Fall

It seems to me that lately it has been extremely difficult to find anything to write about, hence the 2+ month long hiatus from this wretched internet tool.

I don't know what pulled me back into this thing, but it just seems that i have been in a mood to type. About whatever.

Unfortunately there seems to be nothing to write about so i am stuck here

The one profound, epiphany you could say, i've had is one that breaks my heart

I think God doesn't want me to like sports

This is half joking, but half serious

I can honestly say that one of the biggest joys in my life is sports, and if you've ever met me, you could probably figure that out in about 20 seconds.

Anyways, this last weekend, was probably one of the most devastating weekends, sports-wise

The Hokies lost to an inferior Georgia Tech team, costing us any shot at a national title

The Redskins lost to an equally inferior Kansas City Chefs, yes i wrote chefs (snickers commercial, great googly moogly), at HOME....

Have no gods before Me... word up, i totally get it

But did You have to do it in such a HURTFUL way?

I now hate Georgia Tech with a passion not felt since i remember being lied to for the first time in my life

That is now 2 states that i will refuse to ever move to (Cali is the other, curse you 400 dollar ticket for taking a right on a red light.....)

The Boston College game doesn't even register in my mind any longer, i realize had we made it to the championship that year.. we would have gotten ROCKED by an LSU team that killed us the first time around....

But this year, we win out, we play either Florida (who almost lost to an alright Arkansas at HOME), Alabama (who we only lost to by 10 despite our offense not being even close to how we're playing now), or Texas... i mean c'mon.. they beat a team that lost their Heisman-Winning qb, by 3.... 3!!!

This one hurts a lot more....

Have y'all been watching Glee!?! What a great show!

Well, mainly the music

Well, just wanted to let y'all know i'm still alive!

So Cold- Chris Brown

Glee Soundtrack- Glee Cast

Do You Remember- Jay Sean

Addicted- Sean Kingston

This Is Us (CD)- Backstreet Boys

August Rush

Can't believe that it's already August!

Mid-august at that

I can honestly say that this has been one of the most productive summers of my life

I got to travel

I got to go on missions

And so on

I even took pictures of most of these things

Unfortunately i am a lazy, lazy man

As i get older i realize that there is still much left to do

I've still got to go on a journey across the world

I told myself once i got to the the Great Wall of China, that i was not done seeing these "wonders of the world"

But since then i have not seen any more of these things

But that is up to me

I also want to jump off a plane with a parachute on my back

I'm told that having a list like this is called a "bucket list"

Horrible movie by the way, i never thought 2 such amazing actors could make such a horrible movie, the acting was done well, but the story line was just too... bland

Anyways, yes

I have a bucket list

But i will not share most of it because if i do not complete said list, i will disappoint no one but myself

Hahaha i can do whatever i want

Football season is about to start!!!

I am so happy

Fall is my favorite season, if not just for football, but also because the weather is by far the best during this time!

I honestly would love to move to a place where it was fall everyday, but unfortunately that is impossible

Luke 1:37

Anyone with even a half ounce of knowledge about football could tell you that the redskins looked pretty bad this past week

But, i tend to look on the bright side of things, which leads to constant amounts of sadness, but that's a different story

Anyways, the redskins looked horrible

Just horrible

BUT

There are a few things that i believe are good signs:

1.) The offensive line HAS improved (obviously that's not saying much, but hey, it's something!)

2.) We have something special in DE orakpo, but nothing that special in LB orakpo

Just look at this monster!!

3.) We also have something special in jeremy jarmon

4.) We have a young defense mixed with some key veterans, our defense will be fine, D. Hall and Laron Landry are who i'm counting on in the secondary, any producting from carlos rogers will be a plus, the same goes for Horton, or doughty, or smooty, or whoever is our other safety

5.) Jason Campbell has turned into a pretty decent leader, and what i mean by that is that in the huddles, no one is leaving the huddles early, and he's constantly encouraging his teammates whether it be a high five, a pat on the helmet or booty, and he's constantly talking, not yelling, he seems to have a better attitude, i'm sure it has something to do with him needing a new contract soon, but whatever, i'll take it

Everyone is going back to school

Weird

That used to be me

Now i'm just another person trying to get by and become an adult

Enough complaining

Just wanted to talk about redskins football

AND HOKIE FOOTBALL!!!!

Sept 5th ladies and gentlemen, the tyrod taylor show goes nationwide

Remember the name david wilson

Ryan Williams is a given

LET'S GO

HOKIES!

Finally!

Man.. it's seriously about time that the Red Sox got some crap for their players using PEDs.....

Im so glad "Big" Papi and Manny got caught... if one player goes down they all should go down...

I was so tired of the abuse that the Yanks were getting, mainly for A-Rod, but now.. now the tables have turned

At least A-Rod came clean, and now people don't mention it as much.

But Ortiz was an advocate for getting rid of players who used steroids.... and manny.. o man.. manny.. of COURSE he used steroids...

Going back to Mr. Ortiz.. how ironic that even 5 months ago he was the one leading the charge for one year bans for those who got caught using steroids.. where were u 6 years ago when u were hitting 30+ home-runs whereas these days you're lucky to hit 20 in a season

all i can say is.. what goes around comes back around

Let's just all hope that Ken Griffey Jr. and Albert Pujols NEVER use steroids

Or else baseball is ruined forever

and i mean FOREVER

ok well not FOREVER, but for a long time..

at least for me.

VICTORY!

So obviously Mr. Roger Goodell was reading this blog the other day when he decided to let the REAL greatest show on turf back into the NFL.

