it's only fair i repost the entry i made a while back, since easter sunday's around the corner;
despite the fact that i get close to 0 traffic at my diary, sometimes i make a conscious effort to hold back posting(despite the fact that things keep happening in life) when i posted what i consider a very deep post; i know not everybody reads every single new post i make, but maybe those that do just read the top post, so i'm hoping ppl at least read this huge bulk of text when i do, IF they do
have a great day celebrating christ's day of resurrection, ppls; ok onto the reposted entry:
from thursday, october 27, 2005:
What day did Christ die, and what day did he rise again?
It is quite interesting to see how easily people come to believe something they are told within the church without researching things for themselves.
Common belief amongst Christians is that roughly 2000 years ago(more like 1970 or so years), Jesus died on a Friday morning during Passover, and then arose on Sunday morning.
What I wrote below, I basically read from somewhere off the web, and the 1st time I read it, I was shocked. But I sat down, thought about it, diagramed it, and realized it must be true. It all makes sense.
Now, what I’m about to say seems to be pretty controversial, but I encourage you to not debate this by questioning how skewed my ideas are from common belief, but by countering my arguments from the bible itself; I believe that the Bible is the absolute truth from God’s mouth, and that God can’t lie. If you think I’m wrong, show me in the Bible where I’m wrong.
First of all, why what we believe is wrong:
Jesus stated that he would remain dead for 3 full days; that’s 3 days and 3 nights; read the following passage:
Matthew 12:40
That means Jesus could not have died on the supposedly Good Friday and risen on Easter Sunday; if he died on Friday morning, that would mean to fulfill the biblical prophecy, he would have to arise on Monday night(he would have spent Friday night, all of Saturday and Sunday, and Monday morning dead in order to fulfill the prophecy). If he died on Friday night, then he would have to arisen on Tuesday morning. Likewise, if he arose on Sunday morning, he would have died on Wednesday night(all of Thursday, Friday and Saturday spent dead), and if he arose on Sunday night, that would mean he would have had to died on Thursday morning. There are only 1 and a half days that exist between Friday morning and Sunday morning; Friday night and all of Saturday.
Time to look some verses up:
So then, how can we know what day Jesus actually died and what day he actually arose? The Bible does not in plain English state what day Jesus died, and what day he arose.
However, the Bible DOES infer what day Jesus died, and what day he arose, but you have to put two and two together; it does not state in any single passage when he died and arose.
We do know that Jesus died during the day; perhaps either morning or afternoon. That of course, helps us to know that Jesus must have arisen during the night.
Matthew 27:45-50
We also know Jesus died on the Passover; that’s a fact. Because there’s numerous passages that support this belief.
Matthew 26:2; the Son of Man will be crucified on the feast of the passover
John 13:1; again, the last supper took place during the feast of the Passover; Jesus would later die that night
John 18:39; Pilate offers to release one of the prisoners to the Jews, which means that the day that Jesus was crucified was the Passover
What many people don’t seem to know though, is that there were more than 2 Sabbaths that occurred during the Passover at the time of Jesus’ death; yes; two. People don’t even know that Passover coincides at the same time with another holiday that God commanded his people to observe:
Exodus 12:17-20
So we see that Passover is also known as the Feast of Unleavened Bread and spans from the 14th of the 1st month until the 21st of the same month; that makes for a total of 8 days; count them:
14(1) 15(2) 16(3) 17(4) 18(5) 19(6) 20(7) 21(8)
Leviticus says essentially the same thing, but in another way:
Leviticus 23:4-8
It says that the feast of unleavened bread follows the Passover(which occurs on the 14th) and consists of 7 days; the very 1st day, or the 15th of the 1st month, no work is to be done. The 7th day, or the 21st of the 1st month, no work is to be done. According to the definition of a Sabbath, that would make those Sabbath days.
Leviticus 23:2-3
In addition, remember that the Israelites were still required by God to observe the weekly Sabbath on Saturday during those days. Since a full week is 7 days, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread spans 7 days, That means, the Feast of Unleavened Bread could have 3 Sabbaths, with the weekly Sabbath falling somewhere in between the 2 Sabbaths observed during the feast.
This is why in many passages before Jesus’ death, the Passover is referred to as the Preparation; it was also the preparation day for the feast of unleavened bread.
Mark 15:42-47; the preparation is known as the day before the Sabbath
Luke 22:1-8; the feast of unleavened bread is also known as the Passover, which is the day which Jesus ate with his disciples, then later died
John 19:31; the preparation is the day before the Sabbath(a high day), which is why the Jews wanted to take down the bodies, since they could not do work the next day
John 19:14; it was called the preparation OF the Passover, not preparation FOR the Passover, which means that it had the time during the Passover when one prepares for the feast of unleavened bread
Unfortunately, that still does not enable us to pinpoint the location of the weekly Sabbath during the feast, which would greatly help us know which day Jesus died and rose again.
