Sleep

First of all, I want to make a personal statement on lolcats: "They're always funny."
Second of all (and I'm getting quite near the end of my list, now) I'd like to talk about sleep. Unlike any of my other posts, I can guarantee that everyone has had experiences with sleep. We all do it, and (for the most part) we all love doing it. You can tell that we all enjoy it so much because what do people do when they don't get enough? That's right, they complain about it.

Sleeping is nature's way of telling us to slow down and take some time off. If we couldn't sleep, we would probably work ourselves into the ground, and life would generally suck. There is no better way to end a hectic day than by collapsing onto your bed and drifting away into dreamland.

Ah! Dreams! That's the other thing about sleep, isn't it? What can I say about dreams? Dreams are crazy. Mitch Hedberg (may he rest in peace) once said, "Dreaming is work, you know? There I am laying in my comfortable bed in my hotel room... Next thing you know, I have to build a go-kart with my ex-landlord!" There are hundreds of theories about what creates dreams, and what they mean to us. To me, it's really fascinating that this still remains one of the few natural phenomena that we don't understand. Nevertheless, the content can be blissful (and then inevitably disappointing upon awakening), terrifying, enigmatic, or just plain weird.

Oh! Oh! And Napping! Napping is awesome, too! There's really no better way to stick it to nature than to say, "I'm gonna sleep whenever I want!" It's amazing what 1 hour can do in the middle of the day for your energy level, too.

There isn't a lot more to say about why sleeping is so cool, but I can say one unfortunate drawback exists: waking up. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike life or anything, but who can honestly say that abandoning their warm bed in favor of a weary-eyed stumble to the bathroom is something they look forward to? 'Nuff said.

I know, I know... All this talk about sleep is making you tired, right? Well, go to it! The 2,900-some hours I spend sleeping every year are some my favorite hours, and that's why it's my Thing of the Week!

Next week: Sleepwalking (That stuff's just hilarious!)