Scholarship woes

Tina, I have been having a great time taking classes at Second City. I can't wait to be on the Mainstage like you. A few months ago I became a finalist for the Puma & Second City Scholarship which was a year's worth of tuition. Winning it would have been perfect since I'm in the year-long Conservatory. Plus I just spent roughly $700 on the next term, so free is a word I love. Now it was a diversity scholarship for 5 people in Chicago and 5 in L.A.  I thought I had a pretty good chance, but there were two other Asian girls. And let's face it they weren't going to let all 3 Asians win. But anyways I saw all 25 finalists perform and I gotta say I was pretty confident I was going to be one of the winners. Of course everyone wants to win, but I felt like I deserved it. I wrote an original monologue about montages and how we could quickly go through boring parts of our lives through montages. I thought it was quite funny. Maybe I should have shown it to you first and got your input, but you've been so busy lately I didn't want to bother you. When I learned I didn't get it, I wasn't disappointed I was angered. Because I knew I deserved it, as pretentious as that sounds. Some of the people who did, well, I don't know why they did because I didn't laugh out loud or even think well that's clever. Not once. Plus a little rumor fueled by me, I'm pretty sure there was favoritism involved.  One of the persons knew they were getting a separate scholarship and getting cast in an upcoming show before the winners were announced. But I will no longer be bitter because people like you and me, we thrive when people underestimate us. Wow it was good to talking to you, Tina, I had to get that off my chest.