the early church was a mix of greeks and hebrews

some things for you to ponder....

timothy was half greek, half jew; the jewishness came from his mother

i'm reading a lot of acts as of late(i love how the cambridge kjv has a 2 year bible reading plan in the back which covers 1 chapter from 1 book in the new testament and 1 chapter from the old each day; helps make bible reading not get so bogged down), and much of the early church endeavors were from jersusalem, out to various greek cities, which had jews splattered around here and there. as a result, when many people came to know christ in various cities, not only did the jews become christians, but so did the greeks. paul and silas, it seems, were the ones in charge of this ministry, but paul also took with him timothy wherever he went, or so i'm getting the idea of that; sorta like an apprentice.

berea in particular, is impressive, because the bereans ALWAYS compared what people told them to what the scriptures actually said. as a result, many of them turned to christ. the facts speak for themselves; i only wish many more of us took after the bereans; i'm trying my share at it; that's why i've come to believe the things i believe as of late.

of course, you know how i feel about antioch, and acts writes a lot about antioch; i think there's verses stating how paul and barnabas spent a lot of time there, building up and checking back on the churches there.

but despite all the growth, satan always breeds opposition, and in almost every place where there was growth, there was jews that tried to stir up the government and similar ish.

just some things to think about...

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peace and love and prayers to the mexico team, and praises to our god for bringing the taiwan team back safely...

time to take my christian life during this summer up a notch...

i wonder just how often god communicates with his people in dreams...

like how many of those things turn out to be true...

cause lately i've been getting nightmares...

not the ones where i'm being chased by the T-1000(used to have those all the time when i was a kid)

but, like, i dunno, ones pertaining to things i don't want others to find out... kinda hard to describe... dreams can be easy to forget...

i should keep a pen and paper next to my bed, so that if i get one, i can jot it down...

ny welcomes home larry brown

stephen a smith personally on tv GUARENTEED that the knicks will be in the playoffs come that time...

i don't wanna jump on the bandwagon quite yet(though i'd like to see it happen), but i will say that if lb pulls this off(get the knicks into the playoffs this coming year), it will be nothing short of incredible...

ny has no money to blow...
nobody on that team plays defense first...
nobody on that team shares the ball first...
the eastern conference as a whole has gotten better while ny has gotten worse(besides the top 3, nets now have abdu-rahim, cavs have hughes, wizards have daniels, and of course we have chicago and boston not going anywhere, let's not forget orlando, and even bucks look better)...

put it this way; brown is worth a LOT to any nba team; if there's a coach you'd want on your team in this day and age, this guy is it. but i believe the players contribute to that potential as well. the reason why the sixers could not top the lakers, but the pistons could, was simply that the pistons were a flat-out better team; there was more to them that simply one or two players.

i really felt that the pistons was really the ideal team that brown wanted to coach all along...

they share the ball like he wants to...
they play hardcore team d like he wants to...
they have no superstar, so this team concept is helped even more...
and finally, he loves them and they love him right back...

but hey, let's see what brown can do for ny...

i guess this is goodbye...

they finally removed the tekken 3 machine from the muga...

they also removed the nba showtime game in the same time...

random ish said between me and jay on the bus

bus driver ended up taking a wrong turn, prompting him to ask me, "do they always do this?"
"not really, i mean, when they do, they kinda have to go through this huge deal of calling dispatch and asking what to do and stuff"

somehow, that got into some ucla and uc davis comparisons...

"at ucla, we don't really get this, but our busses are either electric or gas, so sometimes the electric ones fail us going uphill and then all of us kinda just sit while the thing rolls backward"
"lol"
"once it failed us going DOWNHILL"
"LOL! DOWNHILL?!?!?"
"and we started asking, 'are we gonna die?' "

"your squirrels here look normal-sized"
"maybe that's cause there's no smog"
"yea... like in ucla once i put my taco that i bought from taco bell next to me, turned away, then turned back, and it was gone... and all the ppl were like 'you should've kept it on your lap' and i look over and some huge squirrels were eating my taco"
"haha... huh... so both ucb and ucla have gigantic squirrels."

"but your ducks seem crazy on davis; always the male chasing the female"
"oh, i see that a lot; once i saw a male duck chase a female duck down, then stand on top of her when she was collapsed and proceeded to peck the crap outta her on her head; it's like she was just laying down and accepting it; i figure that's like the duck equivalent of getting raped"

there was some other comparisons we did; like i had to tell him about how our davis police had nothing to do(prompting me to tell him about how a policeman wrote a ticket for a car that had clearly been in an accident, even though other officers had already shown up and dealt with the scene, and he responded w/ucla officers shooting at a homeless guy who had NOTHING on him)

i can't believe i just told grace lin that...

french(the language) is useless in the the us...

(i guess i SORTA bit off of futurama in saying that, cause they once made fun of the french in that the professor creates a machine that can translate english, but then he says "in a completely utterly useless language" proceeds to say "hello" in the machine and gets "bonjour!" back...)

(i wonder if mandy reads my blog; she might be pissed i said that)

i then proceeded to tell her how spanish is so much more useful, and somehow the topic branched off unto all talks mexican food...

but later i decided; hey, why not find out?

http://www.ethnicharvest.org/regions/50languages.html

well, i was badly wrong... somewhat... it's true that you're going to find a LOT more latinos than french in the us... but they're still no 2, so i would guess learning french is still a good idea...

still, i don't see a lotta french in norcal...

PERO HAY MEXICANOS EN TODO LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS!

-in other quick news

some guitar center buys look fairly good august(for some things i need, well, i would LIKE another guitar, but that's outta my league, but getting a good set of cables would be nice), so it does look like i'll be revisiting arden centerr in west sac sometime soon...

OneMoreLevel.com - Avoider

interesting game... try to keep your cursor from getting touched or blown away, etc by the guy...

new family guy = too good...

-cookie monster sitting in bathroom stall, squeezes cookie dough out of the tube onto a spoon, then lights a lighter underneath the spoon, with a desperate look, "c'mon,, CCC' MOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN!!!!!"

-peter watching a tv sitcom called "mmm hmm" scene is 3 black, fat women around a table and their dialogue goes something like "mmm hmm..." "umm hmm?" "UUH UUHH!" *laughter soundtrack*

-stewie saying "that's worse than the time i played marco polo with helen keller" *flashback to marco polo game in pool* *helen's just staring blankly ahead in the pool, and stewie's swimming in a circle with his eyes closed on the right* "marco... marco..."

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

scroll down until you hit the title "an audience with the masters"

then you'll see who's among the video game greats...

shigeru miyamoto, one of the giants behind nintendo, created both the mario and zelda series...

and yu suzuki was the giant behind sega's am2, and he is also one of the giants in all of video game history for breaking new ground; he created the virtua fighter series, and shemmue.

"The Virtua Fighter series is recognized for its contributions in the fields of Art & Entertainment and is the only video game on permanent display in the Smithsonian Institution's Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology Innovation, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington D.C."

virtua fighter 4 final tuned is probably the most-played fighting game in japan today... japanese are nuts over competitive vf play... much like the same way koreans are nuts over competitive tekken play...

i'm gonna be an uncle... AGAIN...

michelle's pregnant... AGAIN...

i think we'll see how things unfold around march i believe?

who would've thought... ?

they served PORK RIBS for this sunday lunch at ctcc...

tekken tag is ONLY 12.99 at best buy(wow, never ceases to amaze me; best buy has both what are arguably my two favorite video games for DIRT CHEAP, and together they barely cost over twenty!)...

lance is now racked another... his 7th... yea, that's genetics + hard work...

pre-tribulation rapture my ass

i remember how the simpsons this past sunday was on the pre-tribulation rapture...

based on the study i've done, i firmly believe that the idea of a pre-tribulation rapture is false and contradicts the bible...

i'll post some verses from the kjv for you to think on later, but right now, i just woke up...

well, it's now official

good luck, larry brown, i think i'll miss the 2 years you decided to play as the pistons' coach... those were some good times of your team defying the odds against the rest of the league...

in my eyes, larry brown is currently the best bball coach in the league, and it got accentuated when he was the leader of the pistons, a team many thought would die when they faced against the laker foursome... a team many thought would die to the combo of shaq and dwade... a team w/no superstar...

this decision to let him go was based basically off of his health... i mean, if they knew larry brown could coach all season, they'd probably let him stay... i'm kinda sad that they couldn't let him stay, but then think about it from the organization's standpoint... if they have a terrific regular season, but then brown's health fails him and they have gary heard to coach them during the playoffs, think they're going anywhere? it's like going 90% strong, but then failing at the 10% where it matters the most.

this reminds me so much of lakers when they lost to the pistons, then had to decide whether to choose kobe or shaq; they chose IMO, the player which would last longer than the player who was simply better.

but we'll have to wait til regular season pops around to see how the pistons cope; hopefully flip's still good enough to coach the pistons all the way back to the finals...

i mean...

the person they're letting go is ONLY larry play the right way brown, right?!?!? :D

right?!?!?

some weird dreams of mine...

the other night i had some dream... kinda hard to remember, but i remember seeing a large spider, but with tiny, thin legs... yet i was freaked to death...

i have not be scared of spiders for a long time... used to be so scared of them when i was young, but somewhere along the line i got used to it by beginning to appreciate all that they do...

so, that begs the question; am i really just denying the fact that i am still afraid of spiders?

some weird dreams of mine 2...

but i can remember the one this night vividly...

i think it was during retreat and college were playing against the adults as usual...

i was in charge of guarding and playing offense against pastor dan...

but all game, i could not box him out... i got down, and pushed my ass into him trying to push him out of the key when i thought the ball was going up, but it took all my strength out of me, and got him nowhere...

and i could not do anything w/my post game on the offensive end either; i couldn't push him anywhere...

interestingly enough, i woke up with the bedsheets in total disarray... mustve pushed hard enough for something else to happen...

begging the question...

is pastor dan really fat, do i really suck, or do i really need to bulk up?

