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I don't really have insomnia. My sleep schedule just isn't what people consider to be normal. Left to my own devices, I gravitate towards a stay-up-late/sleep-late schedule. I also start working on a 26 hour schedule compared to the standard 24 hour day (which gets bloody annoying). Insomnia is where you can't sleep. I just can't sleep on command.
Suffice to say, there are nights where my mind knows it should be asleep while my body politely (and then stubbornly, then rudely, and finally flat-out) declines.
Like last night. I'd be more if I could still summon an impersonation of expressive range. Cleared 22 hours now and am still stuck at work for at least another 5.
Totally not as young as I used to be, though. Going for 22 hours without sleep used to be de rigeur. Now it's bloody painful.
The downside: I'm about 75% slower than normal. The upside: I'm still faster than anyone reasonably expects. Have to be: just got saddled with 6 more tasks due this week in addition to the between 5 and 9 proposal items I have to have drafted/completed before I leave for Arizona.
*update* Cleared 27 hour, no sleep. Stomach's wonky, eyes hurt, definitely fatigued, but am still far more awake than I thought I'd be. I'm also highly focused (because to lose focus would knock me out) and talk a mile a minute, with little room for unclear words. It's kind of fun. I'm highly aggressive, however, so be warned. My fuse today is not a long one.
On another note... VINDICATION! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7896441.stm
"Engaging in a hobby like reading a book, making a patchwork quilt or even playing computer games can delay the onset of dementia, a US study suggests. "
At the rate I consume graphic novels, novel novels, and works of fiction, both pixilated and non, I should be hitting dementia and memory degredation at about... oh, say, the year 4268. That's also assuming someone doesn't get me Katamari Damaci with a VR rig.
I don't really have insomnia. My sleep schedule just isn't what people consider to be normal. Left to my own devices, I gravitate towards a stay-up-late/sleep-late schedule. I also start working on a 26 hour schedule compared to the standard 24 hour day (which gets bloody annoying). Insomnia is where you can't sleep. I just can't sleep on command.
Suffice to say, there are nights where my mind knows it should be asleep while my body politely (and then stubbornly, then rudely, and finally flat-out) declines.
Like last night. I'd be more if I could still summon an impersonation of expressive range. Cleared 22 hours now and am still stuck at work for at least another 5.
Totally not as young as I used to be, though. Going for 22 hours without sleep used to be de rigeur. Now it's bloody painful.
The downside: I'm about 75% slower than normal. The upside: I'm still faster than anyone reasonably expects. Have to be: just got saddled with 6 more tasks due this week in addition to the between 5 and 9 proposal items I have to have drafted/completed before I leave for Arizona.
*update* Cleared 27 hour, no sleep. Stomach's wonky, eyes hurt, definitely fatigued, but am still far more awake than I thought I'd be. I'm also highly focused (because to lose focus would knock me out) and talk a mile a minute, with little room for unclear words. It's kind of fun. I'm highly aggressive, however, so be warned. My fuse today is not a long one.
On another note... VINDICATION! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7896441.stm
"Engaging in a hobby like reading a book, making a patchwork quilt or even playing computer games can delay the onset of dementia, a US study suggests. "
At the rate I consume graphic novels, novel novels, and works of fiction, both pixilated and non, I should be hitting dementia and memory degredation at about... oh, say, the year 4268. That's also assuming someone doesn't get me Katamari Damaci with a VR rig.