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[blustocking]

WHY is it that I'm more awake, more effective, when I've had less than 4 hours sleep?
Between 5-8 hours, and I'm toast. Over or under baby...that's how I work.

Ah well, it was worth it. Much needed time spent with friends.
Now back to my regularly scheduled asstastic life.

I work both jobs today. Go me.
I have yet to go to AA. Go me.
I have to go early tomorrow morning because I have group in the evening and I know Mr. Fabulous will ask me "sooo, how is AA". To which I will say, "It sucks royal ass". Go fuckin' me.
I'm worried about money+going to Vegas this weekend, yet I'm still going. Go me.
I've barely started my community service. Go me.
I have so many things to take care of, I can't stop my head from spinning.
Go. Me.

Mike was going to get me a role in the new Vines video, but he came in and saw I had normal hair. I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT NORMAL. Ah well. I'm too busy anyway.

I'm always on my break when famoose people come into the bookstore. Saturday it was Bette Midler. Heheh, and apparently little Elijah Wood has a wee crush on one of our employees. (that was for you spasmolytic ;)

*starts a caffeine IV

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[blustocking.livejournal.com]

THANKS!

This is probably true. I am also thinking that after 3 hours sleep, your brain shuts off, goes into deep sleep, and that is why any more will make you groggy...until you've reached the 7 or 8 hour mark I'm guessing.

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[iamwells.livejournal.com]

Ah! On the scientific end, that is officially true. The first REM takes three hours to reach, then each on after that takes two hours. Researchers suppose that we feel better when we awake during mid-REM because we awake in a state of high mental activity, like when we awaken form a dream. I don't know how much clout that has, but I do try to sleep for 4, 6, or 8 hours just in case.

Hmmmmm.

[(Anonymous)]

Interesting. I always feel _more_ like crap when I wake up during REM/dreaming. I never quite lose the sense that I'm dreaming for the rest of the day, and it puts me off.

They also say that different people need different amounts of sleep, but that it will always be in 90-minute increments because that's the average length of the REM cycle. So three hours is two full cycles, seven and a half hours is five cycles, and nine is six cycles. Most people need the seven and a half hours. Some do better with six, some with nine.

Another recent study thing said that the last hour of sleep appears to be the most important. That is apparently the time when your brain finishes its reshufflings and puts everything neatly away so that you can wake up happy and rested. So basically every poor fucker who has an alarm clock is getting screwed every time it wakes them up. Explains a lot about mornings, for me.

ack. this was too long. gotta catch that bus.

--apologies, rueyeet