Erwaman's Personal Journal - January 2010

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New Sleeping Habit

Well, as most of you know, I often sleep or take naps at odd hours. I often sleep on the bus or at a desk in the library. One of the requisites for me to sleep is darkness. And it's annoying to try and sleep when it's bright around you and there's nothing to cover your eyes with. It's also annoying to be woken up by someone turning on the lights or by sunlight coming into your room and striking you in the eyes.

To deal with this, if I am wearing something with a hood, I'll pull it over my head and over my eyes if possible. But often, as you shuffle around, the hood retracts and the light hits your eyes again. Sometimes, I'll pull out my blindfold that I use for blindfolded cubing and use that to cover my eyes. But it's pretty tight and puts quite a bit of pressure on my eyes and it even seems to still let some light through!

Recently, I had a new simple idea for a better solution. Before going to sleep, simply pull a T-shirt out of your closet, fold it length-wise a few times into a thin, scarf-like band, and wrap it around your head. The T-shirt will cover your eyes and the many times you folded it will do a very good job blocking out light. Also, you can use the T-shirt band to cover your ears a little and muffle out any sounds around you. Finally, on cold winter nights, having a T-shirt around your head helps keep your face warm.

When you wake up, you can then wear the T-shirt. The next time you sleep, just grab a new T-shirt. I think this one-time use is more hygienic than using a blindfold, which you probably wouldn't wash that often (speaking of which, I should probably wash my blindfold), and wrapping a T-shirt around your head also doesn't apply as much pressure on your eyes.

When you're not in your room or don't have access to a pile of T-shirts (like when you're in the library), a jacket or sweater can serve the same purpose. If you're feeling cold and don't want to take off your jacket/sweater, then look around for a discarded newspaper, which, when folded up, can be used the same way.

Well, it's almost time to sleep. Time to grab a T-shirt.

Comments:
Andy wrote:

Sweet posting form.
To me, the wearing the T-shirt next time feels pretty unhygienic, but I guess that's personal taste. You can always find a random blanket or throw and use it to shield your eyes..


10 Jan 10, 02:13 CST
Erwa wrote:

Thanks :D. I finally got around to adding a comment system and it was a good learning experience. I learned how to use the mail() PHP function to send server-generated emails. I also reused a lot of code, like the chatterbox posting code and the show/hide script that enables or disables the Journal, Lucid Dreaming, Cubing, and Misc links. It was a fun project.

Haha, I suppose you could also wrap your bedsheets around your head as well (actually I did this for a while before). But if you used your bedsheets, they'd probably get dirty quickly and most people don't wash their bedsheets after one-time use.


10 Jan 10, 02:27 CST
Andy wrote:

Use like just a random unrelated blanket. XD

I can't believe you were awake when I msged you, you should've like called me or something; I was itching for some SC.


10 Jan 10, 09:57 CST
Erwa wrote:

Yeah, I guess you could, but if you used the same blanket every night, it would get dirty very quickly, too. The point of using a T-shirt is that it's something that is generally one-time use before tossing in the laundry pile. So like you sleep with it, then you wear it, then you discard it.

Haha, I was working on a cover letter/resume for a summer internship. I was itching for SC, too, last night, and I was gonna play with Jeffrey but then I told him about the work I had to do and he told me to go do my work instead so I did.

Why were YOU awake at such ungodly hours, son?


10 Jan 10, 13:18 CST
Andy wrote:

Hmm. I don't remember.


14 Jan 10, 08:14 CST
Andy wrote:

If you get a chance you should write a box that updates comments from your journal entries on your main page, so I don't have to come check this. Like I didn't check this page again until today.


14 Jan 10, 08:14 CST
Erwa wrote:

Oh, that's the whole point of the "Notify me..." checkbox in the 'Post Comment' form. If you check the box, then you will receive an email whenever someone posts a comment to this entry.


15 Jan 10, 01:22 CST
Kate! wrote:

http://dornob.com/short-sweet-dreams-sleep-suit-for-portable-power-naps/


27 Jan 10, 14:13 CST
Erwa wrote:

Hahahahaha, this is pretty funny. I would totally wear this. Thanks for sharing.


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