February 19, 2009

• Sleep Emailing

  A little over a year ago, I started sending nonsensical emails to people while I was half-asleep and would not remember sending them. I found this article while surfing today and was a little relieved to hear that I’m not the only one who has sleep-emailed before.

  “We believe writing an email after turning the computer on, connecting to the Internet and remembering the password displayed by our patient is novel. To our knowledge this type of complex behaviour requiring coordinated movements has not been reported before in sleepwalking. She was shocked when she saw these emails, as she did not recall writing them. She did not have any history of night terr­ors or sleepwalking as a child.”

  Although it’s more meant for people who email under the influence, Mail Goggles on my Gmail is pretty useful for people who would otherwise be inclined to send messages like this one I sent to Matt:
  
  anyway, re: your chats, Y OU CAN NOT! i don’t know how i didn’t get that message before!; it showed up in my gmail 8 hours later – comme c’est charmant.
  
  anyway, 50 fun points for not using “since” – i saw hesitation! i saw it so much. and 303894923 fun points for cheap discounts!!!!!!!!! i want one.
  
  also, suck it, buckeyes. this is topical. they were apparently playing horribly tonight and lost by a pretty significant amount. [whatever the opposite of "clear" is] eyes, sweater vests, can lose. i am such a card.

  So apparently I can speak French, cite catchphrases from Survivor Sucks, misquote Friday Night Lights and make parenthetical references to Jim Tressel in my sleep.

  I think this means I spend too much time on the internet. Evench I won’t even sleep – I’ll just email all night.

  • 12:41 pm
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