We do know however, that seemingly a contradiction in the Bible exists after Jesus died; read these two passages.
Luke 23:53 – 24:3
Mark 16:1-6
If only 1 Sabbath existed that week, the women couldn’t possibly buy the spices AFTER they’ve prepared them, and God would be lying. But if 2 Sabbaths existed that week, then the women could buy the spices and then prepared them; they bought them after the 1st Sabbath of the feast, and then prepared them before the weekly Sabbath(Saturday). Then, on the very 1st day of the week in the morning(Sunday), they went to Jesus’ grave, only to find that he had already arisen.
With those facts at hand, we can piece together when Jesus died, and when he arose again.
14th of 1st month - Passover:
-Jesus dies in the daytime; he is taken off of the cross, and buried
-Jesus spends a half day in the tomb; 1 night
15th of 1st month – 1st day of feast of unleavened bread; also the 1st of the 2 of the special Sabbaths observed during that time:
-Jesus spends a full day in the tomb; 1 day and 2 nights have elapsed
-The women rest during that day
16th of 1st month – 2nd day of feast of unleavened bread:
-Women buy and prepare the spices so they can perfume Jesus’ dead body
-Jesus spends a full day in the tomb; 2 days and 3 nights have elapsed
17th of 1st month – 3rd day of feast of unleavened bread:
-Women do not go to tomb; they rest, observing the Sabbath; the feast of unleavened bread spans 7 days, and 7 days have not yet elapsed, so this must be the weekly Sabbath, which would make this day Saturday
-Jesus spends the day in the tomb, but only 1 day, not the night, completing the time he said he would be dead; 3 days and 3 nights, then arises and leaves tomb.
-That means Jesus arose on Saturday night.
18th of 1st month – 4th day of feast of unleavened bread:
-Women go to tomb, only to find that Jesus has arisen
Note that this also makes sense; if Jesus arose on Sunday morning, it is quite plausible that the women who came to the tomb would see Jesus arisING, as opposed to an empty tomb.
So, knowing what day Jesus arose(Saturday night), we can now work backward to Passover(Saturday morning, all of Friday, all of Thursday, Wednesday night), and find out that Jesus died on Wednesday, during the day.
And all this makes sense and coincides with that the Bible states:
Between Wednesday morning, when Jesus died, to Saturday night, when he arose, there are 3 full days; Wednesday night, all of Thursday, all of Friday, and Saturday afternoon. Those 3 days, Jesus spent in the middle of the earth(presumably hell), as he said he would. Amazing eh?
We should be observing Saturday and not Sunday.
(I wanted to add another section stating what Easter really was; during that time, it was a pagan religion, but that’s beyond the scope of this subject, and besides, I don’t have any hard evidence at the time to support this)
Ok, so what am I supposed to do with this information?
Treating weekly Saturdays with more reverence than Sunday’s a good start; I don’t mean to not go to Sunday church and do what you do on Sundays, but inward, have more respect for Saturdays and what you do during that day.
Well, if you want to be anal, you can start by observing Jesus’ death on Wednesday, and his resurrection on Saturday. As opposed to Friday and Sunday.
Or, observe his death on Passover, and his resurrection 3 days later. Consult a Jewish calendar for that.
However, we need to realize that God does not judge us by which days we observe, but by our faith. So rejoice that God rose on the Sabbath, but use this knowledge to draw closer to God, instead of lording it over those who don’t know.
Colossians 2:15-17
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
i keep insisting that dwight howard's gonna be something great...
and i've taken a liking to him...
and while it is partially b/c he's a christian, it's not the entire story, or the main reason i like him.
it just seems like he has the potential to be the next really good big man in the nba... and you know how i love bigs. but the thing is that he doesn't appear to be slow.
he's athletic, bulky, tremendous on the boards, and a great defensive player. all things that seem to fit the mold of a big player that i like.
tim duncan said it best when he said he's thankful he's not gonna be in the nba anytime that much longer, b/c this guy's going to be too good.
kg was wondering what the hell they put in the milk the kids drink these days when he was commenting on dwight.
and i've taken a liking to him...
and while it is partially b/c he's a christian, it's not the entire story, or the main reason i like him.
it just seems like he has the potential to be the next really good big man in the nba... and you know how i love bigs. but the thing is that he doesn't appear to be slow.
he's athletic, bulky, tremendous on the boards, and a great defensive player. all things that seem to fit the mold of a big player that i like.
tim duncan said it best when he said he's thankful he's not gonna be in the nba anytime that much longer, b/c this guy's going to be too good.
kg was wondering what the hell they put in the milk the kids drink these days when he was commenting on dwight.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
so you wanna learn self-defense...
"We grab. But just to make sure, we grab with this arm, also."
i have never laughed so hard for such a long time...
so you wanna learn self-defense...
