The midterm in Japanese 2 next week came as a bit of a shock, I didn't think we were that far into the semester yet and to be perfectly honest I've been lousy at studying. So I'll just have to collect my wits from wherever they've gone off (Does like Osaka: Shikari shikari shikari shikari...) I've started working seriously on reviewing the vocab which should be a third of the exam, it's scary how little I remember from the earlier chapters.
Naturally this comes right around the time when I've started to feel a renewed interest in drawing, reading and modelling. That's probably where my wits are hiding instead of doing what they should... like being witty. See what I mean? I need them back with me, now.
I've gotten a small project in lab so that I'll have something to present at the end of the semester. I've already done a couple of experiments on DNA denaturation from heating with the UV spectroscopy equipment, those were just done to have a reference when trying the same thing with Miyamoto-san's silicon substrate IR spectroscopy set up (I don't recall what he really calls it). In any case, the point is that the worry that I'll have nothing to make a presentation about is gone.

Listening to: Franz Schubert - Impromtu in F minor, allegro scherzando
Feeling: calm and centered