ALIVE! BRB, gonna go copy-paste real quick.


This will be my one and only attempt, to find out if you desire, what I desire from life.

There are many different loves, learned throughout life. When I was young, I only put in, like 25% effort towards my parents. The rest went to rocks and cool trees. Your parents though, were on the other side, stressing out at 75%. You were young, you needed their protection. You don't know yet, all the funny little dangers in life. OK, OK. I could go on and on, about the great reasons, why being a parent is great, but that shouldn't sway you, in any way. Raising a child is a firm, 10 year, full-on dedication, commitment. I'm sure there are many auto-pilot days. in their latter years. All you can do is show them right from wrong and ask them to choose. A choice is asked to be made, from three words...

'Right. Wrong. Choose?'

The title of my first book, I hereby officially trademark and copyright by the powers invested in me. Make it so.
Anyways. I need to end this constant burning, of my soul. I must, with maximum dedication, focus, on the raising to two beautiful children with someone I have always desired, for almost 20 years. Wow, it was the summer of 90. 19 years ago. Can you believe it? The raising of children will show you an amazing new love. I will put forth effort, into those things that can make you happy, so that I can raise my children that much better. It was shitty, growing up in broken home. Nasty Korean just lingers on and on. If any of this is shocking you, than a simple "no-way, Jay. Not today." will make me as happy as a daisy. So, where was I. Ah, yes. From my experiences, it is absolutely necessary that full, total acceptance, is mutually agreed upon, from the very beginning. Neither I, nor you, have the time and energy to invest towards a question mark. If the details need to be shared, so that our equally and firmly gripped hand-skake proudly announces our mutual commitment towards the raising of at least, two children, than may the bells ring because these are happy days. Anyways, that's what I've been doing lately, Jen. I remember, best stealing that late-afternoon laughter, with the slickest usages of the wrong decision. Doing something bad, was sometimes good. Rawr. I loved that summer for many different years. You get the trophy, for the mental rewind queen of the nasty. LOL. Anyways Jen, will you marry me so that we can raise children? If this letter works, than it'll be no big deal, that I proposed to you too, at the end of this, on 090707 My One Letter to Jennifer.

- Jason


Ta-da! There it is, as clear as day. Next is the announcement. !) Dad. 2) Mom - first to see the site. (3 pre-cummers. Rafa & Tere, and baby bro Tony were all told of it before it went live. I want the pressure of an early announcement. It will drive me hard towards getting the site up and running. and productive. I need to have my site make me money. So. You, son, is person number 4, because I have to make everything more special to Rachel and tell her third because it's her Birthday. Afterwards, I will email out the announcement letters, first to Soo Jeong (precious72@nate.com) then, oh, I don't know. This is a good, solid group. DO IT!!! Anyways, gotta go do it, so once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Tue, 090707 @ 4:35AM

Where is my son, Zachary Chun?!?

WED, 090520 @ 3:38 AM
Well, well. Hello Zach! Do you remember me telling you earlier how much I love to update your .doc file? I love doing that so much that I stayed up just so I could edit and proof it to post the link on the next posting. It's almost 3 MB, so I'll just have to babble on until Megaupload finishes with the link. I remembered as I proofed the last 10 postings that I came up with the 'a' in Zandar Enterprises. "AWESOME!!!" Zachary and AWESOME Rachel Enterprises. What other word starting in 'a' means something praiseworthy. Ahh, but you're awesome too, Zach. Zandar Enterprises. As soon as...hush-hush...I'll probably incorporate next week and register this company. Do you remember how much you and Rachel own? Yup, 10 percent each. It may not be worth much now, but it will. I even thought about the remaining percentages. Since you guys own 20%, I'm left with 80%. No one can have half or more interest than me, so I'll have to own 41%, at least. Wait a minute?!? It's official. I own 42%, you 10%, Rachel 10%, and 38% is up for grabs. Whether I sell it off to an investor or invest it from within to employees, that's how much I can play with. Zandar Enterprises, Inc. dba Cash2Consumers.com. Cool, huh? I wish I had a better understanding of a graphics program like Photoshop so that I could begin the logo process. I've set up quite a few businesses in the past, so this one'll be a cinch to put together. It's funny how I'm blogging my heart out about this venture. Sure, its because I want to share with you my daily challenges and successes because you both have a financial vested interest, but on the flip side, I'm actually recording and posting the steps from birth. It's funny actually. Well, not really funny, but more like an added bonus. A rather cool bonus. With all of this babbling on and on about C2C, I'm setting myself up for a make it or break it scenario. Imagine if you will, a multi-million dollar company's birth and growth being blogged?!? Well, that's unheard of. We're in a rather unique situation, aren't we? Don't worry guys, all this added pressure is driving me to succeed. I'm going to do it. No, we're going to do it. I'm so excited. I'm actually glad that I'm not burdened down by chicas ATM. There's a peace that I can enjoy without the constant nagging. Oh, come now. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Ruff. What can you expect from an animal? Just accept it avoid it like you would a pile of stinky old shit walking down the road.
Damn. There was an error with the upload. It was only a third of the way done and to re-upload, it starts all over. Pooey. I think I'll just let this one go on all night and post it tomorrow in a new post. You know how much ketchup I need to play. Anyways son, goodnight. See you tomorrow!
WED, 090520 @ 3:59 AM

