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Jesus fucking christ.

The regalia people just emailed me to let me know that I don't need to pay for my regalia and am eligible for wearing the John Garrett gown, so the NZ Federation of Graduate Women will pay for my regalia. Oh, I think, that's pretty cool, but I didn't know anything about that, so I phone them up and I'm like "So... I didn't hear anything about that." And she's like "Oh, I assumed the department would write to you!" and then I'm like "Well... they didn't." Turns out it's this Scholarship, not a hell of a lot of money but something, for a 3rd year student continuing to Honours in English... at Canterbury. So, because I'm not at Canterbury, I'm not eligible.

Thing is?

If I had KNOWN about this, I would have STAYED. I was tossing up between Christchurch and Wellington, I went to Wellington because I might possibly be able to get a job, the application process for which ate up most of my summer, really fucked around with what I was doing, my financial situation, etc, and which I ultimately didn't get. But if in November - or, hell, in FEBRUARY - I'd gotten a letter which said "Yo, we'll give you some money to go to Christchurch" - I would have said fuck it and GONE. Which would have been a much fucking better decision for me in about ten different ways.

But now I'm NOT eligible, I DON'T get the money or the award which means I guess I can't even put it on my fucking CV. I just - argh! I'm so furious! How does this fucking happen? NOT FAIR.

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that *sucks*. no other way to put it. :(

Seriously! I think what I'm REALLY mad about is that if, yesterday, I'd found out that I got top in English last year - which is basically what this award means; it's not application-based, you don't apply, they just give it to you - I would have been thrilled; but since I've found out that I've lost an opportunity, it sucks! ugh.

Aw man that is stupid! :S This university really fails at communicating.

:-/ I know. it's pretty damn lame.

That is total *fail*. It's not like they don't have ALL YOUR CONTACT DETAILS or anything. And it would have been totally rad to have you in Christchurch instead of just on brief visits. :(

I will get Tas and Melinda to go and scowl at the English Department for you?

I knooooow. I'm really annoyed, too, because it's taken something I should be thrilled about - it means I more or less got top in English last year, from what I can tell - and turned it into something I'm pissed off and miserable about.

That Sucks! I'm so sorry for you :(
On the plus side ... it's great having you in welly!

Yeah, it's good being able to see you and cat and clare :) that's a big plus. But, you know. Ugh.

stoopid uni ... we could have had you here! you could have been in my class..... as lucy says absolute fail, id scowl for you, but i might just be scowling too much at them as it is !

I knooooow. D: D: D: *clings*

Kind of ironic that it's the English department that fails at communicating.

Laaaaaaaaaaame. :/