Growing up happens in a heartbeat.

One day you’re in diapers; the next day you’re gone.

But the memories of childhood stay with you

for the long haul.

I remember a place ….. a town ….. a house

like a lot of houses……

A yard like a lot of other yards….

On a street like a lot of other streets.

And the thing is ….. After all these years,

I still look back … with WONDER.

…

what you just read is the last words said on the last episode of the tv show, “wonder years”. andy imed it to me today.. and i found it.. very.. intersting.. he loves the show btw. i remember watching it a lot when i was younger.. yah.. anyways…

hmm.. i went to see ’stomp’ today… it was pretty fun.. here’s a conversation i had with joe -

time To IM tim: stomp.. was alright

time To IM tim: was it worth.. 45 bucks

time To IM tim: i don’t know about that..

JoEKiNG 5 3 0: hahaha

JoEKiNG 5 3 0: heard u missed the first scene or something

time To IM tim: o

time To IM tim: yah..

time To IM tim: it’s ok

time To IM tim: i saw it on pbs

JoEKiNG 5 3 0: hahaha

JoEKiNG 5 3 0: was it exactly the same?

time To IM tim: hmm..

time To IM tim: kinda

time To IM tim: more longer

JoEKiNG 5 3 0: lol

time To IM tim: they only showed.. like.. the best parts of it on pbs

time To IM tim: so .. i got to see the crap parts

JoEKiNG 5 3 0: ohhh

JoEKiNG 5 3 0: hahahha

JoEKiNG 5 3 0: so u paid 45 bucks to see the crap parts?

i found myself.. dozing off in the beginning.. but when new stuff came up… i was wide wake.. i loved the thing they did with the zippo lighters.. i thought that was very cool.. the basketball one was pretty cool too.. sometimes.. though.. so much was happening at one time.. it just sounded like noise… noise with a beat. will i want to ever see it again?.. probably not.. but.. it was still a good experience either way…

afterwards.. we went to go eat some ice cream and cookies at… diddy reise.. cookie’s are just 35 cents there… i had… mint chocolate chip ice cream between two chocolate chip cookies.. mmmm.. anyways.. after we got the ice cream.. we all stood in a circle talking to each other.. jennifer’s friend was talking and.. everyone was listening to her.. i was getting really tired… and i saw a chair in the distance.. so i walked over to it.. picked it up.. brought it back to the circle and sat down kinda.. behind the group…

“that’s our tim”

“have you met tim myung yet?”

what the heck does that mean? hahaha… shrug… i was tired… so i wanted to sit down… do i do this a lot?.. hmm..

crystal and i were talking about.. qualities we want to find in the perfect mate. here’s the list i came up with.

1. a smile that can make my heart melt

2. can make cookies that i can’t stop eating

3. tells me i shoulds top eating.. but keeps making me cookies

4. asian

5. christian

6. 5′4″ or shorter

7. willing to throw a football around or hit a baseball

8. musical

9. makes me a better person

10. can carry a conversation with me without saying a word.

11. willing to try new things

12. likes outdoors

13. can call me at any hour without me getting mad

14. competitive

15. has tact

16. can stop me from doing anything just by holding my hand..

17. sarcastic

18. common sense

19. knows how to flirt

20. eyes that can pierce right through me

21. has hugs i don’t want to let go of

22. little jealous

23. not selfish

24. knows how to debate

25. navel ring

26. knows how to use a computer

27. knows i’m the head of the house.. but knows shes the neck

28. fast learner

29. knows how to drive well

30. sing together

31. not condescending

32. can do things on her own

33. let’s me open doors for her

34. family oriented

35. can make 7 hours feel like 30 minutes

36. willing to go to baseball games

37. willing to let me watch sunday sports

38. let’s me play sports with the boys

39. worries that i might get hurt playing sports with the boys

40. doesn’t whine

41. someone i want to change for

42. smells great

43. not a priss

44. dresses nice

45. trustworthy

46. mostly trusting

47. understanding.

48. looks good wearing anything

49. great butt

50. won’t hurt me

51. doesn’t expect me to shower her with gifts

52. doesn’t expect me to be perfect

53. makes me think i’m perfect

54. not picky

55. loves me

56. knows how to kiss *muah*

57. knows when i should sleep

58. feels bad when she keeps me up

59. knows she can’t always be my top priority

60. makes this list obsolete

tuesdays are already.. learn a little about tim day on this website… thursdays will be.. lyrics to a song day.. umm.. a lot of people have asked me about the song on my profile.. its matchbox 20 – unwell. anyways.. i’ve always loved listening to matchbox 20.. if you look at the mp3’s on my computer.. the most i have of one band is jimmie’s chicken shack. second is lifehouse. and the third is matchbox 20. anyways.. here’s the lyrics to one of their new songs.. i don’t think it’s one of the best songs.. but.. it’s interesting and i like the chorus.. it’s called

hand me down -

Someday they’ll find your small town world

On a big town avenue

Gonna make you like the way they talk

When they’re talking to you

Gonna make you break out of your shell

‘Cause they tell you to

Gonna make you like the way they lie

Better than the truth

They’ll tell you everything

You wanted someone else to say

They’re gonna break your heart, yeah

(Chorus)

