some random ish on my mind

chauncey will FINALLY make the all-star lineup i believe. however, i believe it'll definitely be as a reserve; people have too much love for dwade still(dunno how much of that is tied to the fact that shaq is chained to this guy, but hey, facts are facts). chauncey in fact, might make the case for REGULAR MVP this year; if pistons win the championship this year, i could imagine this might all go on his resume:

reserve all-star
2nd all-defensive team
regalar season mvp
finals mvp

rip, not as much luck. but he's doing a great job. not as much compared to chauncey though.

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pistons are doing great; but the year they won the championship, their bench was huge for them. the wallaces seem to be playing a LOT of minutes which makes them more injury-prone, so you got to wonder when darko's finally gonna achieve his potential, or are they going to trade him away for a quick fix.

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i agree with the all-star lineup marc stein's got; here's more or less my picks for starting 5 and coach:

west coach: poppovich(props to avery though, and deantoni for preaching defense and holding the fort w/o amare)
guards: nash, kobe
forwards: duncan, dirk(w/mavs being the only team remotely close to detroit and spurs, are we really gonna put kg in there?)
center: camby(mvp performance on the defensive end; something china hasn't really gotten from yao yet)

east coach: flip(no contest)
guards: chauncey, iverson(kinda shaky about ai, but then i'm not sure about dwade in his place; maybe rip, but he pales compared to mr. big shot)
forwards: lebron, jermaine(hard to make a really good argument here; east forwards don't seem THAT dominant as a whole)
center: ben(b/c shaq hasn't played that many games yet)

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not really TOO computer-savvy, so i gotta ask this question; can you record music(.wmw's, .wav's, and .mp3's) onto dvd-r's and then play them back on a regular cd player? they seem to be able to store a LOT more stuff on them(4.7 gb, 120 min compared to 700 mb, 80 min for a cd-r). granted, i don't have any movies on my computer, and i realized ucd's cpu's cd drives are cd-rw, not cd, so i could take a load of crap off of my memory-laden laptop.

the music on my laptop's about 300 mb, so it's not too bad. easily coverable. and the abandonware and emulators i'm hoping to copy should easy be covered with a 700 mb disc(abandonware is typically small; zipped, each game doesn't even reach 1 mb, except for maybe a few). there's various other video and music stuff on my cpu, but nothing too huge.

my virtua fighter matches in total, though, are quite huge; i think i have just slightly over 1 gb of match reel play. a lot of it is akira and sarah players, which are my fave characters.

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i might get another usb drive before break's over; seems my old 128 mb drive broke or something. and i wouldn't want my 512 mb drive breaking during school; just something for backup.

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i will have after today, 4 chapters of revelation left to go. strangely enough, i consider it just barely grazing the surface, although i've probably spent 1 hour each chapter. that's because i've probably only cross-referenced using two kjv bibles. when i start trying to look up the historical facts of what has occurred, and using bible software to quick-search similar words, well, that might take a lot longer, especially considering my winter break's almost over.

revelations, daniel, ezekiel, isaiah, jeremiah, and various other prophetic books in the bible; now there's where the fun's at.

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b/c i'm writing this at the library, i don't have the notes i wrote down this sunday during sermon and sunday school. there's notes i usually write when i'm following the speaker, but see something in the kjv that others don't see in the niv or nasb or nlt or *shudders* the message. but for the sake of not interrupting class or sermon(cause you know how if i brought up the kjv, i would probably have to bring up my beliefs about it, and the evidence, which would open another whole can of worms and eat up all the time during the sermon and sunday school), i keep quiet, but let my mind wander, and see if the verses i look takes me anywhere else.

btw, it was nice to see a lotta old faces during christmas sunday and saturday service. laura, the hwang sisters, the yeh siblings, mandy, the liu sisters, the lin brothers, morris, jean(heh; she comes back from taiwan just when joe takes off for japan then taiwan! somebody's trying not to become a fob, someone else is!). tomio and alice were back too, and i did not expect sam to attend our church AND our sunday school(when's the last time THAT happened?). the usual suspects from college were back though; alice, justin, me.

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last thing for tonight, cause i should get home, and shower, finish my 2nd chapter for today, and start on a rough resume to send to phil. as well as eat.

have you noticed an increase of the use of "the message" bible? i have. dunno how prevalent this is at canaan, but it seems to be a lot more common in college. basically, the premise behind it is that something god's message just isn't hitting the people like the other bible versions are. supposedly, the bible needs to be in OUR language for it to really hit home. that's why it was created.

i have problems with it. lemme try not to get into the whole kjv thing. or how the scriptures they use are corrupted(i'm pretty sure they used the 2 corrupted versions of the greek manuscripts accepted by the roman catholic church). lemme just try to explain it in another ways why i feel bad about it.

if you've ever read it, have you ever gotten a sense that they are cheapening the word of God? it seems like it. because they're using idioms common to our language, and not theirs. you can look for yourself; look on the side of my webpage for a link titled "bible search" and try "the message" bible for yourself. try psalm 1 in the niv or kjv. now try it in the message. do you see what i'm talking about? try other verses. basically, you get the feeling that they concentrate way too hard on getting the bible "in our commonday language" that there are chunks of meaning taken out of the bible.

now, i realize some people aren't as blessed as me in the intellectual sense(i'm not trying to brag in what i have saying that it's more than it is; i acknowledge that seemingly one of the unique gifts God has graciously given me is love of the scriptures, b/c i can pore over stuff from revelation and daniel and be fascinated with it, whetheras some people will get bored or confused to death), so they might need some self-help interpreting and reading the bible. I'M OK WITH THAT. what i have a problem is, is that often people take this travesty as the actual word of God.

i'm very sure the kjv is quite readable; it's not as ancient as people believe it to be. when i first tried reading it, i thought it was going to be chock-full of thee's and thou's and thy's and the like. the sentence structure may take a sight bit to get used to(reads something similar to what yoda of star wars sounds like sometimes), but nothing too hard.

but i guess when people believe in a meaning-for-meaning translation over a word-for-word translation, then we'll believe in different versions eh? strange; if i recall, when a court wants to translate a dead person's will to another language so that the descendants can understand, they use word-for-word translation(dynamic equivalence), so that the meaning of the dead person will not get mixed with a possible meaning from the translator. after all, Jesus has harsh punishments for those who tamper with the word of God, adding to it, OR taking away from it.

(i'll make this short, cause i just opened one specific argument); critics make the claim that you can't translate every single word perfectly into another language, and they are correct. even the kjv writers knew that. without adding any words, the bible translated would make no sense. however, you can see the honesty of the kjv translators, because when they added words, ALL of them are in italics. none of the words which other bible editors have added or taken away are specially marked in any sense.

now, should we remove those italicized words? perhaps, but if we did, we'd have to remove ALL of them. if you claim to only remove this and keep that, you are presuming to have the spiritual authority from God to do so. think about that for a second.

remember that scripture has stated that every single word of God is pure.

that is all from me today; if you want me to elaborate at a future time, you know how to reach me. good night.

something about game 7 finals losses must really bring out the best in teams

cause detroit's soooo gooood this season, it's really boggled my mind. they're on pace to finish as possibly one of the best records in nba history. i did not expect detroit to beat san antonio by 15 pts and hold them to 70. yes, manu wasn't there, but the key was in the boards.

it's really sad that detroit and san antonio get no respect. that people prefer the drama of kobe and shaq over team play.

(heh; i think people seriously need to play some arcade fighting games vs other people and read some of s-kill's articles on playing to win; then they might get a clue the way i have.)

and with the fact that when i watched the heat play, and they didn't really seem THAT dominant against the lakers, i would not be surprised if detroit brings the rape when the heat visit them on thursday.

but i'm expecting spurs to be ready after january, so it's not gonna be a cakewalk. after all, pistons were like that last season.

but for now, it's really exciting to see detroit almost mow over teams at will during the regular season.

i can take on average more than half an hour to pore over 1 single chapter from revelations

and i gun for two everyday of this break...

good thing i've got about 2 weeks to finish it off thoroughly before school starts...

so i thought to myself that perhaps true strength is being able to resist striking back when you want to

but then i thought of people who would actually be a lot more afraid to strike back on fear of losing the war that follows(not necessary physical contact; just afraid of anytype of conflict)...

so then i came to the conclusion that

true strength is doing what you are not comfortable with doing...

and righteousness would be:

doing what is right regardless of whatever you feel comfortable with it or not

if this was last nba season

and the suns met the heat in the nba finals, i would've rooted for the heat...

now i'm not so sure...

i still like dwayne wade, and i respect shaq's game. as well as pat riley's coaching brilliance.

but i have huge question marks towards antoine walker, jason williams, and possibly james posey. prior to pat riley's mark on the team, this team plays no defense outside of wade and possibly shaq and payton. and though there's no particular player on the suns i really like outside of amare and possibly marion, i'm starting to respect how they're emphasizing defense, and rebounding; the things great teams need to do.

basically, it feels like heat are pulling a 2003-2004 laker team all over again; let's throw as much talent together and see if it works.

while having arguably the best duo in the game and nothing else might get you shafted say one of the all-stars gets injured(wade in this case last year vs detroit), IMO, that is no reason for the heat to plan TOWARDS THAT rather than the regular case(having a healthy shaq and wade ready to go); i'd take last year's heat team(which i actually liked) with riley coaching them rather than this year's heat team w/riley. i mean, that's like saying for the spurs, hey, td might get injured so let's trade away half our roster which clicked with him to get some other all-star JUST IN CASE he gets injured. all great teams have to take that risk of their all-star getting injured; if you think about it; the risk they take is actually a LOT smaller than planning for that risk; pistons have the best starting 5, but if one player gets injured, they usually get outta whack(notice what happens if rip or billups gets injured). does that mean something's wrong? no...

that is, it's not bad to have a total of 3 all-stars on your team. i believe it's bad to have beyond that. basically, when it seems like you're just throwing talent together, you're doing something wrong. maybe that's why i have so much respect for what joe dumars did with detroit.

