A Religion? Or a Relationship?

Recently, I've been really getting back to my spiritual self, as I seem to have lost my path. Then a good friend of mine (name shall be unknown) told me a very... uhm.. inspirational line? I really don't know how to describe what she said, but it really hit home.

She told me "No, this isn't about religion. Religion is fake. This is about YOUR relationship with God." This really made me think, I mean sure, I'd gone to a camp the year before and thought the same thing. But I never really capitalized on how I felt. So I felt I needed to pray.. for a lot of things actually; For guidance, for healing, for help.

I also decided to talk to a few of my certain friends more. They really helped, without them, I've no idea what I would've done. I also took it upon myself to read my Bible more. I will randomly open up my Bible, and read for 20 minutes.

So now I'm asking you. What is religion for you? Is it just that? A religion? Or is it a Relationship with your God?

99 things Guys LOVE about Girls!

♥ 99 facts guys LOVE about girls ♥

1. Guys prefer neat and presentable girls.

2. Guys love flirts.

3. A guy can like you for a minute, and then forget you afterwards.

4. When a guy says he doesn’t understand you, it simply means you’re not thinking the way he is.

5. “Are you doing something?” or “Have you eaten already?” are the first usual questions a guy asks on the phone just to get out from stammering.

6. Guys may be flirting around all day but before they go to sleep, they always think about the girl they truly care about.

7. When a guy really likes you, he’ll disregard all your bad characteristics.

8. Guys love a girl’s smile.

9. Guys will do anything just to get the girl’s attention.

10. Guys hate it when you talk about your ex-boyfriend.

11. When guys want to meet your parents. Let them.

12. Guys want to tell you many things but they can’t. And they sure have one habit to gain courage and spirit to tell you many things and it is drinking!

13. Guys cry!!!!!!!!

14. Don’t provoke the guy to heat up. Believe me. He will.

15. Guys can never dream and hope too much.

16. Guys usually try hard to get the girl who has dumped them, and this makes it harder for them to accept their defeat.

17. When you touch a guy’s heart, there’s no turning back.

18. Giving a guy a hanging message like “You know what?!..uh…never mind!” would make him jump to a conclusion that is far from what you are thinking.

19. Guys love it when girls touch their hands.

20. Guys are good flatterers when courting but they usually stammer when they talk to a girl they really like.

21. When a guy makes a prolonged “umm” or makes any excuses when you’re asking him to do you a favor, he’s actually saying that he doesn’t like you and he can’t lay down the card for you.

22. When a girl says “no”, a guy hears it as “try again tomorrow.”

23. You have to tell a guy what you really want before he gets the message clearly.

24. Guy finds ways to keep you off from linking with someone else

25. Guys love their moms.

26. A guy would sacrifice his money for lunch just to get you a couple of roses.

27. A guy often thinks about the girl who likes him. But this doesn’t mean that the guy likes her.

28. You can never understand him unless you listen to him.

29. If a guy tells you he loves you once in a lifetime. He does.

30. Beware. Guys can make gossips scatter through half of the face of the earth faster than girls can.

31. Like Eve, girls are guys EUR™ weaknesses.

32. Guys are very open about themselves.

33. It’s good to test a guy first before you believe him. But don’t let him wait that long.

34. No guy is bad when he is courting.

35. Guys hate it when their clothes get dirty. Even a small dot.

36. Guys really admire girls that they like even if they’re not that much pretty.

37. Your best friend, whom your boyfriend seeks help from about his problems with you may end up being admired by your boyfriend.

38. If a guy tells you about his problems, he just needs someone to listen to him. You don’t need to give advice.

39. A usual act that proves that the guy likes you is when he teases you.

40. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

41. Guys love girls with brains more than girls in miniskirts.

42. Guys try to find the stuffed toy a girl wants but would unluckily get the wrong one.

43. Guys virtually brag about anything.

44. Guys cannot keep secrets that girls tell them.

45. Guys think too much.

46. Guys’ fantasies are unlimited.

47. Guys hate it when girls talk about their period

48. Guys tend to get serious with their relationship and become too possessive. So watch out girls!!

49. When a girl makes the boy suffer during courtship, it would be hard for him to let go of that girl.

50. It’s not easy for a guy to let go of his girlfriend after they broke up especially when they’ve been together for 3 years or more.