"We grab. But just to make sure, we grab with this arm, also."
i have never laughed so hard for such a long time...
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
something i just realized last night concerning tim duncan's game...
it's becoming less and less distinguished by the bank shot from the side... despite the fact that that's what people insist his game revolves around...
tim duncan's game revolves around a REALLY horizontal floater that he puts up near the basket...
and the more i think about it(he reaches more towards the basket than upward), the more i realize why i've always thought his shooting does indeed look ugly in the past(but never truly realized its effectiveness).
i mean, he's tall, but no lightweight like kg, so all he needs is one second of hesitation from the low posting opponent, and you can put that shot up without getting it blocked. and besides, since he's reaching forward, since he's low posting, it's pretty hard to block it without committing some foul, since a lotta shot blocks happen at the apex of your shooting animation, not in mid-animation, and since he's reaching forward, the opponent has to in fact either stop his shot before it's fully extended, which is risky, and often times can draw a foul, or reach backward to block the shot, which is also quite hard, and also prone to picking up a goaltend.
yaarrr... genius.
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the matrix was too much for the kings to handle down the 4th quarter.
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i'm getting back into vfevo again; vf5 looks SOOO good! the test videos of that game look incredible.
after months of playing tekken straight up, it's made my vf look like crap, especially since this is my 1st time playing vf on console with an arcade joystick, and i can't hit down/left consistently... it's pissing me off when i'm trying to crouch dash.
it's becoming less and less distinguished by the bank shot from the side... despite the fact that that's what people insist his game revolves around...
tim duncan's game revolves around a REALLY horizontal floater that he puts up near the basket...
and the more i think about it(he reaches more towards the basket than upward), the more i realize why i've always thought his shooting does indeed look ugly in the past(but never truly realized its effectiveness).
i mean, he's tall, but no lightweight like kg, so all he needs is one second of hesitation from the low posting opponent, and you can put that shot up without getting it blocked. and besides, since he's reaching forward, since he's low posting, it's pretty hard to block it without committing some foul, since a lotta shot blocks happen at the apex of your shooting animation, not in mid-animation, and since he's reaching forward, the opponent has to in fact either stop his shot before it's fully extended, which is risky, and often times can draw a foul, or reach backward to block the shot, which is also quite hard, and also prone to picking up a goaltend.
yaarrr... genius.
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the matrix was too much for the kings to handle down the 4th quarter.
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i'm getting back into vfevo again; vf5 looks SOOO good! the test videos of that game look incredible.
after months of playing tekken straight up, it's made my vf look like crap, especially since this is my 1st time playing vf on console with an arcade joystick, and i can't hit down/left consistently... it's pissing me off when i'm trying to crouch dash.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Friday, April 07, 2006
what's w/all the laker fans at the pepsi center last night?
yeah, you deserve to sit down and shut up...
carmelo's more clutch than your kobe this year, and you KNOW it...
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for all your ssb n64 fox fans:
unreal death combo vs fox
btw, that was done by isai... that guy's a beast.
yeah, you deserve to sit down and shut up...
carmelo's more clutch than your kobe this year, and you KNOW it...
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for all your ssb n64 fox fans:
unreal death combo vs fox
btw, that was done by isai... that guy's a beast.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
weird how long the rain is continuing to pour down...
but i love the rain...
it's hard to explain why... and i'm not saying i want this over sunshine... i don't know how to explain it...
part of the reason is because i know that God created it, so i try to take joy in it.
and i'd say another part is the feeling of perpetual light drops of water falling on your head as you're walking around outside IS NOT AS BAD AS PEOPLE ACT LIKE IT IS! if you did not get so afraid that your clothes are going to get ruined by water, you'd actually appreciate what a downpour is!
but i love the rain...
it's hard to explain why... and i'm not saying i want this over sunshine... i don't know how to explain it...
part of the reason is because i know that God created it, so i try to take joy in it.
and i'd say another part is the feeling of perpetual light drops of water falling on your head as you're walking around outside IS NOT AS BAD AS PEOPLE ACT LIKE IT IS! if you did not get so afraid that your clothes are going to get ruined by water, you'd actually appreciate what a downpour is!
kim bap must be the korean equivalent of tza bun/chow fun(fried rice for all you non-taiwanese lurkers).
b/c everytime msm gives free dinners, they always seem to put this stuff up.
like i've said, it's pretty much the equivalent of fried rice gone korean. just that the eggs aren't scrambled, you use lettuce instead of peas, slice the vegetables lengthwise instead of dicing them, no green onion(i THINK that's always added to tza bun), and of course, it's a korean dish, so you have to add hot sauce.
