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Saturday, November 08, 2003
NAME STATISTICS! (from ... ummm. yeah. you pbb know already. ben is cool. =] ) bryan is the #102 most common male name. 0.19% of men in the US are named bryan. Around 232750 US men are named bryan! source namestatistics.com bryan is a very rare female name. Very few females in the US are named bryan. Be proud of your unique name! source namestatistics.com bryan is the #487 most common last name.
0.024% of last names in the US are bryan. Around 60000 US last names are bryan! source namestatistics.com lee is the #123 most common male name. 0.162% of men in the US are named lee. Around 198450 US men are named lee! source namestatistics.com lee is the #341 most common female name. 0.051% of females in the US are named lee. Around 65025 US females are named lee! source namestatistics.com lee is the #24 most common last name. 0.22% of last names in the US are lee. Around 550000 US last names are lee! source namestatistics.com 
pretty sweet ... Google Deskbar (props to ben) so ... went to watch matrix revolutions with the sophs tonight ... fun day today. lemme start from the beginning today i baked like CRAZZZZZZZY! i baked brownies which were slightly overcooked 'cuz my pan was too large and thus the brownie batter was spread too thin ... then zeeho called asking if i had cream of mushroom soup 'cuz she was making tuna casserole for the freshies ... i didn't, so we went to safeway together ... that was fun having a chance to talk w/ her ... so we were there ... she bought cream of mushroom soup, i bought a key lime pie for the freshies ... then i came back and started baking the pre-made cookies ... the ones that you break and bake? yeah. they had caramel inside ... mmm ... then vicky came over and showed off her crazy guitar skills ... heh heh ... she's cool. then we baked Jam Thumbprint cookies from scratch. haha ... that was ... interesting. they turned out pretty well, even though we forgot to add the egg whites the first time ... =] but they were yummy ... and very cute. haha ... we didn't make our thumbprints big enough, though ... but yeah. they were basically shortbread cookies w/ jam in 'em. mmm ... then i baked bagel bites for the freshies. 40 of 'em ... haha ... stupid fire alarm ... kept going off. anyway, then i put all my stuff in my duffel bag and literally RAN to tim and alex's place ... it's about 1.5 miles away ... dood ... i was so sweaty and tired by the time i got there ... especially carrying a bunch of stuff in my duffel bag ... blah. tim's a retard. me: "hey, this is bryan. i'm outside your place." tim: "brian? brian toy?" me: "No. bryan lee." tim: "bryan lee? wait ... you're not a freshmen ... why are you here?" me: "dooood! just open the door, fool!" hahaha ... tim's cool ... there were a billlllllllllion freshmen at tim & alex's ... it was cool. we had to put there shoes outside so there was more room in there apt. =] so that was fun. it was nice of tim & alex to open up their place. then i RAN all the way to the bart station 'cuz i was running late to meet the sophs in front of the wamu. only twelve sophs were able to come, but it was fun ... reman & his gf, nate, tiff, joanne, billy, steve, dave, hung, jon, jason, angel ... i had a good time getting to know tiffany and angel better. it was fun ... and i had some hilarious convos w/ steve. heh heh ... steve is cool. the METREON is HUGE! ... haha ... never been there before ... but it was nice. the imax theatre was also huge ... dude ... we were there like fifteen minutes before the show started, but all the seats were taken ... i ended up sitting w/ dave & jon in a middle row, but i was all the way to the right ... the movie was very entertaining ... although the action scenes were very ... intense, i guess ... not intense like bloody and gory ... but there was just so much of it that when it was over, you felt an overwhelming feeling of relief. i did, at least. it was a little confusing since i didn't watch the second matrix or half of the first ... but i basically understood the movie ... everyone pretty much agreed that the ending was pretty crappy ... but all in all, i was pretty happy. =] we then went to jack in the box where tiffany stepped on a bum sleeping in one of the chairs there ... hahaha ... it was hilarious. and nate is a very thoughtful guy ... he bought two hamburgers and gave one to the bum sitting outside ... and this lady bum was going around asking ppl for $20 ... bah. that annoyed me ... i don't mind ppl asking for money, but asking for $20? gee whiz ... anyway ... very tired. essay to do tomorrow. g'nite all. my name is neo -bj
Friday, November 07, 2003
Thursday, November 06, 2003
