Drowse - First Season - Finished

Chapter 13 - I gave up my studies, Helena / August 1972.

POV Brian

August

During the month of July, Freddie, Deacy, Rog and I recorded the Modern Times Rock'n'Roll songs written by Rog and Son and Daughter written by me. During the month of August we recorded the songs Jesus and Seven Seas of Rhye (the instrumental part).

The next day, the last day of the recording, I talked to the teachers of my PH D. They read my thesis on cosmic dust, but they said that some things should be modified.

"Bri your thesis is fine, but, you must be more objective on pages thirty-thirty and one of your thesis," said the coordinator of PH D. "Make the necessary changes and bring your thesis ready next year in the mid of February.

- Should I be more objective? I have already modified my thesis about three times - I said disappointed - I should already be with the approved thesis, I already gave the maximum of myself.

"Just make this change, Bri, and it'll all work out," said the coordinator.

The other teachers were at his side and agreed that I should change some more things.

"Come back in February with the necessary changes in the thesis, Bri," said one of the teachers. "You are very intelligent, you can change what has to be changed.

I looked at the teachers, the coordinator, and looked at my written thesis. Forty pages written minutely. I spent nights in the dark writing my thesis, so I do not like them again? I also thought about the band. If I go back to the thesis, in the next few months I will not have time for the other jobs that the boys and I will have with Queen. We will have to do photo session, we will see the release date of our album. Everything has to be done correctly. I do not want to be responsible again for rewriting my thesis. I sigh and put the thesis I wrote on the coordinator's desk.

"I'm sorry, but to me, it's the end of the line. I will not conclude the thesis. I will not conclude PH D. Unfortunately. I thought I could do it now, but I will have to give up my dream, to get another one, "he said devastatedly to the teachers and course coordinator.

The teachers and the coordinator were astonished.

"Bri, you can not do that," one of the professors said. "You were always an intelligent student, one of the best physics students at Imperial College. He did the Bachelor and became a student of PH D and became one of the best too. Teachers admire you, professionals admire your intelligence.

"I'm sorry, but I'll give it all away." - said he hurt - With much pain in the heart, I say that I will not conclude PH D, that I will not conclude the thesis. I will follow another path, I will seek another dream, which is just as important as Astrophysics.

"Refers to music, is not Bri?" "Everyone knows his great talent for music, too. Bri, please, we do not want to lose you as a student, rewrite your thesis, please. You can reconcile the music and thesis.

"We can not lose him, Bri," said my teacher.

"Unfortunately I can not. I give up the thesis, PH D. I will fight for the song now. Who knows, I can finish my thesis on Cosmic Dust and I finally get the PH D in Astrophysics, but it will not be today. Thank you for everything you've done for me. I learned a lot from you.

I leave the coordination room totally devastated, almost crying. I chose the song, I chose Queen.

At night, I was in a pub called The Ship, with Rog and John Anthony. We had agreed to go out and have a drink and talk. My parents still did not know about my decision. When they do, they will be very disappointed in me.

I was talking to Rog and John Anthony about my decision to give up my PH D in Astrophysics.

"I'll only re-study PH D if nothing works out in the song," he said, taking a drink. "But for now, I choose the song, I choose Queen, my dream of being a successful guitarist.