Mr. Goodell, i applaud you for giving this man a second and third chance.

Your reward shall be more ratings and much more fan support from yours truly.

I have to really believe that mike vick will come back and be on his best behavior

I don't think you'll find a better football/life mentor than Tony Dungy

Let me tell you, i HAVE to believe that Vick will come back better than ever

That guy was the main reason i went to Virginia Tech (THE FOOTBALL)

Ok, well, not the MAIN reason, but it made a huge impact on why I was so excited about becoming a Hokie

I've never for one second had any regret about going to Virginia Tech over the other schools that accepted me, God placed me there for a purpose and i believed it

Please tell me WHY the yankees are tearing it up

Forget that, i'll tell you why

The yankees are a veteran team

They don't really start trying until it starts to really count... the second half

This team is filled with veterans (pettitte, jeter, damon, and posada to name a few)

They have superstars in sabathia, teixiera, and a-rod

And they have the Sandman.. mr mariano, the man with the nastiest pitch in baseball

Of course it would all come together rite now as they get ready to make a run at the playoffs

The summer is so boring when it comes to sports

There's not olympics rite now, there's no world cup rite now...

Sportscenter is filled with baseball highlights and WNBA highlights... i mean c'mon....

REDICKULOUS

So i've had a lot of time to think about what i wanna do with the rest of my life..

My plans aren't laid out completely in front of me like it is for someone who wants to be a doctor or lawyer or accountant..

I've prayed so many times for God to open up doors to lead me in the direction that He ultimately wants

I feel like i'm deaf

I have such contradictory desires..

I want to go out and do work

But in the back of my mind, there's always that selfish desire to live out a life where i can be comfortable and not have to worry about money

I kno it's either one or the other, it can't be both

To those who say, why not both?

I can't

Helping others requires being selfless, but if i live a selfish life, that lavish lifestyle i know in the end i'm gonna end up being selfish

I need to have no excuses, no way out i guess...

I have such a short attention span, i'm starting to get concerned that i can't focus

That was such an awkward way to end my story

O well

FREE MIKE VICK

I believed this cause was worth an update

My main homie Mike Vick is a free man..

I say let him play

I understand the multiple stupid things that he did, but he paid for those mistakes

The PR hit would probably be an understandable reason.. but he is well worth the risk...

He's not stupid, he'll make sure to be on his best behavior.. he's not a ri-tard like pacman jones....

Also, my left middle finger is really swollen and hurts when i bend it

My right knee hurts from being clipped on tuesday night

I have a partially torn rotator cuff on my right shoulder

Both my ankles can be sprained at any moment because the ligaments around my ankles have been stretched out from multiple ankle injuries

My right pinky is still jacked from Joe Im hyperextending it... ligaments are loose

Welcome to my world ladies and gentlemen

But God is still bigger than any injury

Summer Lovin

O my.. what a summer it has been!

I can confidently say that this has been by far the most productive summer i've ever had!

And that definitely is a great thing..

Here's the summary

Job

Mac

Retreat

Urban Hands

Football

Blackberry

haha... when i put it like that, it doesn't sound very exciting, but it was!

I guess i can start off with the job thingy

For the first time in my life, i found a job

and a pretty sweet one at that!

For 3 months (May-July), i was able to travel across the west coast working as a business analyst for a government contractor

I got to travel to places i have never been to in my life

These places included Denver, Co., San Francisco, Ca., L.A., Ca., and Kansas City, Mo.

Woo hooo

More than anything else, i was just really grateful for the opportunity to go out and see the west coast, except for vancouver i had never been even close to the west side of this country

West Virginia was definitely the furthest west i had been (and even that was by accident, freakin getting lost on the way to blacksburg....)

I got to experience life on the west coast, and i can't lie, i thoroughly enjoyed it!

I could definitely see myself living there for a certain amount of time.. not LA, but any of those other places.. wait... it's a no to KC as well.. sorry

In that short amount of time that i was out there, i felt so alive, i know that sounds cheesy, but i mean... who cares

There was so much to do and see, i felt like a kid who just discovered cable t.v.

It was just me, my rental car, and a GPS, and i was off!

The only regret i had this trip was not doing enough in Cali

But i guess there's always next time!

I purchased my first mac this summer

I believe that's an accomplishment in itself

It was too pretty to pass up.

Don't judge me, i did what i had to do

It's significant because of my stand against the Apple brand... yes i had an ipod, but i was forever against the computers... haha

That's all i have to say about that...this laptop rocks!

I also purchased a blackberry.. the tour to be exact and i have to say... well worth it

I kno i sound materialistic, and i promise i'm really not, well.. kind of hahah.. but yea

The power that the blackberry has over the iphone is redickulous

I'm not gonna argue about which one is better, because honestly, it's pretty even to me, but let's just say.. Verizon for the win!

So i'm on a flag football team for our church (SNL)

It's fun playing with people from your church

It's also not that fun playing with people from your church

There's so much unnecessary pressure when it comes to playing this game

Perhaps most of that pressure is from me

Up until i started playing in this football league, i was not very competitive

Yea cheering for teams i got competitive, but when i played a sport, i just wanted to run around so that i could eat whatever i wanted and not get a heart attack at the age of 25 (so far so good!)

But yea, win or lose, i just really wanted to play to hang out and be around the sports environment...

But lately i've become so infatuated with winning that i start to mentally have a meltdown

I'm always scheming ways to improve on offense and trying to figure this and that out..

