It's been 31 hours since I woke from an utterly eventless dream consisting of me and two fabulously bland, random characters comparing prices of saltines in the bread aisle of a Piggly Wiggly.
I'm almost positive that there's something poetically oxymoronic about being too bored to sleep.
Anyway, that was noon yesterday. I had gone to bed at 11am, as I'm in the habit of keeping my roommate's schedule. He works the graveyard shift.
So I spent yesterday watching the most sleep-inducing movies I could conceive of. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Cast Away. The Wall. That one with Jean Claude Van Damme where he plays the bad actor. I actually think he was trying to be something else, for as many flips as he did, but I still think he does his best work portraying bad actors.
Anyway, nothing worked.
On the bright side, the seventh bag of popcorn I microwaved was completed with only a single unpopped kernel. I ate that, anyway. I felt like the caveman who volunteers to eat the tail after a filling meal of mammoth solely on the principle that "none of the animal goes to waste". Only popcorn isn't an animal. I am an animal. An animal who can pop the hell out of corn.
Anyway, six movies, seven bags of popcorn, 6 Hatrack breaks, and countless pee breaks due to the salty nature of before mentioned bags of popcorn later, it became 2am.
Maybe a glass of wine will put me to sleep. Well, one didn't put me down. Neither did two. The third made me shout a dirty phrase in Italian at my dirty clothes hamper. The fourth made me cry.
I wish I were making this up. It's 5am.
My only consolation is now I can sneak downstairs and borrow my neighbor's paper. I'm always careful refolding it so it looks like new...though I'm sure he suspects something. Unless he totally avoids the crossword puzzle. In which case he wouldn't notice a thing.
Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is this: I went to check the mail, and on the way back some little kid was riding his bike in the grass in our front yard. The grass is frozen, so this kid is just tearing up the place.
I told him to get off the lawn.
I feel old.
I've only been up 31 hours. I've stayed up more than twice that long in the past without doing something as lame as making a kid cry frozen tears over some shrubs that'll be dead in a week anyway.
So I'm still a year away from the quarter-life crisis the ouija board predicted for me less than a decade ago. But I have to do it, anyway.
I will set a new personal record for consecutive hours awake. 55 more to go.
Wish me luck.
Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :
o_O
How much of this is serious, dude?
Wanna chat? I promise you, I'm boring enough to put anybody to sleep!
<--- Pepe Icaro
[ November 07, 2003, 09:27 PM: Message edited by: Megachirops ]
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
You know, I didn't even consider self-inflicted torture and madness to assist with my quarter-life crisis.
Let me know how it works out for you.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Dear Diary,
You know how sometimes you walk by a pile of fruit and just get that intense urge to juggle?
Well, I just looked that apple in the area where he would have had eyes had I been given the chance to create the world and told him that he knows very well that I can't juggle.
Now that I know my fruit is suicidal, I refuse to eat it.
Hour 32 was otherwise uneventful.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
This is promising to be the greatest thread of all time.
Posted by Chandani (Member # 5879) on :
I'm looking forward to the upcoming visions...this town might be ripe for a new religion.
Heck, the "prophet" I grew up hearing about had been hit in the head with a rock. Sleep deprivation sounds like a much safer way of inducing otherworldly mental states.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Dearest Breeders,
Icarus kept me company for hour 33.
We talked of times past. And of vomiting habits.
It's hard to not admire the man who drinks until he pukes, then returns to remount the proverbial horse by pouring more booze down his throat.
That's dedication, folks. You can't fake that. It's all from the heart. Makes me weep like a little girl who got run over by a moped.
Also, I have some stories about our good friend Joe that are guaranteed to fetch at least $5 in extortion cash. I'll sell them to Cor at a discount.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Frisco is quite possibly the coolest man to have ever existed.
[ November 07, 2003, 10:59 PM: Message edited by: Trogdor the Burninator ]
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Mom,
It was an eventful hour. Besides creeping out an inordinate number of female Hatrackers, I also ate a quesadilla.
And once I got over the satisfaction that can only come from slicing various objects in twain, I wondered whether I really needed a machete lying around under the premise that I use it to cut cantaloupe.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Maybe you need a new bed. These people can help with your sheep deprivation. Counting Sheep Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
quote:Besides creeping out an inordinate number of female Hatrackers
This made me think: is it just me, or does "sleep deprivation for fun & profit" seem to be a male thing? Maybe teh wimminz just don't brag about it
Edit: whoah. I could've sworn I had the Dead_Horse account registered on this forum ages ago. Maybe it was purged for inactivity.