(this may be why i still don't feel too great about fantasy basketball, because this would never fly in an actual so-called fantasy basketball league if it did happen)

but don't mind me; i'm just AsianMadBlog DOT COM right now...

lastly...

wing commander 1's a great abandonware game

you should try it

ykno, honestly, this is what makes me tick

kobe goes for 62 pts and the lakers win...

so now you probably got casual fans going OH WE WANT TO SEE THAT AGAIN!

but that's probably the exception, and not the rule.

yes, things like this can happen; a superstar going off and the team winning.

but it's not going to happen often.

just a side note, if kobe actually HAD played 4th quarter, i believe he would've broken the record for most points ever scored in an nba game. sam's right; if kobe ever went off like tmac, he'd probably break the scoring record.

surprises me how many pts he scored, but then, avery johnson DID get ejected; maybe after that the mavs lost some defensive leadership?

i seriously wonder though, why kobe amongst all the talented guards that can score, has the hardest time getting others involved?

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again, spurs are confusing me with the loss to the bucks. i KNOW, i KNOW, they're not shooting for 60+. but we'll find out whether the best in the west or the best in the east is the best team come xmas day.

about some of the artest trade rumors

artest supposedly realized he spoke too soon(surprise! it's ron artest!) and now wants back. problem is, donnie walsh won't let him play, even if he does take him back. that would(if pacers decide to keep artest) the 2nd straight season that artest's season was cut short.

get this; out of the 30 nba teams, 20 want artest and have hit indy's phoneline. (let's count the ones which don't; lesse; detroit, san antonio, MAYBE dallas, MAYBE suns. from there, i'm pretty much stuck.)

and since indy doesn't look like they're gonna get any good packages from any eastern conference teams(the last thing they want to do is turn an eastern conference pretender to a contender and then end up shafting themselves), so sorry ron, if you're getting traded, you're going west. (maybe that's why he pulled back; he's probably going to a low team...)

houston looks better.

so do the lakers *cringe* then again, phil jackson's phil jackson.

and i hope artest does NOT go to the lakers.

the artest deals remind me a lot of T.O. everybody wants an all-star that pushes their team from mediocre to great. everybody thinks it's worth the sacrifice. difference is, even the crap teams in the nfl now don't want T.O. whereas the ppl in the nba have yet to learn. although artest isn't as much of a troublemaker compared to T.O., you still have to admit, like T.O., he seems to talk way before he thinks.

What exactly a ninja is

I'm not sure about exactly what a ninja REALLY is(media and entertainment have a way of blowing everything out of context), but it's best to sum them up as unenlisted samurai working in secret.

This page should prove an interesting read; clears up a lot of misconceptions.

anybody else interested in bringing ron artest to gsw?

that'd solve most of our defensive and rebounding woes in an instant.

but after seeing the way t.o. messed up the place in philly, i'm not exactly too sure about artest either; the guy's great really. i'm just not sure he can 100% stay at gsw and not sometime in the future cause some havoc.

pat riley's back

look for miami to be a tougher opponent vs pistons, not cause walker and posey and stuff will be good, but simply because pat riley will actually preach some defense. then again, pistons have gotten better this season, so...

so right after i'm puzzling over why the spurs lost to the hawks

the pistons lose to the jazz... and a LOT worse.

the temptation to watch tv is just too strong tonight

kings at pistons at 4:30, and then rockets at warriors around 8:00

ack! must not watch!

forgot to mention this

that ai crossover was sick... reminded me of ai on jordan all over again.

the difference is that jordan is great enough of a defender to remain on his feet and still put up a hand to contest ai's shot after getting faked... poor jacque vaughn just stumbled and fell over.

it's been a while since i've posted

cause i've got finals, but i might not be able to leech off the internet at home, so i'll quickly post up 10 things off the top of my head.

10. spurs were so good that they got beat by the hawks. ok, so i know spurs aren't aiming to hit 60+. but against the HAWKS?

9. i love the reemphasis on D in the nba and how it's getting teams further than before; mavs being 3rd overall IMO, suns being deep w/o amare, knicks making a GAME of it vs suns despite their offensive woes(cut down on the TO's and we've got a decent team), wizards being a leader of fg % allowed for sometime. also gotta look @the failures and see once again how you can't get anywhere w/o d: lakers, kings, to some extent, heat(although that's more attributed to no shaq), and sonics not having nate mcmillian means loss of d-emphasis. still kinda sucks that indiana and chicago aren't doing well yet, but hey... maybe later. still wondering where that D from the warriors is going to come from. if ANY.

8. if i were pau gasol, everytime i posterized a player, i would yell out "you just got KA-PAU'D!!!" and then do a punching motion stopping short of their face. then i'd wear a t-shirt whereever i went with the words "you just got KA-PAU'D!!!" on it, with a fist in the middle of those words.

7. it's tough to keep up with a bible reading plan of 2 chapters per day when you're in revelations. reason being, if you ACTUALLY want to understand what you're reading. revelations is 100x more bearable than going through leviticus, but even then, you can learn a lot.

6. i gotta order those books for the bible versions SOON.

5. internships; gotta get a resume and other stuff down during the break.

4. need to clean my cpu by putting a lotta stuff onto some cd-r's; i actually found out ucd has cpu labs that can do that stuff. there's just too much junk i DON'T wanna throw away; fighting game videos, music, etc. if i do that, i can prob speed up my memory on the cpu somewhat. i think i'll do this during the 1st days of winter quarter; come back with some cheap cd-r's from fry's, put a buncha stuff onto my usb hard drives, and spend a good sunday or saturday just loading stuff.

3. getting another usb drive would be nice, for music or whatnot on campus; i already own a 144 mb and 512 mb one. and a mini-cd player would be nice, so i don't have to always boot up my laptop to play music(i let my mom use my large cd player at home, given how the OLD tape player's broken)

2. 4 finals: monday, tuesday, thursday, and saturday.

1. i got tree63's worship volume one: i stand for you cd. it's pretty good. the highlight is probably them ending their session with amazing grace.

forgot to post this abandonware game yesterday

simply one of the best cpu games of the past, maybe still today; its style is just too unique and creative.

basically, play as a samurai, and work your way up to becoming shogun of japan.
involves action, rpg, strategy altogether.

and a lot of it involves the japanese concept of honor.

Sword of the Samurai

i remember phil playing this for a while, but i never actually tried it back then til now.

it's a great game.

i think you'll need to run it w/ega graphics, to make sure the cpu doesn't freeze when one of your rivals dies.

usc just brought the rape on ucla

the ucla t-shirts i have from phil that mock usc just are flat-out blasphemies in this day and age... well, part of it is true: yeah, OF COURSE there's no rivalry... ucla got beat 66-13! you wanna call that a rivalry? that's like when espn showcased "rivalry week" and featured the pistons at the lakers last season. (to me, rivalries aren't rivalries unless they at least make a game of it)

unless if you wanna look at texas-colorado, which was 70-3. which was probably pretty damn as worse as it could get.

man, college football games are so much of a blowout than the nfl. some teams are just so disproportionately talented.

here's some of the best abandonware/freeware games i've found that i've liked

these are all free of course.

abandonware takes me back. waay back. i used to play the abandonware games on my dad's OLD, OLD cpu bc we were too poor to afford any entertainment systems, so i had to play all these old games that phil used to just copy from his friends onto those HUGE, HUGE, 5 in, black diskettes. if i took the time to list all the ones i played back then, this post would be too long. our old cpu's spacebar and return key broke way too fast because of that. oh yeah; it was funny when i'd load games where i didn't know what keys controlled what(we didn't have a manual for every game), and then just press EVERY KEY on the keyboard seeing what it'd do. or loading a game and HOPING that we didn't need to type a password to play it.

BBQ - just an easy break game; not too long; kinda funny premise, but hey...
madness interactive
N - one of the best freeware games i believe i've encountered; like lode runner, except you're a ninja; very fun, but i guess can also get pretty frustrating. great game overall though.
meteor - one of my all-time favorite freeware games; tremendously fun. great top-down shooter, lots of things you can do.
the real mah jong - rare gem; a mahjong game that actually plays like mahjong, not the stupid tiles game.

jordan vs bird: 1 on 1 II for its time, it was tremendously deep gameplay; if you tap diagonally up-forward in either direction b4 you dribble, you'll jab step. holding shift while moving enables you to run, but gives you more vulnerability to a steal. steal can be done by tapping shift twice. there's some game issues imo though, hard to explain, but sometimes when you want to do something, the doesn't enable you to do it properly, like you press S or zero to rebound, but your character jumps in the wrong direction? or press shift twice to steal, but your character takes too long before doing it. otherwise, good, good, game.
operation wolf - great FPS; very hard, but i'd say, very, very, fun. hard, b/c, it's inevitable you're going to be taking damage. need to run the game by the .bat file first if you want to play w/the mouse. 1st button's shoot, 2nd button's rocket grenade. i used to play this w/cheat mode, but i can't find the cheat mode anymore, so you'll just have to play the game w/o cheats. still fun though.
test drive - the 1st and 2nd game take me back. waay back. we didn't have 3. but i like how the 1st game is actually in color(we only had the 4-color version back then; the one in purple and cyan). and i like how the 2nd version has more than 2 cars(ours only had the porsche 911 and ferrari F40). shifting in td1's done by a and s; shifting in td2's done by holding down acceleration or brake b4 tapping return.

anyways, i'd list more, but these are just the ones off the top of my head; enjoy.

everyone's heard of "i gotta go drop my kids off at the pool"

i heard a pretty creative one from trainer, who says he got it from ede:

"i need to bring the browns to the super bowl"

ROFL!

my head hurts

evolution of the online diary entry

ykno, sometimes i look back and glance over some of my entries from the past, and i have to say, man, whadda change.

it's still intelligible, just like most of my entries, but a lot has changed.

