Day 0

Yesterday night was my last night of monophasic sleep (if I manage to make this work). I am back at college, and will have my first polyphasic nap at 2:30 am. It's rather odd, thinking in terms of midnight date changes. I used to consider 2:30 am part of the previous day; for me, even if the sun had already risen, the date did not change until I'd slept a few hours. I'm sure that once this sleep schedule gets going, there will be quite a few paradigm shifts in store for me.

Two important factors to note

1. My little support group no longer exists. Caradoc decided not to try it, in the end. The idea was to let us go first, and ascertain that there were indeed no ill effects before trying it himself. A rather wise notion, that. And so our three became two. Aethelwine, if you will recall, started during winter break. He made a great effort, but could not make it through the adaptation phase. I do have a copy of his journal, which should prove quite helpful. From his account, it seems that had it not been for some traveling he did over break, which threw him off, he would have made it. There is hope for me yet! I should have fewer such disruptions, which leads me to...
2. I am attending a funeral on Sunday, January 11th (Yes, it is tragic, and yes, I appreciate your sympathies, but no, I really don't want to talk about it.) This may throw me off several days, is all.

I found these mp3s, which are soundtracks of white noise that's supposed to facilitate falling asleep, and then after a set amount of time, plays a series of increasingly unpleasant noises to wake you up. I suspect I'll be using the 20 and 23 minute ones a lot. The problem is, my headphones are the sort with two little round plastic bits on the ends of long insulated wires -- there's no guarantee that they'll stay in. Tape, perhaps? I'll set a bunch of alarms anyways, just in case.

The experiment commences...