The Noyes-Whitney Equation

... is dm/dt = k A (Co - C)

Yes, boys and girls its that time again, the shittiest time of the year. The sun may be shining, everyone is outside living, but its ten thirty in the morning and you are reading some boring nonsense about something you don't care about. The glowing feeling of an increasing intellect pales (quite literally, I look like i've crawled from under a rock) into comparison when seemingly the rest of the world is outdoors, enoying themselves and getting a tan. Bastards.

I'm not the best at revision, but I have my moments. Most of the time however, I am devising ingenious schemes to keep my mind mulling over anything else except what I should be doing. I started this blog, for instance. I have made foolish purchases on ebay. I have watched Beetlejuice three times. However, I have not done much work.

I am aware that I have started revising far too late to pass this year. I mean, I only need to get 40%, but its a hard 40%. And considering I went to less than 30% of the lectures... well, you get the picture. After slavishly travelling round london, begging various friends to take pity on the poor, skiving loser, I gained a full set of lecture notes with roughly a week left to revise. I hope it can be done, i'd rather not have to retake, but after failing to get into dental school (twice! bitter, much!) I have a rather gloomy outlook on all things examinable.

To my shock, have realised a couple of things:
> am actually interested in lecture material
> actually want to do more work than necessary
> might even use a couple of hours each day from my 'busy' summer schedule (drinking heavily) to persue the act of knowledge
> am terrified that this interest in my work means that adulthood has finally caught up with me
> actually glad that i did this stupid degree

And by the by (just to show off what i've learnt today)
1) electrolytes are substances that dissociate into ions in solutions and acquire the capacity to conduct electricity
2) addition of a hydroxyl group to a benzene ring means that it is more soluble, this increasing it's rate of absorption into the gut
3) paracellular diffusion occurs through the aqueous pathway, whereas transcellular diffusion occurs through cells

(and if you can guess my degree course from that, you get a prize)