-i don't post as much anymore; paragraphs are shorter.
-i don't post as frequently, that is, not 3 posts or so a day of loads of text.
-topics have been narrowed; i don't post about everything and anything anymore either. in fact, these days, my posts read like a hybrid of espn.com, virtuafighter.com and antichristconspiracy.com, with smatterings of other stuff. not that other stuff doesn't happen in my life, but i prefer to do it that way.

i attribute a lot of these changes due to the fact that i've gotten over having free cable internet 24/7; during my freshman years(roughly 3 months into when i started the diary), i was like the israelis moving from the desert into the promised land; like amish gawking at the big city, i couldn't believe the stuff you could do on the internet. so my posts were all the time, etc. because i was always on the internet. dling emulators, etc.

now, i've learned that the big life isn't everything. i'm still NOT THERE, but you can still see a big change.

i still think a lot; don't get me wrong; that's just who i am. but these days, i like to jot down stuff other places. it's not that i'm afraid of what people are going to read my journal. it's just that it'd take too much time; i'd have to run all the way to the cpu lab, login, login to my journal, post, then do all the logging off. tedious.

as part of his conditioning, rip runs 2.5 miles a day.

only stops this conditioning about 3 weeks in the summer.

otherwise, all other days, he conditions.

sick.

seriously, rip and ben are throwback in a league of crossovers and posters.

tsk tsk tsk

don't ever forget that media has a way of blowing every single science article written out of context. in fact, they blow a lotta things outta context, which is why i don't exactly believe everything the news gives me anyhow. i doubt reporters really look at articles front to back before they write about it. they teach you these things in college.

b/c we all know how lazy the general public is at actually READING.

now, you probably might've seen the below article, on yahoo tabloids, but below's the actual article.

clicky

now, having read the actual experiment, there's some things to note in typical skeptic fashion:

-this was the 1st experiment(or maybe one of the 1st) done on neurotransmitters on "love." that means to establish that HEY; NGF is related to love is wrong. there's too many factors to consider.

-nationality; note how all the people taken were italians. don't we have a stereotype of italians being lovers? why don't we try chinese or indian people? those people think about jobs like it's sex. i also would like to *humourously* question why italians did this experiment and not chinese and indian scientists.

-small sample population; nuff said.

-also, they mentioned that MOST OF THEIR SUBJECTS WERE FEMALES; WHOOPDEDOO! is it POSSIBLE to think for a second, that men experience much LESS emotional roller coasters during love than women? HMMM?

-age; those who were madly in love were young. so, it is possible to realize that this NGF is only expressed in young people, and possibly tapers off as age progresses.

-the scientists also reason the NGF could spike in stress-related conditions; so it's not really LOVE causing this. that introduces a whole other slew of factors. a measurement of NGF might not be per say a number of how much you're in love, but rather the levels off a skyscraper you free-fell 1 minute ago before opening your parachute.

the big 22

yay, another year passed. now i can... ummm... say i'm tayshaun prince's jersey number. yea there's not actually any increased priviledges for hitting 22 are there? by God's grace and will, i shall live to see another year.

funny how it always takes me a year to get used to a new age; i just finally got used to being 21.

btw, the msm girls, plus eugene and david showed up on monday for jerm's bday, which was kinda cool, except our fridge's already loaded with cake all over the place. didn't help that they essentially loaded the cake with frosting; seriously, eating the brown sugar in our cupboard tasted LESS sweet.

interesting tidbit; i share the same birthdate as bo jackson.

more to be thankful for

i've rethought about what i'm thankful for...

often when people think about what they're thankful for, they think of what they possess. what they own, who they're related to.

if you're like me, you may also branch out and think about the genetic, personality, physical/mental aspect of yourself and thank God for that too.

think about your allergic reactions.

that's a big one; never stopped to really think about that, did you?

if you're like me, then you are blessed to have close to no allergic reactions to all types of foods, which means you do not need to go into a restaurant, always wondering if you're going to break out from eating something because it contained wheat or soy.

even if you are, you may STILL be blessed to know that perhaps you don't have a severe case of allergic reaction; ie it is not life-threatening, should you accidently ingest the food.

and then there's animals as well. being allergic to them. and you know how much i love cats, dogs, and other various animals.

so thank God for how he's blessed you.

(speaking of which, even wonder why it seems that as time progresses, that more and more allergic reactions to food seem to be popping outta nowhere? i can't recall people worrying about being allergic to wheat occurring in the 1980s. if that happened in an azn family, it would simply be "junior finish your meal!")

that's the warriors alright

alright, warriors are STILL the better norcal team
(it still rips me up inside to watch kings fans cheer at oakland arena)

ykno, i love the warriors, but it's silly to NOT ignore their weaknesses, seeing how they're essentially the phoenix suns minus amare stoudamire:

-they can't rebound(well, maybe adonal foyle, and if troy gets better)
-they can't defend well as a team or individually(jerm was surprised to find out the final score last night was 106-113; "that high?!?")
-aaand, debatably, no post-offense(though troy's getting there)

so this is pretty much gsw's gameplan; throw up as many 3s as you can, crash the boards, and hope that some of those 3s go in and some of your opponent's shots miss. (what the hell is murphy doing lingering at the 3 pt line? get in close!)

against most good teams, that probably would not fly.

but it works against sac, who pretty much has all of gsw's weaknesses, except worse...

so even though gsw shot poorer than sactown last night; they beat them by the boards; 49-32.

that's why everybody who's bball-savvy knows good teams play defense AND rebound; don't matter how well you contain the shot if you can't collect the loose ball. don't matter how well you collect the loose ball if your opponent's getting uncontested open looks all the time.

indiana's confusing me... shouldn't they be rolling over most teams? at least miami can say shaq isn't back yet.

genetics and revelations

ykno, maybe i've said it before, but i've gotten strange musings(i wouldn't call them visions, no, they're not visions) about how revelations, well, the part about the final antichrist and the whole "mark on forehead and right hand" is going to take place. most people believe that the mark is going to be some type of chip. that mark would enable identification of any person.

most people also know that genetics is more-or-less at the forefront of technology these days; a lotta things in science and health revolve around it.

well, one of the goals in genetics(or should i say, "genomics;" genomics is a subset of genetics; GENOMics deals with the entire GENOME, sorta like how GENEtics deals with the gene) is called the "thousand dollar genome." in this, geneticists hope to someday, be able to figure out a person's genome anytime they go to the doctor for a thousand dollars. run some tests, etc, come back with a fully sequenced genome and know exactly what is wrong, what is right. sound steep for the price? considering what the price is, it's actually pretty cheap. would have a lot of implications medically. basically, where we are right now, is that scientists have been able to completely sequence the human genome. however, we don't know what parts correspond to what. that's the part we're working on.

basically, i have feelings that perhaps when the thousand dollar genome occurs, this will be about the same time the final antichrist comes and the mark is introduced. seeing how the mark's supposed to contain all our info, it's not a stretch. in fact, i'm thinking that chip could be a microarray! (i'm too lazy to explain what a microarray is; try looking at affymetrix's website)

did NOT expect that 26-7 to occur yesterday

not that i was expecting pittsburg to easily win, but i didn't expect it to be this easy for the colts either.

but it did... somehow the colts' d became that much more scary in the offseason.

so it begs the question, is this really the year for the colts?

it looks like it so far.

kings play at warriors on wednesday

lookout comcast sports net; you're in our house now.

not the "king's house."

last but not least

happy birthday jerm

21

and grace, heh heh.

now go out and get hammered.

my mom watches korean dramas with the mandarin subtitles on, but the korean audio on

has actually gained a bit of korean language knowledge now...

a little overdue but

i'm always in a thankful mood; really. nothing's perfect but always see the pros. God is good, after all.

above-average height
skinny build
left-handed, but right-handed enough
good night vision
above-average tolerance for heat and cold
athletic mentality
great mom who always buys me whatever i need and has instilled me with great values
great brother who's... well, everything i'm not and everything he has sans his family is also mine
dad who's been around 17 years enough for me to respect what he's been and done, and how much we're both alike
coming from a family that's affluent enough to always have food in my mouth, clothes on my back and a shelter over my head
a car courtesy of my bro so i don't have to bum rides all the time
love and appreciation of nature
love and appreciation of genetics and some other sciences
love and appreciation of music, specifically rock music and good lead riffs, the good stuff noone really seems to understand these days
love and appreciation of good fighting game skills
love of basketball and football
appreciation of a winning mentality in all types of games over a stylist mentality
strong knowledgeable mind which God has blessed over the years
the ability to see both sides to a debate as opposed to being one-minded like many people are
everything I've come to believe about God and the world through the KJV and what God's shown me there
God having predestined me despite all my flaws to be one of his children
love of silence and the ability to think a little sharper and the like when it's around
old skool mentality over and out
a few good friends who will always listen to me, despite everything that's occurred
being blessed enough to grow up in a good school district, and enter a good college that's not too far from home
being blessed enough to grow up in a good church, and carry on at a good church at college
God bringing me to this point in time with all these gifts, despite everything's that's occurred, good or bad

i bet there's more, i'm just listing off the ones that always come to the surface.

