ÀÏ¿äÀÏ ¹ã, 849p: "i'm all about makin' some noise and givin' people a choice, [as] long as i'm hearin' god's voice." - tobymac in the rap duet w/ paul wright "west coast kid"   i know i tend to bag on the major politicalal party that's in opposition'f the 1 i favour, but some'f the wurds i use r almost in gest.   i don't mean to insist that it's literally sooo wrong to belong to the other party.   i just know that ppl don't realise that some christians like me r politicalal progressive n' not conservatives, n' yah... i just wanna get that wurd out there 4 whate'er its worth, however li'l or much it's worth!   seriously...   i mean, heck! u know the mean things i say 'bout stanfurd, rt?   it's the nature'f rivalry.   really, i don't mean to be saying ne1's automatically children'f the devil if they vote republikan.   however, i want ppl to meet me 0.5way n' also not say that 'bout me 4 voting demokratik.   yah, i'm just out to make some noise n' give ppl a choice.   u listen to god.   u really listen.   then u vote as u know u should.

neway, this is just an umbrella statement to cover all the not.as.nice things i've sed over the past couple'f yrs or more.

2day @ grx, we watched a dvd 'gain during service as our sermon.   we watched a talk given by rick warren, the author'f the well.known best.selling book the purpose driven life.   i heard a couple'f quotes that i wanna share:

• "when u die and go to heaven, god won't ask you, 'why weren't you more like bill hybels [a famous christian orator]?   why weren't you more likc rick warren.'   he'll ask you, 'why weren't you more like you?'"
• wow, that's so frickin' true.   god made each'f us... handcrafted each'f us w/ a purpose in mind.   we should stay true to that purpose, keep it real, n' not sell out to the ways'f the world n' become some1 weren't not.
• "we were meant to live for so much more.   have we lost ourselves?   somewhere we live inside." - from switchfoot's "meant to live"
• "i'm tired of people, who represent me as an evangelical, who are always 'against' stuff.   i want to be for stuff.   the church should be for stuff."
• that's so true.   a couple'f yrs 'go (more so than now, thankfully), the media just kept on spotliting ppl who called themselves christians who spoke so louldy out 'gainst g@y marriage n' abortion.   ok ok ok, we get it: u'r 'gainst g@y marriage n' abortion... but what r u 4?!   what do u stand 4?   what do u live 4?!
• a while 'go i read in the magazine 4 our evangelical covenant denomination an article 'bout a christian college student who went to take care'f a dying, g@y man w/ aids.   he sed some really, really good things like how he wasn't 'bout to argue w/ the dying, g@y man 'bout whether g@y marriage or homo$3xuality is rt or wrong.   heck, that guy wasn't able to stand up let alone commit ne akt'f ne kind'f $3xuality.   dude, that guy was so rt.   there's a man frickin' dying there...   was this the time to debate political agendas disguised as theology?!

neway... it's been a packed, packed wknd.   i'm a bit scared'f this upcoming wk cos'f all the werk i'll have @ werk.com.   i'm 'bout to start a big, big, big; hi profile projekt... n' yet i have 2 consekutive days'f training in the middle'f the wk, next wk's labour day, n' we're takin' fri afternoon off 4 an offsite teambuilder.   *sigh* worse, i've got plenty'f family obligations n' ministry duties as well as taekwondo class to teach... which i absolutely cannot miss cos my co.instruktor mark'll be out'f town or sumpthin'.   augh!   crazy!   oh, furthermore; u realise i'm djing a wedding next sun nite in berkeley, rt?   really... these r 1'f those moments where i'm... i'm not gonna accomplish this by my own efforts.   i need help... help n 'prayer.

[later] 1009p: the beautiful kaela hwang had dinner @ consuelo's in santana row 2nite w/ sooni after washing her, after spending the afternoon @ ortega park, planning stuff 4 our church couples small group.