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Introduction/what I stand for |
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Welcome!
Hey, ZePuKa here! Just thought I'd share a little about myself...
I am an 18 year old College student in my second year of study, which is in the line of Bioengineering. I work at a deli, working with food and stuff, which I find pretty awesome, since I'm now getting paid to do things I've been doing ever since I could hold a knife without cutting myself! =P I Have a social life as well, in between all the homework and school time and work time. I have a loving family consisting of My dad, my mom, and my siblings, all of whom I love and who love me back. =) Sadly, it seems as if this home type, which used to be the norm, is becoming quite the minority with all the divorces, adultery, death, and other factors that tear families apart. I am truly thankful for the chance I have to be in this type of a home, and thus I give my thanks to the Lord Almighty, who is the father of all blessings! I was raised a Christian in the baptist church, although I have since made that faith I had been taught into my own personal relationship with God, who I know will love me and save me through my entire life, no matter what mistakes I make or whatever trials befall me. For he says in his word, "I will never leave, nor forsake you" Hebrews 13:5. Which is truly an amazing thing... =) because even though he sometimes seems so far away, he's always there, waiting for me to run back into his arms. I am eternally thankful that God sent his son, Jesus to die for my sins so that I may have this chance to have such a close relationship with him, for before the sacrifice of Christ, the people had to face God the judge without the shroud of Jesus' blood to protect them from the punishment they're due. Instead of the blood of lambs, which was still not good enough, the blood of Jesus now covers my sins so that I may have this relationship with God... Without that payment for and washing away of my sins, I would not be able to do so, since God is pure and can not associate with sin... But now, with the forgiveness of sins through Christ's blood, I may now enter the gates of heaven when I die, and thus have no fear of death, for I know that it's just the beginning of something much more wonderful... =) It's amazing that just a simple prayer asking Jesus to forgive you, cleanse you of your sins, and become ruler of your life will get your name signed in the book of life, and cause such a multitude of angels to rejoice for the new member of the family... =) Now, I have some other loves below that of my first love of Christ, as before mentioned, that of my family, and then there is the love of my friends, all of whom have a special place in my heart where I cherish them and the memories I have together with them. I also have a boyfriend, whom one could say is 'my best friend' in a sense... =) A Jesus boy, he is, and that's what is most important in someone of the opposite gender... For if anyone wishes to have my heart, he must first seek God... Now while I am on the subject of my beliefs, I believe the following:
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Philippians 4:8
Thus I believe that morality is not only good, but necessary, and sinful things should be done away with... No one is perfect, but each should try their best in leaving behind the sinful things of their past and ask God to help them to slowly come away from the things of the world.
"Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
Thus I believe that only by asking Jesus to atone for one's sin that one may enter the kingdom of heaven.
Now, before I run out of room, I would like to say a word about my layouts. I do not do custom layouts because I simply do not have the time to do so, and even when I do have a little time, I use it to make a layout of what I want, with the fullest extent of creativity I please... The only exception is when it's a gift for someone I choose to make one for, and so far, that's only been one person, who's layout I just finished for her birthday. You can see that layout HERE.
ZePuKa · Mon Dec 11, 2006 @ 06:36pm · 0 Comments |
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ZePuKa · Wed Jun 14, 2006 @ 05:11pm · 2 Comments |
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this is a bit late, but I meant to tell you all that I will no longer be updating thist journal, i have a xanga now and I like it alot better... so check it out sometime!
http://www.xanga.com/zepuka
ZePuKa · Tue Oct 18, 2005 @ 04:20pm · 0 Comments |
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We Live
by Superchic[k]
There's a cross on the side of the road Where a mother lost a son How could she know that the morning he left Would be their last time she'd trade with him for a little more time So she could say she loved him one more time And hold him tight But with life we never know
When we're coming up to the end of the road So what do we do then With tragedy around the bend?
Chorus: We live we love We forgive and never give up Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above Today we remember to live and to love We live we love We forgive and never give up Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above Today we remember to live and to love
There is a man who waits for the tests To see if the cancer has spread yet And now he asks, "So why did I wait to live till it was time to die?" If I could have the time back how I'd live Life is such a gift So how does the story end? Well this is your story and it all depends So don't let it become true Get out and do what we are meant to do
Chorus
Waking up to another dark morning People are mourning The weather in life outside is storming But what would it take for the clouds to break For us to realize each day is a gift somehow, someway So get our heads up out of the darkness And spark this new mindset and start to live life cuz it ain't gone yet And tragedy is a reminder to take off the blinders And wake up and live the life we're supposed to take up Moving forward with all our heads up cuz life is worth living
Chorus (to fade)
I love this song, it is just so self-explanitory! mrgreen And the sound is catchy too, with it's soft acoustic sounds and upbeat tempo, it is very unique sounding a will get stuck inside anyone's head just by hearing it once or twice!
