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What they want/why they are searching for me.

And why they don’t just say hi.

I feel an immense sense of guilt every time I kill a cockroach. That’s because I don’t like the idea of killing another living being.

But with cockroaches, I decided a long time ago that:

• even though these buggers have been around a long, long year,
• and will continue to be around for many a long year to come,

between me and them, I’ll be damned if I let them win while I’m still alive.

Damn you, cockroaches. Damn you, he thought to himself as he imagined himself shaking his fist in a display of defiance at arthropods that were lurking around, somewhere.

This is a painting entitled “The Nightmare” (1781) by Henry Fuseli and it depicts the condition of sleep paralysis/night terrors.

I used to suffer from this condition. I probably still have it but its occurrences have diminished somewhat since I started:

• Having (somewhat) regular sleep patterns,
• Getting (somewhat) more rest, and
• Moderating my caffeine intake.

Anyway, I just found out that someone close to me suffers from this condition, so I decided to read up about it again. This condition supposedly affects Asians and teens* more than it does other people, so I thought I’d post up some info here so that you can find out how to deal with this condition if you suffer from it too**:

• All in the Mind?: An article by Paul Chambers.
• Sleep paralysis: Facts and data.

  and of course, how could I not leave you without

• The Horla, a short story by Guy de Maupassant***.

Have a good rest tonight.

• Of ignorance: I thought it was ’spirits’, and the people around me weren’t inclined to discourage me from adopting that point of view, and
• It never occurred to me to do research on the conditions I was afflicted with until I was slightly older. Then again, Googling for information has become a norm, so it could also be techno-cultural evolution, I guess.

*** Oh! I think Charlotte Bronte and Roald Dahl may have made references to sleep paralysis in their stories (Wuthering Heights and a short story about a snake in a bed, respectively) too, although it seemed they might not have known about this condition at those times. I’ll need to dig up the stories again to be sure.

1. Update HR database with the courses that I’ve gone for ASAP.
   Spent an unpleasant weekend last year updating the database because I let everything accumulate.
2. Create a list called ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ in Google Docs so I can update it with… all these things that I’ve done (at work).
   For the purposes of work review and the like.

I wonder if anyone else sees the irony in this.

1. Am giving it away for free because I got it for free.
2. It’s almost brand new i.e. I’ve opened it and set it up, but haven’t used it.
3. I haven’t used it because it doesn’t work on Macs. Hence, you’ve gotta be a Windows user to use this printer.
4. If you want it, you gotta come over to my place to get it.
5. Last but not least, I don’t provide technical support, so once you get it, it’s all yours!

You can check out some reviews of the printer here and here.

If you have my contacts, you can e-mail/text/call/DM/FB me to let me know if you’re keen. Otherwise, just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you. It’s been claimed, ladies and gents. Sorry I could only give it to one person, but thanks for helping with the freecycling.