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Hey guys!

As if it isn’t already obvious, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted, and technically its not my fault...You know, I have to deal with orientation, scheduling classes, choosing tasteful dorm supplies, the whole shebang.

But I did promise to make an effort (at least I think I did), so here I am!

My lunch was absolutely delicious :)

Rice w/ black beans, pico de gallo, and naan

Get ready for college!

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After waking up in the middle of the night….

𝕀 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕡

☾ Sleep helps your brain work properly 

☾ Studies show that a good night sleep improves learning 

☾ If you are sleep deficient, you may have trouble making decisions, problem solving, controlling your emotions and behavior, and coping with change 

☾ Sleep helps maintain a healthy balance of hormones that make you feel hungry (ghrelin) or full (leptin) 

☾ After several nights of loosing sleep—even a loss of just 1-2 hours per night—your ability to function suffers as if you haven’t slept at all for a day or two

**https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/node/4605**

𝕋𝕚𝕡𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕡 

☆ Power Down- the soft blue glow from a cell phone, tablet, or digital clock on your bedside table may hurt your sleep 

TIP: Turn off any electronics an hour before you go to bed.

☆ Put Your Neck in Neutral- Blame your pillow if you wake up tired with a stiff neck. It should be just the right size – not too fat and not too flat – to support the natural curve of your neck when you’re resting on your back. Do you sleep on your side? Line your nose up with the center of your body. Don’t snooze on your stomach. It twists your neck. 

TIP: Use good posture before bed, too. Don’t crane your neck to watch TV. 

☆ Save Your Bed for Sleep (and sex lol)- Your bedroom should feel relaxing. Don’t sit in bed and work, surf the Internet, or watch TV. 

TIP: The best sleep temperature for most people is between 68 and 72 degrees.

☆ Look For Hidden Caffeine- Coffee in the morning is fine for most people. But as soon as the clock strikes noon, avoid caffeine in foods and drinks.  Even small amounts found in chocolate can affect your ZZZs later that night. 

Tip: Read labels. Some pain relievers and weight loss pills contain caffeine.

☆ Free Your Mind- Put aside any work, touchy discussions, or complicated decisions 2 to 3 hours before bed. It takes time to turn off the “noise” of the day. If you’ve still got a lot on your mind, jot it down and let go for the night. Then, about an hour before you hit the sack, read something calming, meditate, listen to quiet music, or take a warm bath. 

TIP: Even 10 minutes of relaxation makes a difference.

**https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/discomfort-15/better-sleep/slideshow-sleep-tips**

After doing a little research on the importance of sleep, it is something I want to focus more time getting. Being a college student-athlete, sleep can be such a strange thing. I fall asleep at odd hours and wake up for early morning workouts and classes. But because of how important it is, just like my homework, it should be something I focus on doing well. For the next few days, I am going to try reading before bed instead of scrolling through Instagram or watching Snapchat stories. I am also going to make it a goal to be in bed by 9:30. It is truly amazing the feeling after a good night sleep, so hopefully by putting some of these tips (as mentioned above) to work, I will be able to maximize my sleep and truly maximize my days! ☺

Well, its that time of the week where you get to learn about my adventures in college and the trials and tribulations of Games Design.

In our Games Programming classes we began to look at loops, or functions that will continue t carry out a certain piece of code until certain criteria are met, otherwise forever. These functions are difficult to master at first, as we discovered in our lab class, however one we were able to understand how to create one loop, the rest became a lot easier to complete. Our class teacher (is that what you call them in college?) lecturer then went on to illustrate how these loops can be used to illustrate extremely complex and, for lack f better words, ‘trippy’ art.

However, games design isn't all about sitting in the dark and programming ntil your eyes bleed, a major cornerstone of the games industry is presentation and public speaking. As such we began learning about the intricacies of presenting a work to an audience, one major part of this is reaching the Natural Resonant Social Frequency (NRSF) of a given room. This mean being able to identify what the room and it’s occupants think of what you are saying and how you are saying it. This is done by reading the room and picking up on ticks that most people have that occur subconsciously, such as excessive touching of ones self or fidgeting our not looking at the speaker. Once you have this read on the room all you have to do is make it seem like you know what you’re talking about and that it is the most interesting thing that these people will hear all day (maybe even all week if you get really good at it). Most of us do this naturally in one to one situations by using gestures, this works as we are able to get a read on our audience easier, however as we scale this up we have to take into consideration that something that works for part of the audience may not work for others and thus this dissatisfaction may begin to spread, and before you know it you will have lost the room. This is similar to what politicians must do, they must water down their harshest ticks and be able to seem approachable and not over zealous about a topic, no matter the topic, for fear of losing the room, or in the case vote. Our version of this is to stick to phrasing and gestures that wont inflame the audience, unless that is part of the presentation, in which case we need only water down these expressions so it doesn't seem inflammatory.

We as a class have been able to put this to use in our presentations of our concepts for remade Atari 2600 games, as i mentioned in an earlier post. This has already managed to improved our presentations as everyone seems much more open and able to speak more freely. 

I shall leave you here, dear reader and go to gather more stories and facts with which to regale you, until next time