adios exams (soon), hola floyd rose!

Whoa... most of my papers are over (yay) only Espanol is left next Tuesday. Finally most of the exams are over yay! Let's not try to think of the result. Haha.

Okay I'm feeling a bit tired from all the exam and studying a bit of Spanish today.

And after 6 weeks in the workshop my guitar is finally back!! Yay! Look at the floyd rose! Haha. It's worth the wait I guess, good workmanship. Only wished they didn't leave THAT many fingerprints on my guitar. Haha.

messages

Velvet Revolver - Messages
Honey so long, nice to see you
Won't be long before I come back home
When the plane lands, will you reach me
Will you call me on the telephone

Tell my son I wish I never yelled at him yesterday
Cause everything's changed
Radar signal seeking you, but finding nothing at all, hey --
Blow the horn and call the cavalry there's something happening, hey --

Goodbye mother, tell my daughter
Have to leave get off the telephone
There's a problem, sinking feeling
Hero's dying, plastic armor on

Tell my son I wish I never yelled at him yesterday
Cause everything's changed
And you, you gave me all you had, hey --
I hope someday you will be happy, without me

Lost in a world thats quickly going mad
A human missile streaking to the ground
Angels and the demons fight to save the lives
While all the others cry

As for you, you made my life worth living, hey --
I pray one day you will be happy, without me

Goodbye
Goodbye.

I've listened to this song many many many times, but today is the first time I ever listened to the lyrics. Partly because Scott Weiland mumbles but mostly it's because my idol in that band is Slash, so god forgive me. Anyway somehow this song suddenly sounds really nice now after I've heard what it is actually about... essentially a man who is leaving goodbye messages apologizing to his family for all the (presumably) bad things he had done. It's probably kind of like a suicide note in a sense like Pink Spider I'd guess, for those who subscribe to that argument (I don't).

Anyway, today was the first day of exams. And it really is a big load off because 201 is a subject you have to study and remember. Ok I think I did quite well I suppose, now on to some sleep then last minute revisions for 203 tommorow.

Been watching Friends all over again - and I swear it is really THE big daddy of senseless dramas to fill up your time. Especially the first few seasons, which are seriously, frankly funny and entertaining (the later ones were drab).

intermission

All I can say is - wow. Seriously, even faster than I can blink, this semester is going to be over. My first semester. And on reflection it's really really fast. We started in mid-August and it's only November now, just 3 months and all the lessons are over. Exams are coming soon, and we are mostly studying, but this means to me that I'm one-eigth through my university life. 7 more semesters to go.

So as all end-of-semesters go I do need some reflection. Study wise, well truth to be told I am disappointed at what we are actually made to study in our first year in CS - honestly all the rubbish modules which have exam papers that any grandmother with an opinion can answer (not answer well but answer). And I just received an e-mail notifying me for my term paper grade for COM203, a B+, which I am quite bemused by because it honestly was a 2 hour last minute effort that is scratchy at best. So I suppose it's just the prof's way of encouraging newbies.

Been spending the last few days in which I actually have class studying in school, which is more effective than when I study at home even though half the time is spent being distracted by a lot of things. Case in point, today I woke at 11.30, watched some variety show until 1, ate my lunch, watched Prison Break and Heroes, then went to sleep again to wake at 6. After some procastination I am playing Football Manager. Then here I am updating a blog that's not visited often.

It's quite scary how people from CS suddenly know each other to such an alarming level. I guess it's time for me to get out of the shell of FOC. Frankly, I was expecting a lot more of my first year. So I would like to stay in hall next semester and spend my uni life in a different way.

unlucky

My MSN account has been compromised, and I can't sign in anymore. Unfortunately for all those who I care about and hopefully vice-versa, I don't have a backup anywhere because it is an e-mail address I started in the year 2000 so I can't add you back.

Instead, you can add me at doggieshaman@hotmail.com