Don't Try This At Home, Kids

I have discovered a new "tired"- attempting English homework at 11p while overcoming a cold. I could not remember the word for blood moving through veins (circulation) or that feeling you get when you really miss something (nostalgia). I want to use horrible metaphors, like in those examples of "horrible analogies by sixth graders" or whatever it is. Is this how bad authors do their work? Stay awake until anything seems like a good idea?