User talk:TheChill

Etymology: "theChill"
also referenced as: thechill, thepurechill, justchill, chilled2hell, and theChill Inc.

Originating in 1995 on AOL, the alias began it's life as "Cirrus," inspired by the cloud cover at the time of it's creation, as well as the similarly named electronic music artist at the time. As with most usernames of the time, "Cirrus@aol.com" quickly became flamed and flooded with spam, thus spawning it's second incarnation, "Cirrus2," in 1997. Later that year, to escape the slowly flooding community on the AOL network, an ISP switch to Earthlink was made, and the "Cirrus"-line was discontinued and spawned a new flux of temperature-inspired screennames such as "Celsius," "Fahrenheit," and ultimately "Chill Factor" in 1999. These names quickly became popular for a myriad of hotmail accounts and user names.

By sheer coincidence, in 1999, a school-organization sweater (equivalent to a lettermans-jacket) with name printed on the front misprinted the actual user last name from 'Chiu' to an extended two "L"s making the full last name "Chill." From then on, both online and offline, the username of "theChill" or just "Chill" for short, became standard until the present day. Numerous variations of this name have since appeared to accomodate a variety of purposes.

User Data: "theChill"
Actual Name: Victor Chiu Sex: Male DOB: 06.11.84 Origin: San Diego, CA Race: Asian-American Height: 5' 9" Weight: 145 lbs. Religion: theChill Manifesto / Secular Humanism

Born June 11th, 1984 at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla.

Family Data: Family arrived to the United States from Taiwan in 1980, where they moved directly to Salt Lake City, Utah. They had one child and four years later, moved to San Diego, California where they bore their second child, Victor. They still reside at that current location to this day. Brother has since relocated to Redwood City, CA. The father has relocated to Los Angeles, CA.

Temperament: Highly Americanized, Victor was alienated from Chinese culture since birth. This was reinforced several times throughout his life, most notably due to failure in Chinese school as well as several trips back to Taiwan where the extended family looked down upon him. From age 4 to age 18, Victor actively avoided all asian stereotypes. As a result, he became enthralled by the arts, procrastinated to no end, and in general, followed his heart as it pleased. This odd perspective played a crucial role on his current emotional and spiritual belief system today. Much more relaxed than his collegues, the term "theChill" often applies in more than one fashion. He believes rigidity and efficiency can be achieved in a relaxed manner. Above all, Victor has a very strong sense of justice, tolerance, and ethics, and should all his current endeavors fail, he would gladly join the police force to help support the community.

Current Occupation: Victor is currently a 4th year Bioengineering Major (BE-BE) at the University of California, San Diego.