quick poem i wrote STILL. winds pound, knock me about. waves rise, fall, and crash down. rain beats down on me. i fear i'm sinking. i fear i'll drown. He commands the winds. He rebukes the waves. He stills the storm. my mind races; unease and unrest. that i could be forgiven just as i am. so filthy, so dirty. i feel so unworthy. i feel so unlovable. He calls me by name. He calls me His child. He stills my mind. my heart flutters; stressed and confused. these trials almost too much to bear. so lost, so alone. i long for rest. i long for peace. He says "I'll be with you always." He says to cast my cares upon Him. He still my heart. racing around with so much to do. like martha, working so hard to serve my God. so worried, so tired. i feel so burdened. i feel so busy. He lifts me in His arms. He asks me to worship at His feet He stills me. finally at peace. the storm stilled. my mind stilled. my heart stilled. i'm stilled. just me at His feet. so serene, so quiet. but in the stillness, He's still there. just as He'll always be. still. -bj
i'm so thankful for the encouragement that friends give me ... especially as i am currently sorta stressed over my two math midterms tomorrow. (i say only sorta stressed 'cuz i don't get stressed too easily ... uhm ... last year was an exception. in general, i don't get stressed too easily) but yes. it's nice knowing that you have friends praying for you. mightydru (11:20:36 PM): i'll pray for you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auto response from mightydru (11:20:36 PM): studying for my two math midterms on thursday. bleck. =P -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mightydru (11:20:38 PM): good night mightydru (11:21:33 PM): so gogogogogogogogoo kick math's midterm Muiiey (7:17:53 PM): good luck bryan! Muiiey (7:17:59 PM): miss you.. see you soon.. hopefully... Muiiey (7:18:02 PM): i'll pray for your midterms. azndrumboy (12:56:42 AM): nite bryan, g'luck w/ your mts i'll be praying for u TStootsie (10:24:00 PM): oh, I didn't know you were taking math55 right now too -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auto response from TStootsie (10:24:00 PM): math FOREVER math 54 midterm tomorrow 11-12:30 math 55 midterm tomorrow 2-3:30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TStootsie (10:24:07 PM): good luck, bj! TStootsie (10:24:12 PM): I'm praying for you! TStootsie (10:24:12 PM): =) phnmnon117 (10:57:52 PM): i just wanted to wish you good luck on your math midterms :o) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auto response from phnmnon117 (10:57:52 PM): math FOREVER math 54 midterm tomorrow 11-12:30 math 55 midterm tomorrow 2-3:30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- phnmnon117 (10:58:09 PM): and that you deserve a break after :0) thanks, God, for awesome friends. i'm off to bed now. gotta get some sleep for my middies tomorrow. =] hope you all have a good night. there's a fountain flowing deep and wide -bj
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
so i had this song stuck in my head ALL DAY. history maker. don't know who sings it or who wrote it ... but we sang it at aacf yesterday and i can't get it out of my head. =[ is it true today? -bj
so ... two math midterms tomorrow. here are my predictions of how they'll be: math 54 midterm - deceptively hard. math 55 midterm - blatantly hard. we'll see how it goes. yay math! which old witch? -bj
it is now officially wednesday so i can post again! haha. =P ... i need help. so word on the street is that alex is gonna try to start an intramural vball team ... that'd be kinda fun ... well ... maybe not 'cuz i suck ... but alex, vicky, and a bunch of other people are gonna take a vball pe class next semester ... i think that'd be cool ... but they're gonna do the advanced class ... haha ... well ... ummm ... yeah. i'm not advanced ... but vicky claims she isn't either ... since there are only three levels of vball, people say that the first two levels are too basic ... but i dunno ... i doubt i'll have time for a pe class. i'm interested in joining im soccer next semester, though ... vicky is gonna be the team captain ... and steve was trying to get me to play. haha ... i always have a blast talking with steve ... even though i only see him on tuesdays at aacf ... =D Holy is the LORD! -bj
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
last post for today ... i promise! i'm sad ... i want to go to the freshman hangout ... kim says i'm even invited since i helped plan it ... but it's the same night as the sophomore trip to sf to watch the matrix ... (*sigh*) ... and i promised nate i'd go ... so oh well ... i'll be praying for the freshman hangout ... i'm envious of tim and alex ... they get the fun of hanging out with some definitely cool freshies. =] vicky and i are gonna try baking for them on friday, though. wheeeeeeeeee ... that should be ummm ... exciting ... it's always a rush burning things in the oven. =D my glorious! -bj
this is kinda weird ... gets you thinking about what you believe, though ... Battleground God in heavenly armor we'll enter the land -bj
my comments aren't working ... someone help me out ... do you guys know of any easy, yummy cookie recipes? if you do, could you e-mail it to me asap? i'm baking for the freshies thurdsay night / friday morning ... thanks. c is for cookie -bj