[ November 08, 2003, 12:06 AM: Message edited by: Richard Berg ]
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Just what I need to get over my sleep boredom. An annoying farm animal. Brilliant.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
Which annoying farm animal are you referring to? The dude behind Dead_Horse or the sheep?
Or your mother?
That's right. I went there.
Posted by kelly smith (Member # 5075) on :
2001 space odyssey is one of the all time great movies buddy, don't tell me it is sleep inducing!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
How cute. The newbie thinks I was talking to it.
And did someone stick a note to this thread's back, Lalo, that says "Trolls Welcome"?
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Are you there god?
Why was it necessary to make my PCI slots so form fitting, causing sheet metal to dig into my knuckle as the video card gave way suddenly?
Is it an abomination to install dual monitors, even for so righteous a purpose as posting and watching illegal downloaded Futurama episodes simultaneously?
Give me a sign. Anything.
Oh, very funny. Now put the screen back to 800x600.
Punk.
[ November 08, 2003, 01:26 AM: Message edited by: Frisco ]
Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
Sleep deprivation is bad. No caffeine. Drink lots of alcohol; even if you get a hangover that is better than being awake. Seriously, get to sleep.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Ralphie, you should tell Frisco a joke.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I don't drink caffeine, and I don't drink a whole lot of alcohol.
Therefore, I'm healthy enough as it is to survive a little simple sleep deprivation.
Besides nothing can hurt me while I'm in my fuzzy slippers. Except fire.
Or a bear carrying a shark.
I honestly forget what I did this hour. I vaguely remember running into my door jamb. It's probably my own fault. I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and not wrap that ace bandage around my entire head, no matter how fun I had doing my Greg Luganis impression.
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
If I were looking at all these sleep deprivation posts in humorous way, I might come up with this...
New things I learned, mostly about Frisco, from this thread...
quote:Anyway, six movies, seven bags of popcorn, 6 Hatrack breaks, and countless pee breaks due to the salty nature of before mentioned bags of popcorn later, it became 2am.
I didn't know salt could make you pee a lot. I thought it was just alcohol, overactive bladders, lots of liquids and really scary moments that could make ya pee a lot.
quote:So I'm still a year away from the quarter-life crisis the ouija board predicted for me less than a decade ago. But I have to do it, anyway.
Either Frisco is 19 years old, or he plans to live longer than average. Still he could be only 24, but I think it would be waaaaaaaaaaay unlikely he'd make it to 100 at the rate he's going. And he feels old already!
quote:I'm looking forward to the upcoming visions...this town might be ripe for a new religion.
-Chandani Note to self: Watch out for this Chandani guy. He's an opportunist.
quote: Dearest Breeders,
-Frisco Frisco is probably gay. Only a gay guy would use the word breeders when addressing people. I could probably check this with other stuff he's posted if I weren't lazy. Sophistry is an art. I wonder if he attracts lots of flame posts in the homosexual threads.
quote:It's hard to not admire the man who drinks until he pukes, then returns to remount the proverbial horse by pouring more booze down his throat.
-Frisco You'd almost think he was prone to alcoholism after this statement. But he doesn't have the tolerance for it. He was already talking to the clothes hamper after just three glasses of wine. And apparently he knows dirty Italian phrases.
quote:Makes me weep like a little girl who got run over by a moped.
-Frisco Yup, he's gay alright. Attacking ripe melons with machetes, creeping out an inordinate number of female Hatrackers...he might be a woman hater. And he addresses one of the posts to "Mom". Repressed maternal issues?
quote:Oh, very funny. Now put the screen back to 800x600.
He might have poor eyesight, too.
quote:Besides nothing can hurt me while I'm in my fuzzy slippers.
Now I'm thinking he's just throwing his homosexuality around to impress people.
quote:...no matter how fun I had doing my Greg Luganis impression.
Now I KNOW it. What a flamer! And a name dropper!
Edited to make sure Frisco knows I was trying to be humorous...though I'm not sure I'm succeeding...
[ November 08, 2003, 05:03 AM: Message edited by: JonnyNotSoBravo ]
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I could think of a lot more efficient ways you could annoy me and offend homosexual Hatrackers.