Philippians 1:19-20

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death

From now on, titling whatever new indepth topic i'm gonna talk about

i'm also gonna post a new post everytime i switch a topic, consider how i have a tendency to go in-depth; unless my post is ultra-short. that way it'll be easier to see what i'm writing and only read what you want to read. (after this post)

anyways, i'll be trying to figure out how to use lei-fei, kage, and aoi next for vf. maybe shun instead of kage, or aoi. gonna learn to use the monk, cause i always get owned by him since i don't know much about him, only that he's linear, so i always end up trying to evade like crazy, only to eat attacks for failed evades, as well as getting parried all over the place. and quite frankly, he's a lot more powerful in combo damage than i take him to be, so it'd be good; besides, i like akira, sarah, lau, and gonna learn to learn jacky, but after a while, it's like they almost play the same, w/little sublities here and there; strike/defend until you get an advantage, then go for a combo starter. lei's also strong, but colorful enough that you have to switch between stances all the time to play him well. and kage's a pretty good character, and can be played in a variety of ways.

davis is still hot as ever... and it's 8:00 PM right now! how i manage to stomach the heat on my bare, sweat-glistening back without complaining i will never know... i keep attributing my ability to tolerate cold winters and hot summers back to when i used to be on the swimming team, but that's been a WHILE back. i guess it's just one of the many ways god's shone his blessings on me; i count them whenever i feel in awe of what god has done for me(and i can count a LOT), and yet it also makes me wonder how i can use them to further his kingdom by using them to their full potential.

i still love cats; was able to pet and rub one today; saratoga west allows no dogs, but cats are ok, so occasionally i see them. i love the black and white cats the most. at first i thought it was scared of me, but after i walked back to it a second time, it walked up to me, and so i gave it a long backrub. i thought it enjoyed it, cause it started rolling along the ground and stuff.

i should try playing pick-up at the arc sometime... it would be good for my health, and have to get in shape for retreat... although we're having at a different place this year... so it might not be bball this time. but the bball would still be good. i need to tone up my 1-on-1 D and post play... azn ballers who are exclusive sac and la fans better fear the long arms of prince :D (i think about how what i used to like in bball when i was younger and it's like a complete turnaround; i used to like the quick guards who always shot well and dunked all the time, and now, i flat-out prefer the patient, smart, big man type stuff)

here's a good song to listen to: bebo norman - nothing without you(alternative version)

iTunes apparently thinks it's funny that they would rather let their customers dl their music in a different format than everybody else(.wma), and so even though i legally own a song, i can't convert it to another format so my windows media player can play the songs...

iTunes = overrated... napster's much better...

the media player takes up so much space on my cpu...

i'm still holding out hope that brown continues to coach detroit in the next nba season...

however, if they part, i REALLY hope this is not due to chauncy billups being at odds with brown...

i remember that was the reason why brown left the sixers in the first place; ai constantly showed up to practices late...

i mean, chauncy's had tremendous odds trying to play as a point guard to get people involved, but i think he's really trying... he acknowledges that everytime after the two get into heated arguments... and everytime the pistons get a win, you see just how valuable he can be as a scorer and a person who sets up his team's offense. not to mention his great defense and modest attitude.

flip is not a bad coach, in fact he's a GREAT coach... i believe that... but you do have to believe if brown leaves and he comes to detroit, that he will have some big shoes to fill...

i can't remember exactly what year this was, but do you remember the year we hosted senior night and tim chose "how to be a player" as our nightly saturday video? and that eventually everybody drifted out except for jerm?

i remembered that prior to every youth in the youth group gathering in the pool room to watch that, the entire room was deserted cause i was hogging the ps2.

i remembered that there was only one other person in the room, and that was mike.

there were two tvs in the room side-by-side; he was on the one on the left, with an n64 plugged in playing smash bros, and i was on the right with the ps2 plugged in playing tekken tag.

good times...

I'm on MySpace nigga

whadda poser... asians acting like they're black...

the funniest part is the tin foil in his teeth...

Old Man Fight Club

ROFLMAO!

wonder twin powers, ACTIVATE!

form of... a tampon!

oh man, family guy's hilarious...

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i can't believe it took me so long to REALLY realize why akira's such a beast in vf4 series.

if you gain an advantage of more than 2 frames, but don't have a throw guarenteed, like from connecting a punch or blocking a poke from your opponent, you have the basic strike/throw guessing game.

at this point, you can either stick out a quick poke like an elbow if you think the opponent will try to do a throw escape or strike back, or try for a throw if you think they'll just sit and guard.

the opponent of course can get around that by doing an evading double throw escape w/guard.

now, everybody has a huge damaging combo starter at around 16-18 frames(except lau i think)... it's NOT for sticking out when your P hits or the d+P counters. it's for doing when you expect the opponent to evade; you delay your attack and let the opponent evade first, that way their evade will be a failed evade, which isn't fast, and can't allow blocking, plus any attack will track it; in this case, your big damage combo starter.

so you might think with that huge risk, that it's better to try something like a d+P instead when disadvantaged, given that in most cases, the worst scenario is that you eat an elbow and are placed in this situation again or something like that, right?

well, not against akira; if he thinks you're not going for E-DTE-G or G-DTE, but a d+P or another attack, he can just bust out the good ol f,f,f+P; about 20% gone on normal hit, 1/3rd gone on counter. plus, it's safe on block. nobody else gets this option; well, very few; others can do other stuff, but this is so basic, yet so powerful.

so akira basics really boil down to:

1)get advantage
2a)if they E-DTE-G, delay df,df+P or mix up throw
2b)if they fight back to avoid delayed attack, f,f,f+P
3)use b,f+P after a successful evade
4)use FC,b,f+P after blocking a low or after a TR
5)use SPoD(love this move), b,f+P+K, or throw against a rising opponent
6)if you want to attack to beat a throw attempt if disadvantaged, use d+P, df,df+P or SPoD

mix up some df+P+K in there with some FC,f+P:P's and you're set.

when i live on my own, i would like to own BOTH a cat and a dog...

i seriously love both types of creatures, and really would not be able to decide which one i would want to get if i had to choose one... both bring their own unique style to a household... it takes more to love a cat than a dog though, IMO; almost everybody who owns a pet's a dog lover.

the dog requires a LOT of attention; there's some days when you just don't wanna be touched! but rewards you with a pet that's extremely loyal, friendly, cares about you, usually always smiling, etc.

the cat can be a self-conceited ass, can never be found when you want it to be around, never really wants to play w/you, silent as hell too. but i see a lot of myself in the way a cat behaves, and thus admire it for the way it is. if you treat it well, much like a dog, it WILL hang with you. it just usually doesn't go out of its way to be with you; you'll probably never be able to take your cat out for a walk or anything like that.

honestly though, i'd just like to see the way they interact w/each other; contrary to what you used to believe growing up, not ALL dogs chase cats like their enemies. some play w/each other, and some even take up habits of the other if they live w/each other.

but it's also interesting, because, like i hinted, people take after either the characteristic of a dog, or a cat. now, the person who's a dog in god's kingdom will look towards his master's happiness as his ultimate source of happiness; it's not about him. the cat however, takes to himself and thinks he's the center of the universe; in order for god to be happy, the cat must be happy.

which makes me wonder; does that mean i need to be more talkative to others to be considered a "dog" in the kingdom of heaven? how about missions; necessary to take in order to be a dog? or maybe it's not so much WHAT i'm doing, soasmuch whether i'm WILLING to do whatever...

btw, i wouldn't be thinking about christianity this way; it feels too simplistic; i actually got a sermon much like this today.

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iTunes better not be gyping me out of my free slurpee download... stupid download link being down and all...