Post number 100, Zachary Chun!!!!!!!

WED, 090520 @ 2:41 AM
Hello there, Zachary Ryan Chun. Can you believe it? We've come so far in such a short span of time. This here is the big 1-0-0. Our one hundredth post celebration! I know I said I'd do something special for this monumental occasion, but I've been very, very busy. I have this new found direction and goal and spend every waking moment thinking about it. No, wait. That's you guys. Oops. Just kidding. I skipped a couple of photos and added the image above because it is a Top 3 for me. Your expression is precious. And look at what you are doing?!? I remember very clearly the exact moment I took this photo because you touched my heart. I love you Zach. I wish I could be with you so that I could teach you everything that's important to me in life. I want to share so much with you. I want to go down the isles at Home Depot with you and answer every question you can think of. I want to hold your hand, I want to laugh with you, and I want more memorable moments with you like the moment above. I know that you know deep in your heart just how much I loved you and how much I want to give you in every way. I'm not worried about you distancing yourself away from me because you know how special you are to me and I know you believe in my love for you. Hang in there, Zach. We'll be together again real soon. I love you.
Enough with the drama already. I suppose I should make my big announcement. If anyone asks what your father does for a living, you can now tell them that your old man is a webmaster. On the last post, Lesson 7 was kicking my ass, but after some serious soul searching (online, that is), more like W3Schools.com surfing, I have a grand big picture of the programming needs. I was stressing over CSS for no reason. I've managed to print out a good third, the top third, actually, in order of relevance and importance, of their tutorials. I'm going to take baby steps for a long time until I force feed myself every last important word. The July 2nd deadline is much more real to me now because I plan on meeting it head on. It's funny how this late in the evening, I have this urge to hit the books again. I suppose it's a good thing. Along with HTML and CSS, I need to learn JavaScript, PNP, XML, SQL, ASP, VBScript, and some other ones. I know what is needed for what purpose, so it's just a matter of taking the time to go through all of the codes. I won't need to memorize any of it, just be able to recognize it when they come up. I've been spending about 10 hours a day on this venture for the last couple of days and the good news is that it really doesn't seem like work. It's now tedious, I mean. I really have a knack as well as a love for source codes. I've been online for so long, I know the desired end products very well. It's now a simple matter of reading and understanding web page source codes. I'm deliberately touting my own horn here as loudly as I can because I'm challenged to make C2C work. Not just for me, but for you guys, my folks, some other relatives and friends. I'm sick and tired of being poor. It's not that I desire wealth; I'm not comfortable poor. Oh, sure, I can take the swings better than most people, but it's time for a change. C2C is going to make me millions Zach and I will spoil you to the bone in more ways than you can imagine. You're going to thank that animal of a mother one day for leaving me because you will see so much love from me that you will have too much loving gratitude. Find me son, I want to hear your voice. Love always.
WED, 090520 @ 3:04 AM

Lesson 7 is kicking my butt, Zachary Chun.

