Saturday, December 09, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
it's back...
picks of the week:
1. bible verse:
hebrews 5:11-14; i remember it from reading the bible last night, and don't have it memorized yet, but it's an awesome verse; talks about the lack a spiritual maturity amongst christians. specifically, how you should be eating solid food now, but still need to be fed with milk. and that- oh why don't i just post it here:
"Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
2. food:
not really thinking of any food at the moment; my throat is dry.
3. music equip:
give me about 2-3 weeks, and you might see me actually start to fill this section again. i'm still thinking of getting something that enables me to hear myself when playing the guitar but still have an output, but i'm not thinking about it at the moment.
that being said, i DO need new earbuds; my old ones are broke; officially broke. i can't hear anything out of the right earbud. prob gonna hit fry's once i get back from school.
4. place:
i have a feeling i'm going to be spending a lot of time at the library next week. and the arboretum. i'm thinking of just getting a disposable camera and going over to the arboretum and snapping a lot of photos next week. the place is so serene sometimes, and i can remember how many times in the past i ventured there to think and put myself at ease.
5. song:
tim hughes - jesus you alone; try looking it up on napster. not the one where tim hughes, matt redman, et al are on it. just tim hughes. and oh yeah, matt redman - you never let go is also pretty good.
6. sports game:
i'm tempted to gush over pistons at mavs, or sixers at chicago, but i thought for a change of pace, i'd think about niners at saints on sunday. yes, niners lost badly. but i was in awe of reggie bush(mixed in with feelings of glumness how niners could be so weak on defense). the guy created so many openings for himself, it was insane.
7. thought:
this is it; one week of studying hard, and i'll be done. and it needs to be HARD studying. oh, to only not screw up and slack and get distracted! and i'm honoring my mom's requests to not drive home right when i'm done, b/c i'll be done at 6:30 on saturday. so i'll come home during sunday morning, probably after going to church. if the weather's ok, i MIGHT play ball.
8. video game:
i think you'll enjoy this cvs2 match; nakanishi is one of my favorite cvs2 players, since he plays guile and ken(sometimes ryu as well)(misses a few oppurtunities i thought to close the match, but overall good match to watch): yamazaki93 vs nakanishi
9. other(product):
earbuds, and a usb drive. i'll probably get a license plate that says "uc davis alumni" next week.
10.other(various):
charles barkley said this on tnt: "if dwight howard is not leading the all-star ballot, there is a travesty" or something like that. i'm biased towards him, but as of right now, i have to concur.
picks of the week:
1. bible verse:
hebrews 5:11-14; i remember it from reading the bible last night, and don't have it memorized yet, but it's an awesome verse; talks about the lack a spiritual maturity amongst christians. specifically, how you should be eating solid food now, but still need to be fed with milk. and that- oh why don't i just post it here:
"Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
2. food:
not really thinking of any food at the moment; my throat is dry.
3. music equip:
give me about 2-3 weeks, and you might see me actually start to fill this section again. i'm still thinking of getting something that enables me to hear myself when playing the guitar but still have an output, but i'm not thinking about it at the moment.
that being said, i DO need new earbuds; my old ones are broke; officially broke. i can't hear anything out of the right earbud. prob gonna hit fry's once i get back from school.
4. place:
i have a feeling i'm going to be spending a lot of time at the library next week. and the arboretum. i'm thinking of just getting a disposable camera and going over to the arboretum and snapping a lot of photos next week. the place is so serene sometimes, and i can remember how many times in the past i ventured there to think and put myself at ease.
5. song:
tim hughes - jesus you alone; try looking it up on napster. not the one where tim hughes, matt redman, et al are on it. just tim hughes. and oh yeah, matt redman - you never let go is also pretty good.
6. sports game:
i'm tempted to gush over pistons at mavs, or sixers at chicago, but i thought for a change of pace, i'd think about niners at saints on sunday. yes, niners lost badly. but i was in awe of reggie bush(mixed in with feelings of glumness how niners could be so weak on defense). the guy created so many openings for himself, it was insane.
