The Laws in Deuteronomy

Here are some interesting laws in Deuteronomy. I was gonna add commentary but nobody can add to scripture so I'll just leave it as is.

Deuteronomy 22:5 - "A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God."

Deuteronomy 23:1 - "No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD."

Deuteronomy 23:17 - "None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute."

Deuteronomy 24:7 - "If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst."

Deuteronomy 25:11-12 - "When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity."

Deuteronomy 26:18 - "'Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'"

Deuteronomy 28:57 - "her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns."

I'm glad that our God is a God of detail.

I also wish that this post incites some excitement for the more unpopular books of the Bible. Read the Pentateuch guys! The pentateuch is the first five books of the bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy).

Inspiration Finally

Today, I watching music videos on youtube and I was struck with an unbelievable amount of inspiration.

I sat down and wrote a song in forty minutes. I missed class. :(

But it was worth it to me. It's a nice song.

You should hear it.

I wanna play it for D.Money. :D (Michelle, since you are so cool, I'll mention your name here, too)

It's entitled: The Hero That Saves Life And Hope

I'm super happy. God is Good. All the time.

Punk Life

I came across Gagaga SP while I was just browsing youtube.com and I remembered why I fell in love with Punk Music so much. It wasn't because it was anti-authority, it wasn't because of how cool punk was, it wasn't because it was all about being free. These are all reasons that allowed me to adore punk MORE but what got me into punk was how fun the punk rockers had while they were rocking out. It seemed like they were having fun. I see pop stars and their dances and rappers and their loquacious lines but I always thought that punkers had it easy.

The songs didn't even need to sound good, it was all about energy. That's why, if I became a musician, I wanted to be a punk rock guitarist. I'm not the greatest at the guitar but that was the point. It didn't matter. It is actually pretty beautiful.

This is Gagaga SP of Japan which reminded me of why I fell in love with Punk.

The music video shows the members of the band and their TERRIBLE acting skills but it doesn't matter which is what makes punk cool. But they look like they had a lot of fun making the music video.

The Infamous Shallowness of Our Society Reflected In Our Greetings

I have heard many international students and non-international students alike saying that American greetings are rhetorical questions that MUST not be answered. I always semi-agreed to this. I hoped that they were just stereotyping Americans.

Today, I found out I was wrong. This is EXACTLY how a greeting went between me and a guy I kind of (but not really) know.

Guy I Know: Richard!

Me: Hey!

Guy I Know: What's up?!

Me: Good!

Guy I Know: How you doin'!?

Then we separated. Man, we are terrible.

I Am A Pretty Laid Back Guy

I view myself as one who does not worry too much about my future. I almost prided myself over this ability. However, occassional, random tsunamis of just complete despair and anxiety attack me. I just start worrying about money and school and my future career. This forces me to realize that perhaps I'm not as cool as I thought. I thought I was cool because there are no worries in the world for me because in the end, we all end up in heaven. What is ten dollars here, going to do for me in Heaven? But the older I get, the more of these utter feelings of stress and hopelessness I start to feel.

At this point, I don't feel it for too long at any one time but each wave is pretty difficult to bear. I just lie (lay) in bed or stand in the field or cruise on my bike and just think about all the things I cannot do because of my financial status. I definitely need prayer.

God is good. All the time.

Wedded Forever

I saw this after watching the latest episode of Office and I just thought it was cool. It's just the amount of effort and love that went into it that was moving.

This post is for Leah since she likes weddings so much. :D

Bicycle Ride

Today I woke up at 5:00 AM to bike to Seal Beach. I went out at 5:30, went to Seal Beach, and got back to church by 11:00 AM.

I saw majestic scenes like the sea covered with hundreds of boats, and the beautiful morning sky at the beach city of Huntington Beach.

But the coolest thing I saw was a goose with an afro.

PostScript. Glee is start to do the sucks.