thank you Lord, for these and more.

i fight with myself every single day

it's always a war between my flesh and my mind

between the members of my body and knowledge

they say that knowledge can't save you.

but it can keep you from doing evil, once you know too much.

it is that knowledge, that wisdom, those flurry of facts, that i use to war against my other side of my body

my fleshly, angry self which can get angry over every single minor thing.

as a great comedian once said, i may be schizophrenic, but at least i have each other.

yeah, and what a cursed, hard life this one's going to be.

does anyone else feel that hispanics and chinese people speak their languages a TAD faster than anybody else?

thanksgiving is the christian holiday i hold with the most respect

every other christian holiday has in some way been tainted by modern society. i've already mentioned easter some. christmas is in a lot of ways, the same, but that's a topic for another time(but for some food for thought, next time you think about christmas, think about how the scriptures state that satan desires to be like God, and then think about all the attributes of Santa Claus(even comes down to the "ho, ho, ho,")) it's not that jesus' birth, death and resurrection didn't happen; it's that those times occurred sometime else, but somehow they got affixed to pagan holidays, instead of these holidays coming up, and then gradually losing their meanings over time.

granted, thanksgiving is filled with gluttony too, but i sense and feel differently to it compared to every other holiday.

despite it being only a 2-day break.

it was founded by pilgrims who were journeying to the us to seek religious persecution.

they created it to be a day in which they gave thanks for everything God has blessed them with.

trust me, you have been blessed MORE than what you believe.

micah 6:8

kg

seems interesting all the kg rumors that are surfacing, that he could either be going to the knicks, or the pistons. or staying.

it COULD happen, if mchale really didn't like kg for what he does, calling out him. but i really don't see it happened unless minnesota tries to get like 4 players in return. plus, minnesota would essentially be giving up this season. kg is IMO, the number 2 player in the nba, second only to tim duncan; a lotta ppl believe he's actually number 1, just that he often gets surrounded by a not-as-stellar-vs-spurs-backup team. and i really don't see minnesota pulling a "detroit" like the way well, detroit did giving up grant hill for ben wallace, and then following that up with a buncha savvy moves, getting them farther than they ever had with grant hill.

knicks would obviously want kg a LOT more than the pistons, or isaiah's job is probably going to be gone this ending season if they don't make the playoffs, given how larry's just not feeling this team except for (surprise) the rookie frye. kg would definitely help out marbury at playing point(assuming he's staying), and give the knicks the great defense and rebounding ability they need. but i don't see any really compelling tools to trade for kg. a lot of the knicks players are simply banged up, old, or can't play the way larry brown wants them to play(share the ball and play individual and team defense)

pistons of course, could pull off a better trade(i've heard sheed+darko), but it seems like they had such a good core team(esp their starting 5), that doing so would mess with their success. and if they did do so, they'd be back to square one; finding a good big man to come off the bench w/mcdice. not impossible, but seeing how darko is SLOWLY starting to show some potential under flip, as a pistons fan, you might say "oh, if only we had a little more time to see whether darko becomes a beast b4 we deside on the trade." rasheed is probably nothing compared to kg, and i really think it's a toss-up if the trade occurs though, assuming if the deal is done, assuming only sheed and darko are traded. rasheed has just been great for the pistons and i love his swagger; i like to believe he's like robert horry, but with a decent post-up game, great rebounding, great individual and team defense. but like horry, he loves lingering at the perimeter and waiting for chauncy or rip to toss him the ball. but he IS aging, and his worth is probably going to decline soon, so this would not be a bad move. obviously, you lose the ability to 3-ball as much. but the rebounding and defense is still there, and kg doesn't look to shoot the ball a lot either(which would be good, cause the offense would still be run by the guards), plus you now have a good post-up game. and flip and kg would be together again, just with a different cast.

plus, watching tim ang go pistons would crack me up.

but honestly, if i believe what i think is kg's attitude, assuming he's got the final say on him being traded, he'd rather stay in minnesota and never get a championship than go somewhere else, get surrounded by a better team and get one. he never admits it, but i believe PRIDE is a HUGE factor of how kg acts. never one to talk about how much his team sucks. never one to talk about how his team's never there. not that he won't admit if he played a terrible night. but it's always "it's my fault, i've got to do better." not singling anybody out other than himself. never complains about the refs; heck, i've seen tim duncan and the pistons complain more to the refs than kg does; kg NEVER utters anything to the refs, during or after the game.

but i do like kg; i'll freely admit that; one of my favorite power forwards in the league; i'll like him whether he becomes a knickerknocker, piston, or remains a twolf.

hate to admit it, but...

i just don't wanna do any work tonight...

found this link offa mandy's xanga

white flight

yeap... cupertino's like uci, done high school.

fyi, we know that academic pressure is a type of "strange god" the bible condemns; go back and read the 10 commandments.

all that academic pressure comes because those immigrants from india and china have nothing else to fill it up with.

i knew this would happen

for those of you who didn't know, there's something called the madden curse in the nfl.

anyone who appears on the cover of madden's nfl videogame, their team does badly that season.

sorta weird, but it's happened over and over to the point where it's no longer superstition, but fact.

consider all these guys who appeared on the box:

ray lewis
michael vick
marshall faulk
dante caulpepper

did not their teams do poorly that year?

anyways, you can read about it here

yeap, this nba season's getting weirder by the minute

up is down and left is right.

i'm sure up will become up and left will become left come january 1st, but for now, things are just weird. but hey; it's only been about 9-11 games for all teams or so.

first of all, we could now say that the mavs deserve #2 playoff spot in the west; they've handed both the spurs a sound beating, as well as the pistons, ending their undefeated run by a whopping 37 pts(darn, was hoping they'd go 10-0 before the run quit, but all good things have got to come to an end; still was hoping they wouldn't lose the way they did). so spurs are still #1 in the west, but you know how that is. look for a conference finals between spurs and mavs if things keep up the way they are.

clippers are just rolling. FINALLY defeated the lakers when they met up. 8-2 is their standing right now. i would love to see clippers get into playoffs and lakers not. just to see how socal ppl act; if they bandwagon, i'll be yelling out "i never heard of a clippers fan you unloyal fan"

pacers have had their asses handed to them. TWICE. i thought these guys were the cream of the crop in the east. and now you tell me they got their asses handed to them in charlotte? of course, there was also that night in milwakee; that was amazing on the buck's behalf.

cavs have also been on a roll(8-2), so this really may be the year they not only get into the playoffs, but possibly even push to the conference finals. nah, not when indy, motown, dc and miami are hogging the top 4 spots. well, maybe if they match up against the wizards. but they definitely WILL make the playoffs.

and how did the heat lose to the raptors?

and i haven't been keeping up with memphis, but aren't they rolling or something like that?

and so much about the bucks and wizards. well, they'll come back, hopefully.

anybody else surprised how the nba's going along so far?

i've always liked the eastern conference more than the west; things are interesting now(although i'd still wish celts and bulls were stronger)

bucks are looking good... i've kinda liked michael redd starting 2 years ago, so with a good roster, look for them to be decent again. i found it interesting how he got his dad(he's a p.k.) a church. so it's definitely a surprise who's a christian in the nba; not like the days of old where the only christians were the ones who were definitely outspoken about it(robinson and avery)

wizards look GOOD... some will say that they got lucky against the spurs(duncan shot poorly), but on top of arenas having a good shot, they actually took the place of chicago, ie they had the best allowed fgp; something like 39%. guess they didn't need hughes after all.

pistons are doing GREAT; leads in points allowed, and top ten in points per game; they're doing it on both ends. i don't need to talk TOO much about the pistons; you know how much i'm liking them, and how well they're doing, but just to throw out some stats; best start the pistons ever did was 9-0; i believe the same year they did that, they went on to win their 1st nba championship. the best streak to start though belongs to washington and houston; i believe they went 15-0. it's not a stretch to say the pistons CAN duplicate that feat and go over it; i don't see spurs, indiana, or heat in any of their up-coming games, but you never know. i'm hoping they at least break their franchise record(ie 10-0); they're 7-0 right now.

btw, pierce called prince a poor defender. supposedly b/c he doesn't need to worry too much if ppl blow by him, cause he's got wallace x2. but apparently paul forgot that prince doesn't LET people blow by him often to begin with.

it's eating me up inside how much the lakers and kings suck, and that the warriors and clippers lead the pacific conference. wouldn't it be funny to see supposed "clippers fans" come outta the woodwork if they make the playoffs and the lakers don't? all of us will be called "bs, i never heard of a die-hard clippers fan"

now, it seems like the west as a whole just isn't as strong as the east, and i'm liking that too. like i've said b4, spurs, and then a long drop, and then it seems like everybody's meshed together.

injury prone? nah, but hey...

walking to one of my classes (food packaging class), while eating kashi out of a ziplock bag w/my open palm...

something flies RIGHT onto my cereal right as i put it in my mouth...

i thought it was a leaf, but just to be sure, i spit out whatever was in my mouth...

i saw a live bee alongside those clusters...

in pure shock i immediately threw the cereal and the bee in my palm onto the grass.

good thing i did NOT chew, or my mouth could've been in a world of hurt. i was lucky enough it didn't bite me when i first put it in my mouth and closed it.

and if it survived the chewing and went into my stomach? god only knows how many holes might stomach might've had by now.

whatthehell do bees do flying onto palms of hands, wanting to sting like that?

