wow, the muga actually HAS TEKKEN 5!?!?!?!!?!
but there's still some bad to that:
-american sticks, not like the japanese style sticks at sunnyvale golfland where the controls feel and melt into your hand; american sticks still probably last a lot longer than japanese sticks though.
-no ability to plug your ps2 controller in(not that'd i want to)
-no ability to purchase or use your card :(
still, i'm happy because i noticed people actually PLAYING it, the sf regulars, whereas they just ignored the tekken 3 machine. so i'll actually be getting comp when i play this game = GOOD.
so i played a few rounds against them...
everytime i did a bryan combo they were like "oh damn that takes too much damage" or something equivalent to that.
and still can't wavedash ever, but i was able to play as devil jin fairly well. i think i'll eventually learn to use kazuya too.
and of course, jin and nina.
i predict that give 2-3 months and everybody playing that game regularly will be using-i mean whoring steve and going for wall everytime they launch.
but that's playing the hypocrite, because i know if i just get a few months down, i'll be wall raping with bryan as well. only god will know how many players will complain if i get down 1+3+4~f, 3+4, 121df+3 to a 90% success rate
Saturday, August 13, 2005
more football ish
after watching chargers at packers, i KNOW the chargers' kicker has got to look for a new job...
he missed ALL of his fg kicks; at 40 yrds... and this was a seasoned veteran who was 8/11 at 40+ yrds last year...
then the rookie packers kicker kicks a FIFTY-THREE yarder to break the tie and win the game...
in the frigid cold, rainy atmosphere...
wow...
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anyways, to's just messing stuff up as he goes along; now he created a rift between him and donovan mcnabb...
way to be a team player... what are you trying to turn eagles into, the 2003-2004 lakers?
fred's like "cool, maybe he'll come back to niners"
but honestly, i don't know of any OTHER team that would take to... and quite honestly, eagles don't have as much offensive depth as they did last year... to's stuck right in philly, or eagles better hope mcnabb is really all that and more.
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raiders at niners today... 7 pm pst... WATCH IT...
raiders are definitely improved, and well, i just wanna see how the new niners qb does...
game's still pretty much gonna be a train wreck though.
after watching chargers at packers, i KNOW the chargers' kicker has got to look for a new job...
he missed ALL of his fg kicks; at 40 yrds... and this was a seasoned veteran who was 8/11 at 40+ yrds last year...
then the rookie packers kicker kicks a FIFTY-THREE yarder to break the tie and win the game...
in the frigid cold, rainy atmosphere...
wow...
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anyways, to's just messing stuff up as he goes along; now he created a rift between him and donovan mcnabb...
way to be a team player... what are you trying to turn eagles into, the 2003-2004 lakers?
fred's like "cool, maybe he'll come back to niners"
but honestly, i don't know of any OTHER team that would take to... and quite honestly, eagles don't have as much offensive depth as they did last year... to's stuck right in philly, or eagles better hope mcnabb is really all that and more.
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raiders at niners today... 7 pm pst... WATCH IT...
raiders are definitely improved, and well, i just wanna see how the new niners qb does...
game's still pretty much gonna be a train wreck though.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
random bible ish on my mind...
one of the reasons why the kjv isn't favored today isn't just that they somewhat FOUND more reliable bible manuscripts, even though that's the gist of it...
kjv has REALLY strong words against women who sell themselves out to other husbands; the modern bibles call these people prostitutes; kjv calls them whores.
the kjv has STRONG language against homosexuals too; calling them sodomites. calling what they do abominations, fornications.
there's probably others.
now, some of you may be saying, is this language necessary? aren't we basically degrading women or gays with this language?
hold on... think about it... THAT'S how much god hates our sin. when it is labelled like this, it is supposed to draw up a mirror and force you to look deep inside of you; human reaction to being called a whore or a sodomite is naturally to lash back in anger, compared to being called a prostitute. we simply don't LIKE being called this. but god's intention is to show us just how much he loathes our sin, in the hopes that we'd become disappointed of ourselves and wish to changes ourselves back.
