Paper Wolf

[lupestripe]

A couple of weeks ago a friend at work came into the office with a beautifully crafted swan made entirely from folded paper. I got talking to him and I asked him if he would make a wolf for me. He kindly agreed and I received it yesterday. Apparently it took him all of Saturday afternoon but it really is gorgeous. Check out the pic!

Comments

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

Oh this was the first time it's happened to me in about six months - most of the time it's fine. As you say it's annoying to be woken up in the middle of the night full stop (or indeed at 7am for work - which I still count as the middle of the night to be honest).

[schnee.livejournal.com]

*noddles* So do I. c.c

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

Oh why can't the work day start at a sensible time - like 1pm or something?

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Because you'd only be able to leave work at 21:00. x.x

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

That's true but in many ways I'd rather that than start at 8am. Having said that the inevitable would be that I would just shift my sleeping patterns and would be no better off within a couple of weeks.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, most likely...

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

Oh the failings of the human psyche...

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Or the human body that needs so much sleep every day. (Seriously, what is it actually FOR?)

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

Recuperation I guess - allowing physiological processes to slow down and to give the body (and mind) a breather. But I agree - life is short enough without having to spend a third of it sleeping - no matter how fun sleeping can be :)

[schnee.livejournal.com]

*noddles* Yeah... it's rather annoying to look back at your life and say "I could be 20 now (instead of almost 30) if I hadn't spent 10 years of my life sleeping". c.c

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I tend not to think of things like that though as you have to sleep - the quality of life in those 20 years would have been so bad had I not got any that I guess it's a compromise.

Also from that argument you could talk about time you spent on the toilet and the time you spent eating and drinking as being wasted too - it's a never-ending cycle.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Certainly true, but sleep seems so... well, unused. There's an obvious reason why you eat or use the toilet, but there is no immediately obvious reason why you'd need 8 hours of sleep every day. (I could understand something like 30 minutes, maybe, but 8 hours?)

Of course, you're also right insofar as that life without sleep wouldn't be fun, but that's just the point - it'd be nicer if we didn't have to sleep so that life could still be fun even without sleep. :) (At least *necessary* sleep.)

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I agree but I think there is an evolutionary reason why we need sleep. Some animals like sloths for example need for more sleep than we do, others need less. I guess it allows us to cognitively function to our optimum capacity. It is evolutionary though so I guess if we wanted to train our minds to accept 30 minutes of sleep then we probably could.

Indeed acutally 8 hours sleep is generally regarded as too much. The problem is that humans really should sleep for a couple of hours in the afternoon at around 2-3pm. You may notice that you are pyschologically dulled at this point and this because the brain works on a twenty-four hour cycle. But of course modern living etc doesn't permit you to have a nap in the middle of the day (unless you work for one of those big corporate firms of course where you have your own hammock under your desk).

[schnee.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure... I used to nap in the afternoon, but it always left me feeling like crap for the entire rest of the day - exhausted, unable to think, and with a huge headache.

That being said, yeah, 8 hours might be too much, but I think it's the amount of sleep most people actually seem to get, so there. :)

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I should get 8 hours but I rarely get more than 7 - I'm really lousy at going to bed (which is why I hate getting up at 7am grrr).

I think with afternoon naps it's largely a question of time. If you oversleep generally you often feel worse than when you don't sleep enough and I think this is the case with afternoon naps. An hour long sleep is the optimum in the afternoon I think - any more or less and you will feel worse than when you started.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Oversleeping is definitely a problem, yes... mmm, I really need to start set my alarm clock again even on those days when I don't have to get up on a specified time (like today). I just feel much better in the end if I don't sleep for *too* long.

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I treasure my lie-ins but I know what you mean. At one point I was getting up at noon on a Sunday so I couldn't get to sleep until about 2am the following night - which of course had a workday at the end of it. This meant I only got five hours sleep before the first day of the working week and I was consequently knackered for the rest of the week.

I got up at 10am today - that's reasonably acceptable and I should be asleep around midnight. Seven hours sleep is not great but average for me at the moment so it could be a hell of a lot worse.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

*noddles* I got up at around 10am today, too, but I just didn't feel good for the last... I don't know, the last hour or so of (half-)sleep. In retrospect, I should've gotten up earlier...

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I'm always tired - I'm used to it by now. Was out fursuiting yesterday so have the typical dehydration hangover today so I was never going to feel my best - despite the two litres of water I drank post-suit last night.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

*noddles* You should always try to drink something while in suit if possible, too... there's these extra-long straws that you could use. :) Getting dehydrated isn't good, even if you drink lots of water again afterwards to rehydrate.

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I took regular breaks - every 45 minutes or so - in order to increase fluid intake but the foyer of the supermarket where I was suiting was ridiculously hot. It was also near the cafe which I don't think helped. I do like your extra long straw idea though :D