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alaricmacconnal, source unknown. I've corrected some typos and grammar 'cause I'm like that. :-)_subdivisions_:
1. What’s one thing that made you happy today?
After spending hours on porting item #1 to our new software version, item #2 took about 15 minutes. Yay for learning curves! (Ok, also bug fixes -- it's a pre-release version. :-) )
2. What’s one thing that drove you crazy today?
Having my Mac seize an audio CD and refuse to eject. 45 minutes and half a dozen reboots later it finally coughed up. Sheesh! For future reference, the trick is to hold down the left mouse button while booting, but it has to be a wired mouse. Um, what?
(Number 3 was redacted for complete irrelevance.)
4. Is there a TV show you never miss? What is it?
Historically, Babylon 5 and, later, LOST (the last 10 minutes of which does not exist in my world, thankyouverymuch). Of shows currently on the air, The Big Bang Theory. Though an important distinction: B5 always got watched on broadcast night; the others get/got watched within the week.
5. How do you get to work?
I drive via local roads (no parkway, yay).
6. Rake in the fall, or leave ‘em ‘til after the thaw?
Rake in the fall. I left them till spring once, thinking they would just turn into mulch and cease to be a problem. That didn't work so well.
7. What’s your favorite cheese?
I like rich, soft cheeses of the Brie/Camembert/etc family. I've had some excellent specimens that I can never find again (nor remember the names of) after the encounter. Oh well.
8. Who’s your favorite muppet?
I haven't watched any muppets since I was a kid, but I remember thinking that Oscar the Grouch got a bum rap and was clearly misunderstood. :-)
dr_zrfq,
with a couple "huh?" questions edited out:
( SCA questions )indigodove.
I've removed questions for which I knew my answers would be boring or
pointless.
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osewalrus, some
( questions about high school )I would welcome a "sheep" userpic for these quasi-meme posts, if anyone more talented than myself (that would be practically anyone) were inclined to contribute one.
gregbo.
1. How many hours do you normally sleep at night?
About 7.5 on average. Sunday is sleep-in day; it's the only day when I don't have to set an alarm and I usually get about 9 hours then.
2. Do you wish you had more time to sleep? Or do you wish that you slept less?
I wish that I required less sleep, or that there were more hours available in the day.
3. Do you like sleeping?
I like the results but I'm indifferent to the act itself. I mean, it's not like I'm really in a position to notice as it happens...
4. What is the longest continuous period that you have spent awake? Why did you do it?
I'm not certain of the longest continuous period; it was probably a stretch of 36 hours or so, either on a gaming weekend or in college due to homework/exams.
The most spectacular stretch of wakefulness that I remember is a 72-hour period in college during which I got approximately five hours of sleep, in chunks no longer than an hour. It was an outrageously busy semester and all the major assignments were due a once. (I was taking an atypical combination of classes, so this timing wasn't hosing anyone else I knew.) This was when I learned that while caffeine in the wild is good stuff, No-Doz is absolutely evil. And yes, I was following the package instructions correctly.
5. If you were offered the chance to eliminate sleep from your life, with absolutely no negative physical or psychological side effects, would you take it? Why or why not? What if this chance was only possible for you, and not for any of your friends or family, or society at large?
No negative effects? In a heartbeat! Sure, there would be some awkward nights in settings like Pennsic, where I can't just stay up and play on the computer or make noise without bothering others, but in general, the idea that I could run out of interesting things to do in my own home is completely foreign to me. I don't understand people who get bored, unless there are external factors (stuck visiting the annoying relatives, illness precluding you from doing things you enjoy, etc). There are so many things I could do to put that time to use, and that don't require other people (so I don't have to care if no one else is awake)! Elimintating the need for sleep would approximately double my free time; I fail to see how this could be bad.
(I am curious to know whether anyone I know would answer this last question differently. It seems that obvious to me.)
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tangerinpenguin.ralphmelton's fault. He was starting a D&D campaign, and he suggested that a shared journal on LJ might be a good way to record stuff. That hasn't happened as much as we thought it would (especially lately), though I use it as a creative outlet. But anyway, the suggestion led me to check out LJ and it seemed nifty, so here I am.
