The cheerful caller

Me: Hello?
? (in super cheerful tone): Hi may I speak with Dawn please?
Me: This is Dawn.
? (in super cheerful tone): Hi Dawn. I am calling from Florida to tell you some exciting news!
Me: Are you a telemarketer?
? (in super cheerful tone): Yes I am!
Me: I would not like to talk to you.
? (in super cheerful tone): Okay. Have a nice day!

Telemarketers make me want to die. Cheerful ones just boggle the mind. Guess it would make me feel bad if I were to curse her out.

Finding courage in your convictions

Someone once told me that it is necessary question your own beliefs, not in a sense doubt them, but reaffirm them through defense. It is easy to accept something as gospel and lead a life blinded to other perspectives. It is only what that something is questioned do we actually consider our own motivations. The idea here is to not be so afraid of having your belief shattered for if it is so easily taken away, the belief was not one you truly held dear. Of course through this defense, many will find courage in their convictions and stand even more firmly.

My life so far

I guess I haven't updated in a long while and so much has happened in my life since my last post. I am back in school again and taking 5 classes each more difficult than the next. Again I am working as the head TA for CS1316 and even helping as a TL for GT1000. I also entered into a long distance relationship with a girl I met over in California. If you think I am pretty busy most of the time, you are correct. But despite the stresses that come school, TAing and TLing and the difficulties with maintaining a long distance relationship, I am really happy in my life. I hope everyone can be happy for me too. My friend talked with me the other day about my current situation and she warned me that life will be really hard and that I must be prepared for a lot of the challenges that the world will throw at me especially with regard to my relationship. I guess my advice to anyone reading this right now is really to not be afraid of pursuing what it is you want in life. If you really love someone and she or he loves you back, then who cares what society thinks of you? Since when did their opinion of you ever matter anyway?

Best of luck to everyone in this semester.