LOVE SONG

Some words from Blood for Blood-

Tonight this one's for us.

Hey brother!
I see what they done to you.
Hey brother!
Can you see what they done to me to?
No where to turn and we got nothing to lose,
But you can count on me if I can count on you. It's true!

***GRATEFUL***

~1Thess1:2-3~
"We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our Good and Father"
~1Thess1:2-3~

God is awesome. He blesses us sooo much that I always need to just check myself when I start taking things for granted- no matter how big or small- I can not expect anything as a broken sinner; yet God showers down his love, care, and blessing. May I ALWAYS be grateful and cherish it all. Lately I have felt the great blessing of the relationships that God has put in my life; like when someone spends most of their day with you as you get your car fixed and just keeps you company when they can easily be doing something else, or when someone who reaches out to you and wants to be around you to simply talk about life and share what is on their heart, or when someone just simply calls you to see what you are doing...
I understand that my relationship with God, my Father and daddy in Heaven, is first and foremost; but I can not disregard the relationships with the people that are part of my life.

Thank You
Thank You
THANK YOU ALL! You are all beautiful people and hardcore blessings in my life.

PROS (just 10)-
-GOD
-mami and papi
-not having to wake up early
-Boba
-ghetto Mexican food
-playgrounds
-being the namesake with Doug Funnie's neighbor
-80's in '08!
-relationships
-YOU and the things you do that show you care

psh!!...Trust in a pinche fish? meyn, trust in da LORD!

Summer...It has arrived. I still don't believe it; just seems like it came with no warning at all...like that uncle or cousin that randomly shows up to family get-togethers unexpectedly.
How's it been so far? Good, fun, and random. There was the outing to try ghetto Milk Tea Boba(all about it!)==>,
then seeing God work at a YMCA playground by running away from a vicious 4-year old kid, having the apartment all to myself, my clutch pedal going completely kaput, a random two hour Sea World visit to see shamu with Chacho, Marie Calendars with Pebble Beach and free iced tea refills, ghetto and weird dinners (i.e. cold fried chicken with watermelon, cold pasta, rooster sauce, and Rice Dream rice drink) with some people each night that are near and dear to me, AND finding escape via cruising on my skateboard.

PEACE!

Homey D. Clown (^_,^)

Ight so as I have just been browsing through slide after slide of about 22 lecture powerpoints for my last final. I started thinking to myself- 'dude...this sucks, homie'- which just led me reminiscing of my fond memories of back in my childhood as a kid growing up in a ghetto neighborhood and watching old re-runs of 'In Living Color' on FX- it was like the Mad TV of the late 80's and Early 90's. (that's right, I have hardcore memory!) Thanks to youtube, I can re-live the old memories of Damon Wayans as...Homey D. Clown.



Oh I love it! Notice the Plaid shorts that were in style way back then? and how today no one wears them-oh wait...never mind....
Seriously this skit gives some insight into just how ghetto and dumb me and my older brother were (i.e. stuffing tube socks and jacking each other the homey way and yelling 'Homie don't play dat!' which interestingly just always ended up with us wrestling until one of us said MERCY!)

Anywayz...I don't know how I am able to be so nocturnal but I ain't complaining really.
Time is valuable.
I always remind myself- Relationships are the only real thing that you can take with you when you die AND that one way Love is spelled: T-I-M-E.
Why didn't I ever enter the Spelling Bee competition?...boggles my mind.

FYI- I'm glad I'm not a pledge right now......I feel I must emphasize again from my prev. entry: Impending Doom
...the breaking down shall begin soon.

~God Bless You all.

ps- did you know anything about 'In Living Color' or even know about Homey D. Clown in the past? I'm curious.

¡¡[*>*]!!...ayii...

For Your Information*: a thickly loaded PB&J+ Grilled Cheese sandwich+ Glass of 2%milk+ all in one sitting=...Bloating Piercing PAIN!!!

Eh, I'm okay.

