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...