Man, people think I'm weird.
Anyway, it's hour 38.5. Everyone's asleep. Even Tresopax. I sang him a song, but he ignored me.
My kingdom for an insomniac!
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
quote:I could think of a lot more efficient ways you could annoy me and offend homosexual Hatrackers.
Hmmm. I was going for funny. I wasn't trying to be offensive. Although it is late. And I have been drinking. Was I on target about the maternal issues? Or anything else? The machete worried me. The woman hating thing is totally separate from the homosexuality thing. At least it originally was. I can edit it all out later if you get seriously annoyed. Have you started hallucinating from sleep deprivation yet? That is when having the machete around most worries me.
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Wait a minute. How do you wake up at noon, post at nine in the morning, say it's five a.m, and claim you've been awake for thirty-one hours? I guess math is the first thing to go Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I'm on Mountain time.
I woke up at noon Thursday.
The first post here was at 9pm(7pm my time), not 9am.
I'm actually getting a second wind.
I think I may go prance barefoot in the frozen grass.
Hour 40 is uneventful, except that I win $5 from Lalo, who insisted I'd crash by the end of 39.
[ November 08, 2003, 05:57 AM: Message edited by: Frisco ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Frisco, beloved, I used to routinely do 36'rs. Eventually you get too tired to fall asleep. The world starts to vibrate, and everything makes sense. Kind of like what I imagine pot would be like.
Are you reaching for the burn, or do you really want to sleep?
If the former, you have to abide by certain rules:
No signing wills or other contracts Cannot drive heavy machinery or play with machetes Stay off of high playground equipment, and hold onto the bannister when you go up and down stairs.
If the latter, try 25 mg of Benedryl.
I salute you in your quest for knowledge. I am also glad I ain't your hamper. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
But CT...I really think my sea monkey Garth deserves my CD collection and my pancreas when I die.
And, no...I have no problems falling asleep. Sleep has just been really boring lately. I'd like to either have some good dreams or no dreams at all. As it is, I'm having lucid, yet very boring, dreams.
I do enjoy testing myself, and I often make use of the tests. Last year when I had a lot of writing deadlines, I'd sleep every other day. But being unemployed since my trip to the woods began in July, I fear I'm becoming soft. Even in the woods, I was sleeping 8 and 9 hours a night.
Plus, I enjoy the retarded things I type when I'm delirious. I do my best writing (no, not this thread ) when I'm like this.
Ooh...it's almost time to borrow the neighbor's paper!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Almost halfway, and I haven't broken anything.
Except the power supply fan on my comp is wheezing. No problem. I just firmly, but quickly, jammed a pen up there. Wheeze all gone.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
*Dead_Horse tiptoes in* shhhh....Is Frisco asleep? He's very quiet this morning...at least in this thread.
So, you're doing this on purpose to induce wild daydreams? I think it's working. Hail, Frisco!
R.B. Dead_Horse is a dudette. Maybe you are Dead Horse without the underscore? Somebody is.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Hey, I just posted an hour ago. I'm watching Star Wars.
There goes my streak of not breaking things...I'm sure I'll find something to use as a light saber, then knock something over.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
As long as you're not sleeping, can you feed the baby tonight?
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Does it like Combos and Snapple?
Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
Wow.......
I just got home from a night out (granted I slept 4 hours at a friend's house).
I have never tried staying up more than 36 hours.
Wow....
Are you still awake, Frisco??? Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
He's not on AIM.
Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
Oh, wow....how long did he make it? (<-----is in eastern standard time)
I say we have a moment of silence in respect for Frisco
Who is probably (and FINALLY) Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
No, Frisco foolishly followed others advice to put away the machete, and was promptly devoured by the cantelope.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
How sweet...a moment of silence.
Like I don't have enough of those.
The newspaper is successfully borrowed, crossworded, and returned. Only today I did the Jumble, too, just to confuse the guy.
47 hours and for some reason, my feet are deathly warm.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
And, no. I haven't broken anything yet. I finished Star Wars without getting the urge to play Jedi, and I finished Evil Dead 2 without needing the feel of a chainsaw in my hands. On my hands. Instead of my hands. Whatever.
Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
OH HOLY GOD AND MOTHER OF HELL!
You're still awake...damn.
