Thursday, October 07, 2004
Help! I've fallen (off the face of the earth) and can't get up.
Or so I feel that way. It's weird how things evolve into things and eventually I begin to think that life sucks. But then I cannot say that because the weirdest thing about it is I look fwd to and actually enjoy things that I normally do out of routine or just that thats what I do. Such as going to work. I actually look fwd to going to work, I now have fun and enjoy my time there.. I dont look fwd to being home.. nothing ot do with my fam. just alot of ppl in general.. Idk.. its like you are friends with ppl and then you stop initiating and they stop knowing who you are.. not really anhyone in partic just as a whole.. Its not that I mind the fact that ppl dont remember me.. but im sure in some selfish way I do.. Its just that when we did have frequent communications of some sort.. was it really all me who did the "keeping it going"? idk.. but lately my life has been evolving into another chapter.. but I fear that it may not be a good chapter.. although I feel like what I do and how I go is what I want.. but at the same time i think that I dont really want to.. idk its messed up in a messed up kinda way..
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Daily dose of partisan humor
Subject: FW: Fwd: To be Republican
The Bergen Statesman September 11,2004
Things you have to believe to be a Republican today:
Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with communist China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all humankind without regulation.
Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism. HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.
Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.
The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's cocaine conviction is none of our business. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness, and you need our prayers for your recovery.
You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have the right to adopt.
What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '70s & '80s is irrelevant.
Try to figure out why stem cell research is taboo, but creationism makes a lot of sense.
Feel free to pass this on. If you don't send it to at least 10 other people, we're likely to be stuck with Bush for 4 more years.
Friends don't let friends vote Republican
I did find this piece humorous. I found it via Shauna's blog. She was passing it on tho im not sure if she found it humorous or was serious.
Some of the points made that I instead of commenting on her blog, i just laughed to myself were the following ones:
"A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body,....."
"Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals......"
"Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools."
"A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy."
"
Try to figure out why stem cell research is taboo, but creationism makes a lot of sense."
those were the ones that I just laughed to myself at, instead of commenting.
Oh and the last comment was funny too because no one has tried to stop me from voting Republican.. man it must be true.. i must have to friends.. haha
The Bergen Statesman September 11,2004
Things you have to believe to be a Republican today:
Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with communist China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all humankind without regulation.
Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism. HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.
Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.
The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's cocaine conviction is none of our business. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness, and you need our prayers for your recovery.
You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have the right to adopt.
What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '70s & '80s is irrelevant.
Try to figure out why stem cell research is taboo, but creationism makes a lot of sense.
Feel free to pass this on. If you don't send it to at least 10 other people, we're likely to be stuck with Bush for 4 more years.
Friends don't let friends vote Republican
I did find this piece humorous. I found it via Shauna's blog. She was passing it on tho im not sure if she found it humorous or was serious.
Some of the points made that I instead of commenting on her blog, i just laughed to myself were the following ones:
"A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body,....."
"Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals......"
"Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools."
"A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy."
"
Try to figure out why stem cell research is taboo, but creationism makes a lot of sense."
those were the ones that I just laughed to myself at, instead of commenting.
Oh and the last comment was funny too because no one has tried to stop me from voting Republican.. man it must be true.. i must have to friends.. haha
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Relationships-who cares
You ever have one of those kinds of relationships or friends who, if you did not take the initiative, you'd never talk? Well, i mean, some may just not be interested in talking to the other person, thats cool. But I mean the ones who are just too darned busy to take time out of their busy schedule to not call you, but just drop a simple email from a computer that they spend approx. 4 hr/day on anyway. Anyway, Shabana called me tonight and brightened my dim life. I also got a chance to wish her happy birthday! So happy Birthday Shabana!
Vball tonight was good but some of it sucked. I think some of the players were also playing 'see who can be the funniest' while playing vball. Each time someone threw the ball to the server he had to either bomb it at him or throw it at the wall above him or make him miss or whatever. It was frustrating to want to play semi serious games and then have them just fool around. Not only that but new comers want to make their own versions of the rules of the game. Whatever, right?
sigh
what else?
