Interview w/ Richard

Well, my creative juices seem to have begun to run dry, so I've decided to start a series of interviews with fellow azn crew members over important (cough cough) issues. As of now, the only avaliable member is Richard, so I've decided to interview him first.

Q) Why are you obssesed with Baolat? (Cause seriously, this guy is OBSSESED)
A) "It makes exploding sounds." (I'm not sure what this answer means either)

Q) What is your favorite pasttime?
A) "Tennis, duh." (Obssesing over Babolat is a close second)

Q) What would you do if you found $20 lying at the side of the road?
A) "I'd eat it." (...)

Q) What's your favorite song and why?
A) "The Babolat Song, cause it has to do with Babolat?" (OK, I think this has gone beyond obssesion)

Q) If there was one person you could meet, who would it be?
A) "Federer."

Q) If you could have one thing right now, what would it be?
A) "CENSORED" (Umm.... no comment)

Friday: A Day of Cats, Birthdays, and other Weird Happenings

Today's Richard's Birthday.  Everyone say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Now, anyway, today was a strange day.  Usually, I don't talk much about my personal life, but there's been strange going ons today.  First, I made it to the finals i knockout.  I hate basketball.  Second, I attempted one of Justin's (in)famous Regretless Flying Dragon Style shots, and i would've missed but Justin also shot at the same time, hit my basketball, and knocked it in.  So in your face Justin, I actually made it in on my first try. =]  Plenty of other things happened, including a sword fight, Renish getting sick during class, and my bus running over a squirrel. 

But the weirdest part of the day came while i was coming home from school.  While walking to my house's door, a furry blob jumped out of nowhere and landed in front of me.  At first, I thought it was a groundhog but then I realized that groundhogs couldn't jump so far and usually didn't have a striped fur pattern and a long tail.  It was a cat!  So, me and the cat stood there, a few feet apart, having a staring contest.  I waved.  It kept standing there.  I began to talk to it.  It keep standing there.  I began to spin around.  It kept standing there.

Slightly annoyed, I began to cautiously walk fowartd, a led pencil in hand in case it decided to attack.  It took a step back.  I took a step foward,  It took a step back.  This pattern continued until I reached my door and went in my house.  So overall, a very strange day.  

AZN Crew Standards

Hey, Anna here.

Just wanted to say that the AZN crew is by no means racist. We're not the Azn Crew because of our skin tone; we have asian minds. We're all in geometry, with an exception of Maryam, but she's in Algebra and got the highest score on the NJASK in her unit, so we decided to overlook that. Plus, she's mad awesome. ;D

Also, all of us are musical. Davis and Richard, and Stephanie a bit, play the piano, Justin plays the flute, Davis also plays the guitar, while I attempt at it on my own. Stephanie plays the viola, Aditi plays the cello, and Arthi, Renish and I play the violin. [aka, the awesomest instrument ever] Plus, I can play A Thousand Miles on the piano, but Richard does it better. And it takes me about 20 minutes to play the whole, 3 minute song.

Lastly, we're all friends. At least most of us are. Stephanie, Maryam and Lin aren't in our classes; Lin's not even in our school. Still, we all get along, hang out and have insider, Azn Crew jokes. No matter what people think, we aren't the Azn Crew because we're all asian. The crew doesn't necessarily HAVE to be asian.
Haha, we are now accepting resumes. Please send them to Justin, labeled "Anna Is Better Than You." [Justin, if you read this, you know it's true .=p] OK, just kidding. No resumes.
But keep reading! Stephanie needs that new car, even though she can't drive, and the environment needs saving. ;D

8 Reasons Justin is Taiwanese Obssesed

Another 8 Reasons. =]

This time, we'll be talking about Justin and his abnormal Taiwanese obssesion.  In case you ever meet him, its important that anything Taiwanese related is to be said in a postive way, or people may be injured.  Justin can do 20 pulls up, so seriously, be careful.  We wouldn't want any of our readers to be hurt/dead/mortally wounded.  Of course, you'll probably ask why you would be talking about Taiwan with Justin.  He'll find a way to move the subject to Taiwan.  Trust us.  And now, 8 reasons Justin is Taiwanese Obssesed:

1) Watches Taiwanese Drama - Hotshot and Devil Besides you to name two.  Justin has taken the habit of obssesively watching Taiwanese drama and attempting to convince others to watch it too.  It seems Anna has already fallen for his evil schemes.  Stay strong, fellow azns, stay strong.

