Berkeley: Day 8
Jul. 10th, 2008 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
funraniumWorking at Berkeley has forced me to pick up a new quasi-healthy habit. If I wish to be functional in the morning, I must have a large cappuccino or any documents I try to read will just be nonsensical derivatives of Pheonician scribblings that might as well be in Pheonician. Heaven help the poor soul that depends on my math before 10am without coffee.
This is healthy, in a sense, because Mountain Dew and Coke just don't seem to be cutting it to keep me awake and alert anymore. I've managed to cut soda consumption down to almost nothing save that used as an adult beverage mixer. The necessity of cappuccino means I can keep soda consumption at that level.
Also, beer is so much healthier than soda. I almost convinced a group of mothers a couple months ago to ditch the Cokes for their group of nine toddlers and set them up with some Leviathan Imperial Stout based on the nutrition benefits and history of beer w.r.t. water cleanliness. Almost. Beer, unless it is Buzz Beer, does not help with the staying awake. There is also that whole "fit for duty" clause in my contract.
Now, one could say that I should try to get more sleep such that I do not feel fatigued in the morning. Despite the temptation yesterday to go to bed at 7:30pm, I can't really imagine myself hitting the hay at a single digit PM hour anymore than I am thrilled about waking up at single digit AM one. What I really want back is the free cycling of Pole. It felt so good an comfortable to go to sleep when I was tired and wake up whenever, every day, for nine months. I found that if left to my own devices I settle in to a sleep schedule that's only requires 5-6 hours, but typically has me going to bed around 6-8am. Sadly, that doesn't work so well with a normal job. Not a lot of call for graveyard shift rad safety support at UC Berkeley. At a nuclear power plant however...
No, no, no. Despite the camel choking quantities of money they pay and my general support of nuclear power in America, no. Not going back to corporate hell if I can help it. Besides, that wouldn't be free cycling either, just different hours.
In conclusion, Go Team Coffee!
This is healthy, in a sense, because Mountain Dew and Coke just don't seem to be cutting it to keep me awake and alert anymore. I've managed to cut soda consumption down to almost nothing save that used as an adult beverage mixer. The necessity of cappuccino means I can keep soda consumption at that level.
Also, beer is so much healthier than soda. I almost convinced a group of mothers a couple months ago to ditch the Cokes for their group of nine toddlers and set them up with some Leviathan Imperial Stout based on the nutrition benefits and history of beer w.r.t. water cleanliness. Almost. Beer, unless it is Buzz Beer, does not help with the staying awake. There is also that whole "fit for duty" clause in my contract.
Now, one could say that I should try to get more sleep such that I do not feel fatigued in the morning. Despite the temptation yesterday to go to bed at 7:30pm, I can't really imagine myself hitting the hay at a single digit PM hour anymore than I am thrilled about waking up at single digit AM one. What I really want back is the free cycling of Pole. It felt so good an comfortable to go to sleep when I was tired and wake up whenever, every day, for nine months. I found that if left to my own devices I settle in to a sleep schedule that's only requires 5-6 hours, but typically has me going to bed around 6-8am. Sadly, that doesn't work so well with a normal job. Not a lot of call for graveyard shift rad safety support at UC Berkeley. At a nuclear power plant however...
No, no, no. Despite the camel choking quantities of money they pay and my general support of nuclear power in America, no. Not going back to corporate hell if I can help it. Besides, that wouldn't be free cycling either, just different hours.
In conclusion, Go Team Coffee!
