sat:
giants beat a's, 8-7, 10 inning, bottom. which is amazing, cause they were down 5, then 6 to 0 somewhere in the middle of the game. then bonds starts with a single run homer, followed by a HUGE 5 run to tie the game. go bonds!
my 1st day back as a worship team member... and like the past they were asking me to do riffs again :D i need more practice; the only guitar playing i've been doing are power chords so far.
sometimes, i wonder just how much friends change over the duration of 4 years in college... i bet when we all get together again, there's a good chance we won't have the same closeness we feel right now... but hey, if you're true friends, you'll be friends no matter how far you are separated, right?
some biblical thought i think you guys might be interested in:
i'm currently going through the kings right now, as far as my journey to read the entire bible sometime has been going along. omri and jeroboam II were both considered to be northern israel's strongest kings, although all of the kings did NOT follow God wholeheartedly. interestingly, omri's son turns out to be ahab, the worst king of israel. and jeroboam? lemme backtrack with this:
during the course of ahab's reign God promised elijah that he would set up 3 people to destroy the wicked, baal-worshippers in israel; hazael, the king of aram, jehu, a would-be king of israel, and elisha. so when elijah is taken to heaven, elisha is faced w/the task of anointing jehu as the king of israel, faced with the mission to destroy all of ahab's bloodline to avenge the dead prophets. now, jehu is interesting; he believed in God, but didn't follow him ALL THE WAY; he did though partially. because he carried out what God initially intended(the avenging part), he promised him that his descendants would sit on the throne to the 4th generation.
after Jehu's son's reign, jeroboam II became king. so interestingly, although jeroboam was NOT a pious king, he still hailed from a soldier of God. his son, would be assasinated, ending this family line.
i find that to be interesting, even the Bible says that God used Jeroboam to save the state of Israel. funny, eh? and also note, the 1st jeroboam(the 1st king of northern israel) was one of the worst, probably 2nd to ahab.
prayers would be appreciated for:
my left ball of my foot; there is in fact, a DOUBLE callous on it. i got it from my repeated high hops from playing bball... i consider myself a big man when i play, relative to the people i play against, that's why i've kinda trained myself to go for blocks and rebounds over steals. personally, i don't mind the appearance of callouses, but this one HURTS. underneath the slighly peeled-off callous, i can see the other callous formed.
i'll finish "in the secret" tonight... hit me up if you want it tomorrow.
Saturday, June 28, 2003
i think more or less the way i put stuff in for this summer will be a week's recount per 2-3 weekly blogs.
anyways,
wed:
checked out the saratoga library, like i said. funny thing is, after talking to laura online at the library, i got her excited about checking it out. so she tells me she's gonna log off. i end up seeing her in the library about 15 min later :D there's also some funny incident about me reminding her what my home phone # is, but i don't wanna give away my phone number publicly online. ask if you're interested about that conversation though. also, i remember venting my frustrations about how i couldn't song-record properly to her and she was like "no, it's alright" but i said "NO, IT'S NOT!" so she came back with "fine, it's no good" :D
prayer meeting: i think it was long overdue; sam explained why he was who he was, and we in turn shared what we thought of it; it's not the end, but it's a good start to mending a friendship.
thurs:
i take laura to guitar center, heh heh, fun fun. let her listen to my sanctus real CD on the way there. uh, geez, the weather was a bit hot, but in my humble opinion, there's something refreshing about driving down a long stretch with warm wind blowing past you... laura didn't seem to like it though. uh, she didn't find the guitar she wanted there, but it's all good. haha... then we went downstairs to the electric guitar section, and i think laura now doesn't think electric guitars are THAT hard to pick up on now... i remember her saying it felt kinda light. best part going there? when i finally found the 18+ boss effects pedals all wired up in series, and no one's using them :D plugging in and just fooling around was like paradise there :D to be honest i'm more interested in effects pedals than electric guitars now, cause i'm not gonna be buying any new electric guitars anytime soon, and it's not like i have a good enough ear to tell the difference so far. but yea... i should go back sometime soon... i keep forgetting how fun it is just fooling around in guitar center... there's like a million things you can fool around with inside there... i know laura's not done guitar shopping, so i'll have an excuse to go back again...