Anyways...come June 2nd, this Brown Colombian is jet setting to the beautiful land of Costa Rica.
ALL expenses PAID. I was chosen to lead a high school group of kids in a work project that will be helping to build up a church that is forming in a poor community. According to the Director of the program, we will be working on the labor project for 5 days and the last 2 days are dedicated to: chillin' at the beach...word up, son...It'll be good to be back to 'Brown America' (way sooner than expected)PROS (just the Top 8):
- the Power of Prayer
- Friday night dinner with Chinese people ;)
- tea time chats
- a brother's wedding and practicing my Spanish skills with a Mexican brother in Christ who
initially didn't know he was my Mexican brother in Christ
- David Chan
- yerba mate
- first Colombia, then Chile, and now Costa Rica- The 3C
- AND the pledges awaiting the Impending Doom of BIG I

God Bless you all. Pray for China, for Burma, and for each other.

*attempt at your own risk...

HAVE HEART!

This week has felt long for some reason. Maybe it's due to my extreme late nights (up til 5am twice so far) and early classes and not really resting enough in the time in between; or maybe it's because a lot has been on my mind lately...discerning between what I want and desire vs. what I should and need to do- the tiredness that has been keeping me in this haze of laziness has been the Tapatio topping off this phat burrito load that is my week...that is a phat load indeed.
Well, today I just didn't focus on the work that I need to do and spent some good alone time with a bro and realized that we are both in very similar situations right now. It's cool though 'cuz sometimes I need someone to just be confirming what the Spirit is already telling me.
It's funny how you just randomly run into people that you don't expect to run into at random places; how you talk about your relationship with a certain someone with a bro, then you just randomly end up seeing them somewhere random and unexpectedly...just got me thinking...
Well, right now I feel that I have been blessed with something that's awesome but at the same time I must 'handle with care'...
PROS-
-being unexpectedly cool and on good terms with a sister and laughing about where we are now-
-the long talk and walk to my car
-having a bro that can relate
-the newly burned copy of Minor Threat that's in my car's cd changer
-revisiting Pokez soon...hopefully

ps- I wonder if I'm going to see Means on Monday night??...hmm?

131

¹"O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

²But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.

³O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time on and forevermore."

~Psalm131~

...WORD...anyways, I'm itching for a Pho trip or Pokez...who's interested?

what does a genius drink?...

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Here is photographic proof that the world's greatest genius drank...Yerba Mate. I like to speculate that my man Albert was ghetto brown in the inside though white on the outside. What make me so proud is that he drank it the only way it should be drunk- in a gourd with a filter straw...dang- I feel honored that I'm somewhat connected to Einstein's legacy by simply being a fellow Mate drinker...just proves that we're all connected in more than one way.

May he be RIP.

PROS-
-being nocturnal
-doing work
-letting you know that I love you and am praying for you

I'm done...chao!

Too Legit to quit

I don't know how I have energy right now. I've gone through much in just the past two days or so...I'm now officially grasping the reigns of Chaplain for the Fraternity. It's only been like two days and I've been talking and meeting with people who have been giving me a bit of a taste of what's to come next semester. Emo, Brooks, Venish, Shox, Ashley, BigBro, Cesar and others... Love, Wisdom, and Encouragement.
2Tim2:15...there's no way I can do this on my own.


"Be the change that you want to see"
-David 'Shox' Shokair

PROS-
-AGO banquet and the hair
-ADX banquet and talking about life with the homies
-gaining peace about future uncertainty
-getting Pho'd up with Emo
-learning to be firm and bold in the Truth
-Venetian commenting about marriage: "Children are the worst STD"

~waiting 'til Kingdom come and my His will be done~

wake up...it's the first of the month

Today- Thursday May 1st, 2008- is regarded as the National Day of PRAYER (www.ndptf.org) For those of you who have been acting the deaf mutes with the Almighty...well, here's another reason to cry out your heart to the Lord...I've got plenty of prayer needs for others that don't even include my own personal petitions.

NDP- celebrate it everyday.

PROS-
-walking and talking with my Father
-finding my passport and the hope of service abroad in Costa Rica
-getting confirmation of being a summer camp counselor at HorizonYouthProgram!
-striving to be conquered by nothing other than the Spirit
-sharing wisdom
-vision for next semester


God Bless YOU.