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[MassNole]

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TerezOwens.com = Awesome, but likely NSFW in most work places.

[Blzer]

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I'm trying to write a short story but I wanted to do some research on whether a specific condition existed; maybe you guys can help me on this one if you know. Is there an official diagnosis for a case of sleepwalking where the person is consciously aware of the actions they are doing, but they are sleeping all the meanwhile?

So for instance, if a sleepwalker goes downstairs and starts eating Honeycomb, when they wake up for real is there a possible case/scenario where they actually remember having done that?

[Bellsprout]

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I'm bored.

And in an unexpectedly sour mood for no reason.

Case of the Mondays, I guess.

I'm ready for it to be Tuesday already.

[The GIGGAS]

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I did one Qantas flight when I was in Australia and the service wasn't too bad. That was 12-13 years ago though. I really enjoyed Australia when I was there and one of these days I'd love to go back.

Hopefully you're going to get a chance to explore the country rather than just staying in one area.

We'll be in Townsville for half a week, then we're going to Sydney for the rest. When I come back to the states, she'll head back to Townsville for a month and a half to finish her studies.

Hopefully you'll get lucky and your flight won't be full. If you manage to end up with an entire row to yourself, make sure you claim it before someone else does.

Have you checked SeatGuru to see how your seat is? http://www.seatguru.com/ Check there and if you have a bad one try and move.

I just selected my seats (I'm such an idiot for not doing so until now), and I did my best to get aisle seats, and relatively close to the bathrooms. I wish I could have sprung for business class, but I didn't have that kind of scratch... it would have been super nice to have more space, though.

[OSUFan_88]

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Who the hell goes to Australia?

Seriously...you'd be better off jumping off a high building into a pit of spikes. Do you not know that the entire place is a giant death trap?

http://www.cracked.com/funny-5997-the-animals-that-make-australia-deathtrap-it-is/

[SPTO]

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TerezOwens.com = Awesome, but likely NSFW in most work places.

Hmmm so how credible is this site? Is it just for poop and giggles?

Though the surfacing of that Collinsworth video is pretty damning and interesting.

[Blzer]

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Who the hell goes to Australia?

Seriously...you'd be better off jumping off a high building into a pit of spikes. Do you not know that the entire place is a giant death trap?

http://www.cracked.com/funny-5997-th...athtrap-it-is/

That's a hilarious and freaky article! I love how he spelled "malaria" like "milerea" though haha.

[Stroehms]

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I'm trying to write a short story but I wanted to do some research on whether a specific condition existed; maybe you guys can help me on this one if you know. Is there an official diagnosis for a case of sleepwalking where the person is consciously aware of the actions they are doing, but they are sleeping all the meanwhile?

So for instance, if a sleepwalker goes downstairs and starts eating Honeycomb, when they wake up for real is there a possible case/scenario where they actually remember having done that?

Not really sure but how many people are going to read a story about someone eating cereal?

[Chaos81]

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We'll be in Townsville for half a week, then we're going to Sydney for the rest. When I come back to the states, she'll head back to Townsville for a month and a half to finish her studies.

I didn't make it to Townsville but I loved Sydney. The Sydney Opera House was amazing to see in person.

Now you've got me wanting to find pictures from my trip.

and relatively close to the bathrooms.

I'd actually do the opposite. Try and get as far away from the bathrooms as you can. The closer you are, the more noise you're going to have to deal with which can be annoying when you're trying to sleep. Plus it gives you more room to move around if you need to stretch your legs.

[The GIGGAS]

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I didn't make it to Townsville but I loved Sydney. The Sydney Opera House was amazing to see in person.

Now you've got me wanting to find pictures from my trip.

My fiance actually has tickets to the Marriage of Figaro at that Opera House. I'm... so... loooking... forward... to... it.

I'd actually do the opposite. Try and get as far away from the bathrooms as you can. The closer you are, the more noise you're going to have to deal with which can be annoying when you're trying to sleep. Plus it gives you more room to move around if you need to stretch your legs.

When I said close to the bathrooms, I just meant that I'm around ~15-20 rows from them... not right up on them.

[av7]

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Sitting in the first row gives you the best room but they bitch at you if you have your carry-on poking out from the seat. More leg room and I think you're dubbed the emergency door person?

The last 2 flights I've had in the last few years I've somehow lucked out and had the entire row to myself, best 2 hour flights I've ever had since I could somewhat lay across the seats.

[The GIGGAS]

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Sitting in the first row gives you the best room but they bitch at you if you have your carry-on poking out from the seat. More leg room and I think you're dubbed the emergency door person?

The last 2 flights I've had in the last few years I've somehow lucked out and had the entire row to myself, best 2 hour flights I've ever had since I could somewhat lay across the seats.

Yeah, those were all gobbled up. I should have picked seats when I booked a while ago.

[Blzer]

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Not really sure but how many people are going to read a story about someone eating cereal?

Haha it'll definitely be far from that. I'm just giving an example of an action.

What will really happen is this person will be thinking they are waking up and having full conversations with people, etc. The difference is that they are really asleep, therefore they are also seeing things along the way. Very similar to hallucinating, except they're "dreaming" them instead. I do not want to use hallucinations because I'm honestly not sure how those actually exist in terms of people seeing them and such. I would rather go with experiences I have actually had, and I have actually experienced dreaming before lol.

[Chaos81]

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My fiance actually has tickets to the Marriage of Figaro at that Opera House. I'm... so... loooking... forward... to... it.

I'm jealous. There was nothing going on when I was there so I didn't actually get to see an opera or anything. I did get an awesome private tour (Only my grandmother, her co-worker, and me) so I guess I shouldn't complain, but it would have been nice to see something. Even though I probably wouldn't have appreciated it much at 16 or however old I was.

When I said close to the bathrooms, I just meant that I'm around ~15-20 rows from them... not right up on them.

Ahh yeah, that'll be perfect.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Hate having to resort to drinking Soda when there's nothing else to drink in the house SMH.