JOY
met up w/ lotsa ppl this week, hung out w/ friends that i havent seen in a while. it was good seeing them but im sad that i wont see most of em for a long time.

PRAYER
for butch cuz hes taking off for china tomorrow night. hes definitely gonna need it.

PRAYER
" 'and the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forver. ' 'in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.' i think the devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. if he can keep us hearing radios, gossip, conversation, or even sermons, he is happy. but he will not allow quietness. for he believes Isaiah where we do not. satan is quite aware of the power of silence. the voice of God, though persistent, is soft.... i am finding your counsel to get enough sleep most practical, mother. not only to be fit for the day and able to relax, but for spiritual awareness and reception one must simply be rested if he is to be blessed. let us resist the devil in this by avoiding noise as much as we can, purposefully seeking to spend time alone, facing ourselves in the Word....satan is aware of where we find our strength. may he not rob us!" - Jim Elliot

JOY
movie line of the year (from alien v.s. predator):
"the enemy of the enemy is my friend."

that almost made the movie worth watching.

went to another wedding, im happy for mejeld and gower.
at the reception dennis and john tricked roymund into eating a packet of salt (which he thought was sugar). he stuck his big tongue out in disgust and it was all white. after he got it off he started grabbing john and dennis furiously. too much rage but it was hilarious.

PRAYER
for mejeld and gower as they begin a new chapter in their lives.

JOY
ate all you can eat ribs and then went to dave n busters afterwards. daytona is lotsa fun but i can never seem to win. i do well and id be in first place but i always get jacked somehow: usually someone bumps me and my car crashes. still its always entertaining. also, shot some hoops on the regular and mini-baskets. its been a while since ive shot around, felt good to be able to do it again.

THANKS
dennis for inviting me to rib crib and driving through traffic.

JOY
the outing to point reyes was nice. didnt exactly wanna go hiking but it was good company and i had a good time. im glad i went but ive been dang sore for the past few days. 8 miles after 2 months of inactivity is tough.

THANKS
to rob and richard for helping out w/ the spelling bee.

PRAYER
for roach who is now 22, hope you find out something good to do w/ your life.

JOY
went to 2 weddings this weekend. finally my 32-year-old cousin has gotten married. shes been due to hitch for a while and now im happy for her. i was technically one of her gift registry ppl but they had enuf help so i didnt have to do much. later on i caught her garder and found $100 in it. and then my 2 friends from yn, bert and stacy, got married as well. i got to participate in this one too but as an usher. im happy for this couple as well, think theyve been dating for like 7 years or so. the weddings were different but both were nice in their own ways. i think the slide show is an important aspect of weddings and both were fun to watch.

PRAYER
that both couples would draw closer to one another as they grow closer to God.

THANKS
for the gift cards from the weddings.

JOY
keembob: selfish girls
keembob: hate them!
funny in the context of our convo.

THANKS
janet for helping me pick out a suit.

JOY
grimface1: what's the prize
grimface1: incentive
grimface1: to win this mofo
grimface1: a trophy?
bku82: ya, thats the only incentive that i can think of
bku82: maybe ill add like some sort of gift card?
grimface1: i say throw in a date with kwan
grimface1: a dinner at the least
bku82: hahahha
grimface1: tell him it's for compassion
grimface1: spiritual gifts
grimface1: he needs to use it for the church

JOY
went another 2 rounds of minigolf today. played pretty well overall. 1st round kwan edged me out by like 2 strokes. then we tied in the 2nd round. later he edged me out by 2 chips in one of our home game. though i kept barely losing i still had a fun day.

JOY
it was nice hearing justin mcroberts play again. always has insightful stuff to say.

on the way back kwan and i were trying to figure out what to eat and so we asked kwan's girls what they wanted. they all said anything. then i asked em what they didnt want. all i got was silence. 10 secs later i hear "KFC. no KFC." then right away the others said, "no noodles", "no italian", "no la burrita", "no mexican." so me and kwan think a lil and decide on in-n-out since it was on the way home and no one said "no burgers." so we ask if in-n-out is ok w/ everyone and they respond w/ a few unenthusiastic unwilling "okay" s. then 10 secs later one of the girl asks "is that the only option?" kwan says that theres plenty of options and the girl says "ok, lets go w/ that." kwan asks "in-n-out?" and girl says "options." kwan names like a dozen places to eat but got no positive responses. finally i asked if they wanted pho and i got 4 enthusiastic responses. why is it that girls dont initally say whats on their minds?

last night at PPP i started up a random game which involved flicking each others foreheads. almost everytime i suggest punishments for games i end up losing. someway, somehow it always comes to bite me in the ddongamonk and last night was no different. i ended up taking the most forehead flicks. it was pretty entertaining, im sure much more entertaining for everyone else than me. game was fun til we made up too many rules which killed the game but was fun while it lasted.

