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Oct. 1st, 2003 05:24 pm
brigdh: (ClubSoka. By Imbrii)
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I'm so tired. This has nothing, really, to do with the actual amount of hours I've been sleeping (which, admittedly, is probably less than it should be) but the way I sleep. I'm a very, very light sleeper. I've always been this way. I'm sure it's a combination of genetics and lifestyle- my dad's a light sleeper, and I never had a roommate before college. I sleep to the point where something as simple as opening the door to the room I'm in will wake me up.

It's annoying. Regardless of how many hours I actually spend in bed, I'm not getting to levels of deep sleep I need to be rested. And I know it's because part of my brain is going "There's someone in the room with us! MUST STAY ALERT!", and I wish it would just get used to it already and let me sleep.

This isn't the roommate's fault, by the way. She's quite a sweetie, and really quiet when she is awake and I'm not. This is just me. And in a way, I'm glad for it, because I certainly wouldn't ever want to sleep through an actual dangerous situation- a fire, a robbery- but right now, I would be glad to get some actual sleep so I can stop feeling head-ache-y and yawny all the time.

Ah, well.

My Anthropology class got out an hour early today, which was nice. The last two days have been about the basics of evolution. The last four days in Biology have been about the basics of evolution. This would be the same basics I had to memorize in the Spring, in Bio 113. Which are the same basics I learned last winter, in Anthro 201. Which are the same basics I was first taught in high school biology.

If I have to spend five more minutes this week on what "survival of the fittest actually means", I will scream. So, instead, I tuned out my TA and wrote ClubSoka. I have about a page, wheeeee! A page hand-written, which, granted, is much shorter than a page typed, but it's still something.

I'm stuck on this passage about the relationship between Hisoka and Tsuzuki. It's fairly short- between two and three paragraphs- but I just cannot write it the way I want. Most of the problem is because I'm having trouble articulating, even to myself, exactly why Hisoka is attracted to Tsuzuki. It's like, I can see it in specific actions, or I can express it in an image, but I can't put it down in the pretty words, in the generalizations I need for this passage. And so I rewrite it obsessively. Because everytime I think I'm satisfied, when I go back and look at it again, I realize, no, that's just not right. That's not how it is.

*sighs* But I do like the bit I got today, so I shall work on it more later. Or not, maybe, since I'm going to the Fusion meeting tonight, and still have to eat dinner and shower. But it's a thought.

Date: 2003-10-01 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eag.livejournal.com
I had the same problem sleeping in college, as I'm a very light sleeper too. Try earplugs, or my current favorite, white noise (air purifiers make a pleasant continuous background hum).

Date: 2003-10-01 06:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wordsofastory.livejournal.com
Hmmm... that's a thought, but I wonder if earplugs just wouldn't make things worse. Did it take you anytime to get used to the feeling of having something stuck in your ears while you slept? Because it seems like that would bother me.

But thanks for the suggestion! I'll have to see what I can do about white noise.

Date: 2003-10-01 08:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eag.livejournal.com
I was already pretty used to them from being in drumline (marching band). You could get a pair to try - they're not too expensive, just a few bucks. They also make very cushy comfy ones that you can use for sleeping.

Costco has an air purifier thingy for about $120 or so. It's also really useful if you have allergies.

Date: 2003-10-01 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sleepykelvina.livejournal.com
Dude, you sound a lot like me with the sleeping thing. I've gotten so bad that now I have to take medication to get any sleep. Out of curiosity, so antihistamines make you drowsy at all? When I was at my worst, I could take as many as six Benadryl and not even bat an eyelash. u.u Good luck at getting your Zzzs there.

Date: 2003-10-01 06:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wordsofastory.livejournal.com
Ouch. I'm glad I'm not that bad yet. But antihistamines... I'm not sure. The ones I've taken were all Sudafed non-drowsy. And they didn't make me sleepy, but they're not supposed to, so...

And I don't think I've ever taken Bendryl. But thanks for the thought!

Date: 2003-10-01 04:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amet.livejournal.com
Dude, I hate it when that happens with writing. ::huggles:: I'm sure somewhere in those thirty seven rewrites I know you've done, you masochist, you must have come close.

It'll come, you'll just be frustrated as hell in the meantime.

And y'know, you could always add the roomie to that pile of bodies in the dorm bathroom. Then it wouldn't be a problem.

Was I not supposed to talk about that? --__--;;

Date: 2003-10-01 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wordsofastory.livejournal.com
*hugs* Well, I'm not quite a thirty seven yet, though I might possibly be in the *cough*double digits*couch*, so hopefully I'll get in before too long.

And, hey, that's an idea! I'm the janitors get bored when there's no mangled corpses for them to clean up. I'd be doing good, really.

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