I am.

I am so proud of you. I truly, am.

Getting valedictorian was just what you deserved. And to me, yes, it was a disappointment that you didn't get it. To make up for it, I want you to know your impact on the people around you. I want you to know that you're someone everyone can look up to. I wanted you to know what you do to everyone - how you inspire us and how you teach us so much. I want you to know that you and the things that you do are appreciated.

To be honest, I'm a bit jealous. I wish I was just like you. I wish I could do so well in school and still be the life of the party. I wish I could be all that you are. But in this sense, you push me a little to do better now, to show me that I can do it too. I really wish I could have seen and hear your speech. Something tells me this part of you is something I have yet to discover: (from what I've heard) your entertaining, yet real(down to earth) public speaking skills. But I digress.

Congratulations to you. You've accomplished something that everyone can admire. And you didn't have to change yourself to do it. Just by being yourself you've managed to show others so much; you've shown me that a normal person just like myself can be an amazing person who can influence others to be the same. You're 5'1", but everyone around you looks up to you.

I'm so proud of you. I truly am.

Walk your child

I was walking Shadow today, like usual. Something hit me (figuratively), and I've come up with a new comparison:

Walking a dog is like parenting.

Okay, hear me out. Let's consider the walk itself as the life; the path its figurative counterpart. You're letting your dog go where he wants, and go where he needs, but ultimately you need to stick to your path. Here's where it got me. Shadow sometimes takes his sweet time at some spots. Sometimes he likes to wander off. I constantly have to pull him back so we can get home and not waste time. And that's it. When you're bringing up kids, you need to find that balance between letting the child do what they want and keeping them on track. Just walking the path is boring and you don't get a lot out of it, but letting Shadow sniff and walk everywhere would just be wasting time. It just makes sense to me!

Pick it up!

So I finally managed to buy my cellphone. Unfortunately, I'll have to wait a little bit for it, since I bought it from eBay. I hope the wait is going to be worth it; I really can't wait to get it. I was picking in between an HTC Touch Pro, and its upgrade, Pro II. Since a lot of people were upgrading to the Pro II, the former was selling, on average, for less. Here were my reasons for getting each:

HTC Touch Pro
+SEXY
+Cheaper
+More compact size
+More functional buttons on the front
+Longer battery life
-Already an "installment" behind, possibly need to upgrade earlier.

HTC Touch Pro II
-More expensive
-Huge.
+SEXY
+Big ass screen
+More updated hardware
+When you put face down on a surface it automatically goes to speakerphone. HOW COOL IS THAT?!

It's going to be coming from Texas, so it will take a while. I'm not gonna get my hopes up and wait for it every day. That would be hell. My dad said it would take 3 weeks. I wasn't planning on waiting that long, thank goodness I'm ready for it now.