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I'm not quite sure what's wrong with me. I just feel exhausted, every day, all the time.

After dinner, it's hard to get myself to care about school at all. I read as much as I can, waste time online, and just end up going to sleep.

Work friends are having a party on Friday night, and while I will be driving and not drinking, I feel like I'm just going to fall asleep anyway (normally, alcohol makes me sleepy).

Yesterday, I phoned Ryan so he could tell me about his ghost-hunting exploits with the paranormal research team at his college (WTF, why does UW not have one? Or do we???). We decided that during the two weeks that I'm home for Christmas break, there will be anime-watching. We hope to have a "pretty boy" night, and will probably watch Saiyuki and Descendants of Darkness, while eating $1 sundaes from McDonald's. All are welcome! We need to think of cool things to do. WTF, I haven't seen Ryan since last Christmas break. This simply will not do.

And as for the TV writers strike....lots of my favorite TV show people are involved!
Jenna Fischer (Pam, The Office) writes about why the strike is happening, and how it affects The Office.

Joss Whedon writes about how yes, writing actually is work, and how the media (even in the NY Times) sucks at reporting about the writers' strike. I love when the media reports on authors, and the authors just bite them in the ass for their ineptitude.

Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica)talks about why he's striking, and how BSG is affected.
I support the writers, but I must admit that I'll be quite upset if this *further* delays Battlestar. We last had new episodes in what, April? Some time last spring. And still have had nothing new, and won't until next April, at the earliest. The network wants to split the season in half (and this is the final season!!!), too.

Tim Kring (Heroes) talks about how this season has sucked so far. There's a lot of stuff he missed, but I really liked the latest episode, and hope that more good things are coming.

Anyway....piling the bed with blankets now, and then going to sleep.

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I especially like Ron Moore's piece, because it has that concrete example with the "promotional material" stuff. Whedon's captured the way people view writers and writing. (Yes, I have been paid to "watch" TV, but it was simple proofreading -- I was listening while my eyes looked at the paper.)

did you start to feel more tired after the time change? 'cause a lot of people are feeling more tired from it -- it can take up to two weeks to adjust.

I bet you're not working on schoolwork after dinner because you're way too tired, because of this time change! Things even seem slower at my office. Professors are talking in tired voices, grad students are letting their beards grow. . . maybe it's the mix of fall back and winter coming on.

I feel like the tiredness started before the time-change. I don't know. After getting up around 6am all summer long, I just....wake up early now, and often don't sleep well. Even when I get all 8 hours, though, I'm still tired, even still in the morning, as well as at night. Sad, and annoying. :(

if it continues, you might want to visit the dr. about it. you might have a treatable condition that causes fatigue, or even just garden-variety sleep problems.

but! in the past, when I was very tired, doctors assumed I was depressed and put me on an antidepressant. I'm not against antidepressants, but it turned out that my body underproduces thyroid hormones. it took a year or two longer than it should have to figure that out, because the doctors were assuming that depression was the problem. and the meds probably exacerbated the problem in the meantime, because my body was processing the meds on top of everything else.

so I guess my moral is: go to the dr, but don't take antidepressants just because a dr. thinks you should, if you don't actually feel depressed.

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