Greetings to all my loving fans, friends, and family. Welcome to my first journal entry on my Stanford website.... the first of many, hopefully. My previous attempt at a journal entry fell through when time became hard to come by... let's hope this journal doesn't suffer the same fate.
State of me: pretty good. Classes are going pretty well... sorta interesting. However, I am definitely behind in the reading. Got a project due Thursday, which will suck a lot of time and energy out of me, apparently. My friend, who actually starts working on projects more than a week before they are due, told me that it's confusing... not a good sign.
TA'ing is going well. I'm remembering things from when I took a similar class 4 years ago... which is good. It's nice to know that the knowledge is in the memory bank somewhere. I really enjoy helping people... so office hours are fun, even if they are 4 hours a week of my time.
Tuesday was not happy though. I spent all day trying to get my graphics project to work... and on top of that, my bike was stolen! From right in front of my dorm! How awful. I guess it's not so bad that I don't have a bike now... the weather's nice, so I'm getting more sun now. But I had thought that of all places, I could trust the people at Stanford... honor code and all. It really makes me sad to think that people would stoop so low as to steal bikes... so my faith in humanity has dropped a few notches.
God has been working through me lately though, and I like it. He's helped me to be there for friends when they needed someone... and I'm grateful to be the one He chose at those times to help them. Perhaps one day He'll teach me to have the humility and courage to share my own struggles with others when I need to.
Sleep is calling me now. I will answer. I suppose I should try to sleep earlier... being on such an early schedule and all. (waking up at 8:30 tomorrow) But it's late at nite when I'm most awake... and when people are most open... so it's very convenient to do work and to talk to people who need counseling.
In summary, I'm feeling more and more alive... more aware of the moment, and less perturbed by earthly things. I'll live without my bike... heck, maybe I can learn to rollerblade better. =) I'm being more social now... which is great. That always seems to make it to the top of my New Year's Resolution list. That, and learning how to cook... heh. Well, I'll learn eventually... maybe... =)
So until next time... fare thee well!