Hmmm…it's been a while since I've been here. Time for a real quick catch-up of what's been happenin' the past couple weeks.

New Orleans trip = fun. Lots of food, shopping, walking. I liked it a lot. Sorry, no details this time.

Orchestra courtyard concert went surprisingly well. I saw more Asian people than tree people, so That was a good sign. I had my shades, the wind was blowing, all in all a descent performance.

This past four-day weekend was a blast. I got to cook a couple lunch and dinners for the family (which I haven't done in ages). I like cooking. Cooking is my friend. So is eating. I cooked this nice chicken soup (with raw chicken meat and bones, none of that canned stuff) and it tasted really good. Also cooked this Chinese sticky rice dish, which was sort of like fried rice except the rice sticks together, and there's more soy sauce and other goodies in it. Much better than the restaurants, I must say. If you guys want recipes, ask me!

Easter Sunday was good for me, I guess. Read a couple blog entries already about how they didn't have that "Easter spirit", if there is such a thing. I am glad to know that people do care about their mental/spiritual readiness for the most significant holiday on the Christian calendar, but does it really matter? Oh wait, let me rephrase that question: Is your heart not prepared if you don't feel the "warm tinglies" you expect to feel? Yes, Easter commemorates a very life-changing, life-saving event, but just because you don't "feel" it doesn't necessarily mean there's a lack of faith involved. For instance, I didn't completely tear up with sadness on Friday, nor did I tear up with joy on Sunday, but I know that I have faith. Faith isn't an emotion, isn't knowledge, isn't an experience, but faith to me is "the facilitator of human to holy" <------- (straight from my notes. Pretty good, huh?) I can write a whole bunch more about faith, but I think I'll stop right there. Just felt like giving some feedback as to the slight "sadness" that people thought they were having just because they weren't "into" it enough.

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I like blogging. It serves as a useful outlet for me to express my spiritual/religious thoughts that I wouldn't be able to share at school. Not that I'm ashamed or uncomfortable discussing such topics, its just that I can never steer the conversations toward these areas.

A question I think I'll just throw out there for the sake of discussion. I've always wondered whether the differences in Catholicism and Protestantism (differences that I have very little insight about) makes any difference to God.

Okay, now for the less serious, and much more comical stuff. Ends with a 'M', starts with a 'P', and has a backwards "or" in the middle. The dateless blunders of our senior class (myself included, for now) are behaving quite amusingly as of late. Getting desperate for dates (which we all know is just as important as … going deer hunting with an accordian), and I'm just sitting back and smiling. Yours truly seems to be creating a bit of chatter out there in the social world (which is a FIRST (really, I think it is a first (what's with all these parenthesis within (parenthesis) (reminds me of stream of conciousness ( I'm hungry, I'm funny, AND funny looking)))). My name has popped up on the social radar screen I think. Word has it that Justin Lin, man of mystery, is currently without a prom date. To set the public record straight, after my first prospect was intercepted by another, and after I'd decided that my second choice wasn't really worth the trouble of securing, I decided to sit back, relax, and take my good ol' sweet time and relish my time as one of a few guys still up for grabs.

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The show I've witnessed was hilarious. It all started about a week ago. First, my mom, with whom I don't discuss girl stuff, asks whether I have a date or not to prom. I say no, and then she suggests that I go with ----- --, the same ----- -- who she thought I should have also taken to Red and White. Fill in the blanks, and for an extra hint, she likes this girl so much she said she would happily pay the $25 for her to go with me. o_O Second, people all around have been dropping hints here and there, everywhere, as to who I should ask. I unfortunately said no to a very fine lady who I thought already had a prom date secured, and then EVERYONE makes this "huge" deal about asking "Why not, Why not, Why not" and whatnot (yes, I do realize its all in good fun). Then today, during lunch, some girl I know of suggests out of the blue that I should go with Anushree, WHICH I also thought was pretty funny. Out of nowhere, "justin, do you have a prom date?"
"no"
"you should go with anushree"

yeah, the time is coming soon, I was hoping not to show my hand until the last moment (hey, I like playing it cool, calm, collected, unfazed, and I like the suspense others feel), but I think I let the cat out of the bag a little too early to a person or two, so my enjoyable show is almost over.

Why do I post this stuff at 1 or 2 in the morning? One phone line, one procrastinating younger brother, one chatty younger sister, one dad who believes internet is only good for news and research, and I possess the slowest computer of the house, so slow I had to disable animation, sounds, videos, and pictures. On the plus side, the infamous "stephanie" hasn't left a note in my guestbook yet, and disabled pics mean I won't get in trouble for anything. : )

posted by Justin at 1:06 AM