Monday, March 13, 2006
9x12
readers of the public blog know that brown said no a while ago. to my great relief, yesterday we got the Big Envelope. from NYU.
that's right. i'm gonna be a . . .
i have no idea what the NYU mascot is. a sewer gator? a hobbled pigeon? a Sabrett hotdog?
what the fuck ever. the relief is enormous. i start in june (it's a 12 month program). there's still an outside chance that columbia will say yes, too, but i won't be holding my breath.
i woke up at six this morning to go look at financial aid stuff on the internet. i got bubkes from tisch; waiting on the statement about what complement of loans will be available. i'm finding that in the middle of all the relief and anticipation (i get a student ID! i get to register for classes! i get to buy books!) i'm a little bit scared and sad about the debt. i've been living on less than i've ever made before since i moved here, and while i'm pretty good at it, there's something very discomfitting about the way it curtails your freedom. and not just the freedom to buy suede boots. it zips everything into this one impersonal, immutable envelope: how much does it cost.
but. except for the whole forty seven thousand dollars thing, things are pretty happy.
and even though the belt tightening starts immediately, i'm getting myself a new pencil case, some gel pens and a notebook. you can't start school without school supplies, even if it's the wrong season.
edit: research shows NYU's mascot to be the bobcat, only one syllable removed from my alma mater's bearcat, and an in-law to my high school cougars. why do colleges even have mascots? i did once have a cat named bob, though, and he was an awesome cat. this bodes well.
that's right. i'm gonna be a . . .
i have no idea what the NYU mascot is. a sewer gator? a hobbled pigeon? a Sabrett hotdog?
what the fuck ever. the relief is enormous. i start in june (it's a 12 month program). there's still an outside chance that columbia will say yes, too, but i won't be holding my breath.
i woke up at six this morning to go look at financial aid stuff on the internet. i got bubkes from tisch; waiting on the statement about what complement of loans will be available. i'm finding that in the middle of all the relief and anticipation (i get a student ID! i get to register for classes! i get to buy books!) i'm a little bit scared and sad about the debt. i've been living on less than i've ever made before since i moved here, and while i'm pretty good at it, there's something very discomfitting about the way it curtails your freedom. and not just the freedom to buy suede boots. it zips everything into this one impersonal, immutable envelope: how much does it cost.
but. except for the whole forty seven thousand dollars thing, things are pretty happy.
and even though the belt tightening starts immediately, i'm getting myself a new pencil case, some gel pens and a notebook. you can't start school without school supplies, even if it's the wrong season.
edit: research shows NYU's mascot to be the bobcat, only one syllable removed from my alma mater's bearcat, and an in-law to my high school cougars. why do colleges even have mascots? i did once have a cat named bob, though, and he was an awesome cat. this bodes well.
