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Tuesday 18th March 2003

God, I'm so tired today. I wish I had more stamina - more to the point, I wish I didn't enjoy and need sleep so much. Imagine how much more we could get done if we didn't need so much sleep. I could read every thing I intended to read, manage to listen to the whole of albums without dropping off before the end. I could educate myself - manage to read a whole newspaper before it becomes out of date, see more people, get my washing done, watch films, go out. Things that I want to do outside work, but can't because there's no time.

And last night I went out - St Patrick's Day, so there was the usual crowd of imbecilic twats, wearing stupid hats, which said 'Guinness' on them, but may as well have said 'Braindead Fool advertising for free', pretending to be Irish, when they've never been within spitting distance of a box of lucky charms. Guinness were also giving out free drum like things, which, when the pseudo-pigskin had been removed could be 'comically' put on the head, reminiscent someone said, of a beret. The Irish don't wear berets, someone else said, they wear balaclavas. But I love the Guinness, and it is a good excuse to drink lots of it, so out I went, wondering what exactly it is that is celebrated on St Patricks Day. It was a good evening, overshadowed only by the spectre of work and a 7:30 alarm. At one point Tom tragically miscalculated the three pint put down and a wave of lager flew across the table into my hair. But my fears of being followed home by a swarm of wasps weren't realised, thank Christ. Anyway, it turned out that the only place we could find that had a late licence and was free to get into on Paddy's day was a mostly empty mexican bar, peopled ,I imagine, with London students and called 'Down Mexico Way' or something like that. It was alright, and I wanted to stay, but at 1 o'clock I knew I'd have to get to sleep, simply to survive the next day. Stamina, it'd be great, being able to be awake for ages and not need to sleep. But I'm lazy and love my bed. I need it at night and I don't want to leave it in the morning, and I want it now. Simple pleasures.

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