just a little update....
i brought the car to autozone to get the codes and it was all ignition related..all 4 cylinder had misfire and ignition malfunction so i got some spark plug wires and denso plugs..hopefully that'll fix it
on my way to autozone the engine light was flashin'...and after a while it just stayed on and the "misfiring noise" went away...but the engine light is still on, so the car sounds like it was before. is my car in "safe mode" or somethin'?