Brain Jello.

Staying up until 5 a.m. on a school night is not a good idea.

In case you were wondering.

I was writing a paper on Afghanistan and I was going 110 percent on it. Days of research, studying, reading online articles and commentaries on the war went into this paper. But it took forever to focus it in and actually write a paper relevant to my thesis.

I came home from the library at midnight, and dove right into the graveyard shift of writing. It seemed as if I would be invincible, as if I would be able to retain my crystal clear logical thinking skills far into the night. But I was very wrong.

Strange things start happening when you stay awake for 23 hours straight.**

I've never been on drugs, but I imagine that the effects are similar. As I sat for hours alone in my living room, my brain fogged up, and simple words escaped me.

Spelling escaped me even more. In fact, I started writing a blog post at about 5 am to document my experience, but I was so frustrated that every single word was spelled wrong and I could not figure out how anything was really spelled. I deleted it, and I am kicking myself, because I'm sure it would have been hilarious and looked something like this:

It is oficially 5 am. I have officlly been writing a paper since 9am this morning. With bathrooom breaks. And eating. And going to class. But mostly just WWORKING. Why is all these words spelled wrong and how do you REALLY SPELL THINGS> I have no idea. I AM FRUSTRITEDDD. This is not an exaggeration!!

It would have been a gem. But I'm pretty sure this is close to the real thing.

this is me circa 4 am. I know I am going to regret posting this piece of hideousness!

Also, my hunger became acute. Around 2 am, I had a deathly strong craving for Eggos, as in I thought I was going to die if I didn't eat some Eggos. In case you were wondering, I have not eaten, or even thought about, Eggo waffles since I was about 12. Straaaange.

So then, with no Eggos on hand and hunger threatening to destroy me, I made a huge pot of spaghetti at 3 a.m. and ate it all. That's normal, right?

Oh dear goodness.

Its time for the weekend already. I'm going to stay at my friends house to hang with her family! I'm excited. I hope we eat Eggos there. I'm still craving them.

**don't try this at home kids... but if you do, definitely have Eggos on hand.