Speaking of Evil Dead 2---I woke up facing that poster on the wall of a friend's room. We went to this old vaudeville/movie theater last night to see a triple horror feature. First, we suffered and laughed through Blood Feast (oh, man, I've seen silent, B&W, student-(who didn't care) produced crap that was better than that movie. She and I were like "man! End already!"
The other was decidedly hilarious. The Undertaker and his Pals. Classic. I so want that movie. 1970s Comedy Horror at its best.
They had intermission at midnight, but we decided not to stay for the finale and went to one of the 530 diners in NJ.
Nite ended at 4 am... Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Whoops, misread And I thought you were on the east coast ...
Mostly, I just think this is adorable. I remember back when I was a kid and I thought missing sleep was cool Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Look at Geoff pat you on the head, Eddie.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Oh, Eddie.
This is what happens when you move to Idaho without telling me.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
You mean I won't enjoy this next year when I turn 25, Geoff?
Anything else I shoud know about this apparently grand step?
51 hours, and I'm hurting. And snarky.
But I feel a third wind coming.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Break like the wind Eddie!! Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Man, will everyone stop putting those sleeping smilies in all their posts?
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Yes.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Lullabye And goodnight Go to sleep dear friend Fris-co We all know You want to If you don't red things turn blue Grass starts growing From the stairs And you'll imagine Walking chairs So I think It would be best If you do what we suggest.
---> ---> Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
heh...I wonder how I'll do if we go out for drinks tonight
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Hey Eddie, WHAT'S THAT BEHIND YOU!!??
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HAHA, made ya look.
[ November 08, 2003, 08:00 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Hey, Eddie, are you going to respond to my IM or do I have to beat you?
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
eddie, if you are having lucid dreams, they shouldn't be boring. if they are, it is entirely your fault. when i realize that i'm dreaming i at least try to jump off really high things without dying.
speaking of which, anyone else ever hear of the lucid dreaming research institute? i have to look up the official name, but they experiment with flashing lights at people's eyes during REM sleep, supposedly it is supposed to start to wake up you, but not enough to bring you to full consciousness, just enough to help you acknowledge that you are asleep, and in turn, dreaming. supposedly you can do it so much that you may have trouble differentiating between sleep and waking, and so they give you this little pager to wear all the time. supposedly certain technologies aren't supposed to function in dreams. sorta like when you try to read in dreams and you finally realize you aren't actually reading anything at all. that is straight up craziness.
Posted by Taberah (Member # 4014) on :
Boring movies are one route to sleep; another option is the printed word. If you're trying to stay awake, then by all means avoid Russian liturature or texts on tax law.
On the other hand, there may be books that will provide special insight at this stage in your "experiment." I suppose that the works of James Joyce might become curiously lucid, and Nietzsche may be absolutely mind-blowing. Why mess yourself up with LSD when you can simply combine sleep deprivation with modern philosophy?
Incidentally, I wrote a paper on sleep when I was in college (available on request), which led me to some interesting conclusions. It was beautifully ironic that I pulled an all-nighter writing it.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
eddie, pump out a couple paintings for us while you're still awake!
that is the true technique of surrealism. do it do it do it.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I've been doodling a few masterpieces in Microsoft Paint. Maybe I'll try selling them on EBay.
I'm not feeling crazy or shaky anymore, however. I'm a little disappointed.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
This has got to be unhealthy.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Eddie, I've got some good meds. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
mack, I really hope you don't have any meds that are going to make me more shaky or more crazy.
Actually, I'm feeling a bit better. I talked to a gallon of milk.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Did it have anything to say for itself? Or did it give you the cold shoulder?
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I don't speak milk. For all I know, it could've told me the meaning of life.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Pfft. Eddie. The meds I have COUNTERACT those tendencies, dear. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
WELL THEN WHAT GOOD ARE THEY GOING TO DO ME?!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Sorry I yelled.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
--I--
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
YOU ******* WILL BE!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I was feeling happy because I'm feeling more awake (and because I had my slippers on the wrong feet for the last three hours).
But now I'm sad because I'm out of popcorn.
Narf!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
So nothing special happened at the 60 hour mark.
No new twitches, my heart is still beating faitly regularly, and other than that time I went blind for six seconds, my eyes don't hurt.
I want side-effects, dammit!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I'm not sure IMesh can keep downloading movies at the rate at which I'm watching them.
I suppose I could just read, but the letters in my books are all blurry. Maybe I got them wet sometime and the ink ran.