From what I’ve seen

You’re just one more hand me down

‘Cause no one’s tried to give you

What you need

So lay all your troubles down

I am with you now

Somebody oughta take you in

Try to make you love again

Try to make you like the way they feel

When they’re under your skin

Never once do you think that they would lie

When they’re holding you

Then you wonder why they haven’t called

When they said they’d call you

You’ll start to wonder

If you’re ever gonna make it by

You’ll start to think

You were born blind

Chorus

I’m here for the hard times

The straight to your heart times

When living ain’t easy

You can stand up against me

And maybe rely on me

And cry on me, yeah

Oh no, no, no

Someday they’ll open up your world

Shake you down to the drawing board

They’ll do their best to change you

They still can’t erase you

(Chorus)

Lay them down on me

Oh yeah

You’re just one more hand me down

And all those nights

Don’t give you what you need

So lay all your troubles down

On me

…..

i actually had the lyrics of another song up earlier.. but.. hmm.. i decided to change it cause it didn’t quite.. portray how i felt.. this.. song doesn’t either.. shrug… matchbox twenty songs are so depressing.. but i’m actually in a pretty decent mood.. so yah..

other matchbox 20 songs of interest

downfall

unwell

disease

if you’re gone

rainmaker

i got my guitar about, six years ago, i believe. la central was giving guitar lessons to all the boys at the church.. and it was being taught by the older boys. so.. in one week.. all the parents bought all the boys guitars… i think there was.. about.. 8 of us all together.. all with our shiny guitars.. and every saturday we had our guitar lesson.. i think.. at most.. we had.. 3 lessons.. i remember the first lesson.. we played until we couldn’t feel our fingertips any more. and.. second week.. we learned.. to strum. but i think that’s all i ever learned in the lessons..

afterwards… my guitar found a home in my closet. i’d take it out every once in awhile to play for church… but.. really i didn’t care much for it… i took it to korea.. which i regret.. and.. there.. is where it got most of it’s dents and dings… but.. even when i lead out song service for the church and other things.. i really didn’t know how to play it.. i mean, i knew chords. i knew how to tune.. but i don’t think i really sounded that good..

my first year of college though, when i moved out, i moved into a 2 room apartment with one phone line and no tv. now that i look back, i wonder why me and my roommate just didn’t buy a tv.. but.. it didn’t come to us at that point.. i did.. take my guitar.. so.. whenever.. i was bored.. or.. stressed.. i’d pick up my guitar.. and play something on it.. i think this is when i actually learned how to play. i think.. i must’ve played my guitar for hours every day.. cause there really wasn’t anything else to do…

i have a very unorthodox way of playing though.. and.. i think it’s because of my playing in the apartment.. i never had a pick.. so.. i never used one. i still don’t like using one now though i’m trying to practice with it…

most people name their guitars.. mine i guess is named genevieve.. though.. i never call it that. i don’t think i ever name anything i have.. my guitar is.. just.. my guitar. just like.. my jetta is my jetta. and my firebird was my firebird.. i remember i had a friend who used to make fun of me because of that.. cause i never called it a car.. it was jetta.. or a firebird.. anyways.. yah..

i tell myself i need a new guitar all the time.. the bridge is messed up.. and the strings go out of tune.. but.. yah.. i play my friends’ guitars or.. new guitars in stores.. but i like the sound that my guitar makes.. it’s not as shiny as it used to be. but it still relieves my stress. though it may be dented, bruised and busted.. i still like.. putting my arms around it, holding it to my body and making music with it.. i love it..

cause.. it’s my guitar…

i don’t know how to start this blog.. i’m dead tired right now.. not that i did much today.. i woke up.. pretty late.. but all day.. i’ve been.. just zoning out.. haven’t been able to concentrate much.. just .. stuff on my mind… i don’t know.. last saturday, i spent the night at ben’s place. i can’t really say we had a sleepover.. cause.. well i didn’t sleep.. ben just got an xbox.. and.. we played.. allstar baseball 2003 all night. i’m amazed how many games we played… every game after.. 3 was the last game…

“last game?”

“ok”

….

“one more?”

“alright, but last game”

hehe.. the last game ended with a walk off homerun by soriano. yay.. the joy.. anyways.. we finally slept at.. 8.. but.. woke up at 2 to go to a wedding.. i don’t know…

it was kinda weird being at the wedding.. last one i’ve been to was my sisters.. and i don’t recall ever going to another one before that… since i went to my uncles which was.. 8 years ago?.. shrug… the first thing my mom asked me when i got back was.. so.. when’re you getting married..

i always planned on getting married at 25.. my parents got married at 25. my sister was married at 25. i just.. figured.. that’s the age when it’s right.. but.. i’m .. 21 now… turning 22 very soon.. and that.. 25 year deadline.. seems to be creeping closer and closer.. i think at 18.. i would’ve guarenteed being married at.. 25.. now.. i think man.. that’s a little young isn’t it… shrug.. i gotta find that perfect someone first..

i’ve always thought.. you’ve got to search long and hard to find the perfect someone.. is it possible.. that.. that person.. can just come along and drop right into your lap.. like the movies.. have you seen you’ve got mail?.. at kevin’s wedding this weekend, they asked him how he first got to know his now wife.. and he said.. they started by exchanging emails with each other.. i found that.. really interesting.. an online .. relationship.. hmm… that actually worked..

anyways.. yah.. mvp baseball 2003 is coming out on computer tomorrow.. and.. i think i’m going to buy it.. i’m quite.. excited… about it.. quite..