Perusing the blogs of my friends at 4:00 in the morning has motivated me to post something other than lyrics to songs I know or write. But my average of 3.5 hours of sleep per night over the last month prevents me from thinking of anything deep enough to be worth anything. I find it amusing enough to marvel at the incredibly long sentences of incoherent thoughts that seem to pour out of my mouth like eggnog from a carton.

Here’s an interesting anecdote: Due to my insomnia, I have fought the devil of sleep in virtually every class period since mid-October. In recent days, the battle being waged has fallen on the side of sleep. Let me elucidate. So I wasn’t able to keep my eyes open at all during my Database Management class. Aside from the funny images of me fighting the demons off, I was also trying to write down what the professor wrote on the board. As I copied down one of the definitions, I lost the battle for consciousness and roughly 3.7 seconds later, my eyes bulged open. Upon reestablishing equilibrium, I glanced at what I was writing down in my notes. It said, “Trivial FDs [Functional Dependencies] are automatically satisfied by all relations that are defined on the morning flight to Dallas.” I immediately recalled a brief dream-flash in which I was travelling to Dallas for some reason. I guess the words just flew onto the page while I slept.

Of course, that’s not the only instance. Yesterday in my Software Engineering class, I was trying to work on my program in that class (due Thursday). My eyes lose focus, and as I regained composure I reread the comments I was making in the program. It said, “Searches for an ACL2 symbol in the tree. If a symbol exists in the tree, add the body count and go to the Kelsey’s house.” It appears that I am quite fond of travelling in my subconscious.

But enough talk about my dreams. I figure I just need to pull off another month of this stuff. As long as people don’t expect me to make sense when I talk, or drive heavy equipment or carry a car, I’ll be fine.