"Who disturbs my slumber?"

Best feeling in the world?

Waking up in the morning and staying in bed.

Worst feeling?

Getting out of bed.

Best part of the day?

Falling asleep...in the afternoon for a nap or at night for the long haul.

Second worst feeling?

Around 3pm when it's nap time, but you still have class, and you still fall asleep.

For me, I happen to have piano class around 3pm, so it's real difficult for me to nap since I am sitting on a piano bench falling asleep on the the keys...and it's real obvious when you start to nod off, but you can also pass it off as being REALLY into the piece you are playing if you are still moving your hands around the piano. You've seen them - the really passionate piano players with their eyes closed and moving their torso forwards and backwards...the only difference is they play beautiful music while you, the student falling asleep, has to continue to poorly play your sonata. It may sound fine to you, but if anyone could hear through your headphones, it would sound more like "soNOTa good piece.."

Philosophical idea: no class from 3pm-4:15pm. Scheduled nap time for everyone. Including teachers.

You may be thinking that a serious academic institution wouldn't pass such a rule, but has anyone tried? Has anyone else had this wonderful epiphany? I mean, I am a philosopher, and I think...A LOT...so it could be that I am the first to have this idea, and it's my duty as the idea maker to then pass on the responsibility of making it happen to some other person. Perhaps a freshman.

We will see where this takes us. For now, I am going to participate in the best part of the day...going to sleep.



And that's my new philosophy.