SAT, 090516 @ 4:36PM
Hiya son. LOL, look at how you are hugging your cousin. You were 1 and a half and you loved your cousin oh so very much. He often asks about you. Him and his brother miss you and your sister very much. I'm overwhelmed by CSS. Ouch. There are new topics at every lesson and every one of them are foreign. Ahhh! I was reading over classes of attributes and called it quits for now. What a big pain in the butt?!? There are 5 more lessons to CSS and no matter what, I'm going to get through them all by tonight. Promise. I think I'll be ready to read the source codes for the pages I've printed out. Hopefully. If I understand enough of it, I'm going to start building my site. I've come up with all kinds of ideas in order to popularize our little venture, but until I do so, we'll keep it hush hush. How are you? Summer vacation is almost here, isn't it? I wish I knew how you guys were doing. Damn animal. Ruff. Has Esther died yet? Every cloud has a silver lining. Anyways. I notice that this is the 99th posting. I'll have to do an extra special job of the next posting because it is monumentally significant. I don't know what though because I've immersed myself in the self-teaching of HTML. I am beat. I'll find the courage to trek on because it means the best for us all. I'm sorry, but I am warning you now, Zach. Once I become the millionaire that C2C will make me, I am fighting that animal with every dollar and all my might. There is no way that she can do this to the three of us. Warn her because she and her whole damn family will feel my wrath. Khan was a pussycat compared to what I have in store. Again, sorry, but it's her damn fault. Anyways, back to my studying. See you later!
SAT, 090516 @ 4:47 PM

On to CSS now, Zachary Chun.

FRI, 090515 @ 4:02 PM
Hello again son. Believe it or not, I finished the HTML basics section and I'm moving onto CSS. I was glad to have decided to go through these basic steps because I answered many questions that I had stored way back there in my head. There are about 10 lessons, I think, in CSS, so I should get through them tonight. I'll need a FTP SW to upload my pages and luckily, I have experience with it because I used it for the links page at my last place of employment. I also learned about SEO's, but you know that already because I've been using my skills to get this blog high ranking in result pages. Anyways. The greed you see in the face above is a snapshot of your animal of a mother BTW. I'm sure you've seen it many times already so you know exactly what I'm talking about. Wow, I can't believe I want to pull myself away from this post so that I can read about CSS. I think after that, I'll be ready to begin putting together the C2C page. There are still so many unknowns. I'll have to take major baby steps. On the flip side, I know that I won't have to produce a 'perfect' site. The needs to perfect will be driven by the growing number of advertisers that will be fighting to get a leg up. Anyways. I wish you could be here so that you can feel my excitement. We're doing this, baby. Wish us luck and keep both fingers crossed at all times. TTYL.
FRI, 090515 @ 4:11 PM

10 lessons finished, Zachary Ryan Chun. Whew.

FRI, 090515 @ 2:23 PM
Hello there Zachary Chun. Hiya son. Hmmm. I just realized now that every one of your youthful photos, (ages 0-4), are all smiles. I wonder why you stopped being so naturally happy. Anyways. I have no idea what you're pointing to in the photo above, but it sure did put a big smile on your face. I'm using this blog to take my breaks with. I can't non-stop learn HTML, so I'm taking in a breather by speaking with you. First, I thought it best that I just read the source codes for the pages I wanted, but then, I was overwhelmed with too many jargon that I couldn't follow. So, I'm going back to the basics. HTML.net is the page I'm using to teach myself HTML. Hopefully, C2C will be up and running sometime in June. IDEA! How about I use Rachel's B-Day as the official launch date?!? Yeah. That'll give me a deadline to adhere to and it'll make the event that much more special. Judging from my laziness with your blog, I know I won't be able to keep up with both blogs. So, this blog will be a continuous gift to you and I'll make C2C Rachel's gift. Yeah, that's it. Good. I'm glad I came up with this little plan. There are so many advantages to everything. Now, for sure, for sure, I'll have C2C up and running by the second of July. Launch date, baby! That's great. Oh yeah. I won't be able to use ZandR Enterprises as the name of my company. Rather, I'm going to call it Zandur Enterprises, Inc. It's not as obvious, and this new acronym will be "Zachary and uh, Rachel" Enterprises. Maybe not. I haven't completely made up my mind yet. I just know that ZandR just won't do. How about "Zandar"? "Zachary and...ahhh, Rachel" Enterprises. Yeah, that's it. Zandar, Zander, Zandir, Zandor, and Zandur. Yup, Zandar Enterprises it is. "Zachary and affectionate Rachel". I'll figure out that darn 'a' sooner or later. Zandar sounds best anyways. OK, well, I have a deadline to meet, so off I go. Talk to you later.
FRI, 090515 @ 2:38 PM

C2C is taking shape, Zachary Chun.

