I've been thinking about jokes lately. Well, maybe more about humor than jokes. Its funny (pun) how someone's sense of humor will be completely misunderstood by someone else. I quite often come across as a dick because of my dry sense of humor. I'll start being a bit sarcastic (I use sarcasm sparingly mind you), or I'll make some dry remark and if someone doesn't know me I tend to put across a terrible first impression. *sigh*
Some jokes are actually lame. Some are funny. But generally jokes aren't that funny. Joking is funny, like pointing out something hilarious (such as the fact that someone in the group has braces), or spinning a good yarn or quoting something (in or out of context) which will make people laugh.
I'm no humor expert, but I sure can tell you a crap joke or two
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Smile :)
I was starting to write this entry as a bit of a whinge. I was starting to say how 'I think this and that and when people disagree with me and blah blah blah' and I was like - Hang on. Thats actually lame. I was about to post a blog telling people not to be haters when in fact thats what I was doing.
So new idea - I'm going to be Joyful!
If you're not already aware, I am a Christian. This doesn't mean I hate gay people or anything like that, but it means I love Jesus and I strive to live my life daily according to the example he set. I also love the bible, the inspired word of God.
I am generally quite a cynical guy, can be quite negative and given my personality (ISFJ on meyers-briggs) its quite easy for me to border on depression. But I have been noticing more and more, especially in the last couple years, how important it is to be positive, to speak life, and to be happy, full of joy, and SMILE!
God created the universe by speaking! "Let there be Light" and there was! I believe the same power God used to create the universe has been passed down to us through Jesus when we received Him as our Lord and Saviour and received His Holy Spirit. Therefore, speaking life into our situations carries great power - 'I am prosperous', 'I am bold', 'I am the man for the job', or how about this - "Be Healed in Jesus Name!"
I spent too much of my early Christian life being the negative, cynical guy. It not only brought me down, but it killed the mood around me. I reckon if I'd spoken a bit of life into my life I would have had a much more positive impact on those around me.
1 Thessalonians 5:16 says "Always be joyful" i.e "BE HAPPY!"
SMILE, it will make you feel better and honestly, it will make you way more attractive. When I was living in Auckland, I boarded with a lady named Maggie. She said to me one day, "You always look like the world is on your shoulders. Do you think it will make people want what you've got?" That really got me thinking; maybe I should actually do what the bible says and be happy, people should want what I've got but when I'm the lame, negative, cynical guy all the time why would they? Maggie also said to me in that conversation, "You've got a smile that lights up the room. You should show it off more, it's bound to win you the heart of a lucky young lady."
And you know what? She was right. Ask my wife what she noticed first that attracted her to me and she'll say my smile and the twinkle in my eyes. Thank you Maggie for that great advice! And thank you God for being so awesome and blessing me so much!
So new idea - I'm going to be Joyful!
If you're not already aware, I am a Christian. This doesn't mean I hate gay people or anything like that, but it means I love Jesus and I strive to live my life daily according to the example he set. I also love the bible, the inspired word of God.
I am generally quite a cynical guy, can be quite negative and given my personality (ISFJ on meyers-briggs) its quite easy for me to border on depression. But I have been noticing more and more, especially in the last couple years, how important it is to be positive, to speak life, and to be happy, full of joy, and SMILE!
God created the universe by speaking! "Let there be Light" and there was! I believe the same power God used to create the universe has been passed down to us through Jesus when we received Him as our Lord and Saviour and received His Holy Spirit. Therefore, speaking life into our situations carries great power - 'I am prosperous', 'I am bold', 'I am the man for the job', or how about this - "Be Healed in Jesus Name!"
I spent too much of my early Christian life being the negative, cynical guy. It not only brought me down, but it killed the mood around me. I reckon if I'd spoken a bit of life into my life I would have had a much more positive impact on those around me.