I mean that's kind of cool, but i'm not played to play this sport, i joined because i wanted to play football, not because there's some prize at the end for winning it all

I've realized i don't like the mindset i've been having when i play, my pride is like HUGE, whether in defeat or victory

In defeat, i get so angry at myself for being so "stupid" or whatever

In victory, obviously i get big-headed because we won....

But the past 2 weeks, i've had time to analyze this and realized that my pride is a goliath in my life

I want to win so that i look good

Like the victories were all because of ME

Forget that

David was a servant, a shepherd, he gave all glory to HIM and the victories came to glorify the Father

My prayer has been to have the heart of a servant, that win or lose, all glory goes to the Father, that i would be grateful simply for the opportunity to go out there and play

My shoulder and pinky have been sore for the past few months, it was good to rest it a little bit this past week! Please pray for my physical health, i'm breaking down like the walls of jericho

But anyways, i believe in the sports ministry so much

God can use this simple sport to bring people together under His name, there's so much power in that

This summer's KCPC retreat theme was "Poiema" or God's Workmanship

This retreat was bomb yo, from the Mr. T look-alike contest to the lollipop dance, it was an uplifting 3 days

I was really encouraged by just how powerful our God is

He really broke some walls down this summer, kids were able to worship freely and comfortably, i think

One thing that really stuck with me was about being His masterpiece

It's amazing to realize that we were each individually created by Him

Created for a purpose that was not our own, but for His perfect will

I know God is not finished with me yet and that encourages me because i realize how many times i've failed

Urban Hands 09 has been the most recent trip that i have taken

All the way over in Washington D.C.

What a journey it was

Being the only Asian group, you always wonder how you're going to fit into a place filled with different groups

My fears were relieved when i realized just how quickly a game of ninja or some other group bonding game can bring people together

By the way, i HATE that ninja game, it hurts my head just watching that game, and seriously, how do you lose in that game?!?! You can stall for as long as you want... just yell out your name for a long time, i was so amazed that people were losing left and right

Anyways, yea, it was a blessed time where instead of just serving the students, i had the opportunity to serve WITH the students

It was a humbling experience, one which i hope will constantly be remembered

The word that God was pouring into my heart this week was the word beloved

I had no idea why, i rarely ever used that word, but as i was praying for each member of our group, that word just kept pouring out of me

God was telling me that each child there was His beloved, that no matter what burdens they carried, that no matter how far they felt they were away from Him, that they were still His beloved! That Jesus' death on the cross was for THEM, that they were worth every single second of pain and suffering that He endured for us, that He has no regrets

The only thing about summer i don't appreciate is the lack of sports

Baseball is cool, but out of the big 5, it's number five behind hockey, and believe me, i love my hockey

I understand that baseball is America's pastime or whatever, but still, it doesn't bring the excitement that every other sport brings, at this point, every game is not cutthroat, there is no desperation in every game, you lose one game, you still have 161 games left, even at the halfway point you have about 80 games left....

Don't get me wrong, baseball isn't a crappy sport, it's just not as exciting from game 1 to game 12 like football and soccer is, and to a certain point, basketball and hockey

Anyways, i'll see you guys later, take it easy

Kate plus 8

In lieu of today's "surprise" announcement that jon and kate are getting divorced, i thought i would chime in

It's kind of sad

and by kind of i mean extremely sad

I actually got into jon and kate plus 8 this past week, hahaha

I was in Kansas City all week and obviously there is nothing to do there except eat bbq food and watch t.v. in the hotel....

So in my hotel there are only a few interesting channels, there was obviously espn, there was some channels that fresh prince of bel air and some movies, and then there was TLC... yes..

I had actually heard of this show only because there are a few people in my life who are pretty into the show.... so i sat down one tuesday night and just watched an episode from season 4, i think it was about some yard sale they were having for cancer awareness or something, that led to another episode, and another, and then another.

Next thing you kno, i'm lovin this family

Those kids are so freakin lovable man...

Jon is an idiot, kate is not much better.....

Makes me kind of sad for these kids.... had there not been so much attention surrounding this family, who knows where the relationship would be right now, the kids don't deserve to be this exposed, especially at such a young age

Seriously, i feel like these parents were exploiting these kids to further their own agendas, whatever that may be......

Saving themselves by saying that their number one priority was their kids... i'm pretty sure TV life messed them up, as it does many celebrity couples

Now that it's summer there's really not that much to watch on TV

everything is basically a rerun of the previous year, sports is at a minimum, and it gets really hot outside...

I hate the summer

I can't stand the beaches because of the sand, and salt water dries out my skin like no other...

I hate humidity

Hm.. this makes me sound like a child

Well well well

Seriously, if albert pujols is ever found to have taken steroids

i will hate baseball for the rest of my life

I still believe in baseball, there is still hope out there: poo-holes, josh hamilton, evan longoria, ryan braun and others

But seriously, if pujols ever gets in trouble, i'm gonna cry, and burn all my baseball caps... yes.. i said caps

I must comment on the real madrid signing of Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka....

It makes me really really sad....

One team has signed one of my all-time FAVORITE players of all time (Kaka) and one of my all-time HATED players of all time (ronaldo)

I don't kno what to think about this team... obviously they are now the favorites to take over alll that is the league of champions.... and if they somehow get mr. ree berry... i will explode with rage.. if mr. ribery is going ANYWHERE i am hoping it is to the blues of chelsea....

Cristiano was bought for a transfer fee of almost 131 millions bucks....newcastle, a soccer TEAM, is trying to be sold for 150 million...priorities...

