I typed five words of my essay last night then realised that I'd left the brief in my bag downstairs. So I turned off my computer and went to bed.

When I got up this morning, I started on my essay pretty much straight away. It took me three hours to write the opening paragraph. But what a paragraph it is. Shame about the rest of the essay. Nah, the rest of it is up to scratch. I'm just most impressed with the introduction.

All in all, the essay took eight hours to write - and that's rounding down. I am passionate about my work, but I think I spent a little *too* long on this piece and it's not even my best. Out of practice, you see.

In other news: Atul K. is back! I wonder if he's grown(!) a large beard and started wandering about on school playgrounds.