I have decided that naps are now more important than ever.
In the past two days I have had four naps. Not long ones, powerful short ones.
Research on elite athletes
and elite musicians 
tells us that the determining factor between "very good" and elite is that the elites tend to take naps in the middle of the day, usually between 2 and 5 pm, and usually for more than twenty minutes but less than two hours. Naps during performance are not considered good for the career regardless of how excellent you may become as a result.
Bingo - that's me. I am now officially "elite".
We can't always get the naps in that we crave. Some of you out there in cyberworld never take naps. It's quite okay to face your own inevitable mediocrity. In fact it is a respectable trait.
Teenagers take naps, too. They call it "sun tanning" to give it a special name. They lie on towels and beach mats, ignore everything, and talk to nobody except for cell phoners. (is that a term? It is now). The rest of their beach time is taken up with naps. See below:
I became an official "cell phoner" today. (The picture above is not me. No IM's PLEASE!)
I joined the modern world and accepted a call on my new cell phone while I was walking up Sinclair Road heading back to the Rez. Confidently, I talked on the phone, while I strode up the hill and into the future. What a multi-tasker I am.
And I owe all my prowess to my propensity to nap.
not like this kid. Someone should arrest his mom for not picking him up and cuddling him for two minutes. He could have become an "elite"!
the kid looks like most of my students when they have to listen to me.
I was only encouraging them to be excellent.
Even B-dis recognized the value of a nap.
She would say,"I don't want to go to sleep. I just want to rest my eyes."
And she truly is an elite.
I know it is two days for Arcade fire, but the youtube version of the Walkmen doing their own "Wake Up" is pretty wretched. so here, on topic and in tune, Wake Up
talk to you soon, about two naps from now.
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