unfortunately, like i've pointed out, human condition is not to change ourselves when we hear this, but change our speaker.
and i want you to realize(i'll have to confirm it), that allegedly, one of the chief editors for the niv was an admitted lesbian. think about that.
but anyways, here's some verses of note as i was reading today; all of them come from romans 1.
romans 1:25(it's talking about unrighteous men here)
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
the 1st portion of the verse; i'll keep from saying anything and let you interpret it; who do you think would change the truth of God into a lie, and how would they do it?
other verses:
romans 1:26-27
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
so now you can't say god only condemned homosexuality in the old testament; that line just doesn't work no more.
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but as i was trying to do some looking on a kjv bible search tool for sodomities in the bible on my cpu, this verse interestingly popped up:
revelations 11:8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
why is this important, and why did it strike me?
think about all that i've said about alexandria, egypt during biblical times... it was the area where people kept an open mind to everything, the science and technology pinnacle of the world. from these places, the corrupt biblical manuscripts, vaticanus and sinaiticus were born.
sodom i don't need to get into.
but those two words aren't exactly that far off describing today's modern world; egypt(due to technology and our open-mindedness and stuff like that) and sodom(sf, anybody?)
now, the dead bodies that this verse refers to are the two "witnesses" that prophesy about god a thousand, 2 hundred and 3score days, or 1,260 days, then get killed by the people of this world.
now, when a freshman in college, back for the summer, i remember learning that in sunday school, these "witnesses" were supposedly not yet appeared on the earth, that'd it appear sometime when the antichrist comes. supposedly, these prophets would be moses and maybe elijah.
but i've learned something else this year concerning these 2 witnesses.
look at revelations 11:3-4
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
2 olive trees, and 2 candlesticks huh?
and now, go read zechariah 4 in the kjv; in fact, here
so now, the interpretation was that this HAS happened already; what i've read suggested that during some dark ages when the roman catholic church had full grasp of its power, the bible was forbidden or something to that degree. and that days here doesn't really mean days as in 24 hrs, but years, because days are like years and years like days to god.
i don't have the exact words of the writer in front of me right now, but if i can remember to come back and show you it, then i'll do so.
one of the reasons why the kjv isn't favored today isn't just that they somewhat FOUND more reliable bible manuscripts, even though that's the gist of it...
kjv has REALLY strong words against women who sell themselves out to other husbands; the modern bibles call these people prostitutes; kjv calls them whores.
the kjv has STRONG language against homosexuals too; calling them sodomites. calling what they do abominations, fornications.
there's probably others.
now, some of you may be saying, is this language necessary? aren't we basically degrading women or gays with this language?
hold on... think about it... THAT'S how much god hates our sin. when it is labelled like this, it is supposed to draw up a mirror and force you to look deep inside of you; human reaction to being called a whore or a sodomite is naturally to lash back in anger, compared to being called a prostitute. we simply don't LIKE being called this. but god's intention is to show us just how much he loathes our sin, in the hopes that we'd become disappointed of ourselves and wish to changes ourselves back.
unfortunately, like i've pointed out, human condition is not to change ourselves when we hear this, but change our speaker.
and i want you to realize(i'll have to confirm it), that allegedly, one of the chief editors for the niv was an admitted lesbian. think about that.
but anyways, here's some verses of note as i was reading today; all of them come from romans 1.
romans 1:25(it's talking about unrighteous men here)
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
the 1st portion of the verse; i'll keep from saying anything and let you interpret it; who do you think would change the truth of God into a lie, and how would they do it?
other verses:
romans 1:26-27
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
so now you can't say god only condemned homosexuality in the old testament; that line just doesn't work no more.