PRAY
i think im too competitive. i thought that this part of me had died down in the past 2 yrs of college but i realized that its back after playing mario party. i was thoroughly pummelled twice and the whole time i was very frustrated. its not that i love winning, i could almost care less cept that i HATE losing. i need to go on fear factor, i think i would have a really good shot at winning. need my shoulder to heal faster.

we need to live everyday like the girl JM talked about, make everything count for something.

THANKS
for doing something to do other than HM the past 2 nights.

 

JOY
yesterday went to zachary's for lunch. the waiter was serving the slices and asked janet what kinda pizza she wanted:
waiter: "chicken or the special?" 
janet: "pizza....., i mean chicken."
waiter: "here's a chicken for the smart one."
 
went miniture golfing and bowling this past weekend. it was nice doing something "active" for a change. cant believe that these are the 2 most active things that ive done in the past 6 weeks. 

JOY
bku82: ya, id rather not play
johnsong526: lets do something else
bku82: rather do something else
johnsong526: jinx personal jinx

JOY
ester: downeys not the boonies.. :(

i dunno y this made me laugh so much.

PRAYER
"unless i'm badly mistaken, one of the main reasons so many of God's children don't have a significant prayer life is not so much that we don't want to, but that we don't plan to. if you want to take a four-week vacation, you don't just get up one summer morning and say, "hey, let's go today!" you won't have anything ready. you won't know where to go. nothing has been planned. but that is how many of us treat prayer. we get up day after day and realize that significant times of prayer should be a part of our life, but nothing's ever ready. we don't know where to go. nothing has been planned. no time. no place. no procedure. and we all know that the opposite of planning is not a wonderful flow of deep, spontaneous experiences in prayer. the opposite of planning is the rut. if you don't plan a vacation you will probably stay home and watch TV. the natural, unplanned flow of spiritual life sinks to the lowest ebb of vitality. there is a race to be run and a fight to be fought. if you want renewal in your life of prayer you must plan to see it." -piper quoted from spiritual disciplines for the christian life

JOY
PU haha 143: oh..:-(...but u can drive foine?

THANKS
thank you God for making sure that butch didnt drown in his mini-triathalon.

PRAYER
need a new hobby. i REALLY need a new hobby.

PRAYER
afghan team took off a couple hrs ago. crazy that i went there a yr ago. hope baik is ok.
think karen and alice took off too. a yr ago i thought i might be in their shoes.
i kinda wish i could go w/ all of them to both places. things just didnt work out that way and im still here for a reason. dont waste this time billy.

PRAYER
i went to the dentist yesterday because part of my tooth chipped off while i was eating. i think it was due to a cavity. i go and find out that im right and that i have not just 1 cavity but 7. i need 7 fillings. i also need to pull out my top wisdom teeth. they told me before that i dont need em taken out but now the dentist is saying that theyre moving down and need to be pulled out. im so sad that my teeth are all jacked up now. my ankles are giving out, my shoulder is popping out, and now my teeth are falling out. im 22 and my body is falling apart!

JOY
God's image was pretty crazy. some of those lil kids had some moves and "p diddy" made me crack up. just wish he did the rap in joyful joyful.

PRAYER
im dang sad. bku9 is gone. bku9 was originally created on aol and i finally cancelled it just recently. i feel like a part of me has died. this sounds ridiculous but im just being honest. and i lost my whole buddy list too. it was also a struggle to make a new sn. i was surprised that plain old 'billyku' was taken. so what i came up w/ is bku82. man, this 82 crap sucks.

PRAYER
for the surgery and a quick recovery.

JOY
hmm, havent updated in a while.
last night ester was complaining that yn'ers always make excuses:
"don upsuh, numoo muruh, numoo nejusuh." the way she said it was hilarious and quite true.

played simpsons clue w/ the 2 brazilians ester and tim, erwin, and sunny. it renewed the fun in clue once again.