Saturday, March 04, 2006

Dear Registrar

This may sound sick, but I've taken to applying to universities just so that when they accept me I can send them rejection letters.

I take sadistic pleasure in picturing the admission committee's pain and dejection when they read my polite and measured rejection letter. I know this is wrong, but I can't help myself.

This is a side-effect of my permanent insurance policy of keeping many irons in the fire, keeping a reserve parachute packed, or whatever metaphor you choose. I like to apply to different programs ever year, just in case I get sick of working where I'm working, or of living where I'm living. Or, just in case I need to hide from a psycho ex-girlfriend or something exciting like that.

However, I'm so constantly content with my little life that these admission letters keep coming in after I've forgotten that I applied for the programs. And so, I cleverly craft windy worded rejection letters to those great universities, trying to exact some retribution for all those people that didn't get in. On top of this, I know that for every rejection letter I write, another acceptance letter goes out, forcing the University to rescind a rejection and offer an acceptance.

While this is an expensive habit, it'll take some time to kick.

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