7. thought:
this is it; one week of studying hard, and i'll be done. and it needs to be HARD studying. oh, to only not screw up and slack and get distracted! and i'm honoring my mom's requests to not drive home right when i'm done, b/c i'll be done at 6:30 on saturday. so i'll come home during sunday morning, probably after going to church. if the weather's ok, i MIGHT play ball.
8. video game:
i think you'll enjoy this cvs2 match; nakanishi is one of my favorite cvs2 players, since he plays guile and ken(sometimes ryu as well)(misses a few oppurtunities i thought to close the match, but overall good match to watch): yamazaki93 vs nakanishi
9. other(product):
earbuds, and a usb drive. i'll probably get a license plate that says "uc davis alumni" next week.
10.other(various):
charles barkley said this on tnt: "if dwight howard is not leading the all-star ballot, there is a travesty" or something like that. i'm biased towards him, but as of right now, i have to concur.
making the band
"you just gonna do your taxes?"
"i need you to take a picture with a midget holding these balloons"
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so psyched that magic will play against bobcats next thursday. will not miss it.
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rasheed's mouth antics are way too funny.
i think what impressed me for a few seconds last night watching the pistons play against the mavs was(in contrast to the suns' tempo), the pistons got a fast break oppurtunity and were pushing it up the court, but then chauncey saw that the mavs were able to get themselves back in time, and instead of forcing things, stopped, backed up and called a play. the tnt commentators alluded it to a good quarterback who doesn't see what he wants, but instead of forcing something to happen, wisely throws the ball out of bounds and then lines the guys back up. a tiny thing to watch in the game, but i noted it and was impressed by it.
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according to my mcb150 professor, "sonic the hedgehog" was a video game in the 1970s(rofl). i quote:
"at the time this was done, sonic the hedgehog was one of those arcade games you played back in the 19 *ugh* 1970s"
"you just gonna do your taxes?"
"i need you to take a picture with a midget holding these balloons"
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so psyched that magic will play against bobcats next thursday. will not miss it.
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rasheed's mouth antics are way too funny.
i think what impressed me for a few seconds last night watching the pistons play against the mavs was(in contrast to the suns' tempo), the pistons got a fast break oppurtunity and were pushing it up the court, but then chauncey saw that the mavs were able to get themselves back in time, and instead of forcing things, stopped, backed up and called a play. the tnt commentators alluded it to a good quarterback who doesn't see what he wants, but instead of forcing something to happen, wisely throws the ball out of bounds and then lines the guys back up. a tiny thing to watch in the game, but i noted it and was impressed by it.
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according to my mcb150 professor, "sonic the hedgehog" was a video game in the 1970s(rofl). i quote:
"at the time this was done, sonic the hedgehog was one of those arcade games you played back in the 19 *ugh* 1970s"
Thursday, December 07, 2006
if you haven't seen the tnt overtime clip where ray allen explains how he practices his shooting, you should do it. it's very basic, but informative. he also explains some of the drills he uses.
fyi, michael redd is probably my favorite pure shooter in the nba. that is, pure shooter who knocks down 3s; rip doesn't count. you should watch the clip on nba.com where he wrecks the lakers for 45 pts.
what magneto wants, magneto gets!
the following clips exemplify why i'd rather watch justice league unlimited and batman beyond than some of the japanese cartoons these days. can you say overdoing it:
wth
wth2
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real nice 3s ken; good red parry stuff
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really bad 3s match
ditto
fyi, michael redd is probably my favorite pure shooter in the nba. that is, pure shooter who knocks down 3s; rip doesn't count. you should watch the clip on nba.com where he wrecks the lakers for 45 pts.
what magneto wants, magneto gets!