2) Has Taiwanese Flags Through His Room - I made the mistake of throwing one onto the ground.  I was tackled.  Not a good moment.

3) Constantly Argues of Taiwanese Independence - Wasted a ton of paper printing out random articles about Taiwanese Independence, despite the fact that I agreed that Taiwan is independent.  Then precedded to send me random emails talking about how Taiwan is independent.  Note that it would not be a good idea to say that Taiwan isn't independent, unless you wish to hear an hour long rant on his opinions of Taiwan's independence.  

4) TAIPOWER! - His new favorite phrase.  Whenever he's about to do something, he shouts taipower.  In fact, thats his self given nickname... 

5) Bubble Tea - We all love bubble tea, but the drinking experience has been made slightly less fun because of Justin's annoying habit of shouting "Ha!  Taiwan invented bubble tea!  What would you do without Taiwan?" and rubbing it in our faces.  We'd like to take this moment to remind Justin that Taiwan's only natural export is a drug.

6) Thinks Taiwan is Awesomer Than Everything Else - Make any comparison between the power of Taiwan and a country, and Taiwan wins.  Hand down.  According to Justin anyways.  Recent conversation: 

"Hey, Justin.  Who would win if China fought Taiwan?  Realistically."

"Are you kidding?  Taiwan would PONE (Justin's version of pwn) China!" 

"Umm... China's army is way larger and has way more technology.  Be realistic Justin"

"Who cares?  China would lose cause Taiwan has TAIPOWER!!!"

"...uh, sure."

7) Talks about Taiwan at Random Moments - In the middle of math class: "Did you know that Taiwan has a drug called Beetle Nut?" Another time in math class, he asked randomly asked our teacher if Taiwan was independnet or not, and then asked permission to go on the computer to search for related articles.  Then, in literature class attempted to write a petition supporting Taiwanese Independence.  You never know what Taiwanese related action this kid will perform next... 

8) Is part of the azn crew - 'nuff sa- wait, that doesn't make sense.  Never mind.

8 Reasons Renish is a Nerd

In order to better prepare you in case you meet one of the azn crew in real life (the horror, the horror!), we've decided to put up a list of 8 reasons that a member of the azn crew is a certain characteristic.  We already have discussed that Richard is crazy, so now it's time to look at Renish.  Renish's biggest feature?  Nerd.  At times, he can be somewhat not nerdy.  But the majority of the time, he's a nerd.  So in case you ever strike up a conversation with him, make sure to make a wide berth around anything school related.  Now, without further ado, here are 8 reasons Renish is a nerd.

1) Talks about Strange Topcis - While I was telling him about creating a blog and saying he could post his thoughts up there, he replied "Cool!  I can finally talk about engineering and robotics to people!  And physics!  Everyone will be intersted cause that stuff is so cool1"  Don't worry, I managed to convince him that not too many people were intersted in learning about that type of stuff.  Hopefully, he listens.  But in case you see a long rant about obscure sciences, you'll know who posted it.

2) Thinks Physics is Fun - Sure, physics inintersting at times.  But fun?  Someone needs to check Renish's brain.  

3) Believes Taking Notes is a Form of Entertainment - That kid has a serious lack of understanding about what "entertainment" is.

4) Uses Strange Vocabulary - Who uses "what not" and "quite" to replace "stuff" and "yea".  The kid's not even British!  

5) Uses a Calendar w/ "Brain Challenges" - Who spends their time doing calendar brain challenges?

6) Romantically Indept - Renish's Dating Advice: Talk about books... cause everyone loves talking about books.  Never talk about anything romantic with Renish, or you might suffer from choking to death because of laugther.

