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roomette, jfargo, and jenphalian!
Administration
Added a picture of myself to my user info. And a caption (that isn't quite a thousand words).
A picture is worth a thousand words
Yes, I'm Asian. Seven-eights Vietnamese, one-eighth Chinese to be exact. Yes, I am wearing an "Eye of the Storm" University of Tulsa T-shirt. I currently attend and hope to graduate from the land of the GoldenTornado Hurricane. Yes, this picture was taken at a Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Qualifier. I am a nerd and I like anime and video games as well. Yes, I am for some odd reason smiling in this picture. I am a positive pessimist after all. And yes, I do have a charming smile. I unfortunately am much too busy to entertain a ladyfriend at this jucture of my life.
Something that happened in my life
As Jacob-kohai would say, "Bloody feck!". An extended family member just came down with a severe mental illness. Must run in my family.
Random observation
Waking in the middle of your wisdom tooth surgery is a very, very painful experience.
I'd hyperventilate.
Then I'd try to scream...
OMG THE PAIN, THE PAIN! MAKE IT STOP!!!!@##$#%!@%!@^@!^@^&$!
No seriously, it would hurt.
So let's all take some and pray/give thoughts to those who experience such horrors.
Like a certain Polymer Potter friend of mine, bless her heart.
Random factoid
The capital of Namibia is Windhoek.
Verse of the Day
"But these things are written that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name."
~John 20:31
Convos of the Day
Jen: Asking me to improve your writing in content and style is like asking a one-handed drummer to help you with your clapping skillz.
D2: Seeing as how I do not have leet clapping skilz, I could actually learn a lot about clapping from a one-handed drummer. Plus, woudn't she know what the sound of one hand clapping is?
Jen: LOL, I approve of your Zen.
D2: Actually, I just nickname Southern Baptists "Brimstone Baptists" because we're all about the "fire and brimstone." Everybody's going to hell every week...except for us perfect Brimstone Baptists.
Jen: Now I must friend you back for the novelty of reading honest-to-God Southern Baptist entries on my flist. I diversify a little more each day.
D2: That's funny, I needed more polyamorous liberals to diversify my flist.
Kat: If you can choose between 80% meat and 90% meat, always go with the 90%.
D2: But what if the 80% is cheaper, why wouldn't I go for the 80%?
Kat: You end up paying for less meat because the 80% is less meat.
D2: Yeah, but do you have that extra twenty cents for me to buy that meat?
Kat: By the way, don't fry naked hamburgers naked.
D2: ...
Kat: I speak from personal experience.
D2: ...
D2: I read one of the best judge questions ever today.
Mike: What was it?
D2: Question, if I turn in a 59 card decklist but my friend wrote it, isn't he responsible?
D2: Answer, No, you are still responsible for looking through your decklist before you turn it in.
Mike: That's a dumb*** question.
D2: And, to think, those are the kinds of questions we'll be answering at the Guildpact Prerelease.
Mike: Joy.
Quote of the Day
"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change."
~Frank Lloyd Wright (you are an ignorant idiot if you do not know who Frank Lloyd Wright is...after you click the link)
Links of the Day
Dualistic Dissension points out that even Hell is God's domain. Well, it's true!
We see this theory at work, for example, in the genealogy of Jesus’ ancestors. They have been artificially grouped into three lists of 14 persons each (see Matthew 1:1-16). Why 14? Because the name "David" has the numerical value of 14. Counting the consonants only, D (Daleth ) was the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and W (Waw) the sixth. David (D+W+D) therefore totalled 4+6+4=14. Oh so that's why Matthew made such a big deal about fourteen generations. I'd always wondered that. Thanks,thanoslug!
Sports Report
My prediction: Texas 45, USC 42.
Actual score: Texas 42, USC 38.
How I relax
I play the piano to relax. It forces me to focus on something else. Then when I memorize a song there will be background music to my random musings on life.
I am an insensitive, arrogant prick because...
I am a product of my environment. Observe D2, age ten...
D2: Mommy! Daddy! I got a 4.0! I got all A's!
Dad: Well, little boy, that's what we expect around here.
Mom: Yes, little boy. A is for average.
Question
Is it better to be honestly arrogant or hypocritically humble?
Welcome to
roomette, jfargo, and jenphalian!Administration
Added a picture of myself to my user info. And a caption (that isn't quite a thousand words).
A picture is worth a thousand words
Yes, I'm Asian. Seven-eights Vietnamese, one-eighth Chinese to be exact. Yes, I am wearing an "Eye of the Storm" University of Tulsa T-shirt. I currently attend and hope to graduate from the land of the Golden
Something that happened in my life
As Jacob-kohai would say, "Bloody feck!". An extended family member just came down with a severe mental illness. Must run in my family.
Random observation
Waking in the middle of your wisdom tooth surgery is a very, very painful experience.
I'd hyperventilate.
