Last night was amazing.  Got into bed, closed my eyes, went right to sleep, slept for 8.5 hours straight.  It was fucking beautiful.  So beautiful, in fact, that the thought occurred that rather than fight the insomnia, I can judo toss it, and alternate nights for sleeping.  So rather than take all sorts of sleep aids and try all the tricks we insomniacs have learned and still ultimately fail to get any real sleep, I won’t even try to sleep at all.  Just stay up all night writing and puttering, and then the following night, enjoy the uninterrupted sleep of the dead for a full night.  Et cetera.  Which is not as crazy as it might sound.  The problem is that if I were to attempt such a schedule, tonight would be a no-sleep night.  And while I am not nearly as exhausted as I was last night, I’m not so bursting with energy and wakefulness that staying up all night seems like any kind of good idea.  But the temptation is there….

N.P.: “I Am The Cool – Remastered” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins