now that i've kept you in suspense for about 1 week, here's the answers

1.if you believed that god kept his promise...

turns out this did occur; around the middle ages, when an english bible was greatly needed for the masses, as a unanimous one did not exist yet, the great majority of hebrew and greek texts, regardless of time it was produced, were thoroughly examined by the greatest of biblical scholars, and found this: 95% of all of them agreed with one another; only 5% did not. GOD DID KEEP HIS PROMISE! the texts that were in majority of agreement were then pooled together, and then a greek text was written. this was called the "textus receptus." this text would become the basis for which was used to write the kjv of the bible.

if you believe the bible to be the pure word of god, then this is your book.

no other single bible version uses this method.

2.if you believed that god didn't keep his promise...

this method was also used; modern day biblical scholars(let's say, somewhere around the mid 19th century) decided that only the earliest biblical texts could be used; the earlier, the more accurate. they were able to find 2 biblical texts, which still remain the earliest than anybody else's, that exists(around 200 AD i would say? gotta go back and check). these two are named the vaticanus and the sinaicitus; the 1st was found in the Vatican, and lay in excellant condition, but was virtually unused for 1000s of years. it lacked MANY key christian doctrines. the sinaicitus was found in a wastebasket in a monastery at the base of mount sinai. it was reedited so many times and scribbled so badly that anybody staring at it could tell you that it was a bad job. both not only disagreed with most texts and lacked MANY verses, but also disagreed with each other. and yet... both were used to create all other bible versions that were NOT the kjv... niv, tniv, rsv, nlt, nasb, nkjv, etc.
furthermore, what did the scholars do when they came across a verse where both texts disagreed? they had an expert scholar pick what they thought was the right one. so in essence, you're not reading the word of god; you're reading what a scholar thinks is the word of god.

yes, what i'm stating down here is VERY contraversial. i am basically saying the kjv is the only english bible you should be reading. you may be thinking i'm nuts. you may be thinking i've been too gullible, and picked this up from some random joe's site. but we know something like this is not found on biblegospel.com. would never be. that's why i believe now it's my turn to research in the tradition of the skeptics-turned-christians. except now i'm travelling a road is even less clear-cut. evidence is truth, and once i compile enough and can safely say i've looked at the majority of what matters, i'll be able to determine the truth, whatever it is, and it'll set me free. but don't worry; jerm and jon are skeptical enough to keep me in check every step of the way.

only pray that i won't give up on this quest; most likely it'll take all of my spring quarter and maybe 1 year to more than 3. and that i don't lose sight of everything else in the persuit(grades, jobs/internships, spiritual life, etc)

yeah... jon and jerm are going along for this ride whether they like it not.

one thing's for certain though... no matter the outcome, i think i'll end up a changed man.

let's say you want to create the 1st mainstream english bible. the NIV, KJV, NASB, RSV, etc, has not been created as of right now. at this point in time, the printing press has not yet been invented, which means copyists of the bible ARE subject to some error, depending upon how careless they are. you have to be careful, as you know this bible will influence the rest of 20th century and beyond americans and englishmen. this will become the essential word of god(or word of satan, if this bible becomes corrupted). you have a variety of texts to choose from. cost is not an issue. how can you approach this? there are 2 ways in mind...

well, if you truly believe that god has preserved his word to always be with his people and not let it become corrupted over time(as stated in the scriptures), you could compare the majority of current hebrew and greek texts used throughout the world. you could gather the majority of the texts together that agree with each other. if one copy is false(ie does not match up with the other 95%), you assume it was a sloppy copy and throw it away. you pool together these scriptures that agree with one another, then use these as a basis for writing a new english bible.

or, if you truly believe that the word of god has become corrupted up to this point in time, that would mean you should look for the earliest manuscripts possible. these will be used for the basis of creating the new english bible. the fact is that there are too many factors that influence the bible, that we must simply choose the earliest manuscripts to ensure least amount of error. copyists are prone to error, and so, when all is said and done, it's better to look as far back as possible.

what would you do? think about it for a sec, and if you want, reply in the comments. or not. but seriously think about it. because this is what's really been preoccupying my mind lately. i'll post the results later this week. i already know what the answer is. however, it's more of a matter of research for me now to make sure all of this is true; this is why it's now my turn to do research on what i have never truly thought about before; this subject has popped up before for me; but i brushed it aside.

don't worry about me...

i plan on doing a LOT of research on this topic before i can truly arrive at a conclusion.

just trying not to accept what's thrown at me straight up, but not disregarding it immediately either...

picks of the week:
(updated every friday, saturday or sunday)

1. bible verse:
back to Jeremiah 29:13, as i've realized the urgency of my situation
2. food:
*haven't really been thinking about food this week* but i guess cooking beef noodle soup again was nice; gonna fast for 2 days starting sunday night, as it's that time of month again, plus, it just so nicely fits in with my current situation, so that kinda gets rid of thinking about food those days as well(haha... well, i DO like food, but somehow, i don't find it as interesting to throw up every post of mine with "oh i tried this today" or
whatnot, unlike mandy)
3. music equip:
Speed Mechanism for Lead Guitar instruction book(this should help my solos)
4. place:
wasn't for most of the week, but as the next one approaches, it's gonna have to be my meditation spot, the good ol arboretum... unless if it rains, doh!
5. song:
3rd day/mercy me/steven curtis chapman - i see love
6. sports game:
Warriors win at Sonics(I should've posted later last week when it came to the game of the week; say all you want about Fisher, but on friday with Bucks at Oakland, let's just say you were glad Fish was on your team)
7. thought:
I MUST find out the truth before it's too late(the other big thought of mine has become "it's now my turn to search the truth")
8. video game:
Tekken 5
9. other:
Antichrist Conspiracy - 1st e-book i've found on the web(that's free)... it's very clashing with what a lotta uninformed christians believe, but i'm
starting to get scared reading it... it seems like what it says is really true, and i'm afraid of what that means i'll have to do... i'll talk later
about where i found it and stuff
10.other 2:
prayer request that i might find out the truth soon, but that i don't neglect my studies enough to make me suffer; i'm asking god that he'll grant me the grace to allow me sufficient time to find out what i need to find out as soon as possible, and that ultimately i find out the truth, but that i don't drop in my studies or my future stuff

anybody else liking the celtics and the bulls?

ok, two tidbits i wanna throw at you today:

(but lemme first get aside that school started yesterday; now the time comes for me to not slack)

anyways:

-today, i actually saw "jews for jesus" ppl on campus today! i got 2 different pamplets. and well, if you want more info, try going to www.jewsforjesus.org. apparently they're based in sf. i wish they would come back soon; would've talked and stuff, but that would've stretched out a LONG time. and somehow, i found them a bit more refreshing to see than the gideon bible people, as not all of them were old and stuff. they seem to call jesus "y'shua" cause i saw a lotta t-shirts they were wearing like that.

-ok, i know this MAY not be entirely true. it's completely speculative. but hey; test everything; hold onto the good right? don't just flat-out reject everything you see; read up on it, think about it, then make a sound judgment.

the antichrist slideshow

so, don't completely agree with this and say that the pope is the antichrist. don't believe fully that the roman catholic church is the antichrist's church. but... check yourself. cause it does seem that we exult the pope a bit. and don't you think it's weird that the majority of people would shun christianity and the church, but put the pope on this high pedestal? and think about this: the pope did get hit by a gunshot wound in the head, but recovered. so the speculation is that MAYBE the pope will come back from the dead, if he IS the antichrist?
now look; i'm not trying to point fingers just yet. nobody really knows who the antichrist really is. i don't know either. but it's highly believable, that since jews will take him as the messiah, that he could either come from a jewish family, or from a really highly powerful church. such as the roman catholic church.

am i evil for *INITIALLY* laughing at this?

durrrrr.blogspot.com

anyways, here's something to think about; is a braindead person really alive? does his/her status drop to that of a vegetable? does that mean we can pull the plug now?

some random thoughts to think about:

why it was right for terry to die
---------------------------------
michael shaivo waited 11 years after terry shaivo became a vegetable in the hopes that she'd recover to pull the plug; only did so after doctors made it clear she would no longer recover.
was given 1 mil in malpractice money; spent almost all of it caring for her and fighting in court.
was just trying to respect what he thought was his wife's wishes.
terry shaivo "died" 15 years ago; she became a vegetable after an eating disorder; she had in a sense, brought this upon herself.

why it wasn't right for her to die
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her parents insisted she had responded to them when they touched her(most vegetables do respond to touch though anyways)
michael shaivo has another wife and 2 children(debatable whether that means he doesn't care about her)
(i'm not going to debate whether she's going to hell or not because she got into this state by a vegetative disorder)

why this is not news
--------------------
you think the media would cover this if terry was black, asian, hispanic, etc?
it's only news because it draws the liberal left into a huge clash with the religious right.
it involves the entire country, whereas, we should be concentrating more upon the world's problems

i'll post later

thank god for the big miracles, as well as the small favors he pours out everyday...

-my "check engine" light comes on and stays on til i drive home from davis on thurday
+my car didn't crap out on the highway, and i didn't die, plus it still started after i drove home and turned it off, then tried to start it
-could not drive the car for 2 days because mom got work on thursday, then actually took the car to get it serviced on friday
+found a good speedo @costco, as well as a good set of gym shorts, which *surprise*, unlike my prev shorts, HAVE pockets
-found out i had to replace the clutch as well from the dealer
+got to drive it maybe 24 hrs before my mom gets freaked out after calling my bro
-bro tells my mom that a worn clutch makes a car undrivable, meaning i'll essentially crash on the highway if it's not replaced; mom freaks out and then tells me i can't drive the car til we get it to mr. huang's(from church)
+mr. huang takes a look for all of monday, then tells me the saturn guy was just overexaggerating; replaces the transmission oil instead, saving me from having to not drive around davis or bumming a ride to davis, either of which would've been a huge inconvenience
-missed monday jury duty and start worrying like crap
+called the jury commissioner's office, find out it's not a big deal, get reassigned to today when i actually got my saturn back, and then go to realize ALL full-time students more-or-less got excused from the case i got reassigned to(no jury duty calls for a year! woot!)

to be honest, i actually wanted to serve on jury duty to see what it was like, but not during college, as then there's a good chance my grades would drop... i found out it would take at least 2 weeks, and not 1... i thought they got done with everything in 1 week; wrong; they only select the jurors the 1st week, then get to work the 2nd.

oh yeah, and i played tekken 5 too; that's a great game. i like how the memory card thing works at the arcade. too bad no one was around to play me today, but that's alright; i just wanted some space to try some stuff and see how jin was; i would've tried other characters, but i didn't want to blow too much money this time around, and i had only done some hw on jin, not devin jin, nina(my 1st and best tekken char i can use in tekken 3, tag, and i would guess, now tekken 5), and heihachi; maybe next time i come back. jin's really cool, but he's really slow sometimes; like molasses. i guess namco finally heard all those guys who were bitching about jin being broken in the previous 2 tekken games, and finally fixed him, which explains his extremely slow speed. he's really powerful though, and looks like he's using actual shotokan karate.

they even now have a special console package(anniversary edition) for the ps2 version: a QUALITY hori arcade stick(hori's considered as one of the best arcade joysticks), tekken 1-3, AND tekken 5 all included for just $100. if you were to buy all of them separately, that'd easily be maybe 20+20+20+50+150

re: balance between thought process being governed with emotions and knowledge. well, basically, i've realized that when all is said and done, you are more likely to act on emotions than knowledge. why else would there be cases where people know what they should do, but are afraid to do it(ex: knowing jesus is king, but being jewish, and thus, afraid to proclaim it and stand up against the crowd)... now, because we can assume a lotta guys are knowledge-based and not emotionally based, i could say this is why a lotta guys appeared laid back(not a lotta emotions to spur them into doing something)... but know a lot and don't let a lotta things get to them. on the other hand, girls can be very diligent and stuff, but they'll let other things get to them as soon as possible, when there's no reason(or sound knowledge) to do so. and that's why i believe you gotta achieve that balance to do things right; enough knowledge so that you know what you're doing. and enough emotion to do the job wholeheartedly and as soon as possible. i'm tempted to write more, but that's the basic gyst of it, and besides, i'm not the author of "women are from venus, men are from uranus"

it's funny though; i see how a lotta personalities and other various ish gets carried into you from your parents, creating a sorta hybrid of the two. my dad was known for carrying a lotta stuff on the inside, making him very silent. but he was in love with always finding new stuff and discovering new things. my mom, on the other hand, is very outward a lotta times, worries a LOT about the most minute things.
i may not appear to be very worrisome on the outside like my dad, but i've come to realize i really do worry as much as my mother sometimes. and usually(pertaining to my observation about emotions and knowledge), i have to be REALLY fretting about time to start studying like mad(i'm trying to lay off it now more recently), or use anger to get myself to do something i really don't want to do, but know i must do. and though i'm not exactly AS nerdy as my dad, poring over all things scientific or engineering-wise, i still have that love for knowledge; all of my hobbies that i loved, i have STUDIED them... bball stats, fighting game strats, electric guitar(well, i'm starting to rekindle it), christianity... i don't know where i get all this anger though; maybe my mom?
athletic ability, i think i got my build from my mom. dunno exactly how athletic my dad was, however, it's more or less true that i got my dad's face, but my mom's build, while phil got mom's face(well, while he doesn't look exactly like her, he did when he was still a baby), and my dad's build(became fat like my dad was for a while), but phil always seemed to be a better athelete than me IN HIS PRIME, so i guess that means dad was more athletic than mom(he did serve a bit in the army in taiwan, but that was mandatory for all taiwanese youth); i'm all-over more consistent with being athletic though than my bro; not always gonna be "better" than him(though i think i am now), but i think i've never really been out of shape(can't say for sure though). he'll always have strength though; i'm just quicker.
and yea, one last note, is that i see that emotions really do put your actions into motion, cause when i utilize my athletic ability with sports, i usually try to use my anger to get myself to play harder; i may study up some, but all said and done, your knowledge has no time for contemplation and it has to become instinct; emotionally, it's not that i'm trying to get myself to want to kill or beat my opponents to hell, but it's like you're playing for that big play that will rile you up and put your opponents in their place, like a hard tackle in football, or a huge block in bball.

haha

oh shit(literally)

enlightening...

why's it that UCD's the only UC that does spring break w/a half week followed by a half week?

new thought of the week: thoughts determine your actions; so what determines thoughts? IMO, emotions + knowledge(not the same as wisdom), and though women are usually dependent upon the emotions part more and men upon the knowledge part, i think i've come to the realization that you need a balanced combination of BOTH to do what is right; i'll post more on this when i have time this week; i should be going to sleep early.

pray that i might be excused from jury duty.

iBreatheMusic.com - Professional Music Theory and Lessons for Guitar & Other Instruments

That Stubborn Sin

hmm, now i wonder, do i need that book i wrote down beforehand? maybe just printing out this article will do.

and in a strange way, it kinda matches the vision that i got from God.

USATODAY.com - Taiwanese hold massive demonstration against China

Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar - Tony Stetina: 19.95
Tascam Guitar CD Trainer: 149.99
Tekken 5 data card: 5.00
Say Goodbye to Stubborn Sin: A Surgeon Explains the Psysiological Factors that Trigger It - Clark Gerhart: 13.99
(apparently, your toys just get more expensive as you get older)

damnit, saturn's so high maintenance; looks like i'm gonna have to go nowhere/borrow rides sun - wed as well; hoping they fix the clutch by wed, or that will suck, as that i'll have to bum rides all the time i'm up in davis.

foot, meet mouth; please insert...

i realized i said the stupidest thing... ever... in the previous post:

chanukuh: begins on 25th day of the Jewish calendar on Kislev. basically, approximately in december before xmas

passover: around the time of nisan, i think the 15th? (starts 23rd of april this year)

easter: feast of eshtar... basically, 27th of march this year i believe

in other words, the actual date for "resurrection day" and "crucifixion day" is a mere 2-3 weeks in difference.

i had wondered why easter wasn't celebrated half a month later...

oops...

goes to show just how little i know about the jewish culture... i should really try to study up on it... reggie white did...

elaborating on the ...of the week's, i thought it was a good idea(to be honest, the idea wasn't exactly OG; i found it out from www.sonichurricane.com, a good SF-related site, and i guess today it just seemed like a good idea to try to begin)... i might have more topics, but for now, we'll keep it at the ones i posted. and when i'll do them, i'll keep it short and post what the thing is, instead of elaborating; if you want specifics on one of them, you gotta comment on which one you want eleboration, and maybe i'll bring out some thoughts.

anyways, sports game of the week: warriors def sacramento on sunday. why's this strike me? because of a number of things: sacramento is TONS better than warriors right now. and yet, it seems like gsw's the kryptonite to many superman-ish-teams. it's funny how pistons can beat warriors, but kings murdered them on a sunday ago or two. but gsw beat kings like mad this season. on sunday, they showed that they got the better of kings in this year's regular season series, losing only 1 home game. what also sparked my interest is this: this time, their player whom they've been having the most problem against, jrich, was missing; troy murphy acted like a white KG and posted his own double-double, leading gsw to the win. i would've loved to go to that kings game and stood up against the crowd to root for the warriors.