Posted by pajeba (Member # 5656) on :
quote:the letters in my books are all blurry
I definately think wet ink is to blame there. What hour are you on now anyway?
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
*checks watch*
64.
I lied. I don't own a watch.
Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
Sheesh.
The lucid dreaming thing....a kid did an informative speech in my Public speaking class on that, but that was three years ago. I think he said if you keep a piece of paper with something written on it at all times (waking, and sleeping), And try to tell yourself to lucid dream.
He also said you'd get confused too--and to pull out the piece of paper and see if the same thing is written on it. If you can't read it, or it's different, youre lucid dreaming.
Always tried to do it. Then got lazy. Now doesn't get much sleep at all.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
This is getting less and less spectacular for me.
I mean, I suppose eventually something will have to happen.
On a down note, I set my fuzzy slippers on fire. Well, not exactly on fire, but I set them on my heater, went into the living room to play a game of Starcraft, and when I came back, they were stinking up my room and stuck to the heater.
They're okay, though, aside from some singed hair, which is tinted orange for some odd reason.
68 hours down.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
There's a natural anticlimactic feel to something like this, Frisco. The end that is to come, the end that must be. If you define the goal as "staying awake," then eventually you must fail -- but if you define the goal as something like "staying awake longer than I ever have," or "til the haze makes it meaningless," or some such, then you can actually win.
Just don't let it be like the insult stalker I once saw on another forum. He made it a point to horrifically insult this other guy every time the other guy posted. When the guy being insulted refused to pay any attention to the insults, everyone realized that the first guy was completely screwed. As soon as he stopped insulting, he by default lost the pissing match.
(Man, what a loser. )
But the point is, pick your battles. Make this a valiant -- but winnable -- fight.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I do have a side goal...to stay up longer than I ever have.
But I also want to know my limit, to the extent I can with minimal variables.
I also need the practice. I drive cross-country a lot, and while I love to drive, I hate for trips to take longer than they have to.
And above all, I like to change up my sleep schedule. Probably for the same reasons I move every 4-10 months, change my facial hair biweekly, and mix up my day-to-day activities fairly often.
It's wanderlust mixed with ADD, and it's a trip.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote: also need the practice. I drive cross-country a lot, and while I love to drive, I hate for trips to take longer than they have to.
I'm all for the "know your limits," but just remember that a large percentage of car crashes have sleep deprivation as a factor. Your reaction times and cognitive function will be diminished without your even realizing it.
One of my colleagues fell asleep at the wheel and rear-ended someone in his first year of residency. (coming off a 36-hr shift) He did exactly the same thing in his third year of residency, and believe me, there was plenty of practice in between.
Luckily, nobody was seriously hurt. Unluckily, the second time he rear-ended a lawyer. Luckily, her response was to lead her congregation in a prayer for the sleep-deprived residents (a nurse from her church relayed this to us).
And even more amazingly, two and a half years later, we now have restricted work hours. Must've been a heckuva prayer.
quote: "Eyes wide shut: The dangers of sleepy driving," by MW Mahowald in Minnesota Medicine, 2000 Aug;83(8):25-30.
Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, USA.
Abstract: Most Americans are chronically sleep-deprived. However, few people are aware of the extent to which sleep deprivation impairs cognitive functioning. In the United States, at least 56,000 motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) each year, resulting in 1,550 deaths and thousands more nonfatal injuries, are attributed to sleepiness behind the wheel. As lawsuits from fall-asleep MVCs mount, individuals, the transportation industry, public policymakers, and the legal profession are starting to take notice.
[ November 09, 2003, 10:11 AM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Oh, believe me. I know my limits on the road. I'm closing in on 250,000 miles without an accident.
A little practice never hurts, though.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Okay.
I put my faith in the Eddies.
(But I'll borrow mack's stick if you put yourself in danger.
And then I'll come laugh at you scornfully. And then thwack you again. )
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Don't put your faith in every Eddie.
That Lalo guy's a flake. Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
You know, at this rate Eddie, you might reach your 3000 post before your head hits a pillow.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
I wonder what the world record is...
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Well, don't expect a landmark or anything.
So my fingers are numb. I discovered that my roommate had an NES emulator.
We found a video card with a controller port, and I have rekindled my love for Nintendo. True, I beat Contra in about 15 minutes...but it was fun.
Next is Mario Kart.