TH, 090514 @ 4:07 AM
Hi son. Look at how cute you are in this picture. I loved just looking at you because you were always so happy. Ahh, the innocence of youth. I miss those days terribly. I went on a C2C marathon. I managed to print the pages along with the source codes for a very reputable company so that I could teach myself HTML. I tried the traditional method of learning, but the learning curve is so unattainable that I decided to do it backwards. I'm going to highlight all of the new terms as I come across them as I read it. I have enough of a programming background to know how information is tossed around so I'm not worried about losing myself in it. What I need to know is all that is out there that I can utilize to perform those tasks that I will need. This is a huge, huge battle, so you and your sister are going to have to wish me a ton of luck. I have a 2 inch stack of code that I will begin reading and learning from tomorrow and I am very scared. Mostly because I'm overburdened and overwhelmed. I came back to this blog for strength. I suppose if I'm holding myself accountable to you guys by doing this, I'll have to get it done with C2C. I also needed the break. Four or five hours non-stop. Anyways guys, I'm going to go sweep the patio real quick and sneak in a game before I call it a night. After tomorrows cram session of HTML, I'll give you an update. Kisses!
TH, 090514 @ 4:16 AM

Eureka, Zachary Chun!

WED, 090513 @ 10:14 PM
Hello Zachary Ryan Chun. Wow. Long time son. For whatever reasons (I'll tell you in private) I haven't posted in like a month. Well, I'm back and I plan on babbling to you like crazy so that I can ketchup. Generally speaking, I've been busy with C2C, and have been taking the slugs as they come. It's really my only plan for any foreseeable future, so I've been sort of busy with it, I guess. You and your sister are the only reasons why I need to press on with this venture. Your animal of a mother took all the wind out of my sails. I never want to trust in another person the way I use to with that animal. Again, this is something I want to share with you in private. Anyways. Last Friday night, your Aunt came over because it was your grandpa's 71st birthday, lunar style. (Remember that HW?) I shared my ideas with Eric hyung and he hasn't responded, so I've been mulling around with it. I was trying to figure out just how I was going to jump this rather high hurdle and viola! I came up with a somewhat splendid idea. So good was this idea, that I jumped back onto my wagon and will try to go at it again full blast. I've been reluctant to battle it out with your mom in court because you guys are too young to not have a mother in your lives. That animal and I should be discussing all that is best for you guys, but being the animal that she is, she felt it necessary to simply steal you guys away from me. Well, time will come when you guys are older and ready to be with me and I'll need money to butt heads with that animal in court. Being so, I need to shake it off and prepare for battle. Don't worry guys, I'll always be here for you. Just be patient until we're all ready. You'll know the truth in time and this blog will continue to prove just how much I care for and love you both, contrary to all of the lies that that animal is feeding you. My revenge will be that you will hate that animal once you realize the truth and I will make sure that you know all of the truth. Anyways, I just wanted to touch basis with you once more and wanted to officialize this epiphany to press on with C2C. I'll see you both very soon and you are in my heart and mind daily forever. I love you both very much and wish the best always. Take care now.
WED, 090513 @ 10:27 PM

Zachary Chun's FIRST ladder!!!