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d+P+K>K -> df,df+K
d+P+K>K -> (f,f)db+K+G,K-> u+K

d+P+K>K -> b,b+P -> K
d+P+K>K -> db+K+G,K -> u+K
d+P+K>K -> b+K -> P -> ub+K+G

d+P+K>K -> b+K -> P,d+K
d+P+K>K -> P -> d+K,K
d+P+K>K -> d+P -> ub+K+G
d+P+K>K -> b+K -> (f,f)P -> f+P,K
d+P+K>K -> P -> df,df+K -> ub+K+G

i watched cung le last night and it was like he was turning san shou into judo... the san jose native threw his opponent all over the place... takedowns that should've resulted in the opponent getting some major points resulted in reversals at the last moment giving cung the points instead. match ended in round 2 to the vietnamese... that's how fast it went.

and cung's no joke; only 2 losses in his career to his 33 wins according to last night's fight stats.

the more i play vf4 evo the more i truly realize just how deep the game system is. it's really a shame how sega ruined their potential to market vf to the states with their botched move on vf3. those were the days when you actually had to insert a dollar bill into vf3 to play the game once. because of that, you'd be lucky to see a vf4 machine here.

when you slow-cook beef in stew until it's so tender that it just tears apart with no effort... that's the best... i love cooking whenever i do beef just right like that.

Hypnotized - Pillar

It’s been far too long
We’ve known all along
This was going on
Can’t seem to respond
To anything so we carry on
With our lives
We rewind
We can’t find
We deny
The simple fact that we haven’t done anything
That doesn’t mean that we can’t start offering
Why do we feel so far / It’s like we’re seeing stars
Why does it seem so hard?
To wake up now and see who we really are
So let go
Don’t follow

Where do we go from here
How did it disappear
It’s hard to see with our own eyes
These times (these lies)
We’ve been hypnotized

I think its time we try
To open up our eyes
And look away from the very thing
That’s made us cry, we’re hypnotized
And you’ll see
The real me
Luckily
It can be stopped
If the tick tock of life isn’t all that you got
So come ready or not wake up its your last shot
So come to
And redo

Wake up now
Now it has been far too long
How can we not go wrong
Again

wow, msm actually HAS ppl working on de-fobbing the dkc website...

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i love going shirtless, barefoot w/gym shorts in the summer... there's a sense of freedom unmatched in doing something like that...

of course, if i'm outside, i would wear something on my feet, but you get the idea...

i would venture like that around outside, but i have a feeling ppl might frown down upon being shirtless in public or in class... so i'd probably only do that if i'm indoors or exercising...

i should get sunblock though...

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to the best of my rememberance:

top 5 in total rebounds
top 5 in total steals
top 5 in total assists
top 10 in total blocks
top 10 defensive player
top 10 pts allowed
top 5 2 pt shooter
top 5 3 pt shooter
top 5 overall ranking
top 5 most experienced

name: jrich
ht: 6-6
wt: 222 lbs(i wasn't able to get exactly 225)

jersey number: 23, warriors

hotspot: upper-right on the 3 pt arc

(13 and above is considered to be "green," or high)
(6 and below is considered to be "red," or low)

power: 8 /20
steal: 11 /20
speed: 13 /20
2 pt: 14 /20
3 pt: 13 /20
dunk: 16 /20
block: 8 /20
dribble: 11 /20
rebound: ???
passing: ???
clutch: ???

i can't assign the last 3 attributes; i think they're based upon everything else, however:

-i'm assuming rebounding ability is slightly above average, maybe 11 or so; i've been able to pull down around 6 rebounds/game w/jrich, but then again, i play with a defensive mentality
-passing i'm not too sure; i've had about 6 to's per game, but then there's been a lotta times where i've dumped off a really good pass w/o it being intercepted
-clutch: MUST BE HIGH; like i've said before; i really should change the name to billups; if i'm less than halfcourt and the clock's winding down; i RARELY MISS(that is, if i can put up the shot without being pushed to the floor beforehand)

'k, bible verses included for you to ponder; actually, this was pretty fun; maybe in the future i'll tackle other contraversial issues that God has seemingly showed me in the scriptures, like why free will's not supported by the bible, or why israel will NOT be restored in the endtimes, more in-depth why the roman catholic church's the antichrist, but it took me a while to write all this, so i'll just sit back now:

jesus calling simon as 'peter,' then saying upon this rock will i build my church...
Matt:16:17-19
17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

roman catholics take this verse and assume that peter built the 1st church.

and from the wording of the bible(check it; it's the same for all versions), it would SEEM to suggest that the church is built upon peter(although, i might add, kjv has no footnotes stating that peter means rock, which helps ease off the confusion).
look at the NIV footnotes, then try the KJV version

but wait... there's numerous other references to a so-called 'rock' in the other parts of the bible... do they apparently seem to refer to peter as this rock, or jesus as the rock?
Deuteronomy 32:4
4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
1st Corinthians 10:4
4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

the 'rock being cut out not by human hands' in daniel, is this peter, or jesus?
Daniel 2:34-35,44,4-5
34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

the foundation that the wise man builds in jesus' parable ON THE ROCK, think this is peter, or jesus?
Matt 7:24-25
24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

the capstone that the builders have rejected; is this peter, or jesus?
(this is also the stone that was cut out not by human hands that is described in daniel)
Isaiah 8:13-16
13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Psalm 118:22
22The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Matt 21:42-43
42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

the statement that 'their rock is not our rock,' think this refers to peter, or to jesus?
(this passage, based upon the ebook that i was reading, interprets this this verse to mean that Protestants' rock is Jesus Christ, and the Catholics' rock is Peter, since he "supposedly" founded the church, since he is the head and replaces Jesus, he is THEIR rock)
Deuteronomy 32:31
31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

if peter is the head of our church, then why doesn't the epistles state that peter's the head of the body of christ, and we are the body(we know that the body of christ is the church)?
Ephesians 5:23-24
23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Colossians 1:18
18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

what does paul say about being divided in the body of Christ?
1 Corinth 1:12-15
12Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
14I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

does peter even seem to like the idea of being revered as a saint? the italian man who invited him to his house bowed down to him, but peter made him stand right back up, telling him, he was only a man himself.
Acts 10:25-26
25And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
26But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

furthermore, there is no reason to suggest peter was even an apostle TO the gentiles; that role was fulfilled by paul, and the main powerhouse for the jews was peter. when paul greets all the christians in rome in his letter "romans", nowhere is it seen that he greets peter. NOWHERE.
Romans 11:13
13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
Galatians 2:7-9
7But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
8(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
read this, and tell me if paul ever greets peter in his letter to the romans

according to the game show espn teammates:

billups keeps teasing rip about his fur coat, the one w/the fox heads on it...

rip, surprisingly doesn't like rooming w/rasheed the most out of all the pistons; says he's "always blasting his music"

amare's favorite drink is red kool-aid...

the one part of barry zito's body which doesn't match is his "womanly curvy hips"...

zito said brynes doesn't like being called t.a.b.(stands for tired ass brynes)... brynes guessed incorrectly, but said they called him spicolli... which also sounds just as bad...

i'm watching the show, and i have to say, everytime i see a women's team, they always seem to do worse than the guys(ex: team usa swimming does TERRIBLE, team usa volleyball ie misty may and kerri walsh do TERRIBLE); strange eh? aren't women considered to be more social than men? you'd figure they'd know more about each other...

on a side note, but sports related:

wonder if this means wizards aren't gonna be as strong compared to last season... they still have arenas and jamaison... but it's really too bad hughes wanted to play w/lbj. i guess for some, winning > friendship. cavs look like they're going to actually be somewhere in the next season; mike brown, the defensive coach which was so instrumental to the pacers' success is here... hughes, who is one heck of a defensive player, and a good shooter, is also going to be at the cavs. personally, though, i like hughes, but i have a feeling the two play too close alike for this to work. redd was a better fit, but heck, i like redd too; hope bucks become a good force again next season.

they showed the classic boxing upset last night; buster douglas vs mike tyson last night on espn2. if i had known they were showing the thing the whole night, i would've stuck on espn2 and watched the whole thing. instead, i watched the last 2 rounds. indeed, it was one of THE worst upsets ever. tyson was picked 42-1 to win this thing. but all night, it was basically this: douglas was faster, had a longer reach, and dragged the match out, and did not let tyson finish this early. not to say tyson didn't get some good hard hits in, but douglas was just wailing on tyson in the head with that left jab poke of his. this was basically the match:

douglas goes for a series of jab pokes at tyson's head.
tyson tries to get close to "clinch" ykno, hug douglas so the ref can break it up and reset the momentum; it's a common thing if you've ever watched a boxing match.
douglas pushes tyson off himself before the ref gets there and gets a couple of hard, fast hits at tyson's head.
rinse and repeat.

after a while, douglas was just all over the place and went for broke on tyson's head with hooks, straights and uppercuts. tyson's left eye looked swollen-closed. tyson went down for the very 1st time that night in the 10th, and stayed down.

it's too bad buster douglas never tried to really make a name for himself; after he stole the championship from mike, he put on a LOT of weight and never ever boxed again; today he looks like a fatass, not like the brilliant fighter that took down the person nobody thought could be beat that night.

you wanna be able to research all the various bible topics like i do? does it seem intimidating?

