Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Laughter as an escape

 ...At this point my wife is dying with laughter. She is hitting me, kicking me, hardly breathing, and just managing to make a sound that is as funny as it is captivating. And our little girl is just locked in with this grin. She is smiling at her Mom as she laughs hysterically. She has no clue what is so funny, but she is laughing....


....Laughter is such a good gift from God. When we are laughing we are carefree. We have momentarily escaped from the felt reality of this cursed world. We are transported to a place where we can honestly and heartedly…be happy. We do it without regard. We laugh out loud. We don’t care who hears us, we are laughing! What a blessed escape from life this is.....


....I’m praising God for the renewed realization of the gift of laughter. God is good to give us this gift in the midst of a broken world. These bursts of laughter are a reminder of a day and kingdom coming where happiness prevails. There will be laughter and singing there. There will be no more mourning or sadness. Laughter will not be an escape from that place but a trademark of it. ....


Erik Raymond of Ordinary Pastor (formerly Irish Calvinist)




Read the whole (not too long) article here  

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

rip off


today i went to Sprinkles, got enamoured by the environment.
ate a so-so cupcake, got mad at the fact that i am now less 10 bucks
and decided i’m gonna start baking my own cupcakes
>:O

Sunday, January 2, 2011

"So what exciting thing are you working on?



just had an imaginary conversation with the older, black man sitting next to me at starbucks.  

2011 .. resolutions/goals/bucket list?

in no particular order:  (11 for 2011!)
1)   be more punctual
2)   run 600 miles
3)   eat more vegetables
4)   save $$
5)   memorize verses regularly
6)   read a hefty book (like Edwards)
7)   blog regularly
8)   do a race (full length tri?)
9)   floss regularly
10) be a better sister
11) sleep by 11:30pm

Friday, December 31, 2010

a xanga-charmed kinda life.

whilst going through my xanga looking for something, came across this. hehehe.  Even the comments are funny.  (tree = dcheng, smoovy=janet, i'm sure you can figure out the rest)

Tuesday November 15, 2005
i've decided... screw 13+ unit schedules..  i'm gonna take it easy next semester. if i can't handle this.. then... yeah.
so no Korean til next year.. and maybe i'll take spanish.. no philosophy though.
no way!
im gonna die..
no.. it's just bc.. i have no self discipline...  i'm becoming a lot cleaner though
man.. pj's overconfidence sermon came one week too late :-(  no wait! what am i saying!.. it's all in God's timing eh? hahahahahhaha <-- being so...... BC.. hahaha... biblically correct. lol. ... nerd -__-
at night, convos are so much more funnier.. you HAVE to admit.. this IS funny
salsallysal: i am no shmuck
salsallysal:  i am a sal
play with 1000 C: you're stunning sal
salsallysal:  hehe
salsallysal:  you're jUUUicY!!
salsallysal: our sns should be that
salsallysal:  lol
play with 1000 C: ....
salsallysal: juicy junia
salsallysal: stunning sally
salsallysal: or silly sally
salsallysal: or.. shmucky sally : (
salsallysal:  jiggly janet
salsallysal: tehehe
play with 1000 C:WWJD.
play with 1000 C: we want janet dead
play with 1000 C:HAHAHAH
salsallysal: wHY WON'T janet die
play with 1000 C: when will Janet die?

edit//
i love janet.
and you know how in shakespeare, whenever bad unnatural things happen (ie the bad guy kills the good guy) nature goes bezerko! .. well, the wind is CRAZY right now. it's HOWLING. it's breaking stuff. it throws leaves into my eyes..  I believe this natural phenomenon is a protest against the horrible mean things Bezerkeley is doing to me.  the bad guy (berkeley) is trying to take the good guy's (me) throne..  or its trying to kill me.. by giving me all this work. and that's why the wind is howwwling like no other.

Posted 11/15/2005 at 4:55 AM

7 Comments
wooooo!!! 13 unit schedules!!!!

I have to agree, late night conversations are much more nutty.
Posted 11/15/2005 at 5:42 AM by oOoOoTreeoOoOo
but i LOVE janet!

hahaha you guys were all online as i was typing xanga and readin glinguistics articles about eskimos -_-
Posted 11/15/2005 at 5:44 AM by BethXnesS
WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATION IS THAT?!
Posted 11/15/2005 at 11:37 AM by HaEjEaNjUnG
EXCUSE ME! i do not appreciate that you try to mix and match wwjd for my death!!!
Posted 11/15/2005 at 11:49 AM by smoovy
i'm not understand this uc credit system! explain, hunia. (i'm taking spanish, now, so i can pronounce it like that.)
Posted 11/15/2005 at 11:59 AM by neophile
I want you alive and well, Janet =D

BC..ahahah~

Junia, I read your survey thing. You touch me at unexpected times =)

And the wind WAS going crazy today...but I'm not sure I get your explanation -.-;
Posted 11/15/2005 at 5:56 PM by lenakim
oh unnee if you haven't ordered those shoes yet, can you put the address to our address? it might be easier for you. and i will pay you back when you come down for thanksgiving. and oma is letting us use the heater again!!!!!! wooot!
and you are strange.
Posted 11/15/2005 at 8:48 PM by ONEbLeedingGirL

Wednesday, December 29, 2010