Mainichi

is the Japanese word for "daily". I'm sure I've used it as a blog title at some point in time. The word sticks in my head because many years ago when I was in undergrad I would read Mainichi Shimbun's English website for news from Japan. The phrase "mainichi mainichi" means "every day".

Anyway, this semester I've started studying at two new places. The first is a library called Dirac located in the sciences section of campus. It's the main science library on campus. It's pretty lively here - a lot of people studying organic chemistry. Nice crowd, I've started noticing regulars. The only real downfall is that it takes me nearly 25 minutes to walk here. The second is a coffee bar called All Saints. All Saints is filthy, uncomfortable, noisy, their internet often doesn't work, and their coffee is terrible. But it's very friendly to studiers, and has a really eclectic group of people who study there. It's about 10 minutes from my apartment. I've been alternating days and sometimes spending time in one and then going to the other. Usually, I'll study until about 5 or 6 at Dirac, go run and eat dinner, and then study at All Saints for a while. For weekend nighttime sessions I always go to All Saints.

OK back to work. I'm actually in Dirac right now. I'm supposed to be working on my papers. At 7:30 I'm going to walk over to the campus theatre and see a free sneak preview of the Adjustment Bureau.