<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901</id><updated>2011-12-13T19:53:23.495-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Life</title><subtitle type='html'>This BLOG is created as part of my preparation to the new sleeping plan.
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Links to other Bloggers:&lt;br&gt;
(Containing useful links)&lt;a href="http://polyphasic.blogspot.com"&gt;Andrew Nishigaya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://rev_bun.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karl Ewald&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://streuth.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bloody Streuth&lt;/a&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>44</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-81511950</id><published>2002-09-12T09:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-09-12T09:45:03.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yes yes yes, I know I haven't been able to update the logs.  I am attending two classes and working full time with deadline coming up, what do you think?However, I do have good news now.  I switched back a little bit because of all the work I have to do.  So now I am more like a quasi-monophasic than semi-polyphasic, I go to sleep between 1:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., get up at 6:00 a.m. (at least </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/81511950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/81511950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_09_08_archive.html#81511950' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-80278129</id><published>2002-08-15T08:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-15T13:53:24.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Haven't been updating my log for quite a few days.  Work has finally caught up to me and I had to finish it before the deadline.After the pathetic failure during the weekend, I am trying to shift my core sleep to as early as possible.  Ideally I'll move it to 5 p.m. so that I can go work out in the gym.  And even if I turn out to be too sleepy to do anything, I have the whole night to recover </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/80278129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/80278129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_08_11_archive.html#80278129' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-80154927</id><published>2002-08-12T14:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-12T14:20:59.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have been trying to go pure polyphasic for the last several days.  But this has been proved to be very hard.  Everytime around 3 a.m. to 5 a.m., I would be so sleepy that I would crash.  I tried to play some game during those hours and I'd close my eyes when the movie is playing and fell right into sleep.Maybe a good way should be move my core sleep hours to the daytime and try to walk around.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/80154927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/80154927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_08_11_archive.html#80154927' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79986857</id><published>2002-08-08T09:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-08T09:27:50.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>(9:29 a.m.)  Tried to stay up last night.  By 4:30 a.m. I felt very sleepy so I went to bed and got up at 5 a.m.  Came out to the living room and popped in a game hoping to keep myself awake.  But when you are sleepy, you can lose interest in anything.  So I couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep in the chair.  Woke up around 6:30 a.m., tried to stay awak again and failed.  Fell right back to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79986857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79986857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_08_04_archive.html#79986857' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79941935</id><published>2002-08-07T09:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-07T09:35:20.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I am getting a little bit lazy lately.  I'd say that this sleeping schedule is working in a way that nowadays I enjoy my sleep a lot better.  I am not saying that I am enjoying it because I feel sleepy all day and always need rest.  Instead, I stay awake as much as I did before.  But I sleep better now.  I don't lie in bed and worry and not able to sleep any more.But something happened in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79941935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79941935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_08_04_archive.html#79941935' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79816363</id><published>2002-08-04T13:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-04T13:58:15.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Did reboot last night.  Slept for 8 hours and 30 minutes.  It is funny now that I feel somewhat guilty when getting up after 9 a.m., because I am now so used to getting some job done before 10 a.m.2:00 a.m. -- 10:30 a.m. Reboot</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79816363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79816363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_08_04_archive.html#79816363' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79791710</id><published>2002-08-03T19:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-03T19:41:05.266-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Skipped all the nap last night and went to bed at 3:00 a.m.  Beer defenitely does affect your sleep because I am sleepy all day today and I had to take an extra nap.  It is interesting how I am accustomed to take a short nap when I feel tired.3:00 a.m. -- 9:00 a.m. Long core sleep.10:00 a.m. -- 10:30 a.m. Nap5:00 p.m. -- 5:30 p.m. Nap</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79791710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79791710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_28_archive.html#79791710' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79739500</id><published>2002-08-02T09:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-03T19:38:41.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I became very sleepy at around 2 a.m. last night and ended up going to the bed.  I did take a nap at 1 a.m. and it didn't really help.  I think the only way to go pure polyphasic is through vocation.  Having deadline and a whole bunch of work to just make it very risky.2:30 a.m. -- 7:30 a.m. Core sleep1:30 p.m. -- 1:50 p.m. Nap6:00 p.m. -- 6:30 p.m. Nap</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79739500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79739500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_28_archive.html#79739500' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79707148</id><published>2002-08-01T15:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-01T21:57:21.