Here I go again

My symptoms aren't sufficient to meet the DSM criteria for hypomania, but they're there: elevated mood, racing thoughts, distractibility (if that includes noticing familiar things as if for the first time - "Have we always had this printer?"). Interesting things seem wildly exciting. It feels as though something's going to burst out of my skull, like the rat in The Deadstone Memorial.

ETA: I feel as though I might burst into tears, only I don't.

Is this cyclical? I need to keep track of it, hence this entry. I've just got over a cold and sorted out my muddled-up sleep pattern - is this relevant? (I was knackered yesterday but could feel it coming on.) Is my medication causing it? Didn't I sometimes have the same feelings as a teen? *knocks on skull* What is going on in there?

Further to my previous posting

Slowed down a bit after getting home and having a long nap.

I didn't want to listen to my iPod on the way home, as I think music fuels the whole thing. However, I was too tired to read on the bus, so I thought I'd listen to something soothing, like some Ozzy Osbourne. What comes up on the shuffle? A live version of Yes' Siberian Khatru. Oh good, that shouldn't cause too much damage. *eyes bleed*

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

By popular request, the basic recipe, which I original found on the "Herbivore" mailing list on Yahoo!. This is the recipe I've been dabbling with, adding flavour essences, grated coconut, icing, etc. Zucchini may seem like an odd ingredient, but it adds fibre, bulk, and moisture and is basically flavourless.

( The recipe )

Stages of Kitty War

1. National anthem.
2. Alarums and excursions.
3. Four-dimensional tag.
4. Celebrity wrestling.
5. Complete randomness.
6. Frank retreats to Fortress of Solitude behind desk.
7. Tim randomly attacks air molecules.
8. Displacement of aggression onto crumpled balls of paper.
9. Detente.
10. Unconsciousness.
11. Gradual settling of clumps of fur over horizontal surfaces.