---
but as i was trying to do some looking on a kjv bible search tool for sodomities in the bible on my cpu, this verse interestingly popped up:
revelations 11:8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
why is this important, and why did it strike me?
think about all that i've said about alexandria, egypt during biblical times... it was the area where people kept an open mind to everything, the science and technology pinnacle of the world. from these places, the corrupt biblical manuscripts, vaticanus and sinaiticus were born.
sodom i don't need to get into.
but those two words aren't exactly that far off describing today's modern world; egypt(due to technology and our open-mindedness and stuff like that) and sodom(sf, anybody?)
now, the dead bodies that this verse refers to are the two "witnesses" that prophesy about god a thousand, 2 hundred and 3score days, or 1,260 days, then get killed by the people of this world.
now, when a freshman in college, back for the summer, i remember learning that in sunday school, these "witnesses" were supposedly not yet appeared on the earth, that'd it appear sometime when the antichrist comes. supposedly, these prophets would be moses and maybe elijah.
but i've learned something else this year concerning these 2 witnesses.
look at revelations 11:3-4
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
2 olive trees, and 2 candlesticks huh?
and now, go read zechariah 4 in the kjv; in fact, here
so now, the interpretation was that this HAS happened already; what i've read suggested that during some dark ages when the roman catholic church had full grasp of its power, the bible was forbidden or something to that degree. and that days here doesn't really mean days as in 24 hrs, but years, because days are like years and years like days to god.
i don't have the exact words of the writer in front of me right now, but if i can remember to come back and show you it, then i'll do so.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
more football ish, specifically, the eagles
i'm sure everyone will eventually hear about t.o.'s leaving eagles training camp in sheer anger today... in fact, it wasn't just andy reid who voiced some negative opinions about t.o. not showing up to autograph day; other players did too.
so i'm starting to get a mixed feeling about the guy...
it's almost as if he's elevating his status over his team, whereas football is still a team sport
even if he wanted a pay increase, doing what he did was surely not the way to show he deserved it...
so, we'll see if eventually the eagles decide to cut him loose, they let him back, but tensions still flare, or he makes a full apology and they accept him fully back gladly.
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oh yeah, mcnabb is on the cover of madden '06...
does that mean the eagles won't go far this season?
knowing the "curse of the madden nfl game cover?"
we'll see...
i'm sure everyone will eventually hear about t.o.'s leaving eagles training camp in sheer anger today... in fact, it wasn't just andy reid who voiced some negative opinions about t.o. not showing up to autograph day; other players did too.
so i'm starting to get a mixed feeling about the guy...
it's almost as if he's elevating his status over his team, whereas football is still a team sport
even if he wanted a pay increase, doing what he did was surely not the way to show he deserved it...
so, we'll see if eventually the eagles decide to cut him loose, they let him back, but tensions still flare, or he makes a full apology and they accept him fully back gladly.
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oh yeah, mcnabb is on the cover of madden '06...
does that mean the eagles won't go far this season?
knowing the "curse of the madden nfl game cover?"
we'll see...
Monday, August 08, 2005
takes faith to believe in what?
ss2, i've decided to take an evolution and ecology class; reqd for genetics majors; it's not going to turn into a bash-christianity class, but i wouldn't be surprised if here and there they say stuff like oh creationists say this and that, but evolution has shown this and that.
people always say it takes faith to believe in jesus... that the proof that god exists isn't there... but these past 2 or 3 years have actually shown me that it takes more faith to believe in atheism, or evolutionism, or something other than christinity, to explain the rest of this world...
and it has a lot to do with the historical evidence and stuff... like what they've found, how crucifixation works, etc...
but i would say, most recently, like the past year or so, it's because i've realized just how protected and uncorrupted the kjv bible we read today is... that has strengthened my faith ever so the more...
now i could go on and on about this, but lemme give you a narrow perspective on this...
a lot of christians seem to believe that god's word was perfect AT SOME POINT IN TIME; then gradually as they copied and recopied the word(before the printing press), errors crept in, and the thought is that today, we read something that is clearly not the bible of past, but christians will argue that the main pieces are still there; jesus died on the cross, blah blah blah, but hey, maybe the story of samson got distorted or this and that.
the problem is that the bible says that god's word IS truth, and that there are numerous passages which suggest that EVERY word of god is truth; either you believe that the bible translated into languages other than greek or hebrew is perfect as god intended down to every last word, or you're calling god a liar.
