You know how it is.. you've just realised that holidays will begin soon and that means deadlines will come sooner, so you list them - deadlines for essays, reports, presentations, plus any final exams. Upon working out the rate at which you need to pepare and produce results, you panic, declare sleep is overrated, stock up on easy meals, snacks and, above all, caffeine. But, suddenly, within the first few days of your hermit life, you find that everything is suddenly infintely so much more interesting: the book acting as a platform for your snacks, that had been renewed several times, needs to be read this instant; that hobby you'd been meaning to take up is now something you can explain at great length; you agree that your room needs to be tidier and cleaner.


(Of course, I'm exaggerating; most of my time has been spent feverish with the travel bug.)

man, I was really down yesterday. I won't go into it, to avoid dwelling on it and inviting the mood to return, linger. today's good though. okay, I didn't wake up near as early as I'd hoped: I only managed to watch 10 minutes of Pokémon before falling back asleep, but I've showered, eaten and done some work :)

I've been reading the book on Nietszche from Oxford Uni Press's Very Short Introductions series and I'm enjoying it so much I've had to make a second flask (because Japan doesn't understand the concept of 'mugs': they're half the size they need to be) of Earl Grey. But before returning to the book I'm here to check mail just quickly.. I say 'quickly' but I pressed 'play' in Spotify where I had Martha Wainwright's "I Know You're Married But I Have Feelings Too" album, which I'd not heard before and it's too good to leave.. Today I'm glad to be alone, but it's probably best that I ask someone to make sure I go out and buy food. oh.