Can you still call it 'oversleeping' if you do it intentionally?
I was up from 2.30 till 4 this morning, and since around 4 I felt I could really go back to sleep, I decided simply to deactivate the alarm and sleep until I woke up naturally. In the end, I was less than 45 minutes late to work and had a very enjoyable, slow morning. I suppose I ought to do it more often, but whatever residual work ethics are nestling deep in my subconscious won't let me do it.
While lying awake and trying to sleep -- I resisted the temptation to get up and have a stiff drink and a cigarette -- I thought about Schrödinger's Cat, of all things. (Don't ask me why, please; it might lead to some unpleasant realisations on my part) The thing is, I don't get it. If the box were made of glass, not wood, we'd be able to see whether the cat is alive or dead. So why does changing the material to something not-transparent make any difference? There is undeniably a point in time when the cat dies -- regardless of how you define death -- and the fact that you can't see whether it's alive or dead doesn't change that by one jot.
Probably I'm just a little stupid. Or very stupid, according to taste.
In other news, Alesa, my Slovenian colleague, and I are going to hit the Skopje City Mall today during lunch break. My credit card is practically vibrating with barely-reined-in desire.
And, before I have to go back to work, here's a question for my fellow writers: I'm really interested to learn how you people do your editing. As for myself, I start editing while still writing, and I've found that the best way to go about it is this: I print out what I've got so far, go to some coffee place armed with the print-out and a notebook, and there I read through the text and write any thoughts, corrections or additions in the notebook (a paper one, just to avoid misunderstandings). Maybe it's a generation thing, but I find that I read... well, differently, if I see the whole thing on paper, and I also edit a lot more productively.
So I'm of course curious to see how others work.
OK, now back to the visa applications and accounting. It's undeniably pleasant not to have Gerald around, but his being on holiday means extra work for me.
While lying awake and trying to sleep -- I resisted the temptation to get up and have a stiff drink and a cigarette -- I thought about Schrödinger's Cat, of all things. (Don't ask me why, please; it might lead to some unpleasant realisations on my part) The thing is, I don't get it. If the box were made of glass, not wood, we'd be able to see whether the cat is alive or dead. So why does changing the material to something not-transparent make any difference? There is undeniably a point in time when the cat dies -- regardless of how you define death -- and the fact that you can't see whether it's alive or dead doesn't change that by one jot.
Probably I'm just a little stupid. Or very stupid, according to taste.
In other news, Alesa, my Slovenian colleague, and I are going to hit the Skopje City Mall today during lunch break. My credit card is practically vibrating with barely-reined-in desire.
And, before I have to go back to work, here's a question for my fellow writers: I'm really interested to learn how you people do your editing. As for myself, I start editing while still writing, and I've found that the best way to go about it is this: I print out what I've got so far, go to some coffee place armed with the print-out and a notebook, and there I read through the text and write any thoughts, corrections or additions in the notebook (a paper one, just to avoid misunderstandings). Maybe it's a generation thing, but I find that I read... well, differently, if I see the whole thing on paper, and I also edit a lot more productively.
So I'm of course curious to see how others work.
OK, now back to the visa applications and accounting. It's undeniably pleasant not to have Gerald around, but his being on holiday means extra work for me.