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Originally Posted by Liquid Snake
Strange (almost unrelated) biochemical question:
Why is it that I always perform better in stressful social situations when running on very little sleep?
Like I'm actually considering pulling an all-nighter tonight (or something close to it) just on the basis of past precedent wherein I am unexpectedly sociable and charming when runnin' on fumes (and possibly Red Bull.) By contrast, no matter how much Red Bull I drink, I am absolutely at my worst in the hours after I wake up from a relaxing slumber in the morning. This is precisely why I dread getting plenty of sleep tonight; I may never fully recover.
Now, biologically speaking, isn't it supposed to be the other way around? Aren't I supposed to perform better when I'm well-rested?
EDIT: Also this probably means that I'm going to have to force myself to become an insomniac after I become a trial lawyer, aren't I? ...Fuck.
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Amount of sleep inversely affects a) biological drives, and b) mood. So if you've ever found that you actually feel cheery on little sleep, when you should feel like shit, that's why. We don't exactly understand why it works like this, but it does, and regulating sleep is actually one thing we do now to knock bipolar people out of a manic or depressive phase/stabilize them.
I vaguely remember the interviewing process for law students, from when a guy I knew was going through it. IIRC there's a whole slew of interviews at the beginning of second year for summer internships, and then if they like you, they'll take you after you graduate. At least, that's what happened to him. Last I heard, he hated his corporate job, but he gets paid obscene money to hate it, which is more than a lot of us get to say, so I don't shed tears for him.
Glad the interviewing part went well, anyway. I wouldn't worry too much about the laptop.