SAT, 090418 @ 9:01AM
Hiya Zach. This photo is by far the most shocking shot ever. My jaw was still cracked wide open even after I took the shot. You were a few months past your second birthday and that, my boy, is a six foot aluminum ladder. I was busy working in the garage and didn't even notice you were even on the ladder until I turned around and found you almost at the top. I was so shocked, I ran to my camera and snapped this everlasting shot. I will never forget that day and I shall never, ever forget this most prized photo. You've got balls, my boy. I still can't figure out what you were so eagerly pointing down to. Maybe you were trying to tell me if I knew how far the floor was. I can't recall because I was stunned for anything else. I love this shot of you. Top five, for sure. And look, you're hanging on to your Buzz. How did you manage to climb a ladder holding your favorite toy? Wonderfully excellent. Good job, my boy. A++. How are you these days? I think about you and your sister daily and am hopeful that you guys both miss me just as much. Oh, here I go again. I was going to post negative words again, even though it's the truth. I'm guessing you dislike it, so let me continue on with my movie review thingy. I have a lot of time on my hands lately, so I've been spending quite a bit of time on them. I actually started databasing my entire collection with the columns, #, movie, IGIA, year, genre, star, co-star, and director. Of course I utilized the all powerful Excel filtering system so that I can access all movies made by a certain actor or director or genre. I learned about a director named Billy Wilder. That's not a name known by most people, but he was a superstar back in the days. I kept noticing his name for some of my favorite classics, so I did some research on this guy. Boy, oh boy, is he ever talented. He directed most of the best films from the Golden age or whatever age the 40s and 50s were. I picked up his name during a eulogy that Bruce Willis gives in a movie titled 'What Just Happened'. Hmmm. I know!
What Just Happened - IGIA8. This is a very insightful look into the crazy world of movie making here in Hollywood. Robert DeNiro is a powerful Hollywood producer that juggles a few movies by catering to the craziness of the different players while at the same time, juggles two ex-wives and all of the headaches that comes along with that whole mess. It was exaggerated insightfulness that is rare in other films. I believe an ex-producer wrote this film and it was somewhat autobiographical in that many of the situations are actual experiences that he's had to wrestle in his past. There is an all-star cast that supports DeNiros antics and it's very funny how everyone plays themselves. I give it extra praise because I'm such a fan of movies and the industry and this film shows all of the wonders and amazement. Catch it, you'll like it as well.
I know I'm suppose to do two, but I'm way, way behind and something just finished so I want to rap things up a bit. I promise to post links for those photo sets that uploaded way back when. Until then son, bye!
SAT, 090418 @ 9:26AM

Zachary Chun's FIRST candy he asked Dad to buy him.

FRI, 090417 @ 12:37AM
Hi Zach. I love this photo of you. This is officially, the very first candy that you asked me to buy. We were at some gas station and you went over and grabbed it. Look at how you're enjoying it. Classic. Love it, love it. How are things with you? I should be able to listen to all of your problems and concerns and help you through difficulties, but your mother is an animal so she's keeping us apart. You have to believe me simply because of this blog. How else could I care for you and love you as much as I do, if whatever your mother is telling you is true? Please just take a time out and figure things out for yourself. The truth will set us both free. I've really been suffering lately simply because I just want to know about you guys. Your mother promised that she was going to bring you guys back here to the states in 2 years just like she promised me I would get information about where you guys are at. I know that John and Esther will never come back because they are criminal fugitives. They're running from the law here for all of the crimes they committed. Oh, BTW, do you remember that $25,000 tax lien that was placed in my name by them? Well, I managed to get it off of my credit. HA! Tell them because it'll eat them up since they feed off of the suffering of others. Stick it up yours, you heroine junkie. HA! That reminds me, is she still alive? Hasn't Esther kicked the bucket yet? I hope every shot of that unreliable medication pains her for years and years with no change in sight. Shoot up like you use to and keel over already you junkie. HA HA HA! John, I want him to live many, many long years as the stupid fart that he is. This way, more and more people will shake their heads behind his back in amazement as to how he could be so damn stupid. I'm sure glad I don't have to deal with that whole mess anymore. Trying to be someone you're not. Ignorance is ignorance, but the truly stupid people don't even know that they're ignorant so they just mosey along. That's how John lives and that's how I want him to live in his ignorant bliss. I hate how these damn animals get me all negative like this. I would like to rid of these animals once and for all from my life, but because they are keeping my children away from me, I have to continue thinking about them. Like dog shit on a sidewalk, I just want to step aside and avoid it forever, but they won't let me. Damn them. It's kinda sad how they're pasts have been haunting them so much. Well, at least Esther. She's going to die because she was, and probably still is, a heroine junkie. Too bad. Does your church know this? Do they know how much of a slut you are? How fake and insincere you are about everything? How many millions you ripped off from everyone here? How you will never come back to these free states because you are a junkie criminal? I want you to die because it will be better for you. We both know that. No one's going to miss you but your dealer. Your daughter certainly isn't because she wished your death many many times in her past. She still probably does for making her the way she is. I hate this post as much as I hate every last one of those animals. Bye.
FRI, 090417 @ 12:54AM

Zachary Chun is two days old.

