Posts tagged "sleep"

October 1, 2015 12 Comments

Talking while I sleep

Sometimes it's hard for me to fall asleep because I can't stop the chatter inside my head. When it gets to be three o'clock in the morning I'd rather be sleeping, not thinking about work or trying to figure out what will happen in the next book of the Song of Ice and Fire series.... [Read More]

March 11, 2015 5 Comments

If you could get by with 3 hours of sleep a night would you want to?

Did you know there are people who only need 3-4 hours a sleep a night? I didn't, at least until I read this New Yorker interview with a woman who has the..disorder? Disease? Mutation? Whatever. They're called "short sleepers." She never gets jet lag! She can take really long road trips! She didn't feel sleep... [Read More]

September 3, 2013 11 Comments

Who needs sleep? I do. And on a regular schedule a.k.a. Operation: GeMSToNE, Phase 1

I have a new neighbor in the apartment above me. I know this because it was 5:30 in the morning and I wanted to kill him. Let me explain. Lately I have been working hard to maintain a regular sleeping schedule. This is one of the many things I've developed a new appreciation for as... [Read More]

April 5, 2013 12 Comments

I can do that in my sleep (but I wish I didn’t)

I have never been blackout drunk, but I have a history of sleepwalking which is probably the next best thing. (The next worse thing?) Both involve doing weird shit that you have absolutely no memory of. You're completely dependent on others to let you know what happened. And when there are no witnesses, you have... [Read More]