So lately i've been playing this game, it's actually really stupid but it humors me.

Ever morning i place my glasses somewhere, put my contacts on and go to work,

i come back home do my thang, whatever that may be for the day, and then i put my contacts away

This is where the game begins, me being the awesome memory man that i am, i am unable to find my glasses because i never put my glasses in the same place

I search high and low until i find them and then i am elated when i am able to see again

It feels like a scavenger hunt

With a reward of sight!

I just bought a macbook pro, i am now cool rite?

I thought that once i bought it, my life would be changed, so far, i'm stuck using my old laptop because work requires i have some stuff that only works on windows xp

But starting next week, i will be in the transition phase.. kind of like my life

Whaddup there's some deep thoughts for you rite there

So i got to thinkin about my favorite burgers of all time

and it goes a little something like this:

1.) Shake Shack's- Double Stack (fried portabella mushrooms stuffed with chedda for the win)

2.) Hamburger Hamlet's- Hickory burger (onion rings in a burger for the double u)

3.) In n Out's- Double Double with grilled onions (freshness for the dub)

4.) Westport Flea Market's- Market burger (good overall burger ftw)

5.) Tie Ray's Hellburger's - Diablo style and Good Stuff Eatery's- Spike's 5 Napkin (local flavor for the win)

special shoutout to Carytown Burger's- Barnyard Brawl (chicken tenders inside a burger with tater tots on the side!!!) This would have made it on the list had i not almost had a heart attack after eating this burger.. granted i had like 5... just kidding just 1

I know that i put down like 7, but really, can u blame me? i've had such good burgers i wanted to share them all with you

Enjoy a good, no, great burger this summer, u will not regret eating any of the burgers i have suggested, and when you have a burger this summer i want you to think of me, and laugh, because u just thought of me... creep...

Stronger- Mary J. Blige

The One- Mary J. Blige

Roses- Mos Def

Be Worried- Nas

Same Song and Dance- Eminem

Shawty- Moonie

i've been on a music slump lately, but that first song, stronger, by mary j. is money.

Enjoy life my friends.

What the What?

So i've been working now for the past 2 weeks and it's been pretty awesome

I've been traveling like i've never traveled before

The past week i was in Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco

Before this past week, i had never been to the west coast, well, vancouver, but yea, it's been pretty wild

It's given me a lot of time to think about what i want to do with my life

And still i have nothing

I've been praying a lot more, and the more i pray, the more i realize how much there needs to be more of Him and less of me.

I think that i've kind of been avoiding thinkin about my future because the more i think about it, the more i realize that i am growing up... what the crap.

I have so much time on the plane and what not that i've been trying to read a book every trip

Last week i read an autobiography about Josh Hamilton

That guys story is insane!

He went through so much redicklous stuff that i could never imagine what it must have been like for those around him, he KNEW what he was doing to those around him, but he just didn't care

Man, but God redeemed him. What a relief.. haha?

His story was crazy, but then he hit 28 home runs in one round at the home run derby and had a pretty good year last year

Cool

This week i re-read The Catcher in the Rye

It's quite possibly my favorite book

It just seemed to real

I don't kno how to explain it

Holden Caulfield lives the way that i live

I think i stopped caring so much about life a long time ago

I play the hand that i am dealt

That's life

God is good

So the lakers and magic are playing for the NBA chamionship

I hate kobe

But i can't hate his game, he is definitely still the best player in the NBA

Definitely better than LeBron, and not just because i hate lebron more.

Kobe legitimately makes those around him play at his level, Pau Gasol was good when he was with the grizzlies, but he's even better now, lamar odom is the only person who i've noticed has declined in the past years, the other role players are still solid players, who will suck when kobe retires or they leave the team

Lebron on the other hand has not made anyone better... Mo williams was good with the bucks... he got slightly better with the cavs.. which better have happened with all the open looks he gets... delonte is trash, z was an allstar before lebron got there, now he's a role player who has declined SIGNIFICANTLY

I'm just saying...

With that being said.. here are my top 5 top players in the nba (obviously this is going to be biased)

1.) Tim Duncan

2.) Deron Williams

3.) Caron Butler

4.) Shane Battier

5.) Ray Allen

good times

Starstruck- Lady Gaga

Heartless- The Fray

Music- Fat Joe

that's all for now... just wanted to say hi from anaheim!

Have You Met My Friend Joe?

So this is round two of a tribute to my friend Joe Im

He is an interesting fellow

I've known this man for about 22 years

I'm pretty sure i was the one that gave his parents the idea to name him Joseph Tom Im..

He is about 5'7, dark, with racoon eyes from his D-bag days of UVA

This is my free advertisement because as of 4/14/09 he is STILL single

I tried to tell him that i have about a 4 person fanbase, but he still wanted the free ad.. so here it is

This man has dreams of being in Spain so that he could live life as a heathen, kind of like a man that we know now as Jonah

But God has bigger plans for him than Spain

It is to change this world (one state at time, starting with Virginia)

Anyways

He is 23, single and ready to mingle and jingle.. holler at him, his bank account number is 1010128$$$$$$

if u want to check how much money he is

which i'm sure is close to a million by now

If you are someone who wants a chance at being part of Joe's inevitable transformation into a Pastor... by all means, let me know as soon as possible so he can't run away to Tarshish.. sorry i mean Spain... o wait.....

He recently kind of made-up with our other friend Sam Lee, it was a touching moment to see them hug it out like real men... 

If you have read this far.. and u are of the female gender... please, contact me, u obviously are interested rite?

