OWW!

1. Students are fairly familiar with all-nighters. I haven't slept since two nights ago and feel like death, yet some people seem to get next to no sleep and do just fine. At what point does sleep deprivation become detrimental to the work? What hazards does it pose on wellbeing? Maybe look at the balance between sleep and good grades?
2. I used to have a heart condition called mitral valve prolapse. One day, the cardiologist said he didn't hear the telltale sound of the condition. Apparently, a decent part of the population has some minor insignificant for of mitral valve prolapse. Might be something worth looking at.
3. I got some hypothermia on the wilderness survival overnight at Boy Scout camp. That night it rained. After some scouts' shelters collapsed the counselors brought us back to the tents. I was unable to feel warm and to fall asleep after getting back and wearing all the dry clothes I brought and making a human cocoon with my sleeping bag. Could look at dangers posed by overnighters.

so sleepy...

Flooded Moat or Flooded Motor

Arthur W. Frank's "Tricksters and Truth Tellers: Narrating Illness in an Age of Authenticity and Appropriation" is frightfully awesome. Not being familiar with the reference, I am reminded of Jawas by Frank's depiction of Levi-Strauss' bricoleur metaphor. In a world striving for uniform personalities and consistent streams of consciousness, readers are allowed to appreciate their multifaceted being in his observation of the complex union of trickster and truth teller. The prospect of saddened author Audre Lorde in view of outraged woman Audre Lorde allows us see the mutual greatness of the sides. Storytelling is the remedy, Jawas rule, and the "one-breasted Amazon warrior" is a bamf.

Periodically Despaltercated

Hey there again. 

Confession is admission of an individual's action to another body. It focuses on exactly what has been done and places emphasis on the individual's decisions and the factors contributing to their decisions.

Apology is the expression of remorse for an individual's actions to the victim and/or affected parties. It focuses on the effects of the action on the victim and the individual's regret.

So what? What is the value of a confession or an apology? An apology is generally only of value to the parties affected by the action as a means of solace. Thus apologies are generally kept private. However, if through confessing, the individual finds that commonly held beliefs and expectations are what prompted the need for the confession, their confession is valuable to their society. It allows outsiders to look in on the individual's and realize the shortcomings and pitfalls of some of their own beliefs.