Bigger Than Us

Two young people from my university were killed in a car crash last night. Whether or not I knew them is irrelevant- I didn't- but it is a tragedy anyway.

Last year, two of my friends and I decide that we were bored on Friday night. Off we went, to the beach, an hour's drive away, along twisty, turny roads in the dead of night. That seems to be exactly what these kids did. Scary much?

It happens to be exam time at the moment. In the science faculty, as well as other faculties, I'm certain, all one hears is "I need to be first in class", "I have to know everything", "I have to get over 80%", or "my life is over if I fail". Now everyone, get a little perspective in your lives, please! It's harsh, but it has to be said. What if it was you in that car? Your best friend? Then would your exams really matter anymore? I have tried to explain so many times that there is more to life than academics. These kids were also in the middle of exams, but does that matter now? No, it most certainly does not. No second chances for them. So next time you're sitting in your exam hall, freaking out because you don't know the answer to the first question, stop, breathe, think of all of those people who have it worse than you.

'headlights on the hillside, don't take me this way..."

I'm Only Human After All

Science sucks. No really, it does. And I don't mean high school science, I mean science at third year university level. This is science to such a degree that I can recite entire paragraphs that sounds like they are written in a different language. When writing about how G1-Cdk phosphorylates pRb so that it is unable to bind to E2F and thus E2F is able to phosphorylate other proteins with the help of cyclin D, it is all I can do not to pack up laughing. I mean, it's so difficult that it almost has comedic value. Almost, but not quite.

Don't get me wrong, I'm fascinated by cellular functions on a molecular level, and everything, but sometimes I wonder why I'm putting myself through the pure hell that is a Bachelor of Science. when all I want to do when I'm Grown Up is to work in the music industry. Writing, producing, promoting, I don't really care what I'm doing, it's the industry in general that attracts me. I know I'm not going to be the next Taylor Swift, but I wouldn't say no to that either...

And if you bump into the devil, him him I understand, rather the devil you know than the devil you don't...