The lyrics send a simple but important message: Live life to it's fullest, like God intended it to be!
Life is short, but everyone forgets that, and therefore does not always live their life like they should.
So today, my short and simple message, though very powerful and important is: Live life, love life, and do so to the fullest, and keep singing, through the ups and downs, because you only get one life, don't let it waste away and make you wish you could do it over...
ZePuKa · Sun Aug 14, 2005 @ 02:32am · 2 Comments |
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I'm bored... how bout I just tell you a lil bit about me! |
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1- What is your name?...you may call me Zepuka, puka, or puka-chan! 2- How old are you? 17 3- Where are you from? somewhere, somehow, a village is missing an idiot... 4- How much Gaian Gold do you have now? 9676!!! just a little over a thousand to go! 5- Do you have any siblings? Yes 6- Are you a boy or a girl? Girl 7- Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? nope! ^_^ 8- What is your favorite color? All shades of blue, and most shades of green, and bright orange! 9- Do you hate n00bs? no, I don't hate anyone! tho i might find them quite annoying... 10- Do you have any really rare items on Gaia? Not that i know of... 11- What is your favorite food? Anything edible... 12- Gambino or Von Helson? come again? 13- Do you like cheese? Yup! =D 14- Do you like muffins? Affirmative =P 15- What are your favorite band(s)? don't get me started! I love so many! I have alot in my sig on random pic mode, so check some of them out! 16- If you could have any super-human power in the world, what would it be? telepathy, so I can communicate with anyone, anytime, anywhere! 17- Do you go do school? Yes. 18- Whats the first thing that comes to your mind when i say Mr. Betty McWigglesworth III sr.? I question your mental state. <--- that would be my friend vythica's response, and I found it quite amusing! but my first reaction would be that how is a third a senior? if there was a so and so the third jr, they would actually be so and so the fourth... so and so the third senior doesn't exist... 19- Pepsi or coke? COKE!!!! You'd better drink it too cuz I own a sizeable portion of it... 2 hundred some shares of it... 20- Do you have any peircings? Ears 21- Do you have any tatoos? Nope, and I don' wan' any! 22- Is you hair dyed? red highlights to accentuate my existing ones. 23- What's one thing on Gaia that you wished Gaia had? A way to preview items before purchasing them in the marketplace. <-- vythica said this too and I quite agree! 24- Are you on a quest? yup! Wait for me, my royal blue kimono at 10,777 gold!!!! 25- How many people are on your friend list? 4, but the 2 are actually the same person so techinically 3... 16- How many baskets did you get from Easter 2005? uh, it's the same basket every year, i don't get a new one, just get it refilled! ^_^ 17- Do you like polls? Depends 18- Do you like bumping? huh? 19- Did you ever join Gaia Nakie Day? er.... nakie day? that doesn't sound good... 20- Do you like Pancakes? yup! =P chocolate chip filled... 21- Is this getting annoying? not really 22- Do you have a journal on Gaia? No... I just decided to fill this out for the heck of it and post it no where.... of course i have a journal! what do you think THIS is? *points at the computer screen* 23- What is your favorite emoticon on Gaia? mrgreen 24- Do you have a house on Gaia? Nope, I lodge with scifijesus! 25- What is your favorite Gaian event of the year?. I didn't know there were any... 26- So, how are you doing? how am i doing what? mrgreen 27- Do you like mad libs? sometimes... 28- Who is your favorite actor? Johnny Depp... who else? though i like will smith too... 29- Who is your favorite actress? anne hathaway 30- Do/did you like the school cafeteria food? you're asking me if I like the taste of cardboard... stare 31- What is your favorite element? (wind, water, fire, etc) Water! 32- What is your favorite icecream flavor? Chocolate!!!! 33- What is your favorite icecream topping? oreos! 34- What did you have for breakfast this morning? cereal 35- Do you like your name? yup! 36- Do you speak another langueage? If so, what language? Puedo hablar la lingua espanol poco... 37- What is your favorite game? I dunno... 38- Meateater, Vegetarian, or omnivore(both)? What's the term for a cardboard eater? (during the school year anyway...) 39- What TV show gets on your nerves the most? I don't watch tv all that much, but I think reality shows are annoying... 40- Have you ever written a story? Yup! 41- What is you favorite TV show(s)? CSI, law and order svu, my cartoons, but I don't watch all that much tv... 42- How much gold do you have now? same as before... 43- Internet or CD-Roms? internet i guess... 44- What's the weirdest book title you've ever seen? "How to comprehend the 'For Dummies' books for dummies"... 