btw, seeing how the pistons are sliding again, makes me wonder that maybe every single player on this team is THAT valuable(compared to each other)... look at how much they ran into trouble when ben wallace took time off due to the 6 game suspension, or his death of his bro. now look at how they slide when rip went out injured; i've never seen billups run into so many TO's before! and i have a feeling that if tayshawn ever gets injured in the future, though they never let him carry the team to victory yet, that they'd suffer too; he's their best all-around player. however, the truth about the pistons, is that their best player, is IMO, not even a player: larry brown. that's right. makes me wonder just how much influence a coach has upon the game. i'm thinking that a coach has influence upon the gameplan that a team has to carry through, as well as motivational encouragement; am i missing anything else? maybe reputation? they're more willing to listen to him if he's got a reputation for winning, or turning low-tier teams into winners?

seeing how good friday and easter's coming up, i wanted to paraphrase the book of the week that i read: it was about a jewish businessman whose older daughter converted to christianity; he tries to use logic and research to disprove what she's come to believe, and ends up being converted to a christian, as well as his entire family. he is now a pastor to jews and gentiles alike. anyways, in one of the chapters, he tries to tackle exactly why christianity spread apart from judaism. now, i'm not gonna tackle the entire thing, but i wanted to elaborate on easter, as this book opened my eyes on that issue(it goes far beyond what the bible says; a bit of history is needed)

the reason is this: if you remember correctly, jesus died when? on the 1ST DAY OF PASSOVER. when did he rise? 3RD DAY OF PASSOVER. think about that. why do we celebrate easter about half a year away? wouldn't it make more sense to celebrate it during passover? because the christian gentiles at the time had utter disregard for jews, despite the fact that we all know christianity is a jewish religion 1st and foremost. passover at that time, was celebrated according to the jewish calender, not the secular calender. the 17th of nisan(the original passover date; sometime around late march and early april), was not a meaningful date for christians. so what they did was proclaim at a council in cesarea that ressurection day would be celebrated on the date known as the "feast of eshtar," producing easter sunday. they then widened the gap even further by later proclaiming that all believers celebrate the resurrection on easter sunday, and even later, that anyone who attempted to celebrate passover in the church was to be excommunicated. so sad...

now, i realize that the original passover date was around late march to early april; the date we about have easter sunday. however, i think it would also be a good idea, to ALSO(not exclusively) celebrate easter on what is now present-day passover. does it make you a better christian if you do so? no... but i believe that you show even further respect for jesus if you do so. remember that those who knows more, more will be entrusted with him. now that you are REALLY aware of when jesus died, doesn't it do more justice to him to worship him in a like mind around passover?

just some thoughts.

have a happy good friday and easter; remember all that he's done for you... and then some...

Academictips.org - Memory Techniques, Memorization Tips

i'm gonna have to go back to this site and print its contents out at the library

... of the week's(something new that i'd thought i'd post each week that's on my mind):

book: stan telchin - betrayed
song: jeremy camp - restored
food: tsing tao's spicy noodle soup(yes, since i'm home, i ALWAYS think about it)
bible verse: jeremiah 29:13
musical equip: tascam guitar cd trainer
video game: tekken 5
sport game: (haven't thought about it yet)

i gotta find a meditation spot in cupertino; so i've got one in davis, now i need one in my hometown; i'm thinking of memorial park...

so that means i gotta find 4 meditation spots:
cupertino, dry weather: memorial park
cupertino, raining: ?
davis, dry weather: UCD, arboretum
davis, raining: ?

i'm back...

and i need to get the saturn fixed... again... i'll do it tomorrow...

it gets so many problems... and started showing me the "service engine soon" sign again on the road, and that's been about 4-5 months since the last time the engine got fixed... ugh...

it's a love-hate relationship, haha...

so while i did plan a LOTTA stuff today, i guess that leaves me with just writing down lessons on "celebration of discipline" today...

there's no snacks in my house, haha... but i'll be okay; i've been trying to check myself to make sure i don't fall too much in love with food.

i'll go to guitar center, bereans and MAYBE golfland(tekken 5!) tomorrow...

