Hairy pot-head

You scored as Albus Dumbledore. Strong and powerful you admirably defend your world and your charges against those who would seek to harm them. However sometimes you can fail to do what you must because you care too much to cause suffering. Albus Dumbledore 90% Harry Potter 90% Ron Weasley 65% Hermione Granger 60% Severus Snape 55% Remus Lupin 55% Sirius Black 55% Ginny Weasley 45% Draco Malfoy 45% Lord Voldemort 15% Your Harry Potter Alter Ego Is...? created with QuizFarm.com

What the.. Dumbledore is dead. And I hate harry potter. I'd much rather be Malfoy.

Dumb quiz.

On a seperate note, I've been shooting hoops everyday since Tuesday, and I really enjoy it. I'm improving.

discipleship

One of the best things about discipleship is that you get to admit, laugh at, and regret your own mistakes and be able to influence others not to go through that.

I sometimes wish I had someone like that when I was 16 years old. Oh well, time to go practice my kung fun now.

Dear Jon Liao, Please enable your comments on your blog.

If You Want Me To

The pathway is broken
And the signs are unclear
And I don’t know the reason why you brought me here
But just because you love me the way that you do
I’m gonna walk through the valley
If you want me to


Cause I’m not who I was
When I took my first step
And I’m clinging to the promise you’re not through with me yet
So if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will go through the fire
If you want me to

It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that’s not my home
But you never said it would be easy
You only said I’d never go alone

So when the whole world turns against me
And I’m all by myself
And I can’t hear you answer my cries for help
I’ll remember the suffering your love put you through
And I will go through the valley
If you want me to

let the BBQ times roll

ROL had a bbq yesterday. It was awesome. Although Richard, Jonathan, and I got disgustingly owned in the "egg-the-college-guy" game. Eggs hurt a lot. They also make you smell really bad. I washed my clothes as soon as I got home and they cleaned up pretty well. I took a shower last night and again this morning, but my hair still smelled like nasty eggs. At least our games will go down in history as being crazy, messy, and really weird.

Before the bbq started, Jonathan and hit up the playground. We wanted to use the swings, but they were taken. So instead Jonathan and I hit up the baby swings. I got on but Jon was still hanging around on the ground. "Can we trade with you guys?" Jon asked the little girls in the swings next to us. "Umm. NO." Jon cleverly tried to cajole them by lying. "But these are for the big kids," inferring that the baby swings were for "big kids."
"No, those are for babies!"
The other girl said "Aannnd, *sqib*, we saw one of you on there so..."
"YOU GUYS ARE BABBIEES," they said together. They started to make weird noises. Jon tried to fight back with "Sticks and stones may break my bones," but I don't think they cared. Actually they started calling him names like "airplane."

What a strange day.


Daphne loves Derby - Come Winter

The First Day of fall is the last day I'll kiss the sky
The cold air surprises my bones have been spoiled by the summer's heat
The sun hides its face, and I'll hide mine too
Sooner or later this winter will rain down and leave me to wait for one year.
I'll be there, I'll be there
Next year this time, I'll be there
I'll dream of the past, and wish that I was there.
I am burning the letters of days gone by
I'm so sorry, but I'm scared that my heart will regret the things that I've done
Breathe in all of the ashes of my mistakes.
Gently collapse so no one will notice that you're falling too short of your breath.
I've wasted more time dreaming than living.
I've wasted more time dreaming...
I'll be there.
So cherish these days, enjoy every breath like it will be the last of your life.
Please never look back because you won't forget why you cried.

f_ it

I got in huge trouble today for getting angry and saying "f- it."

Yeah, I am a thousand light-years away from being like Christ.

Dear all, check this out.


Girl: most guys just think they got game
Girl: and they have nothing
Girl: at all
Girl: zero
Girl: zilch
Girl: nada
Girl: and then it's just sorta sad when they just keep going as if they got game

Must do ___

Where does happiness come from? I know for sure that happiness doesn't come from friends or doing fun stuff with friends. Material stuff doesn't do it for me either.

I almost bought a pair of Etnies shoes today at the mall. The thing is that the display shoe had a sale tag on it, but the shoe rang up to regular price, which was like $65.00. Heck no. So I said I didn't want to buy it (politely, of course). I'm not sad though, they were only shoes.

