I'm always fall-asleep-at-my-desk tired.  My job can get boring from time to time, but I don't think I should be nodding off while I'm trying to work (or even browse the internet).  I'm trying to pinpoint what's making me so tired.  I don't smoke anymore so that's not it.  I am a very healthy eater.  I try to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day and I keep the portions small, so I don't think I'm malnourished or overfed.  Everywhere I look, I read that I should exercise, but I work out 3 to 4 times a week including 40 minutes of cardio per session. I guess I could use more sleep.  I go to bed at around 11 and wake up around 5:30...but plenty of people get less sleep and are fine.

 So why is it I'm nodding off?  Am I that bored?  Is it a combination of things in my lifestyle?  For example, do I need to be sleeping MORE because I exercise?  Or smoke a couple of cigarettes to break up my routine? 

I hate it...I feel like I'm doing everything I can do to lead a healthy lifestyle but I'm still suffering from lethargy. Anybody else have or had these troubles?

I started my first day of the course today.  I actually have to "crash" since I was waitlisted when I signed up for the course.  I'm number 1 on the waitlist so hopefully that helps.  This isn't about that though, this is about the beginning California's institutions of higher education's ruin.

 What we have here is a situation where a number of factors are coming together to put an extremely heavy burden on colleges and community colleges in California.

The first factor: Budget.  We all know California isn't doing too hot now in terms of our budget.  This means there will be cuts in parts of the budget that somebody deemed "less important".  Instead of continually feeding money into institutions that help people become educated so that they can make a living and pay taxes, they cut out classes, teachers, and entire programs altogether.  This puts the first strain on the schools.

The second factor: Now that the budget has been cut at the senior college/university,they must cut courses, and full on programs.  But guess what...they don't change the requirements needed to graduate with a degree that includes those programs.  For example, they cut out the Art 100 series of classes from UCSD but they still require them to graduate with an art degree.  Well guess where those students are going to go to pick these courses up...the already student-saturated community college district which has ALREADY taken a budget hit

The third factor: High unemployment rate.  You have a lot of people unemployed and deciding that now would be a good time to modify their own life path.  Herds of the unemployed have decided to hit the books once again.  To which I say: "well done", however our system is running out of resources.

So this is why when I signed up on the first day that was scheduled to me, within the first hour that I was allowed to sign up, I was immediately tossed onto 3rd on the wait list.  Usually, after a couple of months, one that was #10 on the waiting queue would get their chance to enroll.  These days, I moved 2 spots in just as many months.

It's the middle of summer...I didn't know there was a bug going around.  Evidently there is and it found my girlfriend...then me.  I knew I shoulda thrown that skeezer outside for the duration of her illness.

What? Don't look at me like that...I would've built her a tent or something.

Anyhow I think I am going to try and wash it out from the inside with some good ol' fashioned 80 proof somethin'-or-rather.  Don't worry, I'll make sure orange juice is included.

If I die though, blankfist can have my account as long as he turns it into a zombie account, only posting on full moons.

I fumbled onto a site that gives parental reviews of movies listing every minor provocation

Here's a review for Funny People, http://www.screenit.com/movies/2009/funny_people.html . A lot of good signs that our society is uncomfortable with itself in these things.