Nov 14 2007
No Doze (Part II)
My sleep schedule is off again.
Normally I¡Çm in bed by Midnight and up by 7:00, but lately I¡Çm lucky if I can fall asleep by 1:00 and bump my alarm up an hour when it wakes me six hours later. Even though my body is telling me to sleep my mind runs circles around itself when I suffocate myself under the futon at night.
Maybe I¡Çm over stimulated.
My friend Amy used to say “You’re never too young to be a dirty old man.”
I took up ¡ÈBreakfast of Champions¡É again and it has reaffirmed my faith in, well¡Ä the idea of having faith in something. Vonnegut was able to get away with his tar black criticisms because he was right, and because he was funny. Presentation is everything. Dually noted. Similarly I just wrapped up ¡ÈNingen Shikkaku¡É (Barely Human), which everyone (Japanese) considers to be a depressing blurb about suicide but I found to be humorous and uplifting in a J.D. Salinger kind of way. Remember, alcohol is comedic, needles are tragic, and any buffoon of an author should know better then to mix the two!
My body wants me to become nocturnal.
That’s DAMN good coffee!
I¡Çve gotten used to not seeing natural light anymore—Japan doesn¡Çt have Daylight saving time and likewise is one shade away from Midnight by the time I get off work. The problem is my brain finally wakes up right when my eyelids start to give out. Maybe it’s the caffine from the coffee and tea I drink to combat the chill in my bones catching up to me 6 hours later. Or maybe I should stop watching ¡ÈTwin Peaks¡É before I go to bed. It¡Çs like eating too much candy before you sleep; it keeps me up and gives me crazy dreams.
I missed out on Halloween and I¡Çm not sure how to feel about that.
Kids should quit while they’re ahead before they grow up to be a bunch of pissers.
I was in Tokyo that weekend, so the lack of partying was completely my fault. There¡Çs always next year. Further proof that I¡Çm becoming a home-bodied old man is the satisfaction I felt from my Children¡Çs Halloween Event. This is the first self-directed event I¡Çve done at my job and it made me feel well enough to keep me from running away to Tokyo. For a while, at least.
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Yes! Twin Peaks!
I bought the box set and have become totally obsessed!