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| Wednesday, September 3, 2003 Alas, it is time for me to part with this faithful blogger. I no longer will be upadating here nor my xanga, but on www.mikeuh.com. Sunday, August 10, 2003 Quotes of the weekend: Dae Myung: Hey let's go watch S.W.A.T. tonight. Mike: I heard that movie has a lot of bugs in it so they have to "swat" them. Cynthia: Hey you looked like you were eating Kit Kats from back there. Mike: Really? To me it looked like you were playing Kit Kat Koe (Tic Tac Toe - I know it's stretching it, but I thought it was horrendously hilarious.) Tuesday, July 29, 2003 Maybe it's the weather, but for some reason it seems that these days I'm not doing much. But in actuality, I'm doing a lot, I think. Even at times when I'm at home for the whole day, I do keep myself at least somewhat productive with this and that, but strangely, when I'm lying in my bed at the end of the day, I feel like I didn't do anything. But at the same time it's not like I expect this huge bang every day of the summer, or any time for that matter. I know I don't experience too many lows in my life and my relationships, but I realized at the same time I don't really experience too many highs, either. Especially with people. Everything kind of just flows steadily in the middle. I guess that could be good or bad, depending on people's personal preferences. I personally think it's good, and I think it was an unconscious decision I made a while ago to live that kind of lifestyle. I guess it could sometimes come off as lukewarm, apathetic, or cocky. I like to call it being smart. But whatever, this is the path I've chosen and I'll live with the benefits and consequences. The majority of my time at home is now dedicated to the building of my website. I wish I was a graphic artist, but my skills are just limited to simple web design, so even though I do like how it looks so far, it could be so much better if I was good at drawing. Like, just the one factor of being a good graphic artist makes such a huge difference between making a good website and a crazy excellent one. Sunday, July 27, 2003 One of THE biggest pet peeves I have: Drivers who don't wave when they were subject to a nice gesture by another driver, or in this case, when they were subject to a nice gesture by me. So situations like, if there is a mad traffic jam and someone is trying to turn into the street from let's say, a parking lot, and I stop to make space and let them in and they don't wave to say thank you. That's when I say to myself, YOU'RE FREAKING WELCOME. Ingrateful bastard. Hahahaha. And when people don't wave after they screw up on the road. I like to consider myself at least somewhat of a reasonable man... and I do realize people make mistakes. Heck, I'm not exactly your model driver either. So if they do something really stupid and almost get me into an accident, all they have to do is just wave to tell me that they're sorry for messing up, and all will be okay. But if they just drive off in their INSENSITIVE OBLIVION, then I have a freaking problem. I think I just came up with a new term to describe a lot of things I like: Insensitive oblivion. I think it's got a nice ring to it. Another thing that annoys the living crap out of me: when people practice double standards. Perhaps a direct result of their insensitive oblivion. But I think over half the human population are notorious for this. I'd like to think that I'm not one of them. Speaking of gratitude and insensitive oblivion, my recent working experience has taught me that one of the most important things in keeping a successful and thriving company, is that the employees must be treated well. During my three months at that company, I never heard one "thank you" or "good work." My co-worker, during his ten months at that company, never heard one "thank you" or "good work." Not that my reason for doing things is to hear those words from people, but I think people who show a deep level of gratitude toward others are people of extraordinary class and keenness. With David Kim JDSN and Heabin JDSN, even if I did get tired from serving in youth group, I would never consider myself at a status of "burning out" at all because they always reminded me that they care about all the little things that go on in my life as well as all the hours I put in for their ministries outside of what everyone else sees. Sure it looks easy sometimes, but they knew the price I had to pay, big and small. Their constant expression of appreciation toward their staff tells me that all the emotional, physical, and spiritual energy and sweat I poured out into the ministry wasn't a waste in any way. Well, regardless of how I'm treated, I wouldn't take my responsibilities any less seriously (i.e. Sunday School with Ruth, err, I mean, the Wicked WItch of the West, I mean, Worm Woman. Did I say Worm Woman? I actually meant Cow Dung), but for me, a little gratitude sure makes serving a lot more enjoyable, and with Heabin and Dave, I never felt like I was burning out serving under their leadership. And furthermore, with people who are insensitively oblivious who are aware of the importance of gratitude, it will look so obvious when they say nice things just for the sake of "keeping the business together," so to say. They just say "yes I appreciate what you do," but they don't know anything about what you do or the grueling process it sometimes takes to do certain things. I certainly don't appreciate people who throw around heavy words involving the things I pour my life into when they have no idea what the hell