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but i'm confused; everytime i look for a "kimbap" or "kim bap" recipe on google, it always turns up that seaweed's in the recipe, and not hot sauce's added; is there something that msm's not including in this dish? am i calling this dish by some other name? confused... they also compare it more to sushi...
maybe it's bibimbap? the results i turned up for googling "kimbap" with "hot sauce" together have some pages listing bibimbap, with similar ingredients to that of the dish i've seen and eaten.
maybe my ears are just not tuned enough?
i'm just gonna assume it's bibimbap...
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fyi, one of the things i'm gonna consider in the future is self-learning japanese and korean, maybe mandarin. but especially japanese; you can't play fighting games without the japanese influence seen, and so it would massively help me if i could actually browse japanese websites without getting lost; using altavista doesn't quite cut it, because it translates the pages into fobenese.
b/c everytime msm gives free dinners, they always seem to put this stuff up.
like i've said, it's pretty much the equivalent of fried rice gone korean. just that the eggs aren't scrambled, you use lettuce instead of peas, slice the vegetables lengthwise instead of dicing them, no green onion(i THINK that's always added to tza bun), and of course, it's a korean dish, so you have to add hot sauce.
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but i'm confused; everytime i look for a "kimbap" or "kim bap" recipe on google, it always turns up that seaweed's in the recipe, and not hot sauce's added; is there something that msm's not including in this dish? am i calling this dish by some other name? confused... they also compare it more to sushi...
maybe it's bibimbap? the results i turned up for googling "kimbap" with "hot sauce" together have some pages listing bibimbap, with similar ingredients to that of the dish i've seen and eaten.
maybe my ears are just not tuned enough?
i'm just gonna assume it's bibimbap...
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fyi, one of the things i'm gonna consider in the future is self-learning japanese and korean, maybe mandarin. but especially japanese; you can't play fighting games without the japanese influence seen, and so it would massively help me if i could actually browse japanese websites without getting lost; using altavista doesn't quite cut it, because it translates the pages into fobenese.
Monday, April 03, 2006
ykno, when all is said and done, there was no reason to try to plan things out of obligation for sister's encouragement night. it would've screwed things up.
this mindset that a few of the senior guys shared, including me, was confirmed when we saw the grateful smiles beaming from all of the girls.
but if you wanna thank someone in particular, thank david g; i think the strawberry cheesecake that he made did it; ykno how girls are suckers for desserts. thank GOD whatever expensive dessert place in sac we called was totally booked.
the other two i would personally thank would be j-woo and david s. the 1st for opening up the house, and the 2nd for being the main driving force behind this whole night.
all in all, good job on a good night. to everybody who helped. or showed up to get appreciated.
this mindset that a few of the senior guys shared, including me, was confirmed when we saw the grateful smiles beaming from all of the girls.
but if you wanna thank someone in particular, thank david g; i think the strawberry cheesecake that he made did it; ykno how girls are suckers for desserts. thank GOD whatever expensive dessert place in sac we called was totally booked.
the other two i would personally thank would be j-woo and david s. the 1st for opening up the house, and the 2nd for being the main driving force behind this whole night.
all in all, good job on a good night. to everybody who helped. or showed up to get appreciated.
Friday, March 31, 2006
just to give you an idea of how messed up arcadia's rankings are:
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
A Class:
Kazuya
Law
Heihachi
Jack-5
B Class:
Asuka
Christie
Marduk
Nina
Julia
Yoshimitsu
Feng
Xiaoyu
Devil Jin
Paul
C Class:
Ganryu
Bryan
Steve
King
Raven
Anna
Wang
Lee
Lei
D Class:
Jin
Kuma/Panda
Baek
Hwoarang
Bruce
Roger
new characters aren't included in the list
aaand...
Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned
Top-High:
Kage
Jacky
Top-low:
Pai
Aoi
Mid-High:
Lau
Sara
Mid-Low:
Akira
Wolf
Lion
Low-High:
Vanessa
Brad
Shun
Low-Low:
Jeffry
Gou
Leifei
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you can compare them to the korean tk5:dr rankings by looking in my march's diary posts...
i'm just including the vf4:ft rankings not b/c they're wack, but b/c i'm a big vf fan. fairly good, but vanessa should be a lot higher, ditto w/lei. shun should be slightly up. fairly good otherwise, IMO.
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
A Class:
Kazuya
Law
Heihachi
Jack-5
B Class:
Asuka
Christie
Marduk
Nina
Julia
Yoshimitsu
Feng
Xiaoyu
Devil Jin
Paul
C Class:
Ganryu
Bryan
Steve
King
Raven
Anna
Wang
Lee
Lei
D Class:
Jin
Kuma/Panda
Baek
Hwoarang
Bruce
Roger
new characters aren't included in the list
aaand...
Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned
Top-High:
Kage
Jacky
Top-low:
Pai
Aoi
Mid-High:
Lau
Sara
Mid-Low:
Akira
Wolf
Lion
Low-High:
Vanessa
Brad
Shun
Low-Low:
Jeffry
Gou
Leifei
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you can compare them to the korean tk5:dr rankings by looking in my march's diary posts...
i'm just including the vf4:ft rankings not b/c they're wack, but b/c i'm a big vf fan. fairly good, but vanessa should be a lot higher, ditto w/lei. shun should be slightly up. fairly good otherwise, IMO.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
i know pistons are PARTIALLY to blame, but sixers seriously did not look like they showed up wanting to play.
i consider myself a new skool jazz fan; i love the combination of okur, ak and boozer. and i am just STUNNED how ak can get so many blocks and steals in a game... IMO he is the best defensive player in the nba. i really enjoyed watching them fight the nuggets and win that game... they would probably face an early exit if they got into the playoffs at all, but i would love for them to make it.
is this a coincidence? that almost all the great defensive-minded coaches in the nba are the ones which are the hardest on their players? i mean, i can list exceptions(MAYBE chicago and detroit), but i think you understand. coaches aren't hired to teach effort. they're hired to teach technique and execution. but if you get up in them and drive them so they want to perform harder at least to shut you up, you can help reach into that effort capability. i say this b/c mo cheeks is very lax; we all know how lax the sixer's d is. doc rivers is very laid back; celtics aren't exactly the best defensive team either. rick charlisle does NOT take crap from his players; indiana constantly ranks amongst the best defensive teams in the league. ditto w/gregg poppavich. avery johnson doesn't have THE best defensive players, but he gets up in their grill, and it has shown with the increase in wins and defense(pushing aside the bogus losses, like the manhandle against the cavs yesterday). etc.
of course, we could cite the knicks. but that's different as well.
i consider myself a new skool jazz fan; i love the combination of okur, ak and boozer. and i am just STUNNED how ak can get so many blocks and steals in a game... IMO he is the best defensive player in the nba. i really enjoyed watching them fight the nuggets and win that game... they would probably face an early exit if they got into the playoffs at all, but i would love for them to make it.
is this a coincidence? that almost all the great defensive-minded coaches in the nba are the ones which are the hardest on their players? i mean, i can list exceptions(MAYBE chicago and detroit), but i think you understand. coaches aren't hired to teach effort. they're hired to teach technique and execution. but if you get up in them and drive them so they want to perform harder at least to shut you up, you can help reach into that effort capability. i say this b/c mo cheeks is very lax; we all know how lax the sixer's d is. doc rivers is very laid back; celtics aren't exactly the best defensive team either. rick charlisle does NOT take crap from his players; indiana constantly ranks amongst the best defensive teams in the league. ditto w/gregg poppavich. avery johnson doesn't have THE best defensive players, but he gets up in their grill, and it has shown with the increase in wins and defense(pushing aside the bogus losses, like the manhandle against the cavs yesterday). etc.
of course, we could cite the knicks. but that's different as well.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
today is the beginning of what will probably be an end to my college days...
let's hope i actually do things right this time around.
schedule doesn't look TOO bad; i'm just hoping i get an internship...
that, good grades, and getting a 1-2 yr science job would be great...
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ucdavis bookstore actually sells a "ucdavis cowtipping team" baseball cap... got a few chuckles outta me... maybe i'll buy it someday later, heh heh.
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i remembered once stopping @ a red light in ucdavis, and one of the cars opposite me was making a left turn. the passenger riding shotgun stuck his head out the window and opened a centerfold showing a woman's breasts showing it to the people outside of the car in sight and yelling something with a smile which i couldn't hear since my windows were rolled up... that got me dying with laughter. i look around and i'm seeing a woman pedestrian waiting at the crosswalk laughing too, and a female driver in the car next to me cracking her head off too, so i'm assuming this wasn't sexist. i dunno where i'm going with this, i just re-remembered this, and it was pretty funny.
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remembered once seeing a top 10 on sportscenter, and it was women's ncaa basketball; one woman's attempting to take a wide-open 3, and a woman on the opposite team runs out to help and just SWATS the ball into the crowd... that was crazy... like a man-block.
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i'm actually going to be trying watching ucla vs lsu this saturday for final four; ucla has actually concentrated upon defense a LOT this year with their head coach; they beat memphis, a high-scoring team by grinding it out. farmer chose to go to ucla b/c the coach was the ONLY one who approached him telling him if he went to ucla, they would teach him defense, and they would win a championship(as opposed to the 1000s of other coaches who told him he would be a star and lead the league in scoring). they surprised everybody by beating gonzaga with their defense. they have a decently deep team, and they concentrate upon the right stuff.
lsu is not as balanced, but again, i love them because of their great frontcourt; a rarity in college basketball these days. thomas and davis are like yin and yang; one's great b/c of his bulk, the other's great b/c of his athleticism. both are great defensively, but do things offensively as well. due to the fact that i started really loving the big guy positions(3-5) over the guards when i got into basketball for real, and you can understand why i like these guys so much. it's further augmented when you see that larry brown would REALLY like tyrus thomas to be on the knicks(not getting him though; i would like to see tyrus end up on the atlanta hawks, if not the warriors)
george mason and florida is also a great matchup, but sometimes i'm wondering if gm's getting too much attention now, and whether it might throw them off. so i'm not going to actually watch that game, but concentrate on lsu and ucla.