the following clips exemplify why i'd rather watch justice league unlimited and batman beyond than some of the japanese cartoons these days. can you say overdoing it:
wth
wth2
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real nice 3s ken; good red parry stuff
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really bad 3s match
ditto
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
to catch THE predator
when he started slowly raising his right arm to initiate his self-destruct sequence i cracked up
when he started slowly raising his right arm to initiate his self-destruct sequence i cracked up
if you had seen the kings at suns game last night, you would've heard me cracking up so hard during the 1st quarter. suns were just scoring layups at will 2 seconds after the kings scored a bucket. LAYUPS. the last possession, marion nailed a shot at the buzzer, then ran into the locker room like it was halftime. goes to show how kings are not really that defensively improved compared to last year; i think the kings have no frontcourt defense.
the kings announcer greg napier was like "good basket by bibby-oh there goes marion" "what a move by mart-oh there goes barbosa." cracked me up.
in the past 2 years i've sorta frowned upon the suns because they did not play defense. i now realize that's a bit of a stretch; just because opponents score a lot more points on them does not mean they are defensively soft; they have more possessions to try and score more. granted, they don't lockdown like the spurs, and i truly believe their defense is related emotionally to their offense; when their offense goes down, they start to suffer defensively. and mike antoni asking them to play more defense is-yes, i agree with tim legler, lip service. but they don't suck persay; there are worse defensive teams in the league; washington, celtics, sixers, sonics as well. they also suck on the boards. that's their main weakness. that's why i'm looking forward to hearing the prognosis when they run into the magic. orlando is just crazy, love dwight.
what i don't like about the suns' defense though, is sometimes they'll allow the opponents to score just so that they can start a fastbreak. like not put any defensive pressure. it's funny to watch(especially if they get a layup 2 seconds later for doing so), but a good basketball team wants to minimize those types of things during the postseason. and of course, nash can't defend a statue.
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team-by-team comparisons:
in curiousity, i wanted to look at each team to get a glimpse of how defensively tough some teams are. what cracked me up though was that golden state(though a very defensively porous team) leads the league in blocks per game(an average of 6). while orlando has the monstrous dwight howard, magic are 16th in rebounds per game. utah is 1st.
as to oppt fg%, i love the orlando magic; according to the stats they are one of the most offensively efficient(fg%) AND defensive stopping teams(oppt fg%) in the league; 1st and 2nd to be exact. houston is right now surprisingly the best defensive team; #1 in oppt's fg%. other teams of note(at least for me):
utah #10
detroit #11(this doesn't look too bad until you look at their oppt's 3pt% category; please stop trying to teach zone d flip)
san antonio #13
golden state is #20
chicago #21(they'll get better)
sacramento is #23
phoenix: #22
and 3pt% for opponents, respectively(since it really means jack if you lock down the paint if the perimeter just opens wide):
phoenix: #2(weird; perhaps too many are trying to match their offensive game, and so screw up?)
orlando: #4(told ya they're defensive beasts; at #2 and #4, they are a complete defensive team)
houston: #21
utah: #29
detroit: #27(ya detroit sucks like crap defensively; we should just call them Etroit until they improve; i miss larry and ben)
san antonio: #25
golden state: #12
chicago: #14
sacramento: #24
i forgot to say the hornets' defense also looks very good on both sides; #4(fg%), #6(3pt%). i guess getting tyson chandler was a huge boost for them.
of course, it's still only about 1.5 months into the season, i expect this stuff maybe to swirl around a bit more. but it's always fun to look at numbers like this this early.
the kings announcer greg napier was like "good basket by bibby-oh there goes marion" "what a move by mart-oh there goes barbosa." cracked me up.
in the past 2 years i've sorta frowned upon the suns because they did not play defense. i now realize that's a bit of a stretch; just because opponents score a lot more points on them does not mean they are defensively soft; they have more possessions to try and score more. granted, they don't lockdown like the spurs, and i truly believe their defense is related emotionally to their offense; when their offense goes down, they start to suffer defensively. and mike antoni asking them to play more defense is-yes, i agree with tim legler, lip service. but they don't suck persay; there are worse defensive teams in the league; washington, celtics, sixers, sonics as well. they also suck on the boards. that's their main weakness. that's why i'm looking forward to hearing the prognosis when they run into the magic. orlando is just crazy, love dwight.
what i don't like about the suns' defense though, is sometimes they'll allow the opponents to score just so that they can start a fastbreak. like not put any defensive pressure. it's funny to watch(especially if they get a layup 2 seconds later for doing so), but a good basketball team wants to minimize those types of things during the postseason. and of course, nash can't defend a statue.
