Alarm Clocks and my Curse (607 hits)
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Submitted by <lexlutherin.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-01-07 11:49:45 EST
I have come to the conclusion that I have eigther been the recipient of an voodoo curse, or that I am so lazy it extends to my subconsciousness. Also, I am an absent minded fool. Let me explain:
This morning at 10:00am I had a very important appointment. VERY important. It was at 10:00am, and well... let's just say it's now twelve thirty and I'm just getting out of the shower.
I have two alarm clocks in my room at the present time. One is my regular alarm clock that hasn't been going off for unexplainable reasons. The second is my room-mates. The first alarm clock I've had for years; a trusty old general electric from the seventies. I can wake up in a daze and I'm so used to it I can find the button in less than a second without even opening my eyes. This is where the problem arises... Whenever I test whether my alarm clock works whilst awake, it seems to be fully operational. I tested it for different alarm times even though I knew if it worked for one it had to work for all times (I just did it because the reason it wasn't going off in the morning completely illuded(sp?) me.) Henceforth, and after about a week of this nonsense I've concluded that I must be hearing the alarm, reaching over and shutting it off, and going back to bed all without waking up. I am Sleep-turing-off-my-alarm-clock. I somehow doubt that any employer would beleive that story.
That brings me to the second clock, my room-mates. You see, my room-mate was kind enough to lend me his clock for the night after I explained what keeps happening. So... he gives me the clock and I try to plug is in. Since there are no available outlets I have to unplug my fan. After a minute has passed I've distinguished which of the two white cords that go to the outlet is the fan, and which is the lamp. I unhook and fan, plug in and set the clock, flick off the lamp and go to bed. My mistake though, was using the lightswith on the wall to turn off the lamp like I normally do, thusly turning off the clock as well, since they are on the same outlet and the swith simply turns the outlet on or off.
At 3am I awoke for a moment due to a car alarm or something (I'm not sure why really) and looked across the room to see instead of the warm chemical-red glow of the lcd, I didn't see anything. After a moment, I realized that I must have turned the clock off when I turned the lamp off and concluded that I was an idiot. So I get up and sure enough the clock begins flashing twelve o'clock at the same time I turn the lamp on. So I set the clock again, and set the alarm again. I then head for the bed for some much needed shut-eye. Unfortunately though when doing so, I flicked the light just as before due to habbit, and hence have wet shower hair at 12:30pm.
So which one do you think it is? Do you think I am so lazy it extends to my subconscious and that I am an absent minded fool, or do I have a voodoo curse. Since only one of them is likely true and I don't beleive in sorcery I would have to go with the first.
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Submitted by SpikeGoddess (user info) at 2004-01-07 13:18:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I know about vodoo curses, and this ain't one.
Sleep deprived much?
Go to bed at the same time every night, wake up at the same time every morning, exercise, and you should be ok. You could also put your stereo on a timer, and put really annoying music in it to wake you up. I'm thinking "Good Day, Sunshine". Then put it far away and on a very high volume so that you have to get out of bed to turn it off. You could also put your lights on a timer.
SpikeGoddess
Submitted by Manfre (user info) at 2004-01-07 13:01:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I tried putting my alarm clock on the other side of the room. I did that for a year. After about a week of doing it I learned how to get out of bed, swivel on one foot, reach over, hit the snooze button and then quickly fall back in bed and fall right asleep.
I then decided to try both my alarm across the room and the alarm on my phone. Id follow the same procedure I did with the alarm clock as before. Then when my phone went off Id be forced to fumble with it to get it open and press the snooze button. This combination was successful for about a month. I then learned which button was the snooze button on my phone and am now able to do it eyes closed half asleep.
Now my mom wakes me up. At 6:30 she opens my door and says "Its 6:30." then leaves the door open while she has her TV on. At 7 she comes in and says "Its 7." at which point I mumble "Shut the hell up." My bed will usually jolt, probably from her kicking it. Then at 7:15 she comes in and says "Get the fuck up." and leaves me be. At this point Im usually half awake. When she comes in the last time I wake up somewhat fully and roll over and check my mail (my laptop sits on a lil table right next to my headboard). I then roll my ass outta bed and go take a shower around 7:25.
After showering and shaving and what not I end up running out the door and get to work by 8am.
Its a big deal for me to wake up at a normal hour. I usually sleep till 11ish.
Submitted by Perplexd (user info) at 2004-01-07 12:35:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You turn them off, i throw them... to each his own. The alarm clock, time theif extrordinare.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-01-07 12:18:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Ha, I knew you'd shut that light switch off again... I always tell you how absentminded you are.
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2004-01-07 12:17:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Dude, you need a new alarm clock. It either has to be one that is complicated enough so you can't turn off while half asleep or it has to have an alarm that will raise the dead. Growing up I had the second kind. It was also a 1970's clock with the numbers that flip and a alarm apparatus that you just turn to approximately the correct time. That thing was ear piercingly loud. I hated the sound so much I eventually got to the point where I would naturally wake up a minute or two before the alarm went off so I could avoid the sound. It also made a tiny click a few seconds before it went off and I almost always woke up to that click.
Submitted by Mr-Boo (user info) at 2004-01-07 12:13:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I used to have same problem with my alarm clock. The solution I found that worked was placed the alarm clock as far away from me as possible, that way I would be forced to get out of bed to shut the damn thing off.
My solution now is my wife, she's good at giving me a kick in the ass to get my shit together in the morning.