[General Battuta]

also, black dynamite failure 

[Dilmah G]

Pfft, was a ****e movie.

[Rodo]

Depends on the day, how tired I am.

Most of the days it's just getting to bed, rolling around a bit and then falling asleep after X minutes, other days it's getting to bed then thinking about random stuff for X minutes and then falling asleep.

X is determined by this function:

X = [(E / Me) - (P / Pf) - (M / Mm)]^PY

where:
P = ** Physical exhaustion
Pf = ** Minutes of Physical exhaustion
M= ** Mental exhaustion
Mm= ** Minutes exposed to mental exhaustion
E= ** Excitation
Me= ** BLAH
PY= ** Amount of liquids stored in pee bag

[General Battuta]

Pfft, was a ****e movie.

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat

you've never SEEN black dynamite

[Dilmah G]

Of course I haven't! You know me, Battuta, I'm pisstaker pro.

[General Battuta]

the first scene was awesome, you would love it

[Nuke]

normally im having an argument with my cat about how much of the bed he takes up. he always sleeps in some spot that prevents me from getting a good sleep. if i change position, he gets up walks around me 4 times, and then finally settles down in some uncomfortable place. if i close the door he scratches to come inside and meows loudly, id hes in the room he does the same to get out.

other than the cat there are two things which will make it impossible for me to sleep, light, and noise. light is by far the worst. if i can see anything in the room, i just wont be able to fall asleep. noise isnt as bad, and ive been known to fall asleep listening to death metal. but if i hear any kinds of talking or vehicle engines, banging or anything like that sleep is practically impossible.

i also find that if i have a good idea in my head, it will be practically impossible to sleep. fortunately for me, ive done enough drugs in my life where that no longer happens.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Before I go to sleep, I think of something extremely stupid, enough to make me think, "Naaah, it's extremely stupid."

And then I sleep.

It usually involves a young couple sitting on a bench overlooking a coastline at sundown. I try to think of what they might say to each other.

[achtung]

Why do we sleep, and why do we dream?

So our brain can process the days events and put them into proper storage and because otherwise, wouldn't you be practically brain-dead for eight ours each night?

[General Battuta]

Skill learning requires sleep, which bolsters that idea Swantz mentioned that it's a time for neural cleanup, processing and rewiring. Dramatic changes happen in the brains of experimental subjects who have just learned a new skill (say, Tetris).

In fact, I believe playing Tetris for an hour and then sleeping on it will end up with a better player than somebody who plays Tetris for nine hours.

[Nuke]

dreams are the brain's defrag tool.

[Thaeris]

It usually takes me a while to fall asleep, so I always think about things before I fall asleep... such as an existence without existing - life after death if there is no afterlife - and I'm always horrified. If there's truly no afterlife, then you'd die and there's be nothing more of yourself. You'd no longer be able to think, sleep, drink, eat, and so on; however, the horror I feel from this often times ironically keeps me up.

Afterlife is nonsense. After you're dead, that's it. What baffles me though is why you're horrified by it? It's natural cycle of life, live your life and then that's it.

I've mentioned the following statement to Zack before, and I think it holds here: There's only one way to find out, but I insist you don't find out with Kool-Aid.

[redsniper]

On sleeping: I usually just think about anything and everything, whatever comes to mind until I drift off. Sometimes I end up thinking too much and can't get to sleep. I have crazy dreams often.

On death being horrifying: I try not to dwell on it, and suggest you don't either, Hader.

On Black Dynamite: Saw it a couple days ago. I pity you jive-turkeys don't know 'bout Black Dynamite. Pure gold.

[peterv]

I only go to sleep when i can't keep my eyes open anymore, and even then, there are milions of thoughts keeping me from sleeping, until exhaustion wins. I hate sleeping. 

[Fury]

I love sleeping. I think it's best part of all day. I hate getting up from bed though.

Above wasn't a joke btw.

[redsniper]

Waking up is the hardest part of the day for me. Any day.

[iamzack]

I am ****in sick of sleeping.

[Kolgena]

I try to blank my mind. Otherwise, it'll take waaay too long to fall asleep.

[Mika]

I learned to control what i dream of  I just imagine something and as i pass to sleep it goes from "willing imagination" into the dream, yet i can still control what happens. Then i managed to shut the dreams down and i haven't had any in 3 years

There's a mention of Richard Feynman saying or writing about controlling his dreams. I recall he decided against it later.

[Hades]

On death being horrifying: I try not to dwell on it, and suggest you don't either, Hader.

I try not to, but I think it's because I'm more a present and future kind of guy, I guess. I don't let the past chain me down like most humans seem to.