i was just reading a great blog by a guy named danny gregory who is an artist, and his most recent post is about how strange it is that inspiration tends to strike people while they are in the shower or submerged in water [the source of the famous Eureka! story. Ed. Note]

then i started thinking about how i feel almost inevitably during various phases of the day. which got me to thinking, “gee, i always feel the same way at the same times of day.”

this is a thought i have oft reflected upon.

Par example:

I am a morning person, and so i always feel my best in the hours between 5 and 9 am. there is no exception to this rule. if i didn’t sleep well, my day is certainly not going to get better the longer i am awake, and if i did sleep well, then in the early morn’ i am fired up and ready to go.
but…..i have also noticed that any small disruption in my morning can have drastic effects.

this makes perfect sense. my brain is altering its state of being. beta waves are becoming alpha waves. messages are being relayed back and forth to various muscles to move. and, worst of all, my blood sugar is low after my all night fast of 7or 8 hours. and this is the key factor.

it has been well documented in modern psychology that most people commit acts of self-violence (assuming that they are not chemically influenced) during the hours of about 1 to 5 in the afternoon. why? answer: low blood sugar which leads to lethargy and depression. i have noticed this trend in myself. about an hour after my body completes the digestion of my lunch (which also makes you feel tired because of gastro-intestinal functions zapping needed nutrients and blood from the brain….hence that sleepy feeling after eating) i begin to get really really s…l….o….w. sometimes i even feel depressed. i guess it’s ironic that most people get asked, “how was your day” while they are undergoing this biological process. even more ironic because most everyone responds in the affirmative.

anyway….back to the morning

so my brain is being altered and i’m hungry and possible not well rested….no suprise that even the smallest morning glitch gets magnified into a problem of himalayan proportions [notice the improper use of a proper noun as an adjective. Ed Note]*

it’s wierd to think about. i mean, i have never once woken up on the wrong side of the bed. it’s more of a complex web of biological process mixed up with my semi-awake conscious and it’s lack of ability to problem solve before my left brain has fully taken command for the day.

which reminds me why i am a very right brained person.

its also well documented that many creative types do their best work in the early morning or late at night. again this is supposed to be because their left brain is slowly letting go….alowing the more “non-time” oriented right brain to take control and establish the creative process.

from my own experiences i guess this is true more or less.

but really……what this whole blog really boils down to is the title. i just don’t want to do my homework.

*I was listening to NPR either today or yesterday and they had this english professor on from harvard or somewhere who was ranting and raving about how nouns are constantly used as adjectives. at first, i was thrilled, because there is a larger ontological reason why nouns should stay nouns. but he never touched it. instead, he just sounded like a stuffy old english teacher. so this blog is for you professor adjective. as if they have nothing better to ponder over at havard…

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