This way to the stars

Let the good times roll

So I swore I would update once the hell week is over. It isn't, actually; there's still the compa ana lec exam to worry about. But so far, it's been all good. :)

All the sweat, frustration, mental breakdowns, and sleepless nights I dedicated to the exams paid off in the end - except in biostat, which is an effing anomaly where normal rules of study don't apply. But chem and compa ana have been pretty good lately. History has been great; Karen and I hope to be exempted from the finals. :) And most impressive of all, I haven't been late in theo class! Whohoo!

It's funny; I've been getting used to so much stress that I actually feel kinda bored right now. As in, "Whaat? Only one long test to study for?!" We've all noticed that there hasn't been a day lately when we haven't been studying during breaks and studying stacks of papers scattered across our caf table. As a result, I've had intense mood swings, memory lapses, and temporary deafness. Yeah, bio does that to you.

But in retrospect, I think I handled the hell weeks okay. :D Despite the humongous academic requirements, I actually found time for other stuff. We hang out at orgs more often, what with always studying in the PMSA MVP room and becoming active in [[aMp]]. I signed up for ANI (should be fun, right?). I've been hearing lots of bands: from the Bionight and Rites of Passage to the Halikinoise and that fund-raising thingy Jodie took me to. I guess my temporary deafness was caused by that too, haha.

This whole month has been intense, exhausting, sleep-depriving, and adrenaline-consuming. But - though my eyebags got as deep as the Grand Canyon and my coffee consumption actually exceeded the available supply at home - all's well that ends well. Let the good times roll! :)

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Rock and roll ain't noise pollution - in fact, it's hard work, thank you very much. Kuya Benjie's making me memorize guitar scales; I can hardly find space for them in my brain saturated with compa ana! Apparently those mind-numbing scales guitar legends play are all based on scales; unfortunately there are a lot of them, and it's really hard to memorize all. I mean there are all kinds of major, minor, diminished, pentatonic, etc etc scales for all 7 notes, and each covers the whole fretboard! But it's ok; apparently if I'm able to memorize the scales and play them really fast I'll have an easy time learning solos. I'm polishing up that solo of Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water (I'm really getting tired of it haha, I wanna learn a new one!).

In other words, apparently the road to rockstardom is anything but easy. You just gotta admire the likes of Steve Vai who seem as if they sold their souls to play like that! As for me, I need practice, practice and (ugh) more practice. Let there be rock!

posted by steph @ 5:02 PM