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Running (For Office?)
Mar. 6th, 2007 03:12 pm
HOMFG.
I got a letter in the mail last week, "Something something nice high GPA, congrats, blah blah civic blah course yadda yadda, SCHOLARSHIP.
Money? I like money. Hello, money. (Basically, if I enroll in Class X and write Essay Y, I get half a grand. It's like taking the class for free and having cash left over.)
So I went to the Q&A session they had this afternoon. It's legit. All I have to do is fill out the app/rec/resume, come up with three Big Worklife Goals within the context of "civic leadership", which I guess...I think "civic leader" is the guy the other politicians call "Boss". I think...and deliver an essay.
I understand military culture. I wanted to be in the Army. I was working toward the Army, and joint home-ownership, and my first college date on a particular Wednesday. The go-here-and-wait, bleed-red-white-and-blue, because IT'S YOUR COUNTRY, do as you're ordered and keep your nose clean, all that stuff makes sense to me.
In short, I don't understand political/social constructions that don't involve smiting the target. *Puzzle.*
But I want to learn! ^_^
It's not so much that I have a deep desire to become elected to something, as I know for dead certain
1) Opportunities ARE limited, and they CAN and WILL vanish in an eyeblink,
and
2) After college, people pretty much stop trying to kiss your ass or help you in any form, and it's not like they're lining up to do that kissing IN college in the first place.
In short, I will kick myself forever if I don't do this now.
And, more than I have a burning all important reason to...I can't think of one. Damn. Reason. NOT. To.
Marylin Monroe was right: No matter the question, "What the hell?" is always the right response.
And, hey, somewhere my natural arrogance and over-enthusiasm will finally be "okay with" the rest of the planet. XD I don't NEED anyone's approval, but two decades later, I'm also sick of rarely having it.
I got a letter in the mail last week, "Something something nice high GPA, congrats, blah blah civic blah course yadda yadda, SCHOLARSHIP.
Money? I like money. Hello, money. (Basically, if I enroll in Class X and write Essay Y, I get half a grand. It's like taking the class for free and having cash left over.)
So I went to the Q&A session they had this afternoon. It's legit. All I have to do is fill out the app/rec/resume, come up with three Big Worklife Goals within the context of "civic leadership", which I guess...I think "civic leader" is the guy the other politicians call "Boss". I think...and deliver an essay.
I understand military culture. I wanted to be in the Army. I was working toward the Army, and joint home-ownership, and my first college date on a particular Wednesday. The go-here-and-wait, bleed-red-white-and-blue, because IT'S YOUR COUNTRY, do as you're ordered and keep your nose clean, all that stuff makes sense to me.
In short, I don't understand political/social constructions that don't involve smiting the target. *Puzzle.*
But I want to learn! ^_^
It's not so much that I have a deep desire to become elected to something, as I know for dead certain
1) Opportunities ARE limited, and they CAN and WILL vanish in an eyeblink,
and
2) After college, people pretty much stop trying to kiss your ass or help you in any form, and it's not like they're lining up to do that kissing IN college in the first place.
In short, I will kick myself forever if I don't do this now.
And, more than I have a burning all important reason to...I can't think of one. Damn. Reason. NOT. To.
Marylin Monroe was right: No matter the question, "What the hell?" is always the right response.
And, hey, somewhere my natural arrogance and over-enthusiasm will finally be "okay with" the rest of the planet. XD I don't NEED anyone's approval, but two decades later, I'm also sick of rarely having it.
