Heartbeats

I went to college for music—what worse decision could you ever make? By the time I had finished, I realized that for every dollar I had borrowed I would owe at least two. And that just blew my mind—especially the fact that they had given me student loans when I was 17. I was like, “What are you, fucking crazy? You’re giving a 17-year-old loans?” They would call my phone and say “You’re very hard to reach,” and I’d say, “Well, I only have a land-line and you don’t leave messages.” And they’d be like “Well, when do you think you’re going to pay these loans back?” and I’d be like “Never! I’m never going to be able to pay these loans back. Are you crazy?” And they’d be like “Well, don’t you think that’s a little irresponsible?” And I’d say “Don’t you think it was a little irresponsible lending a 17-year-old kid thousands of dollars? Are you insane?

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Dan Deacon (via likeapairofbottlerockets)

Preach.