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team-by-team comparisons:
in curiousity, i wanted to look at each team to get a glimpse of how defensively tough some teams are. what cracked me up though was that golden state(though a very defensively porous team) leads the league in blocks per game(an average of 6). while orlando has the monstrous dwight howard, magic are 16th in rebounds per game. utah is 1st.
as to oppt fg%, i love the orlando magic; according to the stats they are one of the most offensively efficient(fg%) AND defensive stopping teams(oppt fg%) in the league; 1st and 2nd to be exact. houston is right now surprisingly the best defensive team; #1 in oppt's fg%. other teams of note(at least for me):
utah #10
detroit #11(this doesn't look too bad until you look at their oppt's 3pt% category; please stop trying to teach zone d flip)
san antonio #13
golden state is #20
chicago #21(they'll get better)
sacramento is #23
phoenix: #22
and 3pt% for opponents, respectively(since it really means jack if you lock down the paint if the perimeter just opens wide):
phoenix: #2(weird; perhaps too many are trying to match their offensive game, and so screw up?)
orlando: #4(told ya they're defensive beasts; at #2 and #4, they are a complete defensive team)
houston: #21
utah: #29
detroit: #27(ya detroit sucks like crap defensively; we should just call them Etroit until they improve; i miss larry and ben)
san antonio: #25
golden state: #12
chicago: #14
sacramento: #24
i forgot to say the hornets' defense also looks very good on both sides; #4(fg%), #6(3pt%). i guess getting tyson chandler was a huge boost for them.
of course, it's still only about 1.5 months into the season, i expect this stuff maybe to swirl around a bit more. but it's always fun to look at numbers like this this early.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
lincoln brewster is fast becoming my favorite christian artist who is a worship leader. i intend on buying his live cd(usually i wouldn't consider some artist one of my faves unless i would buy an album of theirs; that means that i like a lot of their songs), and since i've heard his main church that he frequents is actually in sacramento(bayside church in granite bay, in roseville along I-80), i wouldn't mind visiting this upcoming sunday(finals not until 16th); might be kinda fun, heh.
i WOULD need to show up right on time as opposed to 10 minutes late though, if i'm going mainly to see him perform, that is IF he's leading worship that day.
i WOULD need to show up right on time as opposed to 10 minutes late though, if i'm going mainly to see him perform, that is IF he's leading worship that day.
i can't believe i'm deciding to stay on campus to get extra study time(saving 1-2 hrs going back to campus to eat and coming back) for tomorrow's quiz in place of WATCHING THE MAGIC FACE THE KINGS tonight.
i'm missing the chance to see dwight "the manchild" howard for a quiz?!??!?
a guy who is just going to kill the kings for their lack of interior defense and rebounding on their home court?
only the league's best rebounder?!?!??
arguably the league's best big man?
*sigh*
considering how tnt or espn have yet to show a game with the orlando magic in it, this blows...
times like this make me wonder what if we had dvd recorders.
i'm missing the chance to see dwight "the manchild" howard for a quiz?!??!?
a guy who is just going to kill the kings for their lack of interior defense and rebounding on their home court?
only the league's best rebounder?!?!??
arguably the league's best big man?