the thing you should do, is always see if ppl on the web misinterpret the bible verses they are quoting.

that's i think key. amongst other things, but that's key.

for instance, are there other bible verses that refute/support this idea? does the idea they try to conclude match what's going on in the real world?

i'm kinda busy, as i'm supposed to be writing a paper that's due in about 1 hr or so, so i'll get back to you on this tonight, but off the top of my head, here's a classic one(i'll find the verses tonight if i can remember; i've read this before):

jesus calling simon as "peter," then saying upon this rock will i build my church...

roman catholics take this verse and assume that peter built the 1st church.

and from the wording of the bible(check it; it's the same for all versions), it would SEEM to suggest that the church is built upon peter(although, i might add, kjv has no footnotes stating that peter means rock, which helps ease off the confusion)

but wait... there's numerous other references to a so-called "rock" in the other parts of the bible... do they apparently seem to refer to peter as this rock, or jesus as the rock? the "rock being cut out not by human hands" in daniel, is this peter, or jesus? the foundation that the wise man builds in jesus' parable ON THE ROCK, think this is peter, or jesus? the capstone that the builders have rejected; is this peter, or jesus? the statement that "their rock is not our rock," think this refers to peterr, or to jesus? if peter is the head of our church, then why doesn't the epistles state that peter's the head of the body of christ, and we are the body(we know that the body of christ is the church)?

does peter even seem to like the idea of being revered as a saint? the italian man who invited him to his house bowed down to him, but peter made him stand right back up, telling him, he was only a man himself.

furthermore, there is no reason to suggest peter was even an apostle TO the gentiles; that role was fulfilled by paul, and the main powerhouse for the jews was peter. when paul goes to rome in acts, nowhere is it seen that he greets peter. NOWHERE.

that's the idea. the other thing is to throw away all fear; in that, what you find, if it's bibically sound, is what you find. if a scientist finds something extremely contradictory to what the rest of the scientific world believes, but it is sound, then he must believe his results, and not what the world tells him. now, obviously, you tread really shaky ground when you do this, that's why you should always pray for guidance when you do stuff like this.

finally, i'll conclude that when looking up prophesies, it's tempting to say something you found, which matches, is "coincidence." however, the more prophesies you find on something, the more it matches, compared also w/what the early church believed, etc, may show you otherwise. like, for instance, the accusation that the roman catholic church IS the antichrist.

i'll post later.

if i was black, i'd go stand in front of a tanning salon and then look at my hands and go

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!?!?!??!?!!?!?"

*got the idea from black comedian lewis ramey*

i should rename the nba showtime character i created from jrich to billups...

i'm:
top ten in steals/game... (maybe 4/game)
top ten in 2 pt percentage... (60%)
top ten in 3 pt percentage... (40%)
top ten in lowest points allowed/game... (55)
top ten in rebounds/game... (7 i think)
top ten in best defenses...
one of the most experienced players(ie won most games)... (39 games?)
one of the best shooters; ie takes the most 3s TOTAL, not per game...
and maybe one or two other top lists...

i don't have top ten in blocks/game(midway bball is SO HARD to block shots), but i average about 2.6 per game... ben wallace-like.

does THAT sound like jrich to you?

i rarely dunk too...

i don't get how espn can list kobeyashi in the same sentence as lance armstrong when describing winning streaks...

i'm not saying eating 50+ hot dogs w/o puking is easy... certainly not when you do it and win 5x in a row...

but the tour de france really sucks the life out of you.

ever tried biking up a hill before? it's a killer. fastest way imo for you to feel the pain is get on your ten speed, set your gears to the hardest setting, and then climb an incline. it'll make a believer outta you. the tour de france is basically riding up a HUGE incline.

simply put, lance armstrong is a beast. his lactate levels in his blood during exercise are so much lower than other bikers, and his muscle fibers have just toned themselves to perfection over the years. basically, imagine never getting your muscles sore during intense exercise, never ever feeling like you're running outta air. that's lance. ever watch clips of the tour de france? it's like lance is going for a solo bike ride through the park; he's that much better than the rest of the comp.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/aps-lat061305.php

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/107/108551.htm

http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2005/06/education15.html

(snippet from the last site i listed)
"As Coyle points out, the best way to absorb the magnitude of Armstrong’s physical power and endurance is to compare him to others. In one hour of bike riding, Armstrong can cover 32 miles as opposed to the 21 miles a top runner could cover on a bike and the 16 miles an average cyclist could cover.

Armstrong possesses a large, strong heart that can beat over 200 times a minute operating at maximum capacity and pump an exceptionally large volume of blood and oxygen to his legs—only around 100 other men on earth, who have been tested, have comparable abilities and only two other competitive cyclists that Coyle has tested in the past 20 years have even come close to Armstrong’s 200 heartbeats per minute.

If a normal male college student were to train at a grueling pace for two or more years, the student’s maximum oxygen uptake would not increase above 60 ml/kg/min—Coyle estimates that even if Armstrong became a couch potato, his would not dip below 60 ml/kg/min."

simply put, he had the genetic makeup to already be such a formidable athelete. but he took it one step further and simply did NOT stop training each and everyday. genetic makeup + natural body adaptation to strenunous constant workout = BEAST.

you want something similar to what lance has? no secret: exercise hard and long each and everyday; do something that completely sucks the life outta you for more than 1 hour and then come right back for more. well, you won't get a 200 bpm heart, but i wouldn't be surprised if you develop a really strong heart.

...

but i could JUST be all wrong about this, and maybe kobeyashi is up there with lance...

i just think the numerous competitions that are shown on sportscenter now are just getting ridiculous. you might as well put evolution on sportscenter after it happens... i mean... hey... now they're doing it in las vegas now, instead of in some lecture hall at a california college.

according to one of my roommates' friends, who's taking ss1 up here instead of ucla, la is NOTHING compared to davis heat. i wonder how san diego matches up? davis is further inland...

but anyways...

happy 4th of july, my american christian brothers and sisters.

while the usa is now a far cry from what a christian nation should be, at its birth, i do believe it was give or take everything that a christian nation on earth should be.

it was the 1st nation which did not have single leader presiding over the entire country; the highest authority is(much like christianity) based upon a stack of papers we call the constitution of the united states of america.

the government, a country's highest authority, was supposed to be the states', and hence, the people's servants.

because of this extreme difference in authority, and because the roman catholic church could grasp a single leader by the throat in order to control a country, it stood as the biggest threat to catholicism; there were no leaders to grasp by the throat. and even if they did, they could not infringe upon the constitution, which guarenteed many rights and priviledges to the average american citizen.

unfortunately, i have not really done my research too much on this subject so far, so i should say no more, at least for now.

so i'll just end today w/this:

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain;
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.

(i remember singing this in elementary school each day for a bit)

jeff dunham's an excellant comedian...
he's also a ventriloquist.
if you've ever seen his acts on comedy central, you'll crack up. perhaps the funniest thing was the crack about giraffes throwing up.

ever wondered what happened to kendall gill, the nba veteran? i actually saw him last night boxing against a 5-8 white guy; won. wow... at first, when i saw his name come up while he was boxing, i was like, "kendall gill... hey, didn't he used to play in the nba?"

i guess that means we'll be seeing a transition for shaq to the nfl... hey it COULD happen. or maybe tractor trailer's better for that job.

because i'm not really a baseball guy, i really am ready for the nfl to start. watched the "gridiron stars" thing yesterday; y'kno, how espn pits 5 national football players vs 5 american football players in a variety of different events; it seriously makes everything they're doing look fun. i would love to race against someone in an obstacle course. but we all know football players are built for short, but frequent spurts, not long runs. that's why you see them tank out a lot for like long endurance stuff.

the kjv is translated as best to the ability, word-for-word, because it IS the will of jesus christ. when a court needs to hear the last will of a person, translated to another language, because their descendants can't understand the dead person's native tongue, they use word-for-word translation, not thought-for-thought. because if done by the 2nd, there is a slight chance that the interpreter will inject his bias of what the will means; then when the judge reads it, it will not be the will of the dead person; it will be the will of the dead person intermingled with the thoughts of the interpreter. in fact, interpreter is a better word than translator in this case. and as you might guess, all other bible translations are done thought-for-thought.

everytime i hear u2 - vertigo, i think of ben wallace blocking a shot.

they're pulling an "vf4 evo" for tekken 5... which is KINDA good, cause steve was just retarded, and the same w/bryan, and to a smaller extent nina, but it's also bad, because now i essentially might've wasted 15 dollars getting 3 cards i might not ever use anymore, esp if they change all the tekken 5 cabinets in the us to tekken 5.1 cabs. but i have vf4 evo, so i guess i won't really have to care about that(just gotta hope jerm and jon try to pick up the game)... although come sept, i'll probably have to prove whether i'm better at tekken or eugene.

i have no idea where i'm headed in life... i see the potential in myself to earn something through genetics, or to be a person who unearths a heap a crap that satan has against the body of christ(in other words; conspiracy) and then spends his life trying to awaken others, or both, but all i know is that god will be there with me as it all unfolds. apart from that, i really don't have an idea as what will occur.

