Oh yeah. I forgot to say what Spartans is. It's the team that goes down a couple days early to set up camp. That was the other application I had to fill out. Hope everyone has a great weekend before school starts up again!
Friday, January 2, 2009
A day at the kitchen table...
Today was kind of a weird but fun day... I spent it at the kitchen table! I woke up at 11 and ate lunch. It's kinda fun eating lunch when you wake up... and then I decided it was time to fill out my Spartans and Mexico packets. My church sends hundreds of people to Mexico every spring (thankfully this year our spring break is on the same week as the trip unlike last year). The trip is mostly for high school and college students, and of course adults too. This year, probably about 850 people will go (yeah, it's a lot!). We partner with Mexican churches to reach the Victoria valley with God's love through tons of different teams. There's a drama team and a sports team, and lots of other teams that do things like building houses, day camp programs for kids, working in orphanages and a women's shelter, and providing people with food. It is an amazing trip and always one of the highlights of my year! So, naturally, filling out the application made me excited. Which meant I pretty much spent the entire day filling out the applications and texting and talking to ppl over the phone about going to Mexico. I have some friends who I really want to go this year who have never been before. I hope they go! Not only do you impact others on this trip but you are impacted too! It's awesome! Oh yeah, I also worked on an AP US outline (at the kitchen table). But then I realized it would be dark soon, so I called up my friend and we went on a run. Which was not at the kitchen table! And now I'm on the computer– not at the kitchen table!
I am Legend 2?
I heard a rumor that there was going to be an I am Legend 2 and Will Smith is going to be in it. If you haven't seen I am Legend, I would stop reading right now because i am about ready to say what happened in the ending.
I got online and started looking for information on I am Legend 2 because I was curious to see how Will Smith will be in the 2nd one seeing he died in the ending of the 1st one. Anyone who has seen I am Legend knows he couldn't have possibly survived.
Most of the information I could find was rumors, but i did find that Warner Brothers green lighted the I am Legend prequel with Will Smith and Francis Lawrence returning as the director.
Supposedly it involves Will Smith trying to protect a small band of survivors who he ultimately fails to save. It makes sense that it would be a prequel because it would be before his death but I think it would only be repetitive because you already know that Will Smith eventually dies in the end.
I read rumors about the producers abandoning the idea of the prequel and moving on to a sequel, but who knows if those rumors are true. I personally hope it will be a sequel because i am curious to see how Lawrence would have Will Smith in it, but i doubt it could be done in a way that wouldn't be ridiculous.
Either way, I would watch the movie when it came out. As of now, I am Legend Prequel is suppose to come out in 2011, but i have serious doubts it will ever be made.
I got online and started looking for information on I am Legend 2 because I was curious to see how Will Smith will be in the 2nd one seeing he died in the ending of the 1st one. Anyone who has seen I am Legend knows he couldn't have possibly survived.
Most of the information I could find was rumors, but i did find that Warner Brothers green lighted the I am Legend prequel with Will Smith and Francis Lawrence returning as the director.
Supposedly it involves Will Smith trying to protect a small band of survivors who he ultimately fails to save. It makes sense that it would be a prequel because it would be before his death but I think it would only be repetitive because you already know that Will Smith eventually dies in the end.
I read rumors about the producers abandoning the idea of the prequel and moving on to a sequel, but who knows if those rumors are true. I personally hope it will be a sequel because i am curious to see how Lawrence would have Will Smith in it, but i doubt it could be done in a way that wouldn't be ridiculous.
Either way, I would watch the movie when it came out. As of now, I am Legend Prequel is suppose to come out in 2011, but i have serious doubts it will ever be made.
My Christmas
Christmas vacation is coming to an end and I have to say i have had an incredible time. As usual, I'm not ready to go back to school and i have been shoving all things school related out of my mind for as long as possible.
Christmas time, at least for me, is the most wonderful time of the year. I got to leave early on the last day of school before christmas break because my Auntie and Uncle decided to take my entire family to a time share up by the bay area. For those who don't know what a time share is (I didn't) its basically a mini house, It had a kitchen, living room, and several bedrooms. At least that is how this one was. It was fabulous! I spent most of my time there soaking in the hot tube and in the heated pool. There was also a game room with pool, ping pong table, air hockey, an arcade room, and a work out room. I ran on the treadmill in my slippers. It didn't work out very well. I also learned how to play pool and hold the stick thing right. I surprisingly even made a few good shots. And I met a couple of really cool people. It was so much fun and I really wish i could go in the spa right now.
When i got back, there was only 2 days before christmas and i had done almost no shopping done. Luckily i had time to leave my house between cleaning and cooking and finish my christmas shopping. Christmas day was perfect as usual. My uncle, auntie, cousin, and grandma were all at my house for christmas day and then after we had opened our presents and had christmas breakfast we went down to my sister's house for another round of food and presents. It was so much fun, and the only thing i regretted was that christmas was already over.
Christmas time, at least for me, is the most wonderful time of the year. I got to leave early on the last day of school before christmas break because my Auntie and Uncle decided to take my entire family to a time share up by the bay area. For those who don't know what a time share is (I didn't) its basically a mini house, It had a kitchen, living room, and several bedrooms. At least that is how this one was. It was fabulous! I spent most of my time there soaking in the hot tube and in the heated pool. There was also a game room with pool, ping pong table, air hockey, an arcade room, and a work out room. I ran on the treadmill in my slippers. It didn't work out very well. I also learned how to play pool and hold the stick thing right. I surprisingly even made a few good shots. And I met a couple of really cool people. It was so much fun and I really wish i could go in the spa right now.