The fact that I've been awake for 72.5 hours and not freaked out is making me freak out.
Once again, I demand side effects!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Imagining that you are a long-time participant on a BBS with many imaginary people -- who, in your dream world, respond to you, which is more than the milk or the hamper do -- is not enough of a side-effect?
You're starting to believe that we're real, aren't you? Excellent. Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
quote: Once again, I demand side effects!
Well, you've gotten a little whiny, does that count? Posted by Taberah (Member # 4014) on :
quote:I wonder what the world record is...
As far as I know, the world record is held by Randy Gardner, a then 17-year old Californian who decided to break the world record for sleeplessness in January of 1964. He was able to stay awake for 264 hours--just over 11 days.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Damn...I should've been documenting. I feel like a million bucks.
Though I have been tempted to drink the one Coke that's in our fridge.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
WooHoo! I'm seeing little things moving out of the corners of my eyes!
It's a start...but I want more! I want the Queen of England doing a pole dance on my camera tripod while she's holding a chia pet!
And she'd better make it snappy. She's already waited 77.5 hours.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ok, Frisco.
Line this little group up with the bottom of your screen so they just barely disappear:
Now you can see little things moving out of the fronts of your eyes. Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :
That effect has already been dubbed "The Gay Train™" by Ralphie.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Nonono. The entire graemlin is TGT. The little bits that seem to scuttle across the screen when most of the train is obscured -- well, that's just plain creepy! Posted by Polemarch (Member # 3293) on :
I think that if you were to open a book right now, the letters would start re-arranging themselves. At least, that's happened to me before. Mark Twain can be really trippy, if you give him a chance.
[ November 09, 2003, 10:29 PM: Message edited by: Polemarch ]
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Back home for the home stretch. Four hours seems like nothing.
I've given up hope that my delusions will become more severe. Oh, well. Maybe next time.
Guess I'll kill some more time with Nintendo.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Are we talking old-school nintendo?
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Word up.
Contra, Rad Racer, Tetris, Mario 3, Kung Fu, Punch-Out, Blades of Steel, TMNT.
I think if I went out and found Bubble Bobble, I could stay up three more days.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
That's awesome. My friends and I went head to head with Super Mario Bros. last night. Of course, it took some time getting the cartridges to work. Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
We should organize a pool to predict when Frisco will crash. I put a buck down on 8am today.
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
My hat's off to you. Pains me to say it, but I'm not young enough to do this sort of thing anymore.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: We should organize a pool to predict when Frisco will crash.
Ok, I'm in! Put me down for noon Monday. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Hey! My 86 hours is up on 50 minutes! Unless somebody pays me off, I plan on sleeping!
Where's peter the bookie when you need him?
Actually, with my new Nintendo and every game every made, I could be up for a long, long time.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
"Unluckily, the second time he rear-ended a lawyer. Luckily, her response was to lead her congregation in a prayer for the sleep-deprived residents"
Woulda been better if she had sued the hell out of the hospital administrators to the point that employee insurance coverage would have been exhausted. NObody should be forced to make life or death decisions under conditions producing sleep deprivation upon pain of being banned from practicing their chosen profession.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Sounds like somebody needs a nap.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Naw, been having some naps. Otherwise, been awake considerably longer than you have. What I need is sleep, as in more than 8hours.
Nonetheless, hospital administrators are murdering patients to save a few bucks by overworking their residents.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
8 hours?! Does that mean I can start telling people I haven't slept since high school?
Although I've passed my personal best, I probably have enough adrenaline running through my veins from playing Punch-Out to stay up for about another week.
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
Did you beat Mike?
Anyway, I just want to share that you caused me to jinx myself. I can't sleep...and I *never* have insomnia Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
No. Gave up on Piston Honda because my thumb couldn't move.
89 hours. I may sleep soon, if only to rest my fingers.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Frisco, too much info, man, too much info.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Only for those with over-active imaginations. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Like you weren't thinking the same thing.
93.5 hours.
Still not much more than a surreal feeling. And everthing is covered in fuzz. But that's it.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
What color is the fuzz?
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Depends on the object. The fuzz seems to have some sort of camouflaging ability.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Hate to sound like a mom, but this could be really damaging to your health.
*mom voice* get some sleep, young man!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Pssh. I feel great. I may never sleep again.
I think I may have overlooked the possibility that I could be some sort of demi-god.
