on the neccessity of SLEEP

ok, so let me tell ya 'bout a little thing I call "getting enough sleep"

First, a short story, it's one y'all know, 'bout two kids called Romeo and Juliet.
K?  You know how the story goes.  Boy meets girl.  They fall in love.  Secretly get married.  Cousin kills other cousin.  Boy  kills cousin.  Boy is banished.  Girl fakes death.  Letter never makes it to Boy.  Boy kills himself.  Girl kills herself.
Sad epilogue.  The End.

Alright, smartypants, so you know the whole story by heart.  Congratuations, you're frickin' genius. k?

So how's that relate to sleep, you ask?

Ok, smartypants, did you notice that NO ONE in the whole play EVER sleeps?
You never see anyone asleep.  And it's not like the whole play takes place between 9 and 5 either.
The ball is late late.  Into the morning.  Trapsing around Verona picking fights, all morning and into the afternoon.
So Romeo comes to Juliet, ahh, but you see them in the morning, you don't know that they've been sleeping...  they haven't seen eachother since their wedding, remember?  Yeah, so what do you think they've been doing?  Sleepin'?  Ok, sure, Mary Magdalyn.  Maybe you and an' the rest of the Saints were sleepin'...

So, maybe, just maybe, the lack of sleep is the reason that everybody acts so fuckin' CRAZY??

THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T GET ANY SLEEP.

You know, feuding families.  Starcrossed lovers taking their life.  That kind of thing.

So, do what'cha gotta do to get some decent sleep.
I'm going to keep sleeping in the basement, even if my mom wakes me up at 7:30 every morning to take a shower and do her hair and crap, because the mattress down there doesn't hurt my back and shoulders.
Yeah, I know it's a bitch.  But, you owe it to yourselves.

(And Beck, this isn't just you.  I'm willing to bet most of my friends aren't getting the sleep they should.  So, get some, dammit!!)