Insomnia

I had a quiz today for which I put off studying until the last day, which was yesterday. And for some reason, I have the mind of a monkey last night, it just won't quit hopping from one random thought to another. It was terrible. I must have gotten into bed and gotten out like fifty times. This rarely happens to me. Sleep is like breathing to me, I never usually have to give it a second thought. But last night, I tossed and I flopped and I flipped myself like a pancake on a frying pan, and I snuggled deep, and I burrowed like a rabbit in my big red fluffy blanket and I counted, or tried to count from 1 to 100. I made it to about 50 and I got frustrated and I got up. But good thing is, each time I got up, I studied some more, so maybe my quiz grade will have benefitted overall from my insomnia.


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I kind of had a bad dream though. It involved a monster of some sort and it terrified me. I wish I can recall it more clearly now but damn that quiz, I woke up around 8:20 in a stupor. The quiz was at 9 AM. Of course, of course, of course. Oh Emily are you a character in a korean soap opera? Emily leaps out of bed cursing having overslept (original plan was to get up at 6 AM to study some more but going to sleep finally around 5:30 AM made it a little difficult) She then throws on some clothes, wraps her skinny neck in a long flowing purple scarf and pumps her legs to move as fast as she could to the school. Luckily I got to school when there were still seats available and I sat down, feeling tired and hungry and adrenaline-rushed. It's a very interesting state to be in, a little hyper-stretched, truth be told. I wish I could remember my dream, it was so fascinating, at least to me. I want to record it so that I could read it when I'm 80 and chuckle into my wrinkled hands and think, I once dreamt that? How funny. How amusing! Hee hee hee.

Googlemania and other thoughts

Google has recently "clonally proliferated" into an even bigger presence in my life, and millions others I'm sure. It has all sorts of nifty gadgets you can add to your iGoogle page, decorate it like a little girl decorates her room. I don't mean to put a disdainful spin on it, because at heart, I will forever be that little girl that loves to decorate her room, her scrapbooks, her wallpaper, her blog, etc etc.


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I recently went to visit an elderly resident at a nursing home-like facility. This woman, at 91, is sprightly and sharp and independent as ever. I admire her ability to still think critically and her interest in keeping up with the world and its current affairs. She mentioned some stuff about current politics which I thought were interesting, even though it was somewhat in opposition to mine. I didn't think it appropriate to start a heated political debate with someone who is more than 3x older than me, so I just listened politely. While I may not agree with her, I still find it interesting to talk to her.

Jason came back recently from China. He got to sample some scorpion and butterfly cocoon. I'm sure he will blog all about it later. He showed me some videos of him doing it. I don't think I would EVER want to be in the position of eating these fried bugs and sloshing bug juices in my mouth. Eegads! Apparently it's a big hit with the tourists who visit there though. I think all these world travelers who flock to China are looking for precisely these exotic out of the world experiences and some smart vendors in China figured out how to exploit that particular desire at that particular time. Apparently the locals are not exactly all that into eating bugs either, so the Chinese save their bugs for their wonderfully obliging and game visitors.

Thanksgiving is in a few days. I will be heading back to Maryland to spend some downtime with the folks. I think I will have to set aside some time to study though because I've not been keeping up as well as I should be. I also have a baby to visit and an ex-coworker to have lunch with. It shall probably be busier than even when I'm in school!