i've got that gooey feeling... yummy. i love mondays off. they are the best days off EVER!!

so i was reading our college pastor's commentary on "the end of the spear" movie, and he's right about the lack of the GOSPEL being clearly explained.

so many people are getting engaged/married this yr already! and it's only just begun. multiple friends of mine already have 5+ weddings to attend, and it's only mid-february! what's going on?! is it something in our water supply??

oh well, until it's my time... i'ma enjoy God's precious gift of singleness, baby! ;)

i'm getting bored of the monotony - here's to moving to sd and/or moving to europe within the next few yrs (yay, kristie)!! gotta enjoy the singleness while i can, right? what am i doing sitting around dreaming about stuff when i can actually go out there and do it?

ingrid and i took an impromptu trip to sd today. it was really great fun. we had brunch with josh and caleb at a place called hash house a go go in hillcrest. the portions there are CRAZY huge. just look at the pictures of the food - yikes. no wonder 31% of americans are obese... and i could go off about how it's so wrong that we're all so FAT here and other countries are STARVING, but i won't go there. ok, i already have...

but seriously, we're so blessed to be able to live in the states and be able to gorge ourselves at places like hash house.

i love sd! it's always a nice mini getaway...

today i got the opportunity to be an adjudicator at a so cal vocal association (scva) jr hi/middle school honor choir audition. thank God there was someone very experienced there to judge with me or i wouldn't have known what to do or how to do it. it was a really cool experience even though only 2 of the auditioners showed up! oh well... it was an easy morning, and since the site was john adams middle school (jams) in santa monica (yay, apryl!), i got to hang out with the wonderful cecile blanchard for a little while... yay for delving deeper into the vocal/choral world!

"end of the spear" was pretty good - go see it!

it's a rare thing to see my uncle martin b/c he lives and works in taiwan...

you must check this out! click on "watch." now this is what choir's all about yo. thanks, kenny:)

remember when... times were a lot simpler?

sometimes i wonder... ok, i always wonder why God allows things to happen the way it happens. i know that everything happens for a reason. sometimes i wish that i knew what ultimately God has in store for certain situations

cj mahaney put it really well in his Resolved "sovereign grace" sermon... "you will always be bumping into mystery when God is our subject because He defies all human analysis." and "as the years pass, hopefully there will be more humility to make you more comfortable with mystery." thank you, cj.

"God is God and i am not..." ~ steven curtis chapman

this picture is from dinner on saturday with music friends - good times, great memories =)

well, i finally have internet again after almost a week of nothing. i realized how much i rely on the internet, and now that i have a few more responsibilities than i did in the past, i need it more than ever. how did we ever survive without it? we could live without it... and life would be a lot more personal again. or would it? would people be too lazy to actually call or write?

so i decided that it was time to move on from my lj. yessirreee... so here we are. i just got home from a fabulous weekend at the RESOLVED conference in pasadena. john macarthur, steve lawson, rick holland and cj mahaney were the speakers. talk about intense... they're adding john piper next year!! i can't wait! i'm so thankful that i was able to attend this one. i was all set to attend last year's but my beloved grandpa passed away the weekend right before, so i ended up not being able to go.

if you haven't checked it out already, look at my PICTURES!! i love that site! you should get an account with them, too! it's so easy, and it's so much fun! haha... i should get paid. y'all think i'm crazy, huh?


and this picture --> is the front of an exhibit that's called "ashes and snow." i went to see it today after trying to go with a teacher friend yesterday (but it was closed for mlk day). it's an exhibit that's housed in a "nomadic museum" created out of steel cargo containers in the santa monica pier parking lot. the exhibit features photos and films of people interacting with animals... very zen. it's definitely something unique that you should see.

happy 2006 - take all of this year's trials and blessings with graciousness... and enjoy the life God has given you to live! to God be the glory!!!