Wednesday, April 18, 2007
R.I.P. to those from VT 4.16.07
Presently, I am still reflecting on what occured at Virginia Tech and I have yet to fully comprehend what happened. I will write more once I can synthesize my thoughts, but for now, I will have to continue to absorb as much information as possible from the various news outlets and interpret the various thoughts floating through my head.
Monday, April 2, 2007
Engagement....April Fool's
As I was sitting at Starbucks reading through my Torts textbook, I came to the deep realization that it was April Fool's Day and I hadn't pulled a prank on anyone yet. So, of course, I stopped reading, put my book down on the table, and pondered what I could do that would be relatively easy and harmless. As I sat there thinking of tricks I could do to my family and friends, I thought, "hey, maybe I should do something that realistic."
Before I continue, I'll provide some background to the story. My girlfriend and I have been together for a little over six years now and we've recently started talking about our future plans. I've even started to talk to my friends and sisters about the potential of getting married to her after I finished law school. Keep in mind, I'm only in my first year of school and have two more years after this. By the time I graduate, I'll still only be 26 and my girlfriend will only be 25. So, you can imagine, we're still rather young to get married. Anyway, both my sisters agree that I should wait at least until I'm done with school so that both of us will be a little more settled in our lives.
Now back to the story. I decided to text message my sisters and a few of my friends and told them that my girlfriend and I just got engaged. Thinking that my sisters and friends would know that I was joking, I thought they would simply dismiss my text and give me the obligated, "you're such a dork" comment. Oh, how I was wrong, at least with my sisters. As always, my friends knew I was pulling their legs and didn't believe me at all. However, the way my sisters responded surprised me a bit. First, my second sister responded more enthusiastically than I had expected. She truly seemed happy for me. She said that she knew all along that we'd get engaged, but that she was just a little shocked that I had proposed so early, and without talking to her about it first. She then told me that my eldest and pregnant sister was having a conniption because she was so upset that I had simply texted her rather than called her to tell her of the good news. She was in such a hysterical fit (happy and shocked) that she felt like she was going to give birth. Because nobody was home to talk to about it, she felt it necessary to call my mother, who was at home sleeping. She woke up my mother just to tell her that I had gotten engaged.
At this point, I decided it might be a good idea to call home and quell this joke of mine. I didn't even send the text to my mother because I hadn't even spoken to her about my future plans yet with my girlfriend. I assumed she and my father presumed that we'd be getting married, but not until after I finish school. In any case, I called home to speak with my mother. When she picked up the phone, I could hear her disappointment. She said that even though she was married at 24, she and my father were not ready yet. She said her disappointment had nothing to do with my girlfriend, but more to do with the fact that we were still so young and that I had not spoken to my mother about proposing earlier in the day even though we had lunch together. After I told her it was a joke, you could hear her sigh of relief. She started laughing and said, you better call your sister before she gives birth. So, I called my sister and told her the truth (after about a minute on the phone making her think I was telling the truth). She also claimed that she was very excited that I had gotten engaged to my girlfriend because she loves my girlfriend. She was just disappointed that she only received a text message rather than speaking to her personally about it.
Lessons learned from this April Fool's joke:
1) my family loves my girlfriend and think we do belong together
2) don't get married until after law school
3) call or talk to them personally when I do get engaged instead of mass texting people the news
Before I continue, I'll provide some background to the story. My girlfriend and I have been together for a little over six years now and we've recently started talking about our future plans. I've even started to talk to my friends and sisters about the potential of getting married to her after I finished law school. Keep in mind, I'm only in my first year of school and have two more years after this. By the time I graduate, I'll still only be 26 and my girlfriend will only be 25. So, you can imagine, we're still rather young to get married. Anyway, both my sisters agree that I should wait at least until I'm done with school so that both of us will be a little more settled in our lives.
