Golden State's just 3-4 wins away from the playoffs... keep it up guys! i'm really impressed!

today marks the very 1st day i did my own laundry... that's pretty pathetic, but it's also the 1st time i've stayed in UCD for more than 2 weeks of a stretch... getting a picture now?

just dl'd pod-bots for CS, which should give me more practice, i think.

yay, Wes got into UCI! at the very least it's HELLO, TIM! :)

(roughly remembered conversation)
me: well cmon, everyone gets into that school(UCSC)
wes: hey man, don't discourage me
me: well ok
me: CONGRATUATIONS! YOU GOT INTO UCSC? WOW! I'M IMPRESSED!
wes: ...
me: better?
wes: nevermind...

back from MSM, for the 2nd time, and it is all good man... i didn't stay for the followup frosh fellowship afterward, but all they have planned for that is pretty much eat and talk... hmph... maybe next time, i don't feel in the mood for eating

i hear Engrish.com has a photo of a Taiwanese bookstore advertising Sports and Hobbits... eh...

joke i heard @MSM(i'll try to explain it as best as i remember, but obviously i don't remember it word for word):

so adam was walking in the garden of eden with god, and god saw that he was down, so god asked him,
"adam, what's wrong?"
"oh nothing, it's just so down when there's no one to be with me"
"oh, then i can create you a woman. she'll be the perfect person... she'll always admit she's wrong first, clean your place for you, cook for you, listen to you, (etc, etc)"
"great, so what's it gonna cost me?"
"an arm and a leg"
"eh, i don't wanna give up that much... how much's a rib gonna get me?"

i guess MSM's not totally korean... the guy there asked me a question in taiwanese after i told him my roots...

UCD... 2nd week streak here and not home... this will be good... i just have to hope my laundry amongst all things turns out ok better than other things! :)

remember what i said and heard once before: if you think Christianity is all about the afterlife and going the heaven, you have the wrong mentality. the whole thing about Christianity is enjoying life to the fullest... NOW. the whole reason, and definition of hell is the total separation of God from man... and ever since that fall of man, God's constantly been looking for a way to rebridge that gap... when you become a Christian, your paradise starts NOW... because from that point on you are one of God's own, and so he's never far from you... it's like heaven in the real world, essentially. stop thinking Christianity is all about going to heaven; IT'S ABOUT NOW... it is now or never

there's a lotta things i need to look for in a good fellowship and church, but it's so hard to compare, and often i have my own criteria... often they seem similar... i guess the only way is to actually stick around and see if they actually are worth something... hard to compare when you've only stuck around 1 day...

i have to fix my sleeping habits... again...

heh heh... bushtit... that word still cracks me up...

btw that AACF thing that was going on yesterday wasn't too bad, in fact, pretty good. it was obviously less geared towards Christians, but more towards drawing in other ppl. so it's a given that it's not as exciting there on fridays... i think for me UCD fellowships might come down to either MSM, AACF, or ABSK, i'm leaning more towards MSM, cause it seems that i might get something better there, but ABSK's pretty good too. i think i just need accountability...

such an awesome day... such beauty in God's natural design in nature that i am awestruck

i love what God has created... one of those things has definitely gotta be birds...

random fact... y'kno what those small, brown birds that sorta hop along the ground are called? bushtits... i'm not kidding... at first i was kinda laughing at that when i saw a t-shirt being sold by some environmentalist group on UCD groups, a t-shirt(this was a women's small tee that i was looking at) that said bushtit in large letters right across the breast area, so i thought it was a joke, like some porn thing... but i read the captions next to it, and yeah, that's what those small, cute, adorable birds are called... not gonna forget that name anytime soon :)

oh yeah, and i saw some medium-small blue bird(blue jay? i'm not sure)... wallowing in mud, then occasionally poking its head under... it looked cute doing that...

i am tired of reality TV, i wish the networks would stop it... reality TV is anything but real, or entertaining now...

my thoughts on Psalm 34:8... basically, i think the 1st part of the verse is the one that is most interesting... basically, David(i think he wrote this psalm) is asking the reader to put God to the test(not like the way Deuteronomy prohibits you to, but to look around, test the waters, search for evidence of him), and you'll see that he still stands... a perfect example would be what Lee Strobel did, or what Louis Lapsides, a born Jew, what these people, did. do your hw... it's there...

part of the journey of success includes admitting you can't do it alone, and admitting you're only human... trust me on this...

i'm feeling lauraish today... usually, i'm just content, but today i'm happy, happy, happy!

http://www.ogl.org

Psalm 34:8- Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

as Jason Mah put it before, "attitude check... when i say God is good you say all the time..."

yeap... God is good... all the time...

and i just had evidence of that proof... i've never taken an easier chem test in my life...

man, i love the deagle when playing CS...