51. You have to tell a guy what you really want before getting involved with that guy.

52. A guy has to experience rejection, because if he’s too-good-never-been-busted, never been in love and hurt, he won’t be matured and grow up.

53. When an unlikable circumstance comes, guys blame
themselves a lot more than girls do. They could even hurt themselves physically.

54. Guys have strong passion to change but have weak will power.

55. Guys are tigers in their peer groups but become tamed pussycats with their girlfriends.

56. When a guy pretends to be calm, check if he’s sweating. You’ll probably see that he is nervous.

57. When a guy says he is going crazy about the girl. He really is.

58. When a guy asks you to leave him alone, he’s just actually saying, “Please come and listen to me.”

59. Guys don’t really have final decisions.

60. When a guy loves you, bring out the best in him.

61. If a guy starts to talk seriously, listen to him.

62. If a guy has been kept shut or silent, say something.

63. Guys believe that there’s no such thing as love at first sight, but court the girls anyway and then realize at the end that he is wrong.

64. Guys like femininity not feebleness.

65. Guys don’t like girls who punch harder than they do.

66. A guy may instantly know if the girl likes him but can never be sure unless the girl tells him.

67. A guy would waste his time over video games and basketball, the way a girl would do over her romance novels and make-ups.

68. Guys love girls who can cook or bake.

69. Guys like girls who are like their moms. No kidding!

70. A guy has more problems than you can see with your naked eyes.

71. A guy’s friend knows everything about him. Use this to your advantage.

72. Don’t be a snob. Guys may easily give up on the first sign of rejection.

73. Don’t be biased. Try loving a guy without prejudice and you’ll be surprised.

74. Girls who bathe in their eau de perfumes do more repelling than attracting guys.

75. Guys are more talkative than girls are especially when the topic is about girls.

76. Guys don’t comprehend the statement “Get lost” too well.

77. Guys really think that girls are strange and have unpredictable decisions but still love them more.

78. When a guy gives a crooked or pretentious grin at your jokes, he finds them offending and he just tried to be polite.

79. Guys don’t care about how shiny their shoes are unlike girls.

80. Guys tend to generalize about girls but once they get to know them, they’ll realize they’re wrong.

81. Any guy can handle his problems all by his own. He’s just too stubborn to deal with it.

82. Guys find it so objectionable when a girl swears.

83. Guys’ weakest point is at the knee.

84. When a problem arises, a guy usually keeps himself cool but is already thinking of a way out.

85. When a guy is conscious of his looks, it shows he is not good at fixing things.

86. When a guy looks at you, either he’s amazed of you or he’s criticizing you.

87. When you catch him cheating on you and he asks for a second chance, give it to him. But when you catch him again and he asks for another chance, ignore him.

88. If a guy lets you go, he really loves you.

89. If you have a boyfriend, and your boy best friend always glances at you and it obviously shows that he is jealous whenever you’re with your boyfriend, all I can say is your boy best friend loves you more than your boyfriend does.

90. Guys learn from experience not from the romance books that girls read and take as their basis of experience.

91. You can tell if a guy is really hurt or in pain when he cries in front of you!

92. If a guy suddenly asks you for a date, ask him first why.

93. When a guy says he can’t sleep if he doesn’t hear your voice even just for one night, hang up. He also tells that to another girl. He only flatters you and sometimes makes fun of you.