aacf was so awesome today ... GOD IS AWESOME. he so provided for us because yesterday we found out that we didn't have a room ... today, like a couple of hours before aacf, we all get this e-mail that we could me @ First Presbyterian. it was cool ... the room was really nice ... and God really blessed me through aacf today. we had "open wordship" ... basically like an open mic night (well, not really "open" because you had to tell them ahead of time what you were planning to do.) but basically we just witnessed and participated as people worshiped through poetry, through song, through skit ... it was cool. the skit was especially neato. then we just had an awesome time singing and shouting praises to God. it was sweet ... i lost my voice. heh heh ... and vicky, alex, joellen, and james were all laughing at me ... =P then i had a fun time talking with my buddy, steve, as we were walking back with the foothill freshies ... awesome, pawsome! =] she's a brickhouse -bj
An Adventure In Tabling Starring Bryan and Vicky so ... i knew today was gonna be a weird tabling day from the moment i first got to sproul ... there was this guy with the largest banner i've ever seen ... it was GINORMOUS! it had words like "God is Angry!" and "God sends sinners to HELL ..." ... lots of kinda obnoxious stuff ... and there must've been at least fifty people gathered around him to hear what he had to say ... more like laugh at him, i think. anyhoo ... that was at the far end of sproul, by sather gate ... on the other side of sproul, on the side of the fountain, there was this huge-mongous screen. i have no clue what they were doing over there ... smack dab in the middle of these to chaotic scenes was the aacf table. usually the aacf table is next to trevor's pirate card table (he's super cool), or next to the intervarsity table. today we were next to the cal democrats ... at the time they were engaged in a heated conversation with some random passerby about politics ... especially about the great depression. it got to the point where the two guys were basically yelling at each other ... quite disturbing, actually. meanwhile, me and vicky are just talking at the aacf table. at about 1:20, as i was leaning against the tree talking to vicky, some lady comes up to me. she says, "hi! are you ready for us?" behind her are probably about thirty cal students. i look and vicky and she looks at me and we're both confused. the lady says, "oh, no one told you? i'm a gsi for a religious studies class here at cal and today we were going to go to different religious tables at sproul. do you mind if we ask you a few questions?" at this point, i'm kinda freaking out. there were soooooooo many people ... it kinda looked like a mob ... i imagined them trying to lynch me. =P ... hesitantly i told them that we'd LOVE to take their questions ... (heh heh) i guess the whole time i was worried about what i was going to say ... whether or not they'd ask some hard doctrinal questions that i wouldn't have the answer for ... whether or not i'd totally misrepresent aacf and Christianity in general ... i was feeling pretty nervous until i remembered the verse in the new testament saying not to worry about what to say when people asked you questions about your faith ... that the Holy Spirit would speak for you. i didn't remember the exact verse, but the gist of the verse gave me some peace. (Edit: here's the actual verse: "Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit." (Mark 13:11) ... not that i was "arrested" or "brought to trial", but in a sense, that's what it felt like ... ) that gave me great comfort. so i'd say the class was at our table for five to ten minutes ... they asked us about church affiliation ... why we don't think of ourselves in terms of different Christian classifications (evangelical, baptist, protestant ... etc) ... they asked about specifically reaching out to Asians ... about people born overseas bringing over their religions and whether or not their religions (like buddhism or somethign) mix with their new Christian faith ... about handling conflicts within the club ... it was kind of an interesting discussion. it was pretty scary sharing in front of so many people ... but i'm glad God was able to use me and vicky ... hopefully God uses what we said (even though it may have been a bit jumbled) to touch some people and to pique their interest about Christianity ... =D yeah, the gsi was extremely nice, though ... after they left our table, they went to the jehovah's witnesses table a few tables over then to the campus crusade table ... yup. it was definitely an interesting day at the aacf table. =] stolen from ben's xanga: ********************************************************************************************************** Bill Clinton is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy." One little boy stands up and offers that, "If my best friend who lives next door is playing in the street when a car came by and killed him, that would be a tragedy." "No," Clinton says, "That would be an ACCIDENT." A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone inside...that would be a tragedy." "I'm afraid not," explains Clinton. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS." The room is silent; none of the other children dare volunteer. "What?" asks Clinton, "Isn't there anyone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?" Finally a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: "If an airplane carrying Bill and Hillary Clinton was blown up by a bomb, *that* would be a tragedy." "Wonderful!" Clinton beams. "Marvelous! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?" "Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly would be no great loss!" ********************************************************************************************************** i heart ben. well ... i heart ben's xanga ... =] i thought that was hilarious. ben's cool, too ... but methinks his xanga may be a wee bit cooler. eat my shorts -bj
