perhaps the ideal thing for me now is fast once per 2 or 3 months

cause it seems that even 1/month made me think i could do this... and we have no place for pride in christianity right?

but now as i'm sitting here about to end my 3-day fast without solid food(i was originally going to fast from everything but water, but then i drank some ginger ale, so i figured i'd limit it to solid food) in 25 min, i realize just how tired i've felt for the last 36 or so hours... despite going to bed at 12-1 consistently now, and getting up at 7:20 or so ish. there were times where i thought i was going to conk out.

hunger has never really affected me during a fast; you drink water and you're fine. that's not bragging, it's the truth.

i decided to go for 3 days because 3's a special number; as jesus once said, as jonah was in the belly of the whale for 3 DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS, so shall the son of god be in the depths of the earth. and the bible has stated that when we are baptized into christ, we DIE with him, then are RESURRECTED with him.

i haven't gotten any special words of guidance from God though yet concerning my future, which was my original intention of fasting in the 1st place, well, one of the main ones was realizing how little i am without God, and well, we covered the other.

but then again, my fast isn't quite over yet; maybe that's why i haven't gotten any words of wisdom yet; i'm not quite yet "alive" :D

(i think i'll break the fast with a small bowl of spaghetti with mushrooms and olives, and some snickers ice cream)

now, i wonder if this applies to whether i should take up small group leadership or not

good to play after so long

played bball again... after what, like 1 year off?

against some msm guys w/jon; probably cause steve is going away to oregon for his job now, and so i decided hey why not; prob not gonna see him again for a LONG time...

jerm didn't play; he slacked off all day, so he thought he should study.

each game was to 7 pts

so since i haven't been playing for a while, my offense was totally off, as i haven't really been practicing, but my d was there, cause you know how i am, thinking i'm tayshaun prince.

now, keep in mind for some reason steve, brian, andy and peter play in the dark at the nearby park to their apt, so i consider some of these stats to be just RANDOM...

wasn't stat ball of course so i didn't really count anything, but i always count my blocks :D

off the top of my head...

1st game: 2 blocks
-for some reason, i was on fire everytime i was open; i can't remember how many shots i took, but everytime i did, i banked in. started wondering to myself if i was robert horry :D the two blocks i did in this game was just nasty; entire right palm on the ball before the player even got the ball out of his hand. "rt-styles," y'kno... :D

2nd game: 0 blocks
-was too eager to get 1-on-1 blocks without thinking they'd fake, so i suffered a bit... started to get a few rebounds in/tips in the right direction. no points; not that i tried in this game.

3rd game: 2 blocks(3 or 4 if you count the TIINNY tips i made on andy and maybe jon)
-started reminding myself to play like tayshaun, ie don't go for the block unless you're helping or they fake more than 2x. got a bit more rebounds in this game, as i started to box out. no points again.

so, not bad, considering the time i haven't played.

i really should consider playing pick-up at the arc on weekends... maybe it could help me a bit on offense. plus, i'd love to block some laker and king fans who think offense is all that.

my goal is to be able to take the ball in like i'm tayshaun, to fadeaway like timothy ang(i'd say kg but tim banks), to lock them down on d like tayshaun, and to block like i'm big ben, not like i'm rt :D

oh... s*#(I(@...

shut it la, bay area always brings it like dat!

wish i'd seen monday night football this week

heard it was a good, close game...

and you know how i like the steelers' d... and big ben...

had a huge highlight too from the steeler's interception into hurdle...

good news is, despite ben's hyperextension, it doesn't look as bad as it was originally on video.

here's to football...

team hate eh?

ever find it pathetic how some people only root for the teams they hate during playoffs of any sport? ie "hey, next round, who do i hate more, lemme root against them"

i'm not saying there aren't teams you hate... but really, you should be rooting for the team you like MORE...

but wait, isn't that the same?

nope. it's not.

think about that the next time you watch a sport...

otherwise, i call you out for being a "true" sports fan to the sport you're watching... you're just a sad, pathetic person deep inside.