Anyways

It just hit me that it's April... i have been a college graduate for more than 10 months now

wow

It's almost time to grow up yea?

I'm sure i still have a little time

I saw an old friend of mine today while we had our flag football game... we got to talkin about what's been up and he asked me what i was gonna do... i immediately responded that i was trying to be a teacher

And that got me thinking... because previously i had shared with someone that maybe the teaching this wasn't for me...

As i've stated many a times before.. my goal is to become a principal.. or try to find another way to impact the children of this world.. 

I feel like being a teacher is simply a means to an end... that i would only do it so that i could become a principal... 

I'm not sure i have a passion to teach.. i'm just not good at that...

i don't know.. pray for me please

Moving along...

As i was driving home from Annandale tonight... i thought about making a top 5 list

so here's my top 5 list for today:

5 songs i could listen to all day for the rest of my life.. in no particular order:

- Apologize- Timbaland w/ OneRepublic

- So Close- Jon McLaughlin

- Forgot About Dre- Eminem, Dr. Dre

- Dear Life- Anthony Hamilton

- Sabotage- Beastie Boys

Man.. i just saw this video from Britains Got Talent about this lady named Susan Boyle

Dang, no joke, that was the closest i've come to tearing up from a reality show...that probably doesn't sound like much.. hahha...

She surprised me more than Paul Potts

Her reponse to the judges' comments is what got me... She REALLY seemed shocked that they thought she was great

Honestly, u really can't her singing a lot, there's too many cheers while she sings.. hahah.. but from the parts i heard.. yea she definitely sounded good

It always gets me when people don't realize how good they really are, i think it makes me sad that they don't have people around them who would encourage someone who obviously has such amazing God-given talent, i mean why else would they be so shocked rite?

Seriously, watching that video, they were showing all these people who were judging her before she even sang a note, including simon cowell... but by the middle of her performance, he had both his hands under his chin just gazing in awe... 

There's a lesson here somewhere.. something along the lines of quitting the hate and learning to love and encourage...

NBA and NHL playoffs about to start!!

Let's start with the NBA.. 

It clearly looks like there are going to be only 4 teams that are serious contenders

They are : Denver, LA, Cleveland, and Orlando

I actually only say Orlando because they are the only team that has consistently given the Cavs problems this year.. they simply cannot stop Dwight

Denver has been playing awesome basketball since Chauncey got traded back to Denver

LA has Kobe.. need i say more?

Cleveland is where it gets interesting... this truly is a team where if LeBron gets injured.. they are done without a doubt....they get destroyed every game and it will not be pretty... and that could perhaps be a concern... every playoff team except for cleveland has a viable number 2 player

Don't give me this crap that mo williams is a star.. PLEASE... Mo scores about 12 points a game if LeBron is out... and that's if he's being guarded by me... i'm just saying...

I'm talkin LEGIT number 2's...

Boston has 3 legit players, Orlando has 3, shoot, even the wizards have 3, LA has kobe and pau, which combined is like 3 and a half.. Denver has 2 and j.r. smith... spurs have duncan and parker.. and if they had manu i would have said they were champions...

But yes.. mo williams is NOT a viable number 2 guy... he just really isn't.. i'm sorry

My prediction for the championship ring?

Why NOT the denver nuggets?

They're my wild card..

As for the NHL, i will not bore you will the details too much

The caps look good, no, dare i say, GREAT

I think they are my favorites to either lose in the first round or get to the championship.. they look really good, i mean u have seasoned veteran sergei federov, who has now played a full season and knows what to do to win games...alex semin, and the GREAT 8! You've also got one of the greatest scoring defensemen in the game in Mike Green, we've got good players everywhere, laich, backstrom!, kozlov, fleischmann... the only problem is.. mr jose theodore and simeon varlemov, theodore has never lost in the first round.. woo hooo.. but that was years ago.. varlemov is still young... i think they're the favs in the east... as for the West... if the sharks can get by the ducks, i think they're the favs to not only win the west, but the whole freakin thing

they look awesome rite now...

ok i'm tired...

Let's go CAPS!!!

Slapa da bess

So this past weekend i saw I Love You, Man

It was pretty hilarious

It's basically about a dude who's about to get married

It's when he's trying to choose his best man that he discovers that he has no best friend

So in his pursuit to find a best friend, he goes and meets different people until he finds someone who he thinks is "the one."

I thought this movie was really good, although it does have a few uncomfortable moments... which were actually really funny.. 

I recommend you go watch it

Played in a flag football game the other day (tuesday)

We won!

Man.. i have not played football in a while....

I played defense for the first time in my life.. hahah..

I am truly the most injury-prone man

I got my sternum hit really hard trying to catch a ball and then ended up rolling over a dudes dead...although i feel he shoulda felt more hurt than i did...

And then i got multiple scratches from diving to get flags on the turf (yes.. i kno.. but the scratches kind of hurt...hahaha... i probably shouldn't have mentioned this)

And then my knee got hyperextended by a dude who landed on me as i landed on the field after a pass deflection...

Overall, a fun game, we won, had fun

The first round of the NCAA tournament has come to an end.. and suprisingly.. there have been no real upsets...

Every 1, 2, and 3 seed are still available.. 

The lowest seed (12) is a team (arizona) that should def. be a higher seed than when they came in.. i mean they have 2 players (jordan hill and chase budinger) who could potentially be a lottery pick, let alone first round picks....

Anyways.. i'm gonna stick with my pick of oklahoma as champion... 

So, you know what that means... 

Oklahoma is NOT going to win.