@dust2 today... came down to me and all these other ppl after all my teammates died... i only had the deagle... i managed to kill i think maybe 4 ppl before dying... i started shrieking into the mic at around the 3rd kill cause i knew i was gonna die... but it was crazy how i managed to kill so many... it was like that round in the deagle5 map for me all over again... that is why i love it... so much power for such a cheap price... sometimes i go through entire games almost just relying on full armor, then getting a fully-loaded deagle, and relying on whatever i can pick up...

haha... this was what i just saw on joe's AIM profile stuff while he was away...

"i WILL win Emily in a game of Literati...eventually :-P"

what, joe, you're not getting beat by louis' smart strategy of tagging "S" on everything you write now? :)

the idea of genetic determinism... it's scary, that some ppl believe in it... for instance now in POB class we're currently watching the movie GATTACA, where in the supposedly near future they essentially use your DNA to determine everything... it's a form of discrimination all its own, and we see in the movie the main character is denied a high class job(astronomy-related stuff) on the basis of him having health problems based upon his DNA from blood samples... despite the fact that he knows that he has the talent to do it... i'll explain later, i'm trying to do some relaxing, cause tomorrow i've got a lot to do...

congrats Luwen(former youth couselor)... you've just given birth to a healthy baby boy... Lucas is a pretty good name, i think it'll stick...

haha... i was talking to bob and wondering if i had a kid if i was feeling sadistic i could name him lao, or ban for kicks :)

NBA team standings

oh man, so close... Warriors are just 4 wins from being 8th place in the West Division... SO CLOSE... they're ranked #9 right now... LAL's ranked #7... bull...

oh yeah, Washington's #9... oh man, so close there too MJ... guess he's not going out with a bang eh? well, at least that clutch shot was still tight as heck during the NBA all-star game...

congrats to Bob, for winning the drink test i put up! Bob just won a free drink that is $2.00 or less in value... well, i guess at least he consistently reads my blurbs... although it's kinda nice to hear Louis once read some stuff i put up... ie Little Fighters 2... that is a cool game, it's getting more fun the more i play it

i just realized that boss consistently advertises their eFx pedals at the top of my blurb-site... that ad up there never changes... it's always the same ad up there... haha... maybe they read my blogs, saw what i liked, and decided hey, why not? it's all good... better than something related to "the gay guys from nsync" as stewie griffin on family guy once put it :)

i should fool around with my guitar more... it's annoying me how i don't get enough playing time with it, putting other, more temporary things for entertainment in front of it... after i finish my chem midterm, i'm breaking it out... some calluses on my left fingers need to be built up again... and i need to get my creative juices flowing again...

i dunno if i should be happy... i got my meals left on my id card down to right on schedule... there used to be too many...

for those of you who think 3+ hrs in a chem lab is killer, here's an optimistic thought... hey, you can't go anywhere... but neither can any of the other ppl! it's safe for me to say 1-2 ppl whom i've met and still talk w/in UCD occassionally were the guys/gals i met in chem :)

more stuff to think about concerning LF2, guitar-playing, chem... goes on and on...

man, it's harder keeping a good schedule @the library for studies... i don't have a functioning watch right now... battery's dead... screw that...

(ignore the below; bob already won)
hey, does anybody i know actually read my blogs on a regular basis? i'll do a little test... if you do aim me with a "yeah ReCharredSigh I read your blogs" exactly like that and the 1st to do so, um, i'll buy you um, an under $2.00 drink(ie sobe, what not, includes tax, so no $1.99 drink w/o tax) next time we meet up... this thing's quitting @the end of this week 2/28 @2:00 PM so if i don't get any replies before then you're outta luck... and don't AIM me the above quote mixed up then come back immediately with a cut-and-paste... haha... get it right the first time, or you're outta luck... ok, i wonder if anyone's actually gonna do this...

and don't worry... i'm a man who tries to keep his own word, so even if i forget, i write this down somewhere, so you're drink's safe, but the important thing is to AIM me!

now i'm really wondering if God's helping me along with this go-to-church-while-in-davis routine... i happen to always get fairly little sleep time from sat-sun, and yet i still am able to go to a church... and listen intently... what wonder...

plans for tonight?
-study/hw
-work on FAQ(heh heh)
-play some guitar(which i have not done in a long time)
-bible-reading(just a passage, any passage... gotta start it up all over again)...

what is not immediate has greater worth than what is... this is a lesson you'll learn day by day... i'm learning it myself... and it's hard to get used to... granted, we've all heard something like this before, but we all fall into its trap over and over again...