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I am thinking of going pure polyphasic this weekend.  Other than that, really nothing too much to log here.  I'll see how tired I am tonight then I'll decide.(9:58 p.m.) Took a nap but couldn't very well sleep, even though I did feel tired.  I'll try another nap at 1 a.m. and see if I can go pure polyphasic.2:30 a.m. -- 7:30 a.m. Core sleep9:00 a.m. -- 9:30 a.m. Napped well1:20 p.m. -- 1:50</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79707148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79707148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_28_archive.html#79707148' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79644820</id><published>2002-07-31T08:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-01T00:28:01.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>4 and half hour sleep last night.  The reason of that was because I napped at 7:30 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. and skipped the rest of the nap yesterday.  Believe it or not, this turns out to be better than I expected.  Just like I noticed before, a 4 and half hour core sleep is the minimum that one can do without feeling too bad.  The only way to achive shorter core sleep would be to go into </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79644820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79644820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_28_archive.html#79644820' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79627102</id><published>2002-07-30T21:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-01T00:15:38.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>3 hours core sleep last night.  Sleepy in the morning as usual.  Due to a company meeting, I couldn't take the nap at 5 p.m. so I did one at 7:30 p.m. instead.  My naps are kind of weird these days.  I cannot sleep at the beginning then I will suddenly be awakened by the alarm clock, and still cannot figure out if I did fall asleep or not.(12:29 a.m.)  Borrowed "Why We Nap" (http://</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79627102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79627102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_28_archive.html#79627102' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79551889</id><published>2002-07-29T08:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-29T22:07:01.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Did a reboot on the weekend.  The reason for that was because I kept on slipping and I just couldn't hold on to it any more.  After reboot, I felt great (duh...)However, intersting thing happend that I must report here.  I went to a friend's home for dinner on Sunday evening, which is last night.  During the dinner, he mentioned that as part of his buddhism practice he meditates regularly.  And</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79551889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79551889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_28_archive.html#79551889' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79441201</id><published>2002-07-26T08:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-26T10:13:48.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Woke up at 6 a.m. but was too sleepy.  I didn't want to end up like yesterday napping for 2 hours so I went back and waited until 6:40 a.m.  Now I am a little bit in better shape than yesterday.(10:14 a.m.)  I think I just slept through the alarm.  But according to the egg timer, I pressed it off and went back to sleep.2:40 a.m. -- 6:40 a.m. Core sleep9:00 a.m. -- 9:40 a.m. Slept through </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79441201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79441201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_21_archive.html#79441201' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79393091</id><published>2002-07-25T07:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-26T01:06:24.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>(7:28 a.m.)  Feeling very sleepy now.  I think I am going to take a nap becuase I am going to be busy in meetings starting at 12 p.m. so I will miss my nap.  I'll take one now and another one around 11 a.m.It was very tough to get out of bed this morning.(10:03 a.m.)  Boy am I sleepy.  I took one then another one then another and got up at 9:30 a.m.  A two-hour nap!  I think I need it, though</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79393091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79393091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_21_archive.html#79393091' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79354158</id><published>2002-07-24T10:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-24T14:28:16.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Slept between 2:20 a.m. to 6:20 a.m.  I wanted to stay up until 3:00 a.m. but was just too sleepy.  I think the reason is that I missed the 1 a.m. nap.  I need to figure out a way to keep myself up, and reading a technical book doesn't work.  Maybe it is a good time for all those novels I want to read.Try this when you are very sleepy and it is pretty funny:  Lie in the bed, and pay attention </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79354158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79354158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_21_archive.html#79354158' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79304416</id><published>2002-07-23T08:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-24T10:24:06.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Watched "Insider" last night and passed bedtime for an hour.  I drank some starbucks coffee that my roomate bought from groceray store and that actually kept me awake.  I always though those were just like sodas.  Went to be at 4 a.m. and couldn't sleep until 4:40 a.m.  I think I probably fell asleep at 5 a.m.  Got up at 7:30.  I really wanted to wait for another ten minutes but I was afraid that</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79304416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79304416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_21_archive.html#79304416' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79257156</id><published>2002-07-22T07:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-23T00:58:19.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Getting up was not easy even after an almost 5 hour core sleep.  I managed it at 6:30 a.m., 30 minutes after the alarm went off.  You know when you are doing this, sometimes you just cannot help thinking that this is such a stupid idea.1:10 a.m. -- 6:00 a.m. Keep pressing snoozer until 6:30 a.m.9:00 a.m. -- 9:30 a.m. Slept1:20 p.m. -- 1:50 p.m. Slep4:45 p.m. -- 5:20 p.m. Not able to sleep9:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79257156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79257156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_21_archive.html#79257156' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79228713</id><published>2002-07-21T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-21T14:00:04.473-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Slip, slip, slip.  