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gambling), 1471 calls to see if Mark Darcy has rung 21 (curiosity only,

obviously), number of times watched video 9 (better).

9 p.m. Humph. Left a message for Mum yesterday to tell her all about my scoop
so when she rang tonight I assumed it would be to congratulate me, but no, she
was just going on about the party. It was Una and Geoffrey this, Brian and

Mavis that and how marvelous Mark was and why didn't I talk to him, etc., etc.?
Temptation to tell her what happened almost overwhelming but managed to
control myself by envisaging consequences: screaming ecstasy at the making of
the date and brutal murder of only daughter when she heard the actual outcome.

Keep hoping he might ring me up and ask me for another date after the hair
dryer debacle. Maybe I should write him a note to say thank you for the
interview and sorry about the hair dryer. It's not because I fancy him or anything.
Simple good manners demands it.

Thursday 12 October

9st 1 (bad), alcohol Units 3 (both healthy and normal), cigarettes 13,fat Units 17
(wonder if it's possible to calculate fat unit content of entire body? I hope

otherwise), lottery tickets 3 (fair), 1471 calls to see if Mark Darcy has rung 12
(better).

Humph. Incensed by patronizing article in the paper by Smug Married journalist.