Secret excuses

I don't know where I am right now. I have a decent salary, I can usually afford stuff I want and still save up, but I'm not happy either. I have ideas I want to work on, but when it's time to start, I either get distracted by other ideas or make excuses not to do anything.

Secret excuses, to be specific. Excuses that seem valid, but are unacceptable and have the same effect as a lousy excuse. Like, I'm too tired, too busy, can do it later, or some other essentially indefensible reason.

I could say I'm burnt out, but I find myself asking quickly -- am I? Or is it just another stupid excuse not to push myself to be better everyday. Sure, I've made "It's now or never, I ain't gonna live forever" my motto for a lot of things, but recently, it's not working and my gut feel ignores me like my dolphin plushie.

I love learning something new and using it for work. Even more, seeing a lot of people get productive with it or find it very cool. Then I go out and do the same for every day the rest of my life. That I think, makes me sleep well at night and not the big bucks I earn. If I could find a way to do that more (bingo, another secret excuse), I'll probably have less posts here.

Telephone call spam

My residential telephone line is about two weeks old. Got it as a bundle to my DSL subscription, so I'm generally happy about it. While I don't have some features like long-distance calling or mobile-phone calling, it's not much of an issue since I have Skype and I basically live on the Internet. Today however, I got my first call from a complete stranger. Here's how it goes:

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(Phone rings)
Me: Hello
Guy: Hi Sir, sa Super8 po. Gusto lang namin itanong kung kelan kayo dadaan ulit?
Me: Ha?
Guy: Super8 po sir, yung supermarket. Kelan po kayo dadaan ulit?
Me: (in a slightly sarcastic tone) Bakit?
Guy: Wala lang sir, para makapasyal kayo ulit.
Me: Di ko alam
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What the hell was that all about? Sure, I gave my mobile number to Super8 when I applied for their Negocho card, but not my new telephone number. Also, to the more important question, why the hell are they making unsolicited calls and offers? I'm not interested in getting offers let alone invitations to "come and drop by" out of the blue. If they're selling something like the iPhone 4S or an iPad 2 at a discounted price, I might drop by. But seeing as they have nothing of interest to most people except food and water, I find little reason to make calls to complete strangers even if they were just playing around with the phone buttons and happened to call my number.