Man, is it gorgeous here. Yesterday was awful, cold and rainy. Today we have orb for the first time in ages, and it's just above thirty. Lovely.
My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Jan 14, 2006 7:09:37 am PST #9837 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
aurelia - Jan 14, 2006 7:11:19 am PST #9838 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
What do you think, aurelia, are they up to the challenge?
So far they've only managed to knock some things over and pull my quilt off the wall hanger. No visible damage to the apartment or my stuff.
Right now it seems my options are 1) Argue with housing until they agree to something reasonable 2) Don't mention the cats and hope for the best (not that I'd try to hide them, but I've had a cat there for the past 10 years. I doubt anyone would question it.) 3) Look for a different summer job. None of these options appeal to me at the moment.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 14, 2006 7:20:20 am PST #9839 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If I had the work-free income necessary to maintain that kind of schedule for all the regularly spaced catnaps and the corresponding extra meals, I'd just sleep 12 hours each day instead. And I'm pretty sure that would make me feel more refreshed than the odd sleep pattern could.
Jars - Jan 14, 2006 7:22:34 am PST #9840 of 10002
Hm. I guess if I was a ninja or something I could see it working. Or Batman. I bet Batman sleeps like that.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2006 7:30:29 am PST #9841 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm pretty sure that would make me feel more refreshed than the odd sleep pattern could.
I think the point of this guy's experiment was that (individuality obviously not covered) it wouldn't. That he managed to feel better polyphasically than he did normally.
brenda m - Jan 14, 2006 7:37:04 am PST #9842 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, didn't Kramer try that once? I try not to take my lifestyle tips from him, generally.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2006 7:37:34 am PST #9843 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wouldn't take anti-lifestyle tips from him either.
Jesse - Jan 14, 2006 8:14:32 am PST #9844 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For some reason, that sleep thing freaked me out. I think I feel like there must be a good reason for us to schedule our time the way most people do. I mean, right??
Jesse - Jan 14, 2006 8:19:08 am PST #9845 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, looking more at that site, I think it may just be the guy freaking me out, not the concept. Will have to consider.
Jessica - Jan 14, 2006 8:30:12 am PST #9846 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
In sleep studies where people have been put into complete darkness for prolonged periods of time, human beings appear to sleep for 7 hours, on a 25-ish hour clock. (As opposed to hamsters, who operate on a 23-ish hour clock. Exposure to sunlight is useful in both cases for resetting the internal circadian rhythms to match the Earth's.) Biologically, we're programmed to sleep at night. Doesn't mean there isn't a better way to do it, but I'd be wary of long-term effects.
(Sleep-deprived rats, for example, simply drop dead after about 15 days. No tests have been done in humans to determine what our limit is, if we have one.)
[edited to correct human/hamster circadian rhythms]