I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.

Book ,'Serenity'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

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.


§ ita § - Apr 11, 2011 6:11:16 pm PDT #2854 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I should report, I'm now making rice like a boss. Like a fucking boss.

Why do I not remember Pete Townshend's elaborate excuse for child porn?


Steph L. - Apr 11, 2011 6:11:34 pm PDT #2855 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

My brother just told me a couple of days ago that he sleeps only 3-4 hours a night, but I think it's chronic insomnia, not that he's a natural short sleeper. He said he eventually crashes and sleeps 8 hours, about once every 2 weeks.

Tim sleeps an average of 5 hours on work nights, but that's because he stays up too late watching Power Girl cosplay fanvids (true story). It catches up with him late in the week and he naps after work and also sleeps 8-10 hours a night on the weekend.

I need about 20 hours of sleep. I am a panda. (I get about 7 hours on week nights; 8 if I plan well. I sleep longer on the weekends, maybe 9 hours.)

I need a lot of sleep. I'm also lazy, so those things are kinda hard to separate sometimes.

Ahahaha! Okay, that's pretty much me.

I wake up in a flash

I used to be able to do this, until about 10 years ago. God, I miss it. Now it's like swimming upward through molasses.


billytea - Apr 11, 2011 6:13:19 pm PDT #2856 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I need about 20 hours of sleep. I am a panda.

Ryan recognises you!


Steph L. - Apr 11, 2011 6:14:09 pm PDT #2857 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Ryan recognises you!

Panda solidarity! We will gnaw bamboo and sleep!


DavidS - Apr 11, 2011 6:17:05 pm PDT #2858 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Shit, Gud, I'm sorry.

How does that address desire?

In a comedy of manners the desire is for order, so the comedy arises from injecting lots of chaos. Hence, Hitchhiker. Dent is a cozy order seeker. He craves non-chaos. Which makes him a rather passive character but that's okay when all the action happens at him.


billytea - Apr 11, 2011 6:17:52 pm PDT #2859 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Panda solidarity! We will gnaw bamboo and sleep!

On past performance, there's a very good chance he will take the opportunity to jump on your belleh.


Steph L. - Apr 11, 2011 6:20:16 pm PDT #2860 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

On past performance, there's a very good chance he will take the opportunity to jump on your belleh.

My belleh is made for jumping! I have been training with a regimen of ice cream and peanut butter cookies, and 2 cats who welcome a ready made pre-heated squishy bed.


§ ita § - Apr 11, 2011 6:29:24 pm PDT #2861 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dent is a cozy order seeker. He craves non-chaos.

Is Arthur seeking peace, or wanting it? The article is about motivation, and I'm just not remembering him having much.

I really wish I didn't wake up so sharply. I've started using my snooze button, because it's there, but I usually get bored three minutes in but I can't turn snooze off, so I just lie there irritated. But being able to go back to sleep after waking up would be a really neat concept.


Kat - Apr 11, 2011 6:34:54 pm PDT #2862 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Just like how I'm a sub-taster, I suspect I'm the opposite of those short sleepers. I need a lot of sleep. I'm also lazy, so those things are kinda hard to separate sometimes.

Liese, I am, once again, your twin in this. I love to sleep. I get so excited to get into bed and have since I was a child. I would happily sleep 12 hours a night. Noah and Grace are like me in the super sleeperness. Both kids sleep 12 hours still + a nap.

Sass, are you home yet?

I have graded all of the things (or had my TAs do it). Last week I had 200+ assignments in the online turning in thing I use plus 8 paper stacks. They are all in the gradebook now and my online assignment box is EMPTY. Granted a 2-3 paper on Merchant of Venice is due tomorrow, but I feel confident I can actually grade it tomorrow.


meara - Apr 11, 2011 6:41:18 pm PDT #2863 of 30001

Are you one of these people? If so, fuck you kindly.

I read about those people last week. I hate those people. I am on the other end of the spectrum--I usually get 8-9 hours of sleep every night, but I really NEED 9, and on weekends sleep 10-12. It's not fun needing more sleep than the average person, and I shudder to think how it would/will be if I ever have children. Sleep is one of the main reasons I never considered being a doctor, even though I think I'd like it--I would never survive the lack of sleep.

I'm also a serious evening person, and take forever to really wake up and get going in the morning. So many things I wish I could change.