revelations clearly identifies rome, specifically, the roman catholic church as "mystery, babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth."

would it surprise you if i told you the early church did NOT celebrate christmas? go ahead and look it up. i'm not saying the birth of christ never occurred. i'm saying that christmas was originally a pagan holiday, and that the early church refused to celebrate it, much like the attitude we should carry towards halloween. guess who originally brought christmas to christians? that's right; the roman catholic church.

my room finally looks a lot more organized now. and neater.

i need to watch the entire movie of "harold and kumar"

i watched maybe about 30 mins of it, and i couldn't stop laughing. particularily the suspect sketch at the end of the movie.

my room's so messy... i'm cleaning it now... might take a while though.

vf4 evo's so fun... so challenging to play on a pad though, it sucks.

characters right now i'm pretty comfortable using: sarah, lau

characters in the process of learning: pai

"all around the world" was on sale at bereans for 6.99

and oh yea; i've often wondered why the 1st 2 of the 10 commandments were as such:

1- thou shalt have no other gods before me
2- thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them... *etc, etc*

but no more.

it is because it is one thing to worship other gods other than God himself. but even then, we must NOT set up any image, in any sort of fashion or form, and worship them, even if they are revered people/saints/angels in god's kingdom.

we must NOT pray to the saints, expecting them to intercede to god on our behalf.
we must NOT pray to the virgin mary, that she might interact w/god for us.

the only person we can come to is jesus, and that is on no coincidence that he was god incarnate, or basically God himself. (on top of many other reasons, like having come in sinful flesh, being our eternal high priest)

why was the old testament established if it was shown to not work? because it was created to show our need for a savior. romans points this out perfectly. would we know we were guilty of coveting if there was not a perfect law which stated in plain english, "do not covet?" but through this law, we find not salvation, but the need of a saviour. and from that saviour, we find salvation.

mvc2: far c.roundhouse w/jill; if they roll, cancel into short zombie for a free combo. if they don't, c.short(otg)-> c.fierce, blah blah

in corner: c.fierce/\ sj.fierce xx fierce rush xx rushing super.

any char w/fly: fast fly is when you fly and immediately press a direction and an attack. the attack comes out much quicker

vf4evo sarah's triple dc combo is t3h 0wn@g3

thomas nelson bibles sell the smallest kjv bible i've ever seen; it's like 3 in by 4 in, 1 cm thick. too bad i only saw one copy @barnes n noble, and it was red, not black. haven't seen them at bereans yet.

i really can't begin to study more about the kjv vs modern bible research til the books come in the mail, so i'm kinda stagnant right now; just have a lot of good accusations and arguments that i've pulled up from the internet as of right now. guess i could write them all down though.

hebrews uses the word "testament" to describe jesus' addition to his people in the bible. a testament is essentially the will of a person. think of it this way; the bible really is the will of the lord jesus christ. now, the person who writes that will is free, as long as he lives, to change, add and subtract to it as he likes, but once he dies, it becomes etched in stone. that is why jesus had the sole ability and privilege to add the new testament to the old testament; he wrote the old testament. here's some verses you can look at to ponder.

Hebrews 7:22: By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Hebrews 8:6-7: But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 9:13-18: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

and i want to take the oppurtunity to explain something about the kjv; you may notice that as you read the kjv, there's words randomly placed in italics. why is this? that is because while the editors for the kjv attempted to used word-for-word translation to accurately translate the bible from hebrew and greek to english, a 100% word-for-word translation was not possible. hence, words that were added in order to ensure that the passages would read fluently are marked with italics! isn't that amazing? that they would have the honesty to show which words they added to the bible! because we know that the scriptures at the very end of revelations condemn the people who add or subtract words to the bible. so, by this, we can judge whether or not these people honestly took away the original meaning of the bible. think about it. if everything i've found out about the modern bibles and their corruptness is true, then who knows how many verses they changed!

i was bored, so instead of playing tekken 3 at the mu, recently, i created a new character for "showtime: nba on nbc" at the mu; he's named "jrich" :D that's cause the game was based on the year 2000 i believe. warriors have starks, marshall, bogues. they do however, have DAMP!

i have to work up the wins in order to get enough attributes to distribute so he's REALLY like jrich. right now, he's not even jrich's build and height.

so if you ever wanna use jrich @the mu: jrich, then "end" and pin number's 23, then two "squares."

cpu ai's retarded though; guys who shouldn't nail 3s do like clockwork, like damp and joe smith. guys who shouldn't be able to block your shot do it like clockwork like nash.

but i play defense, so it's an equalizer; the stats show that i'm like 5th at the arcade in top defenses(~55 pts allowed/game). although the cpu pisses me off; really. even my own teammate pisses me off, cause he's not going for the rebounds like he's ben wallace when i miss my 3s and 2s.

my room's so messy, it irks me, but i'm so lazy... i'll do it this weekend.

hebrews and revelation are fast becoming my favorite books of the bible.

i own a rediculous amount of rubber bracelets and wwjd woven bracelets combined... well, it's growing... 5... but i never wear more than 1 on each hand... heh... most ppl care only about what they're wearing... i wonder about switching up my bracelets... cause if you've ever seen ppl wear more than 2 bracelet on each hand, it looks stupid. heck, i think you shouldn't wear more than 1.

he who has eyes, let him see...
he who has ears, let him hear...

oh the dilemma...
struggle in vain against the forces of darkness that strive to put the final antichrist on the throne, knowing you're simply signing your own death warrant, given that revelations and daniel both state they WILL come to pass...
or do nothing, and become the watchman described in the bible whom jesus states will demand an accounting for...

i only pray that i may develop the courage to stand up for what i believe in...

vf4 evo is the best fighting game i've ever played; i'll glad i found out that it only cost ten dollars at best buy. they even make the training mode so detailed that you can learn the basics of the game from that alone; no other fighting game on console has that feature. i've always loved the vf series. probably try to learn akira, sarah, lau, jeff, then maybe brad or goh, somebody new. and i should get a joystick.

i just gotta make sure i set the kitchen timer everytime i play, or i could go overboard.

k, i should explain the bible research thing i did a post ago...

God is called "Holy One" or "Holy One of Israel," and rightfully so. he is referenced so much in the bible as such.

however, if you did a search for the words "Holy One of God," only two places will this pop up in the kjv: mark 1:24, and luke 4:34; both are spoken by a demon-possessed man. in both cases, when the demon says such words, jesus' response is to rebuke them, tell them to shut up and then to come out of him. now, it is important to realize that demons ALSO called him the son of God, but when Jesus rebukes them there, it is because he doesn't want them to reveal the truth to the common hebrew man, lest they not crucify him. remember this distinctiveness. when jesus casts out the demons calling him the "holy one of god," it is because they are speaking blasphemy.

now, try searching for the words "christ, the son of the living god," matthew 16:16 and john 6:69 pop up. this is when jesus asks peter what jesus is. jesus' response is to bless him, b/c it was revealed to him not by man's thinking, but by God. therefore it must be truth. and indeed it is true; 1st john 4:2 shows that every spirit that confesses that Jesus has come in the flesh is from God.

the NIV bible's john 6:69 calls Jesus the "Holy One of God." again, let's think a little bit; no where else in the bible is some being along the allegiance of good call god "holy one of god."

common modern day bible scholars refute these arguments by pointing to other places in the kjv where it doesn't refer to jesus but instead says something like "he." and i'm still looking into that. but if the kjv bible is not speaking of a flat-out blasphemy like the john 6:69 example, i don't see any reason why those arguments should be acceptable.

but i think the strongest argument for the kjv bible may be the agreement with geocentricity as opposed to heliocentricity; i'll look into that later.

well, although the pistons lost and the spurs won, at least i can be comfortable knowing the pistons pushed the spurs to actually earn their rings, unlike the previous years when the spurs reached the finals. game 7 was actually pretty close, and at times in the pistons' favor. i thought the pivotal moments came when detroit's best big men were sitted b/c brown was afraid to get them in deeper foul trouble. that's when duncan just took advantage of the mismatches, b/c detroit went small. but give the spurs credit; i don't think they have any glaring weaknesses out of all the teams in the nba. detroit did spectacular, but you could say in game 7 their weakness of a thin bench finally came out, because once they got in foul trouble, they really got nailed.

strangely enough, bob got his wish after game 4; all the following games were close.

series recap in short:
i was wrong about parker; the big guard for the spurs was manu ginobili, and the x-factor came from robert horry. duncan was of course their constant; wasn't flat-out dominant like in previous years when he almost got a quadruple double, but the big overall consistent person.

i was also wrong about detroit; their main guard was billups; i seriously don't give this guy enough credit; doesn't always score big every game, but he's the most consistent offensive player. big ben was also a serious mvp candidate for the pistons, as he played his heart out after game 2, with rebound after rebound; although he had his difficulties w/guarding duncan, the series would have even greater swung towards the spurs if it weren't for him. and mcdice was huge off the bench. the series could have been greatly different if prince was a much bigger factor; he was just too quiet offensively.

despite what it seemed like, i think maybe, just MAYBE, detroit could've won in 6 if rasheed had not tried to double ginobili in game 5 during overtime(basically if detroit actually won 3 in a row at home). but then again, i don't know if spurs would've played the same during game 6, and ditto for the pistons.

what i find most intriguing about the bible is that specific verses not only agree with each other at the time it was written, but it agrees with the past, and the future as well. god was not lying at all when he said his words are truth.

because inside it it pinpoints every single antichrist who hates jesus and only desires power of this world. i would not be surprised if there really was a conspiracy to entirely undermine and persecute the christian faith occurring right now. if the kjv bible really was god's word alone, and did pinpoint every single antichrist to come, then that's even more reason to understand why so many bible versions were created.

