Sleep Deprived

[NYIllustrator]

Well said. Its funny when you think about how we waste our life. We go to school to get a job, than we spend our whole life working our ass off mostly at jobs we hate just to stay alive, only to retire and die in a few years and most people don't even get to see the world. Hell I know a lot of people who never left the state they were born in. Damn society, and damn all the time I have wasted posting in this forum. lol.

[Luciano U. Werner]

It's called a life cycle. Very few escape it.

[Warren]

I'm not insomniatic, I'm voluntarily insomniatic. I can't say enough is enough, because that's wimpy, and I have the stamina to work. I have to do my best, always, and people think I'm crazy, but I'm not, I want to be successful. Get this, today in biology, we got a tons of homework, and this girl starts crying. The teacher says "what's wrong [name]?" and she said "I just pulled 2 all-nighters in a row, this f*cking this will make that 3 days!!". The teacher laughed as if it were a joke, but it wasn't. That girl is the top ranking of our grade; in my biology Honors class, only me and her have A's. That's similar in other classes, where I'm one of the few with A's. I felt sorry for her, I've only pulled a triple all-nighter once, and thought I was going to die. Ok, you want to know how much work I get? Here's today's homework-
Algebra II - several easy worksheets
Biology - 3 term quizzes tomorrow, a major paper on cancer (which I already finished by pulling an all-nighter on Tuesday), and collection of notebooks tomorrow (I'm screwed on that)
History - 5 page paper on a "hero", notebook collection tomorrow, and quiz on something he hasn't taught us yet.
English - Two 3-5 page papers on testing and a book, major quiz tomorrow, several worksheets
French - SUPER major term test tomorrow (I MUST get a 100%!) MUST study!
This is average, does it seem like a lot to you for one day?

Paul, I don't do my homework slowly, I do it adequately, and much faster than most people.

Davinci, yes, people waste their lives, especially people that don't see any of the world. I was talking with someone yesterday, and mentioned that I went to Japan, and he said "why? do you speak Japanese? Do you have relatives there?" and I said "no, it was a vacation", and he said "why? what's the point of going to Japan? There's nothing there". That's the typical answer here. I remember in Japan, we were in a temple, and we went over to sign the guestbook, and saw other people that came there. 75% were from Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia, Italy, or England. Others were from South Africa, South Korea, Australia, Israel, China, Norway, Sweden, etc. We were the only Americans that went there within 6 months (there were many many pages of people on the guestbook). I don't understand why Americans don't travel. I hate those people that have never even left their state!! I was in Nova Scotia, Canada last year, and we met these people from Arizona on the ferry; they were in their 50s and it was the first time they've ever gone out of Arizona!! In French class, people are always saying it's too dangerous to travel. What idiots. My French teacher (whose Egyptian-Australian-American with a French/Italian accent, it's a long story...), always yells at people when they say the whole world is poor except the US. Ugh. And I'm wasting too much time writing this post!! So for more information on Japan, please visit the "Nippon!" thread in this forum.

[NYIllustrator]

thats because America is all about business and capitolism. Like Luciano said, very few escape it. Those who do were often born into wealth or get paid way to much for what they do, like actors and major league sports players. Meanwhile people like firemen who wouldn't think twice about giving their life to save someone get paid shit.

[RICoder]

That is why you need to learn at a young age that it is very important to have down time. Period. Work can wait. School can wait. It is important, from time to time, to take it slow and smell the flowers.

*has images of Star Trek:Insurrection dancing in his head*

[T¹]

Maybe certain people would have more time to sleep if they weren't posting multiple lengthy messages on PM...

Seriously, while it's admirable that you put so much into your hours of schoolwork, it seems ridiculous to put so much effort because you "must get 100%". You seem to be doing very well in school, but schoolwork really isn't so important that you need to be risking your health by depriving yourself of sleep for days at a time, especially when you seem to be doing well already. I work long hours, often away from home for days, but still recognise the importance of a decent night's sleep. Fortunately (or unfortunately) i never need to sleep more than 4-5 hours, but a body always works/performs better when it has had sufficient rest.

[Warren]

Homer: All work and no play make Homer something something.

Marge: Go crazy?

Homer: Don't mind if I do! AHH!! AHH!! *runs around screaming*


I get out there, I go to VW meets often, go camping, do a bunch of stuff. 90% of the people here don't, and that's why drugs are so bad.

[Ainvar]

I have never been out of the country but my good friend who is from Trinidad is taking me there to meet his family and show me some the nice area there.
I went down to Florida one weekend with my gf and her lil bro so she could see her great-grandmother and her uncle. I had a blast and I slept like I have not slept in a long time (peacful, long, and without nightmares and cold sweats). I plan on taking more time off this year that is not related to migraines. I want to go back to NY to some of those awesome techno clubs and back to Hermosa (sp) beach off the PCH highway near Torrence and play volleyball again. I even want to go to Canada one day and also to Germany since my father was from there. There are alot of things I want to do and I will be damned if I am going to let job, work, studies, or anything except my life and welfare of my future wife and kids be a problem to accomplish that. I work 60-80 hours a week and am just salary but I get the job done and I am one of the very few people in that corporations of over 40,000 employess that can roll out a Cisco VPN concentrator/client that from the ground up. I try to get atleast 5-6 hours of sleep if I can, if not I will go 3-4 days without sleep and let me tell you it is horrible and Warren has already seen that. Insomnia in any form is bad for you even if you can survive off cat naps it will kill you very early in life. I have not been a member of this forum long and I have lurked quite a bit before I posted but people here have a huge amount of respect for one another and very deep concern. That is one think I do not see on the internet or in life anymore. People always rush to do this and that and not look out for others. Manners and good social graces were never something taught in most people homes then and even now. I can count on 1 hand the amount of times I hear pardon me or excuse me or have a door held open. So dont let life pass you by cause you are a perfectionist, a very admireable trait though.


/me steps off his soap box now.
-Jay

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