Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Bleh. I have the worst cold I’ve had since the last one. I notice it’s a symptom of being at Uni that I’m suddenly struck down by a virus at least once a term, where before I was lucky if I could scam 3 days off school a year from illness. Given this, I’ve spent the last 3 days mostly in bed - though, for a change, not by choice. Nikki has also fallen down with some kind of illness so for the past couple of days the noise inside has mostly consisted of sniffing, coughing and sneezing.

Luckily, I don’t have too much coursework to do right now, so I suspect the little work I do won’t be impaired.

Well, let’s see then. Tomorrow’s plan involves going to the comic shop to see if Man-Machine Interface #2 is out, going to Tescos to buy, at least, Butter (Well, the unique blend of vegetable oils that is Clover, actually), some Shampoo, and some Cooking Foil. I’m not too worried about buying Food because as it is I can’t actually taste anything, which makes consuming food more closely resemble the horrifyingly biological process that it actually is. I ate, but I did not savour the flavour (don’t hurt me) and it seemed kind of pointless for that. Also, i’ll be picking up Nikki’s prescription.

Which brings me onto the interesting point for the update - When ill, I have universally declined to take painkillers or medication except when it is entirely necessary for probably about the last 12 years of my life. Initially, it was an aversion to swallowing tablets but these days it’s more about the same reason I don’t take drugs or drink alcohol - I dislike the idea of external chemical agents acting to alter my perception. Caffiene is my one vice. I think that if I can get better naturally then there’s no point knocking back pills to achieve the same results. Feel free, anyone, to point out any errors of logic I may have made with this.

Anyway, that’s it for now. I’ve been a bit lax with the updates recently but that’s mainly due to illness, so perhaps tomorrow I’ll be doing a higher quality entry that will entrall everyone as never before.