good day to you!

wellsir, i am horrible at getting enough sleep. i’ve written about my over-reliance to the grip of the “energy drink”, only because i rarely get eight hours when i need to. when i work at seven in the morning, i get all wrapped up in “wow that’s gonna suck in the morning, waking up!”. so i toss and turn, worried about it, falling asleep usually by 2 or 3 am, dooming my attitude the next morning. this happened on wednesday – i worked at 7 until noon, and had to hurry after that to class at twelve thirty. i got to school with five minutes to spare, but the walk to class is a good 15 minutes from my free parking spot. when i got to the spot, there was no way i had the motivation to walk all the way to school, so i parked, jumped over the seat and laid down – taking a four hour nap. and i’m not even talkin hyperbole here – it was maybe the most satisfying nap i’ve ever had.

but the repercussions from this nap? very real

i checked my email later in the day with a reminder of a debate coming up the next class – a debate using the information taught the class before (which i spent napping in the middle of a parking lot).

so today i went to class, totally unprepared and armed only with basic info found on the wikipedia page synopsis for the topic. when it came to my turn in the debate, i gave the most basic of arguments: (the topic of the debates was “the origin of life on earth is not mars”) “mars is not the origin of life because thats pretty unlikely”. needless to say, not good debate results. but if i could turn back the clock, i might still take the nap. good afternoon naps in the middle of parking lots only come around once in a blue moon. unless, of course, youre homeless (which… you know… who knows…. thats where napping gets you after all. excessive napping is like taking a major in homelessness)

wow, the p.i.b. reader mailbag is literally overflowing with letters! the big burlap sack of fan mail arrived today, and i’ve just been tearin’ through your snail mail! thanks, kids!

poop in bed reader mailbag feb.26/2010

from: derek stewart, age 7

dear joel:

i looove your comics. especially the ones with the detectives! and the one with the robot who kills that lady in cold blood. can i get gappy’s autograph?

signed, derek.

thanks for the letter, derek! spoiler alert: gappy isn’t real! neither is santa claus, the tooth fairy, nor your sense of comfort in government! thanks for writing!

joel

from: sally susan, age 4

deer joel

can you make a comic about ponys?

saly.

hi sally! thanks for writing! i won’t make a comic about ponies (turn your spell check on) but i WILL make a comic about russian literature. also, you spelt your name wrong!

jkd