FOR SURE, my biblical research definately will not end with just the topic of the validity of the KJV bible vs the validity of all other modern bibles. in fact, i might even put aside the topic of the roman catholic church, and look at the zionists specifically after the bible research. it seems like speculatively, that could be a bigger problem than the RCC.

but i'm losing you. so here's something you can try to see just one of the grains of sand of evidence supporting the kjv. of course, there's more, but you can try this yourself.

go to biblegateway.com and select king james version as your bible search engine. type in "holy one," search, and select "more results from king james version" at the bottom of the page. change "match all words" to "match exact phrase." then search again. got it? you should see a plephora of matches with "holy one," often times "holy one of israel."(you can try searching "holy one of israel" instead) note the allegiance of the one who says it(good or evil?) should be overwhelmingly one sided who says it.

now try the same thing with the words "holy one of god." note who says it each time it pops up, how many verses pop up.
now try "Christ, the Son of the Living God" and note who says it each time it pops up, how many verses pop up.

got it?

now try the same search w/the NIV search engine.("Holy One of Israel", then "Holy One of God", then "Christ, the Son of the Living God")

go ahead and compare "Holy One of God" with "Christ, the Son of the Living God" using the other bible search engines.

interestingly enough, if you did it correctly, only 21KJV has similar results to KJV; of course, that bible also has problems that other arguments explain, but i'll explain what's the significance of these searching results tomorrow or so; give you a day or two to brood on it.

b,b+1~eCD+1?
(backdash~CDS~DETGF)

hmmm... would it work for whiff baiting and then punishing?

detroit fans love you too, larry brown...

my tekken 5 skills are horrid... they SUCK. this is why if i'm planning on playing tekken 5 more, i should save up instead of playing tekken 3 at the mu.

i was lucky to get ONE win with jin... my card now has a 8% win ratio w/him...

did a lot better with nina, although i'm being generous... 25% is about my win ratio right now. about 4:16 i would say.

didn't bother w/my devil jin card

still, it was fun enough playing somebody instead of the cpu... strange though... the person i played was from out of state.

i should learn bryan and create a card w/him.

come to think about it, how does the home court advantage favor in the nba finals? let's not even think about how it's playing out this year; i'm thinking about how it works for all around; the nba finals set is a lot more different than the other best-of-7 series on the road there:

top seed: 2 games, then lower seed: 2 games, then top seed 1 game, lower seed 1 game, then top seed 1 game.

but in the finals:

2 games @west, followed by three games @east, then 2 games @west.

just looking at this, it would seem that statistics favor the west, due to the game 7, esp if games go back and forth. but wait! the east has THREE straight games at home! in the middle of the set, where they'll have a pretty good idea of how the west plays! if you took just one away game before game 3, you could very well wrap this thing up if you won three straight at home, esp if you seem to play about 200% better @home! that's what the pistons did last year; they surprised the world and won 1 game away, came really close 2nd, but no worries; they went home, and then became one of the first teams to win all 3 games @home and close this thing.

so i'm wondering just how the nba finals matchup favors who. west has the seventh game. but they have to play 3 straight on the road, in the middle of the series, which has the potential to really dent them w/no games to chance. then the east it seems would have 2 chances to get 1 win. on the other hand, if a series is streaky, then the west is favored; y'kno, if games are almost equally won on the road and at home.

granted, home games aren't automatic wins... but then again, if your average road win is by about 5 pts or so, and your home wins are by 20 pts or so...

this weather's so streaky...

i think the espn writers were right on the money when big ben's sportscenter highlight poster on one of the miami heat at the pivotal game 7 was "fear the fro, san antonio..."

11 rebounds, 15 points and 5 blocked shots...

he brought it out last night, and we all know who won... statistics favor the pistons when he brings out the fro...

now detroit ONLY has to win 3 more < /end sarcasm >

but seriously, detroit has 2 more home games, and they can't let any one of them get away; i've been realizing how much important home games are in the playoffs this year, ESPECIALLY when you get closer and closer to the trophy. all the defensive rapes that i've seen and grown to love about detroit have come from their home games. y'kno, the ones where they hold the opponent to less than 80 pts, win by 15+, and bring out darko with 3 minutes to spare... home games aren't exactly free wins, but then again... that home crowd seems to just boost the players' energy.

i'm thinking of creating another blog, so that i can jot down every single case leveled for and against the kjv. so that you're not lost on what i've found. more details later.

except for the kjv research and improvement on lead guitar playing, i STILL don't know what in the world i'm gonna do this summer. yes, sad indeed; i should know by now. well, i'll know in less than 2 weeks i believe.

i have a feeling that these are some of the things i'm gonna have to personally look at in the near future; it apparently doesn't stop w/the kjv issues:

roman catholic church
jesuits
freemasons
zionists
communism
socialism

you see, if all the things i've read are true... then there are MANY antichrists that surround us; and pity that we've never even once considered diving to discover the truth. but don't tell me i'm crazy; cause i'm gonna do the digging for you. pity the fool who makes assumptions and never tries to discover the truth, only going deep within it for 5 min.

never take 5 classes EVER... again...

and if you do, make sure you have microcassettes, 4 about 60 mins for each class, unless if you're in a 2 hour class, in which you have 4 about 90 mins for that type of class. and have em all RIGHT before the quarter even begins, and an ac adapter. and a lot of batteries. plus, you should have a plephora of flashcards already pre-made, so that you just need to write down stuff. etc. basically, be prepared, to go from the get go and don't stop til it ends. which was what i was not. but i'll have all these things and be ready for fall... i just wished i could once say, "i truly learned my mistakes." facts are, i never do.

and in some strange way, i have to thank god for not going to med school; i don't think i could "discover the truth" if i had good grades and got into med school; too little time. heck, the thought of the books i'll have to go through and the arguments i'll have to look at just to find out how canon the kjv is, well, it's very time-consuming.

at the time of christ, 3 cities in the roman empire had the most dominant effects on christianity: rome, italy, alexandria, egypt, and antioch, syria.

rome was the capital of the roman empire. it, as today, was the epitome of form, legalism, and tradition. by the very essence of tradition, rome has known to constantly add to the bible. examples? the apocrypha and its 14 books. or the constant traditions that were emphasized such a purgatory or the chanting of the rosary, that are seen in today's roman catholic church. though rome didn't exactly create any corrupt bibles, they took the corrupt versions from alexandria, and added their traditions to them; they used ecclesiastical interpretation. the bible constantly speaks negatively about rome, whom it constantly compares to as babylon.

alexandria, like much of the world today, was the epitome of education; science, scholarship, knowledge. the like-minded minds of Origen dominated these areas. like as now, education and science took away from the Word of God. most biblical corruptions that are seen in the codex sinaiticus(codex aleph), codex vaticanus(codex B), and the septuagint originated from this region. allegorical interpretation were taken at the bible; ie compare what YOU believe as truth to what the bible says. the bible consistently speaks negatively about egypt.

antioch was the origin of early work by the apostles. known for her luxury and cosmopolitan flavor, but also for its incredible trust in the bible. antioch was the only place where the bible was interpretted literally. the "textus receptus" was the products of many copies of scripture that came from here, all in agreement w/each other. as is the masoretic hebrew old testament. the natives of antioch were from Shem, one of the sons of Noah, whom Noah blessed himself(not Japhethities of Europe, and not Hamites of Africa)

i'm eager to post more, but anymore statements, and i would be essentially plagerizing someone else's work: read more here

trust me when i say, this wormhole goes a lot deeper than you think; just saying "you should just read the bible in the original hebrew language or greek if you want THE authentic bible" isn't gonna cut it.

all these predictions of "spurs in 6" is depressing me... no respect for detroit.

i wanna trash talk so that if the pistons surprise everybody once again, i'll look good... but if they lose, i'll just look even more like a loser.

the good thing is that detroit seems to thrive on their underdog status.

i guess i'll have to see the recaps after games 1 and 2 first to make a sound judgment.

note that pistons lost to spurs at the sbc center during the regular season, but it was only by 3 pts.

apparently, some stuff to try next time i play t3 bryan:

ws+1+2: 11 frames, 1~4 guarenteed on hit? it was in ttt and beyond (12+21=33 pts)

