Actigraphy anyone ?
Friday, March 31, 2006
For about a month now, I have been hanging in this state of impairment. The ability to let my torso rule The 8 hours has been deprived by some ongoing activities in my thinkpad. I have travelled innumerable places (every night) this month - month and a half and have seen many faces, climbed mountains, swam across oceans, met friends and friend of friends
But this nebulous state of sleeplessness I am in right now is inexplicable. Going through the motions of understanding it has lead me nowhere but to the 8 letter word - Insomnia.
On a regular week-day getting 6-6.5 hours of sleep is understandable. What I am scared of and what remains unaccountable is the delution and my inability to recognize a weekend (Sat/Sun) as "rest days". Infact its the other way around and most often I find myself asleep for 5-6 hours, thereby adding worries to the existing ones. Fear,Stress, Anxiety are the root causes and I gape which one could be the reason here.
Its all a matter of an hour though, the normal day continues after getting up (or soI believe) and from outside I look sane as ever ;-) . Come to think of it, I have made myself sit down to find the reasons for it and I go blank. Although a while later I see some glimmer of hope and it starts flowing like a wave .. Mocha, Anxiety, Fear of losing friends, Fear of getting old, Fear of not reamaining a bac., Fear of the Dark (no... not the Iron Maiden one ;) dont know what/why.
The worst thing in such a state is that the harder you try to pin a particular reason to the board, the deeper you get into the murky waters. And this trouble kills you from inside, while your thinkpad tries to adapt to the situation (little does he know that he's the creator of the situation) and your body is grilled in between.
And now this freakingly awesome weather has made me go nuts. How can one not get out there and enjoy (forget sleep maan - I say to myself), lets see how this week-end goes. But still, for now I would try to change my routine and my habits to remodel myself in the state I was, and the sane state (which has eluded me) of what they call "8 hours of sleep".
Archived in: Insomnia Sleep Mocha Weekend
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Bare Essentials
Thursday, March 30, 2006
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Concert Watch
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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Crowded Pluto
Monday, March 27, 2006
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Amazon USPS and Da Vinci Code
Sunday, March 26, 2006
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Blog snapshot
A Word Cloud which you can ...
get here
Archived in: Blog Word cloud
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Creative guyz @ Honda n Toyota
Friday, March 24, 2006
Archived in : Advertisements Honda Toyota
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Blog Add-ons and Google
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
- A search powered by Google
- Dropdown on some of my fav. posts (already existed)
- And a bit here and there :D
Thinking of putting in some Google Adsense. The only thing thats stopping me is ...
- The way it appears (screws up the appearance no matter where you put it)
- Information like SSN and likes that they ask for (am not quite sure yet if I wanna share this info) Though I've heard its okay ... and one can earn some $$.
Suggestions/Experiences welcome on this Adsense...
Also finally got my account approved on Google Page Creator. Click here, but as obvious - its still under construction. Probably my week-end task or atleast could get started. But yeah You Should Get One as I believe there's a waitlist much similar to their email accounts once ! Currently they are offering a staggering 100 MB storage.
~That's it for now....
Archived in : Blog Addons Google Adsense Web-Page
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Homer's going no-where
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Archived in: Cartoon Simpsons South Park Comedy
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3 Years now What ?
Monday, March 20, 2006
Archived in: US Troops Iraq War Anniversary PTSD
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Inspiration from Garfield
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Now, this was yesterday ... being a Saturday, it sounds alright (me being Garfield, not Jon).
Today ... well uh um...
Tomorrow, a Monday - Monday Blues, An early morning, Hurry to work, 8 Atrocious hours, and another 5 day week kicks off.
Archived in: Comics Garfield Monday Blues
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Learning to Fly
Pronunciation: 'flI
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): flew /'flü/; flown /'flOn/; fly·ing
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Germans n Hindi ?
Friday, March 17, 2006
Archived in: Germany Hindi India Movies
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Dont act smart with me
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
- Do not “hide” passwords at your workstation (under keyboard or mouse pad, etc.)
- Be sure to log off all applications and workstations to ensure unauthorized individuals do not use your ID and password
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Holi Hai ...
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
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Cricket at its best
Monday, March 13, 2006
Aussies batted first and records started tumbling quicker than wickets. SA replied the total keeping the momentum all along and towards the end they had done the unthinkable by not only breaking the 400 run barrier, but smashing through it. Some highlights --
- Australia scored 434 (4 wickets, 50 overs).
- Ponting smashed 164(105 balls, 13x4, 9x6)
- South Africa murdered the Aussies reaching home by scoring 438(9 wickets, 49.5 overs)
- SA's 438 is the highest total in ODIs and is the highest successful chase in ODIs.
- Total of 872 runs were scored in this match.
- Mick Lewis of Aus. found his name in the record books as the most expensive bowler in the history of the game. Conceding 113 runs in his 10 over spell.
- The match also contained the most boundaries ever witnessed in one-day cricket. A total of 113 boundaries including 87 fours and 26 sixes were scored. Ponting and Gibbs were responsible for 43 of them.
I think Australia needed this to keep them on the ground and those BS comments made by Shane Warne now has bit them from the rear. 2-2 in the series he was all blah blah about how minnows SAF's were and how they didnt know their cricket. Well Warne, this should keep you mum for a loooong time now !
