The Study of Sleep

Hello everybody! This is Jordan with the latest update in the wonderful lives of the Baldwins. I have been forced into action by my Internet-less mother in order to inform you that we are no longer allowed to like my brother. No this is not just a common case of sibling rivalry, there is a legitimate reason for our new found dislike. My brother got a job. Now, this may not seem like much of a reason to dislike him, but let me elaborate. It is not just any job he acquired. He is participating in a sleep study. Some person somewhere in Chicago has decided to conduct a study. The study is of the effects on a teenage boy's self when he does not get enough sleep. My brother, along with three or four (I don't remember which) other boys, were chosen to participate in this four week study. For the first week they stayed home and did whatever they normally do during their week but for one minor difference. Instead of going to bed at 3 AM and waking up at noon they had to go to bed at midnight(?) and get up at exactly 9 AM. To enforce this 9 o'clock wake up time, the boys had to call in within five minutes of 9 or they forfeited $5 of their final paycheck for every extra five minutes of sleep. No sweat right? The second week is slightly more difficult in that they are not spending this week at home. Instead they spend their week in the lab at wherever this study is based out of, and are placed on a schedule of two hours of sleep then two hours awake repeated. At the end of the week they go into a room where all the lights are turned off, big comfy couches and chairs are provided, and hundreds of movies are played throughout the day. The boys just get to relax and try to stay awake, and fail if they want to, as they watch movies all day. This two week cycle is then repeated for another two weeks. After the four weeks is over he will get to look forward to being a test subject in an upcoming medical journal. I know it's a hard job he got right? Guess what his paycheck is for these four weeks of hard work... $1,000!!!! That's right for four weeks of "work" my spoiled rotten little brother gets to hang out in Chicago all summer and watch movies and gets paid $1,000 for it! Now you understand why we don't like him anymore don't you? :)
I believe that this is a sufficient update and I am now excused from my updating duties. Farewell until the next time my mother's constant bugging/begging finally breaks me and I come on here to update it for her again! I shall miss informing you all on our fabulously interesting life dearly! (NOT)