That would explain so much. The x-ray vision, the strength of a thousand mortals, the ability to walk on my hands, my prowess on the air hockey table, etc...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Hmm. Wasn't that a cue for the little men in white coats?
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Why do you have to bring the Oompa Loompas into this?
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
Grunka Lunkas are better than Oompa Loompas.
Posted by Ayelar (Member # 183) on :
Grunka lunka dunkity-gredient You should not ask about the secret ingredient!
Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
*tip-toes in*
Is he still awake??? Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*whispers* He probably fell asleep a few hours ago, which means he'll be sleeping for the next couple of days. Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
This really is not a good idea, and driving on little sleep is a worse one. Get to sleep!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Frisco's last post was shortly before noon in his time zone! YES!
What do I win? Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
You know how a hot shower always feels best after you've been out in the cold, pouring rain?
Well, these last 8 hours have been the greatest 8 hours of sleep that I've ever had.
I decided to sleep, since I went to a couple job interviews today and probably looked like I was baked out of my mind. And I have a couple more tomorrow that I'd like to not look like a drug addict for.
So I stopped at 100 hours. Seemed like a good, round number, anyway.
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
If Frisco doesn't have minions already, he deserves them. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I already have one minion--Ralphie--and since I claim all of her minions indirectly, I really don't need anymore.
Besides, why would I want minions who're impressed by something so trivial as sleep deprivation?
I don't want praise, I just wanted a thread to keep me awake as a sort of motivation. That, and it got people to help keep me awake.
And I was hoping something interesting would happen and I'd have a written record.
Maybe I'll try again soon.
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Alright, if Frisco doesn't have a wedgie already, he deserves one. Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
If I didn't have to work, I might try this. I did stay awake (involuntarily) for 36 hours or so a few weeks back, though I was pretty dazed before I finally got to sleep. Had no trouble driving, fortunately.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
I was right! He went to sleep! I was joking but I was right! *does a happy dance* Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Dick Van Dyke anyone?
Hobbes Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Dammit. Whenever I stay awake for long periods of time, I get yelled at and put in the hospital, not cheered on. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
(((((mack))))) You're right, it's not fair. Not that I think the 100 hour thing was terribly healthy for Frisco, either. Although it was kinda fun to watch . . . Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
Frisco has almost doubled what I've done. And made a damn funny thread while doing it!
I salute you, Eddie. Not for the sleep-dep, but for the humor you have given us.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I echo the "mom" thing. Erm... this is kind of not terribly smart. It's probably amazingly damaging to your health, although I wouldn't know.
Have fun sleeping... Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Mac, if Eddie had annunced plans to do something really over-the-top, outside of his apartment, he would have been scolded more. I am surprised he apparently went to a job interview in the condition he was in, that wasn't smart or mature. I wonder what they thought of him?
Hers's a link to a sleep story, originally printed in the NY Times science section but reprinted in the Atlanta Journal/Constitution so you don't have to register. Why is sleep needed? The surprising answer is: scientists don't really know why sleep is needed. Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
Frisco is my new hero.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I'll show you "smart or mature" on Friday when I land the job, Morbo.
Aside from a bit o' redness in the old eyes, I was stone cold normal. If there's one thing I do well, it's keep my pain hidden.
I realized I had this particular knack in college when I was rowing crew. My coach would constantly rag on me for not pulling (because I kept a straight face while the rest of the boat looked as if they were giving birth to triplets), until we seat raced (race once, then switch one member of the four and race again, repeat...). He promptly apologized and moved me into the 5-seat--the powerhouse of a racing scull.
So what I'm trying to say is that to the uninformed, I seemed rather normal. I think I probably got both jobs.
And should I even care about what a man who freaked out in an internet forum over a Chinese food menu has to say about maturity. Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Quite right, Eddie, I'm sure your interviewers thought nothing of your red eyes, jumping at sudden noises and non-stop babbling to milk cartons. That said, it was a fun thread and I hope you fooled them and get a job offer.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I'm tempted to start again right now, as I'm looking at the clock and realizing that I've been awake since I woke up from my 8 hours of amazing sleep at midnight yesterday.
22.5 hours. Who wants to bet that I can make it to 101? Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
*bump*
this thread was fun.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I think Frisco lost his touch, he couldn't stay awake for all of Kamacon.
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Have you started hallucinating from sleep deprivation yet? That is when having the machete around most worries me.
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