I don't know why I have having so many slips these days.  And the problem is that I don't even remember that I shut the alarm off.  This morning I woke up by myself at around 6:00 a.m., after I went to bed at 3:15 a.m., almost three hours.  I didn't want to get up immediately so just waited in bed for the alarm, which was supposed to go off at 6:30 a.m.  And the next thing I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79228713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79228713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_21_archive.html#79228713' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79139983</id><published>2002-07-18T23:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-18T23:51:22.570-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Forgot to update blogger again.  I need to keep the record running.  Also I need to keep recording each nap.Naps at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. have been well these days.  But nap at 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. have been horrible.  I became very tense and cannot calm down for some reason.  My brain did feel very tired but I just cannot sleep.  Very frustrating.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79139983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79139983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_14_archive.html#79139983' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-79039534</id><published>2002-07-16T16:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-16T20:50:25.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hanging HereI think I should keep this log running, no matter how boring it seems.  The benefit of it should be in long term analysis instead of short term self-entertainment.It is getting very hard for me to get up in the morning now.  I have been slipping from 1.5 hours to 4.5 hours every morning for several days.  However, I don't think the reason is too much related to the lack of sleep.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79039534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/79039534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_14_archive.html#79039534' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78865663</id><published>2002-07-12T08:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-12T08:20:18.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>(1.5 Hour Slip)I was reading the second book of Harry Potter last night.  I was planning to sleep at 1 a.m. but instead it kept me up until 2:30 a.m., when I knew that if I didn't put it down I would slip again.  But stil, I woke up at 7 a.m. instead of 5:30 a.m.  It is funny how it was exactly 1 hour and 30 minutes slip.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78865663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78865663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_07_archive.html#78865663' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78824331</id><published>2002-07-11T09:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-11T09:47:24.736-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Reset the CounterHere I am, my first slip.  I slipped before but never like this one.  I cannot remember exactly what happened, but I think I stopped the alarm and went straight back to sleep.  I am not really surprised, though, because last night I pushed myself too hard.  First I pushed the 5 p.m. nap to 7 p.m., after the workout.  Then when I woke up from 10:30 p.m. nap, my eyes were all red.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78824331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78824331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_07_archive.html#78824331' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78776159</id><published>2002-07-10T07:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-10T07:11:21.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 1I am starting the counter again because I switched to 3 hours core sleep again.  I am now pretty sure that I can do it with 4 hours and 30 minutes but I really want to try to push it.  As indicated by other posts, one needs 20 days or so to get used to it so it is worth trying.Of course, the morning is horrible.  I was so sleepy that I just didn't want to get up.  I finally figured out </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78776159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78776159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_07_archive.html#78776159' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78760547</id><published>2002-07-09T20:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-09T20:52:30.333-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>There is really nothing much to talk about it for today.  Got up at 6 a.m. after some struggling.  Took nap at regular time (well, sort of).  It is always hard around evening.9:00 a.m. -- 9:30 a.m.1:40 p.m. -- 2:10 p.m.7:30 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m.  I sort of did this on purpose to see if I could fall asleep.  I think I need to try to shift the nap time around</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78760547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78760547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_07_archive.html#78760547' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78687698</id><published>2002-07-08T07:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-08T22:33:19.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Stop the Counter (Return of the Uberman)I don't think the counter makes more sense now, because I have been acting like a monophasic man for the last several days.  Well, you cannot blame me, at least not fully.  Lian was here and I just wanted to show her around as many places as possible.  If I were already converted fully into polyphasic sleep schedule, I might have been able to stick to it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78687698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78687698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_07_07_archive.html#78687698' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78588833</id><published>2002-07-05T09:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-05T09:40:10.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 16 and Day 17  (Big Reboot)Well, with someone else in the house, it IS very hard for me to keep the schdule.  All I managed to do was to get up early and take a little nap here and there and that is all.  I'll do quite a lot of driving for today and tomorrow so I don't think I'll try to set myself back to polyphasic</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78588833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78588833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_30_archive.html#78588833' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78507011</id><published>2002-07-03T06:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-03T15:10:58.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 15 (Hanging)(6:47 a.m.)  