So I always wanted to take a year off, but then I applied to a bunch of universities and decided that if I got into any of them I'd just defer for a year and go after my travel time. In the bunch I applied to was this one about "Screenwriting" that only accepts 10 students per year out of hundreds that apply. It was connected to one of the film programs I was applying to, and I was like "lol, I'll just apply to this for fun."

Guess which program I got into.

I dare you.

Yeah.

That one.

The crazy-hard to get into one. And it's hilarious, because I also applied for the straight film production at the same school, which accepts 150 students per year, and didn't make the cut. But the program that accepts 10. That's the one I get into. Not that I'm complaining. The reason I wanted to take up film in the first place was because I love story telling, and I've always wanted to write movies, (or better yet, be on a team of script writers for a TV show. You have no idea how many times I've watched Star Trek writers talk about the writing room and been consumed by envy,) but by Jove. How did I manage that? Ten goddamn people get in. Ten.

Production and screenwriting have the same courses first year anyway and split off later, so I'm still going to learn all about film and its pretty much the same major but with more writing and less tech. Which is perfect.

Ah, but here's the catch. Because there's always a catch. They don't do deferrals. I can't be like, "Hey, thanks for accepting me into your stupidly hard to get into course, but I'mma go volunteer in Africa for a bit, luv u bby, kthnxbye."

So I've got to go next year or not at all. I'm pretty goddamn sure getting in at all was a fluke, so there is not chance of being able to get in again next year. So yeah, I have to go. But the whole fluke thing opens up a whole new can of beans.

If they mistakenly think me that good of a writer, and I'm going to be in classes with people who are that good at writing, there is a distinct possibility that I will curl up and die. I dunno. It's really intimdating. So I guess if I turn out to not be good enough to do well after all then I'll take my year off next year and apply for other stuff after that. I dunno. Life's scary.

Ohh, and I also have a scholarship for 1,000 bucks a year which I can get up to 2,000 if I get my marks up a bit. So we'll see how that turns out. *cough*notgoingtohappen*cough*

So yeah.

That's what's going down right now.