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and i caused my left big toe to bleed when i accidently pulled the nail up getting up(hard to explain), essentially separating some of the skin underneath the nail.

if you treat goh like a sort of washed-up akira, you could probably play him fairly well

f,f+p:b+p+g is your f,f,f+p
b,df+p is your df+p+k; make the b,df+p good by doing it as b,b,df+p to give it a better chance of beat a lot of stuff
b,f+p is a little different in that you can't use it for delayed attacks; but abuse this move after every successful dodge and after blocking slow moves
FC,f+p+k is the same in terms of using it to beat certain moves; however, it doesn't have as much range, and of course, doesn't have the high damage possibilities as akira's move

make sure to use his long range moves; b,f+k, b+p, and k are all good moves when goh's not on top of his opponent. if not on top of the opponent, mod the moves by doing a backdash first; especially good with the b+p.

always look to throw, but not TOO much.

unfortunately, you need to work a LOT to use goh well; he's just so lacking in the strike attacks. fun though. i'd say the best options for his delayed attack is to either go for f+p+k,p(40 pts base damage plus oppurtunity to pressure them even more as they get up), or shoulder ram(27 ish pts plus oppurtunity to pressure as they stagger), but he just doesn't really have anything there. f,f+k+g:b+p+g MIGHT be good once in a while, but it's just not quick enough to snag the opponent repeatedly.

hahahahaha

have you actually realized that

the warriors and the clips are now the best cali bball teams!?!?

as of now, clippers, then warriors, then lakers, then kings.

don't hate; the birth of a new rivalry is occurring.

now how'd you like us now, kings and laker fans?

(thanks God, you make me smile knowing that red hot chili peppers bassist flea is rolling over in his sleep as i can tell by his blog)

btw, i don't pray and never pray for basketball teams or any sports teams to become better and get more wins or win a championship; that's being selfish.

the last time pistons went 5-0 at the beginning of the season, they went on to become the nba champions...

the last time pistons won the nba championships, their bench was DEEP, and produced a lotta help.

an omen for things to come?

i watched last night's game, and ben wallace's 1-handed putback got me all riled up. completely sucked the life outta the crowd.

charles barkeley's totally right; all championship teams defend well and rebound well; teams like the suns may be able to beat 90% of the teams during the regular season, but what are you going to do when you come up against the elite teams in the playoffs? in close games, near the 4th quarter, you see just how important defense and rebounding can be, and the pistons slowly climbed towards the suns and then passed them.

watching the way rip dismantles defenses on the offensive end makes me wish we played more 5-on-5 or even 4-on-4 rather than 3-on-3; you can do more team plays than 3-on-3; i still feel 3-on-3 is too much 1-on-1ish. the way rasheed is on one side of the court, and ben and tay are on the other end, and chauncy's out on the perimeter; rip did this so many times during the 4th; he'd run towards sheed looking for a good screen, but couldn't get one(ie bell or barbosa? would still be on his tail), so, he'd cut towards the other side, where a double screen by ben and tay were set perfectly, then curl right into the key after passing tay. tay would step out at the last minute when rip passed him, trapping rip's defender, setting him free. billups would read him perfectly, dribble over and pass him the ball; you know what rip would do there. he was just on fire. if billups couldn't get a good pass at rip, he would back up, take nash 1-on-1, and nail the 3.

also watching how the pistons defended the pick and roll and adjusted in the 4th always impresses me; at first they had problems defending against nash's pick-n-roll because chauncy always went over the screen and then nash would either drain it for a 3 or drive in. or the same against barbosa when rip was guarding him. but they adjusted in the 4th and then rasheed or ben instead switched and that made all the difference, so that's given me a realization that defending against pick and rolls is not all about switching or going over the screen(or under it), it's all about what what the small guy and the big guy are capable of offensively; i know how to do all 3(done them all playing w/the other guys), but you need to read the opponent and know what they're capable of.

going over screen - beats those who can't drive, but can put up a shot if they have time to gather themselves
-works better if your big man defender isn't very fast
going under screen - beats those who can drive, but can't put up a shot
switching - works if your big man is fast enough or the opponent can put up a shot or drive very quickly.

this is an example of good team defense over individual defense. that can only come if you know your teammates and have good insight and communication with each other.

also, this puzzled me; i heard a LOT of cheers during the pistons vs suns games for the pistons. at first, i thought it was only for antonio mcdyess when he was hitting his foul shot, b/c i knew he had played at suns for a while. but then i also heard it for ben. and then saw a LOT of pistons fans in the stands after the game. are suns fans just really bandwagonish? did detroit hook up some of their fans to travel to phoenix? is there some connection i don't know about?

truth

*sigh* it seemed like t.o. was supposed to be such a humble guy destined for greatness when "the catch II" occurred...

and yet, now we have to wonder...

"what the hell happened?"

i believe fear is the correct term. once you get a taste of power, you become afraid of letting any of it go.

sorta like anakin skywalker.

the only really important things i've got to do today are

finish my fungal lab assignment before class
pray a little
look at some possible internships (i REALLY need to get this thing going; lazyass)

and buy some snacks...

or as luwen would say it, "snex"

haha... remember that?

that is, snacks for tonight's fellowship.

man, i am so tired.

i mean, there's other stuff i really need to take care of, but these are the important things.

do i even need to say anything?

pistons win AND kings lose in a blowout...
in other words, a team i absolutely love b/c of their approach to the game wins and a team which i absolutely loathe b/c of their approach to the game loses :D

warriors also won, which only made me VERY happy.

pistons are looking sharp in the beginning of the season, which is rare... undefeated... look for them to possibly come out #1 on the espn power rankings early. i like this, but i'm keeping my fingers crossed that they don't burn out and forget what got them to the finals the past 2 seasons. or lose to the heat or pacers.

also, this pissed me off

that's just disrespect. just be glad the pistons didn't see that video before they played; chances are if they did they'd play with even more passion and absolutely destroy the kings(if you didn't think that occurred). rasheed would just bring his hate.

my fav piston prince was ON FIRE in the 3rd; i watched him, and he just could not miss; rediculous. and he even got his only block that night as his trademark fast-break block that everybody knows him for on mike bibby's layup seemingly outta nowhere, which made me smile even more. ben wallace and tayshaun prince simply took brad miller and peja out of their offensive game.

it really is interesting to note how just because flip saunders lets the players run free on offense, especially an athletic team like the pistons, allows them to do a LOT better offensively. if the pistons don't forget and let down the defensive intensity that got them where they did last 2 years, expect them to be even better w/flip.

i try to watch prince and learn off of him, but now that flip has let him and other pistons run free, i'm starting to see the huge repetoire of offensive moves that he's never unleashed when larry was coaching him. he DOES have a good handle. and a good shooting touch. so it's like last year all over again.

about time...

Eagles fire TO

ykno, i liked to too, even when he became an eagles player.

but everything that's happened in the offseason and during this season is rubbish.

donovan didn't mean that to was worthless when he said the team would do well even without to last year; he just meant the eagles are deep.

to seems to be a guy who seems to take everything emotionally and personally and then never forgive.

for a game which is arguably the ultimate in team sports, it's absolutely unacceptable to put yourself above the team. times three. or four.

so, this really is the best for philly.

pny technologies 512 mb usb drive is only...

27.99 at fry's.

(normally 59.99)

better hurry; ends on the 8th.

glad i got one; 128 mb is a lot more than a disk, but it still gets annoying when i can't save stuff onto my usb b/c i have a large slideshow collection or video or whatnot.

and that, my friends, is how you can REALLY start emulating reggie miller

like i dunno, nailing clutch shots...

wow...