1 Thessalonians 5:16 says "Always be joyful" i.e "BE HAPPY!"
SMILE, it will make you feel better and honestly, it will make you way more attractive. When I was living in Auckland, I boarded with a lady named Maggie. She said to me one day, "You always look like the world is on your shoulders. Do you think it will make people want what you've got?" That really got me thinking; maybe I should actually do what the bible says and be happy, people should want what I've got but when I'm the lame, negative, cynical guy all the time why would they? Maggie also said to me in that conversation, "You've got a smile that lights up the room. You should show it off more, it's bound to win you the heart of a lucky young lady."
And you know what? She was right. Ask my wife what she noticed first that attracted her to me and she'll say my smile and the twinkle in my eyes. Thank you Maggie for that great advice! And thank you God for being so awesome and blessing me so much!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
music
Tonight Me and Holly have a band practice with my brother and two other guys. We're playing at a music thing in October called Samstock. Its pretty sweet, we're stoked to be playing. Its funny because my brother just mentioned to us one day about joining his band and then all of a sudden we're in it and we've got a gig lined up.
We mainly play covers, but with one or two originals. Its good fun so far. I play the electric guitar and Holly plays bass, and generally we have a good time jamming with the guys.
If you're down Mosgiel ways on October 2nd, be sure to come down and support us. I'll even give you a high five
PEACE
We mainly play covers, but with one or two originals. Its good fun so far. I play the electric guitar and Holly plays bass, and generally we have a good time jamming with the guys.
If you're down Mosgiel ways on October 2nd, be sure to come down and support us. I'll even give you a high five
PEACE
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Saturday
Its Saturday morning. 10.30am July 25, 2009 - NZ time. Today is the day my cousin Jenny Yoshida and her fiance, Eric Lorant, get married. They are in Orange County, CA, USA so that will be tomorrow our time. But none-the-less, its pretty cool to think that this is the date that they tie the knot and become husband and wife. I wish them all the best.
Holly and I had our friends, Donald and Elise Lucassen stay with us last night. They are friends of mine from when I was at high school, they got together a few years ago and were married at the end of 2007. It's weird to be married and have married friends come stay with you. Hard to explain, but its awesome to think that some of your friends have also made the comittment and their 2 lives have become 1. Pretty cool.
When I think of my marriage with Holly, I hope and pray that we 'do' our marriage how God always intended it to be. I hope and pray that our relationship honors God and show's others how awesome it is when you put God first in your relationship and seek to honor Him every step of the way. Marriage is awesome. Marriage is a beautiful thing. It's something I cherish and hope I always will. Don't take it for granted. Cherish it. Love it. Enjoy it. Have fun. Live Life. Be there. Always look to honor your husband or wife and more importantly God, I have no doubt in my mind that as you do that God will bless you and honor you.
So yeah, pretty boring post but just what I'm thinking at the moment.
Holly and I had our friends, Donald and Elise Lucassen stay with us last night. They are friends of mine from when I was at high school, they got together a few years ago and were married at the end of 2007. It's weird to be married and have married friends come stay with you. Hard to explain, but its awesome to think that some of your friends have also made the comittment and their 2 lives have become 1. Pretty cool.
When I think of my marriage with Holly, I hope and pray that we 'do' our marriage how God always intended it to be. I hope and pray that our relationship honors God and show's others how awesome it is when you put God first in your relationship and seek to honor Him every step of the way. Marriage is awesome. Marriage is a beautiful thing. It's something I cherish and hope I always will. Don't take it for granted. Cherish it. Love it. Enjoy it. Have fun. Live Life. Be there. Always look to honor your husband or wife and more importantly God, I have no doubt in my mind that as you do that God will bless you and honor you.
So yeah, pretty boring post but just what I'm thinking at the moment.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Back to School
So I’m back at school for my final semester. It’s quite hard adjusting to being back in class again after 2 great weeks off. I have already had my share of adventures with regards to enrolling, timetable changes, etc. Shaping up to be an eventful semester.