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wizards whup on the kings, WITHOUT arenas... caron butler was on fire, daniels was rolling, etc... win by 13... sweeeeet... etan thomas sent a lotta shots back at the kings.
nets have been looking a LOT better as of late. they beat the pistons on their home court, and then handed suns their asses.
i'm still getting the feeling that detroit's not trying their hardest... not like in the beginning of the season. they haven't run away with home court advantage yet and secured it throughout, so i'm wondering why they're resting their starters more, as flip claims to be doing. though, if you want to rest your starters, it might be better to do it now, and then enter the playoffs with full steam, than to burn out the starters now, and then rest for a long period; you'd be shaky near the beginning of the playoffs, and it might cost you.
that said, you can't just say you want to WIN games and that they'll happen. i think that's something some people have to realize. it's something I have to realize at times. it is a matter of what your opponent is capable of during the game video reviews, what you're doing to counteract that capability, what your opponent does instead thinking what YOU'RE going to do to counteract THAT, and whether or not you or your opponent just has the shots falling. also effort. etc. to assume it's always up is wrong. that said, the better teams will have the odds fall their way more times than not. although we still cringe everytime we see an upset, but those should be more rare; in more cases, the better team will win, period.
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the fact that we need to work hard in order to achieve things doesn't necessarily dispute the existance of a god predetermining everything in this world. the analogy seen to this in the Bible is one of a farmer who is trying to grow a crop. like a farmer, we can only provide the proper conditions for the seed to grow. we can plant it in good fertilized soil, provide it with adequate protection from predators, water it with the right amounts to give it moisture. but God still needs to provide adequate sunlight in order for you to produce a crop. else nothing will happen. (this idea was ALSO conveyed in Foster's Celebration of Discipline)
granted, this set of verses below which i got this idea were used to explain why God does everything, and why we shouldn't be under a certain church leader, like Paul or Apollos. but it still gives the same idea.
1st Corinthians:
{3:3} For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
{3:4} For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
{3:5} Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
{3:6} I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
{3:7} So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
the thing that i'm still wrestling over with though, is couldn't God just give us the proper conditions for the seed and soil as well if he wanted us to do these things and we didn't, ie we didn't plant the seed? surely God does not wait upon us if we don't insist on planting and then we die and God goes "whoops."
but perhaps i'm diving too deep into this; the truth is that there's a multitude of factors that i'm probably not considering in this scenario. one of them could be that God needs to give us the desire to plant the seed. that is why we struggle in sin many times, because the desire and fortitude to conquer it did not come from God himself.
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it's sorta like the arguments i've seen for why predestination exists; many Christians use Revelations 3:20 to support a free-will policy of Jesus' redemption:
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
So we see a cause and effect;
cause: we hear God's voice, effect: we open the door
cause: we open the door, effect: Jesus comes into our heart
But there are problems with that argument; the 1st is notice the original intent of this letter in Revelations; it wasn't to unbelievers; it was to the 7 churches. now if this letter was meant to support free will, why are you wasting valuable time and ink writing these words to churchgoers?
The 2nd is this; we haven't tackled the CAUSE of what leads to the EFFECT of us hearing God's voice, you see? Most Christians see this verse, and stop, thinking great! All I have to do is hear God's voice. The problem though is that the Bible has clearly stated that none can hear God's voice. God must make those he decides to save hear his voice.
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So the point of that deviation was to show that in like vein, it probably isn't as simple as 1) we want to do God's will 2) we plant the seed and nurture it 3) God does the rest. but maybe more like 0) God plants the heart to want to do God's will.
let's hope i actually do things right this time around.
schedule doesn't look TOO bad; i'm just hoping i get an internship...
that, good grades, and getting a 1-2 yr science job would be great...
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ucdavis bookstore actually sells a "ucdavis cowtipping team" baseball cap... got a few chuckles outta me... maybe i'll buy it someday later, heh heh.
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i remembered once stopping @ a red light in ucdavis, and one of the cars opposite me was making a left turn. the passenger riding shotgun stuck his head out the window and opened a centerfold showing a woman's breasts showing it to the people outside of the car in sight and yelling something with a smile which i couldn't hear since my windows were rolled up... that got me dying with laughter. i look around and i'm seeing a woman pedestrian waiting at the crosswalk laughing too, and a female driver in the car next to me cracking her head off too, so i'm assuming this wasn't sexist. i dunno where i'm going with this, i just re-remembered this, and it was pretty funny.
