my blog is now officially two years old! i'm proud of myself for holding onto this blog for so long. these days, you see people starting and stopping over and over with so many blogs/xangas. converting to this. updating to that. oh the inconsistency of conforming. i applaud myself for staying true to myself and keeping a single journal for the past 731 days. it's really fun reading past entries from 1 and 2 years ago from the same day. really fun.

do you know what i love? i love taking really long dumps. don't you love it when you're in the bathroom for like 20 min. and the whole time, you're actually getting alot done on the toilet? i love the feeling when you're completely done. all that mess is out of your system and all of it came out solidly. a minimal number of broken pieces and a very clean wipe. as soon as you put your pants back on, you feel like you've lost 10 pounds. it's a very pleasureable feeling.

do you know what i love? i love it when i'm not exactly starving, but just hungry. the hunger where you feel it growing inside of you but it's nothing you feel you have to complain about. it's the kind of hunger that makes you tell your friends that you've just started to get hungry. i really like this kind of hungry b/c there is no shrinkage of the stomach and i personally believe that these are the times that one can eat the most. especially since the hunger is in the middle of growth, you can comfortably satisfy it...but for some reason, this kind of satisfaction is VERY pleasurable. i experienced this with Sergio's today. i wish i could use cuss words to express my feelings but we'll just leave it with "that was hella good!"

do you know what i love? i love the very moment when you walk out of the doors of your very last final for the quarter. the cage is finally open. the ball and chain are finally cut off. time to exit the airplane doors. you can finally kiss the sun and taste the freakin' rainbow! (you get the idea). the worries of grades and textbook answers disintegrate. time to burn the books and make plans for the break! i love that free feeling. i love the fact that i can experience it three times a year.

do you know what i love? i love the 5 seconds of relaxation that you have RIGHT before you fall asleep. you've had a long day (good or bad). there was not a single opportunity for you to rest your eyes until your final destination, your bed. when you crash, your body experiences that pleasure of rest that was lacking for the longest time. you brain recognizes the rare satisfaction and sends signals to your mouth to smile. you sigh and let your dreams take care of the rest. what a joy!

do you know what i love? i love it when i'm reading the Bible and i find THE PERFECT words to encourage and give me advice. when your life is in the pits and you read the words of God, there is just no better encouragement. the notion of grace is even more profound than your previous understanding of it. an incredible revelation and emotion is experienced. tears follow. then we pray thanks. God's word is good.

do you know what i love? i love it when i make my mom laugh. i believe that making our parents laugh is one of the most difficult obstacles that we face. often, they will not laugh when you're TRYING to make them laugh. however, it is ironically when we comment or respond in a natural and unintentional manner that we'll have a better chance at cracking a smile in their face. to hear your parents laugh is a rare, yet wonderful thing to experience. to be the cause of that laughter is an even greater experience.

do you know what i love? i love it when i find money on the ground... and i'm not talking about nickels or pennies. haha. but i think it's funny how finding a quarter can bring me so much more joy compared to finding a dime on the ground. when i was in 9th grade, i used to work at Wetzel's Pretzels and i would take the bus to and from work. one night as i was walking home, i saw a few bills rolled up on the ground. i just picked it up w/o checking to see how much, put it my pocket, and walked towards my garage area. there was someone far behind me but there was no one i could see who it might belong to. when i approached an area where there was no one around, i unrolled the bills and stared at my total. over $360. you know, people usually brag about how they found a dollar or even a 5 dollar bill on the ground! but bragging about finding over $360 just doesn't sound right, does it? i think this was the only time i didn't LOVE finding money on the ground.

do you know what i love? i love it when i shoot the basketball PERFECTLY and the ball goes in beautifully. SWISH! you know for certain that the ball is going to go in cause that release just felt too good. your form is perfect. your jump is perfect. your follow through is perfect. your result is perfect. i wish this would happen to me more often.

you're probably wondering why i wrote about these few things that i really love. yeah, i don't know either.

Thought of the Day: If I do not love, I am nothing.
Song of the Day: WC-Gangsta Nation