working on a leeching internet, so i gotta make my posts quick.

i'm not usually a close follower of ncaa bball; the main reason being, the players on a team change so quickly each year(nba changes quickly too, but at least there's more solidarity if you kinda get what i mean), and there's so many teams to follow, that many will slip under your nose. but i'm really liking two teams this year:

george mason and lsu.

i was totally impressed with the frontcourt of lsu today; glen davis' bulk kills everybody on both ends; he's so good offensively, and tremendous with the rebounds. and his buddy, tyrus thomas is equally dominant in the paint, but due to his athleticism instead of his bulk; not just a high flyer, but with the ability to catch many alley-oops, stuffing shots with his high hops, and good ability to get close buckets. screw guards and jacking up 3s; they totally won my support watching them take on the longhorns and win the game by their two bigs.

and george mason... man... surprising everybody. but i guess that's why people always say defense wins championships eh? we'll see what happens tomorrow against uconn.

fyi, in case you're wondering, i'll start working on my electric guitar skills and getting back to songwriting and putting up those songs on my other website once i'm done with ucdavis. it's been a LOOONG time but...

just thought i'd throw that out there;

it just seems that in between school, my kjv-onlyism projects, freetime spent on tekken and msm cg group, i just wouldn't have that much time to work on it.

but once i'm out of college for a year or two, i won't have internet at home, so i'll have a bit more free time to work on that.

btw, i'm thinking about getting this product; i saw it at fry's in sacramento:

iMIC

i also checked its reviews at harmonycentral.com and i like what i see; one of the cheaper ways to connect an input/output to your cpu and it bypasses most of the electronic equipment on your cpu, which eliminates the buzzing sound which would come out during recording or audio(guess why i would want to buy THAT?)

and when you compare it price-wise to all the other usb audio interface things and see that it's like 40 at fry's and everything else's 70 plus, i think you know why this is a good buy.
other usb output products

done.

now i just gotta pray for some mercy.

get some tacos for lunch.

maybe visit the icc.

and get some sleep before i head home.

it's so tough to stay focused 24/7.

at the rate that i'm finding verses to cut and paste into the bible scrapbook, i'm never going to be able to carry it around and just use it(if i did, the pages would stick together).

sports all around has been so weird lately:

kings(since i'm forced to watch them and their DREADFUL commentators whenever i want to see bball) lose to pacers and twolves despite their recently good status (both were great games btw; fairly close. the indy crowds were just letting artest have it, and kg put up 37-10; not like the usual 20-10-ish stuff he did. i really like kg and his unselfishness, but he really has to decide whether he needs to carry the twolves on his back offensively by scoring more and get more wins, or get others involved, and make them better in the long run, but lose more.

heat are doing really good. so when they visit detroit, this'll really be a measuring stick for each team. detroit has seemed to lose that fire that they started with in the beginning of the season, while we are seeing miami at their best as of right now.

george mason beat north carolina... (gm has the #1 defense in ncaa this year others have said; i'm impressed)

blake beat rafael nadal... (this is sweet; some of his shots were just crazy; now if only he could beat roger federer)

wbc: korea beats japan, but us loses to mexico, so japan plays korea AGAIN, and hands them their asses(msm's not going to be happy). and oh yeah; cuba beats the dominican republic. and while the game isn't over, i'm pretty sure japan's going to win unless cuba pulls out a miracle. yep, matsui shouldn't have listened to george steinbrenner(i think i spelled his name wrong), and played; would've gotten a free medal or trophy or ring or what not.

aaaand... to's in dallas next season, NOT denver. i think this'll be interesting, b/c bill parcels really does not take crap from any player, and will throw it on the player. i was watching sportscenter, and they were interviewing all these players that played for him, and you get the sense that he does NOT take crap from any player. i know we aren't supposed to wish bad will towards others, but this will be interesting to see if TO actually sticks his neck out or not(there's probably a million ppl who wish he does... and then gets it cut off).

btw, be glad i'm not using xanga, b/c @ the frequencies that i put up new posts, i would constantly be near the top of every xanga thread i subscribe to.