1,2 and ws+4: 1~4 guarenteed on hit? might be a range issue

d+3+4; haven't really fooled around w/this low

and oh yea; qcb,2-> 1~4-> f,f+2 is HARD... i should try the tech trap instead; f,f,df+3 instead of f,f+2, since 1~4 knocks them in the air; more damage anyways.

i gotta get down COM throw; it can be buffered outta anything; so maybe next time i'll try df+2, then d,df,d,DF, wait til df+2 ends, then press 1+2 right when bryan starts to crouch; i might not even need to do d,df,d,DF; just df,d,DF

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oh shit...

the number 1 play for last night's top 10 on sportscenter was ben wallace slashing and giving one of the heat(sorry jerm, wasn't shaq) a facial... i love the quip at the bottom: "fear the fro, san antonio." number 3 was prince w/the two-hand putback(makes me wonder if that was prince's 1st putback ever... looked sweet... i stood up from eating dinner when i saw that one)

btw, creed's greatest hits is just a flat out awesome cd. i was lucky enough to get it during memorial day weekend at circuit city, when all their cds were only 9.99. came w/a dvd featuring all their music videos and 2 live performances, and the other was a music cd featuring all their number 1 hits(but i wanted "hide" to be on that cd, oh well). i love creed when i was growing up so much; maybe they were why i got so much started on trying to play lead guitar instead of just power chords. their songs were awesome, when everybody else's rock band was punk. at some point, i kinda gave up on creed b/c i was into the "christian rock" stage, but after awhile, you realize most christian rock bands can't play guitar at the mark tremonti level; maybe 12 stones, but they've gone downhill after the 1st album.

although, after listening to alter bridge, if you listen to creed, it feels a bit more shallow; withheld talent. like mark tremonti was holding back his full guitar potential. basically, i can play creed. i canNOT play alter bridge(hope to someday). i still love both bands though, and i'm glad stapp and the others split up; stapp became a christian, and tremonti produced better music; win-win situation.

my bible study leader's a sellout... she's from the bay area, likes the kings, doesn't like the warriors...
you do the math.

but anyways, i like this matchup... too bad i won't be watching too much of it; we have things called "finals" too.

of course, you know who i'll be rooting for...

i'll concede though that spurs have the edge, but it's not a HUGE edge... 6-4 in spurs' favor

both teams play hard on both ends, and both teams have very good balance.

both teams also have truly great coaches.

semi-short rundown:

spurs:
advantages:
+arguably the best power forward in the league; don't even question tim duncan; i love kg, but in the timmy vs kg debate, i stand on the side of timmy.
+two great slashers in the backcourt
+defensively, spurs have one of the best perimeter defenders in the league; bruce bowen is EVERYWHERE, and they have tim duncan
+a stronger, deeper bench
+overall, no "weak player" on this team; i think this is THE deepest team in the league
+a coach w/more championship wins
disadvantages:
-lack of good 3 pt shooters; manu and tony have improved, and to be fair, spurs are good at shooting threes. but they don't seem to be able to be a team that can rain them down at will when they need to; this MIGHT be key to how detroit wins over them, if they get their 4th ring
-main shot creators on this team are duncan, parker, and maybe manu
-gregg poppavich looks like his face had a pimple invasion

main key for spurs to win: superb performance from duncan and parker(i love manu, but i think the offense runs a lot more thru parker than manu)
main x-factor: brent barry

pistons:
advantages:
+arguably the best starting 5 in the league on both ends of the court
+two great shooters in the backcourt
+two of the starting 5 can actually light it up beyond the arc consistently, and i'll give you a hint; one of them is NOT rip
+defensively, pistons have ALSO, one of the best perimeter defenders; tayshaun prince just does NOT let you get by him, and wallace times two are a definite help threat
+slightly more athletic starting 5 than the spurs; i think a lotta ppl take the athleticism of the pistons a bit for granted, thinking they use it all on the defensive end, but it's true, these guys can RUN the fastbreak. in fact, i enjoy watching their offense as much as their d. i could be stretching it by saying this as a pistons fan, but i think i've seen more alley-oops done by the pistons in a game than by any other team. pistons, in a lotta ways, end up looking like the kings with hardcore d.
+a coach w/more experience
disadvantages:
-bench... that's not to say detroit's bench isn't bad. but it certainly isn't the deep bench they had last year. they still kept some key pieces, such as lindsey and campbell, and picked up some nice additions like arroyo and mcdice. they just have no overall complete package in one single bench player that shows up every single night. the two they kept from last year are flat-out better defenders and their d always shows up every night, but they can't shoot well. i guess the main key is whether arroyo can play d.
-main shot creators on this team are billups and rip
-larry brown never ever shows any emotion other than "monotonous gameface"

main key for detroit to win: backcourt has to be on FIRE
main x-factor: rasheed

of course, in the keys to win, i didn't say defense, for both teams, but you know it's true. pistons vs spurs w/o d would be like um, kings vs, um, kings. i just highlighted the main offensive key.

this has the potential to turn into an ugly matchup, due to the hardcore d, but i think defensive bball is just as beautiful as well-executed offense. winning bball is always beautiful to me. maybe it's just cause i love the shot block and the hustle play, but i think these things are so underrated and underappreciated by the average fan.

feel free to tell me how far off wrong i am with my rundown...

btw, is it true that tony parker's girlfriend is eva longoria? and i thought she was only rooting for the spurs b/c she was a texas native!

try googling these if you're bored:

martial artist: cung le (if you can stand watching kickboxing, this guy's awesome... throws all over the place; his style is san shou kung fu, which is a type of kickboxing allowing throws; interesting, b/c they teach that here @uc davis... i think i'll take it sometime next school year)

newest tennis phenom: rafael nadal (man was this guy awesome; incredible defense, ran his opponents down, had the most incredible saves)

comedian: keith robinson (just plain funny)

i hope detroit wins game 7 and shuts all the laker fans in davis up.

wow, this is like gold...

it's like dave chappelle's "when keeping it real goes wrong" all over again...

clicky

i am impressed...

maybe i'm not giving rip enough credit for being a good 1-on-1 defensive player...

it's true that i consider him to be the worst 1-on-1 defender out of all the pistons' starting 5... my order would be something like ben, tayshaun, rasheed, billups, rip... granted, they're still a great defensive team, so rip has to be good in some manner, but i just really don't see it that way, after watching repeatedly superstar x blow by rip or shoot right over him, whereas get hampered by the long wings of prince, unable to drive or get a clear shot.

but to be able to contain wade and not give him any great looks, while still being flat out brilliant on offense(remember; lb doesn't care how many pts rip scores; he wants to see his assists, and rip handed out about 7), that's awesome...

let's not forget he's doing all this on a hurting leg(with tiger balm!). miller would be proud.

but maybe that's cause wade's not used to rip; i love tayshaun(actually i love all of detroit's starting 5, but definitely tay and ben are up there), but you never want to give good offensive players the same looks all the time; i guess after a while wade can figure out how to take apart billups, prince and lindsey.

if rip does this again in game 5 and detroit comes away w/the double-u, i will seriously be impressed.

and maybe pistons will enter the finals again, leaving the conf finals with the same words that al michaels said last year, "who was that masked man"

bh can do multiple HOD in mvc2(ie combo qcf+2k into itself) if he is the only one still alive and you use A1+A2 to activate the super instead of qcf+2k; doing it this way doesn't activate flying screen. good luck landing it though.

the infinite's also a waste bc you give more meter to the opponent than yourself, and it doesn't do more than 40% life. 1 loop ain't bad for hit confirm to inferno xx hod though.

my thoughts exactly(sort of)

i'm hoping these are just rumors...

can you be considered not to be a hypocrite if you preach "play the right way" over and over, and then decide to accept a job somewhere else in the midst of the eastern conference finals? so we know your health isn't exactly up to par. that doesn't mean you should send a message basically saying "i quit" now.

and one of the things i've admired about brown is that he's almost always exclusively worked with the underdog all his life on the court, never with THE superstar.

i'm hoping if brown goes, that flip DOES become the new coach of the pistons. and that the cavs do horribly.

btw, it never really hit me til now, just how much ppl believe lbj to be the next mj. at least marketably, i've never seen it this high; only in the days of jordan: check this, what i've found associated w/lebron:

bubblicious
nike
sprite
nerf(yes, that's right)
spalding

and i'm sure there's gonna be a lot more.

verses of note for today: 1st John 4:2-3, 2nd John 7

these are important, because you have to realize, in the context of these verses, why the roman catholic church is simply wrong(at least on this issue; i have sources which state they're flat out wrong on a lot of other things, but that's for another time, another day)

the catholic church preaches to us that the virgin mary is not only someone whom we can pray to, but whom was born WITHOUT sin.(read luke 11:27-28)

i'm tempted to ramble on and on, but i'll try to get my point across as quickly as possible.

the above 2 verses state that anyone who states that "jesus christ has come in the flesh" is a follower of God; anyone who does not is of the antichrist.

note that because of this, you can say that jesus is a real person, came to the earth 2005 years ago, lived a perfect life, died on the cross for our sins, and can still be a deceiver and antichrist! who gives!

what does it mean for jesus to have come in the flesh?

read hebrews 2:14

"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same"

jesus took on the flesh of the children; of fallen humanity! note that he did not take on the flesh of adam and eve before they sinned!

hebrews 4:14-16 states that because jesus was able to take on our flesh, yet never sinned, it meant that he was able to overcome the flesh on our behalf. after he died, he then ascended into the heavens to become our high priest. because of this, jesus is able to relate to us; we can come to his throne. we need no other mediators.

under the catholic ideals though, because mary was without sin, that meant that when jesus was borne, that he took on the flesh of his mother, not of us! do you see what this does? this states that jesus did not carry the same flesh as us, that he could not relate to us, and that he was never tempted by sin.

under the catholic rules, it therefore makes more sense to come to mary for intercession and forgiveness.

