Sorry I've kinda been mentioning sleep a lot lately... but that's what's been an issue with me lately... meh...
So anyways... I always wondered how I could get 5 or 6 hours of sleep one night and feel utterly exhausted the whole next day, but I could sleep 2 or 3 hours in a night and feel very alert and awake. Obviosly, nothing beats 10 hours of sleep, but that happens too rarely, so I'll focus on the smaller quantities of rest. I had always just assumed that when i felt so chipper after pulling a near-all-nighter it was because I was loopy and delusional from sleep deprivation because I couldn't think of anything else to explain it.
On a normal school day, I wake up at about 6:30 or 7:00 a.m. However, this weekend was Homecoming weekend, so after a busy Saturday, some of the girls (myself included) ended up staying until about that time... WE knew we had to get up by 9:20 to go to breakfast. SO I probably got about 2 and a half hours of sleep, and I felt just fine through breakfast, and I still feel okay. I also thought to myself... today still feels like a Saturday. Then it hit me. My body still thought it was Saturday. I didn;t get enough sleeo to officially transition myself from one day to the next. Those hours of sleep were just like a nap that I took before I went on with the rest of my mentally-48-hour Saturday. Now I get it. Let's hope that it doesn't become a 72-hour Saturday now...
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
What If?: We all ran on our own schedules
Some people have no problems waking up before 7 in the morning, being ready for school plenty early, staying alert all through school, participating in their extracurriculars, finishing their homework up, and going to bed early enough to repeat this process the next day. And on top of this they still can make time for their friends.
Then there are the people like me, who always seem a few hours behind on EVERYTHING. I always oversleep, rush to school, put in huge effort to stay alert during classes, run to make it on time to club meetings, and then go home and somehow manage to spend three times too many hours on homework, finally getting to bed in the early hours of the next Also, there are some people who just run completely differently. For instance, they do their homework right after school or early in the morning before school. They eat meals really early... really late. But it works for them.
If we were all allowed to function on our own schedules instead of those set and ruled by school, work, and others, some people just wouldn't change. I would probably stop seeing some people whom i run into only because theatre happens to be at that time, or because we are in the same choir. Maybe I would meet tons of new people whom i never knew existed because we've been forced to live on different schedules. Friends could grow apart, new ones could be made. Who knows? I'm not quite sure what my schedule would be if i had complete control, but it would definitely involve getting 10+ hours of sleep.
Then there are the people like me, who always seem a few hours behind on EVERYTHING. I always oversleep, rush to school, put in huge effort to stay alert during classes, run to make it on time to club meetings, and then go home and somehow manage to spend three times too many hours on homework, finally getting to bed in the early hours of the next Also, there are some people who just run completely differently. For instance, they do their homework right after school or early in the morning before school. They eat meals really early... really late. But it works for them.
If we were all allowed to function on our own schedules instead of those set and ruled by school, work, and others, some people just wouldn't change. I would probably stop seeing some people whom i run into only because theatre happens to be at that time, or because we are in the same choir. Maybe I would meet tons of new people whom i never knew existed because we've been forced to live on different schedules. Friends could grow apart, new ones could be made. Who knows? I'm not quite sure what my schedule would be if i had complete control, but it would definitely involve getting 10+ hours of sleep.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
BLogging Around
Leanne wrote about short sentences, and how it it may be difficult to fit tons of meaning into 6 or 7 words rather than 20. She commented on experimenting with rhythms and techniques:
YAY short sentences!
not that I have anything against a string of beautiful, eloquent, LONG sentences, but readers (or at least me reading) tend to get lost trying to follow a mile-long idea. Plus, nobody (that I know) actually TALKS like that. they say "Hey, what's up?" rather than "Salutations, my loyal, loving companion. I can see in the way the light dances across your eyes that some entity of this universe sings discordantly with your life's individual tune." I don't really know what that means... which i guess proves the point. While it can be ineresting to read something longand articulate, people tend to remember the pithy and to-the-point stuff more. Mostly because its easier to remember. And understand.
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Lauren wrote about the Glenbrook Musical (so far one of the more memorable experiences of my life) and its pros and cons in all aspects, costs, casting, pulling from a big pool of talent, leaving people out, bias, transportation. It was interesting seeing another perspective on the event other than my own.
hey lauren,
I like the topic of your post. The pros of splitting costs and meeting new people and mixing talent are absolutely true, but combining the musical means that twice as many people will want to see it, and fewer people will be conflicted if North and South both had two musicals around the same time. Musical is a greaat experience, but the confusions of scheduling, and transporation take away from it slightly. I have to disagree with you on your suggestion that your chances improve based on which school it's being held at. I'll admit favoritism is definitely present in casting, but teachers from both schools come to auditions, and sometimes a director or choreographer from neither school is involved. Ultimately, I think it's based on who shines in auditions (sometimes talented people get too nervous to show it). Anyways, I couldn't help but comment on this topic, and I enjoyed your post.