I was really sleepy last night so I skipped 1 a.m. nap and went to bed at 2:30 a.m.  Slept for 3 hours and 15 minutes.  Getting up is still very difficult.  I think I'll put core sleep to 2:30 a.m. - 5:30 a.m.  The reason of that is so that I can stay at work between 6:30 a.m. to 4p.m. or 5 p.m.  Then I can just go home without worrying about coming back to finish </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78507011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78507011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_30_archive.html#78507011' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78478114</id><published>2002-07-02T13:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-02T19:14:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 14 (S.l.e.e.p.y)(1:59 p.m.)  The only good thing about being sleepy is that you fall into sleep easily during the nap.  This morning I had to stand in the shower for 20 minutes before I felt better.  And this was after I hit the snoozer 3 or 4 times.  Boy I just wish I can get over this period soon.I found out that a good way to keep myself up late at night is to do some programming.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78478114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78478114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_30_archive.html#78478114' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78423220</id><published>2002-07-01T09:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-02T02:23:04.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 13 (Sleepy Time)(9:24 a.m.)  Took 3 hours sleep last night, from 4:15 to 7:30.  Well, that was the plan, but I hit the nozzer and didn't get up until 8:15 or so.  I am quite sleepy right now.  I keep on thinking that maybe I should do a 'reboot' like Nori suggested.(11:06 p.m.)  A friend is leaving for another job in the east coast so I drove over there to see him off.  After the dinner, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78423220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78423220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_30_archive.html#78423220' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78423027</id><published>2002-07-01T09:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-01T09:42:42.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 12 (On the Road and Keep Schedule)(July 1st, 9:26 a.m.)  Had a 4 and 30 minutes core sleep.  On the road from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  My sister was very surprised to see me up so early.I just found out that once you are off coffee, they can be so effective even if they are from McDonalds.  I stopped to get some breakfast and the coffe made me totally awake.I was able to take a nap at a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78423027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78423027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_30_archive.html#78423027' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78370070</id><published>2002-06-29T20:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-01T09:42:21.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 11 (Fighting for the New Life)(8:38 p.m.)  Slept 4 hours and 30 minutes last night and woke up at 8:30 a.m.  My sister has been quite supportive.  We drove to see this garden this morning.  We arrived at 1:00 p.m.  I found a chair inside and laid down immediately.  I think I fell into sleep, although I am not sure how deep (My sense is quite numb this days).  Woke up at 1:15 p.m.  I found </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78370070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78370070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_archive.html#78370070' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78329698</id><published>2002-06-28T15:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-29T20:33:16.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 10 (the Fall towards the Mono Side)(3:01 p.m.)  Dude, I am so mono now.  I had a friend coming yesterdya and he was leaving today.  So I had to go and have dinner with him.  After trying to cut the grass in the backyard with my roomate (you should be surprised at how high they can grow if you let them), it was alreaddy past 9 p.m.  So I had to head out in a hurry to meet him and another </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78329698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78329698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_archive.html#78329698' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78273490</id><published>2002-06-27T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-29T20:45:51.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 9  (Day 3 on 3-4-20 schedule)(9.16 a.m.)  I think I am even more sleepy today.  I have to say that it is not a good feeling.  I said before that I haven't felt much worse than before I join the schedule, and now I think I do.  And a week DOES sound like a long time to endure to adjust.I am having some appointment tomorrow, and I am going to drive 5 hours in the evening.  So I think I'll do</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78273490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78273490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_archive.html#78273490' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78233018</id><published>2002-06-26T11:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-27T09:12:22.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 8(11:33 a.m.)  Yesterday I was pretty sleepy.  I stood up until 4:30 a.m.  I wanted to stay until 5 a.m. but I felt very sleepy at the end.  I knew that it might happen that I pass the period and ended up not able to sleep after 5 a.m. (it happened to me before).  So I hit the sack and went straight to sleep.  This morning it was very hard for me to get up.  I managed to get out of bed at 8:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78233018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78233018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_archive.html#78233018' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78197495</id><published>2002-06-25T16:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-26T02:58:45.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 7(4:05 p.m.)  So I took a three-hour core sleep last night, from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.  I was very sleepy when I woke up in the morning and didn't want to get out of bed.  This proves that my previouse 4 hours and 30 minutes core sleep was too much and that my nap during the day was really a classical nap.  The funny part was that I actually woke up by myself at around 7:50 a.m. or so.  Needless </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78197495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78197495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_archive.html#78197495' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78137358</id><published>2002-06-24T09:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-29T02:04:46.