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the all-encompassing entry. got back from camp at Langston University,which ended up being ok (but awesome spiritually), then came home and sorta finished the graudation slideshow. went to the graduation ceremony at church, and it was totally awesome, especially with all of the food and happiness. yeah, seniors for this year were totally awesome, and there'll be a huge void in our youth group. we'll all really miss you, especially since you're both awesome...yeah. and congrats on your AG-7s. word. today was church, and awesome too, because Mike got to preach, and that's something special. speaking of which, here's the message I got today: if you follow God and you are placed in a situation where you are forced to choose between Him and something else and you choose Him, then the outcome, regardless, will be the apex or defining moment of your life. If He delivers you from the situation, then you'll have just been saved and experienced the miracle. If He doesn't, then you did what you were meant to do - no greater thing than to die for God.

Mexico City is on Saturday. it's going to be so awesome...just can't imagine. a miracle each day.

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i got a while. everyone is dancing, so i'm in this small lab-place burning time.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. david [what most of my normal friends call me]
2. d.chang [what everyone else calls me]
3. george [what mrs. richarde, 8th grade history teacher, calls me]
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. ihaveweirdpants
2. [error: undefined]
3. [error: undefined]
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. priorities? we'll go with that.
2. i don't fall for stupid internet traps
3. i just won a Sony PSP for being the millionth visitor to some random site
THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. standards are too high
2. i don't mind winging things...unless they're really important to me
3. i think i actually like to study now. or at least i don't mind studying things i like...or is that a good thing?

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. taiwanese
2. singapore-ese
3. asian american
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. failure, but we all know that's not an option anymore
2. when i'm at school and i have to go to the bathroom in the dark because it's late, and then i think that there's a guy in the bathroom stall with a chainsaw and a hockey mask...that was a while ago
3. getting lost in supermarkets
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. water
2. God
3. sleep...(i'd probably put food, but that's not very high on my list of priorities, but lock-ins are)
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. socks. one has a hole though...:(
2. TU mathfest shirt...i still don't understand the equation though.
3. black shorts
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR ARTISTS AT THE MOMENT:
1. relient k
2. tobymac
3. sonicflood, just for their (self-titled) worship CD...everyone get it.
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. Get down/all fall down/dive smash-up...everyone download it.
2. Everything by Seven Places. i've heard it twice in my life, but i really enjoy it.
3. hmm...meant to live by switchfoot? sure...
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
1. go to mexico...just got word that we raised/got enough money...i hear someone just randomly gave Sam $200 down in houston...
2. improving my relationship with God...speaking in tongues would be more than awesome
3. junior year
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):
1. lots of money. no wait, i forgot i'm not materialistic and stupid like that...
2. something(haven’t thought about relationships.. can you tell?)
3. something else
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. listening to hawk nelson right now (they're at freedom live)
2. i'm wearing a hat and a fake watch drawn onto my hand
3. i have the uncanny ability to morph into household appliances
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE/SAME SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. physical things...how about hair?
2. eyes...those are always a plus.
3. feet...i like people with feet
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. survive independently
2. watch scary movies
3. make good popcorn or roast good marshmallows
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. playing piano with youth group
2. doing random things with friends
3. being in a school environment
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. go to mexico city
2. hang out with the youth group
3. let someone know something...infinite possibilities
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. computer science..something
2. electrical engineer
3. Mike...or youth pastor. that'd be so cool

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. mexico city...hey wait. score
2. heaven. duh.
3. Duke...
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. know my purpose in life
2. satisfy my own requirements
3. never forget, never turn back
THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR DIE PAINFULLY:
1. hmm...all the really bad people out there who deserve to die painfully
2.
3.

.FIRSTS.
First best friend: chance
First car: aww man...pick on the guy without a car
First date: undefined
First real kiss: undefined

First screen name: ihaveweirdpants
First funeral: grandma's last year
First pets: goldfish? all of them died.

First piercings/tattoos: undefined

.LASTS.
Last car ride: my sister driving home from church from the graduation ceremony
Last kiss: undefined
Last good cry: i cried...at the retreat.
Last beverage drank: some of that punch stuff at the graduation ceremony
Last food consumed: mm...mango
Last crush: buh...evasive maneuver
Last phone call: mike
Last time showered: an hour ago or so
Last shoes worn: sandals
Last item bought: CD for ruth
Last annoyance: losing my key this morning at camp. i put it in my pocket and then changed pants and couldn't find it.
Last disappointment: my grades
Last time wanting to die: i was thinking it wouldn't be so bad last night, simply because i knew where i was going. last time i actually wanted to would probably be during school when i was facing a whole bunch of tests - and wanted to escape from the world to heaven.
Last time scolded: same time at camp. something like that.
Last shirt worn: Botball
Last website visited: xanga
Last words you said: i said "no problem" to aileen online...weird
What time did you wake up today?: 8:30 or something like that. six hours of sleep..score one.

