DUBLIN BELLYBUSTERS

The past few days have prompted the following realisation: My life is abnormal. In recent months, I have become full-on nocturnal and as a vampire this time of the year, that means zero daylight hours. Michelle insists that if I don't get into a better pattern (a noon rise would be progress), I am a candidate for Seasonal Affective Disorder. I tell her that that is nonsense and that I have always been of the 'eveningness chronotype' and my body is simply adjusting to a more evolved Circadian Rhythm.

What's am I crapping on about, I hear you say? Well, you see, I have believed for some time now that I am not suited to a diurnal 24-hour daily cycle and am actually more suited to a crepuscular 28-hour one. This 28 hour day would consist of 18 waking hours followed by a 10 hour sleep. My sleeping hours would move 4 hours later as each day passes. Sometimes, I would sleep in the daytime and sometimes I would sleep at night. The consequences of its adoption would be a 6-day week instead of 7 (7 x 24 = 168 and 6 x 28 = 168). I honestly believe that it is the future and I hope it catches on with enough people so that we can all come together and found a maverick principality of like-minded bats. That way I will no longer have to feel weird about my 6pm bed-head, my midnight cooking or my 4am DIY sessions.

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