Tuesday 3 January
9st 4 (terrifying slide into obesity1 — why? why?), alcohol units 6 (excellent), cigarettes 23 (v.g.), calories 2472.
9 a.m. Ugh. Cannot face thought of go to work. Only thing which makes it tolerable is thought of seeing Daniel again, but even that is inadvisable since am fat, have spot on chin, and desire only to sit on cushion eating chocolate and watching Xmas specials. It seems wrong and unfair that Christmas, with its stressful and unmanage?able financial and emotional challenges, should first be forced upon one wholly against one's will, then rudely snatched away just when one is starting to get into it. Was really beginning to enjoy the feeling that normal service was suspended and it was OK to lie in bed as long as you want, put anything you fancy into your mouth, and drink alcohol whenever it should chance to pass your way, even in the mornings. Now suddenly we are all supposed to snap into self-discipline like lean teenage greyhounds.
10 p.m. Ugh. Perpetua, slightly senior and therefore thinking she is in charge of me, was at her most obnoxious2 and bossy3, going on and on to the point of utter boredom4 about latest half-million-pound property she is planning to buy with her rich-but-overbred boyfriend, Hugo: 'Yars, yars, well it is north-facing but they've done something fright?fully5 clever with the light.'
I looked at her wistfully, her vast, bulbous bottom swathed in a tight red skirt with a bizarre three-quarter--length striped waistcoat strapped6 across it. What a blessing7 to be born with such Sloaney arrogance8. Perpetua could be the size of a Renault Espace and not give it a thought. How many hours, months, years, have I spent worrying about weight while Perpetua has been happily looking for lamps with porcelain9 cats as bases around the Fulham Road? She is missing out on a source of happiness, anyway. It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth or power but the pursuit of attainable10 goals: and what is a diet if not that?
On way home in end-of-Christmas denial I bought a packet of cut-price chocolate tree decorations and a £3.69 bottle of sparkling wine from Norway, Pakistan or similar. I guzzled11 them by the light of the Christmas tree, together with a couple of mince12 pies, the last of the Christmas cake and some Stilton, while watching EastEnders, imagining it was a Christmas special.
Now, though, I feel ashamed and repulsive13. I can actually feel the fat splurging out from my body. Never mind. Sometimes you have to sink to a nadir14 of toxic15 fat envelop16?ment in order to emerge, phoenix-like, from the chemical wasteland as a purged17 and beautiful Michelle Pfeiffer figure. Tomorrow new Spartan18 health and beauty regime will begin.
Mmmm. Daniel Cleaver19, though. Love his wicked dis-solute air, while being v. successful and clever. He was being v. funny today, telling everyone about his aunt thinking the onyx kitchen-roll holder20 his mother had given her for Christmas was a model of a penis. Was really v. amusing about it. Also asked me if I got anything nice for Christmas in rather flirty21 way. Think might wear short black skirt tomorrow.
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n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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9 porcelain | |
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11 guzzled | |
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n.切碎物;v.切碎,矫揉做作地说 | |
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清除(政敌等)( purge的过去式和过去分词 ); 涤除(罪恶等); 净化(心灵、风气等); 消除(错事等)的不良影响 | |
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