not that we actually say that god's a liar outloud; no christian does that; but i believe we infer it. part of our reasoning for this i believe is that man is falliable; hence, we believe that man's works are falliable, but god uses them for his glory. the bible suggests this as well; joseph's brothers selling him into captivity, not knowing they set him up to save the middle eastern world from famine. god using samson's sexual desires to make his paths cross with the philistines and then to set him up to destroy the philistines. god hardening the hearts of the pharisees so that they would have the nerve to crucify the son of god.
but god's word is not of man; it is of god. and for this reason, it MUST be perfect if christianity is to be true. i have seen passages where god's name is so holy, that if you used to misuse it, you'd be put to death. but god has also stated that his WORD is actually held ABOVE his name. so if messing with his name puts you to earthly death, guess what messing with his word, changing it, saying it's one thing, when it's not, leads you to? that's right; hell.
think about it; why would god create a perfect bible that only a select few would be able to read, knowing it's the word of god? why would he allow a perfect bible to degrade over time, while allowing so-called christians to continue to be born into this world? to mess with everybody else's spiritual lives at stake? if anything, this generation needs an uncorrupted bible even more than the one that existed during acts; they had disciples which had seen, touched and heard jesus face to face. what do we have in comparison? nothing much i'd say. except the bible if you believe in it.
i hope all you christians who read this seriously think about it.
ss2, i've decided to take an evolution and ecology class; reqd for genetics majors; it's not going to turn into a bash-christianity class, but i wouldn't be surprised if here and there they say stuff like oh creationists say this and that, but evolution has shown this and that.
people always say it takes faith to believe in jesus... that the proof that god exists isn't there... but these past 2 or 3 years have actually shown me that it takes more faith to believe in atheism, or evolutionism, or something other than christinity, to explain the rest of this world...
and it has a lot to do with the historical evidence and stuff... like what they've found, how crucifixation works, etc...
but i would say, most recently, like the past year or so, it's because i've realized just how protected and uncorrupted the kjv bible we read today is... that has strengthened my faith ever so the more...
now i could go on and on about this, but lemme give you a narrow perspective on this...
a lot of christians seem to believe that god's word was perfect AT SOME POINT IN TIME; then gradually as they copied and recopied the word(before the printing press), errors crept in, and the thought is that today, we read something that is clearly not the bible of past, but christians will argue that the main pieces are still there; jesus died on the cross, blah blah blah, but hey, maybe the story of samson got distorted or this and that.
the problem is that the bible says that god's word IS truth, and that there are numerous passages which suggest that EVERY word of god is truth; either you believe that the bible translated into languages other than greek or hebrew is perfect as god intended down to every last word, or you're calling god a liar.
not that we actually say that god's a liar outloud; no christian does that; but i believe we infer it. part of our reasoning for this i believe is that man is falliable; hence, we believe that man's works are falliable, but god uses them for his glory. the bible suggests this as well; joseph's brothers selling him into captivity, not knowing they set him up to save the middle eastern world from famine. god using samson's sexual desires to make his paths cross with the philistines and then to set him up to destroy the philistines. god hardening the hearts of the pharisees so that they would have the nerve to crucify the son of god.
but god's word is not of man; it is of god. and for this reason, it MUST be perfect if christianity is to be true. i have seen passages where god's name is so holy, that if you used to misuse it, you'd be put to death. but god has also stated that his WORD is actually held ABOVE his name. so if messing with his name puts you to earthly death, guess what messing with his word, changing it, saying it's one thing, when it's not, leads you to? that's right; hell.
think about it; why would god create a perfect bible that only a select few would be able to read, knowing it's the word of god? why would he allow a perfect bible to degrade over time, while allowing so-called christians to continue to be born into this world? to mess with everybody else's spiritual lives at stake? if anything, this generation needs an uncorrupted bible even more than the one that existed during acts; they had disciples which had seen, touched and heard jesus face to face. what do we have in comparison? nothing much i'd say. except the bible if you believe in it.
i hope all you christians who read this seriously think about it.
random ish; pick and read what you may
has anybody else realized that holy crap's an oxymoron? not that this one wasn't that tough to figure out... i'll let that one sink in for you...