82-81, pistons; rip nails the jumper as time expires

who gets no love in football?

football's a team sport.

but have you ever wondered who on that team NEVER gets any real appreciation for?

the offensive linemen that protect the qb.

in almost all other cases, the player is recognized.

let's be fair; in a lotta cases, the star of a football team is the qb and his favorite wide receiver.

but in a lotta other cases, other players receive acclaim.

like defensive positions; sapp, or linebackers like bruschi. or good defensive players on the side that contain to and the likes of him.

on the offense, any qb and his targets are good acclaim. so are the runningbacks.

even the KICKER gots love sometimes; adam vinateri, ackers.

but never the offensive linemen.

these guys are responsible for making sure the qb never gets sacked and yet when they do their job enabling the qb to find his favorite targets, it's always the qb or the wr who gets the spotlight.

then again, when the offensive linemen do their job, so do the qb's, and the wr's, etc. but still...

just some thoughts.

btw, marcus vick and vt are looking like michael vick and vt of old.

indiana did not disappoint me

that's why i love jermaine o'neal and the pacers with their deep bench and strong d.

but it surprised me how close the game was...

even WITH shaq gone out...

ditto w/most of the game, when shaq was in...

so i guess miami really is for real; the former all-stars on this team know they need to play roles, not superstar stuff; payton knows like alonzo, his role is as a defensive stopper. etc.

one more thing before i go to sleep

dennis rodman was on best damn sports show period, and he was kind enough to give a demonstration of how he rebounds so well.

so pay attention; i'm writing down what i remember. it may not come out exactly like he said it and showed it, but i'll try.

basically, he gets near the baseline, on the side away from the shooter. tries to get further and further away from the opponent ie towards the baseline.

then he tries to read how the ball lands on rim; ie will it come to him or not.

if he thinks he's got a chance to rebound it, he'll come in on his opponent(the one guarding him or boxing him out), and then put his arm under the opponent's arm, the arm closest to him(remember, he's trying to be on the baseline), and then levers up on their armpit or upper arm area, something like that.

by doing this, he can box out the opponent, even when they had better positioning beforehand. physical i thought, but then after thinking about it, there is no soft in rebounding.

so i'm sitting here and thinking about that; it sounds like it could work really well on the offensive end, but it's not a good idea on the defensive end; you want to be on the inside, getting positioning; if you play like a big man like i do, and do that on the defensive end, lingering on the far baseline, you leave the bucket wide open. also, it might not be that good of an idea all the time even on the offensive end; dennis was a pure rebounder. not saying that's bad, but if you're trying to play a well-rounded game, you're not always going to be lingering near the baseline.

noo, the tekken 5 p1 side's broken!

i was looking to finally playing it after all my midterms were finally done for a while...

and then THIS!

but the mu has a good arcade staff; i'm sure they'll fix it.

tekken 5 seems to pull in a lotta ppl at their arcade anyways, so they would lose money to not do so.

btw, vf5 looks like it's gonna be hot stuff

-no more juggling; combos are still in, but it looks like it's gonna be more like sf-style linking. prob not as broken as some sf games.

-graphics look VERY good; they should never really play into how good a fighting game is, but this is sega we're talking about; they're really good.

-just hoping the u.s. masses will actually play this game.

based upon their 1st season game...

i like what flip's done for the pistons' bench and their offense...

if delfino, darko(yes, he played darko in the 2nd quarter, and again in the 4th), and carlos step up the way they did tonight, against the top teams, and not just the crappy teams like the sixers tonight,

they could be THE eastern team, or maybe even THE team for years to come...

at the very least, we could be seeing a lotta more spurs and pistons final matchups than once thought.

i mean, it seems like the pistons have basically changed nothing in terms of additions, only getting maurice evans from the kings and dale davis from the pacers.

but flip has really given the bench some abilities now. it's not just mcdice and carlos.

pistons could rank up there with spurs as having one of the best benches in the league.

suddenly, joe dumars is looking a LOT like the genius who dropped grant hill for ben wallace again ;D

can't wait to see pacers and heat tomorrow. bc i'll be FINALLY done w/1st wave of midterms for 2 weeks or so...

that can of whoopass that the hornets opened on the kings was all that was necessary yesterday to make me smile

what defense? waitaminute, you're the kings, nevermind... former gsw speedy just torched them, combined w/j.r. smith.

what offense? oh, you mean that floater that the birdman just sent right into the crowd, and your low 20s shot percentage? not to mention all those turnovers?

speedy claxton dunked yesterday, btw...

no doubt kings aren't going to play THIS bad for a long time, and call me sadistic, but i enjoyed it...

i LOVE it when a basketball team which solely relies upon its offense just suffers and can't shoot the ball at all, can't defend.

indiana shot poorly in game 6 of the eastern conference finals vs detroit 2003-2004 season, but they made a game of it defensively. so you can't say that once you can't shoot the ball, you're out of the game.

but this is the kings we're talking about.

denver-spurs looked like a mavericks reunion. no doubt both teams are going to be good in the west, but the spurs look REALLY loaded on their bench.

reggie miller's now a tnt commentator.

sixers-pistons tonight; i'll be enjoying that... while i eat dinner in haste *stupid genetics midterm grumblegrumble* pistons bench looks SLIGHTLY stronger this year; they got davis, and if one of the other players steps up like darko, carlos or delfino, they could be the best team in the east. i'll also like to see if flip does more of the stuff he did in minnesota like throw double teams on d at the sixers all the time, or leaves it like it is, and lets detroit do their 1-on-1 d(which i've grown to love)... also, wonder if they're gonna be a little stronger offensively.

and indiana-heat tommorow; i'm definitely looking forward to that, cause i want to see how good the heat are, and i've liked o'neal a bit.

heh, you know what would've been funny?

on halloween: indiana jersey w/o'neal on the back, no 7, pacers shorts, nike shoks, yellow headband, two armbands, two boxing gloves.

amazing how closely related the bible and its layers of prophesies are related to the layers of expression behind genetics

like genetics, the bible is LAYERED with meaning; prophesies and words left and right can combine together to spell truths we may not even truly realize, foretellings of the future not yet realized by the common man; for instance, how jesus actually died on wednesday and not friday. or whether the rcc really is the antichrist. genetics is in a like vein, so complex it's mindboggling. 95% of the human genome is JUNK DNA, and yet it probably plays a lot of roles not yet understood. the human genome was already sequenced, and yet, people still don't know what areas of the genome play what roles.
both are not yet fully understood by the common man; there's what everybody understand, and then there's stuff beneath that.
one is archaic and yet fully trustworthy, yet not thought to be so in this modern day. the other is modern and considered to be fully trustworthy, when we have just cracked the iceberg on it, and really don't have a clue as to what it's all about, and in fact probably supplements the other topic more than the other supplements it.

and i am intrinsically seemingly destined to be tied to both.

halloween

i wanted to write something about it, cause i remembered learning something bad about its connotations about last year, but it'll take too long, and i have a midterm to look after, so this is more like a self-reminder.

i will say this though for now; it is tied to roman catholic roots, and the most primative form of halloween involved voluntary human sacrifice or losing a child(the trick or treat), similar to baal worship during biblical times.

this is sorta one of the reasons why roman catholicism should be frowned upon.

it did not resurface in the infant usa because the pilgrims banned it, knowing its devilish roots; however, once the potato famine occurred in ireland, flocking roman catholic irishmen brought the tradition of halloween into the usa.

vf4 series thoughts

ETEG(or E-DTE-G) is used primarily to counter linear attacks. it is nice that it can beat throws, but it will only beat the two strongest throws your opponent does; the throw escapes are only used to partially cover the weakness of a dodge; if you predict a throw, it's much better to go for reverse nitaku; even a low punch would be better. it's sorta like how people key throw escapes in after a reversal; they don't do a RTE in order to escape throws.

i wonder exactly what box step's useful for. seems useful at -3, but when and where should one use it? what does it beat, what doesn't it beat?

for some reason i don't think i can earn the akira's items in the arcade; maybe there's a glitch in vfevo where once you become champion rank, you can't get anymore items? weird...

so anyways, i love tekken, but i know this year i have to not overindulge myself, since i need to finish my school years at uc davis strong. but i still love the game.

so what i do is that i only play the game competitively once a week; like one dollar. but the other days, at night(since no one's around), i'll spend a token or two just to make sure my joystick skillz haven't deteriorated.

problem is, if i play competitively on friday afternoons, a lotta ppl won't be on campus compared to the other days, and so i won't get as much mileage out.

but if i play on another weekday, like thursday, then i am basically wasting valuable studying time.

TINY dilemma that is, but still a dilemma.

i promise this is the last post from today

on another nba topic...

near to last season, i said, i predicted the nba was going to be GOOD this season; it seemed like there were the top tiers, but maybe only a few, and then there'd be a buncha teams in the middle b/c there'd be a lotta improvements, and then maybe 1 or 2 bottom tiers.

does anybody feel though, that the top list has basically emptied out?

the east has been reduced back to the lowest common denominators; miami, detroit and indiana. cleveland seems on the rise, but a ton of the eastern teams are in the middle b/c they suck, not b/c they've improved; chicago and boston seemed to just DROP. washington might still be there, but they've went slightly back.

meanwhile, the west isn't that much better; unless if your team's name is san antonio, everybody else has dropped backward too. suns for instance.

basically, i get the feeling that the guys that are a step below the top teams in the nba(basically if you're not miami, indiana, detroit, and san antonio), you got there b/c, well, the teams that WERE there took a drop, as opposed to the new upper-mid teams upping themselves.

i mean, i could be wrong, and the season hasn't started yet. i'm hoping i'm wrong. but it seems like the rich got richer, and the poor got poorer.

random ish

ok, that last post took me a while to write, but i'm glad i finally wrote it; btw, the website that i got the info off of was

antichrist conspiracy.com

off of the free ebook. i basically detailed what the author stated(he gave the verses in his book, but i thought his explanation wasn't very good enough to get it on the 1st go; i tried to do so in a way to make it more easy to understand)

yea, i know it sounds weird, but if you know me, that was the same ebook that showed me a buncha other stuff people don't seem to realize in christianity; in due time, i'll try to take a look at a lot more of the topics brought up in there.

i know i wanted to look into how the other versions of the bible are false; i'll get around to it; school's just bogging me down, that's all. just gotta remember to actually do it.

