F.lux has ruined my life. Because… it works. Really well. Like, better than I’d anticipated. Almost.. too much better. I totally doubted it too. Maybe that’s ‘cause I’m a pessimist. Or maybe it’s because my other bad habits that relate to technology use (like posture, general dependency, and self-diagnosed attention deficit disorder) are so well ingrained, they’re nearly impossible to change. I’ve driven myself so far from my base-level of.. Read More
Co-slumbering’s…. good for you? Pssh-zzzzz
Science says that sleeping with somebody is good for you. Unless they mean in the colloquial, porking-someone-on-the-reg kinda way, I’mma call bullshit. “That was nice. Now leave. I’ve still got an hour before the alarm and I didn’t get this hot by playing snooze spoons.” And my premature judgment based on only my own personal life experiences is likely at least half right, to be fair. Because science also says.. Read More
Nap after latte? Why not!
I used to date a guy who would wake up in the morning, make a cup of coffee, drink about three quarters of it, and then faceplant back into the sheets he’d just left. I’d watch on in bewilderment, silently sipping my own morning joe and trying to process it all with a cocker spaniel cocked head. Then, I’d hear the muffled snoring into the bedclothes and wonder if I.. Read More
Fancy some morning wood? Or midnight wood?
Ever woken up to the birds chirping? Sunlight streaming through the window slates? A fleshy morel tipped cattle prod sleepily molesting the small of your back? Among the things I miss least about past relationships are the half-awake propositions for sex when I’ve still got crusted eye snot gluing my lower and upper lashes together on one eye, while the other awkwardly darts around trying to remember those upon-waking details.. Read More
Naps for memory lapse
Are you suffering from sleep deprivation? Groggy? Not alert? Forgetting shiz? Slowly losing grip of reality? Nope. You can’t be trusted. Such is Science Christ’s new commandment, at least. A U.C. Irvine recently got a bunch of kids – half who’d surfed a healthy delta-wave sea the night before and half a little more worse for wear – and had them watch a video of a man stealing a wallet… Read More
Good food late = bad dreams early
Remember that one Cosby episode where he has the bad dreams? Remember why he had the bad dreams? In a wonderful tale where science and sitcoms unite, it’s indeed being shown that people who eat – anything (not just salami or whatever he nommed before bed) before bed – tend to have bad dreams. While hot ‘n spicy stuff do indeed tend to make for worse dreams, it’s generally just.. Read More
Sleep Procrastination? Blame addictive technology
Late at night – do you stall on sleep? Eschew snoozing? Delay the delectable delta waves? Sheeeeit. I do. I just didn’t give it a name like “sleep procrastination” before. And I dunno about you, but it’s my widget Wonka factory that keeps me up late at night. Oh you too? Yeah, us and a kajillion other people, it would seem. According to recent studies done, people who put off.. Read More
PhonesomniAct
The beauty about texting is the invisibility cloak that shields my absolute absence of ardor. Thank god. I’m trying to be nice, but when I’m sleepy, hurting or annoyed in general – my inner werewolf (don’t be fooled by that term, “inner”, as you needn’t dig far to find him) surfaces like some acrid gaseous emission from the depths of a bath. At such times as these, the mere concept.. Read More
Which way do YOU lay?
I’m sure they missed a few here. Which one are you? Me? The first one if I’m alone. The last one if anyone tries to share the bed with me. When solo, I stay still in slumber… Any company, and my dreaming limbs attempt to reject them from my bed like a bad implant from a surgery patient. “Qwoping” Gang-up-on-him style. xoxo