7) Vidoe Game Addict - Sends me emails with Video Game Review articles and constantly talks about the newest games coming out.  Watches too many Video Game Previews... I fear that they are damaging his mind.

8) Is part of the azn crew - 'nuff said. 

9)  He's probably sitting at his computer while reading this and saying to himself, "There are 9 reasons, and the title says 8!  GASP!  Davis counted wrong!"

Our Purpose

So, you may ask, what is our purpose and goal of dedicating so much time to creating a blog and writing stories?  Simple.  Its all part of a bigger plan.  First, write itnersting articles that get readers.  Second, get more readers until we have a good amount of "clients".  Third, become more famous and possibly earn money/business deals.  Fourth, buy a car for Stephanie, and make the world greener for Anna.  Ffith, complicated process that can't be explained here.  Sixth, world domination.  But we feel its important to take things one step at a time.  So read, enjoy, maybe even comment.  Then, when we become the supreme rulers of the world, we might let you live. 

For a while anyways. =]

How we'll use Geometry in Real Life

Geometry.  Tangents, sectors, right triangles, conguency, scale factor, pythagroem theorem... bleh.  One of the most prominent questions on the mind of geometry students (which most of the members of the azn crew are): "When the heck will we use this in real life?" Seriosly.  Basic math I can understand the need for.  Counting apples, finding change, etc.  But geometry?  Well... after periods of long thinking, we've came up with the following list of ways geometry can be used in real life:

1) To prove that something is a shape.  Of course, you could always simply look at the picture and say its a square...  Unless of course, you're blind.  In which case you would have to use geometry. 

2) To measure something.  Or you could use a ruler.   

3) To prove that something is a right triangle.  Ya know, in case you ever get in an arguement with your friends.  Then you can prove to them that it IS in fact a right triangle.

4) To find c squared.  Why you would want to know c squared?  I don't know either. 

5) To seem smart.  Amaze your friends with the dazzling knowledge of knowing the scale factors between this triangle and that triangle!  Everyone will be impressed by your overwhelming skills at making a meaningless triangle into a complicated figure for which you need to find the measure of side AB for some unexplainable reason.

Of course, there are probably plenty of other reasons to use geometry in real life.  I can't really think of one right now... but I'm sure there are. 

8 Reasons Richard Is Crazy

Ok.  Richard is one of the stranger ones among us, although I admit that all of us are quite weird (in our own special ways).  However, just in case Richard ever makes an article or meets you in real life (THE HORROR!), we want to make sure that you're prepared for such an encounter. 

The most important thing to know: Richard is crazy.  Why?  Just take a look at the following 8 reasons:

1) Food Obssesed - Like, beyond the "I'm hungry, I'll go eat a snack."  stage.  I fear that he is already on the "I'm hungry, I"m going to eat my fourth dinner" stage.  

2) Agressive - Say "Hi."  In response, Richard will probably say one of the following:

"I'll beat you up."

"Wanna play punch for punch?"

"I'm hungry." (See Reason 1)

3) Obssesed w/ Babolat.  Even more than food. - Just yesterday, we saw another example of Ricard's craziness.  During a school meeting, he was running up and down the aisles saying "Babolat."  When asked a question, he will usually respond w/ something relating to Babolat, such as "The tape is in Babolat.  Duh." or "For our story, I'm goign to write about Babolat." (For those who don't know: Babolat is a tennis brand).  Richard lives for Babolat.  When given a choice between losing his left leg or not being able to buy Babolat stuff, he is 90% likely to chose losing his left leg.  The other 10% is that he will be too busy talking about Babolat to answer the question.  

4) Writes on People's Stuff - Well Mr.Flum, if you ever ask why my persuasive essay has the words "epic fail" all over it and random circles/smileys, now you know the reason.

5) Bipolar - One second: "I'm so much better than you, I'm awesome, I'm beastly." Next second: "I'm such a failure, I'm depressed, I hate life, sob sob".

