Ugh.

So I went out with my friends on Saturdaynight, even though I woke up that day at like 7 PM your time.  We were out until like 3 AM, but then I was so drunk I just passed out.  That has fucked up my time cycle something fierce.  I tried to adjust it on Sunday and Monday, but I am all screwed up now.  I can’t even figure out if I am supposed to be awake or asleep.  I am tired, but I need to stay up.  I think I am going to go play poker right now.  That always helps.

Things are going well…

Not much to report.  My body is settling into the routine quite nicely.  I have been playing a lot of poker recently.  The cards have been running good for me.  I have been pretty lucky in the cash games.  I have told several people at the poker tables about the thirty-hour life.  They seem pretty understanding and supportive, for the most part.  Several people have told me that I must be crazy.  Females generally find it less interesting, same with older people.  Most guys think it’s interesting, but nobody seems so intrigued that they are willing to give it a try.  Anyway, I met this girl the other day at work.  She’s an intern for one of my clients.  She is hot and really friendly.  I am going back there in a couple weeks.  I hope she is in on the meeting.  If she is, I think I will try to ask her out.  I am lame as shit though, and I don’t know how to approach her.  Oh well, I will try to figure something out.  Anyway, I don’t have much to report as far as the thirty-hour cycle goes…

I knew I wasn’t the only one!

Some guy found my blog and he seems really into the thirty hour day.  He could be fucking with me, but he seems sincere.  I think he may have been thinking about it even more than I in recent years.   He claims to have a way to make it so that everyone can be on a thirty hour cycle.  He may be a little bit “out there”…  (No offense, I am just kidding with you!)  Anyway, he also said he has a plan to get some sort of funding in order to study this theory on a large base of people.  Not that he has the funding in order or the plan in place, but he kind of jokingly said that he thinks it would be awesome to get funding for that kind of study.  I obviously couldn’t agree with him more.  Anyway, if he’s serious, this guy is a true believer, obviously.  He said there is some guy in Sweden who has a website that mentions this too, but they guy isn’t living the life, he just believes in it.  It would seem that a place like Sweden would be perfect for this.  Don’t they have months of sunshine and months of darkness, like up by the arctic circle?

Rough Day.

Today was another tough one.  I attribute this more to the alcohol that I consumed than to the thirty hour day-cycle.  Anyway, I made it through.  I am not as young as I used to be.  I had another couple meetings today.  Business has been picking up, which is good.  I am going to go play some poker now.  Tournament at 6:45 (your time).

 I almost forgot.  I was contacted today by a guy who seems to be a believer in the thirty hour day.  He seemed sincere, but I am not sure if he is fucking with me or what.  Anyway, somehow he saw my blog and he says he thought of the same thing in college.  I will talk to him about his theories and about my experiences with living this life.

Hangovers are still real, even on a thirty hour cycle.

I think that pretty much says it all, although the extra couple hours of sleep probably helped mitigate the pain and prevented me from getting sick.

Woohoo!

I got a new client today.  I met with them late this afternoon and the CEO asked me to go out for drinks and a bite to eat.  I already had to stay up too late for the meeting.   Anyway, I decided to stay up later.  I’ve been up for 26 hours so far and i am kinda drunk.  Anyway, I got the job.l  I am pretty excited.  I really need to get to slee though.  This is going to fuck up my sleep cycle, but hopefully I can catch up tomorrow.  That shouldnt’ be a problem.  Alright.  I am beat.  This is working though, I can tell you that much.  I am excited.

This is better.

I have had a few rough days, but I feel better now.  Today was mostly in the daylight.  I spent some time outside, then worked on a new project for an old client once it got dark.  It was nice to be outside, but my mind was starting to play tricks on me.  I guess I am still adjusting to this schedule.  Once I settled in and took some ritalin, getting the work done wasn’t that bad.  I got into a pretty good groove and it worked out fine.  Tomorrow I have a couple afternoon meetings with clients, and they start shortly after I get up, so I am hopeful that I will be back on track for that.

I know that I said a professional poker player was the perfect career for this lifestyle, and I still believe that, but I think being an author would work too.  You just would need to have discipline.  I have been losing my ass at poker, so I think maybe I should consider not making that my career path for right now.  Anyway, I gotta get some sleep pretty soon.  I am not that tired right now, but I know I need to work on being diciplined about it, or this will never work.  I ordered blackout shades.  I think I will go to The Home Depot and try to find a portable air conditioner this weekend.

Not Much Better.

Well, I played poker all day (your night).  I lost about $500.  That seems bad, but when you consider that I was down almost $1200, it is a nice come back.  I am fucking exhausted.  I am going to go to sleep a little early.

So Tired…

Ugh.  Today is a tough day.  I am so tired.  I slept like shit.  It was hot as hell in my house and my time for sleeping was between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM (your time).  I slept like crap.  It’s dark as shit outside and I just want to go to sleep.  I am going to go to the gym to get my blood flowing, then maybe go play poker.  That always seems to keep me awake.

I need to get an air conditioner and some blackout shades.  I think I will see what I can find on amazon.com.

Easier and Harder than I thought.

OK, I am really getting into this now.  It’s been fun but challenging.  I think my sleep rhythm is settling into the 30 hour schedule.  That has been a little less difficult than I expected it to be.  I have been doing OK keeping up with the work I need to get done, but that may be because I am not really heavy with work right now.  I had a couple marathon poker sessions at the Hawaiian Gardens Casino recently.  I love that place.  It may not be as fancy as others, like Hustler or Commerce or the Bike, (it is a tent, after all), but I think it’s my favorite place to play.  Also, I have decided that being a professional gambler is probably the perfect profession for someone living the thirty hour life.

I cashed in a tournament a few “days” ago, which was nice.  I only got 8th place.  Still, out of 145, that’s not too bad.  It was cool because I played on a Tuesday night (your time) right after got up and showered, so I was fresh and ready to face a new “day” while most others had just gone through a full day.  HG also has “graveyard” tournaments which begin at 4:30 AM on Friday and Sunday mornings.  When it works with my schedule, I may try to play in these, as I will be fresh and most others will presumably be exhausted.  Hopefully this will give me an advantage.  Anyway, in my two marathon sessions, I ended up winning about 800 (including cashing in that tourney) in the first one, and loosing about a grand in the second session.  Overall, not good, but it could be worse.  I played too loose the second session and then I was chasing cards too much from then on.

Overall, I am enjoying this experiment so far.  It’s tough though when my main source of human interaction is with a bunch of old Asian men around a poker table.  I need to make a more conscious effort to be in touch with my friends.   That’s been the hard part.  It’s my fault too, I am being pretty disciplined about sticking to the schedule, but it is killing what little social life I had.  I think I may try to meet some friends for lunch (their lunch) this coming week, when I am up during the day, anyway.