I am writing this intentionally for my eyes only, but in the event that somepony else comes across this journal, you'll need some context.  This is a psychological profile of me, Twilight Sparkle, showing date and time as well as a somewhat objective view on my behavioral tendencies for that day.  This journal is intended to be used by me to evaluate myself later on, for I've seen a slight change in my thoughts since the discovery of Iago.

06/15/1012, 4:09 Thursday Evening

This is the pioneer entry to my psychological journal, and I must say that I haven't got a benchmark for direct comparison just yet.  For all intents and purposes, use this as the beginning point.  My patience is running lower and lower each day; subtle changes though, not a random act of violence.  Frankly I didn't even notice until just today after feeling unusually snappy.  The problem was that it didn't seem unusual at the time; I've been growing more and more agitated for some time now, and I fear that I may become a danger to myself and other ponies if it should continue this way.

~Signing off, TS

06/16/1012, 5:02 Friday Evening

Today was a wonderful day: I decided to go back and practice some of my other skills rather than move on to learning about Air and Fire.  Water is moving along at a steady pace now and lately, with regards to earth, practice has become a contest to see how much mass I can move in a single sitting without hemorrhaging out of my nose.  I've still yet to find the cause of the nosebleeds, but they're more or less tolerable.  I noticed I was much more joyful today, perhaps due in major part to the accomplishments that I've been managing, but I can still feel a rather sinister, nagging sense of hatred each time somepony obligates me to do something other than learn from my new best friend.

~With Love, Twi

06/17/1012, 4:36 Saturday Evening

I didn't actually get to do anything with the book today, as much as I had wanted to, but instead went on a picnic with the girls.  Nothing particularly bad happened, but I must admit it was somewhat of a waste of time that could very well have been spent gathering my strength.  I did read somewhere that if a pony doesn't take long breaks every so often that they'll start to burn out a little bit though... and I guess that must be happening to me since Fluttershy and Rarity both asked me if I was feeling okay.  It's not really any business of theirs, but I just told them the truth: that I've never felt better in my life.

~Time to Study, TS

06/19/1012, 6:54 Monday Evening

Spike is actually a very thoughtful little dragon, to my surprise.  He acted totally autonomously today and yesterday, baking and cooking for myself (even though I refused every time) and a few... unwanted house guests.  The reason I didn't leave an entry for yesterday was because I had to keep the "Cutie Mark Crusaders" entertained.  Rarity and Applejack were "too busy" to handle them today, and Fluttershy is nowhere to be found.  Celestia knows I wouldn't leave children in Rainbow Dash's care even if I knew where she had flown off to though, so I guess I'm the only responsible pony in town.  Oh well, at least they're gone and I can have some time to myself; I've really missed just sitting back and relaxing for a while.  I didn't even get to practice, so after I finish this entry up I'm going to go see how rusty I've gotten in my time away.

~Burnin' the Midnight Oil, TS

06/20/1012, 12:17 Tuesday Morning

I broke a hole in the side of the library with a rogue section of earth...  It's really windy in here.  I should probably ask myself how that makes me feel, but I don't really care at the moment... I just wanna fix it.

~FML, Twilight

06/20/1012, 12:31 Tuesday Afternoon

I managed to find a spell book about botany this morning.  Within it was the most perfect spell: Woodshaping!  It allowed me to actually speed up and control the growth of woody plants (like the library's tree) but it just didn't feel the same.  I'm still good at traditional unicorn magic, but it seems so much less potent than my new elemental prowess.  I can only equate it to snapping a doorknob with static electricity instead of watching somepony's house get demolished by a lightning storm.  Oh well, the library's all fixed up, so maybe I can get back to my studies.

~Lost in a Sea of Knowledge, Twilight Sparkle

06/21/1012, 5:46 Wednesday Evening

Ahh, practice, how I've missed you.  I spent most of my day simply standing in my back yard and playing with the ground.  Luckily for me, I didn't kill anypony with it by accident, nor did I destroy any property, so I must be getting better.  I think tomorrow I'll head down to the creek and get a little more used to water magic.  Either way, I don't really feel very different from yesterday.  Still relieved, still relaxed, and still wanting to get better with what I'm doing.  I swear, though, I might start to snap a little bit if I get anymore bother from Spike.  He's just so damn clingy lately.

~About to go to sleep, TS

06/21/1012, 11:42 Wednesday Night

I can't sleep.  I don't know why, but every time I close my eyes I just see...  Nothing.  It's really boring, so I figured I'd just pull an all-nighter tonight and see what I can do with water for a little while.  I'm off to the creek, wish me luck.

~Trotting the Night away, TS

06/22/1012, 7:57 Thursday Night

Well, I've been awake for more than twenty-four hours and feel just fine.  The water magic went really well last night, so I figured I'd make some breakfast for Spike.  He's been a huge help to me lately and I really do appreciate him, no matter how much he gets on my nerves.  Apparently there are fish in the creek out by the Everfree Forest, I had no idea until today.  They never jump.  I'd say I'm doing alright with the aggression, maybe it was just a bad day or something and I read way too much into it.  I'm a real sweetheart when you look at me.

~Can do no Wrong, Twilight

06/23/1012, 4:23 Friday Evening

I've officially determined that I no longer need sleep.  It's been approaching forty-eight hours and I'm not even tired!  I practice on water nearly constantly, and I'm so getting the hang of it.  I actually re-routed a portion of the creek to come closer to the library with a combination of earth and water magics, so now I have a pretty spiffy practice area right near my back yard!  This is spectacular.  Oh, and another anomaly: I hadn't even noticed it but I haven't eaten anything in nearly two weeks.  I must not need food either.  That's pretty bizarre, but I suppose it could be the amount of foreign energy flowing through my body.  I still feel thirsty though, so my best guess is that my energy sources are being given to me from the surrounding universe and not from food.  I've never felt so alive!

~Livin' it up, TS

06/24/1012, 8:12  Friday Night

I tried to sleep tonight.  Just for fun, I tried to sleep.  Just for an hour...  I had the worst nightmare.  Everything... Burning.  My friends, my books, my home... Ponyville... all of it, just... burning.  I don't want to sleep anymore.