Sleep Deprivation and Complex Dynamics I had a very hard time sleeping last night. I'm not sure why. Perhaps it was the heat, although I was fairly comfortable with a fan right on me. Usually when I don't sleep, I start to hallucinate. I've known this for some time. But now, given recent events (i.e. the earlier post about possible schizophrenic tendencies), I found it odd that I was so very tired this morning, and have had no hallucinations. I'm wondering if there is a balance. Perhaps eight hours is too much sleep, and I need to have less sleep in order to not hallucinate. Or perhaps I just need to see a shrink and take some medication. Which I am loathe to do. On a lighter note, the boss was supposed to be gone today, but he showed up early asking for help. Seems he's one of those people who rely on the browser to store all of his passwords, and the browser munged it up. He was hoping that I could fix it, but I explained to him that I could do it in Linux, but probably not Windows. My friend has much more experience in Windows. He tried, but we just ended up entering them as he could recall them. Now, he's off on holiday, and we are in anarchy mode. I love chaos, and I'm not sure why. My love of chaos pushed me into studying complex dynamics in college. Which is where I met Jonathan, whom I suspect also doesn't exist. And I met a few people who do exist. And finally, today is Billboard day, when Billboard Magazine releases the hits of the last week (even though they date them for the following week). I listen to every new entry just to see if I like it. I've noticed a trend with the lists. I almost never like anything on their Hot 100 list. I tend to like stuff on their Rock lists and their Dance lists (EDM and Dance Club lists, mostly). The Alternative lists ("Alternative" and "Adult Alternative") are very similar to the Rock lists. By the way, I don't know if I mentioned this in an earlier post, but I have synaesthesia. My sister has it, too (and we were adopted from different families). They say that about 1 in 20 people have it, but most people don't know it. I didn't even know there was a word for it until about ten years ago. And I think it's related to being a bit "on the spectrum" (Asperger's). My phone and my wireless headphones are done charging now. I'm going to go eat some of that Japanese candy with the edible rice wrappers.