Thursday, August 5, 2010

General Rant

I hate the blue angels! Why on earth did I not know about their practices over the bridge today? Seriously? Why God? Why this? Haven't I had enough? First I choose to go to the "safe" school, UW, instead of following my dreams. But this school has given me nothing but crap this summer. I have done my research and I have tried to figure out how to best accomplish my dreams without Berkeley or some Ivy League. Yet it seems just so impossible. I went to advising and orientation and I tried my best to find the positives in every aspect of the university, but I am tired of trying to impress myself. For my sake, UW impress me for once! I am still spending money to go to this college, but I definitely feel like I am getting half the value of the college I want. I feel like this safe option is really just the stupid choice. I feel so trapped here. I hate that all these people from my high school go here. I hate that my good friend seems to hate the school and I am pretending to love it. I hate faking my feelings. I hate this bureaucracy. I had a stupid noon time appointment to figure out my next four years because this university insists on punishing students who have too much AP credit. This is just ridiculous! I can't take electives because I have so much AP credit! Why on earth should I have to graduate on a time limit because I worked so hard during high school. Do I get any credit for all the work I did? NO! UW rejected me from the honors program and now they punish me for doing well with AP coursework. They make it so difficult to find classes that you need to take. I don't know how I can possibly do a double degree at this college either. My current schedule plan doesn't fit in the double degree. And then when I think I have some hope, when I have a chance to finally talk to someone about all this, the stupid blue angels decide to have practice and close the I-90. I sat in 45 min. of traffic and I have no air conditioning. I am covered in disgusting sweat and filled with so much anxiety. I can just see all my dreams floating away from me right now. I can't even be honest about all this stuff with anyone. I know I should feel lucky to be going to such a great school, but I still feel so inferior, so pathetic. I have dreamed for so many things in my life and UW was not in that dream world. I dreamed of colleges that would impress me, but my stupid self-entitlement makes me hate everything that is lesser. I hate myself so much right now. I hate that I have worked so hard and pushed myself into misery for this dream that I can no longer have. I don't know what to do. I hate all this bad luck. I just want God to send me a good omen. Stop sending me omens that signal all this negativity. My trip to Vancouver got messed up. My prom got messed up. My college situation got entirely screwed. And I know it's my fault, but please dear God let me at least have something. Let me at least have the right roommate or the classes I want. But I already can't get the classes I need and I had to reschedule my appointment with advising until tomorrow, when the classes will fill up even more. I am just so hot, tired, and sweaty right now and I just want something in my life to work out. I feel so lost. I want to be free, and I feel so trapped. I hate how I cannot seem to fit in anywhere. I cannot seem to just be normal like everyone else. I hate how at UW I feel like I need to be normal. I feel so trapped like in high school. I am so afraid. I don't have my safety blanket of my honors college and high ego. I don't have the classes I want. I don't have total financial freedom. I don't have anything that can free me from this pit of misery. I want to explore, I want to figure out who I am, but I am so trapped here in Washington. I want to study abroad, but the stupid UW won't let me if I want to also do well. I feel like I am stuck here in Seattle for the rest of my life and nobody seems to understand. And I just don't want this at all. I know I should be happier, but I am not. I am so trapped in so many ways. Reality is so harsh and I guess I am just learning how to deal with it, but I just want some peace in my life. I want to be able to handle these situations without freaking out every time like I do, but I don't know how to control my emotions. I have so much emotion stuck inside me right now, in every aspect of my life. I hate my life so much, I just want a new start. And UW in no way seems to signal this new start. I feel so trapped at UW like I am trapped by high school. I hated high school so much. I thought college would be a fantastic experience, but so far it has been HELL.

2 comments:

  1. max. breathe.

    go scream in a quiet room. that always makes me feel better :)

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  2. Oh Max. Don't worry man. I'm sure you aren't the only one that feels that way and there are so many people that have UW as their dream school! You are going to a great school that might be as great as you want, but know that it's still great. But what's more important is that YOU are great. I think that there are no limits in life except yourself. And I am sure that there will be other ways that you hadn't thought of that'll allow you to get out of those traps you feel! Keep waiting and keep that faith! That's the best thing you can hold on to. :)

    By the way, I very much enjoyed reading your rant. You are really a fantastic writer.

    God bless ya brotha.
    Erin :)

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