Sorry.

But as i mentioned before Blake Griffin has been a complete Monster

yes.. i capitalized monster.. because i felt like it

Well the time of reckoning has arrived

My dad is trying to make me sign up for some job in Korea...

KOREA!?!

Dah.... i do NOT want to go... 

But i feel like i owe it to my parents to go...

I figure 6 months in the motherland would do me some good.... i guess...

I guess i could go.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

I do want to go out of the country for a little bit.. but korea just seems to .. easy..

I think God has placed in my heart to go somewhere... i was just hoping Korea was not that place..i eventually do want to work with children.. i believe that is what God has shown me in the past few years.. but.. i didn't think the opportunity would come so soon...

I'm freakin out here ladies and gentlemen...

I used the word "I" about 1090 times in the past paragraph

Interesting...

If you read this.. please pray for me... pray for discernment.. pray for courage... pray for whoever i may encounter anywhere i go, that my faith would hold strong..

holy crap... everything is so.. significant....

anyways.. lately i've been on this long rap phase.. and the only songs i've been finding have been of the rap orientation..

Yayo, Sugar - Flo-Rida, his songs are just so freakin catchy..

The Reason- Saigon.. money

Quit While You're Ahead- Classified...look it up

Lost (remix)- Coldplay

later

All good things come to an end

What does that title mean?

Does it mean that this blog is coming to an end?

Hardly, i have only begun

The weather is getting warm

You would think that this would be cause to celebrate

But it actually kind of sucks

I like it cooler than i like it warmer

My body doesn't adjust well to the transition between cold and warm

For the next 2-3 weeks i will probably be constantly sick for a day as the weather continues to figure out what it wants to do with it's life

So lately i've been sleeping on my couch

Not because my bed necessarily sucks

But because i seem to sleep better on a couch for some reason....

Strange

But ever since i started sleeping in my bed

I am starting to remember my dreams better... or at least my dreams have been getting more and more vivid (memorable?)

Anyways, the first 4 days sleeping on my couch, i had 2 dreams about being in California and i woke up smiling both times... weird.. because i have never even been to Cali, although i do hear the weather is pretty nice over there.. that i would not mind

Although being around all those hippies would not be the funnest thing....

I've also had strange dreams

I had a dream that i woke up and i started to hear music while someone kept telling me about the Capitals, and then i woke up.... that was by far the strangest

Guys... the next 20+ days is probably the greatest 20+ days out of the year....i truly believe that

For the next few weeks, we embark on a journey that leads us to a promised land of upsets and cinderellas

 An adventure where only the strong survive and people believe in miracles

Yes ladies and gentlemen

It's almost time for March Madness!!

I'm pretty excited for this years march madness... forreal

There is no clear favorite team that is a lock to win, it could be UNC, UConn, Pitt, Oklahoma... seriously.. any team can win

My early choice for the championship is the Blake Griffin led Oklahoma Sooners

They have the best player in the tournament..

Yes, Blake Griffin, the hands down favorite to win the Naismith, Wooden, Kim Player of the Year awards...

This man is goin to terrorize this tournament

And hopefully he will soon become a Washington Wizard so we can go watch him play a few times

and besides, they're coached by that man you see in the picture, Jeff Capel, how can u go wrong with a Blue Devil on the sidelines?!?  (please no jokes..)

Anyways, if not Oklahoma, it may quite possibly be Pittsburgh

DaJuan Blair and Levance Fields are 2 of the biggest hearted players in the college game now

Duke will not lose in the first 2 rounds

That's all i can guarantee for now

I don't usually like talkin about Duke Basketball, but man.. i read about Nolan Smith today on ESPN.. it was such a good read

Duke next year looks good.. Nolan Smith, Jon Scheyer, Singler + Henderson (please God), Elliot Williams, Ryan Kelly, and the Plumlee brothers

Zoubek will be worthless

Ok that's enough on Duke

So yea, the tournament is back

woo hoo

Along with the warm weather comes the nasty little bugs 

Crap, i refuse to play football when there are mosquitoes and such tryin to get some of my precious blood

Will i man up?

We'll see

Finally joined a flag football league

This picture basically sums up what's gonna happen to anyone in my way...

Yup

Now the question is which player am i talkin about?

Will i be ken hamlin (blue) or donte stallworth (white)?

My answer is neither

I shall be that hand behind stallworth

because we can't tackle... instead, i shall be tryin to grab flags.. duh.

I am currently enjoying the new Fray CD

as well as Flight School - Kanye West

and Nuff Respect - Bone Thugs

and My Thought Process - Lil Wayne

Have you met my friend Joe?

This right here ladies and gentlemen, is my friend Joseph Tom Im

He is turning 23 in about 9 days

He is single, he is available

Joseph enjoys long walks on the beach, he enjoys cooking, he was an econ/spanish major from the University of Idiots, i mean virginia.. same thing

Anyways, yes, if you are between the ages of young to old, this man is for you!

