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- From: rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins)
- Newsgroups: alt.angst
- Subject: time to go back
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.213721.14852@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 21:37:21 GMT
- Sender: news@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu
- Organization: st. alfonso's pancake breakfast
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- well, i'm home from my parents' place. and it wasn't so bad. in fact, parts
- of it were actually enjoyable. and i'm glad.
- but now it's time to go back. to wonder whether i will be working this time
- next week, to try and find out where my tuition money will come from, because
- i don't make enough to both live and pay for school. there's a guy living
- in houston that i've met over email who is willing to loan me the money,
- but i keep thinking something has to be wrong, something will just have to
- go wrong. i can't explain my feelings of dread over borrowing that much
- money from someone, let alone someone i've never met face to face. i feel
- slimy, and i feel manipulative, although i never tried to manipulate him,
- and he out of the blue offered to loan it, i didn't even think of asking.
- why is it that i have such a hard time taking things from people? several
- people have offered to send me money when i've posted about my financial
- situation, and it's always a complete shock to me, and i just can't take
- it, even though i could certainly use it. it must be the british stiff-upper
- lip, the pride thing. is it wrong to be proud like this? i wouldn't even
- take money from my parents at this point, i have to do this by myself. i'm
- always hungry, but i'm not starving to death, and my clothes have holes
- in them, but they're clean, and i have a nice place to live, so i don't
- deserve charity. a lot of students live like i do. do people offer them
- money a lot too? it doesn't seem like it.
-
- why does this make me feel inadequate, incapable of dealing with life?
- why does financial trouble make me feel out of control? i don't owe
- anyone any money (yet), but i feel as if owing will make me die, almost
- drown in debt, in humility.
-
- bah.
-
-
- --
- -just give me what for,
- rachel perkins = rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu
- coed naked internet grep! always keep your link up!
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