modern family

i want to be like phil and have a hot wife and kids.  But i want 4 kids, not 3.  2 daughters 2 sons.

moo

I finally started wearing retainers again... they look like cows!!

I was saying the Lord's prayer in my head and when I came to the "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" line I started thinking about how hard it is to forgive someone.  It's SOOoOOOOoooo easy to just say, "I forgive you," but it's freakkeeeennnnn HARD to actually forgive them in your heart and your attitude toward them.  Every time I see the person I start by thinking that I forgave them, and then I start thinking about why I forgave them and then I realize that I didn't truly forgive them and become bitter again..... I need to not think about it and just do it.

being Christian is hard (:

Love

Today, I truly experienced our Father's love for the first time.

I Can Only Imagine

"I can only imagine 
What it will be like 
When I walk 
By your side 

I can only imagine 
What my eyes will see 
When your face 
Is before me 
I can only imagine

I can only imagine 

Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel 
Will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still 
Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall 
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all 
I can only imagine

I can only imagine 

I can only imagine 
When that day comes 
When I find myself 
Standing in the Son 

I can only imagine 
When all I will do 
Is forever 
Forever worship You 
I can only imagine"


I Can Only Imagine by Mercy Me




Such a beautiful song, it gives me chills every time i listen to it.

She's so pretty!!! and she's a good singer and she's christian omg too bad she's taken D:

Paramore at the VMAs was soo good with all the lightbulbs soo coooool

i miss this, but winter's right around the corner!

Donner Ski Ranch.  Located in north Lake Tahoe, this small resort with its $20 lift tickets attracted the attention of my dad's money saving habits.  This was the place I first learned to snowboard with my $50 Big 5 board.  This year was my second year snowboarding, the second year coming to this resort.  We drove up to tahoe from LA, a 10 hour drive.  This year was the year that the local mountain, Mountain High was getting insane amounts of snow.

We stayed in Reno for the whole trip, driving to north Tahoe at 7 in the morning to satisfy the needs of my brother and I, two middle schoolers excited to snowboard for as long as we could.  The mountain road up gave us a lot of trouble with all the snow everywhere; thankfully we had a 4 wheel drive car.  By the time we had reached Donner Ski Ranch, we were in the middle of a blizzard.  I have no clue how we made it there alive, but it was white out conditions.  You couldn't see a thing!  The resort obviously didnt expect anyone to come out that day with the conditions as bad as they were; they were selling lift tickets for the full day for $4!!  After lots of arguing and whining with our parents, we both got lift tickets and were riding the lift up.  The conditions were scary.  We couldn't see anything more than 5 feet away and going up the lift I started having doubts about snowboarding that day.  As soon as I strapped in and took my first turn, all my doubts vanished.

There was so much snow, it was ridiculous.  Powder everywhere, the mountain was completely empty, and we were loving life.  The whole day we literally saw 2 other people on the slopes.  It was hands down the most fun day I had snowboarding.  I wasn't even that good; I had barely learned how to carve and was just riding down the slope.  But riding down the slope that day in those conditions was more fun than hitting jumps and rails.  I'd gladly give up a day in the park now for a day like that again.  That experience made me fall in love with snowboarding; without it, who knows if I would love the sport as much as I do today.

Proverbs 14:30

"A heart at peace gives life to the body,
but envy rots the bones."

Lord, be my strength while I am weak

Office Party

Toby:	We should really have the office's air quality tested. We have radon coming from below. We have asbestos in the ceilings. These are silent killers.
Michael Scott:	You are the silent killer. Go back to the annex.
Toby:	You'll see.

oh man I love the office.

Christian Metalcore

a lot of metal/screamo bands have songs that convey dark or satanic messages sometimes and i think that causes a lot of people to generalize and think that all metal is bad. BUT, Christian metal is so different!! it's the exact opposite. There are songs about struggling with lust, struggling with sin, being persecuted for their religions, etc. They may not be like Hillsongs or hymns, but they aren't only about loving God. These songs reach out to a different crowd, people that love metal but they don't know Jesus. They're more real, giving people a message that they can relate to. Of course, this is all just my opinion and I could be totally wrong..

one of my favorite songs by Underoath. it's so simple, yet the message is so great. God loves us even though we are so unloving, faithful though we are so unfaithful, graceful though we are so unwilling to show grace to others. "Jesus, I'm ready to come home."

going off on a tangent, ocean's eleven is such a cool movie!! and funny too!

black dude speaking:

"might as well call it whitejack!"

LOLOL WHITEJACK

prayer.

God answers prayers. I know that He does. But how come it never seems like He answers my prayers? How come it always seems like whenever I pray for something that I want I never get it? Even if it seems like what I want will be glorifying to Him? Maybe it's because of my heart. My heart is so selfish, so stubborn, so bent on only wanting what will benefit me. There are definitely things that I pray for that will further His kingdom. But that's not the main reason I pray for those things; I want those things to further my own kingdom.

God, help me change my heart. I want to be selfless, thinking of glorifying You and only You. May my heart long for what You long for. Break my heart for what breaks Yours. Tug and pull at my heart until it reflects yours. I pray that the things I want are not of this world, but things that will truly further Your kingdom here on earth.

He's changing me, my precious Jesus

I'm not the same person that I used to be

Some times it's slow going

but there's a knowing

That one day perfect I will be

How great is His grace and mercy that He can still say He loves us and forgives us after everything that we have done and will continue to do.

I want/long/desire/strive/aim/struggle/work to be like You.

love

proverbs 21:21

Sigh

Rach L Yu

=)

and heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss

one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite songs

just keep.. running?

Running, running, running... never losing focus on the prize ahead, an eternal life in heaven with the One who is most High. I just hope I can always trust in Him to have the strength to continue this uphill battle every single day of my life.

myooosix

sunny days

The sun was shining, clear but not too hot. The woods in the valley were still leafy and full of colour , and seemed peaceful and wholesome.

mmmmm sounds like La Jolla :)

Okay I'm gonna go back to reading, Stay classy San Diego.

triton eye

sooo finally back in SD after (I think) losing my voice from singing in David Hong's car at 2 am. YayyYy!! Just posting this before I go to bed to wake up for my 8 am, which I WILL go to. Most of the time anyway. I really need to step it up this quarter so no more games. And I need to sleep early. And find a job. So much to do and its barely the first day of the quarter!!! D:

When I think about school: orz

if anyone knows what orz is I'll buy them lunch. and no cheaters (google)!!

dreams

when I'm older



I want a house like this; lots of windows, warm lights, not too big so it's cozy.



Somewhere where I can have a view like that, the city lights making the sky shine, but not polluted so I can still see the sky and the stars, somewhere I can see the ocean too.



And this sitting inside my garage. :)