"so much to do, there's plenty on the farm"

[jazzfish]

I've got a thirty-eight special up on the shelf
(I'll sleep when I'm dead)
If I start acting stupid I'll shoot myself
(And I'll sleep when I'm dead)
--WZ, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"

After a conversation with uilos last night, it occurred to me to wonder: are my sleeping habits really that extraordinary? I've been running off of five to six hours of sleep a night (except for weekends). This is kinda weird for me; before I moved here I wouldn't have thought I'd be able to run on anything less than seven for any length of time.

Fortunately, I can ask the Internets what they think.

[Poll #789080]

Comments

[ancientsong.livejournal.com]

Um, er, my real answer to question 1 is about five hours, but since I often can't sleep because the clown actually *will* get me, I wanted to be completely honest.

I rarely sleep as much my body probably needs to sleep, but I get by on very little sleep and I can't sleep when it's light out. So, if I stay up past 1 or 2 am and I'll be up by 6am 'cause that's when the sun rises, well, then I've made my bet, as it were.

[jazzfish]

Okay, that was pretty much the awesomest thing I read all day. :)

Yeah. That seems to be what's happening with me. Sometimes, if I'm really seriously tired, I can go back to sleep, but I'm pretty much guaranteed to wake up once enough light is coming in.