Brain circus insomnia

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Nite Cheez is The Way

[Drunk Monk]

I slept in yesterday morning until past 10. I’ve been up ever since - no nap today. Had a nitecap. I should take some herbs and nite cheese.

[Drunk Monk]

Totally going the wrong way with this time zone recovery. I slept in past 11 yesterday. Stacy said I should follow the sun and sleep when it’s dark. She passed along a 3 hour YT vid of sleep inducing bells. I got to sleep by 9 thanks to sleep herbs, whisky & nite cheese but woke again just before midnight. I took another dose of sleep aids but was grateful that I was up to respond to Tara’s text. Gonna try to go down again listening to those droning sleep bells (they must work because I haven’t got to the end).

[Greg]

Sleep is for the weak.

With the dog losing her mind to some skunk in the yard and trying to figure out some website problems, my brain is humming.

[Drunk Monk]

Sleep is for the weak.

Repeating this old cliche at your age? Srsly?

I slept well last night what with Tara safely home. I meant to write and listen to my reggae show but I went down at 10 and slept solidly until 7. That’s a lot for me. Paying for it tonight, especially with the heat wave. Plus as I lay down to read a book on Napsnese sword that I got whilst in Japan, a spider crawled over my bare chest (it’s hot so I’m shirtless which I know is TMi but it’s important for this story). I jumped of course and reflexively flicked it off so quick that I don’t know where it went. I really don’t like the idea of a spider that close to my nekkid nipple. I settled in and the damn spider came back! Did the same thing! Again I jumped and flicked it away and it disappeared. So now I wait. Three’s a charm. Either I kill it or it bites my nipple without giving me superpowers.

Sleep herbs, nite cheese, whisky administered - setting the phone to sleep bells next. Jet lag + heat wave + spider = insomnia

[Greg]

Sleep is for the weak and I am so strong!

The dogs decided to yell at something on the back porch, which got me up. Since I was up the hamster wheel commenced to the tune of "How do I get to these Film Festivals" and other hits. I did not give in to the sadness machine but eventually just took Aoife for her walk.

[Drunk Monk]

For the first four decades of my life, I used to say ‘sleep is for the weak’ but things changed dramatically when I became a parent. Those first few years of no sleep - iykyk. Now sleep is precious. To sleep. What dreams may come…

I’m at svale and Bri crashes early because she gets up early. Tara goes to sleep soon after. This weekend is Monterey Jazz Fest, split in the middle by Laurie Anderson’s show - a big fun weekend of music pushing the edge of the envelope. 

Next weekend is Denver for a Shaolin Open. Back in the Shaolin zone. 

My brain is just realizing what’s ahead, despite a lot of planning to line up my YMAA & KFM tasks. I’m is ok shape on those fronts. Just shifting gears now to MJF - Laurie - MJF mode. And if woke me up about an hour ago…

[Drunk Monk]

Yesterday I slept in for a little, did my longassbossmang meeting then drove to Fremont with a power drink but that hardly kept me awake for the drive. Directed a complicated yet inspiring photo shoot, then G2 took us out to a lavish dinner at ‘blink blink’ as she calls it, a Special Noodle restaurant around the corner that has extreme lighting because it’s a major karaoke place (but excellent food). I got to svale late and Tara recapped her first day which went well but was boring because it was mostly an AI onboarding video. She has an office but they are just about to move from Menlo to Redwood City (after 20+ years in this building) so she and the other new hire (a fellow summer intern that she knows and has befriended) have her have been told not to put anything up. We watched a little Pursuit of Jade but I was fading so we all went to sleep. 

And how I’m awake again. But I think I’ll be back asleep soon. I hope so.

My hours will be off for Denver anyways