no sleeping pill before bed. the results have been mixed. it's that first twenty minutes that seals my fate; if i can sleep past that i'm generally okay. of course, then the chances are good i'll sleep straight through for three to four hours, then wake up every hour after that until i have to get up. cue the strange dreams, exit stage left. it's not so bad when i don't have to work, then the thought of being able to take a nap makes me feel better. i can't nap at all right now, thanks to the twenty minute rule, but i keep telling myself when i'm tired enough i'll sleep. all i can do it wait.
i also watched another movie last night, the one about r. crumb that he made himself before the terry zwigoff film. i'm always interested in hearing what someone talk for themself. there are pros and cons to each approach, biography and autobiography, but i say if you have both then you get a better look at a person. there's a point in the film where he talks about how easy it is to be distracted in the "modern world," how little time and patience we have for focus, and i thought about all the hours i can waste on-line reading papers, blogs, news/cutlure/information sites. i have to physically shut the computer off sometimes to get stuff done. which is the plan for today. i've had an idea for a small kraken comic that i've been avoiding for weeks, and maybe it's time to just dive in.
i'm also hungry so i'm going to have breakfast. i'll see you later tonight (since as much as i try, eight hours away from my computer is about as long as i can go without outside intervention, like, say a road trip).
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