10. Caffeine. Either in coffee or tea; both work for me. I don't know how else I'd be able to stay up late to work on papers....

11. Coldplay. Listening to their songs at least 42 times gives me a new perspective that shows me life in technicolor. I shiver every time I listen to "Yellow" and "In My Place" because I get flashbacks of my first ( Read more... )

8. Hope and joy. No matter the situation, whether it's a time of difficulty or suffering or even loss, there is always hope and joy in Christ. He is my source of hope and joy; He is my hope and joy. There are so many things in this world that lead to sorrow and disappointment--we all know this. That's why it's so foolish to place my trust in ( Read more... )

A list of things I'm thankful for, in no particular order.

1. My bruddah. We're so different; it amazes me to think that we actually came from the same womb. He laughs really hard at things, like hahahahhahahahah, when to me, it's only something that's on the hahaha level. And vice versa. Nevertheless... we're blood, and I'm glad that I have ( Read more... )

There've been a lot of things on my mind for the past several weeks, and writing in my notebook has definitely been helpful in that regard. At the same time, it's not easy abandoning my online journal of seven or so years. Not that I was going to abandon you completely, dear LJ. I'll never leave you! I might have set up a wordpress or a ( Read more... )

Indefinitely taking a break from the public realm.

I don't know why I started to smile as I read this... It might be because when I got to his deconstruction of the conference title, I was imagining Piper slowly enunciate and stress POW, WORDS, WON, and GOD both with his mouth and with his eyes. Plus, he said he found the cadence to be "pleasing". heeheehee

I am very picky when it comes to ( Read more... )

HAHAHHAHAHA.....

Who am I kidding?

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sigh

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Sometimes you're the windshield...

...sometimes you're the bug.