its 4:30AM EST -- why the hell are YOU awake?

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i fell asleep with the television on and woke up to the moans and groans of a prOn film. i thought keeping my eyes closed and listening to the awful dialogue would do the trick but that didnt work, so then i tried recounting the dream i was having and that didnt work either because it made me think of dating/relationships and clearly, that was a bad idea because now im all bummed out and awake at goddamn four-thirty in the morning.

you have to know though, situations like this NEVER occur with me. OK, i have a bout of insomnia maybe once every 2 years. but i hate this shit.

im figuring i should just stay on the computer long enough until i doze off again.

OK, now you.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 25 September 2004 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Because I'm at work here until 8am in this freezing fucking office. The wife called in at 3am, though, to tell me our six month old daughter had been screaming for over an hour (and somehow implying that it was my fault).

At least you were watching porn....that can be fun.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 25 September 2004 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I have a bit of a headache, I watched the Biggie and Tupac documentary, and I'm feeling really paranoid. Last weekend when I was at my parent's place where there's no computer I slept very well and felt a lot more relaxed. I also felt very isolated so I know that comfort would only last so long. Ugh

― Bryan (Bryan), Saturday, 25 September 2004 07:52 (twenty-one years ago)

but i wasnt trying to watch pR0n! when i was able to recognize what i was hearing, i thought myself, "i am seriously NOT going to watch this... but ill listen."

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 25 September 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

bryan, sorry to hear about the paranoia.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 25 September 2004 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks. Since Marcello ruined ILX for me in January I haven't really felt good being on here, but part of me keeps telling me it's ok.

Fucking sirens.

― Bryan (Bryan), Saturday, 25 September 2004 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)

bryan its ok!

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 25 September 2004 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

sirens, they're deadly. but ILX is not, so dont feel so bad.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 25 September 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

My sleep schedule is somewhat random but normally it's about 3 am - 11:30 or 12. Yesterday (today?), however, I only got up around 1:30, being extra tired from kickboxing after having just sat at my computer typing a thesis and posting here all week. And I took a nap around 8 pm. So I'm not tired at all. Unfortunately at 5 am it can get hard to motivate yourself to type more and post less.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 25 September 2004 08:13 (twenty-one years ago)

sundar, your ability to be awake during the nighttime impresses me. i generally sleep from 11PM to 8 or 9AM but im on a strict schedule because i have a tendency to um, not wake up. [if given the opportunity i can and will sleep for 24 or more hours. or just about anywhere.]

i dont even like to sleep!

it is now nearly 6AM and im still not in bed. i wish i had sleepingg drugxsdjksfjkh.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 25 September 2004 08:49 (twenty-one years ago)

haha i WAS asleep at 4:30, but i didn't get to sleep until 3 (i was watching a magilla gorilla mini-marathon). i woke up 15 minutes ago.

― Cripps Pink (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 25 September 2004 11:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Because it's 4PM in Finland.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 25 September 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

jesus christ, it happened again. now its 5:30 AM on monday and i have work in a few hours. i woke up this time because i was having an anxiety attack about an upcoming show we're doing [there's a bit of drama involved with it, brought on by other parties].

right now i am contemplating whether i should just try to go back to sleep or wait a little while for when the gym opens up.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 27 September 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't sleep a wink last night as I'm going in today to tell my boss that after ten years at my job, I need to leave -- and I'd like to recruit his help in finding something else within the larger company. I need to leave as the job in question was never "supposed" to be the job I did for the rest of my life -- it wasn't what I set out to do, I was wanted it to be a "stepping stone." Furthermore, there's no incentive for advance, financial or otherwise (which is bad, given that we now have a child), and the overnight shifts are really putting a strain on my home life (the wife cannot abide by two overnight shifts on her own). Hopefully, given my years of loyalty and service, he'll understand and want to help me out.

Wish me luck.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 27 September 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Good luck dude.

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Monday, 27 September 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

rock on alex dude
changing jobs has saved my life
hope he understands

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 27 September 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

im keeping my fingers crossed for you alex!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 27 September 2004 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Best of luck, Alex. All will be well.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 27 September 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

good luck alex.
i am running on almost three hours of sleep today

― kephm, Monday, 27 September 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks. Since Marcello ruined ILX for me in January I haven't really felt good being on here, but part of me keeps telling me it's ok.

It's cool Bryan, I made his head explode into a could of foil stars and glitter and he hasn't been back since.

It's 11:16 AM EST, I'm going to have a cigarette.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 27 September 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

last night I was up till 4:30 because me and a friend were discussing Mastodon till 4.

the night before I was up till 4:30 because I had to go on ILM at 4 and type all the stuff I was thinking about the Drive-By Truckers album so I could get some damn sleep.

I will not not not not be up till 4:30 tonight. Not.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 27 September 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

last night I was up till 4:30 because me and a friend were discussing Mastodon till 4

and drinking a lot. this is key.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 27 September 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

and good luck, Alex!

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 27 September 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I was awake at 4:30 am last night/this morning because I was 4-tracking it up and I have no sense of the passage of time once I dig in on that shit. Now it's 11:30ish and I'm hungrier than fuck.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 27 September 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I was up until 3 because I was watching the original Bedazzled.

― Cripps Pink (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 27 September 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks for all the well-wishes. So, I went and saw the boss man. I should point out that he's a very cool, knowlegable, compassionate, level-headed guy, so I wasn't afraid that he was going to fire me on the spot or slit my throat or anything. Still, I was very nervous. But, he was very cool and understanding about it (i mean, the fact that I've been there for ten years speaks for itself, and he's the first to admit that the deparement is basically a dead-end). He understood, appreciated my candor and offered his help -- I mean, he's not going to go out and find me something, but if he hears of something he'll let me know, and if I approach him with something I find, he offered to do what he can. So, overally, it went pretty well -- but it's still sort've unnerving. It was just such an indellible conversation. I mean, it's not like you can take anything back anyway, but now that I've had this chat with him, I really have to follow through -- and that's quite daunting.

But, anyway, at least I cleared this hurdle. Thanks again for listening and wishing me luck.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

just saw this. good luck with, well, not the talk, but with the follow up.

― H (Heruy), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, wot H said.

(Anyway that "4:30AM EST" in the thread title suprises me quite a bit every time I see it - I mean, in my Est' it's 0:50 this very moment, like)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i had a dream. not a bad one. i went to hawaii! i've never been to hawaii.

― Cripps Pink (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 08:57 (twenty-one years ago)

(and i never will)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 09:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Your EST differs from mine, then.

― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 09:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh. Next time I'll keep up. :)

― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 09:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Your EST differs from mine, then.

then again, my sexual supply prolly does too! :)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 09:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i spent most of yesterday sleeping and now i'm wide awake.

nightowls holla.

― Germany's Fun-Loving Beer (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 10 October 2004 09:45 (twenty-one years ago)

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