i'm back, like johann sebastian (yeah, i spelled it wrong on purpose so don't even start)

Sleep, everyone does it...

So, "Leon's Meats" has come and gone and I must say that I had a truly blessed time.  Not only did I spend quality time with my beloved brothers and sisters of LHCC, but I also learned a tremendous amount from the sermons and group discussions - all which have helped me put my life, pending business school decisions, etc. into proper perspective.  It is with this renewed spirit that I logged onto the church website yesterday, hoping to see wonderful pictures that captured the beautiful essence of the retreat - people spending quality time with one another, praising God and learning from the Word of the Lord.  Thankfully, and to my delight, I found many pictures like this. 

But much to my HORROR and CHAGRIN, I also came across several other pictures.  Here they are:

Jesus was speaking to me from my shoe...

Don't ask me why Jin wasn't praying too???  Freakin' sinner.

So if I tilt my hat like this will it shield me from all the blood as I punish Brian for taking and posting all these pictures on the church website?

A layperson who sees these photos is likely to wonder, "Hey, isn't that Tom sleeping during service?"  Yes, I am guilty, I was asleep in these photos.  But for me to continue in this entry without applauding Brian for taking these photos would be a downright crime - the photographic skill and timing involved in capturing the split second I was sleeping on three separate occasions is uncanny.  Truly humbling.  At the same time, my sense of awe and praise is coupled with a genuine concern for my fellow brother.  In order to capture these three nano-seconds on film must have meant he was paying an inordinate amount of time and attention on me and NOT on Pastor Nam - to be honest, I usually expect this type of adoration/fixation from the ladies but from a man?  I am scared.

And I still cannot understand something - those who think they know the answer feel free to chime in.  How is it that there are 37 pictures of me sleeping and not ONE picture of the 5 grown men who had the heads crammed into women's pantyhose?  Perplexing.

Shout out to the Kimchee Jun-Gol crew - funding your gluttony was truly my pleasure.   

hello fans, it has been a while since i last wrote - please, stop sending me emails and flowers to my house, etc. - it is getting embarrassing, really.  i am ok.  sometimes you ladies are soo aggressive i just don't know how to react. 

anyways, as we come back to reality, a lot has happened since my last post - came back from the lanka (which was a great experience), went to greece and france (albeit for work) and got bootyslammed (that is a technical/finance term) at work.  i have been busy to say the least but i must say that things have been pretty cool - once work eases up more things will be "coolest"?  i am retarded.

well, enough about my life, let's cut to the chase.  we all know why the 13,452 people who subscribe to this xanga come here and that is to read my random musings and insights on life.  here are today's installments.

confession #1 (dedicated to the formatting queen of my kingdom):  there are some shady guys out in the world.  i am convinced there is a huge rock in some dark forest somewhere from which all of these nasty dudes crawl out from under every once and a while.  now, before this starts sounding like some kind of lesbian-manhater xanga diatribe I would like to clarify.  Most men, LIKE MY FRIENDS AND I, are NOT slimeballs. for those who know me well, that is usually an unspoken truth.  regardless, my friends and i believe in upholding the time-honored traditions of chivalry and gentlemenshipismology.  with that said, there are some dumb-arse guys out there who are freaking ruining the general perception of the male species that my friends and I have spent 25-odd years to uphold and defend, being the gallant knights on horseback that we are (sweet image huh?).  but what makes matters worse, these dumb guys are usually the "braver" ones of our species, so it is safe to say that women, in general, come in contact with these losers more often than they do the knights of the round table (once again, guys like my friends and i).  so what is a girl to do?  though many of you regard me as smart, insightful and all-knowing, i must be honest when i say i do not know the answer to that question.   all i can say is be careful.  some guys are nice (once again, guys like my friends and i, for example) but other guys are just dogs - and not cute little terriers, etc. but i am talking about nasty pitbull/weinerdog-funkybreed dogs with three legs, one eye and a bad attitude.