but for sure, expect me to post something similar to last post, except for "the fact that man is predestined and doesn't have a free will"

anyways, if you ever wanna link to that long post i did, and not my actual site:

linky

http://recharredsigh.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-day-did-christ-die-and-what-day.html

sports

i can't believe espn mag rated dwayne wade as a "10"; shaq's justified; ditto w/kg and tim duncan; they gave lebron a 10 b/c they couldn't go 11 :D but i bet they just did it so that it looks like the overall score makes them look like they're as strong as detroit; cause technically, they're supposed to be. but 10 is supposed to mean absolute dominant; like nobody can touch your offense when on the ball, you play some nasty man d and help d, and you branch out, doing other stuff on offense, making others better. dwayne wade is more like a 9. maybe even 8. ben wallace was rated a 9, which makes me wonder, if he shot the ball well, would that put him at 10; cause seriously, every other aspect of his game is not just good, it's DOMINANT. except for his 1-on-1; good, but not great. just his frees. billups, considering his solid play, should probably be a 9, not an 8.

i really do like jermaine, despite being a pistons fan. he's a great all-around player, and despite that nasty rush punch he pulled on the pistons fan last season(bryan FUUUURY!!!), he's an all-around nice guy. i just wished he'd look a lot more like he does in the nike shox commercials; dunk-aholic 2-handed hammerdown w/shot bloxiness. he relies too much on a fade-away jumper; sorta like kg w/o that spin. take it to the rim more buddy!

shoot, i was gonna say something else related to sports... but my head just went blank.

oh, wait, now i remember; not related to sports...

so i went to redrum burger yesterday

i only eat out in davis like once a week, and when i do, at a fast food place; basically, to save time. if i want a home-cooked meal, i do it myself.

cause i had a 2-for-1 coupon; 5.99 plus tax for two 1/2-lb cheeseburgers w/everything on them... one for dinner, one for today's lunch.

and usually it's a white guy/girl at the counter taking your order. and they're playing some 90s heavy rock in the background, like tool.

but that time, it was a tall black dude. still tool playing. he started humming to it as he was ringing up my order. (hmm, not very "black," my subconscious tells me)

then i get the receipt; ykno how receipts sometimes list the name of the guy at the counter?

"bruce"

i had to chuckle.

if you don't play tekken, you might not get it; i thought about asking him whether his last name was "irvin." decided not.

What day did Christ die, and what day did he rise again?

It is quite interesting to see how easily people come to believe something they are told within the church without researching things for themselves.

Common belief amongst Christians is that roughly 2000 years ago(more like 1970 or so years), Jesus died on a Friday morning during Passover, and then arose on Sunday morning.

What I wrote below, I basically read from somewhere off the web, and the 1st time I read it, I was shocked. But I sat down, thought about it, diagramed it, and realized it must be true. It all makes sense.

Now, what I’m about to say seems to be pretty controversial, but I encourage you to not debate this by questioning how skewed my ideas are from common belief, but by countering my arguments from the bible itself; I believe that the Bible is the absolute truth from God’s mouth, and that God can’t lie. If you think I’m wrong, show me in the Bible where I’m wrong.

First of all, why what we believe is wrong:

Jesus stated that he would remain dead for 3 full days; that’s 3 days and 3 nights; read the following passage:

Matthew 12:40

That means Jesus could not have died on the supposedly Good Friday and risen on Easter Sunday; if he died on Friday morning, that would mean to fulfill the biblical prophecy, he would have to arise on Monday night(he would have spent Friday night, all of Saturday and Sunday, and Monday morning dead in order to fulfill the prophecy). If he died on Friday night, then he would have to arisen on Tuesday morning. Likewise, if he arose on Sunday morning, he would have died on Wednesday night(all of Thursday, Friday and Saturday spent dead), and if he arose on Sunday night, that would mean he would have had to died on Thursday morning. There are only 1 and a half days that exist between Friday morning and Sunday morning; Friday night and all of Saturday.

Time to look some verses up:

So then, how can we know what day Jesus actually died and what day he actually arose? The Bible does not in plain English state what day Jesus died, and what day he arose.

However, the Bible DOES infer what day Jesus died, and what day he arose, but you have to put two and two together; it does not state in any single passage when he died and arose.

We do know that Jesus died during the day; perhaps either morning or afternoon. That of course, helps us to know that Jesus must have arisen during the night.

Matthew 27:45-50

We also know Jesus died on the Passover; that’s a fact. Because there’s numerous passages that support this belief.

Matthew 26:2; the Son of Man will be crucified on the feast of the passover
John 13:1; again, the last supper took place during the feast of the Passover; Jesus would later die that night
John 18:39; Pilate offers to release one of the prisoners to the Jews, which means that the day that Jesus was crucified was the Passover

What many people don’t seem to know though, is that there were more than 2 Sabbaths that occurred during the Passover at the time of Jesus’ death; yes; two. People don’t even know that Passover coincides at the same time with another holiday that God commanded his people to observe:

Exodus 12:17-20

So we see that Passover is also known as the Feast of Unleavened Bread and spans from the 14th of the 1st month until the 21st of the same month; that makes for a total of 8 days; count them:

14(1) 15(2) 16(3) 17(4) 18(5) 19(6) 20(7) 21(8)

Leviticus says essentially the same thing, but in another way:

Leviticus 23:4-8

It says that the feast of unleavened bread follows the Passover(which occurs on the 14th) and consists of 7 days; the very 1st day, or the 15th of the 1st month, no work is to be done. The 7th day, or the 21st of the 1st month, no work is to be done. According to the definition of a Sabbath, that would make those Sabbath days.

Leviticus 23:2-3

In addition, remember that the Israelites were still required by God to observe the weekly Sabbath on Saturday during those days. Since a full week is 7 days, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread spans 7 days, That means, the Feast of Unleavened Bread could have 3 Sabbaths, with the weekly Sabbath falling somewhere in between the 2 Sabbaths observed during the feast.

This is why in many passages before Jesus’ death, the Passover is referred to as the Preparation; it was also the preparation day for the feast of unleavened bread.

Mark 15:42-47; the preparation is known as the day before the Sabbath
Luke 22:1-8; the feast of unleavened bread is also known as the Passover, which is the day which Jesus ate with his disciples, then later died
John 19:31; the preparation is the day before the Sabbath(a high day), which is why the Jews wanted to take down the bodies, since they could not do work the next day
John 19:14; it was called the preparation OF the Passover, not preparation FOR the Passover, which means that it had the time during the Passover when one prepares for the feast of unleavened bread

Unfortunately, that still does not enable us to pinpoint the location of the weekly Sabbath during the feast, which would greatly help us know which day Jesus died and rose again.

We do know however, that seemingly a contradiction in the Bible exists after Jesus died; read these two passages.

Luke 23:53 – 24:3
Mark 16:1-6

If only 1 Sabbath existed that week, the women couldn’t possibly buy the spices AFTER they’ve prepared them, and God would be lying. But if 2 Sabbaths existed that week, then the women could buy the spices and then prepared them; they bought them after the 1st Sabbath of the feast, and then prepared them before the weekly Sabbath(Saturday). Then, on the very 1st day of the week in the morning(Sunday), they went to Jesus’ grave, only to find that he had already arisen.

With those facts at hand, we can piece together when Jesus died, and when he arose again.

14th of 1st month - Passover:
-Jesus dies in the daytime; he is taken off of the cross, and buried
-Jesus spends a half day in the tomb; 1 night

15th of 1st month – 1st day of feast of unleavened bread; also the 1st of the 2 of the special Sabbaths observed during that time:
-Jesus spends a full day in the tomb; 1 day and 2 nights have elapsed
-The women rest during that day

16th of 1st month – 2nd day of feast of unleavened bread:
-Women buy and prepare the spices so they can perfume Jesus’ dead body
-Jesus spends a full day in the tomb; 2 days and 3 nights have elapsed

17th of 1st month – 3rd day of feast of unleavened bread:
-Women do not go to tomb; they rest, observing the Sabbath; the feast of unleavened bread spans 7 days, and 7 days have not yet elapsed, so this must be the weekly Sabbath, which would make this day Saturday
-Jesus spends the day in the tomb, but only 1 day, not the night, completing the time he said he would be dead; 3 days and 3 nights, then arises and leaves tomb.
-That means Jesus arose on Saturday night.

18th of 1st month – 4th day of feast of unleavened bread:
-Women go to tomb, only to find that Jesus has arisen

Note that this also makes sense; if Jesus arose on Sunday morning, it is quite plausible that the women who came to the tomb would see Jesus arisING, as opposed to an empty tomb.

So, knowing what day Jesus arose(Saturday night), we can now work backward to Passover(Saturday morning, all of Friday, all of Thursday, Wednesday night), and find out that Jesus died on Wednesday, during the day.

And all this makes sense and coincides with that the Bible states:

Between Wednesday morning, when Jesus died, to Saturday night, when he arose, there are 3 full days; Wednesday night, all of Thursday, all of Friday, and Saturday afternoon. Those 3 days, Jesus spent in the middle of the earth(presumably hell), as he said he would. Amazing eh?

We should be observing Saturday and not Sunday.

(I wanted to add another section stating what Easter really was; during that time, it was a pagan religion, but that’s beyond the scope of this subject, and besides, I don’t have any hard evidence at the time to support this)

Ok, so what am I supposed to do with this information?

Treating weekly Saturdays with more reverence than Sunday’s a good start; I don’t mean to not go to Sunday church and do what you do on Sundays, but inward, have more respect for Saturdays and what you do during that day.

Well, if you want to be anal, you can start by observing Jesus’ death on Wednesday, and his resurrection on Saturday. As opposed to Friday and Sunday.

Or, observe his death on Passover, and his resurrection 3 days later. Consult a Jewish calendar for that.

However, we need to realize that God does not judge us by which days we observe, but by our faith. So rejoice that God rose on the Sabbath, but use this knowledge to draw closer to God, instead of lording it over those who don’t know.

