whoa - staying up doing spanish homework is hard - i just need to empty my brain a little before i do this - brain brain brain dreams i didnt sleep well i tried to sleep for an hour ; ; ; mo did some of the homework - - - i should be so fluent! - - - spanish espanol my brain is melting - NO i'm okay. :) I need to go get a soda and some candy maybe? do some exercise, wake my ass up! i need to start writing a "tips for staying up."

- caffeine. of course.

- herbal substances like guarana or ginseng. they work.

- diet pills. (speed.)

- loud/fast paced music

- coldness (open windows, fans, air conditioning.)

- icewater. who knows how or why.

- bright lights.

- take short naps. you'll wake up refreshed.

- sugar sometimes helps. but it goes away.



TIPS FROM MY FRIENDS:

lindsey kreps: "chomp on ice"



tips from websites:

from nerdsahoy.com:

+ Increase the amount of protein in your diet.- Cavemen ate lots of meat. Therefore, so should you! while most folks "need" eight to twelve hours per night of sleep, a high-protein diet will allow you to get by on four to six hours a night. Just be prepared to grow body hair in unusual places. No pain, no gain!

+ Jump aboard the A.D.D. bandwagon ­ Ritalin is THE SHIT! - Dexedrine will do, also. I use the unpronounceable time-release variety. Have a nice trip!

+ Remember,­ The bugs aren't real. ­ DO NOT FREAK OUT. - Especially in public. Especially at important business/social/family occasions. When the priest says "kiss the bride", and you see a thousand glow-in-the-dark spiders scurrying around inside her otherwise empty eyesockets, kiss her anyway. Just be sure to take a nap before the honeymoon, 'cause that would just be too fucked up.

+Follow a precise regimen for resetting your sleep schedule. - If you're finding it hard to get up punctually, you can't expect to adjust by going to bed early. You'll have to stay up all that night, and the following day, then try to compensate for lost sleep when turning in the following night by allowing for an eight-to-sixteen hour period of repose, depending on how great a risk of oversleeping you're willing to take. Take one-half your normal dosage of ritalin/dexedrine about an hour before you intend to go to sleep, then proceed to lie still in bed with your eyes closed for as long as you can stand it, and avoid thinking if possible. Sound simple? It is!



cramming tips

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just a nice website about not sleeping: in defense of nocturnalism