when playing 2D fighting games, you have to keep in mind the combos don't make the character, their space control options do; being able to control as much space as possible is key. so while a character may be well-rounded, there may be others that control space better than him... i was surprised to learn that most (competent) ppl at SRK.com think Red Venom as MVC1's #1 character, but it's true... his c.fierce controls so much space so quickly and effectively it just zones everything out(except for Gold War Machine, but he has his own problems)

ok, i'm out... everytime i spend too much time typing it ruins my day...

list of fellowships visted so far in UCD(1 time each, except for AACF and ABSK, 2x each):
AACF
MSM
ABSK
Real Life
College Life

list of churches visited so far in UCD:
Davis Chinese Christian Church
Davis Covenant Church
Davis Korean Church(1st time! haha... this was the 1st time i visited a korean church!)

i dunno... should i keep looking? is what i'm looking for the right church and fellowship, or the right person to keep me accountable? or both?

hmm...

DKC's decent... good pastor, good biblical referencing, uh, what else, decent praise band... i mustve looked hecka red cause i had to run there(well, i didn't have to, but i felt like it)... 2.2 miles away from UCD... actually, more like 4, cause i live on the very edge of UCD that is farthest from DKC...
oh yeah, and i didn't bring my NIV bible... so i found it kinda shocking when a guy offered his korean bible to me and asked if i knew korean... i declined... guys, do i look korean in any fashion possible in my face? do i have to paint myself dark chocolate to make you believe i'm not korean?

lesson of today: daniel 6
i think the pastor had 3 points:
1-prayer is used to ask for help
2-God will never send you into a place where he won't be there/help you
3-something about relying on God will give you success
(i really should've brought a pen... i almost forgot what was taught to me that time...)

i don't mean to scrutinize... but jon has some interesting study habits... studies while playing some dvd/movie/anime on his com... even the other dorm guys wonder why he takes so long to complete stuff...

edited my constant thoughts... i realize that almost everyday i have that "God made me a biologist" thought... God made me appreciate so much of what he made, nature-wise, that's it's unbelieveable... if i can't hit 7 ft(which is most likely), and can't play like Eric Weaver(which is also most likely, though i'll never give up my electric guitar playing), or if God doesn't directly steer me away from it, i will always try to find some bio-related field for my profession... sometimes i just stop walking to class, and just stare up at the trees, or look at the nearby blue jays or squirrels... in any case i am amazed...

me: haha... jon just farted
grace: hAHHAha
grace: thANKS for sharing buddy!
grace: dOORKNOB
grace: smack him for me
me: no prob; what are friends for?
grace: hahahah of cousre..
me: naw, no need to... it doesn't smell
me: well, it least i can't smell it yet
grace: ....
grace: yuckkkkk
grace: ahhahaha
me: when it does i'll peg him for ya
grace: ahhaha alrite
grace: tell him is aid hey
grace: wait is the boy online
grace: no he is away
me: he's csing :-)
grace: ahhaha ah is ee i see
me: the last time mandy asked me what jon was doing and i told her that he was csing she was like "aiya" :-)
grace: ahahhah
grace: yeepp..
grace: biascally. ahhah
me: then say it :-)
grace: aiyahhh
grace: thhat boy. cs again?!
grace: ahha how's that
me: haha
me: good

grace: hahahah
grace: eat it
grace: gooood for u
grace: i lve fuirt
me: i already ate one tonight
me: 1 orange...
me: so there used to be 2 oranges behind that laptop of mine
grace: accroding to my philosophyu
grace: one needs at least 5 servings of fruit a day
me: drink milk
me: milk's good for you
me: 3 cups of milk a day is good
grace: ehhhh yeahhhhh not at night
me: ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT :-)
me: that's MY philosophy
grace: hAah what!
grace: why
me: haha... i'm just mocking you... stay short if you feel like it :-)
grace: thats what u did?
grace: u darnk 3 cups of milk?
grace: i did that for 2 months
grace: it didnt do anything!
me: you gotta do it longer, idiot :-)
grace: WELL
me: what is this, the miracle diet?
grace: there waw ss othing to inspier me
grace: nothing
grace: the reason my typing is so bad right now
me: what about me?
me: haha
grace: is cuz i hafta type OVER my bowl of peaches
me: milk complements everything
me: just trust me on this
grace: ok
grace: isnt it too late
me: *turns back clock*
grace: SO IT IS?!
me: there, now it's not too late
grace: wait so
grace: it IS?
me: well, at least you can still keep your bones from breaking :-)
grace: .. so it is.
grace: shucks