When i got back, there was only 2 days before christmas and i had done almost no shopping done. Luckily i had time to leave my house between cleaning and cooking and finish my christmas shopping. Christmas day was perfect as usual. My uncle, auntie, cousin, and grandma were all at my house for christmas day and then after we had opened our presents and had christmas breakfast we went down to my sister's house for another round of food and presents. It was so much fun, and the only thing i regretted was that christmas was already over.
Common Sense
Everyone says everyone else should have it, but don't you think government officials should be among the first to have it? As pitiful and funny as it is, most American officials fail to name the party representatives of the House and Senate? I am shocked because authority is supposed to set examples and teach the rest of society how to be ideal. But after a while, I honestly think the government is just a mask trying to keep its own people down and uninformed.
Valkyrie
"Valkyries are the handmaidens of heaven who choose the righteous and take them back to heaven." This is what Hitler tells his future assassin Count von Strassenborg. The Count has realized that he can only serve Hitler or Germany, not both. After he is wounded in Tunisia, he returns to Berlin and joins fellow conspirators. The date of the assassination attempt is set for July 20, 1944. In a state of panic and confusion, Strassenborg hopes to dismantle the SS and install a government that will end the war. Suspense, action, and a thriller that should be watched by all. In an unexpected twist, Strassenborg convinces the world that not all Germans were as mad as Hitler.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
HACKED
So, after returning from a week long International Convention with my lovely youth group, I found a not-so-lovely surprise tonight. As the regional Communications VP, I am responsible for managing our regional website. Tonight, I received a phone call from my friend in New Jersey, who is the Comm VP for his region.
"Have you checked your regional web page recently?"
"Uh. Not in the past day and a half. Why?"
"Well.. you might want to. You got hacked."
"WHAT?!"
Lo and behold, our two beloved regional websites were hacked by pro-Palestine groups/individuals. Being the amateur web manager that I am, I have absolutely zero idea how to fix this and have contacted all the expert people from the International office. I will hopefully have it fixed by tomorrow.
There is little doubt in my mind that the person responsible was influenced by the current conflicts occurring in Israel and Gaza. While some may say I am biased towards supporting Israel (and maybe I am), I still think that this kind of free speech and act of protest is disgusting. I am ashamed for not being able to fix it and disgusted by the images and words this hacker put on my website. I sat at my laptop, literally staring at the same image hoping that I could figure out to fix it. I'm trying my hardest to forget what I saw, but I don't think it will be quite that simple.
And this isn't the first time this has happened either. The web page was also hacked by anti-Israel groups last year. It's an ongoing battle. Passwords can be changed but there will always be someone desperate to make a statement. The important thing, I think, is to not let it get to me. Regardless of the message, these statements are insulting, the means in which it is accomplished is insulting, and I'm disgusted with the overwhelming amount of ignorance that can still be found in the world today. But the important thing is to work and fight past it. If it's not a hacker on a website, it's graffiti on a wall. And if it's not about Israel, it's about some other form of hate.
What a wonderful way to start the new year...
"Have you checked your regional web page recently?"
"Uh. Not in the past day and a half. Why?"
"Well.. you might want to. You got hacked."
"WHAT?!"
Lo and behold, our two beloved regional websites were hacked by pro-Palestine groups/individuals. Being the amateur web manager that I am, I have absolutely zero idea how to fix this and have contacted all the expert people from the International office. I will hopefully have it fixed by tomorrow.
There is little doubt in my mind that the person responsible was influenced by the current conflicts occurring in Israel and Gaza. While some may say I am biased towards supporting Israel (and maybe I am), I still think that this kind of free speech and act of protest is disgusting. I am ashamed for not being able to fix it and disgusted by the images and words this hacker put on my website. I sat at my laptop, literally staring at the same image hoping that I could figure out to fix it. I'm trying my hardest to forget what I saw, but I don't think it will be quite that simple.
And this isn't the first time this has happened either. The web page was also hacked by anti-Israel groups last year. It's an ongoing battle. Passwords can be changed but there will always be someone desperate to make a statement. The important thing, I think, is to not let it get to me. Regardless of the message, these statements are insulting, the means in which it is accomplished is insulting, and I'm disgusted with the overwhelming amount of ignorance that can still be found in the world today. But the important thing is to work and fight past it. If it's not a hacker on a website, it's graffiti on a wall. And if it's not about Israel, it's about some other form of hate.
What a wonderful way to start the new year...
Chocolate!
Basically I havent eaten chocolate in a year...well that is until 12:00 last night! I can't believe that I actually managed to go a whole year without eating ANY chocolate, and I mean any chocolate at all. No chocolate ice cream, milk, candy, or anything else that contains any shape or form of chocolate.
If you haven't figured it out yet, not eating chocolate was my new year's resolution last year. And i believe for the first time in my life I successfully carried out a new year's resolution for an entire year. People told me that after a while I wouldnt want it anymore...but that definitely wasn't true. I wanted it all year, even more so as I approached the end of my committment. I even had a full-length dream about a chocolate chip cookie!
I love chocolate and I decided to give it up as a way to prove that I could use self-control to accomplish anything that I want in life. Even if that's a stupid reason to give something up, I'm very proud of the success that I achieved.
Eat chocolate! It's delicious :)
If you haven't figured it out yet, not eating chocolate was my new year's resolution last year. And i believe for the first time in my life I successfully carried out a new year's resolution for an entire year. People told me that after a while I wouldnt want it anymore...but that definitely wasn't true. I wanted it all year, even more so as I approached the end of my committment. I even had a full-length dream about a chocolate chip cookie!
I love chocolate and I decided to give it up as a way to prove that I could use self-control to accomplish anything that I want in life. Even if that's a stupid reason to give something up, I'm very proud of the success that I achieved.
Eat chocolate! It's delicious :)
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