Sleep

Or lack of it
Sleep is important. Really. Cause without it, our minds can't function at their fullest. We're reduced to short sentences. As long ones are too hard to. Construct. I pity those people with genetic insomnia (not sure if this is the correct term), who can't sleep even if they want to. They stay awake, zombie-like, until they collapse and die of exhaustion. Maybe this is the role and function of diseases and illnesses and all manner of bad things - they make us realise the importance and goodness of what we already have and take for granted.

I did some basic calculations - 5 hours sleep at home + 4 hours sleep on bus to school + 6 hours sleep on bus back home + 2 hours sleep on free period/morning before assembly = 17 hours of sleep. That's from... Sunday morning/after till now, thursday night. It's a new record I think, not that I'm proud of it (actually I'm abit, but that's not the point). Anyways, various excuses can be given for the general lack of sleep, with three most likely excuses standing out from the rest of the crowd.
1. Homework - I spent first 3 nights staying up to do the homework but end up not doing anything.
2. Anticipation - of the massive event that will happen at the end of this week, or rather, that starts in a few hours time and ends on saturday night.
3. Daily anticipation - of the day. Enough said.

Implications of lack of sleep
Here are some possible after-effects of a massively-sleep-deprived person, based on a real-case-example.
1. High, feelings of hyperactivity that seem opposite of how your body feels.
2. Emo, general mood swings for no apparent reason.
3. To quote loosely from a figure of authority, "It's is no point staying up for 2 hours, which causes your next day's 24 hours to be very unproductive". The general idea of the quote is there, and it makes much sense. Now time for that to get into my head.
4. Inefficient use of time, similar to point 3, when your body gets not enough sleep, you tend to spend more time achieving the same effects. Like spending 30 minutes reading 1 page of timeline and 1 page of a play. Also, overshooting the bus stop results in 30-40mins extra of low-quality sleep on the bus, and 30-40 less time to spend at home.
5. The image that you present to the people around you is important. If you present yourself as a sleep deprived fella, what will others think of you (and your time management skills)?
6. Brain shutdown, happened once before during a camp. Scary stuff. Note to self: Do not brain shutdown ever again.
7. Death. Spoken not from experience, but the possibility is always there. The loan sharks of sleep that you owe a debt to may very well get violent and cause destruction.

Sleep is good.