No Sleep=Strange

K-Lai — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 04:19:00 -0800

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.

"No Sleep=Strange" by Brian Biggs

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:20:40 -0700

That is hilarious! Oh, by the way… after med school, any patients you have would probably appreciate it if you had plenty of rest before operating on them… you wouldn’t want to travel to dallas to get an organ you accidentally mailed there during surgery…

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No Sleep=Strange

"No Sleep=Strange" by Brian Biggs