TEN memorable things you did this past year
01. learn the truth to life
02. embrace school and studies

03. find new friends in youth group (ruth, billy, aileen, lydia..no specific order)
04. win third at state for jazz band
05. go to SPC for cross country
06. go to the retreat with Church and have a holy moment underneath a table
07. live for someone more than myself
08. get a new life
09. go to ISAS and eat from a chocolate fountain
10. not failing all of my classes, though grades weren't as good as expected

NINE places you went
01. Singapore a couple of summers back
02. China a couple of springs back
03. South Carolina lots of times
04. North Carolina, because it's on the way
05. Texas...that place is the best
06. Michigan...and mom drove back in a single day
07. Arizona..and there was a bunch of old people at a McDonald's very late at night
08. California...score one.
09. Mexico City...no wait. ask again in two weeks.

EIGHT people you wanna thank
01. God
02. Mom
03. Ruth
04. Aileen
05. youth group
06. Mike
07. Fred
08. Stephen

SEVEN things you regret doing
01. not taking another solo on the last day of band
02. being somewhat conceited
03. not taking C-Team basketball
04. lying to myself for so long
05. being so shy when i'm alone
06. believing i could do everything on my own
07. not being God-confident

SIX phrases you over used
01. nice!
02. score one...

03. your mom.
04. sweet.
05. buh...

06. err...

FIVE favorite songs
01. dive
02. shine
03. everything, by Seven Places
04. holy moment, by Matt Redman?
05. Every little thing, by Delirious?

FOUR changes
01. lifestyle. and you wouldn't believe it if i told you...wow.
02. friends
03. sports (basketball to cross country/track)
04. diet (i don't eat anything now)

THREE things you got addicted to
01. youth group. and i'm glad.
02. God. and i'm even more glad.
03. studying...and being deprived of sleep.

TWO good deeds you did
01. talked?
02. tried not to get mad or stressed out as easily?

ONE resolution for next year
01. change the world.

:: 12 Observances In Your Room ::
1. a bed in a very odd position
2. Duke poster
3. mike's computer monitor that he simply gave me
4. my pile of things to do
5. a very large closet
6. keyboard
7. cds
8. bookshelf
9. TV...that gets channels 6 and 8

10. myself, usually
11. pile of school junk

12. uh...homing missiles?

:: 11 Books On The Shelf ::
1. Bible
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Lord of the Flies

4. Mike's CS lewis trilogy that i've had for a long time and should return..doh
5. Ender's Game
6. AP physics (like i'm really going to make myself study beforehand)

7. PSAT review
8. ACT review
9. Experiencing God
10. Something about Calculus
11. Something about AP Spanish...i really need to get new books

:: 10 Standing Items ::
1. Statue of Liberty is standing...who cares about standing items?
2. computer desk
3-10. shelf

:: 9 Colors In Your Room ::
1. white
2. black
3. green
4. brown
5. red
6. blue

7. beige
8. camouflage
9. grey

:: 8 Important Objects ::
1. music (CD's and keyboard)
2. computer
3. bed...hurrah for sleep
4. Bible
5. food
6. happiness? does that count?

7. photographs/memories
8. pile of things to do...aww man.

:: 7 Bags & Boxes ::
1. backpack...sure
2. all the boxes in my closet that i should unpack
3. ziploc bag somewhere...
4. computer...that's a box
5. Space Pens...those come in boxes.
6. computer speakers still in boxes
7. hm....i should go find a box now.

:: 6 Hanging Items ::
1. clothes
2. ties and belts, though i only wear one tie (solid black) and only wear one belt

3. Duke poster
4. calendar
5. almost christmas lights, but i never actually put them up
6. my bed...in null gravity?

:: 5 Movies You Own ::
1. School of Rock
2. Veggie-Tales
3. Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
4. Mighty Ducks 3 somewhere

5. And-1 Mixtape 3

:: 4 Weirdly Placed Items ::
1. my bed
2. the Leaning Tower of Pisa

3. all the junk in a corner of my room
4. myself?

:: 3 Random CD's ::
1. beautiful letdown
2. MMHMM
3. welcome to diverse city

:: 2 Needed Items ::
1. computer?
2. a meaningful life

:: 1 Useless Item ::
1. about half of my room