Thursday, April 26, 2007

Fatigue

We're all going to kill ourselves, guaranteed. I say this not because politicians angry about being gipped out of the presidency years ago are pointing out the possibility of creating an incidental inferno of an Earth (business makes it such an inferno anyway); not because we as Americans have gone into mental depression more serious than that of the 1930's; not for the fact that Pluto is not longer a planet.

We are killing ourselves simply because we are sleeping too much every night.

Now, do not misunderstand me. I am not telling you not to sleep. I am telling you to reduce the amount of sleep you get to the bare minimum. Great men, like Jay Leno, have subsisted successfully with less than four hours of sleep each passing.

Consider this: With the amount of time so sordidly consumed by "peaceful" slumber, one could be purchasing lottery tickets, reading the plays of homicidal maniacs, considering the possibility of forgiving a radio talk show host, donating funds to those struggling for a trip to Canada, and so much more. Many precious moments are missed during times of rest.

As an American living in a free democracy, you are given certain rights to choose, a phenomena not observed in other parts of the world, i.e. Poland. Choose to sleep so minimally, that life becomes more present within your mind. The higher parts of the brain are stimulated during waking hours, and close off in rem.

I mostly humbly ask you, the reader, to seize both the day and the night. This is the only way you will ever feel alive, and it is the sole solid proof that you are not suicidal, and do not wish for death.

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