I am still alive… and will post something with more substance… later. =)

In the mean time, you can see pics from the wedding over at my flickr.

Well, it’s Christmas Eve and I’m at home chilling with the family. Have a merry Christmas tomorrow, everyone. =) I may be calling some of you up and/or dropping by, so watch out!

In other news, I uploaded pics from when we took Henrique and Tu to a Brazilian restaurant:

More on my flickr.

I wrote an email to God today (well, not really, because I don’t know his email address) and it reminded me of the movie Dear God about people reading the letters people were writing to God and answering their prayers by doing good deeds for them. Anyways, that’s kinda not the point.

I don’t think I pray very well, especially out loud when other people are around. I’ve probably voiced this before, but I’ll do it again anyways. =p I’ve never really written/typed out a prayer before, but I think it really helped because I guess it helps me to think through my thoughts. In a lot of churches I’ve attended in the past, prayers are sometimes really short and sometimes like mini-sermons. I guess mine tend to be on the short side and I find it hard to come up with things to “talk about” I guess (actually, this is probably a common problem with people too, not just with God)… a lot of times, I’m like, “why do I need to tell God this as he probably already knows?” I know that’s not the point. =p

I think prayer can be very powerful and I envy people who seem to be gifted with a strong prayer life. Actually, I guess they probably weren’t “gifted” with it, but they had to work on it and I should do the same. I want a strong prayer life and I want to dialogue with Him more because He’s the only one who I can truly trust to always lead me in the right direction, whether I like it or not. It might be a little early for New Year’s resolutions, but I think that’s the top of my list for ’07.

I know I post it a lot, but it is a prayer and it is my favorite song…

“Dear Father, I need you,
Your strength my heart to mend.
I want to fly higher,
Every new day again.

Dear God…
Increase.
Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls once again.
Jesus Christ, light of the world burning bright within our hearts forever.
Freedom means love without condition,
Without a beginning or an end.
Here’s my heart, let it be forever Your’s,
Only You can make every new day seem so new.” – Five Iron Frenzy

Yay! Today at work, I entered the office and our office manager greeted me with a brown box and said “this is for you.” I thought it was an LCD at first, but nope, it was my MacBook. Yay! So I spent most of the day setting it up and it’s running smoothly now. Yipeee… time to be more productive. =)

I had a larger, inferior spec’ed, HP laptop that I didn’t even bother taking home (I just left it locked at the desk)… but this MacBook is nice enough for me to carry around with me. I still think I prefer the MacBook Pro’s keyboard though, but it’s nice nonetheless.

Rumor has it a 12″ MacBook Pro might be released soon… I might be tempted… the only reason why I’d stick with the larger version is better photo editting though… so I dunno, we’ll see.

So the company I work for, Bazaarvoice, is in need of content analysts to moderate reviews for our clients. You can see some more info here and let me know if you’re interested. =) It’s a part time position, and seems pretty easy to do (although perhaps boring) and easily done by a college student.

Umm, I’m sure I’ve got other stuff to talk about, but I guess it’ll have to wait. =p

I went to lunch with a coworker and he was mentioning pranks he had done or had done to him in Jester. Once, he was taking a hot shower and his roommate dumped flour on him. It turned into dough and he had chunks stuck in his hair for days, haha. That’s a pretty good one. =)

“Rain, rain on my face
It hasn’t stopped raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become one with the mud

But if I can’t swim after forty days
And my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up – when I’m falling
Lift me up – I’m weak and I’m dying
Lift me up – I need you to hold me
Lift me up – keep me from drowning again” – Jars of Clay

So when we were cleaning my old room out, we found a project Oriana had worked on about sharks. It was supposed to be an informative book I suppose, so I will leave you with a page from it:

Haha, we all started laughing when we saw that. The sunglasses were a nice touch. =)

“The evidence convicts the hollow man
After looking inside
To my dismay I find I’m just one of them
Cause I’m an already but not yet resurrected fallen man
Come break this limbo
And I know you know just who I’ve been
Come define me

Rumor has it you love me
Rumor has it the world spins upside down
Rumor has it my only hope is you
And the rumors are true
I turn everything over” – Switchfoot

I think worship songs are pretty comforting when you feel a bit bummed. Being sick on a nice Saturday is kinda lame. I think weekends mean a lot more to the working crowd… anyways…

“Over the mountains and the sea,
Your river runs with love for me,
and I will open up my heart
and let the Healer set me free.
I’m happy to be in the truth,
and I will daily lift my hands:
for I will always sing of when
Your love came down.” – Delirious?

Posted these before. It’s a good reminder though.

“May all your expectations be frustrated.
May all your plans be thwarted.
May all of your desires be withered into nothingness
that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child
and sing and dance in the love of
God the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.”
-Brennan Manning

I think I might try to leave early today… don’t feel very well. I was sweating a lot last night and woke up at one point feeling drenched. (I’m sure you wanted to hear that ). My stomach is a little sore too, but I’m not sure what caused that…

I used to play this game when I was a kid using the digits of today’s date (11/1/2006) and tried to make various equations out of it… like…

(1+1+1) * 2 = 6 + 0 + 0

It worked better when there weren’t so many zeros.