Sunday, July 22, 2007

A Fine Frenzy


My roommate has this idea that bringing drunk friends back to the dorm is an okay thing at midnight.

Clearly we will have to agree to disagree about this.


Yesterday i spent the whole day writing my paper, sleeping, writing my paper, sleeping, watching a marathon of To Catch a Predator, and then finally writing the paper i still have not finished. I got a lot done i think.


There was minimal worrying about the whole loan situation. My mom came this morning so she could by me groceries for the next few weeks, and she brought along with her the letter.


This isn't the nicest letter i have ever received, taking this business writing class is coming in handy because I instantly knew how "negatively nice" they were being in this pretty pissed off letter. Words such as "We honored" "with the understanding" "forthcoming" "Prohibit" and my favorite "a hold has been placed" were used throughout to basically say "straighten this crap out or your ass is grass".



I at first was kind of sure that the university had made a mistake but after reading this letter i am POSITIVE they have made a mistake. Other than getting my name and address right, everything else about the financial statement is wrong.


Here's the dilemma...well not my dilemma but someones...For summer sessions you can apply through the university to receive a Stafford Loan, it's pretty much the go to loan that all universities use. Unfortunately for me the Stafford loan does not cover my tuition hence why i use a private educational loan to pay for school. I applied for a private loan for the summer to cover all costs and other than the small mishap made early by the university all my crap is paid up for.


This letter is claiming that "I" asked for the university to advance a Stafford Loan to help "me" pay for summer session II. ????? Not only did "I" ask for this loan to be advance to "my" account but the money from "my" lenders has not been sent and now the university is about to put a hold on my academic records until i pay the amount in full.


WOW. I can't wait to straighten this crap out. I've printed out so many papers indicating that they clearly have the wrong person but i will not feel completely confident until they tell me either to my face or via the phone that everything has been worked out and they are sorry for the inconvenience.


I can't wait to graduate. This school is too much for me to bear.


I've been in a writing frenzy as of yesterday. I once read that when Steven King starts a story he spends a certain number of hours a day writing. That's take commitment but unfortunately i am not like that. I write when i can in between Internet surfing and lip synching and barely get two pages done before the day is over.


There are moments though when i get like this surge of writing energy and my mind is racing with things to write. It's happen ever since i was little, i go weeks in a a righting funk, and then suddenly out of no where i get this crazy energy to write and write all day. I figure i better ride this frenzy before it ends because this whole portfolio thing is driving me crazy. So far my portfolio is a page with a drawing of a smiley face on it. I don't think that will cut it though.

2 comments:

sue said...

Breathe.

kittens not kids said...

it's okay. remember, university + student loan agencies = bureaucracy worse than Soviet Russia. or even, Czarist Russia.
worse, possibly, than Kafka.

it's like it's physically impossible for them all to get everything right on the first, or even second, try.

i'm more than happy to either
A) put you in touch with some MFAs
or
B) act as intermediary, and ask MFAs questions about the portfolio process, etc etc etc
and/or
C) talk to my friend who did her MA in film at the New School

you'll get it all sorted out!