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i'd rather have mon - thurs class, and then friday off, rather than that little free spot on tuesday that i have... but maybe it'll teach me how to pace my breaks, instead of piling everything right into one heap...
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oh yeah...
congratulations, steve young and dan marino; you both earned your spots in football's hall of fame...
i seriously can't wait for football season to start... raiders look good, i wanna see what potential the new qb rookie has for the niners, and it'll be interesting if philly can put the drama w/to behind them to climb back. it'll also be interesting to see if patriots will remain at the top, since they lost their best defensive player teddy; still have 3rd strike ken aka tom brady though, and their lets-play-as-many-positions-as-possible troy brown.
has anybody else realized that holy crap's an oxymoron? not that this one wasn't that tough to figure out... i'll let that one sink in for you...
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i'd rather have mon - thurs class, and then friday off, rather than that little free spot on tuesday that i have... but maybe it'll teach me how to pace my breaks, instead of piling everything right into one heap...
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oh yeah...
congratulations, steve young and dan marino; you both earned your spots in football's hall of fame...
i seriously can't wait for football season to start... raiders look good, i wanna see what potential the new qb rookie has for the niners, and it'll be interesting if philly can put the drama w/to behind them to climb back. it'll also be interesting to see if patriots will remain at the top, since they lost their best defensive player teddy; still have 3rd strike ken aka tom brady though, and their lets-play-as-many-positions-as-possible troy brown.
how CAN you be this stupid?
my mom knows absolutely nothing about technology...
*this totally steamed me and annoyed me the hell off; i figured i got the angry streak from my mom, but due to my dad's silent, shy nature, i hold it in so much...*
so my mom calls me on friday afternoon and asks if i could call back home because she can't get my cd player to work...
i'm lazy on returning calls back to mom, but oblige, calling back on saturday night...
tells me she puts the cd in, and can't get it to work...
-was i supposed to put the shiny side down?
-yes... did you make sure to set the cd dial to "cd?" (either tape, radio or cd)
-yes
-what about the cd? did you make sure to close the cd player?
-yes
-did you press play?
-yes
now i'm just getting confused; i'm running off all the thoughts in my mind trying to understand how my cd player isn't working... i end up telling my mom to just try all sorts of stuff(my mom seems to be very timid with experimenting with technology), and call me back if anything else goes wrong...
get a call back on sunday... i call back, mom's not there, so i explain as best i can on the phone how to work the thing...
get a call AGAIN on monday after class, because my mom still can't get the thing to work...
now i'm just really confused(i KNOW i did not break the cd player at all when i used it a lot back home, and it ran even though it was pretty dusty a lotta times; i took care of it)... i ask all sorts of things, like did my mom try to play a dvd in the cd player? did she try one of my music cds instead of her cds? did she wait about 10 seconds after the cd loaded to make sure it actually played? was the volume turned up?
my mom's getting angry at how i'm seeming to ask the same set of questions over and over, and i'm in return getting angry because i KNOW the cd player can't be broke...
finally...
(remember that this is all paraphrased in english; i rarely talk to my mom in english straight up, due to respect, and because my mom knows absolutely zero english besides really basic stuff; my mom's fobby like that; in a way though, it's helped me a lot; i'd say i speak the taiwanese that i use quite well)
-what does the digital counter say?
-13(ok, so i'm thinking that the cd player stopped, and isn't playing; my player shows the # of tracks if you don't play it)
-is the cd spinning?
-no
-ok, so press play/pause(i'm thinking the cd should start spinning, and the digital counter should flash, indicating that it's loading and then the player will play)
-YOU JUST TOLD ME TO DO THAT!
-well do it again!
...
-anything? is the cd spinning?
-no...
-(running exasperated through my mind right now, but not allowing myself to get angry over the phone)... ok, um, there should be two large buttons that are on the side, that say "play/pause" and "stop"... press STOP and then-
-should it stay down?
