It's 4am and I can't sleep and it's too hot and I can't understand macromodels and it's always about me, me, me, me...

Wonder if narcissism is an inherent nature or a result of nurture. Trust my mother to have brought me up citing vanity and self admiration as one of more important principles in life. No, really. Ask her how she manages to look 30-ish when she's really over 50 (no, never lie about age, she said) and she'd reply "I'm very vain, that's all".

Why is it so difficult to study when it's light outside and the sun is beckoning you to come out and play? What am I going to do when the dark hours get shorter and shorter? Don't think becoming nocturnal is too bad a way of life, is it?