Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Sleepiness Explained

Why is it that at the end of the day, or when you get tired your brain feels fuzzy?  Perhaps I'm the only one who gets that way, but it seems the harder I try to focus on whatever it is that needs my attention, the more impossible it gets to think clearly.  Maybe it's because there are little people inside your skull who jump up and down on your brain all day.  Then at the end of the day your brain is numb from all the stomping it received and therefore struggles to keep a continuous, coherent stream of thought.  Now I know what you might say, what about when you wake up feeling groggy?  The answer is quite simple. The little people did not stop bouncing throughout the night while you were sleeping, ergo your brain received a bruising all night, making you less alert in the morning.  A simple remedy for this is caffein.  It works for those little folks in the same way as chloroform does for us.  And when it wears off and the little hoppers begin to stir you feel sleepy, groggy, or fuzzy again.  Just a thought I had.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

A Whirlwind Evening

Tonight was quite a whirlwind.  I went out with a few friends to celebrate one of their birthdays and it turned into quite an adventure.  Our original plan was dinner and a play.  However before we got to dinner we got lost.  We took quite a few wrong turns, got stuck in five o'clock traffic going the wrong way, and were the subjects of much honking and hand gestures before we reached our destination.

After a delicious dinner filled with laughter it was time to see our play.  Originally we were supposed to be seeing Pride and Prejudice but upon arriving at the box office we were informed that it was sold out.  So instead we saw a one man play, my first in fact.  However to say it was a play is not quite accurate.  It was more of an extremely elaborate and dramatic storytelling of the epic of Beowulf.  At first I was a bit skeptical and turned off to the idea of a one man play, but I can honestly say that it was a fantastic experience. 

So that was my night.  Stress, hilarity, disappointment, and finally enthrallment.  Sometimes I couldn't be more thrilled than when some plans fall through. 

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Beginning

I've decided it's time to get some of my thoughts out of my cluttered brain, so I figured this was a good place to start.  I actually meant to begin this blogging adventure in January but, not surprisingly, that did not happen.  But hey, better late than never.  Besides, all months are equal.  Why should January be the only one in which resolutions begin?  So here we go, lets see where it goes from here.