Thursday, December 27, 2007

Christmas

Well, Christmas is ending. I don't want to be back at work.

I had an issue with my sleep schedule over Christmas. It was holidays, and I wasn't as motivated to actually get out of bed. I just wanted to lounge around and do next to nothing. As a result, I slept more than usual, which made me suffer from Sleep Gorge (a phrase coined by PureDoxyk, that I'll willing to steal). She talked about it here. I think her opinions on the matter are very true.

I will definitely confirm that the same has happened to me. It is a tough cycle to break too. You are more tired, thus think you should get more sleep. Sleeping Polyphasically is never an easy task. You have to work to keep your schedule. It is not something to be attempted by the less than motivated. Keeping that motivation can also be a challenge.

Another thing that post from PureDoxyk did was made me excited for her book. I have no idea when it will come out, or how to get it, but be sure I'll pass that information on once it's confirmed. I suppose she needs to finish the book first.

Other brief holiday notes:
- I am the favourite uncle. I gave my eldest neice a Nintendo DS for Christmas. She wouldn't put it down. Take that sisters!
- Rock Band is awesome. Took it long enough to come to Canada. I'm almost glad it did. The download content makes the game way better, for all the random song sets, and options when making your own. I have now downloaded the soundtrack, and am trying to learn all the songs, as I'm the band vocalist, and somewhat pinch guitar player.
- Rock Band on the Projector is super awesome. Cranked surround sound, so the crowd starts singing along behind you. Soo cool!
- Christmas is great! I've already seen a couple friends I haven't seen in months. So nice to be able to catch up with all of them. I have high hopes for the new years season as well.
- Did I mention Rock Band is fun?

But alas, I should probally get something done.

Friday, December 14, 2007

lack of updates

I haven't updated in quite some time. I've been busy.

I had end of term projects, and finals. Those took up some time. everything went reasonably well though. I was a little less happy at my CMPT 260 exam. 214 went well.

Other big things that kept me a little busy was my latest project. I, with the help of the roomies, redid a lot of the basement. Largely so it would fit my new projector! YAY!
SO I now have a 120" screen in my basement, with a new surround sound system, and a 1080p projector shooting at it. It looks amazing. I was really happy with how everything turned out. We built the screen from scratch, with fir 1x2's and some blackout cloth, and some black random stretchy fabric. It looks great. But now I'm pretty broke, so I need to save some money to afford CHristmas presents... Should have maybe set my priorities a little different. No regrets though, you have to see this screen. I'll post pictures when I finally get around to taking some. If you're in town this Christmas, you will have to call / stop by and check it out.

Sleep has been going well. I'm a little under the weather currently, so I'm sleeping a bit more than usual, but not too much. I need to adjust my schedule a bit again now that classes are changing for term 2. Make sure I have all the times lines up right. Shouldn't be too bad. I've done that shift before.

I posed a question to the Polyphasic google groups about subliminal learning during sleeping. I'm curious as to if it works, but I haven't been able to find any good scientific articles on it. I keep getting people who want to sell me cd's. Anyone who reads this know anywhere I can get information on it? I figure since I listen to my ipod for my naps anyway to drown out ambient noise, I could probally set up some sort of sibliminal messages to maybe help me learn Japanese or something. I may experiment a bit with it.