GOOD morning.

I'm awake. I wasn't sure I would be - scenes last night were very fun and I stayed up a bit late, but I am awake, and feeling fine.

Also? This morning I got my left contact in 'properly' for the first time in months. So being stubborn and trying to do it the right way every day was worth it - it'd be a lot easier if I could pull that off more often.

It's brilliantly sunny this morning, the grass in the pasture is almost yellow-green from the strength of the light. I'm leaning forward so I won't have the sun in my eyes as I type this, but looking out the window is glorious.

Interesting.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The wildly creative genius often walks a fine line, as many of humankind's greatest minds have edged into the darkness of mental illness. Now a new study shows that creative people tend to share more personality traits with the mentally ill than they do with the middle-of-the-road masses.

This finding suggests that both creativity and manic depression, also called bipolar disorder, may share some of the same genetic underpinnings, Connie M. Strong of Stanford University in California told Reuters Health.

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