mahjong when we get back... man, i forgot all my chinese numbers :D basically, i wasn't playing mahjong, it was lydia, heh. but i'm getting it more now. i have played in the past, but it was a vague idea of how to play. and eat some pies, heh heh. then swimming at jon's house. which was kinda neat. eat, and come back. but we didn't cs like we planned(grrr... tim, should've brought your cpu!). instead, i played 1 round of mahjong, while laura played w/my spider solitaire on my cpu(i kept trying to convince her to play w/my puzzle fighter, but she says she sucks at cpu games), but lydia decides to try to play, so that was kinda cool, playing puzzle fighter against lydia for a bit.
friday:
nothing much, really. i just remember working a LOT on my version of "in the secret" for most of the day, mainly cause all the takes that i did were screwed up, like in one area or another. (basically, the guys were supposed to call me so i could go w/the others to bureans to help lydia choose a new bible, but they didn't, so i just let that go and worked on my mp3 all day) and it didn't help that the upstairs area was very hot, so i felt sweaty, even w/o a shirt. it's almost done though, so that's the good part. i still wish the editing were a bit better though; it's hard to explain; basically, i can't get CD quality editing down; it still sounds a bit like it's live, except dumbed down. not at bassy as i would like. and my vocals still don't sound too well. drums COULD use some more work, if i wanted to make the volumes slightly more variated and realistic. none of you guys would be able to tell though. only me, and God. it annoys me though in that sense, cause worship is about YOU+your sacrifice, or your attitude+your gift. think cain and abel; your attitude is only 1/2 the picture. your gift obviously doesn't matter, but your gift CAN be a good indicator of your attitude. that's why. to have me get frustrated with my work and then go "aw screw it" IMO wouldn't please God. then again, there's only so much you can do. but for me, sometimes, i feel like if i just put a BIT more effort in, it would be better; motivating myself to go that extra step though, is hard.
youth group:
all i gotta say is i saw clement and sam BOTH lead worship... BOTH on acoustic guitars... nice job guys... for a first time you guys did great(not like both of them know my sn or anything)... next time i'll bring my guitar and try to help them out.
back @home late @night:
what the heck is jimmie fallon doing hosting late show w/david letterman? weird eh? aw well, well it was nice. one of the guests was the blonde villian for T3, which was nice.
finally:
i'm thinking maybe of at least TRYING to look for a job. i at first wasn't going to this summer, but then, i'm not doing anything anyways. and everyone else has stuff to do during the summer, so i'll be alone soon. at the worst, i won't get a job and will be able to have all the free time in the world. so y'kno... cause i might even gain some job experience if i find the right job. i'll have to think about it soon though.
anyways,
wed:
checked out the saratoga library, like i said. funny thing is, after talking to laura online at the library, i got her excited about checking it out. so she tells me she's gonna log off. i end up seeing her in the library about 15 min later :D there's also some funny incident about me reminding her what my home phone # is, but i don't wanna give away my phone number publicly online. ask if you're interested about that conversation though. also, i remember venting my frustrations about how i couldn't song-record properly to her and she was like "no, it's alright" but i said "NO, IT'S NOT!" so she came back with "fine, it's no good" :D
prayer meeting: i think it was long overdue; sam explained why he was who he was, and we in turn shared what we thought of it; it's not the end, but it's a good start to mending a friendship.