45- What's the weirdest movie title you've ever seen? Swim Fan 46- What's your favorite book(s)? I love books! you can't make me choose! I read lots of 'em! 47- What's your favorite movie(s)? too many to choose from! 48- What's the first thing that comes to your mind when I say donut? bleh. 49- Chocolate or gummy candy? SUGAR! CAFFEINE! SUGAR! I like both, but if you give me chocolate I will love you forever! wink 50- Half way there! woot! What do you have to say about that? Whoever took the time to think of all these questions has no life... 51- How much gold do you have now? um, the same amount, and it'll stay that way until i refresh the page so quit asking! 52- How did you find this thread? Read it in Vythica's journal... I've been reading lots of journals lately... 53- Are you a pyromaniac? Yes!!! twisted mwauahahahahahahaha!!!! Fire!!!! Heehee! haha! muahahaha! *cough* *gag* Meh... don't pay attention to the psycho behind the curtain please.... 54- If you could create a world made entirely out of one thing (cheese, sugar, packing noodles, etc.) What would it be? if everything were made of one thing, I wouldn't be alive and neither would you... 55- What is your anti-drug? lots of things, my health, my friends, my family, but most importantly, my God... I'm his temple... 56- Do you have a cell-phone? Yep. 57- Why did you choose the name you chose on Gaia? The same reason I use Zepuka for other accounts: It's my original creation, so I can use it anywhere without worrying that it's taken and have to add numbers or something to it... 58- Anarchy or organized government? organized government, like what america used to be... 59- Devil or... other?(God, gods, goddesess, etc.) I believe in the one and only God of the universe, and all of his creations, the devil and demons included... 60- What religion are you? Christain, saved by the sacrafice of God's one and only son =D 61- What other website do you like other than Gaia? purevolume, most of my favorite artists are there! 62- Do you have over 1000 posts? I dunno, I shall have to check sometime... 63- Do you have your own website? Yup, tho it's offline at the present time... 64- Have you ever donated to Gaia? Nope, I'm broke 65- What kind of computer do you have? (dell, mac, etc.) Dell 66- What kind of internet do you have? (AOL, internet explorer, etc.) Internet explorer 67- What kind of internet CONNECTION do you have? (Cable, dial up, etc.) cable... that likes to stop working alot... 68- How many computers do you have in your house? 5, the old '85 in the attic, the crappy gateway in the basement, the operational dell in the study, my dad's operational laptop, and my operational laptop... (which I just got! mrgreen It wiped out my entire savings... ) 69- How many TV's do you have in your house? 4... the one in the basement, the one in the living room, my parents tv, and mine, the only one w/o a cable hookup... but at least i can watch my movies! mrgreen 70- How much Gaian gold do you have now? Quit asking me. 71- What's the most gold you've ever had a once? what I have now, which is listed the first time you asked me... 72- Do you watch Anime? A lil bit, but again, i don't watch too much tv... 73- Do you read Manga? Yeah, some. 74- Do you have a drawing pad hooked up to your computer? Nope 75- Do you have a computer of your own? yep, my laptop! ^_^ 76- Do you like to draw? yes! 77- What is your favorite song(s)? ah! too many! I'm listening to "move" by Thousand Foot Krutch right now tho... 78- What is your favorite music video(s)? "Bring Me Down" by Pillar! 79- Are you going to do part of this survey now and the rest of it later? No, I've gotten thus far, might as well finish... 80- Do you feel some of these questions are too personal? No, I'm basically an open book... save for any information that cannot be passed over the net... 81- What id one(or more) of your favorite quotes? (not from you, but from a TV show, movie, etc.) ah, quotes... another of which i have too many to pick! 82- What is one quote by you? "I'm not dumb, I'm just intellectually challenged!" 83- Wow, I'm running out of questions... T__T Say something amusing. If a goose gets cold, what kind of bumps do they get? 84- How long have you been doing this? um, not sure.... but I've gone through a number of songs... I'd say something like 20 minutes... 85- Have you ever done anything like this before? Yup 86- Do you watch Family Guy? no. 87- Do you watch The Simpsons? also no. 89- Do you watch Invader Zim? no. 90- Do you have something(handheld) that plays music? (ipod, mp3 player, etc.) yup, my discman... (portable cd player) 91- Do you have a job that you get payed for? not yet. 92- Almost done! aw... but my favorite song just came on! "Absolute" by Thousand Foot Krutch... 93- Do you have a webcam? No. 94- Do you hate these things? they can get annoying if they have an excessive amount of question... :cough: :cough: :hint: :hint: 95- I have a renforcement sticker on my arm and a post-it on my forehead T__T: Er... congratualtions? 96- Summer or Winter? Depends... 97- Do you have any hand held video game systems?(gameboy, Nintendo DS, PSP, etc.) nope. 98- What is your favorite video game? I don't play video games 99- What is your favorite video game system? see above answer... 100- WEWT!!!!!! DONE!!! How much Gaian gold do you have now? Let's see, how much gold could I possibly have while staying on one page for 25 minutes...?