I was originally enrolled in Structural Theory which goes hand in hand with Structural design. However I was not enrolled in that and it makes no sense to do one paper and not the other. So I went about enrolling in Structural Design. I didn’t want to have 6 classes again this semester, as it made last semester flippin’ insane, so I pulled out of Traffic Engineering. This is a double goodness, as it means I didn’t pick up any extra work, and in changing my class I don’t have any night courses this semester, YAHOO!!!!
It’s a good feeling knowing that I’m almost qualified. It’s taken way too long, but it’s going to be awesome sitting that final exam and walking into that sweet first job!
I was originally enrolled in Structural Theory which goes hand in hand with Structural design. However I was not enrolled in that and it makes no sense to do one paper and not the other. So I went about enrolling in Structural Design. I didn’t want to have 6 classes again this semester, as it made last semester flippin’ insane, so I pulled out of Traffic Engineering. This is a double goodness, as it means I didn’t pick up any extra work, and in changing my class I don’t have any night courses this semester, YAHOO!!!!
It’s a good feeling knowing that I’m almost qualified. It’s taken way too long, but it’s going to be awesome sitting that final exam and walking into that sweet first job!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
EARTHQUAKE!!!
There was an earthquake last night, centered down south about 100km out of Tuatapere. It was apparently felt as far away as the Taranaki region, which isn't surprising considering it measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. We definitely felt it here in Christchurch, it was similar to most earthquakes I've felt in recent times, a rolling one like a wave rather than a violent shaking. The main difference was how long it lasted - it went on for ages! Apparently it was shaking for around 2 minutes.
Lucky for you I did a geology paper last semester so I know a little bit about earthquakes. I'll share some details I know.
Plate tectonics
New Zealand is situated on the boundary where the australian plate and the pacific plate meet. They are constantly moving (to the tune of a few mm every year). What makes it more interesting is the fact that above the north island the pacific plate is subducting under the australian plate, where as below the south island the australian is subducting under the pacific. Add to this the Strike Slip characteristics of the Alpine fault (plates moving past each other, one moving north, other moving south) and you have a country prone to earthquakes.
Magnitude vs Intensity
Last night's earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. But what does that mean? The main thing to consider is the difference between magnitude and intensity.
The Richter scale measures the magnitude, that is how much energy is released. However, this doesn't necessarily correlate to what is felt.
The modified Mercalli scale measures intensity, that is how damaging a quake is (such as the shaking, or destructiveness of it... pretty much what you feel). It has a scale from 1-12, where 1 is barely felt and 12 is large scale damage and destruction. So what people in the deep south felt may have been about 8 on the modified Mercalli scale, where as here in Chch it might have been like 5 or 6 and up north maybe it was barely felt at a 2 or 3... It will depend on the depth of the quake, geology of the area, distance from the epicenter, to some extent the magnitude, etc, etc.
Final facts?
An earthquake like last night occurs when the plates which have been grinding and pushing against each other, building up energy, then all of a sudden something gives way, releasing the built up energy in an earthquake. This happens all the time with energy generally being released in small earthquakes that we often don't notice. However, with energy building up on the plate boundaries, if the movement is stopped (ie the plates get caught or wedged or something and they can't move and release energy a bit at a time), the energy keeps building and building until something gives and the built up energy is released in a bigger earthquake.
I hope you have learned a lot from this 3 minutes of earthquake facts. I also hope I got an A for Geology. Still waiting to hear my results...
Lucky for you I did a geology paper last semester so I know a little bit about earthquakes. I'll share some details I know.
Plate tectonics
New Zealand is situated on the boundary where the australian plate and the pacific plate meet. They are constantly moving (to the tune of a few mm every year). What makes it more interesting is the fact that above the north island the pacific plate is subducting under the australian plate, where as below the south island the australian is subducting under the pacific. Add to this the Strike Slip characteristics of the Alpine fault (plates moving past each other, one moving north, other moving south) and you have a country prone to earthquakes.
Magnitude vs Intensity
Last night's earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. But what does that mean? The main thing to consider is the difference between magnitude and intensity.
The Richter scale measures the magnitude, that is how much energy is released. However, this doesn't necessarily correlate to what is felt.
