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2002.02.14: All awake and no Leonids makes Wink a cranky boy

I was tired and cranky all morning because I stayed up so late last night trying to get a look at the Leonid Meteor Shower. I, of course, saw nothing due to heavy cloud cover. I kept staying up hoping that it would clear up, but it never did.

It is so maddening to know that there is a great show going on over your head, but you just can't see it due to the weather. Thousands of other people around the world (or at least the night time portions of the world) are enjoying the spectacle this very moment, but I am missing out. Grrrrr.

So this morning rolls around and I feel totally exhausted and it was all for nothing. What a waste. I am a bitter, bitter man.

The thing is, if I had seen the Leonids, it all would have been worth it. I would still have been tired this morning, but it would have been a satisfied tired, not a cranky tired.

C'est la vie.