Monday, November 03, 2003
so only me, tim, and jon made it to small group tonight so we didn't even have a study ... it was cool, though ... tim just made salad and lasagna ... it was nice. alex ate with us, too ... it's cool seeing alex and tim interact ... haha. it's like God really knew what He was doing when he paired those two up to be roommates ... =] it seems like they've known each other forever! heh heh ... good stuff, though. accountability today was cool, too ... it's kinda weird how we're all dealing with the same things ... as Henry put it, it's awesome that God's brought us together for accountability since we're so similar ... but yeah. everyone should join an accountability group. it's a time commitment, yes, but you really get so much out of it. on to dee math. sugar pie, honey buns -bj
brian toy's away msg: *********************************** sleep food test = this is a moment made for worshipping:-D *********************************** wow ... what a reminder ... that even during painfully stressful times we can and should still worship God. he rocks in the treetops all night long -bj
i like mondays but i don't like fire alarms ... ours just went off again. boooo. anyhoo ... ranting time. so ... taking twenty units is kinda not very fun ... it's getting to be a big pain in the bootay. it's like i have a paper due every week, and when i don't have a paper due, i have a midterm (usually multiple ones) ... i just turned in a paper last week, and i have another one due next week. this is my week off from papering, but i have two math midterms on thursday. the week after next week, i have another paper due, and i think the following week (a no paper week) i have another midterm. bah. a never ending cycle. so i normally get to legal studies like at around 8:55 when the class doesn't start until 9:10 ... it's a good time for me to go over my memorization of John ... but anyhoo, today i was memorizing john and as usual these two girls are the only ones in the room talking ... i always end up catching bits and pieces of their conversation ... anyhoo ... today was kinda funny 'cuz one of the girls was telling the other one that she couldn't go to this dinner thing that she was planning ... the other girl starts crying ... she was so dramatic! she goes into details of how her weekend was terrible and how everything in her life was crashing down on her ... i kinda felt sad for her, but she was totally over reacting ... so the other girl tried to console the crying girl, but that got the crying girl even more upset ... she screams "I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT!" and storms out of the room. five minutes later, she comes back - a little more composed ... the other girl asks if she's okay, but that sets off the crying girl again ... she glares menacingly at the other girl ... packs up her bag ... loudly pushes the door open, and leaves ... all this took place before lecture even started. bah. she didn't end up coming back for the lecture. hmmm ... chi is watching camp jim right now. what a stupid show. crazy times -bj
Sunday, November 02, 2003
i like bacbc because people know my name even when i don't have a nametag. =] church was good today ... i thought it was interesting how pastor john talked about how Jesus prepared for leadership ... especially since i just talked about spiritual leadership last monday ... it was interesting 'cuz i didn't really consider Jesus's silent years in preparing Him for leadership ... but i guess that makes sense. i have another person to keep me accountable with my memorization of John! aimee IMed me and said that she was going to start memorizing john, too! yay! sadly, i am not very far ... i guess it takes time getting back into memorization mode ... i haven't really had to memorize things since ... uhm ... middle school, i'm guessing ... or whatever year that was where we had to memorize sat vocab words for my mom. haha. i went to the last aacf intramural soccer game of the season ... pretty exciting ... watching them made me wanna play ... =D ... i think aacf did well considering we were playing the best team in the league ... =] steve is awesome ... =D steve is my hero. vicky, aimee, connie, and zeeho were good, too ... alex was a pretty good goalie ... everyone else was good, but i don't know their names. haha. =] got some math done ... gonna do hardcore studying the rest of the week. =] broadway is dark tonight -bj
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