I played basketball today with some church people, worked out with more people, then went to Andrew's house to talk/guitar/play jenga. Exhausted! Although I think it was worth it.

I prayed a few times today but kept falling asleep. Actually as I was reading genesis, I was nodding off, so my brain made up information as I read. I would suddenly snap awake and realize "Hey! That's not what it says!!"

emotion sickness

*silence*

doesn't explain much.

God is very faithful and never ever ceases to amaze me at the way he works things out.

I'm so sad that people are so eager to dig in to the new Harry Potter book. John 17:

"14. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17. Sanctify[a] them by the truth; your word is truth. 18. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world."

We are not to be of this world. In addition to that, we are to be sanctified in the Truth. Unfortunatly, I think reading Harry Potter stuff dishonors God, as it creates thoughts and stirs up imaginations that displease the Lord. As believers, we should meditate on God's law. You don't have to agree with me, but here is a statement from Psalms 1, worthy of all acceptance:

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

To some of you, I sound like a broken record, and you've heard this b4.

Joh 6:64 But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)
Joh 6:65 And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."
Joh 6:66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
Joh 6:67 So Jesus said to the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well?"
Joh 6:68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,
Joh 6:69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

Cool huh
Salvation is only through a supernatural act of God granting mercy on a person.

YMCA is the place to be

Went to the YMCA on Deanza(?) and it actually has a really nice gym. Benched... and I am back to where my school year max! Although now my arms are somewhat strange in shape... I have gigantic tris now and really small forarms. It's because I haven't been able to do any grippy exercises in a while. W/E this is quite nerdy, so I will change subjects.

Met with Tony today to prepare a small group type lesson for Fountain of Joy church. We are talking about... denying self. How appropriate. Must be from all of Jon's preaching. It's more of a gererally overview and really, what people need to hear. Teaching salvation and daily living is more important than pumping them up with firey emotions.

I think God told me something important today. A worship team should do more then just practice. Prayer should be an intergral part or a team. Isn't God directing the whole show, and knows each person in the congregation? I think practices should always start with the team on their knees plainly laying themselves out for the Lod to be used. All practice is for naught without the Lord!

I am really anticipating tomorrows practice. I'm a little anxious, Lord help me. Sometimes I wonder how am I suppose to teach them, or if I can handle teaching multiple people calmly and in an organized way. Also I want to encourage and not be so hard like I am for normal music lessons. I will just pray and commit it to God's hands.

Listening to Korean rap. Pretty good stuff.

Sunday

Good meeting as usual. A lot of new leaders need to step up.

I am having stamina problems. I hope nothings wrong... I can't stand up for long periods of time anymore. Maybe it was just today because I was wearing uncomfortable dress slacks.

I've got to work out tomorrow. Something good about school is that there is a free, easy access, fully loaded gym on campus.

I went to "flood" meeting at church today. It was great. I mean, it was seriously amazing. I was with a group of 8th graders and man, to hear them exhorted and encouraged to seek God in his word... that is my life message!! Ok that is all, bye!

So yesterday I ate dinner with the Liao's, Tiffany, and Terrance. I have no clue why they organized it, but according to Jon Liao it was just a random thing that they did. Maybe God's prompting, I don't know. Well as it turns out it went pretty well. It was slightly unusual, however. I don't want to write too much cause JON LIAO IS READING THIS! But I think your dad has very interesting points of views and your mom smiles a lot. Also, Jon you like attention but your sister does not. I hope you remembered to say thank you to them.

So today I went with my parents to pick up some charcoal for a nice July 4th bbq. As my dad went into albertsons I had a little chat with my mom. First it started with me asking how counseling was going. My mom cousels abused women. The only reason I went with them was because I felt that God was prompting me to talk to them about something... but I also felt like I should just listen and not jump into things.

Before I knew it, the conversation got pretty ugly as mom and I traded blows back to my behavior when I was in he 1st and 2nd grade. My mom says I have anger problems and her trump card is using examples from my early childhood. During this whole time I was like "God, how did this conversation get to this? I thought it was you prompting me to go and talk?" But I realized later that bringing up these issues was really needed. I actually feel a lot more internally settled. At dinner my mom and I were barabacue-ing in the back and had a talk. Apologies were made etc. etc.

More good things to come later.

"I study the Scriptures so that my knowledge may propel me to worship my God more accurately, more passionately, and more gratefully!" -my UCLA friend Steve