TUE, 090414 @ 4:02AM
Hiya Zach. In case you forgot, I'm using your slide show photos in the order that they appear. That's how come the image above was added. It wasn't because I looked happier than I've ever been my whole like, or because you're so cute and adorable. Wow, I've got a lot to make up, don't I? I'm like over a week behind now and it bugs me every hour of every day. So much so, I can't even sleep. I laid in bed with my eyes wide open thinking to myself, 'oh, no. I'm so behind. I'm a head, darn it. I better post something. Anything.' and got right up. Well, not really, but it sounds good, doesn't it? I fell extra behind this weekend because there was kind of an emergency I had to deal with. Not really an emergency, but more of a deadline. That reminds me, remember the Coke Rewards thing? Since I haven't said anything more about it, you can pretty much deduce that I didn't win. Oh well. This time around, it wasn't a sweepstakes, but a contest. I don't know if you know, but I am a serious gamer of WarCraft. Not World of Warcraft, just the standard, Frozen Throne. Well Friday night, I read news about the final days of a creative writing contest that was being held by them. The grand prize is some dumb luncheon with the developers along with a trip to headquarters. I'm only about 15 minutes away, so it's not really a prize. There's also this sword thing that comes with it, but that doesn't interest me either. What this contest does mean to me is the opportunity to work with Blizzard to produce something. Anything. Me being such a hard core player and all, I know I can contribute to whatever venture they have in mind. What I'd like to do is to actually write and help produce a WarCraft movie. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a huge success even though the storyline was based on some stupid ring and hobbits. Go figure. There is so much depth to the WarCraft world that if given the right resources and opportunities, I know I can create a blockbuster film. Well, I only had less than 48 hours to write a 3,000-10,000 short story, but I'm very disappointed at my entry. I didn't even qualify because I was shy of the 3,000 word minimum. I uploaded my .doc file at the last minute. I just didn't have enough time. I think I have like a 1 in 1 million chance of winning because I didn't meet the minimum requirements. I'm sharing this with you not because I'm excited about my prospects, but more so to tell you that that was the reason why I didn't play ketchup this weekend. I put everything on hold and pumped out a short story as best and as fast as I could. In the very slim chance I'll even finish runner up, I'll keep you informed. Uh, yeah. That's what happened this weekend. Wow, if I do the math, I'm 12 days behind. Wow, that's close to 2 weeks. We can't have that now, can we? I'm also putting together my sister's 40th birthday present that's coming up next month. Uh, I guess that's just another excuse. Anyways, in order for me to ketchup, I'll have to be a wee bit short on these postings. You know, stretch it out a bit. A little babbling here, a few there, and so on. I did manage to upload like 10 folders that I should be linking to on these posts, but it's late so I'll start with that tomorrow. Anyways son, good night and good luck.
TUE, 090414 @ 4:41AM

What happened to your teeth, Zachary Chun?!?

TH, 090409 @ 1:50AM
Hello my son. I love taking photos with you where we are both in our little world enjoying the moment as we were above. We're both so very happy, don't you agree? I was eager to post this because I have updated your .doc file. 199 whole pages. Can you believe that? Here's the link in case I babble, babble and somehow forget.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XGU9XHE0
I realized that the first three months of any year have either 90 or 91 days. Why? In case you don't know, HW! This should be an easy one. Anyways. I just wanted to get this link up so that I can somehow dwell on my ever-lasting, ever-changing masterpiece. I'll have to hurry up and ketchup so that I can somehow celebrate the big 1-0-0 posting. That's a pretty big deal, you know. The one hundredth posting. Wow. If my math serves me correctly, I only have tomorrow to ketchup because Friday is the big day. Oh no! We'll see what happens. TTYT son!
TH, 090409 @ 1:57AM