Then I'd try to scream...
OMG THE PAIN, THE PAIN! MAKE IT STOP!!!!@##$#%!@%!@^@!^@^&$!
No seriously, it would hurt.
So let's all take some and pray/give thoughts to those who experience such horrors.
Like a certain Polymer Potter friend of mine, bless her heart.
Random factoid
The capital of Namibia is Windhoek.
Verse of the Day
"But these things are written that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name."
~John 20:31
Convos of the Day
Jen: Asking me to improve your writing in content and style is like asking a one-handed drummer to help you with your clapping skillz.
D2: Seeing as how I do not have leet clapping skilz, I could actually learn a lot about clapping from a one-handed drummer. Plus, woudn't she know what the sound of one hand clapping is?
Jen: LOL, I approve of your Zen.
D2: Actually, I just nickname Southern Baptists "Brimstone Baptists" because we're all about the "fire and brimstone." Everybody's going to hell every week...except for us perfect Brimstone Baptists.
Jen: Now I must friend you back for the novelty of reading honest-to-God Southern Baptist entries on my flist. I diversify a little more each day.
D2: That's funny, I needed more polyamorous liberals to diversify my flist.
Kat: If you can choose between 80% meat and 90% meat, always go with the 90%.
D2: But what if the 80% is cheaper, why wouldn't I go for the 80%?
Kat: You end up paying for less meat because the 80% is less meat.
D2: Yeah, but do you have that extra twenty cents for me to buy that meat?
Kat: By the way, don't fry naked hamburgers naked.
D2: ...
Kat: I speak from personal experience.
D2: ...
D2: I read one of the best judge questions ever today.
Mike: What was it?
D2: Question, if I turn in a 59 card decklist but my friend wrote it, isn't he responsible?
D2: Answer, No, you are still responsible for looking through your decklist before you turn it in.
Mike: That's a dumb*** question.
D2: And, to think, those are the kinds of questions we'll be answering at the Guildpact Prerelease.
Mike: Joy.
Quote of the Day
"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change."
~Frank Lloyd Wright (you are an ignorant idiot if you do not know who Frank Lloyd Wright is...after you click the link)
Links of the Day
Dualistic Dissension points out that even Hell is God's domain. Well, it's true!
We see this theory at work, for example, in the genealogy of Jesus’ ancestors. They have been artificially grouped into three lists of 14 persons each (see Matthew 1:1-16). Why 14? Because the name "David" has the numerical value of 14. Counting the consonants only, D (Daleth ) was the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and W (Waw) the sixth. David (D+W+D) therefore totalled 4+6+4=14. Oh so that's why Matthew made such a big deal about fourteen generations. I'd always wondered that. Thanks,
thanoslug!Sports Report
My prediction: Texas 45, USC 42.
Actual score: Texas 42, USC 38.
How I relax
I play the piano to relax. It forces me to focus on something else. Then when I memorize a song there will be background music to my random musings on life.
I am an insensitive, arrogant prick because...
I am a product of my environment. Observe D2, age ten...
D2: Mommy! Daddy! I got a 4.0! I got all A's!
Dad: Well, little boy, that's what we expect around here.
Mom: Yes, little boy. A is for average.
Question
Is it better to be honestly arrogant or hypocritically humble?
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Date: 2006-01-05 10:58 pm (UTC)Random fact: My husband is a M:tG player. When I met him, he had a collection easily worth $10,000 dollars.
$8K of it rests in one folder. Alphas, Betas, and Power cards and such.
I'd play if he were so hellbent on constantly kicking my ass.
Doesn't make it that much fun to be a newb, you know?
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Date: 2006-01-06 07:55 am (UTC)It is tough to break into Magic if the person teaching you is just showing you much a total newb you are. Fortunately, the person who got me into Magic (lucky Andy) was a good teacher.
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Date: 2006-01-05 11:34 pm (UTC)There are times for humility, and times for arrogance, one must judge their surroundings and the people about them, and the effect they wish to make, and then choose.
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Date: 2006-01-05 11:43 pm (UTC)Honest about your abilities, whatever they may be.
Real humility is recognizing that you have an IQ higher than that of 99.9% of the population and yet you still have less common sense than a garden slug (if both those facts happen to be, as far as you can tell, true).
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Date: 2006-01-06 12:06 am (UTC)Oh so that's why Matthew made such a big deal about fourteen generations. I'd always wondered that.
I told you before: The Gospel of Matthew is directed towards Jews. It was aimed at making every prophecy come true and making it appear that Jesus's entire existence was a miracle of God. Hence the 14 (which of course, is the sacred number of 7 doubled...therefore twice as sacred [and 21 is considered a special number because its sacred 7 times sacred 3]).
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Date: 2006-01-06 02:55 pm (UTC)The dentist just said, "No you can't." Then he kept yanking while I proceeded to pass out again.
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