I got a letter from Logesh Manoharan who is in India. He is my boy through Compassion International. His letter said:
Dear Sponsor MR. JEFFREY MYERS:
LOGESH MANOHARAN writing this letter. I am fine. Hope you are also fine there. I am studying IIIrd standard. I like studying all the subject. I score 100 marks in all the subject. I like playing Cricket. During the evening I go the park to play in the swing. My Father name is T.N.Manoharan. He is daily wager. My Mother name is Chellammal. She is working in Textile company. I have one elder brother. His name is Anand. I have one elder sister, Her name is Tharani. Thanks for your letter. Write about you pray for me. My parents express their thanks to you. I am praying for you.
Your Loving sponsored son,
LOGESH MANOHARAN
It is humbling to have a child on the other side of the world in the conditions that he lives in telling me that he will pray for me. His father make 21$/month when he works!
How does one really determine where God's wants them and what His will really is for them? Is it just doing what we really want to do and then convince our selves it's God's will? Still searching on that one.
Vball tonight was good but some of it sucked. I think some of the players were also playing 'see who can be the funniest' while playing vball. Each time someone threw the ball to the server he had to either bomb it at him or throw it at the wall above him or make him miss or whatever. It was frustrating to want to play semi serious games and then have them just fool around. Not only that but new comers want to make their own versions of the rules of the game. Whatever, right?
sigh
what else?
I got a letter from Logesh Manoharan who is in India. He is my boy through Compassion International. His letter said:
Dear Sponsor MR. JEFFREY MYERS:
LOGESH MANOHARAN writing this letter. I am fine. Hope you are also fine there. I am studying IIIrd standard. I like studying all the subject. I score 100 marks in all the subject. I like playing Cricket. During the evening I go the park to play in the swing. My Father name is T.N.Manoharan. He is daily wager. My Mother name is Chellammal. She is working in Textile company. I have one elder brother. His name is Anand. I have one elder sister, Her name is Tharani. Thanks for your letter. Write about you pray for me. My parents express their thanks to you. I am praying for you.
Your Loving sponsored son,
LOGESH MANOHARAN
It is humbling to have a child on the other side of the world in the conditions that he lives in telling me that he will pray for me. His father make 21$/month when he works!
How does one really determine where God's wants them and what His will really is for them? Is it just doing what we really want to do and then convince our selves it's God's will? Still searching on that one.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Ellen
Ellen called ------------ very depressed. She said she had nearly attempted suicide two months ago. As she talked, Ellen made it clear that she was willing to try again. She kept saying that there was no hope. She stated that she had prayed that God would change her many times, but her fears only got worse. Though she has a steady job, all interaction with people scared her. About a month ago, a friend offered to drive her to a therapist, but on the way, Ellen said she couldn’t go through with it and made her friend bring her back home. Despite a lengthy conversation with --------------------, Ellen resisted suggestions that there were alternatives and would not agree to a "Contract for Life." --------- determined that an intervention was necessary. Local officials were contacted. After they assessed Ellen, she was admitted to a hospital for treatment.
Pathetic
I have just read something and all I can say is, "pathetic, you are truly pathetic, and at the same time content in your little world of supporters". So all in all i guess thats ok, right. if someone is content no matter how pathetic one may think they are.. as long as they are content that's all that matters .... to them anyway.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
The funny thing is
There is one thing that is true no matter what else happens in the world, life goes on. I have to convince myself now that I can either hang on something that happened and in effect live for the past, or look fwd to what is yet to come and deal with the present. Now if only i member that
John 12:26
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
If only
I look beyond the empty cross forgetting what my life has cost and wipe away the crimson stains and dull the nails that still remain More and more I need you now, I owe you more each passing hour the battle between grace and pride I gave up not so long ago So steal my heart and take the pain and wash the feet and cleanse my pride take the selfish, take the weak, and all the things I cannot hide take the beauty, take my tears the sin-soaked heart and make it yours take my world all apart take it now, take it now and serve the ones that I despise speak the words I can't deny watch the world I used to love fall to dust and thrown away
Quote
Came across this and it made me think.