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 6Took a look at some of the links related to uberman's sleeping schedule and realized that the reason that I am feeling fine, even without the proper nap, was because I didn't do it correctly.  I have been sleeping too much, that is.  It sounds kind of funny but the reason of that is because I need to train my brain, according to a guy who tried it for half a year, to know that I am not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78137358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78137358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_archive.html#78137358' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78124793</id><published>2002-06-24T01:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-25T02:14:36.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 5After the almost complete slip yesterday, I think a "Day 1" should suite it better.  I went to bed at almost 4:00 a.m. in the morning, and I thought for sure that I was going to sleep until the afternoon, like one of the "old" days.  Surprisingly, I woke up at 8:00 a.m., again!  Considering this is the fifth day that I am keeping this schedule, I'd say the effect is pretty impressive.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78124793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78124793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_archive.html#78124793' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78124403</id><published>2002-06-24T00:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-25T02:17:55.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 4(The following is written on Monday morning 12:54 a.m.)Have I ever told you that how stink I think the time-out in blogger is?  I just lost another paragraph because I got a long email from an old friend!  !@#!%!#$%!@#Anyway, I woke up at 8 a.m.  I found out that nowadays it is very easy for me to get up early, which I take as a good sign.  Last night (which is Friday night), a friend </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78124403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78124403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_archive.html#78124403' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-78033816</id><published>2002-06-21T10:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-25T02:19:33.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 3Took a 4 hour and 30 minutes sleep, from 3:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.  Now I think the theory about 1 hour and 30 minutes sleeping cycle is correct, because I didn't have too much trouble getting out of the bed (Either that or I was too lazy before).  There was around 10 seconds there that I started to thinking this was a really bad idea because I was not getting enough sleep.  But after shower, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78033816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/78033816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_16_archive.html#78033816' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-77987288</id><published>2002-06-20T10:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-25T02:20:22.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 2Took a 4 hour and 45 minutes sleep, from 3:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.  At the beginning I felt pretty grumpy, but after eating some cereal (for the first time of the last two years, I was out of milk!  Can you believe that?  I guess that is a good sign because I eat more breakfast.), and doing some stretches (actually it is a very simple form of "QiGong" that I learned from my father early this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77987288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77987288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_16_archive.html#77987288' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-77949571</id><published>2002-06-19T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-21T14:50:04.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day 1Slept for 4 and a half hour last night, from 4:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.  I felt fine around 8:30 a.m. so I resisted the temptation of lying in bed for another 5 minutes.  A little bit dozy, just like one of the night when I over worked so no big deal here.Took 1 p.m. nap for a 30 minutes.  Forgot how good it is to take a nap in the early afternoon.  I could have laid there for another 30 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77949571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77949571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_16_archive.html#77949571' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-77927545</id><published>2002-06-19T02:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-19T02:05:21.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just got up from 1am nap.  Actually, went to nap at around 1:20am.  I thought I felt a little tired but I guess it was not enough to fall into even light sleep.  Oh well, I didn't expect much anyways.  Interesting thing is that my 9pm nap was actually better than this one.I think I'll turn off the computer later during the nap, because even the sound of the hard drive is making me wondering what</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77927545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77927545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_16_archive.html#77927545' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-77922271</id><published>2002-06-18T22:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-21T14:53:13.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, this is it.  I am joining the forceAfter watching the other three's logs, I am having a lot more confidence now.It IS a little bit crazy to take a 20 minutes nap every 4 hours without any sleep at all, but taking a 3 - 4 hour core sleep (I am thinking of 4 although others are doing three) and napping throughout the day sound a lot more reasonable.  Actually, I used to sleep 1.5 - 2 hours</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77922271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77922271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_16_archive.html#77922271' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572901.post-77684441</id><published>2002-06-12T21:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-12T21:41:49.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hello BLOG world!Ok, now you know what I do for a living</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77684441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3572901/posts/default/77684441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wolfdancer.blogspot.com/2002_06_09_archive.html#77684441' title=''/><author><name>Shane Duan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18237393455554069484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_1AIWiix4RXQ/R4hPtxjMZoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fkqB6qLvxeM/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