Now back to the story. I decided to text message my sisters and a few of my friends and told them that my girlfriend and I just got engaged. Thinking that my sisters and friends would know that I was joking, I thought they would simply dismiss my text and give me the obligated, "you're such a dork" comment. Oh, how I was wrong, at least with my sisters. As always, my friends knew I was pulling their legs and didn't believe me at all. However, the way my sisters responded surprised me a bit. First, my second sister responded more enthusiastically than I had expected. She truly seemed happy for me. She said that she knew all along that we'd get engaged, but that she was just a little shocked that I had proposed so early, and without talking to her about it first. She then told me that my eldest and pregnant sister was having a conniption because she was so upset that I had simply texted her rather than called her to tell her of the good news. She was in such a hysterical fit (happy and shocked) that she felt like she was going to give birth. Because nobody was home to talk to about it, she felt it necessary to call my mother, who was at home sleeping. She woke up my mother just to tell her that I had gotten engaged.
At this point, I decided it might be a good idea to call home and quell this joke of mine. I didn't even send the text to my mother because I hadn't even spoken to her about my future plans yet with my girlfriend. I assumed she and my father presumed that we'd be getting married, but not until after I finish school. In any case, I called home to speak with my mother. When she picked up the phone, I could hear her disappointment. She said that even though she was married at 24, she and my father were not ready yet. She said her disappointment had nothing to do with my girlfriend, but more to do with the fact that we were still so young and that I had not spoken to my mother about proposing earlier in the day even though we had lunch together. After I told her it was a joke, you could hear her sigh of relief. She started laughing and said, you better call your sister before she gives birth. So, I called my sister and told her the truth (after about a minute on the phone making her think I was telling the truth). She also claimed that she was very excited that I had gotten engaged to my girlfriend because she loves my girlfriend. She was just disappointed that she only received a text message rather than speaking to her personally about it.
Lessons learned from this April Fool's joke:
1) my family loves my girlfriend and think we do belong together
2) don't get married until after law school
3) call or talk to them personally when I do get engaged instead of mass texting people the news
Sunday, April 1, 2007
My First Post
I know I probably don't have a surplus of time to keep this blog going in the future, but I will attempt to document my life as it progresses. I recently read a friend's blog and I was rather intrigued by the vast amount of information I didn't know about him. By reflecting on his life and translating his thoughts into words, he has become a master of language. This skill that he possesses is one I too would like to develop as I attempt to engage in self-reflection.
It's been years since I have kept a journal where I could write about my daily thoughts and emotions. I probably haven't written in one since my time traveling abroad in Australia, which by the way, was the best time of my life.
Ok, I definitely won't have much time to write in the future. I just looked down at the time and saw that I've already spent 20 minutes setting up this blog and writing in it. That's 20 minutes I could have spent reading about the Uniform Commercial Code in my Contracts Law text book. Unfortunately, I will not be able to write as frequently as I would like to until the summer time. About 4 weeks are left until finals start and about 6 more weeks until my first year of law school is complete. In other words, the next 1.5 months will be the toughest and most grueling period of my life as I try to absorb the information I have learned in contracts, property, torts, civil procedure and constitutional law and then apply that knowledge on my finals. Wish me luck!
It's been years since I have kept a journal where I could write about my daily thoughts and emotions. I probably haven't written in one since my time traveling abroad in Australia, which by the way, was the best time of my life.
Ok, I definitely won't have much time to write in the future. I just looked down at the time and saw that I've already spent 20 minutes setting up this blog and writing in it. That's 20 minutes I could have spent reading about the Uniform Commercial Code in my Contracts Law text book. Unfortunately, I will not be able to write as frequently as I would like to until the summer time. About 4 weeks are left until finals start and about 6 more weeks until my first year of law school is complete. In other words, the next 1.5 months will be the toughest and most grueling period of my life as I try to absorb the information I have learned in contracts, property, torts, civil procedure and constitutional law and then apply that knowledge on my finals. Wish me luck!
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