Hi-ho, hi-ho...

Hi-ho, hi-ho, and off to higher learning we go...
In my case, the higher learning would be learning how to write out college applications; more to the point, the dreaded essay. (cue ominous music) DUM DUM DUM dum...
why is it, I wonder, that i can write the wierdest and wittiest little poems and story-ettes at the tip of the hat, but when given a week to write a college essay, the furthest that i've come is "I want to go to (insert college here) because...ummm"? It's not even a sentence, much less a good one.
heh...my inner kitty has pointed out that it's probably because i keep checking my mail every three seconds...gee. whiz.
I think it's because the selection you can make is so vague. like...you can write about this, or you can write about this, or a topic of your choice, or an essay that you did once for school.
i sort of want a choice where you don't have to write an essay, but instead a short story...or an unfinished long story...or poetry. i'd probably already have it done by now.
oh well...i may as well write about my dream to someday meet an alien species...or be the first person to climb Mt. Everest ("Wait, they did that already? Curses! Okay...and also be the first person to go back in time to climb Mt. Everest...")
cheerio!