I have been at my parents house for the last week hanging out with my family, including my sister, Brian and baby Henry. He's so fun, but seems like a lot of work. This morning my mom brings him to me and says "time to play with auntie Tina!" (I was still sleeping). She also brought a dog that says things when you squeeze it. The first thing it said "time to learn!" Yea... I tried to get him to watch Baby Einstein while I slept but he would have none of it. So I got up and we listened to music, ate, and I pushed him around in a walker in the kitchen. Right when you think he's going to make you frustrated he smiles at you and makes you melt.
Oh Henry.

Zondervan announced today that they are pulling the Deadly Vipers book from stores permanently. My blog post last night came after many other Christian leaders in Asian American community were in conversation with Zondervan about the lack of respect and honor in the marketing. The full story is here. Even though these authors are great Christians men I think the road of reconciliation is going to be messy and long, but can be a great testimony to people following Jesus' leading.

Deadly Viper Character Assassins is published by Zondervan. I did a little research around after seeing their marketing for the book and I'm a little dumbfounded. I'm sure the content of the book is great but it takes the Asian culture and makes it into "funny" little caricatures to sell a product. More eloquent articles are here and here, but if you would like to join me in writing a letter explaining why this is unaccpetable to Zondervan please click here.

I got this from my friend Larissa's blog.

I'm currently...

wishing: God would give answers more easily
disliking: my bangs that are growing out funny
reading: everyone's blog
missing: free weekends
wanting: a great pair of size 11 boots, not so easy to come by
improving: communication, I think...
realizing: people are what matter
loving: the fall! Don't go!
considering: the future
watching: Modern Family, Grey's, Office, Community, and of course, 30 Rock
regretting: how much I ate this weekend
hoping: I can go to Fresno on Wednesday to see Tammy and Henry

What are you currently doing?

Going to visit Seattle in two weeks. Here are some of the things I have been dreaming about doing:

-Eating a doughnut here
-Eating at the Seattle Crumpet Shop
-And maybe here
-Seeing these people
-And watching the ferry boats go in and out

Came across this interesting video about Columbus Day. I've never really thought about it before, but they make a really good point.

"How can we see the kingdom come without inviting others to acknowledge the King?" Well said.