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| For a multitude of reasons, I will now be blogging on tumblr:
-compatibility with iphone app
-i hate being asked to upgrading my startup page
-simpler layout
-(as far as I can tell) limitless storage space
-privacy: only the most intimate of friends, if even them, would subscribe to my tumblr
MIKELEE.tumblr.com
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| I’ve been away from LA for only two weeks, but time passed as though months have gone by. This phenomena can be partially explained by the fact that my days are usually eventless as I am often confined to the house due to car-less-ness. The highlight of my day is going to Starbucks to read, and as of late, going to L.A. Fitness to lift weights, watch CNN while utilizing the elliptical, and swim laps in the pool, the Jacuzzi, or in my own sweat while in the dry sauna. If hot girls were integrated into the experience, I’d spend my entire day at the gym, but unfortunately I see more often old, fat men in Speedos.
Another explanation might be that in the last two weeks, God blessed me with incredibly good news left and right, unbelievable for such a short period of time:
• I’ve been accepted to Cornell Law School!
• I passed my Japanese Language Proficiency Test!
• I’ve been waitlisted to Columbia Law School!
• I’m going to Disneyworld! (likely)
It seems that God has blessed my endeavors to be a lawyer! I’m definitely excited about my prospective future but at the same time a bit uneasy about how I’ll be able to deal with such a radical change of environment, pace, and league. More on that later.
Texas, as eventless and barren as it is, I’m quite enjoying this time. In Downey, never a day passed without some sort of joint entertainment venture like poker nights on end. Modern day words to live by, “work hard play hard,” were not even half-realized since it takes hard-work to appreciate leisure time. After such a long hiatus from productivity, I’m really enjoying the brain cramps from the significant increase in reading I’ve been doing. Without a doubt, all that invested time in studying for the LSAT has sharpened my critical reading skills, which I need to continue refining as I enter law school.
And have you guys been keeping up with the news—the stimulus package, the unemployment, international crises? I HATED the news growing up, most boring crap in the world. Politics, yuck. Corrupted politicians are a big turn off. But now, whether it was because of the angst over the presidential elections or a sudden sense of responsibility as an adult and citizen to not be ignorant, the best part of my morning is watching the CNN Newsroom (I think the CNN anchorwoman Kyra Phillips is freakin’ hot) and getting my fix of current events. Being informed is not only a responsibility, it’s THE thing that bridges the conversation gap between the young generation and the slightly older. This may lead to building your network and eventually, possibly, a job! Take an interest in society’s future!
Undeniably the best part of being here in Texas is ample time to read the Scriptures. Every morning or afternoon, I open up the Word and take in as much wisdom as I can intake that day and reroute questions to the proper authorities. I thank God for the encouragements I have received from Pastor Sung, brother Eugene, and in the past from brothers in Alaska, Brian and Chris, who have opened my eyes to the fact that conviction comes from the fear and knowledge of God and our simple call to obedience… ie. Read the Word. Sermons are great but they alone are not sufficient and not a replacement for individual reading of the Word. There are very clear instructions for believers. Today I read through 2 Timothy, and in 1:8-14, it’s very clear that we are to 1) not be ashamed of the gospel, 2) share in the sufferings of the gospel, and 3) obey. Paul’s epistles are littered with the phrase, “be ready for every good work,” which does not mean that works is a means for salvation but that faith without works is dead. We know through bible study that it’s not enough to know God but to be known by God. How do we get to be known by God? To have a personal relationship with God. And how do we do that? Just like we would with any worldly relationship: listen (by reading the word), talk (by praying), and interact (by obedience).
Anyway, I won’t be back in L.A. in mid-March as I had planned. At earliest I might return early April. I probably won’t be back for too long, however. Know that all of you are always in my thoughts and in my prayers, for Paul says in 1 Timothy 2, “I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Miss you guys, and take care.
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Hi, I'm a Mac, formerly PC. I find that my only attachment now with my former self is computer games... which, after I cut cold turkey my severe addiction to Final Fantasy XI in my rather important 2nd year of college, has come down to virtually zero. Though I'd like for this triumph to be attributed to more meaningful things like maturity, I fear it's more likely that my recent acquisition of a PS3 and a DS is to blame.
I just had a viewing of "Stranger than Fiction", the only serious Will Farrell movie that comes to mind, and finding it quite fascinating, it seems as though it has had a temporary effect on me. If you can't tell, I'm typing this post with what I feel to be an English accent. I am attempting this through eliminating Californian dialect, using slightly higher vocabulary, and adding a hint of haughtiness and sarcasm. I do not know why I do so in such a manner, but in my head, I am middle-aged caucasian male, sitting in my personal library, the walls lined with velvet and a blazing fire going in the fireplace and to top it all off, I'm smoking a pipe and drinking Scotch.
So, being a Macbook user, I'm very mobile when it comes to computer access. Lately it's been accompanying me everywhere. In addition to the obvious, it functions as a scheduler, phone (gotta love Skype), silencer from the awfully loud music they play @ Starbucks, and timer. Have you ever typed on a Macbook keyboard? It's heaven! It must be these stellar keys that has been making my fingers lust for typing. Hence, one more thing I have been doing is keeping TextEdit open, and whenever I have a compulsion to write, I jot. I rant. I release tension. I criticize. I fantasize.
I think I'll publish them, those that are not inappropriate and uninteresting. Too bad I had none of them today, so we'll see tomorrow. I like this!
According to my sister, I got an iPhone coming my way this weekend~ 24 ain't gonna be so bad after all. | | |
| I haven't written in a while, and whether or not that has been playing a role in the decline of my ability to express myself, doing so might help me get it back. In short, I've been feeling pretty un-intellectual and curiously my fingers have been itching to type, so much so that I found myself on typingtest.com quite often to satisfy these fingers' keyboard lust. Is 120 wpm considered good?
So here I am. Where am I at in life? At the crossroads, I suppose, the one between dreaming and waking up because really, I've been living pretty carelessly up until now. College was all about me: taking only the classes that were interesting to me, hanging out only with the people interesting to me, living frivolously off of B.O.D. (bank of dad) all in the efforts to discover myself. Not that it's a bad thing. Next I took an extended 2-year break after graduation, soon to be 3, though I had planned just one. I don't regret it, just saying.
Japan was the bomb! Yet, i find that STILL no one has come over to see my slideshow. Curses... that's fine, memories are meant to be enjoyed by those who made them.
Quick update.
- I work part-time at an SAT prep academy teaching math, maybe even Japanese. There's already a Japanese woman teaching there, but she teaches Spanish.
- I'm making my second attempt at the LSATs, test is Oct. 4th. Why does it feel like the whole world is taking the LSAT, my god. I see everyone at the cafe with their LSAT prep books open...
- I'm taking my Japanese language proficiency test in December. I have to because they freakin' offer it only once a year!
- My free time goes into my PS3 & Netflix. haha. a loner-in-the-works, especially when Final Fantasy comes out toward the end of the year.
Today after work, I went down to Torrance for a delectable surprise. I didn't think tacos got better than our local hole-in-the-walls here, but when I chewed on this beast of a taco (it's got more girth than my... FOREARM!) I was sold. Tacos Tuesdays at this joint... yeah, I'd drive the 60 miles round trip with no hesitation. Thanks goes to James and Hannah of Torrance, my taste buds salute you.
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