"Most people only make one mistake in life - They fail to give there life to the Lord - Everything else, is the result of there first mistake."
"Most people only make one mistake in life - They fail to give there life to the Lord - Everything else, is the result of there first mistake."
Monday, September 13, 2004
My life?
You ever have someone try to run your life when you didn't want them to? It works for me and I am now telling you. Say to them, "Get a life dude, go away!".
Oh, there's other people?
One of the best thing about haveing 164 first cousins... Oh there are other people in the world?
Alcohol and Christians
Alcohol and Christians-Do they mix, should they mix? I've been told that they do mix and they should mix. But I think that they do not mix and they should not mix. Alot of people use scripture to see how much it allows them to do. They use it to draw the line for them and then see how close to the line they can get. But what the heck, right, if we go over the line that scripture allows, then grace kicks in and we're cool anyway. That's not how it works! It seems that some people think that the Christian life is like the perfect machine with all the right saftey features. "I'm allowed to do this to this extent but no more. But in the event that I go past the line allowed by God, , the saftey feature of grace will kick in and i'm safe anyway". That seems to be the mind-set. But it's not true. All the scriptures that say that Jesus drank wine and all that are null in this day and age. And especially null after reading 1 Thessalonians 5:22 "Avoid even the appearance of evil". To put it in context, think of it like this- You walk into a party and see everyone holding a can of Miller or a bottle of Mikes Lemonade, do we think Christian? Most would say not. My point is that Jesus said that we will be recognized as Christians by how we behave/act or something to that effect. I think that we would be stating that Christians can't have fun without be intoxicated. And to disagree would be crazy because if it were no so, then why alcohol, why not soda. The answer must be because alcohol has an affect on the body that soda cannot have. Therefore intoxicating. Sure, maybe not serious intoxication but an effect none the less. The reason why I even brought up the subject is because this past week instead of going to church, a bunch of kids were supplied with alcohol by a 26 year old dim-wit and most of them helped themselves to it. Now the reason for the subject is if it were ok for Christians to drink. Then why should I be concerned for the kids? Just for the reason that they are not 21? I don't think that is the problem here. (actually the whole prob was peer pressure) but that's beside the point. If alcohol is ok for Christians, then why not drugs too?? They have the same effect to some extent.
I prayed a collective prayer for anyone who uses the Bible to support their 'social drinking'. I think it is more of a 'giving into the peer pressure' of their unsaved or backsliding friends. I don't think there is anyone who would disagree that alcohol is the biggest destroyer of familys, of lives, etc. It's just wrong!
I prayed a collective prayer for anyone who uses the Bible to support their 'social drinking'. I think it is more of a 'giving into the peer pressure' of their unsaved or backsliding friends. I don't think there is anyone who would disagree that alcohol is the biggest destroyer of familys, of lives, etc. It's just wrong!
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Home on the Range
That's where dinner was tonight. We had hot roastbeef and chicken. then we turned the range off. :)
Back from vaca. It was a pretty good vaca. Good volleyball and good fishing. Oh yeh, and good nappin. I got my share of afternoon naps in too.
But after a long vaca. I'm still not back to my normal self. I'm not sure what's wrong with me, maybe just my time of the month.... oh wait, that is the girl's excuse.
Back from vaca. It was a pretty good vaca. Good volleyball and good fishing. Oh yeh, and good nappin. I got my share of afternoon naps in too.
But after a long vaca. I'm still not back to my normal self. I'm not sure what's wrong with me, maybe just my time of the month.... oh wait, that is the girl's excuse.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
The Passion
The Passion of the Christ came out on DVD today. I haven't seen it yet. For some reason I didn't go get it yet, but I will sooner of later.
Volleyball
Volleyball rocked tonight! It was better than last week. Only half the ppl showed up but hte other half were in OC soakin up the rays. *jealous* . But i'm waiting patiently, i'll take the next week off. Can't promise I'll be on the beach.. but ill be in OC anyway.
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