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remembered once seeing a top 10 on sportscenter, and it was women's ncaa basketball; one woman's attempting to take a wide-open 3, and a woman on the opposite team runs out to help and just SWATS the ball into the crowd... that was crazy... like a man-block.
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i'm actually going to be trying watching ucla vs lsu this saturday for final four; ucla has actually concentrated upon defense a LOT this year with their head coach; they beat memphis, a high-scoring team by grinding it out. farmer chose to go to ucla b/c the coach was the ONLY one who approached him telling him if he went to ucla, they would teach him defense, and they would win a championship(as opposed to the 1000s of other coaches who told him he would be a star and lead the league in scoring). they surprised everybody by beating gonzaga with their defense. they have a decently deep team, and they concentrate upon the right stuff.
lsu is not as balanced, but again, i love them because of their great frontcourt; a rarity in college basketball these days. thomas and davis are like yin and yang; one's great b/c of his bulk, the other's great b/c of his athleticism. both are great defensively, but do things offensively as well. due to the fact that i started really loving the big guy positions(3-5) over the guards when i got into basketball for real, and you can understand why i like these guys so much. it's further augmented when you see that larry brown would REALLY like tyrus thomas to be on the knicks(not getting him though; i would like to see tyrus end up on the atlanta hawks, if not the warriors)
george mason and florida is also a great matchup, but sometimes i'm wondering if gm's getting too much attention now, and whether it might throw them off. so i'm not going to actually watch that game, but concentrate on lsu and ucla.
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wizards whup on the kings, WITHOUT arenas... caron butler was on fire, daniels was rolling, etc... win by 13... sweeeeet... etan thomas sent a lotta shots back at the kings.
nets have been looking a LOT better as of late. they beat the pistons on their home court, and then handed suns their asses.
i'm still getting the feeling that detroit's not trying their hardest... not like in the beginning of the season. they haven't run away with home court advantage yet and secured it throughout, so i'm wondering why they're resting their starters more, as flip claims to be doing. though, if you want to rest your starters, it might be better to do it now, and then enter the playoffs with full steam, than to burn out the starters now, and then rest for a long period; you'd be shaky near the beginning of the playoffs, and it might cost you.
that said, you can't just say you want to WIN games and that they'll happen. i think that's something some people have to realize. it's something I have to realize at times. it is a matter of what your opponent is capable of during the game video reviews, what you're doing to counteract that capability, what your opponent does instead thinking what YOU'RE going to do to counteract THAT, and whether or not you or your opponent just has the shots falling. also effort. etc. to assume it's always up is wrong. that said, the better teams will have the odds fall their way more times than not. although we still cringe everytime we see an upset, but those should be more rare; in more cases, the better team will win, period.
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the fact that we need to work hard in order to achieve things doesn't necessarily dispute the existance of a god predetermining everything in this world. the analogy seen to this in the Bible is one of a farmer who is trying to grow a crop. like a farmer, we can only provide the proper conditions for the seed to grow. we can plant it in good fertilized soil, provide it with adequate protection from predators, water it with the right amounts to give it moisture. but God still needs to provide adequate sunlight in order for you to produce a crop. else nothing will happen. (this idea was ALSO conveyed in Foster's Celebration of Discipline)
granted, this set of verses below which i got this idea were used to explain why God does everything, and why we shouldn't be under a certain church leader, like Paul or Apollos. but it still gives the same idea.
1st Corinthians:
{3:3} For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
{3:4} For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
{3:5} Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
{3:6} I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
{3:7} So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
the thing that i'm still wrestling over with though, is couldn't God just give us the proper conditions for the seed and soil as well if he wanted us to do these things and we didn't, ie we didn't plant the seed? surely God does not wait upon us if we don't insist on planting and then we die and God goes "whoops."
but perhaps i'm diving too deep into this; the truth is that there's a multitude of factors that i'm probably not considering in this scenario. one of them could be that God needs to give us the desire to plant the seed. that is why we struggle in sin many times, because the desire and fortitude to conquer it did not come from God himself.
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it's sorta like the arguments i've seen for why predestination exists; many Christians use Revelations 3:20 to support a free-will policy of Jesus' redemption:
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
So we see a cause and effect;
cause: we hear God's voice, effect: we open the door
cause: we open the door, effect: Jesus comes into our heart
But there are problems with that argument; the 1st is notice the original intent of this letter in Revelations; it wasn't to unbelievers; it was to the 7 churches. now if this letter was meant to support free will, why are you wasting valuable time and ink writing these words to churchgoers?
The 2nd is this; we haven't tackled the CAUSE of what leads to the EFFECT of us hearing God's voice, you see? Most Christians see this verse, and stop, thinking great! All I have to do is hear God's voice. The problem though is that the Bible has clearly stated that none can hear God's voice. God must make those he decides to save hear his voice.
