i just lost my contact down the drain because i was stupid and forgot to plug the sink. :(
i needed to get my eyes checked anyway though. but bummer.. right before a midterm. now i'm gonna be sleepy for a very long time.

About to go to bed (unconditioned stimulus) --> sleepy (unconditioned response)
about to go to bed (unconditioned stimulus) + wear glasses (conditioned stimulus) --> sleepy (unconditioned response)

this is where I am now:
wear glasses (conditioned stimulus) --> sleepy (conditioned response)

This is called conditioning. a form of learning. pavlov's dog with the salivating when it hears a tone should ring a bell. yup. i'm just like pavlov's dog. except pavlov's dog doesn't have a class in 7 hours.
good night all.

i can't eat oranges. :(
everytime i ate a piece the only position my mouth didn't hurt was if i pouted because i have these cold sores in my mouth. :( Christina thought i was sad because the oranges were sour or too chewy.

It's late. But I want to blog. so excited that my mom's coming up tomorrow. we're gonna be able to spend quality time together.
Oh.. i wanted to blog about worship. :P We (asa, eric sammy and i) had our first set as a worship team.
what is the purpose of worship?
dictionary.com says worship is:
The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed.
Ardent devotion; adoration.

That's an interesting definition. As Christians we express the ardent devotion and adoration but not to an idol or a sacred object. We are worshipping the only God of the universe. The God with such imensity that the sight of the train of his robe would kill us. We are worshipping "I AM," God of Abraham, Jacob and David. The God who hates sin but loves his creation and by His grace we are saved. Worship is giving our all to the only entity that deserves our everything. Worship isn't just songs to sing maybe twice a week. It's our lives. In everything we're giving testimony to Jesus who saved us and we're living our lives as a reaction to how we believe the eternal will be. People live for the present because there is no eternal for them. As Christians, we live with eternity in our minds, knowing that everything we do every choice we make shows what or who we're living for.
No doubt worship and praise in song is a special time. I love to sing and I love music and I thank and praise God soo much for giving us the gift of music, with such beauty. So many times during worship I struggle with keeping my focus on ardent devotion and adoration towards God only. Too many times I focus on myself and what's going on in my life and I lose sight that this worship time is time set aside where I cast everything aside and stand, sit, kneel, clap, sing in response to the God of the universe. How do I worship?

Psalm 2:11 says "Worship the LORD with reverence, and rejoice with trembling."
John 4:24 "God is spirit, and those who worshp Him must worship in spirit and truth."
Romans 12:1 "I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, which all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."

All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!

O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
Make music for thy Lord to hear,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
That givest man both warmth and light.

And all ye men of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and on Him cast your care!

Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!

I just finished dinner. What was on the menu today?
Baked chicken with oregano and basil onion and garlic
zuchinni and carrots with oregano
Rosemary roasted potatoes
rice
CHEESECAKE!
mm... FATTY. :)

premenstrual syndrome
Function: noun
: a varying constellation of symptoms manifested by some women prior to menstruation that may include emotional instability, irritability, insomnia, fatigue, anxiety, depression, headache, edema, and abdominal pain -- called also PMS
(Taken from the InteliHealth Medical Dictionary)

So yeah.. the high point of my day was...eating recognizing p53 (a growth regulating protein that affects G2 i think of the cell cycle) in a medical journal and seeing immunohistochemistry and western blots and colocalization.

The low point of my day...I think a lot of people... girls blame their moodiness on pms... or people blame girls for being moody because they have pms. but nevertheless it is a syndrom that many women deal with but not like EVERYDAY or once a week. so yeah.

My mother is coming up to visit saturday-sunday. she's retired so she can do that. it's kind of weird to say that my mom's retired... but she is. and she's been taking classes so she's like.. i'll come up and study with you... and make you food. teeheeeheeehee. i love my mom. Maybe i'll make those really good rosemary buttered potatoes that are golden brown around the edges and just melt in your mouth.

new sfc picture section up.

as suggested by lou... i've added a comment section... for you guys to somehow have fun. :P
so.. have fun! :)

ANYONE NEED TO GO TO COSTCO?!
I NEED TO GO TO COSTCO!!
so.. if you need to go to costco...
DON'T GO ALONE! I'll totally come with you.

What's on the menu today?
Rosemary roasted potatoes
Beef medallions in basil
Chinese Sprouts with bean curd.

::sigh:: I love to cook. :)

Read Isaiah 61.
I was encouraged by God's Word today.

3rd full week of school. i'm wondering if i'm in school mode. i don't feel too stressed. maybe i'll feel it before/after my first midterm when i know i should start getting serious. i think right now i'm just studying for the sake of studying and not really udnerstanding much.. except for maybe ochem. i haven't really memorized much and psych and bio and music aren't challenging yet but we'll see after tests and such. so at this point i would be studying for fun? not too sure.

Heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that i can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're otu together dancin' cheek to cheek

Heaven, I'm in heaven
And the cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
when we're out together dancin' cheek to cheek

Some more frank sinatra goodness
there's more coming. mwaaaahaaahaa.
ok... turnin up the nerd mode. :D

"reach deep inside you and you'll find the strength"
"kick it HIGH"
"I wanna see those knees up!"
"I'm not gonna quit on you so don't you quit on me"
-motivational maxims from billy blanks, the taebo dude.