THAT is why those that believe jesus is the messiah will always believe that jesus came in OUR flesh.

random capcom's marvel's vs series tip of the day:

timing of a pushblock determines how far you will end up when doing it; if you pushblock very late after blocking an attack, you will fly pretty far.

time it almost simultaneous with when you block an attack, and you will go almost nowhere.

it accounts for why sometimes you can pushblock an opponent and not go anywhere, but rather get sucked in more as they chain more hits together.

that's how you can punish a blocked gambit royal flush even if you have no beam super; pushblock right when it starts, then pushblock 2x more. then just walk up and ream.

"take the red pill, and i will show you how deep the rabbit hole goes..."

...god help us all; looks like my "conspiracy research" definitely won't stop even after i resolve the bible issue.

i must be daydreaming or something...

does gum even DISSOLVE?

i was chewing newly bought altoids sour cherry gum(it's better at the beginning, but when the sweetness fades away, it seems to suck; best gum i think is cinnamon gum cause of the spiciness), and it felt like after i was chewing for a long time, that it simply started to come apart in my mouth...

spit it out, and i see my tongue's coated w/white miniscule shreds.

and i saw a kid which clearly overdid the whole rubber bracelets thing... had like 4 on each arm... hey, i like those things too, but i clearly think you shouldn't have more than 1 on each arm.

and don't blink, but i think the spurs have finally shown the world how defensively lax the suns are...

i've never mentioned this really before, but one of the reasons why i like billups so much is because of the way he plays in-close on the offensive end. of course, i also admire his 3-pt abilities, and his good defense. but billups is probably the only point guard in the league, who, when he wants to take the ball in close and score that way, instead of using his quickness, BACKS THE OPPOSING POINT GUARD IN. it is seriously the coolest thing ever to watch. it dawned on me quite a while back after i suddenly realized why every in-game commentator was saying "billups is so strong" after he scores an in-close shot. the pistons, i think, are sorta that type of a starting five; all of them play their respective roles well; point guard-> sets people up and starts the play, shooting guard-> finishes the play, etc. but yet, the way each player is, creates a mismatch. besides listing billups, rip plays like reggie; he creates w/o the ball, unlike the other 99% sg's. tayshaun's so skinny, and so long, that's already a mismatch. rasheed can hit 3's. ben wallace is a lot smaller than the average center; small enough, that he has this speed element: he can pick up ai on the defensive end right at the inbound and draw a charge. pistons have got this awesome speed and power element going for them that a lotta teams simply lack. and did i mention; billups and prince post up more than rasheed and ben.

but like how i mentioned; i think if the nba continues next season, that a lotta teams will be very competitive; very few teams will suck; i predict maybe 2 or 3 which completely suck. of course, there's only 16 slots for the playoffs, but i hope you get what i'm saying. they're be about 5-6 GREAT teams, about 22 back-and-forth teams, and then 1-2 flat-out we-suck teams. and don't blink, b/c the warriors for once, look like the best bay area team.

we just gotta cross our fingers and hope the lockout does NOT happen...

why's my saturn require so much maintenance...

i'm probably gonna be in some deep depressed funk until spring quarter ends...

5 science classes is not fun, esp when two of them involve intense complex chemistry equations... and when you should've been studying hard w/no laziness right from day 1. catching up's a bitch when you've got that many classes. i'm just hoping i don't repeat the same mistake next quarter, when i should literally have no excuse(i'll be starting w/a tape recorder from the get go).

the sad part is, i can't shake my laziness... it's still an improvement over last year, when i literally sat at the apt and just watched the pistons run all the way into the finals and then destroy the lakers, but considering the extra class, "just enough" isn't enough.

maybe i'll be able to put some space between what i have to catch up and what i've done during memorial day weekend, but until then, i've got a midterm to cram for; ugh.

see you guys around in about 3 days. who knows, i might even be able to play some ball on sunday.

that uc davis-exclusive light blue rubber bracelet i got contrasts w/my dark red christian rubber bracelet on my left... makes one of my hands look slightly darker, the other slightly lighter... like good and evil. left and right.

this is hilarious... I POSTERIZED YOU Q-RICH! 

too bad the mavs couldn't pull out the win though... but yea, even though the mavs have a ton of talent, it sucked to see that they didn't have something that all good teams have; cohesiveness. it sucked to see the contrast between the leadership of nash vs that of dirk... while nash remained calm and encouraged his teammates even when they were down 16-some points, dirk lost it when jason terry, who was arguably their best player that night, made 1 single irrational move. then dirk doesn't back up his words by leading by example and only whines and complains even more during OT as time winds down...

so yeah, what i'm hoping for still stands; a matchup between the former nba champions for the nba finals

i'm tempted so much to go on and on about how the eastern conf finals are looking so good right now, but that's inappropriate to talk about right now.

so instead...

thanks for all the memories, reggie. for showing us the power of the jump shot. for giving your all night after night. for being completely loyal to the team you were drafted to from the get go. for being one of the greatest guys to play at the two spot.

at least he lost his final game at home, in a blaze of glory...

thanks for all the memories, reggie. we'll miss you.

and some ppl wonder why in the hell i like the pistons so much... when they often rely on their defense to win instead of offense, thus making them so "boring"...

This is why

i have never seen such an outright defensive rape like that(i'll admit i've never watched the legendary '96 jazz@bulls game 3 finals)... i've seen detroit really tear it up before last year, but never like this...

a 30-4 run is pretty damn good. hell, it's SICKENINGLY good. and it's even sicker when you realize rick charlisle tried to spend all his timeouts in the 3rd trying to slow the pistons down, and it didn't work. the only shot scored during that run was by a goaltended shot from foster.

you know when the pistons bring out darko, that their opponents just flat-out suck.

we WILL win game 4... yessire... now plz finish up...

what i now have for "baller material," the "little" things:
3 headbands- 1 green, 1 white made w/special cloth from dupont, 1 blue uc davis
2 wristbands- both green(i never use these at all)
2 finger sleeves- 1 black, 1 grey
1 elbowband- nike, white
1 shooting sleeve- official nba licensed, black
if you wanna count it:
1 rubber bracelet, red, "live for him"
1 green wwjd bracelet, the same one justin gave me for senior night

i'm bored; this is from my kitchen to yours(careful; i eat a lot, but hey, leftovers solve your what-to-eat-for-lunch tomorrow dilemmas), if you don't know what new to cook, here's 2 of my fave soup receipes:

water(about 4 cups)
2 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 chicken breast, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
5 leaves romaine lettuce, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/3 tsp salt
dried shallots

combine; from top to bottom in a pot; heating the water on high until boiling; then add each of the ingredients from top to bottom, stiring a bit, then waiting until the soup boils before adding the next ingredient. you can stop @the lettuce when it boils and then add everything else. that's it; one of my faves for "clean(non-really-greasy)" soup.

cooking oil
half onion, chopped
water(about 4 cups, plus more if the noodles suck up the water)
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 chicken breast, chopped
a BUNCH(dunno how much; handful maybe?) of chinese-style noodles
1 egg
5 leaves romain lettuce, chopped
1/3 tsp salt
1 clove garlic, minced
1 green onion, minced

heat pot @medium heat, then add about 2 tbsp oil; wait a bit, then add onion in; stir around for a bit until you feel you like the flavor(think of it as a sort of light sautee); add water, then carrots; turn heat to hi. wait til boils, then add chicken; wait til boils again, then add noodles; stir frequently until noodles are "hydrated." add the egg, and stir, but DON'T break the yolk. once it boils again, add lettuce. once done boiling, add the rest, stir and serve. probably my favorite noodle soup receipe, that i cook myself often.

try em, and lemme know how you like em. for me, it takes maybe 1/2 hour to cook, a little over half an hour to eat entirely. you can add more eggs for the noodle soup if you want to serve others. yea, i'm a beast at eating food sometimes. who would've thought the day i'd hear jerm say to other msm ppl "well, at home(davis apt) rich destroys us"

i should exercise more often, or once i pass age 25...