94. You can truly say that a guy has good intentions if you see him praying sometimes.

95. Guys seek for advice not from a guy but from a girl.

96. Girls are allowed to touch boys’ things. Not their hair!

97. If a guy says you’re beautiful, that guy likes you.

98. Guys hate girls who overreact.

99. Guys love you more than you love them if they are serious in your relationships

Dissillusioned Young Gamers

I’m constantly saddened when I look at competitive gaming from an outsider’s prospective. I’ve always felt that there are those, leagues and players, who aren’t doing anything to really help the younger crowd. People see dollar signs and sponsorships, in some cases spend hours isolated while practicing, and show up to an event only to go home empty handed. “Why is this happening to us,” some players might say … “What are we doing wrong?”

I was so stirred up by a question someone sent me on Facebook, so I wanted to kick off my Weekly series giving advice on how to correct whatever it is you are doing wrong as a team and/or player. But, before I continue, please stop here if you are not interested in changing. It’d be a waste for you to read this and then just go back to whatever it was that you were doing. Proceed with “care.”


To those who continued, thank you. I’m happy to know amidst all the chaos, that there are still people out there who want to do good. So, someone asked me on Facebook if I thought being an MLG pro “was all I wanted it to be.” I thought about it for a quick second, and a quicker, “NO” immediately surfaced in my mind. Why? Because when representing MLG, our team AmazYn wasn’t able to better serve young, newcomers to gaming. Our time was cut short, and so we weren’t able to finish our message. Thus, we STILL continue to see young folks ask questions and get shot down by overly angry and immature forum-goers. STILL we see pros not using the spotlight they’re given to make a real difference. STILL we see a stereotype placed upon our young gamer friends because of a flawed logic, all the way from the top-down. How can we change this? Young people please read carefully:

Don’t buy in to the money & fame

“1st place 20k we can do this!” That’s the wrong start folks, and if you or your teammates are saying or thinking that, you have to correct that. You don’t always need some check to measure your success. If you think that, you’ve been infected and disillusioned my friends. As soon as you start seeing the dollar signs in your head, you’ve already lost. Sure, you might place well once and celebrate over the money, but you’d better not place worst at that next event. Otherwise, it’s game over … there’ll continually be no gain. I bought it in 2007 and got burned! Burned! Burned, folks! After an early 4th place finish, put our entire MLG 2007 season in peril. Why? $$$$$’s replaced my pupils. May as well have been blind. And don’t only be motivated by those currently atop the leaderboard, because next thing you know, they’ve gone, changed teams, and are no longer relevant. Look to, and inside, yourself for motivation. Change why you play the game, amongst yourself and your teammates, and you’ll begin to see better chemistry, better communication, better results.

Ask Questions

If your team is practicing for hours and hours, you’re basically all that those people have contact with during that time period. You’re practically brothers, sisters, family. If someone is going through a rough time in their life, cheer them up. Talk it over, talk with the team and let those issues be known folks. Break-ups, girls, movies, jobs, school … whatever it is, if someone needs help it’s your responsibility to help. Don’t let that person spiral downward, it’ll improve your teamwork, and it’ll improve your lives. This is how you build lasting relationships with people — you never know how you or any of your teammates might meet again in the future.

Stay Humble

Your team may have just won first place, but that doesn’t mean that you can just limit yourselves to “top teams” now, folks. Keep an open mind and continue to practice against those same teams that helped your team to place well. It may surprise you, but you’ll find that teams off the radar often times have some of the wildest, best strategies you’ve ever seen. Your team will learn a little something from others who aren’t “top teams,” and those are the ones that you want to keep practicing against.

Help Others

I don’t believe that helping others stops with your own teammates. If a newcomer to the community has a question, answer it. If a newcomer to the community sends you a message, respond. If a newcomer to the community wants to practice against your team, play them. If a newcomer to the community wants an autograph, sign it. If a newcomer to the community wants an invite to the LAN, invite them. Do you see where I’m going folks? You’ve just got to help out. You never know how benevolence can come back around to you or your teammates with a real benefit.