thurs:
i take laura to guitar center, heh heh, fun fun. let her listen to my sanctus real CD on the way there. uh, geez, the weather was a bit hot, but in my humble opinion, there's something refreshing about driving down a long stretch with warm wind blowing past you... laura didn't seem to like it though. uh, she didn't find the guitar she wanted there, but it's all good. haha... then we went downstairs to the electric guitar section, and i think laura now doesn't think electric guitars are THAT hard to pick up on now... i remember her saying it felt kinda light. best part going there? when i finally found the 18+ boss effects pedals all wired up in series, and no one's using them :D plugging in and just fooling around was like paradise there :D to be honest i'm more interested in effects pedals than electric guitars now, cause i'm not gonna be buying any new electric guitars anytime soon, and it's not like i have a good enough ear to tell the difference so far. but yea... i should go back sometime soon... i keep forgetting how fun it is just fooling around in guitar center... there's like a million things you can fool around with inside there... i know laura's not done guitar shopping, so i'll have an excuse to go back again...
mahjong when we get back... man, i forgot all my chinese numbers :D basically, i wasn't playing mahjong, it was lydia, heh. but i'm getting it more now. i have played in the past, but it was a vague idea of how to play. and eat some pies, heh heh. then swimming at jon's house. which was kinda neat. eat, and come back. but we didn't cs like we planned(grrr... tim, should've brought your cpu!). instead, i played 1 round of mahjong, while laura played w/my spider solitaire on my cpu(i kept trying to convince her to play w/my puzzle fighter, but she says she sucks at cpu games), but lydia decides to try to play, so that was kinda cool, playing puzzle fighter against lydia for a bit.
friday:
nothing much, really. i just remember working a LOT on my version of "in the secret" for most of the day, mainly cause all the takes that i did were screwed up, like in one area or another. (basically, the guys were supposed to call me so i could go w/the others to bureans to help lydia choose a new bible, but they didn't, so i just let that go and worked on my mp3 all day) and it didn't help that the upstairs area was very hot, so i felt sweaty, even w/o a shirt. it's almost done though, so that's the good part. i still wish the editing were a bit better though; it's hard to explain; basically, i can't get CD quality editing down; it still sounds a bit like it's live, except dumbed down. not at bassy as i would like. and my vocals still don't sound too well. drums COULD use some more work, if i wanted to make the volumes slightly more variated and realistic. none of you guys would be able to tell though. only me, and God. it annoys me though in that sense, cause worship is about YOU+your sacrifice, or your attitude+your gift. think cain and abel; your attitude is only 1/2 the picture. your gift obviously doesn't matter, but your gift CAN be a good indicator of your attitude. that's why. to have me get frustrated with my work and then go "aw screw it" IMO wouldn't please God. then again, there's only so much you can do. but for me, sometimes, i feel like if i just put a BIT more effort in, it would be better; motivating myself to go that extra step though, is hard.
youth group:
all i gotta say is i saw clement and sam BOTH lead worship... BOTH on acoustic guitars... nice job guys... for a first time you guys did great(not like both of them know my sn or anything)... next time i'll bring my guitar and try to help them out.
back @home late @night:
what the heck is jimmie fallon doing hosting late show w/david letterman? weird eh? aw well, well it was nice. one of the guests was the blonde villian for T3, which was nice.
finally:
i'm thinking maybe of at least TRYING to look for a job. i at first wasn't going to this summer, but then, i'm not doing anything anyways. and everyone else has stuff to do during the summer, so i'll be alone soon. at the worst, i won't get a job and will be able to have all the free time in the world. so y'kno... cause i might even gain some job experience if i find the right job. i'll have to think about it soon though.
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
ykno, just right now i took the time to read some of the other guy's blogs, since my cpu at home is so friggin slow... conclusions for some:(btw i have another blog for today, so you might wanna read that)
alice STILL writes like she's high class and must sound literate...
mandy... still CRAMS a buncha days into 1 blog... that is so bad, i just stopped reading... when i tried scrolling down, the saratoga cpu couldn't keep up :D plz, mandy, if you're reading this, write LESS! or hone up your writing skills! and hang out at church more! i never see you online or around anymore!
joe... haha... funny as ever, i pulled this off his website, which was a quote from a friend of his:
"your xangay...i mean xanga - entry about dating rocks. i do, however, suggest that you rename the Social Aptitude Exam to something else, for example: Aptitude in Social Situations Exam. so when kids take it they can be like, 'yeah, i'm gonna take the A.S.S. Exam tomorrow.' Or 'pray for me that i won't get reamed in the A.S.S. Exam.' Or they can say ' studying for the A.S.S. exam sure is painful.'"