ZePuKa · Sun Aug 07, 2005 @ 08:55pm · 1 Comments |
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MirrorBarlowGirl
Listen(select 'Mirror' to play)
Mirror, Mirror on the wall; Have I got it? 'Cause Mirror you've always told me who I am I?m finding It?s not easy to be perfect So sorry, you won?t define me Sorry, you don?t own me
Who are you to tell me that I?m less than what I should be? Who are you? Who are you? yeah yeah I don?t need to listen to the list of things I should do I won?t try; no I won?t try
Mirror I am seeing a new reflection I?m looking into the eyes of He who made me and To Him I have beauty beyond compare I know He defines me yeah yeah
Who are you to tell me that I?m less than what I should be? Who are you? Who are you? yeah yeah I don?t need to listen to the list of things I should do I won?t try; no I won?t try
You don't define me You don't define me You don't define me You don't define me
Who are you to tell me that I?m less than what I should be? Who are you? Who are you? yeah yeah I don?t need to listen to the list of things I should do I won?t try; no I won?t try yeah yeah
Who are you to tell me that I?m less than what I should be? Who are you? Who are you? yeah yeah I don?t need to listen to the list of things I should do I won?t try; no I won?t try
I love the message this song has, and the sound isn't so bad itself! In fact, the thing I love about BarlowGirl is that theire sound is so unique, with soft melodies and harsher harmonies perfectly balanced...
You will hear a piano and a violin play throughout the song, more defined in the begining, with the addition of drums and electric guitar for a more rock-ish feel.
All in all it's a catchy song soundwise, but I want to dig into these lyrics...
Basically, the lyrics are focused on rebelling the power of the mirror, and finding beauty in God and not mirrors. This in itself is a wonderful message, but I believe it can be applied to all areas of life, not just dressing to please aspect.
The mirror is symbolic of the world and how the world tells you to live, giving you a to do list on how to dress, act, live, and believe.
The world tells us to sin, to please our own sinful desires, and we are defined -shaped- by those desires that we indulge in, until we are drowning in them...
This is not the plan that God has for us. He does not want us to suffer for our sins, and that is why He sent His one and only son to die for us, to cleanse us of those sins.
Because of that sacrafice, we are given new life and in time, God molds us into what He wants us to be; He defines us. He lets us know how much He loves us, and to Him we are each and every one, BEAUTIFUL.
When we listen to His voice, and remember His promises, we can finally overcome the temtations of the mirror, of the world, knowing that it doesn't matter what they think, all that matters is what God thinks!
That is why I love the chorus:
'Who are you to tell me that I am less than what I should be...'
The world has no authority over us, not when God is the ruler of our lives. When God sees His children, He sees them as perfect, precious jewels, each unique and genuine; each a blessing to His kingdom.
He sees the beauty in His children, like the song says:
'I?m looking into the eyes of He who made me and To Him I have beauty beyond compare'
So don't let the ways of the world trick you; you are not worthless, you are not ugly, you are not a terrible wretch, you are a precious child of God, fearfully and wonderfully made, in HIS image...
So whether you struggle with self-consciousness, peer-pressure, depression, or are just having a bad day, remember how wonderful and important you are to God, and when the world tells you how to act, simply say, "Who are you to tell me that I'm less than I should be?"
God Bless, ZePuKa
ZePuKa · Sat Aug 06, 2005 @ 05:57am · 1 Comments |
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