-*confused* no, it shouldn't
-*my mom's probably acting sheepish on the other side of the phone right about now* oh, you mean the SIDE buttons, not the ones on top...
so it basically turns out my mom was trying to use the tape buttons to run the cd player... y'kno, the bulky buttons that stay down when you press them, as opposed to the cd player's buttons which pop right back up...
*normally, i'd probably laugh at this, but you know how my personality is; i think i gain a new appreciation for tech support guys through trying to help my mom*
by now, as you could've guessed, i was flat out exasperated and pissed off that my mom could be so STUPID as to try to use the tape buttons to run the cd player...
i remember telling my mom before i got off the phone that "when *oua goh doa dun lie, oua be gah lee hew*"
but i love my mom... i just can't understand how my mom can be so technologically dumb...
my mom knows absolutely nothing about technology...
*this totally steamed me and annoyed me the hell off; i figured i got the angry streak from my mom, but due to my dad's silent, shy nature, i hold it in so much...*
so my mom calls me on friday afternoon and asks if i could call back home because she can't get my cd player to work...
i'm lazy on returning calls back to mom, but oblige, calling back on saturday night...
tells me she puts the cd in, and can't get it to work...
-was i supposed to put the shiny side down?
-yes... did you make sure to set the cd dial to "cd?" (either tape, radio or cd)
-yes
-what about the cd? did you make sure to close the cd player?
-yes
-did you press play?
-yes
now i'm just getting confused; i'm running off all the thoughts in my mind trying to understand how my cd player isn't working... i end up telling my mom to just try all sorts of stuff(my mom seems to be very timid with experimenting with technology), and call me back if anything else goes wrong...
get a call back on sunday... i call back, mom's not there, so i explain as best i can on the phone how to work the thing...
get a call AGAIN on monday after class, because my mom still can't get the thing to work...
now i'm just really confused(i KNOW i did not break the cd player at all when i used it a lot back home, and it ran even though it was pretty dusty a lotta times; i took care of it)... i ask all sorts of things, like did my mom try to play a dvd in the cd player? did she try one of my music cds instead of her cds? did she wait about 10 seconds after the cd loaded to make sure it actually played? was the volume turned up?
my mom's getting angry at how i'm seeming to ask the same set of questions over and over, and i'm in return getting angry because i KNOW the cd player can't be broke...
finally...
(remember that this is all paraphrased in english; i rarely talk to my mom in english straight up, due to respect, and because my mom knows absolutely zero english besides really basic stuff; my mom's fobby like that; in a way though, it's helped me a lot; i'd say i speak the taiwanese that i use quite well)
-what does the digital counter say?
-13(ok, so i'm thinking that the cd player stopped, and isn't playing; my player shows the # of tracks if you don't play it)
-is the cd spinning?
-no
-ok, so press play/pause(i'm thinking the cd should start spinning, and the digital counter should flash, indicating that it's loading and then the player will play)
-YOU JUST TOLD ME TO DO THAT!
-well do it again!
...
-anything? is the cd spinning?
-no...
-(running exasperated through my mind right now, but not allowing myself to get angry over the phone)... ok, um, there should be two large buttons that are on the side, that say "play/pause" and "stop"... press STOP and then-
-should it stay down?
-*confused* no, it shouldn't
-*my mom's probably acting sheepish on the other side of the phone right about now* oh, you mean the SIDE buttons, not the ones on top...
so it basically turns out my mom was trying to use the tape buttons to run the cd player... y'kno, the bulky buttons that stay down when you press them, as opposed to the cd player's buttons which pop right back up...
*normally, i'd probably laugh at this, but you know how my personality is; i think i gain a new appreciation for tech support guys through trying to help my mom*
by now, as you could've guessed, i was flat out exasperated and pissed off that my mom could be so STUPID as to try to use the tape buttons to run the cd player...
i remember telling my mom before i got off the phone that "when *oua goh doa dun lie, oua be gah lee hew*"
but i love my mom... i just can't understand how my mom can be so technologically dumb...
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