A 4 Day Weekend Is Just Enough To Sleep

when you've been working like i have. unfortunately, the big-ass deadline that just passed is only the first of three -- there are two more to meet at the end of July and August. therefore, i was not able to exchange some of the forty-plus hours of overtime i worked for the last two weeks in return for getting the WHOLE week [imagine the luxury!] off because we have to immediately begin working for the next deadline.

the thing about working long hours that i hate most (besides the fact that it makes me a life-hating bitch with an ice pick) is the way it deadens the brain. humans have such lovely brains with dense congnitive goodness that it should be a crime to deprive them of adequate leisure time for accessing the full pleasure of possessing such a wonderful device. the thing that *really* chaps my ass is that american culture is decidedly hostile to the very idea of leisure time precisely because it gives people time to think.

idleness is the doorway to temptation, so to speak. a person might be tempted to take a nap or go see a sinful R-rated movie. society would collapse like it has in canada, france, germany, italy, and the united kingdom.