Dean (Zhuiyang) Chen

While most are done with the two hellish weeks of AP exams, I am not, infact far from it. I got about a total of 4 hours of sleep in the past 96 hours, 20(yes... hours) of them spent playing Pokemon Fire Red. To put it in perspective for those who have followed the path of a pokemon master, I have al of the badges and am going through the cave preceding the elite four... anyways this is probably my biggest lapse in self control in a very long time, although there really isn't much incentive in doing well on any of my exams, with the exception of self-respect of course.

Anyways, I'm still feeling very energetic and am not tired at all, although I had certain urges to fall asleep in the afternoon(not anymore near the severity of narcolepsy, I just thought that picture was funny). I took isolated "power naps", each about 20 minutes between the hours of 1-7AM and it has so far worked out very nicely, exceeding my expectations. My memory is still pretty functional, proven by the fact that I was able to memorize most of the content from AP World History and apply it on the exam. Of course, I don't intend to sustain this sleep pattern and realize the possible toll on my body(from studying AP Psychology just a few days ago), but knowing that I can pull this off is pretty reassuring.

I'd be interested in seeing any medical studies conducted on this, although I'm too lazy at this point to do some research on google(need to catch up on sleep). But for my isolated case, I can positively state that power naps rock.