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simont ([personal profile] simont) wrote2003-05-09 09:56 am
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*sigh*

I feel absolutely horrible this morning. Partly physically grotty (one pint of Fuggled Frog too many last night I suspect, and also I'm still suspicious that my hayfever season might be getting under way); partly mentally groggy (it's been a mildly weird couple of days and my brain has taken a bit of a beating); and partly everything just seems to be at one remove from the inside of my head, and it keeps slightly surprising me every time my muscles actually do things I tell them to like turning my head to look out of the window. (Though oddly it doesn't feel strange that I can still type; I think my typing reflexes must have evolved a much closer connection to my brain in the years I've been a geek…)

I want not to be at work today (but I'm by no means ill enough to justify actually going home). And I want to go back to bed (but even if I did I wouldn't actually be able to sleep). And most of all I want the biggest hug in the universe.

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[identity profile] dennyd.livejournal.com 2003-05-09 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
At one point a couple of years ago when I was getting completely hammered on a regular basis, I discovered that I now lose the ability to talk properly before I lose the ability to type. Which amused me no end at the time...
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[personal profile] simont 2003-05-09 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
I think I might be able to beat that. I've always found that I can lose the ability to talk without slurring, the ability to have conversations that make sense, and the ability to walk in a straight line, but still have the ability to do geekstuff competently (writing code that actually works, for example) and the ability to juggle pretty well!

I can only assume that things I've consciously trained myself to do are more robust against the effects of alcohol than abilities I've merely taken for granted.

[identity profile] dennyd.livejournal.com 2003-05-09 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hrm, I've not tried juggling while 'incapacitated'. Heh, an excuse to get hammered! Purely in the interests of scientific experimentation, of course ;)

I was coding at the time I figured that out too - I wrote most of YAWNS (http://freshmeat.net/projects/yawns) in the period I'm thinking of... and late-night coding runs don't involve you in much real conversation, which is why it took a few months before I found out that I couldn't talk properly in that state :)
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