By George, I love USC.

I was notified a couple of nights ago that I'd be receiving a thousand dollar scholarship from the local USC Alumni Association. I also received an email today that said I'd be getting four thousand from Lambda, the campus's GLBT group, for a cinematic arts scholarship.

I don't know how to respond to this overwhelming generosity. A thousand dollars is a lot of money! Four thousand dollars is A LOT of money!!! And of course the 38 grand for tuition is just so much I don't even want to think about it. It's so crazy thinking about how people I've never even met before are actually investing money in my education; especially in these hard economic times. I've worked hard all my life on being a good student, writer, and person, and although I feel like I might deserve some recognition for what I've done, I really don't know if I deserve people's actual hard-earned cash. I guess I should take this up with the inventor of the scholarship instead of my benefactors, though.

Either way, I have to say - this is amazing.