*sigh*
considering how tnt or espn have yet to show a game with the orlando magic in it, this blows...
times like this make me wonder what if we had dvd recorders.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
being constantly fascinated with human height, i found the chart listing average height on wiki to be interesting
an interesting tidbit is comparing a foreign country's average height(usually an asian country) to that of the usa; it appears that there's usually a gain of about 2-3 inches in height(this i would presume owing up to good nutrition(and maybe increased consumption of calcium-rich products like milk, cheese, etc), one of the components to height(genetics and environment are the two)). look at the height for people from the danaric alps! crazy... netherlands is also pretty impressive.
all in all, i guess women are on average a lot shorter than i originally imagined; i used to think american women came out at around 5-5, 5-6. my mom is 5-5; above-average for being taiwanese, average for being american.
that being said, usa is a very large demographic; i would like to know exactly the stats on california, comparing different races. i still believe that most women would be a lot taller if they drank more milk and didn't eat rather scarcely while in their teens.
this is pretty funny actually; loopholes For T3h Win
reminds me a lot of norman's playstation 2 box prank.
what counterstrike: neo(japanese-exclusive counterstrike) players look like
i suck even more than i used to do at cs 1.6; 1/30 was the final ratio of kills:deaths last night when i played. the 1 coming from a random pump shotgun hit i threw outta nowhere at midrange. my assault rifle shooting is WAAAY off. i'd play more in the coming days to correct this, but the quarter's winding down, and cs sessions carve crazy amounts of time away; nothing like getting headshot in the 1st 30 seconds, then spending 4:30 watching others slowly walk around the arena trying not to die.
i really can't figure out how to handle the blogger in-beta; i just can't bring my archives to show up at all. i think i'm just gonna use the default templates they offer; i dunno if they would screw with my page once i use it, but i don't see any other choice; i let this thing stay, and i can't link to any archives. i'm just gonna have to 1st save a copy of my original template i've used for so long.
fyi, if you didn't know already, jeremy got a very nice bday present from me
i have a wicked sense of humor sometimes. i actually like giving P.I. gifts as presents, it's fun seeing the reactions on the person's face whom you gave the gift to.
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apologize for the stoppage of "picks of the week" for 2 straight weeks; it'll be back this weekend; stupid homework and quiz and all holding me back...
an interesting tidbit is comparing a foreign country's average height(usually an asian country) to that of the usa; it appears that there's usually a gain of about 2-3 inches in height(this i would presume owing up to good nutrition(and maybe increased consumption of calcium-rich products like milk, cheese, etc), one of the components to height(genetics and environment are the two)). look at the height for people from the danaric alps! crazy... netherlands is also pretty impressive.
all in all, i guess women are on average a lot shorter than i originally imagined; i used to think american women came out at around 5-5, 5-6. my mom is 5-5; above-average for being taiwanese, average for being american.
that being said, usa is a very large demographic; i would like to know exactly the stats on california, comparing different races. i still believe that most women would be a lot taller if they drank more milk and didn't eat rather scarcely while in their teens.
this is pretty funny actually; loopholes For T3h Win
reminds me a lot of norman's playstation 2 box prank.
what counterstrike: neo(japanese-exclusive counterstrike) players look like
i suck even more than i used to do at cs 1.6; 1/30 was the final ratio of kills:deaths last night when i played. the 1 coming from a random pump shotgun hit i threw outta nowhere at midrange. my assault rifle shooting is WAAAY off. i'd play more in the coming days to correct this, but the quarter's winding down, and cs sessions carve crazy amounts of time away; nothing like getting headshot in the 1st 30 seconds, then spending 4:30 watching others slowly walk around the arena trying not to die.
i really can't figure out how to handle the blogger in-beta; i just can't bring my archives to show up at all. i think i'm just gonna use the default templates they offer; i dunno if they would screw with my page once i use it, but i don't see any other choice; i let this thing stay, and i can't link to any archives. i'm just gonna have to 1st save a copy of my original template i've used for so long.
fyi, if you didn't know already, jeremy got a very nice bday present from me
i have a wicked sense of humor sometimes. i actually like giving P.I. gifts as presents, it's fun seeing the reactions on the person's face whom you gave the gift to.
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apologize for the stoppage of "picks of the week" for 2 straight weeks; it'll be back this weekend; stupid homework and quiz and all holding me back...
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