It's my blog, so I can totally talk about how great I am...

[charloween]

Two awesome pieces of mail today:

1. I-Man season one DVDs. Hell yeah! Screw you, VHS rips. The quality isn't tops, and they totally cheaped out on the packaging, but hey: I'm digging it. Bring on s2!

2. A letter from the grad faculty at York, letting me know that they've sent my name as an alternate for the SSHRC CGS grant (we're talking $17,500). This means I'll only get it if someone else who's been offered it decides not to take it, but it's better than being rejected outright. (I'm looking at you, Commonwealth Scholarship and Mackenzie King awards.) It's also not tenable outside of Canada, which means it's no use to me if I want to Glasgow. Still. It's better than being rejected outright.

I call it a win.

An awesome email today, too: I get to sit on a committee that decides who the school is going to nominate for a prestigious national undergraduate scholarship for second-years. The irony is totally not lost on me. I keep applying to stuff and get denied, and now I get to be one of the people doing the selecting. If nothing else, I'll get a better idea of how to write a winning scholarship app.

Comments

[shady-lane.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Now, who do you know is going into second year of film? I surely can't think of anyone.

And I looked to the west, and there stood a tyrant-king...

[alfadir.livejournal.com]

You are looking at this all wrong.

Using an unholy combination of: public records of who works for the grants you've been rejected by, facebook profiles of students applying to grants, and a little connect-the-dots intelligence... you can vengefully shoot down the relations of those who have wronged you.

See, you can't use your powers for -personal improvement-... only evil.

[firstgold.livejournal.com]

WHOO! Yay for getting money that someone doesn't want. I scored a scholarship for university that way one time (but it was only $500, which is nothing compared to $17,500).

Oh I-Man. *happy sigh*

[omicron34.livejournal.com]

For some odd reason I keep on imagining an evil char with little horns..red background lighting....fire everywhere, wielding a massive 20 lbs rejection rubber stamper....

"BUAHHAHAAHHA take that!" REJECTION!!!! **BAM

Somewhere in the distant a film major snifles back some tears.