But one thing keeps popping up all along - ODI is becoming a Batters game and soon we would see scores in the range of 500+ being posted and ..... teams chasing it down !!!
snaps courtsey - cricinfo
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Mars and Google ?
You can browse martian landscape almost the same way you use Google Maps. Let's see what more do they have in store for users !!
Archived in : Google Mars Maps NASA spacecraft
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Knew York ...
Friday, March 10, 2006
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Five Something Someone ..
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Dont know what to say right now considering I'm just into about 90 odd pages reading it.But so far so good .. It's about the life of an IITian who cares for fun things in life as opposed to the "muggu" life @ IIT and psychos wondering how where their GPA decreased by 0.01.
The mention of Vodka and Pink Floyd made me remember the gud ol Hostel life during my undergrad. Anyways squeezed in a coupla minutes to punch in a few lines here. Back to work now !!
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X Files Mania
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
The Triangle - Mulder goes in search of a ship that disappered in the Bermuda Triangle in 1939. But when he gets on board, Mulder finds that he — and all the passengers and crew (as well as some strangely familiar ones) — are still stuck in the past.
Dreamland - Mulder and Scully get an anonymous tip which brings them to the mecca of all UFO lore — Area 51. But their lifes are altered in a mysterious way ( as if its something new in Xfiles yeah?)
Archived in : X Files Mulder Scully Insomnia Triangle Dreamland Bermuda Triangle Sci Fi
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Whoo-Hooo
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
I got my head checked
By a jumbo jet
It wasn’t easy
But nothing is, no
When I feel heavy metal
And I’m pins and I’m needles
Well I lie and I’m easy
All of the time but I’m never sure when I need you
Pleased to meet you
I got my head done
When I was young
It’s not my problem
It’s not my problem
When I feel heavy metal
And I’m pins and I’m needles
Well I lie and I’m easy
All of the time but I’m never sure when I need you
Pleased to meet you
Yeah, yeah,
yeah, Yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah
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Hurricanes and Fleas ...
Archived in : Commercials Hindi Funny Advertisements
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Spirit of India ...
Monday, March 06, 2006
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Tagged by Fi5e
Sunday, March 05, 2006
- Was roaming through the streets of Mumbai wondering where I'd be ten years hence
- Used to freak out at the court playing Volleyball
- Didn't have a PC @ home ;-)
- Never thought the place I lived in Mumbai (antophill) would be a Hindi movie to be released 7 years down the lane (88 antophill)
- Hindi soaps like Swabhimaan and Shanti used to RULE indian telivision (sigh! I still remember that, though never watched a complete episode)
- Came to know that life's not easy out there in the real world
- Still used to chase those verbal fights with my brother ;)
- India was totally different from what it is Today
- Found a new place to hangout - Boston
- Made more than a dozen trips to NY/NJ/Philly
- Spent more $$s than ever, on shopping and travelling
- Realised that Mid-west winter is worse than NE
- After making many-a-trips to New York proved the fact that Chicago is the bestest city in US.
- Was supposed to snow and it didn't
- Went for Mitul's B'day party had fun !!
- Didn't feed myself with the regular dose of Mmoocha !!
- Got myself 2 rolls of quarters from the nearby bank.. its laundry time today
- Saw K-Pax for the second time. Kevin Spacey seems to amaze me again
- Consider doing an MBA
- Own an Infinity G35 or a Bimmer
- Be @ the Indianapolis - F1 (atleast once)
- Under immense pressure (of course ;-) ) join the Unbachelor club
- No5 .. still deciding on that
- Starbucks - Mocha
- Aviyal (a mixed veg dish from Kerala .. with lots of shreaded coconut .. tried my best to explain it)
- Black Forest
- Muli ke parathe
- Homemade Gajar ka halwa
- Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
- Schism - Tool
- One - Metallica (any song from the black album for that matter)
- We Didn't start the fire - Billy Joel
- Jeremy/Alive - Pearl Jam
I could have added a few more to the list but ... 5 being the limit ....
- A long week-end trip - a Euro trip rather
- Help the needy (bit more than what I do now)
- Play poker @ WPT
- Get myself a Cruise Ship
- Within myself
- www
- Thin air
- Porch below my apt
- Rock/Metal world
- X-files
- Seinfeld
- Scrubs
- Frontline
- 70s Show
- Simpsons
- Food
- www
- Keyboard (believe me I can live without a mice)
- TV (have been addicted lately)
- Cell phone
- Going out on week-ends
- Beer ;)
- KFC/McDonald's/Taco bell/BK
- Soda
- Sleeping 8 hours a day
- Indian (south n north both)
- Mexican
- Italian
- Afghani
- The Ethnic food that I make for myself
- Kerala
- Mumbai
- Maldives
- Chicago
- Tampa (although have never been there .. lol)
Need to tag someone yeah ? To be honest I dunno how many of you would try to complete this but if you happen to find your name out here, do make an attempt ;)
Tagged: Parag Sreeram Amrita MadV Intruder Kashti
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Weekend accomplishments
Friday, March 03, 2006
You Should Learn Spanish |
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You Are 24% Abnormal |
You are at low risk for being a psychopath. It is unlikely that you have no soul. It is unlikely that you are a chaotic mess. It is unlikely that you are in love with your own reflection. You are at medium risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is somewhat likely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer. |
You Should Get a PhD in Liberal Arts (like political science, literature, or philosophy) |
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You Are a Martini |
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Mangoes for Uranium
Thursday, March 02, 2006
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