(haha... that reminds me of when jon stewart was talking about how he was getting an anal exam and the doctor said in an accusing voice, "there's nothing in here!" as if jon was making it up... jon was like, "it's like he was expecting me to turn around and go, 'gotcha!'")
some random nba thoughts from various friends of mine:
-i bet duncan + 4 white guys could win a championship
-(after hearing that duncan stopped swimming and picked up bball after hurricane hugo destroyed his swimming pool) haha... he was probably like, "aw man, what am i gonna do now?"
movie thoughts:
-matrix 2: haven't watched it yet; maybe i'll just wait for the dvd now...
-terminator 3: i think it's gonna suck, but like sam, i'm gonna go watch it... you don't even KNOW how much us guys grew up on terminator 2... when i was older i watched the 1st terminator, and was blown away... this time it's actually gonna be in the future(finally!)
-finding nemo: prob wait for the dvd... although the blowfish hecka cracks me up like crazy... when he suddenly inflates, floats away and goes, "oooh! here i go!"
-bruce almighty: wait for dvd
ok, later... geez i don't do anything around here... at least i don't THINK i do...
alice STILL writes like she's high class and must sound literate...
mandy... still CRAMS a buncha days into 1 blog... that is so bad, i just stopped reading... when i tried scrolling down, the saratoga cpu couldn't keep up :D plz, mandy, if you're reading this, write LESS! or hone up your writing skills! and hang out at church more! i never see you online or around anymore!
joe... haha... funny as ever, i pulled this off his website, which was a quote from a friend of his:
"your xangay...i mean xanga - entry about dating rocks. i do, however, suggest that you rename the Social Aptitude Exam to something else, for example: Aptitude in Social Situations Exam. so when kids take it they can be like, 'yeah, i'm gonna take the A.S.S. Exam tomorrow.' Or 'pray for me that i won't get reamed in the A.S.S. Exam.' Or they can say ' studying for the A.S.S. exam sure is painful.'"
(haha... that reminds me of when jon stewart was talking about how he was getting an anal exam and the doctor said in an accusing voice, "there's nothing in here!" as if jon was making it up... jon was like, "it's like he was expecting me to turn around and go, 'gotcha!'")
some random nba thoughts from various friends of mine:
-i bet duncan + 4 white guys could win a championship
-(after hearing that duncan stopped swimming and picked up bball after hurricane hugo destroyed his swimming pool) haha... he was probably like, "aw man, what am i gonna do now?"
movie thoughts:
-matrix 2: haven't watched it yet; maybe i'll just wait for the dvd now...
-terminator 3: i think it's gonna suck, but like sam, i'm gonna go watch it... you don't even KNOW how much us guys grew up on terminator 2... when i was older i watched the 1st terminator, and was blown away... this time it's actually gonna be in the future(finally!)
-finding nemo: prob wait for the dvd... although the blowfish hecka cracks me up like crazy... when he suddenly inflates, floats away and goes, "oooh! here i go!"
