Somnia (436 hits)
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Submitted by worm (View user info) at 2007-01-26 07:18:32 EST
I'd like to pretend it's only 3am, but the last several days have pushed my bedtime to dawn.
There's no shortage of oddities involved in having your day begin sometime after lunch; no morning paper or crisp and damp jog. No sense of familial community or morning paper after you find the motivation to peel your ass from the bedsheets. The rest of the world resents you. Pancakes at three in the afternoon is blasphemous.
The morning hours of ritual and productivity you sleep through is replaced by late nights staring at a screen of one form or another. Or time spent with a pet. Or just your thoughts. Regardless, what a human being can accomplish on a weekday between the hours of 7am and 1pm is significant. What that same person accomplishes on a weekday between 12am and 6am normally involves boredom, soul-searching, porn, and/or bad food. None of that sounds like outragous fun, but here I am at 6:04am in front of a computer screen. What spawns this habit? I'm not much of a hermit. I get out when I can and have a pretty good setup in life. What's with the avoidance of the real world?
I think it stems from my fear of becoming one of them; graduate college, get married, a car payment, and a mortgage... cozy up with the money you made, take the young'ns to Disney World... blam. Happy 40th birthday.
I'm deathly afraid of that. I have a lot of retarded shit to do. I have some young, sexually adventurous women to sleep with. I have a lot of drinking and socializing to take care of- a lot of late nights by campfires and living out of hostels. A lot of Ramen and Mac to eat. Live shows, fast cars, political debates, and marijuana. Staying up late is a safeguard, and it's got to stop.
Good night.
User Reviews
Submitted by hot_pocket (user info) at 2007-06-18 01:11:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
...i meant +2
Submitted by hot_pocket (user info) at 2007-06-18 01:11:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
No Comment
Submitted by homer42 (user info) at 2007-01-26 12:57:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
It's a fine line though, fuck around with that shit too long and you wake up 40 one day with no career, no house, no woman and you're fat and balding. I'm afraid of all of that shit too and thank god I'm not there yet but it seems like time passes more quickly the older you get.
"I'm deathly afraid of that. I have a lot of retarded shit to do. I have some young, sexually adventurous women to sleep with. I have a lot of drinking and socializing to take care of- a lot of late nights by campfires and living out of hostels. A lot of Ramen and Mac to eat. Live shows, fast cars, political debates, and marijuana. Staying up late is a safeguard, and it's got to stop. "
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-01-26 10:44:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-01-26 09:16:50 (#)
Ranking: 2
*nods, lights up cigar in agreement*
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I lit a menthol because I'm giving Homo a try.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-01-26 10:01:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
""Pancakes at three in the afternoon is blasphemous. ""
I disagree. Or perhaps, because of the blasphemy, I indulge.
Submitted by drgoatcabin (user info) at 2007-01-26 09:56:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Been there, done that, then I "grew up". And I use that term lightly.
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2007-01-26 09:30:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
yes, you SHOULD enjoy the young carefree life
as long as you can!
be sure to always ALWAYS wear your raincoat!
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-01-26 09:25:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Pretty picture by the way. I get lost in it.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-01-26 09:24:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't mind getting married. This I say because I'd only marry someone with whom I can drink, go on road trips, stay up late, and do adventurous stuff. His favorite food shall be mac&cheese. Does it seem odd that I found these qualities in a huge computer geek?
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-01-26 09:16:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
*nods, lights up cigar in agreement*
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2007-01-26 08:39:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Been exactly where you are.
Submitted by particle_man58 (user info) at 2007-01-26 08:19:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
meh
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-01-26 08:14:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
+1 for the post
+1 for the pic , i will abuse that one ...
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2007-01-26 08:04:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
this was OK.