I am an insomniac insomuch as I go to bed, stay awake for 1-2 hours, then go into a fitful sleep and wake up tired.

So when this post came up on Lifehacker I decided I really need to try it.  This is all from Dustin Curtis’ website at… well.. www.dustincurtis.com

I’m just going to say this:  Doing this only makes sense right now for me:  This is my summer break and I have limited time-bound responsibility:  only 2 hours 2 days a week do I *need* to do something (work) and I could likely shift my hours to fit the sleep schedule because my bosses are awesome like that (If you need a computer fixed or built or really anything stop by Jankin’s Computers on Gardiners Road </plug> )

What is this?  Changing my sleep cycle to be more efficient.  Currently I get 6-8 hours of sleep, most of it wasted.  I’m fed up with just lying down for hours on end.  I read, I count sheep, whatever.

I’ve heard about this before (from CBC’s “Ideas” radio program and – I believe – Wired).  It makes you more energetic and gives you more time.

So – starting tommorow – I’m going to start with the “Siesta”.  We’ll see how that works and then I’ll explore the possibility of moving on.

Read the article.  It says everything perfectly.  On a web-design note take a look at how well it’s laid out to look almost like print.

By the way, I’m sorry about not posting yesterday – I was in Toronto the whole day (at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland).  Don’t worry, I’ve done pennance in burlap and ashes.

The post again:  How To Hack Your Brain, Part 1: Sleep

So right now I’ve been thinking alot, and you know where THAT usually goes.  Mainly, I’ve been thinking about insanity (which is all the more disturbing seeing how I’m reading Atwood’s “Alias Grace”, about a muderess named Grace Marks who, 150 pages in to the book, is either completely sane or incredibly insane.  I can’t really tell them apart). Continue reading

So yesterday I was out with a fever and just feeling all ’round nastiness, so I decided to pick up two of the books I’d gotten out from KCVI’s library (overdue by now, heh heh) – Margaret Atwood’s “Alias Grace” and Douglas Adams’ “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.  Now, I had seen the movie for the latter and had really picked it up because I’d heard the book was much better than the movie (and I was desperately hoping it was).  Since I was exiled to my bed for the day I picked up the Hitchiker’s Guide and started reading.

Let’s just say love at first sight.  I read it in about 3 hours and I’m clamouring for more (After I’m finished Alias Grace).  It is insanely… well… insane.  All the characters are completely neurotic (the way I like them) and it’s both a humourous and insightful look at our lives (I never knew Earth was an experiment by mice…).  Adams’ prose is witty and entertaining and his portrayal of characters is delightfully ironic.

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