The New Sleep Diet

Architecture students in the final crunch have their own sleeping strategies. So far I've seen these types, although please add more in the comments:

The Oracle - these students will work for four days straight, with no sleep. On the morning of the third day, they look borderline insane, and they're hallucinating wildly by the fourth night. Frequently, these students miss their final reviews due to illness or the fact that no alarm in the world will wake them up when they finally crash for a nap. 

The Minimalist- Four hours of sleep a night, every night. Some people just need less. I don't happen to be one of them. They say they feel fine, generally they look about 80%.

The Cat- Twenty minutes of sleep every four hours. Supposedly at this point, the body sinks directly to REM sleep since the level of exhaustion is so high. Not sure about how this affects one's ability to design.

The Teenager - These people need eight hours of sleep a night, and really can't function with anything less. I'm kind of in this category.

The Shift Worker - Three hours of sleep, twice a day. Supposedly the body has a natural sleep cycle of 90 minutes, so its supposed to be less disruptive to rest and recovery. The strategy I'm currently pursuing. Seems to be working so far.

The Marathoner - 48 hours of work followed by 10 hours of sleep. Repeated.

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Last night, the highlight of my evening was sharing pizza with my ABS team members over at my studio desk. It was great to munch of pizza, chat, and not worry about studio. Other friends dropped by to buy a slice for a buck and chat.

When I came back from my nap, Dew had invited two young Japanese girls over to help him build his model. The girls were studying at Fontbonne, the university next door, and since they're only here for one semester, and only studying English, they're really bored, so they were happy to come over and work and chat with Dew. I thought it was pretty funny.

Anyway, photos from the late shift.