(btw, i've begun to realize something; if you're planning on visiting the arcade, you need to blow $2+(or depending upon the machine's cost for 1 game, 8 games) if you intend to get better playing against others... $1 just doesn't cut it no more, so for me, i guess that means i have to cut down on the times i go)

k, showertime, then i gotta write on the cpu

CNN.com - Appeals panel won't order Schiavo fed - Mar 23, 2005

wow... how sad... and the fact that her history spans back 10 years...

ok, i gotta get back to cramming for my last final, but for a quick word: it's made me wonder... if you requested that if you became a human vegetable, that others pulled the plug on you, and it came to pass... would that be committing suicide in god's eyes? and hence, would you be sent to hell for that? i've really wrestled over this question a lot before... well, not really wrestled with it, but i've never reached a definitive conclusion. i mean, how can you be committing suicide if you are basically, beyond recovery? braindead people can't think at all. so they are literally useless. and yet... you're killing a human. and human worth is so high, that to request that others pull the plug on you is still suicide. ugh...

i know that my mom's wishes in this case would've been that yes, i'd be allowed to pull the plug.

it's not all that bad for asian guys

HAHA!

ok, after much searching on the internet, i think i've finally found the preamp/miniamp that i've wanted...

TASCAM GDGT1MKII

nice eh? and a good training tool too(i can use the thing to practice on cds)... i'm just hoping that i can use the headphones AND lineout at the same time without a cd inside... if that's possible, i've got one sweet ass preamp...

and it's only 150 at guitar center this month...

NBA.com: Billups, Richardson Named Players of the Week

woot! go warriors and pistons! (haha... warriors beat the kings in series... take that, sacto! didn't even NEED jrich to get the job done for the 2nd time at sacto!)

"i think we're going to be tough to beat the rest of the season, especially for teams fighting for the playoffs. We want to try and ruin a lot of those team's chances. That's all we can really play for right now." -mike dunleavy jr.

*grins* such a nice guy, that dunleavy...

there's so many warriors' last names which i can't pronounce off the top of my head...

here's an interesting nba question; me and jerm went back and forth yesterday; which player has better backup; lebron or kobe? both teams have been slumping a lot lately... jerm argued that the lakers provided kobe with more depth, cause lamar odom is a good big man, and various other guys... (so i guess he's inferring that the reason why the lakers are doing worse is that they need more time to mesh, and or kobe is not as good as lebron) i thought z and eric snow, as well as a buncha others on cavs gave lebron better support. i dunno; maybe the fact that cavs overall do better than lakers is maybe cause i believe lebron will become a better player than kobe, but i'm still a believer in the team concept.

it's gonna be quite interesting in tinseltown if the lakers don't make the playoffs... maybe they're gonna cut loose on kobe? well, i wanna say "i told you so" but then kobe wants this i guess... so either you're gonna look like a genius cutting shaq loose, or you're gonna hafta step up and say "i accept this"

btw, i never got around to answering my stupid little question i threw out there about my bibles and headbands:

i have three of each; 2 of 3 of both my headbands and bibles are blue and green(green student bible given to me from phil, blue pocket bible which i bought and use exclusively on ucd; blue headband is the official ucd headband, and i got the green headband because i was into paul pierce at one point)... the 3rd bible is that old, large, worn out monstrosity that i carry around ctcc for so long, and has tabs falling out left and right. the 3rd headband is a white one made w/dupont, so it's probably the best one, supposedly has a patented fabric that helps keep sweat away from you; i originally got it cause ben wallace is wearing a white headband all the time, but now he's switched to red :( ah well; i'm not gonna bother buying another one; i have too many already.

1 more, that's it; just one more... see you guys back on wednesday.

i have got to stay on track a lot more during spring quarter; if you don't keep up RIGHT at the beginning, it doesn't matter how much you try in the middle; you're gonna end up cramming...

leave it to me to make french toast look like crap... it looked like it was diseased before i put it in the frying pan, due to the chunks of butter... tasted good though, and it WAS my 1st time trying to make it from scratch... next time fools, next time... ask jerm about the tastetest...

Pray for me; looks like i might have to attend jury duty
my jury number btw is 700, so you can see how i'm just hoping the numbers fall short before the week of 27th... it's so close... i gotta find nelson and talk to him on sunday.