#4- Stay awake for 50+ hours

Ok, so for this one, in light of finishing the semester and being in chemistry mode, I've decided to document this goal like one of my lab notebooks. This could turn into something not very funny at all or something like that guy who documented his own acid trip so we'll see how it goes...
(note: this was the original text of the 50 hours and has not been changed, edited, or spellchecked)

Start time- 8:00 Thursday, April 22, 2010

12 hours awake- I feel kinda tired already. Crap

15 hours awake- Ok so in order to accomplish this I'm gonna need to be super productive between the hours of 2 and 6. I'm not entirely sure what that is going to include but I'm bound to have some good ideas.

18 hours awake- So apparently super productive means playing xbox for three hours... good to know. I need some food or something. What's open? Beto's :)

19 hours awake- Wow, I feel like I caught a second wind.. I'm so energized right now it's weird. It's like when you hike timp at midnight and have tons of energy. Maybe I'll go hike timp real fast. That will kill some time. That is one thing I am noticing. When everyone is sleeping there is NOTHING to do. Boredom is my biggest enemy here I think. Maybe I'll go study for a little bit.


21.5 hours awake- I don't even know what to write. I can't even think stright. I'm really feeling it now. Almost halfway. On a side note, there is a whole crap load on the internet. I've learned about so many things. I learned how to rewire my glow plugs to be run by a manual switch. I've learned how to purify organic compounds using flash column chromatography(which is probably what I'lll be doing at work in a couple hours). I've learned how to navigate by the stars which is also another one of my goals and I'll be putting into practice later. So many things to be learned on the internet, so little time.


28 hours awake- Wow I feel like crap.. Just got back from working in the lab. I don't even know if I went though. I can't tell reality from imagination. Well, I'm off to a friend's race. I'll check in later.


32 hours awake- Ok, so this is probably my fourth wind. I actually don't feel too tired. Pretty much like a normal day. I just got back from donating plasma and I didn't even fall asleep watching a movie. Impressive huh? I'm going to eat something. I'm starting to get a little shaky. Plasma or no sleep? Probably both

34 hours awake- Don't weld anything under sleep deprived conditions.

36 hours awake- I'm having a hard time controlling things that come out of my mouth. I feel like I'm on a cruise ship. Everything just moves up and down. I get dizzy easily when I stand. And I can feel my pulse in my neck.

38 hours awake- My body fills like its filled with helium. Light and fluffy. Everything seems like its in slow motion. I probably wouldn't pass a DUI test.

40 hours awake-Ok I walked home to get some fresh air and wake up a bit and it helped. NOt a lot but it helped. I just want this to be done. I might be hallucinating but this stupid html box won't let me type normally. It just moves the cursor automatically between words and it's starting to annoy me. A lot. I need to come up with some good ideas in these last 10 hours. I'll try to come up with something each hour that is left. This post will be lucky if it is even semi coherent at all. I dont even care.

41 hours awake- Idea #1- An iphone pdf/doc reader app that lets you send the document to a wifi printer. I can't tell you how many times in class I've needed or wanted to print something but couldn't.
Thought of the hour: If I ever chose to live the life of drugs and rock and roll and sleep deprivation, I would be awesome at it according to my scores on rock band. Apparently sleep deprivation= better drumming. I also think I like to use the word deprivation a lot. Maybe too much?

42 hours awake- Idea#2- Reverse Anesthesia/Electroanalgesia... I don't want to tell you what this is. It's too long.

43 hours awake- Idea#3- Transdermal pre-natal vitamin pump... see above

44 hours awake- Idea #4- I had this one when I was hanging a clock above the toilet and fell and hit my head. It's called a flux capacitor and basically makes time travel possible. And also, I went for another walk... There is a weird amount of birds singing at four in the morning. They are up to no good. Trust me

45 hours awake- Idea #5- An Iphone app for wedding registries.. e.g- You walk into Target as you open the app and select the store and name of the registered couple. The app is then synched with the store's database and lists the available gifts by price and tells you the availability and aisle the item is on. ($0.99/app x 1,000,000 apps purchased= $990,000)= no need to go to dental school

46 hours awake- Idea #6- No more ideas. Let's face it, all of my best ones were 1-5. I'm not ever gonna top those. I'm gonna go watch a movie or something. (PS if you didn't understand what the h I was talking about, don't worry about it. It's not for you anyway. It's just so I don't forget)

47 hours awake- Victory lap... I could probably do 60. I'm so awake now.

50 hours awake- Just kidding. I'm tired.

Like most of my goals are turning out to be, I wouldn't recommend this.
End time- 10 something, Saturday, April 24, 2010