Where to begin? Finding those first few words is always the hardest part I suppose, but once I get over that initial hump I am sure things will flow with much ease. I'm now an official Melbournian for 3 months, which doesn't mean much really, but who cares, I'm enjoying myself and if anybody has a problem with that you absolutely suck!!!
 
Studying has been quite enjoyable, which makes sense considering the fact that I'm studying something that I'm passionate about. For those of you who have been out of the loop, I'm going to the SAE Institute for a year, getting a degree in ‘Audio Engineering'. If things continue the way they're going I might actually stay for another year and get a full Bachelors Degree in ‘Recording Arts', which seems like a good (and very possible) option at the moment. The only issue I'm having, in short, has to do with the term 9:00am. I'm not much of a morning person, never have been, and after 6-7 years of being (pretty much) a full time performing and recording artist, waking up at 9:00am for classes is no piece of cake, more like a piece of Dry Veil!!! And when you add to the equation the fact that I'm a vegetarian, Veil is not really my proffered dish to begin with.
 
Anyway, back to reality. Mornings... I hate them!
 
And now seriously, studying a subject that you have a real interest in is a key element for anybody in Academia. I remember a few years ago, I decided it was time for me to study something, you know... Grow Up (and all of that spiel). For God knows what reason, I chose Sociology. Not to insinuate that there is anything wrong with that subject, but you have to understand that I was taking the subject in the form of online courses, while I was pretty much living on the road, and starting things off with a course referred to as ‘Introduction to Sociology' and - whatever it was called - ‘Something (?!) Statistics' is not really what I had in mind. To be more specific, it was a pain in the buttocks, and I never really followed through with that rubbish. (I'm NOT insinuating!)
 
The SAE Institute would be my version of - ‘What School would be like in Heaven', seriously. A school where every single computer is a Mac with Pro-Tools installed on them. A school where during a class the sounds of beating drums are resonating through the walls from one of the studios downstairs and it's considered normal (this really happened the other day). A place where Acoustically Designed rooms, with top of the line Audio Equipment, a Grand Piano, and Headphones, is considered a classroom. Is it just me or are you feeling like Homer Simpson drooling over the thought of Doughnuts right now as well?
 
If only classes started at noon...
 
Which reminds me, it's about 3:30am in Melbourne at the moment, and I have to wake up and go to 'The University of Heaven' early tomorrow.
To be continued...
All the best.
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