Hello World!

I don’t really know how to begin this, so I’m just going to start somewhere. I don’t tend to put these things off, but I’ve decided to wait and read some other posts before writing mine. Without further ado, here’s my first blog post. I’m assuming these things are more of a stream of consciousness, so forgive me if I randomly switch subjects.

Hello! I’m Chris Chow, and I’m the younger brother of my family. I was born in Los Angeles, and moved to Lexington when I was three. I also have two cats, Leo and Caroline. They’re from the same litter and are the two cats in the picture. They are two and a half years old, and are partially-outdoor cats. An interesting fact about me is that I’ve traveled outside of the country many more times before I could walk than I have after. However, when I do travel, I really enjoy the experience of being in an airport; maybe it’s because it’s such an interesting experience, but it’s probably because I’ve watched too many movies. Whatever it is, I’ve always wanted to travel the world.

Something else noteworthy is that I’m an avid fan of computers. I’m not just a fan of video games, but computers themselves. I’m interested in how they work, how they’re put together, and how to program them. For instance, the computer that I’m writing this blog post from was custom-built by me. Contrary to the media’s perspective on things, it’s all just a matter of buying the parts and putting them together with some screws. I generally order my parts from Newegg or 3BTech.

Now let’s move on to more random facts about myself. I am currently/will be participating in the following: The Henry Clay Orchestra, The Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras, Spanish Club, and volunteering at the Village Branch Library. As hinted by the previous sentence, I play the violin, and have been doing so since the fourth grade. I haven’t quit orchestra yet, unlike certain people (who are aware of who they are), and I intend to continue playing, at least as a hobby, for quite some time. I’m an avid reader of fiction novels of any sort, as long as they’re interesting and are a part of a series. It always irritates me when a good book idea is never finished, never fleshed out completely.

Speaking of pet peeves, here’s a mini-list of mine:

1.) Before you ask, no, I am not Chinese, Japanese, Korean (South or North), Vietnamese, Thai, or Mongolian. I am one-half Taiwanese and one-half Cantonese. While China insists that Taiwan and Hong Kong are a part of it, I’m going to disagree because A.) They both have separate dialects that are spoken there more than Mandarin and B.) They both have separate currencies from the Chinese Yuan.

2.) I really detest the usage of improper grammar. Even if it’s on the internet, or you’re texting, please, and I beg of you, ignore grammar. I can live with misspelled words, but improper grammar actually makes me cringe. Seriously. Don’t do it. Think of the children. By the way, here’s a little something that I find particularly amusing.

3.) My hatred for poor grammar extends so far that I had to use two whole numbers for expressing the same pet peeve. I’m not going to continue elaborating about how much I utterly despise this, but if you just remember to put in that comma or apostrophe, the world will become a better place.

Moving on to the more relatable bits of information about me. Classical music is such a large genre of music, but some composers who are higher up on my list are Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, and Chopin. I don’t really mind newer music, but I particularly enjoy movie soundtracks by Hans Zimmer. I also enjoy the usual “geeky” movies, like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars, among other things, but I also do watch more serious movies. I’ve also been watching an abnormal amount of TV these last few months, and I’m blaming Netflix. Some TV shows that I’ve been watching are Chuck, Psych, Scrubs, White Collar, and Doctor Who (feel free to click the links to read more about them).

Well, there we have it. More information about myself in one location than can be found anywhere else. As you can see from the various links that I’ve added, I’m fond of using Wikipedia, but mostly for general information on something and news. As time winds down, I’ve realized that I probably spent too much time writing this and thinking about it than I needed to. Well, spending a lot of time on something to make it good is better than hastily creating some shoddy work.

That’s about it. Now it’s time for an abrupt ending.