How Do You Want People To Remember Your Name?

So its the day after Thanksgiving day, and yes... there are so many things in my life that I'm thankful for. I can honestly say that I am very blessed. While I'm sitting down in front of my laptop, eating a chocolate bar, at around 9:30 in the morning, I started thinking of how wonderful it would be if I could come up with my own Music Learning Theory. Of course, it is a long shot. I'd have to wait until pigs can fly, even though that was the case already with swine flu. And the challenging part is not figuring out how the standard model for the Learning Theory works... but how to add on it, and make it better.

I hear all these people say things like, "Oh, he's using the Gordon technique", or "he's using the Orff technique" and sometimes, "he's using the Kodaly technique". How wonderful would it be if one day, people also started saying, "he's using the Reyes technique".

Sounds cheesy. Lol.

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Upgrades for my car is running my head to the walls. I just want to get an intake, and I want to get it fast. I'm addicted to making my car perform better... but I haven't done anything to it yet! Once I snap on my first upgrade, I know for a fact I'll never stop snapping on other parts. I was thinking of just jacking my current car up to its full potential instead of buying myself a new car.

I mean, really digging in and getting the works done with my Chevy Cobalt Coupe, '05, 2.2L...

1) Intake System
2) Exhaust System
3) Supercharger
4) Stage 3 PCM (with internals)
5) 16'' Wheels, chrome finish (of course)

That's only the beginning... and that would already cost me a few thousand dollars. But it is still cheaper than getting a new car! And with all the right upgrades, If my calculations are right, I'm jacking up my car to an increase of about 100-130 horsepower. That's worth it.

Now... where can I find the money? hehe.

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College apps! Finishing two of them today. Graduate school... better watch out. I'm coming for you.

Apparently, there's a new school opening around the area. Not until 2 years though... but it may work out because I'll be fresh out of Graduate school. That would be awesome if I can get myself hooked up with a job straight away! That would provide for my car upgrades! hehe.

Anyway... the future is exciting. And I'm enjoying the present for now. :)

Stupid H1N1

Being an RA in the dorms is a very worthwhile gig. I just can't stand this spread of the flu. As of now, I've had 2 residents pick up this ridiculous flu. I'm glad that the both of them are fine now. And thank God that no one has gotten a severe case yet throughout the whole dorms.

Got my first paycheck from Storybook... it's small. For now. I'll put in more hours next year. Right now, I have to focus on making a good impression in SOTA (School Of The Arts, in Rochester, NY). I hope that in the end, the time that I've put into student-teaching will pay off.

Been feeling a little sick myself... but I'm in good spirits! I just want to feel fine once and for all. And no more stomach aches please... I hate having to wake up in the middle of the night!

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To be or not to be? That is the question.

I have yet to meet with Dr. Grunow. I hope he tells me something good. I know that in the end, everything works out... but I just want to know for sure what I should go after since I'm graduating next semester.

Recently, Caroline has been telling me how much she thinks we are a perfect fit. Maybe she knows what's troubling me. And maybe, perhaps we really could go all the way. Are we happy where we are at, right now? For the most part. But yes, I'm not sure if i should pop the question or not... I don't know what my future holds.

Yet.

Surviving

Doing a lot of things recently... I feel like I don't have enough time to breath. I'm doing the best that I can, but I can't do everything. Taking it day by day...

A lot of my friends are getting engaged. This is ridiculous! I'm getting old!

Then it dawned upon me... if two people love each other, and really want to be with one another, and they're both old enough... why not get married? If everything seems to be in place, why not do it?

I'm graduating soon, and I'm trying to find a teaching gig. And yes, I'm still thinking about grad school, but I most definitely would take a job over school unless school is free, or almost free. But work seems to be more appropriate. And I've been working with kids so much this semester... I really feel the calling to be around them!

And I really feel the call to be around my own as well. Waiting for that day, I guess. I'm thinking more and more about matrimony. I'm not totally sure, but every time I think about it, the more I get this feeling of closure. I start to feel older now that my friends are taking this path of becoming one with their partners... and I'm starting to think that I too am ready.

Some people that come across our lives were used as God's instruments to teach us lessons that will help us get closer to heaven. THAT'S THE POINT. And at some point in our lives, WE have been used as His instruments. See... we're all made to be with Him. There are no excuses. No matter how painful our relationships are, no matter how happy we are, or how sad, or how hurt we are, the only reason why we have to go through what we have to is because we are made to be with Him. If we choose otherwise, then that's our doing, not His. We were given the power to choose because we can take accountability! And He knew that. Which is why we learn from our relationships, be it romantic or not.

So even if we feel like we were "used", think of how you were God's instrument rather than piling up the negativity that was brought unto you. In the end of the day, I'd rather go to bed and tell myself that I helped someone get closer to Him... regardless of how much pain I went through.

But that's just me.