Detroit Bad Boys now 1-1... L-A, L-A, whatcha gonna do?

*NOW PLAYING:*
Song: "Take Me Away"
Artist: Lifehouse
Album: Stanley Climbfall
Quote: "I've seen enough and it's never enough, it keeps leaving me needing you, take me away..."
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Whew! It's been somewhat busy and exhausting lately. Man, this Business Communications Skills class (Presentations) is no joke! ... with a report and presentation due each week. I really hope Koppel doesn't come into the classroom! Last night's presentation actually went quite well, I thought, though I haven't looked at the tape just yet. It's definitely an improvement over last week, where I froze about 10 seconds into my presentation and stumbled through it the rest of the way...:P Apparently, when I present, I pace a bit, play with my tie a bit, say the word "now" a lot, and don't change my facial expressions much... hm... Makes me wonder what kind of idiot I must look like when I do worship leading at church every Sunday in front of almost 100 people. :P I dunno how people can just get up there and present so effectively and talk as if it was so easy... One of my class members was a former GeeGee cheerleader, I heard, and man, she can present on absolutely any topic with enthusiasm and energy... definitely props to people like her. It's definitely a tough course... I can't imagine how people take it throughout the year, it's so time consuming! .....oh, and I caught gas at 73.9 on the way home... jackpot, baby! :P

Last night, caught the final few minutes of Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers. Whew! Boy was I glad I caught it... what a finish! I was so glad to see Detroit win the first game and it looked like they were gonna pull a two game lead in the series before heading back to Detroit for 3 games... Then a certain player in #8 (...or was that a shadow of #23) knocks down a HUGE clutch 3-ptr to turn the game into overtime, where LA eventually won the game. I was never a Kobe fan, but I had to give him props for that shot... he's no doubt a clutch player, as he's demonstrated many games in the past. Great game, great plays. Hoping Detroit will continue to fight and win some games in Detroit. Beat LA! Beat LA!

On Sunday, we concluded our 40-Day PDL with a big celebration. That tent that the church rented turned out better than I thought...and thank goodness it didn't rain (it was overcast). Still a little pricy in my books, but I guess it was pretty good... though I couldn't help thinking how cool it'd be if we did an outdoor praise night in that thing, packed it with people, and rocked the neighbourhood. Heheh. The whole procession went ok, I guess, but was quite long. I helped the singspiration team out by playing piano as always. This Saturday, our congregation will be going on a retreat to Camp Galilee... dunno if I'll be going just yet. Hoping to get a planning sesh with my university group planned after the retreat in order to plan out our activities for the rest of the summer. Definitely hoping to bond more with that group.

Here's a point to ponder, something I heard on the last 7:22 worship service I watched. The talk was on Temptations and Louie spoke about how we consistently fail to resist temptations over and over again. He compared temptations to the little jigs used in fishing, where there's always a shiny piece to draw us in and a hidden hook(s) underneath the skin to catch us. I was thinking, man how true is that... we know we're tempted by things, we can see ourselves be tempted, and yet we still fall into the same traps over and over again. Satan's devious and cunning, using every trick in the book. Crazy... scary...

Ah yes, and it's official... my family and I will be taking a trip to Vancouver this summer, in August. Neato, since I've never been to BC and I hear it's really gorgeous there.

Still no job, though it seems the job market has picked up a bit this month... [crossing fingers]