The modified Mercalli scale measures intensity, that is how damaging a quake is (such as the shaking, or destructiveness of it... pretty much what you feel). It has a scale from 1-12, where 1 is barely felt and 12 is large scale damage and destruction. So what people in the deep south felt may have been about 8 on the modified Mercalli scale, where as here in Chch it might have been like 5 or 6 and up north maybe it was barely felt at a 2 or 3... It will depend on the depth of the quake, geology of the area, distance from the epicenter, to some extent the magnitude, etc, etc.
Final facts?
An earthquake like last night occurs when the plates which have been grinding and pushing against each other, building up energy, then all of a sudden something gives way, releasing the built up energy in an earthquake. This happens all the time with energy generally being released in small earthquakes that we often don't notice. However, with energy building up on the plate boundaries, if the movement is stopped (ie the plates get caught or wedged or something and they can't move and release energy a bit at a time), the energy keeps building and building until something gives and the built up energy is released in a bigger earthquake.
I hope you have learned a lot from this 3 minutes of earthquake facts. I also hope I got an A for Geology. Still waiting to hear my results...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Haircut part 2
I probably shouldn't blog about the same thing 2 days in a row, but what the hey, why not?
I got my haircut yesterday and its a hummer! I look hot again. Haha. But during the course of this haircut I noticed something that I notice everytime I get a haircut. My facial hair is whack.
It's not that I grow it and it looks strange, but more the fact that it grows in patches and one of the patches it doesn't grow is about a half inch beside my ears where the sideburns should be transitioning from being head hair to facial hair. Every time I get my hair cut again, I notice the gap in my sideburns between where the hair from my head meets the stubble on my face. When my hair is long enough, I don't notice it, I let my sideburns grow further down my cheeks. But as soon as its cut it's like, whoa I'm a freak, what's that bald patch doing there!
The hairdresser yesterday got to the point where you can notice this dramatic 'gap' in sideburn growth and he (yes I got the dude again) kinda just stared at it for a while before saying, 'You want me to take your sideburns up bro?' When I replied 'Nah, it should be ok for now' he stared at the gap again then after a bit of an awkward silence he goes, 'Oh yep, fix it up yourself at home kinda thing' and he goes on finishing cutting my mop.
It's kind of funny when I think of how I seem to be finding grey hairs all over my head yet I still haven't hit puberty enough to grow sideburns without a bald patch. I remember thinking like 4 years ago (when I first noticed some growth of facial hair) that it wouldn't be long before the patchiness went away and my sideburns would be respectable... still waiting. I'm 22 years old and I'm still trying to grow sideburns better than my 14 year old brother.
I got my haircut yesterday and its a hummer! I look hot again. Haha. But during the course of this haircut I noticed something that I notice everytime I get a haircut. My facial hair is whack.
It's not that I grow it and it looks strange, but more the fact that it grows in patches and one of the patches it doesn't grow is about a half inch beside my ears where the sideburns should be transitioning from being head hair to facial hair. Every time I get my hair cut again, I notice the gap in my sideburns between where the hair from my head meets the stubble on my face. When my hair is long enough, I don't notice it, I let my sideburns grow further down my cheeks. But as soon as its cut it's like, whoa I'm a freak, what's that bald patch doing there!
The hairdresser yesterday got to the point where you can notice this dramatic 'gap' in sideburn growth and he (yes I got the dude again) kinda just stared at it for a while before saying, 'You want me to take your sideburns up bro?' When I replied 'Nah, it should be ok for now' he stared at the gap again then after a bit of an awkward silence he goes, 'Oh yep, fix it up yourself at home kinda thing' and he goes on finishing cutting my mop.
It's kind of funny when I think of how I seem to be finding grey hairs all over my head yet I still haven't hit puberty enough to grow sideburns without a bald patch. I remember thinking like 4 years ago (when I first noticed some growth of facial hair) that it wouldn't be long before the patchiness went away and my sideburns would be respectable... still waiting. I'm 22 years old and I'm still trying to grow sideburns better than my 14 year old brother.
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