Sleeping Is Giving In

The Arcade Fire stole my lyric. I know I came up with this long before they did.

I don't like going to sleep. I've never been fully rested in my life, anyway. And when I do get a lot of sleep, I wake up wanting to go back to sleep. I think sleep is an addiction. I think if you kept an infant awake as much as possible, it would grow up and never be tired. Maybe I'll try that on my kids.

Nah, I'm too much of a pussy for that.

I don't like sleeping because I'm always missing out on something. If I went to sleep for eight hours, that's eight hours I've wasted. I only sleep when I can't stay awake any longer. And when I do that, I try to wake up soon enough that I can get some more stuff done. My life is an ongoing circus with intermittent naps.

Caffeine is my savior. If it weren't for caffiene, I'd lead a 99% less effective life. But in the same sense that sleep is an addiction, caffiene is too. I don't drink coffee every morning and I don't pop caffiene pills. I have work to do. I'm also struggling to stay awake. I'm going to get an energy drink. Outside of water, I drink Amp Energy Drink more than anything else. It's a godsend, I tell you.

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I went to Wawa and got my Amp fix for the day. I finished studying for my quiz just before I had to leave for class. I aced my quiz, then fell asleep during the lecture.