i seem always to blog excessively when i first get back to school. the combination of an all-day ethernet connection and waking up at 3 in the morning, unable to get back to sleep but loathe to get up and study, means that blogging is the only suitable occupation. and i need to work - and i have done some - but the first few days back always feels off-kilter, and trying to work becomes staring blankly. blogging is relief because of tapping keys and words across screen, a familiar and comforting sensation, without me having actually to think too hard about what i'm saying or how i'm saying it and i could be at my own worst bimbotic mindless self without any apology whatsoever.