YAY short sentences!
not that I have anything against a string of beautiful, eloquent, LONG sentences, but readers (or at least me reading) tend to get lost trying to follow a mile-long idea. Plus, nobody (that I know) actually TALKS like that. they say "Hey, what's up?" rather than "Salutations, my loyal, loving companion. I can see in the way the light dances across your eyes that some entity of this universe sings discordantly with your life's individual tune." I don't really know what that means... which i guess proves the point. While it can be ineresting to read something longand articulate, people tend to remember the pithy and to-the-point stuff more. Mostly because its easier to remember. And understand.
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Lauren wrote about the Glenbrook Musical (so far one of the more memorable experiences of my life) and its pros and cons in all aspects, costs, casting, pulling from a big pool of talent, leaving people out, bias, transportation. It was interesting seeing another perspective on the event other than my own.
hey lauren,
I like the topic of your post. The pros of splitting costs and meeting new people and mixing talent are absolutely true, but combining the musical means that twice as many people will want to see it, and fewer people will be conflicted if North and South both had two musicals around the same time. Musical is a greaat experience, but the confusions of scheduling, and transporation take away from it slightly. I have to disagree with you on your suggestion that your chances improve based on which school it's being held at. I'll admit favoritism is definitely present in casting, but teachers from both schools come to auditions, and sometimes a director or choreographer from neither school is involved. Ultimately, I think it's based on who shines in auditions (sometimes talented people get too nervous to show it). Anyways, I couldn't help but comment on this topic, and I enjoyed your post.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
360 Degrees: Chocolate
Chocolate: it has a ton of different varieties, and most of them are deeelicious. That's it... to me, at least...
Why do some people not like chocolate? it has tooth-rotting sugar. It's packed with calories. It even has a little bit of lead in it. Eww. Some people just don't like the taste.
Can chocolate possibly benefit your health? I guess so. Everyone talks about how wonderful it is, it's gotta have something actually good for you in it. Antioxidants?
What if no one ever discovered how to make chocolate candy and it was forever known as "xocolatl," bitter water? Well, there would probably be a few less cavities in the world, maybe mankind could be a few pounds lighter, but there would be a huge worldwide industry missing on earth. What would people give boxes of on Valentine's Day, candy corn? Buy a vanilla bar from the vending machine? What would you call that pretty shade of brown, tree bark? My pet bog is a brown lab; that just sounds wrong.
What if chocolate had some huge health benefit that hasn't even been discovered yet?
I'm curious about how chocolate is affecting the world. Really. Someone who stole millions of dollars might have started out by sneaking a Hershey Bar out of Walgreen's one day.
How does chocolate affect people. Well, everyone I know has heard of it, and just knowing what it is means it has an influence. But even people who have never heard of it could have some unknown connection. They could pick up a piece of paper that was recycled from a chocolate wrapper. Maybe they met someone who smelled like chocolate and they wondered of what the scent was. I know it's a stretch, but you know it could be possible. Chocolate is everywhere.
Why do some people not like chocolate? it has tooth-rotting sugar. It's packed with calories. It even has a little bit of lead in it. Eww. Some people just don't like the taste.
Can chocolate possibly benefit your health? I guess so. Everyone talks about how wonderful it is, it's gotta have something actually good for you in it. Antioxidants?
What if no one ever discovered how to make chocolate candy and it was forever known as "xocolatl," bitter water? Well, there would probably be a few less cavities in the world, maybe mankind could be a few pounds lighter, but there would be a huge worldwide industry missing on earth. What would people give boxes of on Valentine's Day, candy corn? Buy a vanilla bar from the vending machine? What would you call that pretty shade of brown, tree bark? My pet bog is a brown lab; that just sounds wrong.
What if chocolate had some huge health benefit that hasn't even been discovered yet?
I'm curious about how chocolate is affecting the world. Really. Someone who stole millions of dollars might have started out by sneaking a Hershey Bar out of Walgreen's one day.
How does chocolate affect people. Well, everyone I know has heard of it, and just knowing what it is means it has an influence. But even people who have never heard of it could have some unknown connection. They could pick up a piece of paper that was recycled from a chocolate wrapper. Maybe they met someone who smelled like chocolate and they wondered of what the scent was. I know it's a stretch, but you know it could be possible. Chocolate is everywhere.
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