holy crap! they have super soakers @woodland's target! no bull!

i had no idea there was a building on UC Davis which is always open, and designed solely for studying... it's really quiet in there too.

and it's not the library, not the mu griffin lounge.

OPEN 24/7.

we gotta have one last nerfwar before we grow old... whoever gets the largest house has to host it. i'm planning on buying 1-2 more nerfs before we do it. anyways, a (partial? almost forgot what i have; i had to rack my brain to try to remember) list of what i've got:

bow n' arrow- jerm thought this was the best nerf gun we had; however, i'd say that's only cause the arrows included tended to not be bent, unlike all the other blasters we got, making this one VERY accurate; nothing like aiming about 5 feet away with a double crossbow, only to have the missiles fly like 3 feet up and to the right
nb-1- pump action blaster; shoots missiles; i really liked this one
ripsaw- lol! we never really used this... the 1st and only time i did, it was so noisy; it's so easy to see if your opponent's gonna fire, cause then they start revving the blaster so much and the noise grates on your ears; otherwise you can rapid fire 3 balls, but they travel fairly slow
sawtooth- mine partially broke, but it was like a bolt action gun; pretty cool; 5 dart clip
hydro blaster- also partially broken; fires single balls; before it broke, it was designed to be able to fire water WITH the ball
double crossbow- my all time fave; like nb-1, but you could shoot up to 2 missiles, and holds up to 6 missiles; fairly accurate
t-3- the last one i got; maybe the best one in terms of features; up to 3 blasters; a ghetto bow n arrow, dart blaster, or combine to shoot both @the same time; pretty interesting...
missilestorm- rapid fire 4 missiles; pump action

i think i MIGHT have another one, but i can't really remember... i thought i had nine nerfs

shoot man, too many memories; i like how there's like 3+ peeps who had crossbow, lol; made things a bit too boring. i really liked jerm's arrowstorm; fired up to 6 arrows rapid fire, but you could make it fire darts REALLY WELL.

btw, if we play again, we better not get the arrows or missiles any more jacked up than they are... last time i checked, nerf doesn't sell missiles or arrows no more

it appears MSM this quarter is focusing upon the spiritual disciplines, as explained by richard foster's book, as well as Dallas Willard's; wonderful! as if the timing couldn't be better, considering i'm trying to right myself onto the right track at about the same time by beginning to REALLY practice the disciplines again! the funny part is that there's NOT going to be a sermon on fasting though, but then again... it seems a lotta msm'rs like to eat...

of course, dif ppl, dif disciplines... but i used to think fasting was kinda useless too. the truth of it is, i think it's definitely a lot more useful than i used to perceive.

for me, i'll concentrate upon fasting, prayer and meditation for the majority of this year(i'll let worship come as it is, not try to put a priority on it yet)... just a long year of trying to actually hear god more.

for a while, the post i made yesterday will be THE post of the year for me... there is nothing like having god grant you a miracle... you don't need to be on a deathbed, you don't need to be spiritually ill; if you've got a need, and the faith and persistence to pull for it, god will deliver. that of course, doesn't mean god's a genie. but then again, IF you've got a NEED...

however, i would like to say something about fasting(seeing how it's one of my steps in my n.y. resolution towards nurturing my relationship towards god better); i was so uneasy about checking my grades that i waited til yesterday to check, seeing as today school started. so i decided to fast for ~24 hrs yesterday just to show god this was something i really cared about; no food til 12 AM(i would've done it earlier, but then i'd have to explain to my mom why i was fasting @home). i mean, take a look at verse 21(look at the footnotes); fasting and prayer have always went hand in hand in biblical times, why not?

to have gone so long w/o trying to fast, and then suddenly try it, i was so tempted to snarf down the remains of the breyer's reeses ice cream in the fridge; but then i had to clamp down upon myself and say NO; STICK IT TIL THE END... apparently, i depend more upon food for comfort than i believe; if it weren't for my rediculous metabolism, i might be 180 lbs now... it reminds me of what richard foster said in his book of disciples; what you are made of will come out when you fast(which is why from now on if i want to fast i'll start by foregoing dinner, seeing as it's my biggest meal i eat out of a day; bigger challenge i guess); if you're angry @heart, it'll come out; if you're lazy, it'll come out; me, i guess the temptation to give in or become sleepy(?, but true; felt like taking naps) kicked in... also weird was that near the midday, i didn't feel hungry, but had HEADACHES instead... (i know, i know, after a while of fasting, you don't feel hunger pangs, but that's like after 7 days)... and the point is not to see how tough you are, but what you need help in... that's something i'll have to think about when i try it again... i'm also thinking maybe dinnertime + 24 hr fast(ie something of a 30 hr fast) would be good here, maybe even add another day, to really see what i'm made of.

it's strange, really, i have always hated the anger that is part of me, and yet, somehow, i can use it to motivate myself too. hard to describe, but basically, i'll start internally yelling at myself when i'm tempted(you may wonder why i'm saying this; it's partially how i was able to get myself through the fasting), or slacking.

to close, maybe habitual fasting will help show me back something that i've been missing all along in christianity... it is, after all, pretty hard to stack everything self-operated christianity is upon study, prayer and meditation...

*had a bout of insomnia yesterday, despite knowing that god already took care of me... i think the apt heater was too hot for me; jerm and jon are just too pampered @home... they should live in my house... then they wouldn't even want to turn ON the heater; not that i like my stingy-mom's attitude towards saving money either...*

*denjin hadoken rocks btw, and all the good players @the mu playing 3rd strike are top tier whores... sad; all i see is chun-li and ken... mostly ken...*

*i'm thinking of getting the mark tremonti power wah... in the future... distant future...*

*ROFL! watch the vid!*

and to think i used to believe god would only perform miracles if you were on a deathbed or your SPIRITUAL health depended upon it...

because of god's never-ending grace and mercy, i am still a student at uc davis, not kicked out or dismissed; my status is now "good standing."

there's too many bible verses and lessons that i picked up on grace and mercy and using prayer to petition to god, that i read up and tried to apply to my prayer during the 2-3 weeks that i was on winter break, just asking god to give me another chance...

so i'm gonna have to write them down upon a .doc file sometime soon... because what i learned was astounding.

i'd spend too much time to try to explain everything that went on in the last 2 weeks on this blog, when i should be getting some sleep for my nine o clock class, so i'll end with the very first lesson i picked up:

"there is nothing we can do to earn god's grace... there is everything we can do in a lifetime to show him that we're thankful"

thank you, thank you, thank you, god... you won't be regretful you gave me another chance at davis...

new year's resolutions for 2005:

1) spend more time with god in prayer, fasting and meditation: ~3-5 prayers/day, 1 ~24-48 hr fast/month, 1-2 meditations/day
2) spend more time serving my fellow christian brothers and keeping them accountable
3) work on the study habits ie spend more time @shields library
4) serve others(i'm thinking of joining awana)

now i just need to not fall away...

ESPN.com - NBA - NBA Standings

someone enlighten me... why is detroit NOT 3rd, when they are 17-13, and new york is 16-14, who IS 3rd? different divisions in the conference? explain how that works...

btw, bulls are looking good recently... weird... ahh well... good thing i started wearing my bulls tshirt again...

tis a sad thing for warriors to finally get their win streak snapped