TUE, 090414 @ 2:27AM
Long time, Zach. How have you been? You probably don't know this, but today (the 14th, not the date of this posting) is your grandfather's 71st birthday. Yae! He and I are going to a local restaurant to celebrate. Him and your grandmother actually celebrate their birthdays according to the lunar calendar. I've wondered all my life what that's all about. Uh-oh. HW! Give me a full report about the origin, the usage, and most importantly, its relations to the, uh, 'normal' calendar. Hmm. If there is a lunar calendar, what is the 'normal' calendar called. I'm so curious George. This is a big one so plz do it. For me? Pretty please, with cherry on top? I got your Guitar Hero beanie the other day. One for Rachel too. I think that's gift number 2. Oh yeah. I've been trying to come up with some plan in terms of helping your cousin Thomas with some simple math. I was taught by someone in my childhood to break away from the traditional thought in terms of simple math. You know, if someone asked you for 15% of $75, the first thing you would do is write these numbers down and do long math, right? Here's my little 'trick'? Lesson One. What is 10% of $100? 15%? 25%? 37%? 79%? All easy, right? Because $100 is an even, whole and complete number, figuring out whatever percentage of it is easy, right? 79% = $79. Too easy, right? Now, do that again, but this time, for $200. Traditionally, you would have to write it all out and do long math in order to figure it out. This is where my method comes into play. Before you actually figure out the exact answers, look at the question and analyze the number. In the first set, $100 was the amount. In the second, it's $200. Hmm. $200 is double $100, or x2. Focus on that instead of diving into long math. Now, try to figure out the same percentages for $200. 15%? Traditionally, you would multiply 200 by 15 and move the decimal place two spaces to the left, right? Now do it my way. In the first set, the answer is $15. In the second set, we're figuring out the percentage of something that is double. So, why not just double the answer. $30. 15% of $200 is $30. All I asked was that you step back and analyze the question. Do the next one. 25% of $200. Looks tough, right? Not if you think about the question for a split second. For $100, it was $25, so for $200, it's $50. Times two. Catching on? Now what is 37% of $200. Wow, that seems pretty hard, doesn't it? Not if you do it my way. Just double $37, and you get $74! WOW! 37% of $200 is $74. Finally, we have 79% of $200. Impossible to do in you head, right? WRONG! Simply double $79, and you get, $158. 79% of $200 is $158. And we did this without even lifting a pencil. These examples were pretty easy because we used the first set as reference for the second set. The secret is this. Whatever problem you are being asked, think first before reaching for a pencil and try to simplify it down to 10 or 100. OK, another set to practice my little method. This time, we're going to figure out percentages for $50. 15% if $50? Remember to pause and think. $200 was double $100, but $50 is half of $100. Rather than doubling the answers, we have to chop it up in half for $50. You ready? 15% of $50 is (half of $15) $7.50. 25% of $50? (half of $25) $12.50. 37% of $50? Again, this one looks impossible, but if you just think about it for a second, it's easy. Half of $37 is $15 plus $3.50, or $18.50. (Again, I simplified to figure this one out. First I took $30 and chopped it in half. $15. Next, I halved $7 and got $3.50) 37% of $50 is $18.50. And we did this in our heads. Did you think that was possible? It is now. Finally, what is 79% of $50. Don't be alarmed. Just stay calm and focus. Okay. Break up 79% to 70% and 9%. Half of 70 is 35 and half of 9 is 4.5. Now add 35 and 4.5. You get 39.5. 79% of $50 is $39.50! Good job, Zach! You did it! Well, we did it. Just so that this lesson sticks with you, I want you to figure out 5%, 20%, 35%, 67% and 84% for $100, $200, and $50. After that, you'll have mastered this little technique. I'll continue on with a different set of questions to further your skills. I haven't figured out what that is going to be, but I'll come up with something soon. Whew, that was a lesson and a half, wasn't it? I wish I could pop open a can of Coke for you to enjoy as reward for hanging in there and finishing our little lesson. I love you, have a nice day!
TUE, 090414 @ 3:16AM