Call 571-315-1513... ok i'm just kidding that's not his number, but if you are intrigued by this man.. let me know

Well yea i just wanted to update just to let y'all know about this man

The biggest news so far from a sports perspective in the past month, other than the steelers winning yet another super bowl, is the fact that one of my favorite baseball players just confessed that he used steroids from 2001-2003

To say i was devastated would truly be an understatement to what i really felt

But you know what, it didn't really really suprise me, i think the majority of baseball players have cheated at one point or another

That's not to say that what A-Rod did was right, just to say that i'm not suprised

I also can't blame the dude, what he did was selfish and downright wrong, but he really was under probably a great deal of stress and didn't know how to deal with it the right way

It's slightly understandable that he felt extreme pressure to live up to probably the biggest sports deal in the U.S., 250 mill for 10 years is no joke

If Albert Pujols comes out and he gets in trouble for Steroids, i am going to quit following baseball

It's actually kind of sad when we realize that sports heroes fall

But at the same time, im sure there are plenty of people who revel in the fact that these celebrities are human too

Michael Phelps smoked pot, A-Rod used steroids, Chris Brown hit Rihanna

These guys are arguably the best at what they do 

Alex Rodriguez is considered one of the best baseball players ever (and honestly i still believe that), phelps is only 23/24 and he has like 12 gold medals, Chris Brown is one of the best entertainers rite now

For me, this kind of sucks, i understand that there is a considerable amount of pressure to perform at the highest level, but i hate realizing that these people are human too, i've always had the perception that these athletes are super human, that they are looked up to for a reason

It killed me to realize that Jordan was an a-hole, when Marcus Camby was found with Marijuana, i nearly gave up on him, when Vince Carter came out and said that he played only when he wanted to near the end of his raptors tenure, i lost all respect for him

And don't even get me started on michael vick

Seriously, i'm really glad i have God

Who better to look up to

The more i live, the more i realize how important friendship is

nothing more to say, just know

The best show that i've been recently watching is this show called How I Met Your Mother

Amazon was selling the dvds for 15 bucks each so i bought all three seasons

anyways, this show is amazing

The characters on this show are so funny, and seems very relateable to a certain point

We all know a Barney, Marshall, Ted, Lily, and/or a Robin in our lives

It's hard not to cheer for these guys

This show has so many moments of just pure awesomeness, from barney's baller status, to the fact that Ted Mosby says I love you on his first date, i could go on forever

but yea, this show is hard not to like, it's funny, the ladies are beautiful, and life lessons are learned

So the latest TV shows i've been keeping up with include, How I Met Your Mother, Friday Night Lights, Heroes, Chuck, Eli Stone, and Dead Like Me

I am amazed at how TV has truly just taken over my life

I really am starting to get concerned about what's going to happen when i start working

There will be a certain time that i have to be up everyday, rest will be at a minimum, and i will begin to start to hate people, and i don't want that

Work life scares me, especially because i have never had a job before

I told myself and many of my friends that i would begin to work when i was in 11th grade, when i had a car, 6 years later i still have not fulfilled that promise

The real world scares me, i don't think i'm ready, i still feel very unprepared for what is ahead for me

The one thing that i told myself i would never do is work in a corporate building, i always believed that i was meant to move around, which i guess is why i'm doing all the sitting i can while i still have the time to, so we'll see how this works out

truly one of the greatest shows i've ever watched is Friday night lights

I think of it because tonight, i was on the rooftop of phil's apartment, it was freakin sweet, you could see D.C. and all the surroundings, it was really nice

but anyways, yea, this show has everything you would want in a show, football action, the comedy, but also the drama

It's a perfect blend

My favorite character on the show is Matt Ceracen the QB1, his life is so tragic, but he deals with it, although not always in the best ways, but still, he never really gives up for too long

Coach Taylor is definitely the best character on the show, the father figure in everyway possible

I promise you this show is legit

Don't have many music selections for you

although i suggest the new Fray CD

it's very similar to their first CD but with some different stuff added

i enjoyed it thoroughly

See ya later

Suit Up

Well well well

It appears i have made my triumphant return to the blogging game

sweet

Well nothing much has happened since the last time i updated, except that EVERYTHING has happened since the beginning of december...

well not really

Winter break was awesome this year

All my buddies were back from every which way, it felt like home again

and this time it wasn't me that was coming back.. 

It's weird not being back at school

I feel like a child again being here at home

I love my parents, i really do, and i'm really blessed that they are so cool about everything or i may be somewhere on the streets by now..

It feels weird not having to really take care of myself

I don't ever have to cook (i didn't really cook at Tech either, but i mean.. i had to find ways to get food), here i tend to say no thanks to food because my grandmother is constantly making food.. hence i now am heavier than i was in college, dah.

I actually just made myself a grilled cheese sandwich.. except it wasn't grilled but toasted...

btw.. a toaster oven is probably one of the greatest inventions EVER

I never have to worry about laundry

I never have to worry about the bills and what not..

I feel so spoiled..

I probably am...

Thank you God

I actually went on 2 retreats this winter break, one as a counselor and one as a student

The first retreat was about Healing (KCPC)

The second about Fear and anxiety (CCPC)

How depressing right?

hahaha

But yea, i was really blessed by both retreats

but more so by the CCPC retreat.. mainly because it was cool meeting other people and i was actually able to learn a few things..

Sandy Cove is the nicest retreat center i have ever been to.

It was sweet having individual beds and it was nice having food that doesn't go through you like laxatives..

I felt like i was a rehab all over again, did i say all over again? i mean... i'm sure that's what a rehad center looks like..

But i do have to say, for such a nice place.. i mean.. the basketball court was a joke...

If i wasn't in fear of tearing my ACL, i was avoiding running into the volleyball players 2 feet away

Oh well, no complaints here

Sorry to go back to it, but i'm actually really glad to be back home, although i may seem like i don't like it, only cuz i miss Tech a lot....

But yea, it's been kind of refreshing to be around people in such different environments

I do miss the closeness of people, but that comes with time, and i have definitely carved out friendships back at home with some great people

have i mentioned that i am Blessed?

