{"id":1649,"date":"2010-10-04T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2010-10-04T18:21:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:21:06","slug":"sleep-deprivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/?p=1649","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Deprivation"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, we see our first guest contribution in — months? years? This is from Patrick Knisely<\/a>, Austin-area improvisor and puppeteer.<\/p>\n

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James lays down on his bed, trying to fall asleep. Muffled talking comes from the room next door.<\/p>\n

JAMES<\/p>\n

Ronny, keep it down in there, I\u2019m trying to sleep!<\/p>\n

Muffled talking continues<\/p>\n

JAMES<\/p>\n

Seriously Ronny, I\u2019m trying to sleep.<\/p>\n

Muffled talking continues<\/p>\n

JAMES<\/p>\n

Ronny, this has been happening every night the last couple nights! Who the hell are you talking to?<\/p>\n

RONNY<\/p>\n

(through the wall)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in the middle of something!<\/p>\n

Muffled talking<\/p>\n

JAMES<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, what the hell have you been doing the last three days? I haven\u2019t seen you since Monday.<\/p>\n

RONNY<\/p>\n

(screaming)<\/p>\n

Leave me alone!<\/p>\n

James gets out of bed and goes into the hallway and knocks on the door.<\/p>\n

RONNY<\/p>\n

No!<\/p>\n

JAMES<\/p>\n

Ronny, the last few nights I\u2019ve been trying to sleep and all night I hear you mumbling, talking to someone. What\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n

RONNY<\/p>\n

Two-hundred-thousand-seventy-three-hundred-and-damn-it! I\u2019m in the middle of something, go away!<\/p>\n

JAMES<\/p>\n

Not until you tell me what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n

RONNY<\/p>\n

You\u2019re really messing up my count here.<\/p>\n

Ronny looks wild-eyed and crazy, he\u2019s pacing around the room in his pajamas.<\/p>\n

JAMES<\/p>\n

What the hell are you doing!?!<\/p>\n

RONNY<\/p>\n

I\u2019m counting sheep, alright, now leave me alone.<\/p>\n

JAMES<\/p>\n

Wait, you\u2019ve been counting sheep for days straight to try and fall asleep?<\/p>\n

Ronny stops pacing and counting and looks at James as if he’s just realized something.<\/p>\n

RONNY<\/p>\n

Oh yeah. That was the original point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patrick Knisely’s take on the “Sleep Deprivation” topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[250],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketches","tag-sleep-deprivation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sketchwar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}