6) Uber Lazy - Never does work, even at lunch or on the bus.  He once resorted to doing an assignment by asking to go to the bathroom and then finish his work there.  Tsk tsk Richard. 

7) Discusses Random Topics - Once, while doing math work, Richard asked theo following question: "If you cut someone's head off, will they die?".  And of course, there's the time he randomly broke out into talking about quantum physics and how he could use antimatter to destroy the world.  

8) Is part of the azn crew - 'nuff said.

REGRETLESS FLYING DRAGON STYLE DUNK!!!

Recently, Justin (aka the Taiwanese guy) has gotten obssesed w/ drama.  Taiwanese drama. And now, it seems that he's aiming to get the other members of the azn crew addicted too.  I mean, who wants to watch endless hours of boring repitive plot as lovers weep and people die? Apparently, a lot of us.  Justin's recen addiction is Hotshot, a drama about basketball.  Somehow mixed in w/ a classic sports story is love, car accidents, giant business takeovers, haunted apartments, and more dramatical stuff, including a girl named Gugu Chicken, who happens to be the main character's love interest.  Seriosly, they couldn't come up w/ a name better than that?  

Anyways, the whole point of the drama is about a basketball team, and the main character being really bad but good at the same time.  There's a lot of random character development and stuff thrown in there too.  Normally, you'd think that a sports movie would be pretty believable.  This one's not.  At all.  Characters have mysteriosly learned to jump hundreds of feet high, fly, and also do crazy kung fu moves while screaming at each other and having flashbacks.  It reminds you of kung fu... only with a basketball and hoop.  

Overall, its an interesting watch, especially when characters use absurd moves and do crazy feats of basketball skillz.  One negative side effect:  We're doing a basketball unit in gym, and Justin has been trying to perfect his Regretless Flying Dragon Dunk.  This involves jumping 10 feet high and doing crazy/unneseccarry hand motions in slow motion before an impressive final dunk.  As of now, Justin doesn't seem to be making much progress.  But hey, practice makes perfect!  But please Justin, practice at your house.... not at gym.  People may be injured.

NOTE: If a maker of Hotshot ever reads this, please put a DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME message before the show.  It would make the world and my gym class a lot safer. 

*GASP* THE AZN CREW

Yep, thats right guys.  I actually made a blog.  =]  So what's going to be on here?  Well, practically anything.  All memebrs of the Azn Crew can post their random thoughts/trivial comments on anything from world news to what they ate for lunch (actually, please don't.  no offense, but no one cares).  We'll have random updates and hopefully interesting articles, so keep checking back.  I'll try to keep it updated and make it more usable/accesible/actually-have-stuff-to-read-about/etc.  So, welcome to the azn crew blog and we hope you enjoy your stay.  

Current Members of the Azn Crew:

Davis (Chinese Guy/Loves Ping Pong/Attempts to Control Richard/Extremely Random)

Richard (Crazy Chinese Guy/Obssesed w/ Babolat/Hyper/Clueless)

Renish (Indian Guy/Super Smart/Horrible at Listening/Often Confused Despite Smartness)

Justin (Taiwanese Guy/Obssesed w/ Taiwanese Independence/FLAUTEMASTER)

Anna (Chinese Girl/Rhymes w/ Bananna/Hates Drama/Obssesed w/ Pride and Prejudice)

Stephanie (Chinese Girl/Hates Lacrosse/Also Hates Drama/Usese Proper Grammar in AIM)

Aditi (Indian Girl/Hyper/Also Smart/Has Really Cool Glasses/Youngest Member)

Arthi (Indian Girl/Hyper/Likes to Poke People/Obssesed w/ Emoticons)

Honorary Members:

Maryam (POKEMONPOKEMONPOKEMON)

Lin (Chinese Girl/Center of Much Drama/Thinks She's Good at Ping Pong)

NOTE: These descriptions may not be completly accurate.

SECOND NOTE:  In order to join the azn crew, you don't have to be azn.  You just have to think azn... its whats on the inside that matters! =]