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So the point of that deviation was to show that in like vein, it probably isn't as simple as 1) we want to do God's will 2) we plant the seed and nurture it 3) God does the rest. but maybe more like 0) God plants the heart to want to do God's will.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
holla at cha boi...
defense really does win championships...
george mason is going to the final four.
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pelican universal arcade stick is garbage compared to a real hori stick...
i got so used for the 1st on jon's ps2 playing ttt that i couldn't wavedash at all using the 2nd at tk5:dr at svgl.
could still do EWGF almost at will without any sidesteps, so that wasn't a problem.
devil jin looks good in tk5:dr; lost the ability to do a safe mid-level combo starter, but he can now low crush, which should take care of low punchers while he's wavedashing.
defense really does win championships...
george mason is going to the final four.
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pelican universal arcade stick is garbage compared to a real hori stick...
i got so used for the 1st on jon's ps2 playing ttt that i couldn't wavedash at all using the 2nd at tk5:dr at svgl.
could still do EWGF almost at will without any sidesteps, so that wasn't a problem.
devil jin looks good in tk5:dr; lost the ability to do a safe mid-level combo starter, but he can now low crush, which should take care of low punchers while he's wavedashing.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
working on a leeching internet, so i gotta make my posts quick.
i'm not usually a close follower of ncaa bball; the main reason being, the players on a team change so quickly each year(nba changes quickly too, but at least there's more solidarity if you kinda get what i mean), and there's so many teams to follow, that many will slip under your nose. but i'm really liking two teams this year:
george mason and lsu.
i was totally impressed with the frontcourt of lsu today; glen davis' bulk kills everybody on both ends; he's so good offensively, and tremendous with the rebounds. and his buddy, tyrus thomas is equally dominant in the paint, but due to his athleticism instead of his bulk; not just a high flyer, but with the ability to catch many alley-oops, stuffing shots with his high hops, and good ability to get close buckets. screw guards and jacking up 3s; they totally won my support watching them take on the longhorns and win the game by their two bigs.
and george mason... man... surprising everybody. but i guess that's why people always say defense wins championships eh? we'll see what happens tomorrow against uconn.
i'm not usually a close follower of ncaa bball; the main reason being, the players on a team change so quickly each year(nba changes quickly too, but at least there's more solidarity if you kinda get what i mean), and there's so many teams to follow, that many will slip under your nose. but i'm really liking two teams this year:
george mason and lsu.
i was totally impressed with the frontcourt of lsu today; glen davis' bulk kills everybody on both ends; he's so good offensively, and tremendous with the rebounds. and his buddy, tyrus thomas is equally dominant in the paint, but due to his athleticism instead of his bulk; not just a high flyer, but with the ability to catch many alley-oops, stuffing shots with his high hops, and good ability to get close buckets. screw guards and jacking up 3s; they totally won my support watching them take on the longhorns and win the game by their two bigs.
and george mason... man... surprising everybody. but i guess that's why people always say defense wins championships eh? we'll see what happens tomorrow against uconn.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
fyi, in case you're wondering, i'll start working on my electric guitar skills and getting back to songwriting and putting up those songs on my other website once i'm done with ucdavis. it's been a LOOONG time but...
just thought i'd throw that out there;
it just seems that in between school, my kjv-onlyism projects, freetime spent on tekken and msm cg group, i just wouldn't have that much time to work on it.
but once i'm out of college for a year or two, i won't have internet at home, so i'll have a bit more free time to work on that.
btw, i'm thinking about getting this product; i saw it at fry's in sacramento:
iMIC
i also checked its reviews at harmonycentral.com and i like what i see; one of the cheaper ways to connect an input/output to your cpu and it bypasses most of the electronic equipment on your cpu, which eliminates the buzzing sound which would come out during recording or audio(guess why i would want to buy THAT?)
and when you compare it price-wise to all the other usb audio interface things and see that it's like 40 at fry's and everything else's 70 plus, i think you know why this is a good buy.
other usb output products
just thought i'd throw that out there;
it just seems that in between school, my kjv-onlyism projects, freetime spent on tekken and msm cg group, i just wouldn't have that much time to work on it.
but once i'm out of college for a year or two, i won't have internet at home, so i'll have a bit more free time to work on that.
btw, i'm thinking about getting this product; i saw it at fry's in sacramento:
iMIC
i also checked its reviews at harmonycentral.com and i like what i see; one of the cheaper ways to connect an input/output to your cpu and it bypasses most of the electronic equipment on your cpu, which eliminates the buzzing sound which would come out during recording or audio(guess why i would want to buy THAT?)
and when you compare it price-wise to all the other usb audio interface things and see that it's like 40 at fry's and everything else's 70 plus, i think you know why this is a good buy.
other usb output products
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