I don’t know, I might continue this next week with a part two. Really, I just get flustered thinking about what competitive gaming could be, and the reality. I want to leave competitive gaming after Reach, look back, and see leagues, teams, and communities that follow these principles. Only then will the stereotype cease to exist, and young folks who go through competitive gaming come out as BETTER People.

That’s our AmazYn mission folks, so please, join us.

Courtesy of ReflectzYn I thought it needed to be heard.

Mood Rings

Recently, I started listening to the song "Mood Rings" by Relient K. It totally just left me wondering, why don't we do this for females? Seriously?

LYRICS

we all know the girls that i am talking about
well they are time bombs and they are ticking
and the only question's when they'll blow up
and they'll blow up; we know that without a doubt
cause they're those girls, yeah you know those girls that let their emotions get the best of them

and i've contrived some sort of a plan to help my fellow man
let's get emotional girls to all wear mood rings
so we'll be tipped off to when they're ticked off
cause we'll know just what they're thinking
cause what they're thinking...

she's so pretty but she but doesn't always act that way
her mood's out swinging on the swing set almost every day
she said to me that she's so happy it's depressing
and all i said was "someone get that girl a mood ring"

if it's drama you want then look no further
they're like the real world meets boy meets world meets days of our lives
and it just kills me how they get away with murder
they'll anger you then bat their eyes; those pretty eyes that watch you sympathize

and i've contrived some sort of a plan to help my fellow man
let's get emotional girls to all wear mood rings
so we'll be tipped off to when they're ticked off
cause we'll know just what they're thinking
cause what they're thinking...

she's so pretty but she but doesn't always act that way
her mood's out swinging on the swing set almost every day
she said to me that she's so stressed out that it's soothing
and all i said was "someone get that girl a mood ring"

cause when it's black (it) means watch your back because you're probably
the last person in the world right now she wants to see
and when it's blue it means that you should call her up immediately
and ask her out because she'll most likely agree
and when it's green it simply means that she is really stressed
and when it's clear it means she's completely emotionless (and that's all right i must confess)

we all know the girls that i am talking about
she liked you wednesday but now it's friday and she has to wash her hair
and it just figures that we'll never figure them out
first she's jekyll and then she's hyde....at least she makes a lovely pair

mood ring oh mood ring
oh tell me will you bring
the key to unlock this mystery
of girls and their emotions
play it back in slow motion
so i may understand the complex infrastructure known as the female mind

So. Not I'm left to think how true those lyrics are. I'm not trying to bash, but I haven't seen a single female that this doesn't apply to. From now on, I'm sure as hell getting my female friends mood rings. That way, I don't need to randomly be ambushed by barrages of "WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?!?!?!?"

Hate and Love

Hi guys! Sorry I've been extremely busy and totally spaced off my Phenoms! Anywho, I've recently heard a lot of people (myself included) throwing around the words "hate" and "love". I feel that society in general, has dumbed down these words to a point where they aren't even befitting their original meaning. "Hate" is supposed to be just that, an EXTREME dislike of a person, place, or thing. Now days, I hear people constantly using "hate" for extremely trivial and un-befitting things. An example, yesterday, I was listening to the radio and a song I don't particularly like came on. I loudly exclaimed to my friends that "I HATE this song!" Later on, I realized that I too throw the word "hate" around way to much.

Next, we have the word "love". In my opinion, this is THE MOST dumbed down word in the entire English language. Society has literally ruined the word's original meaning. Sure, we still know what it means, but we use the word for things that we "like" or have an infatuation towards. Think of how many times you have used the word "love" today. How many times was it? Six? Seven? Ten? Even more? Love is a very complicated thing. We're always talking of "True Love" and such, but do we really know what it means?

Well, I'm done ranting now, so I'll close the post off with a Gospel verse. My favorite verse, in fact!

Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet of the nations.

"Ah, Sovereign Lord," I said, " I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."

But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you, Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the Lord. JEREMIAH 1:5-8