I drove by my old high school a few days ago and it looks so different

and then i got to thinking about the "good times" that i had at W.T. Woodson

I remember having those breakfast sandwiches that gave me the runs without fail right after 2nd period, thank God for breaks.. and i guess thank God for doorless stalls.....

There was a time when there were these two girls who got in this huge cat fight in the cafeteria during lunchtime.. it was funny because i saw everything develop so slowly in my head, they talked, some one literally said "oh no you didn't" (just like on TV!!!!) and then they started grabbing each other's hair, one girl punched the other in the gut and there was screaming and such... and then once the fight was over and they were being taken to the office... one girl comes up to me with a fistful of hair and asks me to throw the hair way.... i was not able to eat lunch that day.... and if you knew me in high school.. i was not one to skip a meal... EVER.....but that was one of the only times i was not up to eating... i think i just sat there and cried or something for the next hour....

I also remember making the dumbest excuses ever, thinking i was slick, but looking back on it.. they were really stupid....i remember telling my teacher that my sister accidently deleted one of my biology homeworks, he laughed and said, "so you didn't do your paper did you?".. i sat there thinkin how the heck did he know? that was my freshmen year by the way... 

there was also this one time i told my teacher i was allergic to onions so i couldn't participate in a group project, he made me write a 10-page paper about onions and their impact on the world... by the time i realized it would have been a lot easier to just participate in the project, i was already researching onions....i think the paper took me like 3 days.. the project took about 3 hours.....idiot... that was my sophomore year.... my junior year, i remember i was in my calculus class thinking about ways i could avoid taking a test until the next day, so i picked my nose until i was bleeding... and i was like , i think i need to go to the nurse, i'm bleeding everywhere, she freaked out and i went to the bathroom... i tried to stay in there as long as i could.. i got back thinking they already started and i would have to take the exam tomorrow..unfortunately this class was an hour and 15 minutes long... i was gone for a good 10 minutes.. i had to take the exam... seriously, i was an idiot... i made myself look like an idiot for bleeding and then i only stayed in the bathroom for 10 minutes.. although it seemed like i was gone for a good thirty-forty minutes.... i don't remember anything about senior year..

So i sprained my ankle last night playing basketball.. and then i sprained it even worst slipping on ice... THIS IS WHY I HATE SNOW. and people laugh at me when i tell them that.....not only does it make you unnecessarily wet, but people get hurt when that snow turns into ice.. my mom broke her wrist last year slipping on ice, i messed up my ankle, and i'm sure many more people have hurt themselves on ice.. this is not a vent session, but really, what good is snow, other than for people to get out of school? exactly

Snowboarding is overrated... i went with some youth kids to Whitetail on monday.. i just don't understand the hype.. what's so exciting about going down a hill, standing up on a piece of plastic? especially doing it over and over againg for 6 hours.... i just don't understand.... i guess the excitement of potentially breaking bones and getting concussions gets them up in the morning.... so while these kids were snowboarding.. i got to watch Allen go from a boy to a man on the bunny slopes that day...beat that....yup.. that's what i thought

I am on the verge of getting a new laptop

I'm scared, because i am about to join a cult...

Apple is not cup of tea, but i refuse to deal any longer with viruses and "not responding" notices...

or i may just get Linux (gasp!)

But i do know one thing for sure

I will never EVER purchase a sony vaio...i guess i would be going from one overpriced object (sony) to another (apple)

I believe in the power of YES.. i mean Mac....having a mac will make me instantly trendy! i will then desire to become as eccentric as possible, i will begin to assume that non-Mac users are idiots, having a Mac will allow me to believe that i am truly better than you..SWEET

Now i just need a way to purchase this MBP....

The NFL playoffs have come and gone, the cardinals and steelers play to determine who the best team was in the NFL this year.. i believe the steelers will win..BUT, I REALLY want the cardinals to win..but i am kind of torn, i think Mike Tomlin is one of the good people out there.. i hate B.Ro, but Tomlin kind of makes up for it... i also don't like hines ward...i think he's dirty...but then i love polamalu.. he's got heart..

on the cardinals side, larry fitz is probably my favorite receiver in the league, he's got the skills to make him an elite player, but he's so humble about it.. there's no crazy celebration after a TD, there's no showboating on first downs.. that's what's up...and i want kurt warner to succeed, i hate matt leinart.. that fool does not deserve to play football.. he's like ron artest.. without the intensity.... 

i think this game will be a shootout.. cardinals have the advantage on offense but the steelers have the advantage on defense.. i think it'll come down to which QB makes the least amount of mistakes.. more than any defensive play or special teams, it will come down to which SuperBowl winning quarterback will carry his team to ring number 2

There's no point in talking about the NBA

other than to say that the wizards suck this year..

but Timmy D is playing out of his mind rite now.

so is Lebron,  i'll give it up, he's tearing it up rite now.. i really think in the playoffs he'll be even better which is kind of scary to think about...

Caps rock

enough said

music:

Without Reason - The Fray

You Found Me- The Fray

How Deep is Your Love- The Bird and the Bee

Again & Again- The Bird and the Bee

When the Money Goes- Jay-Z

Return the Favor- Keri Hilson

Super Human- Chris Brown

Circus- Britney Spears.. hahaha don't judge me..

I'm at War- Sean Kingston

Be a Man- Boyz II Men

Going On- Gnarls Barkley

Misses Glass- Leona Lewis

Forgive Me- Leona Lewis

Trust- Keyshia Cole

Promise in the Dark- Keri Hilson (repeat)