HULK MAD!!! RAWWRRR

Today's soccer practice was pretty fun. For once, we actually got to scrimmage each other. :) A little 3 v 3 in the gym does good for your soul.

In the middle of the game, I managed to weave through a couple of players and dribble towards goal. I didn't score, but this got my adrenaline pumping. As I ran back to help defend, a fellow player clipped my foot, which made me fall to the floor. As I got back up, I couldn't believe what had happened to me. Seriously... did he just trip me? WTF MAN! I don't know if it was the adrenaline, but if he was facing me, I probably would of punched him square in the face. Lucky for me, he wasn't facing me, so I slide tackled him instead. After the game, my coach approached me and told me that what my team member was wrong, but I could have gotten a red card for retaliating.

So the moral of the lesson is this: Instead of striking back, stay on the floor and act like you're hurt. That way, you make him feel bad.

WTF

A lot of the times, the Bible sounds like a load of jibberish to me, especially the Old Testament. For instance, in Genesis ch. 5, you can find a list of names: Adam, Sethkenan, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methusalah, Lamesh, Noah. If anyone, including me, were to read this list in the Bible, they would most likely skim through the names and move on to the next chapter, however, I have leaned that there is a reason to everything in the Bible.
If you look at the meanings of the names this is what it looks like:

• Adam~ MAN
• Seth~ APPOINTED
• Enosh~ MORTAL
• Kenan~ SORROW
• Mahalalel~ THE BLESSED GOD
• Jared~ SHALL COME DOWN
• Enoch~ PREACHING
• Methusalah~ HIS DEATH SHALL BRING
• Lamesh~ THE DISPAIRING
• Noah~ REST

This still doesn't look like anything, so let's add a couple words and a punctuation mark to the meanings.

• Adam~ MAN (was)
• Seth~ APPOINTED (for)
• Enosh~ MORTAL
• Kenan~ SORROW (, but)
• Mahalalel~ THE BLESSED GOD
• Jared~ SHALL COME DOWN
• Enoch~ PREACHING (that)
• Methusalah~ HIS DEATH SHALL BRING
• Lamesh~ THE DISPAIRING
• Noah~ REST

And there you have it: one of the first prophesies of Jesus' birth and death.

I had a Dream

Last night I had a very odd dream. It was one of those dreams where it leaves you confused and wondering. It might have just been due to my recent fatigue, but this dream is one I shall never forget for a long time.

In this dream, I was at church.

At Young Nak, there was a party

Now, at this party, I met this girl. We started talking, and it eventually carried on for quite a while.

What left me confused was that I kissed this girl, and I liked her.

Who was this girl?

December

I'm really going to hate December. I just have so much work piled on me I feel like I'm gonna go crazy. For some unbeknown reason, every single teacher, except for my band teacher (thank God for band class), decided to assign some kind of project or essay or reading assignment all at the end of December. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! There is something fishy about this and I plan on getting to the bottom of this. Isn't there at least one sensible teacher out there who is willing to sympathize with the pain that we are about to go through? Anyone?...

L for Love

Teenagers have this insatiable desire to date these days.

Maybe insatiable is too strong of a word, but there's a big trend growing these days: I find that more and more teenagers are dating these days. I am not saying that this is a bad thing. I have no problem with people dating the opposite sex. I am just stating what I see.

But the bigger question is "why"? Why is the population of dating teenagers ever increasing? Some say that it's because of peer pressure. Some say that they want to look "cool." Others simply say that hormones are the cause. Here's what I say. I don't have a PhD or doctorates in psychology or biology, but there is one thing I do know for a fact. Humans, everyone, have a craving for intimacy.

If I could say something that would be true for everyone, it would be that everyone has had the desire to be loved or give love. We have been built to love just as our heavenly Father does.Without love we are nothing. We don't function correctly when we do not love. I have seen people who have rejected love and have closed their hearts to others. Honestly, it was not a pretty sight. Sometimes, it scares me, but that's besides the point. 

I find that the problem with love is that it can easily be manipulated. If I said, "___name___, I love you so much" with the most sincere and honest tone, "name" would probably open their heart to me (that's so cute right?). Well, that's how easy it is. With one sentence, anyone can get into your heart and do anything I want with it. With one sentence, I have the potential to break you. Maybe I'm over-exaggerating. There would obviously be conditions that would have to be met before that could actually take place. I would obviously need to have some sort of relationship with "name."

This is why we need to be careful with love. Love a is highly sensitive topic. I believe that teens should not go into dating without firmly learning the dangers of love. You don't date because it is popular. Love is worth more than that.