Colossians 2:15-17

vf4:series thoughts

perhaps if your opponent TRs after a knockdown, and you recover fast enough, you can whiff the 1st hit of certain delayable strings before they fully can move(ie evade it), and see how they react. if they try to attack you, bust out the 2nd hit and let it counterhit; this is a good strat to try with lau's b+p+k(whiff),p, which on counterhit becomes a combo starter. ditto w/jacky's b+p(whiff),p, and akira's df+p+k+g(whiff),p. for akira, try this after f,f,f+p(MC)-> FC,f+p:p.

once they become aware of this strategy, they may evade or guard coming out of the tech-roll, which means you are free to throw them or pressure them with further attacks, even though most of these 2-hit strings actually leave you at a disadvantage on block. interestingly enough, this will make your throw become delayed should you try that, since you actually recover slower after all those moves compared to your opponent.

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with akira, try to learn how to do f,f+p(MC)-> DLC consistently in closed stance against non-heavyweights; it will do 63; 4 pts short of the infamous 67 pt f,f,f+p(MC) combo. and does not carry as much risk as an evaded f,f,f+p. f,f+p(MC)-> AS3-> LDA also does 67 pts, but it can be tech-rolled, reducing the damage to 55.

lemme explain to you why my attitude towards the kings has progressively gotten sour over about the last 2-3 years

(seeing how i just finished my 1st midterm, i figure i'd give myself a break by releasing these words before going back to work)

it's actually a combination of things...

i used to like them in 2000 ish, but then things gradually declined...

and it's not due to the fact that they don't dominate the west like before; wins never factor into how i like a team(too much that is)... TRUST ME; i liked the warriors last year before they even got davis; that should tell you how i feel.

it's just that over time, it's dawned on me how much i dislike their playstyle, the way kings play-by-play announcers go about each game, and their fans.

now, don't get me wrong; there's things about their offense that are good for any basketball team; they have great shooters, and they emphasize a very unselfish way of playing offense. very few teams utilize big men as passers, but the kings do.

but they totally neglect the physical aspect of basketball; team defense, individual defense, rebounding, and post-up play. now, maybe that's just cause i'm a pistons fan that i say this, but surely you can't expect a team to win without any defense, can you? you can't expect to be on fire every night, but you can expect your d to be the same regardless of what night you play as long as you want it. now, you may say that's the limitations of the athletic abilities of some of the players on the kings team, like divac(in past), webber or peja, but i say, it's also in the mentality aspect. ben wallace shouldn't be able to block shots and outrebound a lot of the centers in the league since he's so short, but he does it, because he WANTS it and plays like he wants it(and i'm not just talking about help d; watch him, and you'll notice he's not that bad of a 1-on-1 defender). my point is that the guys on this team don't want it. except maybe bibby. and skinner. tyson chandeler wants it; bowen wants it; ak-47 wants it; tim duncan wants it; kg wants it; jermaine wants it. all of the pistons starting 5 want it. ron artest wants it. i believe shaq also wants it. (yao ming doesn't, sorry jerm :D)

part of why i may dislike their fans flows off of their playstyle; i get a feeling that everybody who's NOT a sacramento native who is a kings fan does not appreciate the physical aspect of basketball.

but if you haven't lived in yolo county, and haven't watched kings television on comcast sportsnet, then you may never understand why i hate the announcers.

basically, watching kings is not on fsn up here; it's on comcast.

and i just generally dislike how they give the presentation of each game.

maybe it's cause they're white, but then espn's commentators are white, but do a great job... of commentating

they don't outright say the team they are playing against suck, but it's all in the subliminal stuff:

-they never show replays of good plays from the opposing team
-you can tell by their level of voice that they never like the opposing team's plays, ie if bibby nails a clutch 3(OMG! BIBBY DA HERO!) whereas if the opposing team wins in clutch(*mumbles about clutch 3*)
-likewise, if the opposing team does something good, they always shift the discussion to some previous kings play which looked good
-ALWAYS, and i mean ALWAYS, saying stuff about how the ref should have called in favor of the kings(looked like chicago was in the foul circle to me, seems like it should've been defensive foul)
-on top of that, they're just not good commentators; always talking to each other instead of giving a play-by-play until something from the kings goes right

so it's not really a show for BASKETBALL FANS; it's a show for SACRAMENTO FANS. the show's not unbiased at all.

do you get what i'm saying?

i'm not saying i don't appreciate a good play even if it's with a team i loathe; they were showing suns and kings last night, and when i saw a putback by one of the kings, and a great block, i had to yell "OH!" but i also did equally when i saw the suns come right back with a huge block.

so it's not really a show for people who love the game; it's a show for people who are so stuck up about their local team that they can't even see a good play if it passed under their nose.

i mean, lets put it this way; if the warriors got posterized by kobe bryant, i might dislike it, but i'd still appreciate it, and maybe in the spur of the moment, go "OH..."

remember when kobe played against twolves in 2003(the year they lost to the spurs?)? i was watching, and when kobe did that nasty reverse dunk, jon went "OOH!!" when i saw the replay i was thinking that was sick, more sick than the crossover he did against the nuggets. even though we hated the lakers, we saw and appreciated a good play when it was there. if that was sacramento they played against, you'd NEVER get that type of reaction from the announcers if it was the comcast announcers. NE-VAR...

and i'm pretty sure this doesn't occur with other sports channels in other areas; i've seen replays on nba.com where they don't show it from abc or espn or tnt, and the commentator, despite being a commentator for a team who just got posterized, will go "OHHHHH!!!"

so now you understand why i hate the kings.

despite that, they might be a little more defensive this year; less white guys :D

and i like francisco garcia, so who knows...

(of course, i've never gotten cable at home, so i don't know if fsn bay area is like this w/every warriors game, but i doubt it can get as bad as the comcast announcers)

i stopped watching when it reached 28-7

even by then i was just glacing back and forth from the philly-chargers game and spider-man...

man the niners have no d against the run... it was almost like everytime i switched back to the game the redskins scored another touchdown.

the double cartwheels by portis looked neat though... nobody's really done that for a td dance... not even to.

ow, ow, ow...

tekken

its kinda weird; i'm trying over and over to play the mishimas, but i just can't take them to the next level. basically all my problems stem from the fact that i can't technically use them; i know what to do, but my left hand doesn't cooperate well.

so i'm trying all sorts of weird stuff recently and seeing if it improves my style.

i used to just go with standing up; but since i'm kinda tall, and they use the huge cabinets at the mu, i found that sitting down helps a lot; my crouch dash improved a bit there... so now i'm a lot more brazen in walking into the pool room to take a chair if there's none in front of the tekken 5 machine.

but i still can't do a dewgf... so i'm experimenting with other stuff recently...

i got a fingersleeve for my left pinky, so that it doesn't graze the metal pin next to the joystick and give me a blister as much...

maybe i'll get one of those things at rite aid which holds 2 of your fingers together; that could help me, since i use my ring+middle together...

and then maybe a nike xl fingersleeve for my left index... so that it's less likely to press downward... and simply forward

if i'm on the left side, i usually also have to curve my wrist a bit more outward too.

i'll have to play eugene sometime soon... i know he wants to play me, and it's reciprocal like that...

besides, i would like another person who plays mishimas at the mu as one of his mains and can crouch dash(i'm the only one; eugene did hint to me that he did want to use the mishimas but can't)

now excuse me while i go spend the rest of my friday afternoon wisely...

studying a bit,
meditating on what i should do,
playing a little tekken to stay unrusty...

fyi, b4 i leave

i plan on writing about these biblical topics in my journal sometime soon; i don't have the bible verses right now, but if you believe the bible to be true, well then, wisely interpret what it says as what it says

-did jesus really resurrect on sunday
-perhaps some stuff about predestination

lemme give you an example of how bored davis residents are

there has been a recent stir among davis these past weeks...

so strong a stir, it's divided neighbors, threatened lives...

with enough time, it will crumble the foundations of this wonderful country...

am i referring to whether hurricane katrina aid is sufficient? nope

bush is evil? nope, though we got that quite a bit around election time last school year... stupid berkeley influences; i don't exactly like bush either, but please don't shove it down my throat; besides, we're in ca; that automatically means democrats always win here.

whether the white sox will win the pennant? hah, i wish... davis is sadly not very sports-loving. and the stupid kings and laker fans don't understand how much gs is gonna roll over the west come november(fingers crossed)

no, sadly folks, i'm talking about MEASURE X on the davis ballot...

basically, measure x, if passed by davis voters, will allow the construction of a trader joe's next to south davis' nugget market(it's basically the davis equivalent of whole foods market)...

and i seriously can't believe all the stupid signs that are popping up all over davis are due to this...

because OH NOES! trader joe's chickens that hatch eggs are enclosed off from society! so that means the eggs are SAD eggs! so we can't support measure X! plus, it'll create competition from loyal nugget market goers! now they can't decide whether to buy imported frozen mango chunks from chile at trader joe's or homemade cheese made right in a goat's stomach from nugget! cause we ALL know we need organic food to survive!

etc, etc, etc...

such stupid riffraff.

but then again, maybe the politicians are just taking after the cops here...

i mean, when you can arrest a woman for snoring too loud, or ticket a car for being illegally parked AFTER it's gotten in a traffic accident, what else could you do?

this is davis after all... even the tumbleweeds don't blow too well; they're too sad to move(i've seen some in davis)