-bruce almighty: wait for dvd
ok, later... geez i don't do anything around here... at least i don't THINK i do...
saturday's bbq was great... lesse... i went back for a total of 4 times? 8 slabs of beef, 1 slab of chicken, 5 slices of watermelon... the watermelon was GGOOOOD... chicken was GGOOOOD, but short on supply... beef was kinda hard, somewhat sweet, but it was still bbq'd meat, so i kept going back...
sunday... laura was around, so me jerm jon and her went to lunch together... jerm ended up finishing her 2nd slice of pizza chicago pizza... went to mike's house later... it's funny, i keep forgetting just how tired laura gets... she dozed off there... later, us guys play bball... what else was memorable... although she wasn't hungry, laura joins us at tung kee, where my curry duck soup splashes in her eye accidently :D all of us go later to marie callender's, where we get a chocolate pie... funny... it looked like tiffany, this girl who used to know me at MVHS(she was the one who dozed off behind me in span 5, and of course later i would doze off too, heh heh, looked kinda funny), was the one working there... she didn't seem to recognize me though, so i didn't say anything... me and my shy ass... maybe i'll say something next time... i just didn't wanna look like a klutz, y'kno? like i didn't know how to start the conversation. watch norm get too pissed at wes for attacking him and breaking the treaty during risk... haha... laura kept trying to tell others to stop hating on each other :D
laura: get rid of that lump in the back of your throat!
norm: what, my adam's apple?
*everyone laughs about it*
laura: i meant those bitter feelings!
(later)
alan: cmon norm just flip the board; it'll make you feel better
mon... bball was all i remember... ouch... my foot callous hurts... specifically the one on my left foot... it's kinda strange, cause i'm left-handed(hence right footed), so you'd assume my right foot would be the one getting the ouches, but i guess my right foot is taking off correctly... i need to work on my offense...
tues... got the dr. schools(ok, i admit i dunno how to spell it) gel insoles... i hope that gets rid of my callous problems... pretty cheap; 9.08-$2 for the coupon, so 7.08 total... nice... uh, yea, whatever, day's still unfolding... i'm typing in the saratoga library, which is now remodeled... it's so huge! not to mention they enable you to use microsoft office here too now! so now you can type and stuff! pretty neat, eh? ok, i think i'll go now and explore the remainder of the library.
i think i'll finish "in the secret" tonight...
amerlin- change the world(hard, but nice-sounding)
sunday... laura was around, so me jerm jon and her went to lunch together... jerm ended up finishing her 2nd slice of pizza chicago pizza... went to mike's house later... it's funny, i keep forgetting just how tired laura gets... she dozed off there... later, us guys play bball... what else was memorable... although she wasn't hungry, laura joins us at tung kee, where my curry duck soup splashes in her eye accidently :D all of us go later to marie callender's, where we get a chocolate pie... funny... it looked like tiffany, this girl who used to know me at MVHS(she was the one who dozed off behind me in span 5, and of course later i would doze off too, heh heh, looked kinda funny), was the one working there... she didn't seem to recognize me though, so i didn't say anything... me and my shy ass... maybe i'll say something next time... i just didn't wanna look like a klutz, y'kno? like i didn't know how to start the conversation. watch norm get too pissed at wes for attacking him and breaking the treaty during risk... haha... laura kept trying to tell others to stop hating on each other :D
laura: get rid of that lump in the back of your throat!
norm: what, my adam's apple?
*everyone laughs about it*
laura: i meant those bitter feelings!
(later)
alan: cmon norm just flip the board; it'll make you feel better
mon... bball was all i remember... ouch... my foot callous hurts... specifically the one on my left foot... it's kinda strange, cause i'm left-handed(hence right footed), so you'd assume my right foot would be the one getting the ouches, but i guess my right foot is taking off correctly... i need to work on my offense...
tues... got the dr. schools(ok, i admit i dunno how to spell it) gel insoles... i hope that gets rid of my callous problems... pretty cheap; 9.08-$2 for the coupon, so 7.08 total... nice... uh, yea, whatever, day's still unfolding... i'm typing in the saratoga library, which is now remodeled... it's so huge! not to mention they enable you to use microsoft office here too now! so now you can type and stuff! pretty neat, eh? ok, i think i'll go now and explore the remainder of the library.
i think i'll finish "in the secret" tonight...
amerlin- change the world(hard, but nice-sounding)
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