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not really related, but i wanted to say something about the nba... a lotta ppl say so-and-so player's great for the nba.

i want to say that i think larry brown is great for the nba.

there's a million things i could say about him; his simple, but effective gameplan(play the right way, be unselfish, play hard on both ends, share the ball, have fun, etc), but i'll concentrate on one aspect for this post:

he loves and respects the players that he plays with or against.

i mean, the guy had every right to talk down to stephon marbury. the guy does not try to play selflessly, he does not try to play defense, etc. he's basically a streetballer(and unlike allen iverson, who is also a streetballer, but meshed well with brown for the most part, does not try to work with brown) and when brown benches him against the hawks for the 4th quarter and the home crowd boos marbury, he feels so bad after the game that he speaks up and apologizes, and states that he'll try to work something out("no player should ever be booed by his home team" or something to that extent).

let's not forget the 20 second timeout he called when there were about 10 seconds left game 6 against the indiana pacers, and it was clear that reggie miller was going to retire without a ring. the minute miller goes out, brown calls time, then instead of drawing up a play in a huddle, walks into the middle of the court and proceeds to clap in respect of reggie. total class.

he also did something similar when he was a coach at philly when mj played his final game ever. called a timeout, proceeded to clap.

oh sure, he's not perfect. i think the way he coaches offense could use a bit more work, despite the right idea being there. but i think he's a more positive influence for this nba than other ppl give him respect for.

figures i should've checked my hotmail account more often...

now that i did today, all the emails in it were deleted... there is absolutely NOTHING within it.

whatever...

i think i'll use gmail as my primary email from now on...

but yeah, now i have 1 immediate niece to go with my 1 immediate nephew.

so weird how time flies.

but since all my emails in the hotmail account were gone, i have no friggin idea whether phil sent me an email regarding what happened or not.

what really sucks is when you want to get these songs, like really like them, but you can't download them because they're not currently available.

sucks because you really want to be a good citizen and all, but they're not helping you.

and trying to buy the entire cd is sometimes a complete waste.

anyways, i really like these two songs; it's a shame they're not on napster.com:

third day/steven curtis chapman/mercy me - i see love
third day - blessed assurance

i used to wonder why galatians used the term "schoolmaster" to describe the use of the law(old testament) until jesus came, knowing that it was ultimately useless:

Galatians 3:24-25 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

But for some reason, TODAY i got it:

Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

It is a schoolmaster, b/c like a teacher, it can't save us, but it can convince us what is right and wrong. Once we realize what's right and wrong, then we realize our need for a savior.

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Sometimes I wonder; how DO i get these things in the bible that those around me really don't seem to get? Is it because i GET things in the bible when i read them? no. in fact, i probably spend more time than others when i read the bible; i tend to think i'm a slow reader.

I think it's a combination of two things; God giving me a love and hard concept that the word of God is really important, and him showing me things everytime i read. alone i don't discover these things. even when i do read more than others, it's not because i DISCOVERED ideas; God revealed them to me.

so i leave 2 verses for you to chew on relating to me not discovering these ideas, but God revealing them to me:

1st Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

1st Peter 1:20-21
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

Rick Meisel, Biblical Discernment Ministries:

"The Scriptures do not teach that any portion of the Word of God contains doctrines that are "less essential." Our Lord and Savior left no room for doubt on this subject: "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4)"

"In fact, why run so as to win (1 Corinthians 9:24)? If you have the "essentials" down, it's no big deal if you get deceived into other areas. What kind of a warning is Colossians 2:8 then anyway? So what if you're taken in by empty deceit! You have your essentials! Eat and drink (theologically speaking), for tomorrow we all go to heaven! WHAT A LIE! One cannot categorize Bible doctrine as very essential, not so very essential, less essential, non-essential, or whatever other type of human ranking system. Differences in "Importance," yes, but there are no doctrines that are more or less essential than others. The Bible does not divide doctrine into essential and non-essential. Paul labored to preach the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27). Modern evangelicalism claims that certain doctrines are "essential" and others are "non-essential," and that Christian unity revolves strictly around the essentials, while the non-essentials have no meaning in regard to fellowship. But the Bible nowhere says that doctrine can be so divided. "The faith once delivered unto the saints" (Jude 3) describes that body of truth delivered to us by the Lord's Apostles through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The entire body of truth is to be contended for. Timothy was to allow NO OTHER DOCTRINE to be taught (1 Timothy 1:3). There is no hint here that some Bible doctrine is essential and other doctrine is not."

think about that the next time you wonder whether or not to dive into the more obscure parts of the bible that you have never dived into, like the prophets or revelations. don't act they're too boring or too hard to study; if you need help, i gladly offer what services i can.