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.

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.

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.

{{Gud}}

Aftershock ups Japanese crisis to Chernobyl level?

There was a strong aftershock early today, and workers briefly evacuated. They lost offsite power for about an hour, but there was no apparent additional damage. They have recently moved additional diesel generators to the site.

Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency announced today that it is increasing the INES rating to Level 7, but that is largely due to new calculations that the radioactivity released early in the accident reached the level specified for a Level 7. It's not due to worsening conditions; the radiation level has continued to decline. That amount of radioactivity was about 10 percent of the radioactivity released at Chernobyl, and far less in terms of exposure to people.

The question that will be raised is whether these are "new" calculations, or whether TEPCO knew the levels earlier. There was so much confusion at the beginning that it's really hard to know.

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

He's a fairly passive protagonist, but that works when you can throw Zaphod and Adams' universe at him. He doesn't have to do anything in particular since the apocalypse comes to him. But it's also why its a comedy of manners. He's the sort of character that would be distraught about a neighbor parked in his spot, so having his entire planet eradicated ups the ante considerably. And lots of other characters in the story play as classic comic types including Zaphod and Marvin and even the whale/pot of petunias. The typical reaction to some cosmic disaster is a muted "Oh, no. Not again."

Thanks for that info, Ginger. I'm going to pass it onto my sister, who gave me that link. I told her we had calm heads prevailing here, and to ask me before believing anything, and I'd check with the people that knew--you.

Sass, are you home yet?

Sadly, very sadly, no.

I spoke to Sparky at about 7:30. They had been out all day, but have no new clues. They have to go back to work tomorrow and Sparky is exhausted both physically and emotionally.

The tracker is here and doing what he does...they have put up about 800 flyers. But no news.

I am so crushingly sad for them. BUT, it took two weeks for my landlord's dog to be found, so I'm holding out hope.

I'm sure any continuing prayers/wishes/good thoughts/repostings of repostings would be appreciated. By me, if nothing else.

Oh, man, I am chronically sleep-deprived, because my natural inclination is to sleep from 4am to noon. And the trazodone is definitely helping with that, but only if I go to bed when I should. Not going to bed early is a hugely ingrained habit, man.

but that's because he stays up too late watching Power Girl cosplay fanvids (true story)

Just how DID you two kids get together?

I'm so sorry, Gud.