In which I am still alive
Term starts next week. Consequently, I’ve been madly working on finishing a few projects left over from last term and forbidding myself the luxury of blogitude. Sorry bout that, world. Anyway, I couldn’t take it any longer, so here I am.
I neglected to reshift my sleep-schedule after my last observing night, so I’ve been completely nocturnal for the past week. Whenever I’m on night-schedule for more than a few days, I reacclimate such that darkness shocks me wide awake and bright sunlight makes me hell of sleepy. This is fine for observing purposes, and sleeping in sunlight means I won’t suffer a horrible vitamin D deficiency and die of rickets. But it makes it that much harder to switch back. Oh, the trials of astronomers!
Today, in a stunning display of willpower, I dragged myself downstairs at the ungodly hour of 2 PM. I had breakfast, and checked my email, and read the news, and escaped – just – a perilous nap-in-the-armchair beast. Then I went outside, where the light beamed garishly, indecently, from house and sidewalk. It was almost pornographic. I felt like telling the world to put some darkness on, you can’t go out looking like that, what will people think?
And now, at last, the sun has set. I’m off to watch the IAP Integration Bee. Yeah, that’s right. That’s why I go to MIT.
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An MIT undergrad lusts after physics. Meanwhile, life happens. Excitement and high drama ensue.
This reminds me of one time when I was horribly nightshifted after Mystery Hunt (well, and having spent a couple of weeks in Asia) and towards the end of IAP I found myself in the BJs parking lot looking at a sunset. I couldn’t remember the last time I had been awake at such an uncouth hour, especially because at the time, I would have been much happier having gone to sleep two or three hours earlier.