they're talking about. And it's especially funny when they use their so-called gratitude as an excuse to enter into a feast of criticism. So it might sound like "although I do appreciate everything you do, I must tell you that _____ is a problem, blah blah blah." Please, can we get any more shallow? Wednesday, July 23, 2003 Michael Uh Statement C - Theology and the Arts My desire to be a part of the Masters of Theology and the Arts program mainly stems from my conclusion that the majority of the arts available today created by Christians can be quite horrendous. I believe the difficulty that every artist, especially Christian artists face, lies in the fact that their works need to touch and stir the hearts of people on so many different dimensions. And as seasons of cultures change, so must the arts, and artists must constantly be on the move through improvement and advancement. Having been a worship leader at my church for the past seven years, I've come to realize that it can be very easy to be content with where I am in terms of the band's musical skills, and the songs that are sung. And having been the multimedia director for the past three years, I am faced with the same struggles of complacency with video and multimedia productions. Many times I find myself looking to the world for artistic motivation and drive, and I realized that in many ways, Christians are behind the world in effectively reaching the hearts of today's post-modern culture. I believe we need more Christian pioneers in the arts who set bold new standards of music, literature, film, and art because the Gospel can be delivered in so many creative and flexible, yet practical ways through the arts, but it is not being used to its fullest effectiveness and potential by churches simply because there are not enough good ideas and examples to follow. But rather than getting caught up in criticizing the current status of Christian arts, I am reminded of names like U2, Thomas Kinkade, Mel Gibson, and Deliriou5?, who are not afraid to step out of the box of complacency, and utilize the arts in groundbreaking ways to deliver the Gospel to the world. I believe that the arts can be used to not only move and touch people's hearts, but also teach and motivate others to use the accomplishments of successful Christian artists as inspirations for their own unique art, thus, forming a great chain reaction of creative teaching and ministering throughout the church. Anyone who took the time to read this: Please let me know if something sounds awkward or doesn't make sense. This is still a rough draft. Tuesday, July 22, 2003 Dear Janet, I saw your picture on Evelyn's xanga. I had almost forgotten your face... isn't it kind of sad? I'd like to think that we were good friends from the two years we've known each other, and yet I don't even have one picture of the two of us. I think we did take a few.. but then they were on my computer and I got a virus and needed to reformat. And you'd probably come up with something really clever in response to that lame excuse... your language rocked. I'm sure it still does. I didn't forget that Satuday was July 19th... but I didn't even visit you once since your funeral... you know I'm horrendous with that kind of stuff... I'm sorry if I've been flaky. But I do think of you. Monday, July 21, 2003 Quote of the weekend: -Softball Practice- J.N.: So how come whenever Matthew messes up no one says anything but when I mess up everyone yells at me??? Mike: That's because you're always making excuses to justify yourself and you set yourself up. J.N.: *rolls eyes* oh please. I'm just going along with their trash talk. Mike: ....... (I rest my case.) Wednesday, July 16, 2003 I hate memorizing scales!!!!! I haven't done the scales thing since I was what, 6-7 years old??? Argh, guitar scales are SUCH a pain in the butt... piano scales are so much easier... or is it because I already had them memorized and it just seems that way... but I do believe it is much, much easier to visualize the scales on the piano than the guitar. And according to the test below, I do have a slight tendancy for visual learning hahaha. But whatever. I don't think I had any easier of a time memorizing the piano scales... although I forgot a whole bunch of them after not having played consistently since middle school. Now I wouldn't be able to play any of them without thinking about it except like... 3 or 4... oh well, I guess that's a decent salvage. But the road to excellence goes through the mastering of scales... I think the love/hate concept that applies in the musicians' path is that there are absolutely no shortcuts. It's quite grueling, but I guess it's a lot more rewarding, in that sense. How many people do we see wanting to learn instruments and get all fired up about it, and then after a month or two it's not fun anymore because of all the boring repetitions that beginners have to go through and they're frustrated with not seeing immediate improvement. And not just a month.. even after about a year people just kind of fade out from their musical instruments... Well, I guess one way to put it is, even after passing the beginners' stage, you then move on to slightly less boring, and harder repetitions. Even look at church worship teams. People who might know how how to play an instrument, or are willing to learn, all of a sudden they are asked to come to practice for an hour to an hour and a half every week, and they're expected to show up every single Saturday or Sunday 45 minutes before everyone else... not to mention all the heavy crap that needs to be carried around whenever there's a special event. But I guess a lot of factors come into play with the question of why people stop pursuing music. Quotes of the day: MOtHeRg77: how was practice? Super0406: it was good.. everything was pretty chop chop. Super0406: and luckily, we didn't have a three hour intercessory prayer meeting like last time MOtHeRg77: i see.. so did you pray about that before? (oh the irony) MOtHeRg77: hahahaha Super0406: ooh my.... Monday, July 14, 2003 Your Brain Usage Profile: Auditory : 43% Visual : 57% Left : 47% Right : 52% Mike, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz. You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic, an active and multidimensional learner. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition. You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than those other individuals. You will alternate between logic and impulse. This vacillation will not normally be intentional or deliberate, so you may experience anxiety in situations where you are not certain which aspect of yourself will be called on. With a slight preference for visual processing, you tend to be encompassing in your perceptions, process along multidimensional paths and be active in your attacking of situations or learning. Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself -- and of others -- while maintaining an "openness" which tempers that tendency. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity may not be in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, obvious and the more functional. http://www.mindmedia.com/brainworks/profiler Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Can I just say that Conan O'Brien is the most brilliant comedian ever??? At least 90% of all my comedic inspiration comes from his show. That guy is seriously hilarious on so many different levels. Spent the day with Tim Kim to fine tune my guitar effects processor... but the fine tuning turned out to be an all out, intense overhaul. But now all my configurations for both electric guitars are all spiffied up and good to go. Hopefully soon I will be worthy of all my upper level equipment. Practice practice practice. Quote from yesterday: Sarah An: That's my future car right there! Mike: The Jetta? Sarah: Yeah! Mike: I see.. so you want to "getta" Jetta huh? Monday, July 7, 2003 I was at the Korean market the other day and saw a little advertisement for Bacchus-F energy drink. When did they all of a sudden upgrade themselves from Bacchus-D to Bacchus-F? Was there ever a Bacchus-E??? But the advertisement itself had a picture of Lakers forward Robert Horry, and he was holding a Bacchus-F bottle and wore a jersey that said "Bacchus" on the front. What in the world is THAT all about??? Sheesh, some of these marketing people REALLY need to learn how to utilize their money and resources to advertise their stuff... Robert Horry endorsing Bacchus-F??? It's strange, and also funny, but more than anything, it is horrendous. Come on people, with the money you spent to get Robert Horry, there's a whole lot of other celebrities you could have gotten that might actually influence your target consumers, let alone even care about Bacchus-F. Do you see Robert Horry drinking Bacchus-F during any Lakers games??? I'd be darned if he drank it during his practice sessions or even at home. I highly doubt Robert Horry even knew what the heck he was promoting when he took those photos. Thursday, July 3, 2003 Omg this is a work of pure genius... "Alliterated Prodigal Son: The Final Fixing of the Foolish Fugitive" Feeling footloose, fancy-free and frisky, this feather-brained fellow finagled his fond father into forking over his fortune. Forthwith, he fled for foreign fields and frittered his farthings feasting fabulously with fair-weather friends. Finally, fleeced by those folly filled fellows and facing famine, he found himself a feed flinger in a filthy farm-lot. He fain would have filled his frame with foraged food from fodder fragments. "Fooey! My father's flunkies fare far fancier," the frazzled fugitive fumed feverishly, frankly facing fact. Frustrated from failure and filled with forebodings, he fled for his family. Falling at his father's feet, he floundered forlornly. "Father, I have flunked and fruitlessly forfeited further family favors . . ." But the faithful father, forestalling further flinching, frantically flagged his flunkies to fetch forth the finest fatling and fix a feast. But the fugitive's fault finding frater , faithfully farming his father's fields for free, frowned at this fickle forgiveness of former falderal. His fury flashed, but fussing was futile. His foresighted father figured, "Such filial fidelity is fine, but what forbids fervent festivities? The fugitive is found! Unfurl the flags! With fanfare flaring, let fun, frolic and frivolity flow freely, former failures forgotten and folly forsaken. Forgiveness forms a firm foundation for future fortitude." Tuesday, July 1, 2003 The ants have declared war once again... A thought that ran across a while back... I wondered if Hersheys chocolate had some kind of female implications to it.. HER SHE Y? Like, the antithesis of Hershey would be Himhey? But I heard it wasn't meant like that. Since Hershey is someone's name, I think. Today is my first day after quitting work... It's strange. My co-worker is leaving the company in 2 weeks. I think he descirbed the feelings we are both going through best: korheean: i'm scared sh*tless korheean: but damn, I never felt SO good at the same time. Super0406: hahahha |
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