I think I inherited the sleepy-when-sitting-for-long-periods-of-time from my dad.

He fell asleep when watching Terminator 3 after all.

I have been sleeping from 4-6 hours/night for the last week.

So I am attending these amazing talks on social slacking in online communities, classroom learning, gaming & performance, space invaders as well as panels about think-aloud protocols and design communication. Yet, after 5-10 minutes in a talk (especially after a filling lunch), I am overcome with sleepiness. So right now, I am sporadically writing to keep myself awake. And having the speaker swear a bit also will keep me awake. How embarrassing though to be struggling to stay awake during research that I like learning about. Furthermore, it would be incredibly bad form around the great hci academics and the companies that I am interviewing with.

At least, I try not to sit in the front. And that I don\’t snore. According to what my roommate says.